Darith has been kind enough to let me take a glance via his account, and I have to say that I've enjoyed the couple of nights I've played.
I've been running a dwarven guardian - imagine that. Most of what I've been doing is exploring and questing. It's been a long time since I've played any MMORPG, so it's taking me a while to adjust. I'm not sure of most of the commands (especially because it's a new system, as well).
I haven't figured out the crafting yet, either, but then I haven't tried all that hard.
One big problem I've been having is with the graphics. I'm getting some pretty severe graphics glitches (example ). and it's very difficult to eliminate them. They don't appear all the time, but in some areas, they are constant. FWIW, I have a Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card with the most recent drivers, so I'm not sure if that's the problem or not.
Based off of a couple of nights of soloing, I'll most likely play the game, but that will depend on whether or not I can get the graphics glitch corrected.
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Remember it is beta, they graphical upgrades always come last. That has been a un-written rule in mmo's and thier testing. Game Mechanics come first then the eye candy/fluff.
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best write up i've found to describe it...
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It is what it is. Stop trying to hide the fact that its a mix between WOW and D&D) with the AC2 engine. That is what it is, that is what the developers were aiming at, and that is what they got.
I personally like the game, BUT you have to play it in a certain mindset.
First off, the game does have epic chapter quests for each race and class quests that you have to do. You must (and should) do the class quests, as for the chapter quests I dont know what the final rewards are but you can skip them though everyone does not for some reason.
The game does lead you, it is very specific as to where you can and where you should go. You have your newbie instanced area, so a Elf will never start off anywhere but their newbie area. From there, they want you to go to your racial area. Humans in Bree, Elves and Dwarves in there area and Hobbits in the Shire. Bree and the Shire are the most complete and polished, for obvious reasons. Elf town and Dwarf town are very scare and underpopulated.
From that point everything goes east, Barrow Downs, Forsaken Inn, Rivendell. You can go to each of the other areas like the old forest and do those quests but you dont have to.
The reason is you have racial lore and area lore that you should complete. A Human gets human lore stuff in Bree, not in the Shire. You can do the shire quests if you are a human but you will be missing out on your specifically designed human content, and that may gimp you in the end.
You cannot powergame this MMO and you cannot grind off mobs. It is too slow for grinding. This is a quest game and only a quest game. Play it as a grinding EXP game and you will quit after two weeks.
Powergamers will gimp themselves. You have to do a lot of lore things to make your toon better. Staying in one area grinding will gimp you in the end. All of those lore things add up over time and a powergame level 50 will almost assuredly be gimpier than a casual leveled 50 of the same class.
Loot is scarce. Quest items are nice, but each level the bar raises a bit so in two levels those quest items are underpowered. Do you class quest at 15 cause that will be the best weapon you get for a while.
Tradeskills are copied from WOW with a bit of nice additions. Much more easier than EQ2 and much faster. Resources are spawned and will be stolen from you just like Chests (think WOW)
Tradeskill items are nice, but here is the thing...there is an auction system and 99% of the people do NOT use buyouts. This means you have to wait 6 hours to a day to get that item, and if someone outbids you (which will happen on 99% of the items) you will be SOL unless you park yourself at an aution guy....not fun at all.
Loot is by far overpriced....so much so that you will not afford even the most basic of stuff unless you can work the autions. I am levle 17 but decked out in NPC bought armor because that is the best and only available option. I have seen some nice stuff on the brokers, but of course, no Buyout...and the price is like 400 silver (too much for something that is outleveled in a few)
Best to do a tradeskill to equip yourself. I see no other way around that. And that is for basic stuff, then you get into the dungeons where things get a little better.
This is a casual players game and a small group game. You will not like it if you cannot adapt to those stlyes. Powergamers will quit, and Lore junkies will quit. They have visions of themselves hanging out in the prancing pony smoking pipeweed with Butterman....but in reality he is just a simply NPC with one quest who just stands there.
