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• • Star Wars Galaxies: The First Rule of Star Wars Galaxies PvP

  • Originally posted by GungaDin
    

    There was PVP early on in SWG before people did the Jedi grind.  We had battles all the time between Bestine and Anchorhead.  Those were the best times in the game.

    
     

    CDEF battles for teh win!!

    For some reason I doubt anyone will ever see 300 people engaged in SWG PvP during each and every weakend again. It was a slow day when less then 200 people showed up for a base takedown or defense.

    Even with the lack of balance for PvP the original pre-cu and pre-nge versions of SWG was vastly superior for players looking to create custom characters to live out their Star Wars dreams while wanting to have weekend slugouts. 

    The issue with Balance began not when large groups were fighting each other but when whinny punks griped about losing 1v1 duels even though these duelist idiots almost always used macros to do the combat for them.

    SWG is dead and without pre-cu servers it will NEVER regain a sliver of the revenue it once commanded. 

    p.s. SOE committed Wire Fraud, facilitated by Lucas Arts, on behalf of every Star Wars fan who's ever been.

  • Posted: 9/02/08 2:58 PM
    General Discussion
• • Is DDO Like the Classic RPG?

  • If when you say Classic you mean the old boxed sets of D&D or the first rules printed under AD&D then No, DDO is nothing like Classic D&D. 

    DDO is a D&D themed MMO with a dynamic loot based system and realtime tactile combat mechanics that was mostly based upon the 3.5 rule set. 

    Regardless of it being like, or unlike, the classic version it is still a good game with one of the best combat systems to be had in an online game.  The narrations in dungeons do provide for a similar feeling as if you were playing D&D but it's about as close as you can get to it being like Classic D&D/AD&D. 

     

  • Posted: 8/26/08 2:58 PM
    D&D Online
• • combat looks crazy! why isn't it more popular???

  • Originally posted by ricefarmer
    

    ive been looking for an mmo that has this type of gameplay and thought it coudln't exist!

    is it because of the heavy instances that this combat is possible? if it is why the hell would people complain if it means no more mindless point and click....

    The game play and dynamics in DDO are far superior to the majority of MMO's currently availble.  If Turbine had done a better job at launch DDO wouldn't have to make that difficult rebound 3 years later; exception to EVE Online.  Then there's the issue with Atari not advertising - using Atari is a sign of desperation in its self.

    Another issue with DDO is it lacks true consumable stylized time sinks.  If there were a system to facilitate a guild's Castle/Keep/Fortress/etc that required constant maintenence and defense against maurding hordes the game would be a tremendous success.  Currently all there is to do is re-run the content until you've built your dream character, which is actually a lot of fun when you're gaming with freindly people - DDO has an awesome community!

    The strength of DDO is the dynamic character building system and the content.  I have not experianced another game that can remotely compete with DDO's superbly directed experiance of running through the content.  If there are others that are remotely similar I wish someone would create a thread about it in this forum.  

  • Posted: 8/21/08 11:11 AM
    D&D Online
• • Free Trial Version Was Terrible

  • Originally posted by PhelimReagh
    

    I recently took a looong time to download the free trial version of DDO, and was psyched to try it out.

    However, I could not have been more disappointed. My computer far exceeded the minimum requirements, FiOS connection, but the game was unplayably choppy.

    Is this just a problem with the Trial Version? Or is it a very, very laggy game?

    It's too late for me, as I'll never play it again (which is sad, as I am a long time Pen and Paper D&D player). But I'm curious if they were just a bit on the incompetent side of things over there. 

    
     

    Short answer, client and servers are fine.  Are you positive your computer and/or your connection wasn't on the fritz?

    Could you post your machines specs including the resolution your were attempting to the play the gaem at?  I suspect the problem lies therein. 

    Exceeding the minimum requirements doesn't mean squat if you're trying to play it on maximum settings with only a marginal or assumed advantage above basic system requirements. I believe your machine is the problem and that you need to properly adjust the graphical settings. 

    WoW should play on just about any machine.  If you're into simplicity and have very low system resources WoW might be the perfect fit. 

    Your closing statement alludes to possibility that you never intended to play DDO.

  • Posted: 8/21/08 10:55 AM
    D&D Online
• • Minimum time to do dungeons?

  • Originally posted by Deewe
    

    Thanks for the answer, my question was more towards higher levels 9-12...

    
     

    no worries, my first responce still applies.  :)

  • Posted: 8/21/08 10:52 AM
    D&D Online