General Discussion

(i know i have posted about this game before mates but ijust somehow can't find the thread :( )

WELL online is an original sci-fi MMORPG that is supposed to be released in 2008. It has a pretty impressive budget and is being developed by a Russian company Sibilant. The development is quite lively with new updates being flung at the fan hordes every 2-3 days. Some info about it can be found at the original website: www.wellonline.com However Most of the info has not been officially translated yet so the richest source of game info in english is this fanforum: www.wellonline.proboards99.com
Game mechanics, Lore, Concepts, Screenies - it's all there. Feel free to register and discuss stuff there.

Here's a link toconcept art: http://www.wellonline.com/gallery/show/concept/
And screenies: http://www.wellonline.com/screen/show/screen/
a couple of videos too: http://www.wellonline.com/video/

This game has a dynamic world with alive ecosystems, very interesting and original player races, a techno-magic environment with things like energy melee weapons and spellguns (a lot of attention to ranged combat btw) a skill based (sandbox system) and a very high degree of char specialty customisation. A heap of original MMO ideas on top of that aswell.

Here are some weaps

I have also been following this game for some time. The videos really look amazing. And its so interesting to see another culture then the usual ones makeing a MMO.

The game looks cool and i'm one for sci-fi mmorpgs or a mixture of fantasy if the dev wills. I'd love to know when this game comes out so i can fwee download it hehe.

Those 2 russian girls in the videos are hot lol.

Originally posted by Zeroxin

The game looks cool and i'm one for sci-fi mmorpgs or a mixture of fantasy if the dev wills. I'd love to know when this game comes out so i can fwee download it hehe.

That's the tough part.

The game is in beta (russian language only)
The Russian servers were supposed to be up in the end of february 2008.
The international servers were supposed to follow in some 3-4 months after that.

Sofar the release of Russian servers seems to be delayed "a bit". Having been through same stuff with AoC and TCoS we all know what those "bits" are like...

However if you register at the fan forum I will make sure to inform absolutely all of it's members if any date is announced ;)

More updates at our fan-forum today we present a variety of energy weapons - from halberds and swords to knuckles and battle-fans - come check it out :)

ENERGY WEAPONS IN WELL ONLINE

I'll be watching this one closely...

Looks like an more open-eneded Anarchy Online.. And thats fantastic..

Looks cool, I will be keeping my eye on it.

As a rule of thumb, I don't mess with MMORPG's whose target market isn't the United States, much less English speakers. When I think of having to have things translated, I only think of communication problems. I also think of where the servers will be and how it will effect my latency. Naturally, I don't expect them to fund servers in the same timezone as me. Another thing about not targeting the United States is that it will be hard to find regular groups with people around my level and time I play. Generally, many U.S. players don't play foreign games unless they are free. If it is free, it definitely is a no go, because free games are grindy and use item shops, which I do not like.

At any rate, thanks for the info.

I'm an American, but I speak Russian, so I thought I'd try and sign up for beta.  Heh, no luck, they want your Russian passport number and registration info!