It is MMO-Lyte to be sure. Everything that you want is there, but it does not have the massive depth if you are looking for that.
But here is the really good thing about this game. They built a GREAT foundation which to lay further expansions on, and by looking at the map they can and will add a lot.
I think this is Turbines turn to strike gold just like WOW....but only if they keep the content coming.
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however the "strike gold like WOW" part is a bit of silliness
oh and then there's this right here baby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-XBFIZcamo
yes, you can do that in game, if you know how to work the system.
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It is what it is. Stop trying to hide the fact that its a mix between WOW and D&D) with the AC2 engine. That is what it is, that is what the developers were aiming at, and that is what they got.
I personally like the game, BUT you have to play it in a certain mindset.
First off, the game does have epic chapter quests for each race and class quests that you have to do. You must (and should) do the class quests, as for the chapter quests I dont know what the final rewards are but you can skip them though everyone does not for some reason.
The game does lead you, it is very specific as to where you can and where you should go. You have your newbie instanced area, so a Elf will never start off anywhere but their newbie area. From there, they want you to go to your racial area. Humans in Bree, Elves and Dwarves in there area and Hobbits in the Shire. Bree and the Shire are the most complete and polished, for obvious reasons. Elf town and Dwarf town are very scare and underpopulated.
From that point everything goes east, Barrow Downs, Forsaken Inn, Rivendell. You can go to each of the other areas like the old forest and do those quests but you dont have to.
The reason is you have racial lore and area lore that you should complete. A Human gets human lore stuff in Bree, not in the Shire. You can do the shire quests if you are a human but you will be missing out on your specifically designed human content, and that may gimp you in the end.
You cannot powergame this MMO and you cannot grind off mobs. It is too slow for grinding. This is a quest game and only a quest game. Play it as a grinding EXP game and you will quit after two weeks.
Powergamers will gimp themselves. You have to do a lot of lore things to make your toon better. Staying in one area grinding will gimp you in the end. All of those lore things add up over time and a powergame level 50 will almost assuredly be gimpier than a casual leveled 50 of the same class.
Loot is scarce. Quest items are nice, but each level the bar raises a bit so in two levels those quest items are underpowered. Do you class quest at 15 cause that will be the best weapon you get for a while.
Tradeskills are copied from WOW with a bit of nice additions. Much more easier than EQ2 and much faster. Resources are spawned and will be stolen from you just like Chests (think WOW)
Tradeskill items are nice, but here is the thing...there is an auction system and 99% of the people do NOT use buyouts. This means you have to wait 6 hours to a day to get that item, and if someone outbids you (which will happen on 99% of the items) you will be SOL unless you park yourself at an aution guy....not fun at all.
Loot is by far overpriced....so much so that you will not afford even the most basic of stuff unless you can work the autions. I am levle 17 but decked out in NPC bought armor because that is the best and only available option. I have seen some nice stuff on the brokers, but of course, no Buyout...and the price is like 400 silver (too much for something that is outleveled in a few)
Best to do a tradeskill to equip yourself. I see no other way around that. And that is for basic stuff, then you get into the dungeons where things get a little better.
This is a casual players game and a small group game. You will not like it if you cannot adapt to those stlyes. Powergamers will quit, and Lore junkies will quit. They have visions of themselves hanging out in the prancing pony smoking pipeweed with Butterman....but in reality he is just a simply NPC with one quest who just stands there.
It is MMO-Lyte to be sure. Everything that you want is there, but it does not have the massive depth if you are looking for that.
But here is the really good thing about this game. They built a GREAT foundation which to lay further expansions on, and by looking at the map they can and will add a lot.
I think this is Turbines turn to strike gold just like WOW....but only if they keep the content coming.
________________________________________
however the "strike gold like WOW" part is a bit of silliness
oh and then there's this right here baby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-XBFIZcamo
yes, you can do that in game, if you know how to work the system.
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