All Posts by eugam

LOL, where do all those posters suddenly come from ? Spoiled by AoC ? (which is very understandable)

The model revamp was never anything else then a performance thing. I like it and the game is heading into the right direction.

Oh.. tentonhammer didnt mention the new female armors ;) 

Originally posted by AmazingAvery

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So once again imo if you view this as a "omg mature content gone" to "ha ha ha they are adding it back in" you have lost the plot. TWO lets count them TWO from dozens in the game got clothed - big deal.

It doesnt matter. Just another marketing BS. Boobs in... boobs out... boobs in... just to keep people talking about AoC.

Who said "i dont care what people tell about me. Good critics or bad critics. I dont care, just as long people keep talking about me" ?

Oblivion is this way --->

From an artistic point of view the naked and the clothed Darkdo followers lack any kind of design.  Two dozend generic female copies form poser... nothing else.

Australians... its early morning in EU and late night in US .. Best is to make a char and ask on the server about population. Or maybe an australian is rading here and having an advice.

The game is solo friendly. Of course you need a group for the better rewarding quests, but there is a lot of solo stuff too. Many classes solo well. I play a disciple and a bear shaman. Both are doing well. I bet there are a few other classes who  solo as well.

EU players best play on Halgar, US players best on Seradon or Xeth. And PvPers play on Sartok (only PvP server worldwide).

I meet people everywhere on Halgar. But its hard to find people for a PUG dungeon crawl. Some guilds have regular groups going though. Best is to find an active guild if you want to group. Many people duo or solo.

Originally posted by Draccan

Funcom probably guessed people would have stayed away. So instead they took the path of lies in hope to save the company. They might even have succeeded. I think the initial sales are so high they might be able to break even sometime this year. Sad thing is that AoC has zero future and the retention of subs are really low.

I think every mmo player should walk away from the game to teach them a lesson. Personally I have to think twice before playing another Funcom game again. At this point I can't see that happening.. 

I think every reputable mmo in the future should give away the client and first month for free and then charge 60 U$ for the 2nd month and 15 for the following months. This sales model would sort out alot.

Is none a valid answer ?

I found out that there are better ways to waste my time and money.

Level 36 shaman, 33 leatherworker and harvester. I never grouped because i play very casual. 

Originally posted by Jackdog

I give the game a C, was torn between C and D and there was no C-. Graphics, music and first 20 or 30 levels of quests are awesome. City layout and population is outstanding.  If I was grading Funcom I would give them a D-.  CS, community handling, patches etc suck big time

Makes me giggle when even the pitbull thinks that 1-30 was awesome

Everywhere even the worst haters agree that 1-20 was awesome.

I think it was not.

It was disneyland for me, not a dark and gritty world. Ever been to Temple Street in Freeport ? Thats what i think is dark and gritty.

You girls and guys are reading it wrong. Actually this is solid information.

They do mention that calculation subs is kinda uncertain

They do meassure their sales by counting the acctivated keys. They really seperate out the boxes on the shelfes (Technically those boxes are sold from Funcoms point of view, but not really sold to customers).

They do  not connect the number of activated keys to the subs.

They clearlystate that only 20% of 700k boxes is made money.

The hard(er) information is in the sentence about expanding sales by adding more localized versions. Fact is, they lizenced AoC to a company who will localize and run the game in poland. I am quite sure they will try to find more partners. They have an office in china and that joker isnt played out yet.

Impossible to compare.

Sigil released with a clear warning. "We are nowhere near finished" and i was one of those who didnt crash back at release. Personally i had a smooth VG launch, only grouping was impossible for me with my old rig. The biggest downer back then was that Kojan ended at level 18ish and the oldfashioned grind gameplay. The HL quests at skalwra rock really annoyed me. I took my first break after 8 weeks. Not due to the game, but due to the community. I never canceled VG tho.

Technically my AoC launch was smooth too. But the gameplay was to simple. I was a follower of secret world. I participated in the early riddle on the net. That was basically the best stuff i ve ever seen. Stuff that stimulates the brain. This riddle brought me to Funcoms other game AoC. Because of that i had high hopes into AoC mature rating. But the game is not mature (enough) and the gameplay is extremely restrictive and boring.

We need new game tags. mmorpg isnt sufficient anymore. We need to divert into CMMO and NMMO. CMMO is clasic gameplay with a 1-2 year long term motivation and NMMO is what AoC, TR and a few others try to sell. I understand the industry wants us to buy NMMO and i hope they burn in hell for it. However, HAHAHA, Blizzard's D3 is going to show those ***** what a cool NMMO is :P Again :P

In the category CMMO VG wins, in the category NMMO AoC wins.

Darkelf rangers ??

Darkelves cant be rangers from start. They have to betray. I guess there are maybe 4 or 5 worldwide ;) But serious... only a few enthusiasts and roleplayers will have one. My ratonga mystic is rare allready :P

Maybe you should re-think about the ranger idea and try a brigand.

Crafting.. you have 4 choices. Either you love the fluff. The go for the carpenter. Or you want a usefull craft for combat. The either provisioner for your own food, alchemist for your own poisons (predators aka, ranger and assassin use them) or jeweler to craft your own skill upgrades.

