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I remember EQ having player collisions and I remember playing on the PVP server. You'd have ogres sitting in dungeon doorways while their dark elf friends would PVP you. If you tried to run away, you got stuck on the ogre, and there was nothing you could really do but die or start fighitng back.
 
I'm excited to play this game again. I'm pretty much set to pre-order this tomorrow instead of Diablo III. This is what the Final Fantasy online game should've been, but they failed so much lol.
 
Yeah, I pre-ordered the collector's edition. I got to level 32 cap in about 25 hours game played and the dungeons were sooooo refreshing and unique. I can't wait for the head start and this is the main game I will be playing. Passing on Diablo 3 and GW2.
 
Jeffxsee said:
Yeah, I pre-ordered the collector's edition. I got to level 32 cap in about 25 hours game played and the dungeons were sooooo refreshing and unique. I can't wait for the head start and this is the main game I will be playing. Passing on Diablo 3 and GW2.
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I wasn't even aware of this game really until this thread, but your comments are making me think about trying it...
 
I'm interested to know how this game is focused on PVP v. PVE.

Does anyone have a handle on this and could provdie something like a basic % / % estimate? LIke 50%/50%, or whatever.

Thanks.
 
I played it and like it. I'll post my pros and cons.

Pros :
Graphics. Wow...just wow.
Combat. It's fun. Best I've seen so far. No targeting.
Style. It's unique to be sure. Environments were top notch all the way.
Plenty of classes to choose from.
Races. Good diversity here. I heard a member here say "Beat off worthy female models" and I'd agree with that! Excellent char creator as well.

Cons :
At the end of the day it's the same boring MMO structure we've come to love(or hate). Go kill ten rabbits(but only 1 out of 3 will drop the tails you need to turn in the quest.). People were waiting in line for bosses/mobs to spawn too which is my biggest complaint in modern mmos really. Talk about taking the immersion out of the experience..
Lore. It feels cheap to me. Thrown together and convoluted IMO. I didn't really care why I was killing rabbits. It never grabbed me and I just didn't care why I was doing whatever. And that's a shame considering the environments I was in were almost mesmerizing. Maybe it gets better later? I don't know, but what I experienced was fucking stupid.

There are so many aspects I that I cannot comment on because I didn't get to try (PVP, crafting, economy, guilds, political stuff). IMO, aside from the combat and graphics(which are extremely good) this is WoW/Rift/Monster Hunter with a damn good engine wrapped into an MMO. If the lore/story telling matched the engine I would be pre ordering.
 
Gave it a shot in OB. Great gameplay and graphics. But there was something that was missing. It didnt grab my attention.

Also the community has to be one of the worst ive seen in any mmo.
Just a bunch of trolls in chat everywhere.
Keeps things lively lol
 
itzbiff said:
Also the community has to be one of the worst ive seen in any mmo.
Just a bunch of trolls in chat everywhere.
Keeps things lively lol
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That happens in any MMO open beta. I look forward to the community in this game. EME support and GMs look to be really great people as well.
 
the only chat tabs i keep open in each mmo i've played in the past 5 years are guild and party. general chat is something no one needs to read.
 
I played the Open Beta as a slayer. It was my first MMORPG in a long, long time ( Earth and Beyond since I paid a subscription and RFonline since it went free ). I really liked the combat system. The dodging and aiming your attacks make it much more interactive and much much better than the normal MMO scheme IMO. I guess the combat reminds me of my all time favorite, Phantasy Star Online. The graphics were nice too, As was being able to choose any race+class combo. No having to look at a character you don't like just to play a given class.

As someone else sorta mentioned already, it unfortunately seems like there isn't much variation in the types of attacks you have. I looked through the skill progression for the slayer class, and it seemed that after you picked up the 3-4 main attacks + some passive skills and helper skills, progression was pretty much limited to just more powerful versions of them. Given the more active combat system, it would be nice to have some more choices on how to attack.

I was also kinda wishing that there was a bit more variety in the weapon choices. Why always a greatsword for the slayer? No choices for other large weapons? Maces, Flails, polearms, axes, etc?

Monthly fees turn me off from MMORPGs, but I'd at least consider this one ( if I had the free time to spend on MMOs ).
 
Geshtar said:
As someone else sorta mentioned already, it unfortunately seems like there isn't much variation in the types of attacks you have. I looked through the skill progression for the slayer class, and it seemed that after you picked up the 3-4 main attacks + some passive skills and helper skills, progression was pretty much limited to just more powerful versions of them. Given the more active combat system, it would be nice to have some more choices on how to attack.
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I think what they are going for here is you can modify your chained skill attacks (like certain attacks trigger other abilities that you can gain quick access to with your space bar), and also execute the move with faster animation. You can modify these in your skill tree. Also another option is you can glyph your various attacks allowing for further customization.

With EME working with the developer to evolve the current game seperately from the Korean version, I think we will see more changes down the line. They've changed the game quite a bit already from the Korean version to be quite a bit more Western.

With that said, I'm really looking forward to the head start this weekend. Hope others will be enjoying as well. Hit me up, I will be on one of two characters:

Kromm - Lancer on Arachnaea
Virtue - Priest on Freeholds
 
I pre ordered the game just now. I dont remember the server where my Archer was created. I know my other character is on Dragonfal.
 
I preordered... I just looked back at my old emails and it's been right at 2 years since I quit WoW. This is the first mmo type game that has tempted me since then.

Can anyone suggest a server when the head start starts tomorrow? I was kind of surprised they are launching at 8AM PDT instead of a midnight launch for the head start.. I guess they didn't want to stay up all night.
 
if you're a pvp'er, valley of the titans in the server to be on (it's also the most populated out of all servers)
 
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