The Chronicles of Spellborn
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- Developer: Spellborn International
- Genre: Fantasy
- Status: Beta Testing (est. release 11/27/08)
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- Website: http://www.thechroniclesofspellborn.com
- Retail Price: n/a
- Monthly Fee: n/a
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The Chronicles of Spellborn » General Discussion » At first I was like: O_O ... but now I'm like "eh."
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dmxkrew 4/04/07 2:12:36 PM
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Joined: 3/29/07 |
Im a TCOS noob, so help me out if I'm missing something here... but:
I just heard about this game, downloaded every trailer, screenshot, and read every interview on the web... The artwork alone sucked me in -- distinctly European, harkening back to my days in highschool reading Heavy Metal magazine... the illustrated realism was beautiful -- The skill system and class system, body types, races... Post apocalyptic... I was thinking "more more!" Until Iearned that gear has ZERO impact on your character's abilities. Stop right there. "WHAT?!" One of the *greatest* joys in any MMO is showing off your hot new rare drop in the village. This sets you apart from other players and makes you feel good. If clothing and armor sets in TCOS serve little purpose other than to cosmetically set you apart from your peers, then WTF exactly is the point? Seeing someone walk by you in difficult to obtain endgame gear is a rush... you want to get to that level (maybe), or obtain that gear yourself. Vice-Versa as well.. walking around in sick endgame gear makes you feel good. Is this game basically going to be Halloween? You dont know who the hell is what class cause anyone can wear everything, and its just costume dress up? You can put points in skills and weapons, but so what? Basically everyone is the same with little reward for endgame accomplishments, rare drops, or crafting. Lame. Please prove me wrong here.... ??? I really wanted to love this game. |
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Elikal 4/04/07 3:34:44 PM
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Joined: 2/09/06 |
I havent delved too much unto the game, just watched it with one eye. It is a different concept, but not entirely bad. |
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MysticXSab 4/04/07 3:57:24 PM
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Joined: 2/19/06 |
There are items that affect your stats. They just USUALLY arent visible.
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Leoj 4/04/07 4:38:54 PM
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Joined: 9/20/03 |
There are items that make you better that aren't usually visible as stated before, but a big point to the game is that it is completely skill based. Which to me is a big plus and it overrides the fact that gear means nothing, because I was even skeptical about that fact. I've gotten to overlook this fact just because I'm so excited about everything else the game has to offer and perhaps instead of being awed at because of your gear, maybe in this game you'll be able to put the same awe into a person by your name alone. Sounds better to me...
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wizaerd 4/04/07 4:48:41 PM
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Joined: 10/16/06 |
Wearing epic uber endgame gear means absolutely nothing. It just means you got 40 people together, and ran the same instance over and over and over and over and over again... Big deal... I like the system where gear means nothing, making it more player skill based as opposed to how much spare time you have to dedicate to raiding. Plus, by being able to dress your character however you want opens up a few surpirses in PvP. You'll not really know what type of player you're facing, thus making you think abit more on your feet.
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Neanderthal 4/04/07 5:29:01 PM
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Joined: 2/14/05 |
Another mark in the plus column for TCOS. I'm not sure if I like the idea of gear having no effect at all but I very much love the idea of no uber loot. If it has to be one way or the other I'll take "no effect" over "uber phat lewts" any day. I've been wanting to get interested in this game since I read that article that said there won't be any raiding in the game. But for some reason I can't seem to get motivated to look into it much. I don't even know why. But this little tidbit of info helps some. |
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ZAGAN 4/04/07 5:47:38 PM
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Joined: 7/26/05
Lithium anyone....it works sometimes. |
I for one think it's a Great idea. i wont have to collect a ton of materials to make a ton of UBER gear, so we can woop the baageeses out of each other or we can run around bare assed naked and do the same thing, whats the diff its still a woopin.
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Distortion0 4/04/07 10:12:53 PM
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Joined: 12/10/05 |
Exactly what you're describing is exactly the kinds of things TCoS is against. You know that whole "I'm better than you because I can spend 400% of my life playing this game" bull. It's not about rushing to the end-game either for that matter. You're dearly mistaken if you think there aren't rare drop armors but they don't allow you to auto-pwn everyone. You actually have to have skill to auto-pwn people, go figure. There's sigals too, some of which make your armor glow and stuff. The devs said that you can 'make your own epics' out of them, which personally I think is a lot better. |
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Jori 4/04/07 10:19:59 PM
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Novice Member
Joined: 8/01/05
"you Sir is a retard person" - Battlekruse |
Skill based and no uber phat lewt?111!!!!! It doesn't get much better than that. I'm sold.
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Vandal783 4/04/07 11:00:29 PM
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Joined: 12/06/06 |
Originally posted by wizaerd QFT! Main reason I quit playing games like WoW, "Omg! I got this sweet peice of armor that only took 2 months of running the same instance and now I have it! .....Wait ....whats that? Theres a better peice of armor in XYZ instance?!" This game is going to be based on your skill as a gamer rather than the amount of time you can sit in front of you comp. Besides the combat system in this game alone is just a great idea in my opinion. Currently I'm playng EVE Online because I like the idea of not being in front of the computer all day but still becoming better as a character and also the ability to impact the game. TCOS is also going to have the ability to impact the game world with statues guilds and houses. I'm really liking all the inovations in this game, I'd suggest that you atleast give this game a try. However if you'd rather be known for getting that uber gear that took you two months rather than being the most skilled pvper, then stay away from this game. |
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r3dbull 4/05/07 11:41:34 AM
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Joined: 9/05/05 |
i should try this game... it seems to be not bad at all :D i would like to play a mmo where dresses and equipements doesnt change ur gaming experience that much like in other games :)
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Cydone 4/05/07 3:14:24 PM
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Joined: 2/24/04 |
Im liking the sound of this game more and more.. this is very interesting!
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dmxkrew 4/05/07 5:10:13 PM
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Joined: 3/29/07 |
Originally posted by Vandal783 Everything about this game sounds interesting, and I am indeed stoked to try it out -- however it should be noted that recently developers removed "house vs house" PVP, and restricted PVP to only the "mines" area of the game. Lame. |
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Pantura 4/06/07 2:28:02 AM
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