Originally posted by Thillian

And OP got it obviously very wrong. Class balance is not socialism. Perfect socialism would be equal reward for everyone no matter what you do or how you do it. Class balance is healthy for capitalistic system actually. It's a fair chance for everyone and it's only up to you how you use it. That's what capitalism is about not SOCIALISM. Socialism is as I already said about equal reward for everyone without taking your action in consideration.

To be social is to build a crowd for an easier life. That way you can fight an attacking lion or get rid of the flees ;) Its not about equal reward. The monkey who slept lazy all day long has less banana then the monkey who gathered a lot bananas.

Originally posted by Thillian

Donnie Im from Slovakia, a bit north from you. We had a communism here as well. And I still have so much hate against all the socialistic communistic pigs that I'll probably gonna take a gun and shoot every left-wing politician in our current government.

If you notice a news in your local newspaper that an insane guy in Bratislava blow himself up in SMER headquarters, don't expect to read any more posts by me on these boards.

Dont get out the pumpgun yet

Definition check. Solzial is not what sozialism or communism is/was. In the end humans are social herd animals. Like monkeys, cows, horses or sheep. To be naturally social isnt wrong.

Originally posted by M1sf1t

 

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Originally posted by snoop101
Ok first off I am comparing it to WOW. So maybe thats why I think its more of a hardcore MMO users game. I do belive though that the average person cannot jump into VG and be good at crafting and diplomacy. Hence being for more MMO players.
 
Second off my first Post was sapposed to be to get thoughts on the two idea's and some other poster totally side tracked the post into some kinda of  "what hardcore means".
I havent been playing very long but the online community is great and helpfull. Please dont turn these forums into what Blizz considers a "forum".

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Does the average person where you live have an IQ below 70? There is nothing complex about VG's crafting system period. It's on par to EQ2's crafting system which while more interactive is not that "hardcore" other then gathering large amounts of mats to craft.

While i dont think the crafting is hardcore it is above EQ2 crafting. You have to manage your stats and care for cloth and tools and you have to learn how the catalysts work on subcombine level and finishing level. You have to go out and find/do the crafter quests. Interaction is needed, you need other crafters for some quests and to upgrade your cloths.

Its definetely deeper then EQ2 crafting. The problem is that level 18 to 28 can be sort of hardcore crafting.

Originally posted by bluealien1

And to the guy complaining about the graphics, this game has what, like the 3rd best graphics of any MMO to date after AoC and LotRO, doesn't it?

Its both. People have to understand the history of VG. The world is big and a lot of devs worked on it. The game also was released in an emergeny rush due to lack of money.

The result is that some things in this game are ace and some are sub par. Animations, graphics, adventuring and diplomacy for kojan humans is ace. Monk and disciple really have kung fu animations. The landscape looks like china and the lore of the diplo quests is chinese folklore. There is even a quest where you fly over the roofs like in those old kung fu movies. ;)

Other parts, like the gator caves are subpar. The whole cave has a ugly brownish texture. It looks like a 1999 game inside the cave.

The submarine areas are dead zones. No plants, no fish, nothing. At the same time there are lush rainforests. Some rocks are perfectly txturized, a few others not.

Some landscapes are breathtaking and others look silly/unfinished.  Some dungeons look cool, others dull. This is all because the game was released to early and some content was rushed in a few weeks.

An the client still has no AA. With  x2 or x4 AA the game would look much better in many areas. And the engine is much better indoors. See the screenshot of the psio in the other thread. Its an indoor shot. Outdoors the lightning is lacking  a bit.

Originally posted by supbro

I just happily subscribed for 6 months, i am pleased with the way the game is and enjoying it immensely. Funcom have proven themselves with alot a great patches so far and i have no doubt the future looks bright.  I am curious to find out how many other people have taken the step and signed long term?

 

Supbro

 

Turn it how you want it. The numbers of the other thread seem to be quite accurate. 8 of 13 quit after the first month.  Well, it doest matter. A few more sold boxes and the game is refunded.

Me thinks you  post is shameless.  Your kindergarden psychology bores me out of my skull.

If you want to sell something you should try a bit harder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae6U-WAJ1mw

Nothing less

Originally posted by Protus-AOC

You people need to stop worrying about AOC it has proved time and time again that it is the best game of all time. SOE could only dream of a game with 1 million subs like AOC has. Instead you guys need to worry what your current MMO can do better so AOC dosnt take every last sub they have. Funcom is the most loyal company to their subscribers and does a way better job at communicating than any other MMO company has ever done.

So ask yourself when is Funcom gonna buyout whats left of Blizzard and SOE very soon I am thinking.

Sir you owe me a keyboard and a new coffee

LOL, what happened to this thread ?

I think all, players and haters/bashers, agree that this game is not the big next thing. It barely survived launch and the devs just try to put it on its feet again with their limited resources. I guess they would be happy if the game would recover to 100k players. There is no need to bash it

The good news is, that the game is very playable if you can cope with the gameplay.

Originally posted by Lydon

The launcher and my PC don't agree :/ Half way through downloading the necessary files it crashes, then when I try to run it again it asks me to redownload the files and so the vicious cycle continues.

old launcher or beta launcher ?

You are in soutch africa ? cant you buy a copy from ebay or similar ?