Oh yes I know all the tricks on this forum...

Purposely leave "Runes of Magic" out of the thread title to get more play in the General forum, hoping it will stay here longer.

I am sorry but when I hit a piece of ore with a pickaxe or chop wood I expect to hear a sound, not silence.

This kills the immersion for me.

Originally posted by phatpetey

Well I agree with the OP.

The game really looks great and it offers quite a lot of content, especially when you consider that the game is free2play. But in your post you say you don't like games that involve a cash-shop, but you do have played maplestory, in maplestory you can really buy some major advantages. For an example you can buy double experience scrolls which gives you ... double experience. And most other items you can buy in the maplestory cash-shop do offer you a great advantage (pets, tele-scrolls,...).

I listed that under games i've played. i have not enjoyed every game i've tried. i thought ffxi sucked, maple story sucks, rakion is barely ok, guild wars gets boring fast and the list goes on. the only game that really leaves a positive imprint in my mind is asherons call, haha.

Originally posted by donjn

I am sorry but when I hit a piece of ore with a pickaxe or chop wood I expect to hear a sound, not silence.

This kills the immersion for me.

completely understandable. maybe that'll be fixed when it's officially released.

someone find me a bot so i dont have level another crap grindfest and i'm down lol, no not really o_O

Originally posted by Vinterkrig

someone find me a bot so i dont have level another crap grindfest and i'm down lol, no not really o_O

Then why do you play MMO's at all? I think you need to find another genre of game with that attitude as they are all grindfests in one way or another. RoM is the least grindiest F2P I've ever seen and I've at least tried most of them. 95% of them don't last a week on my computer but I see RoM being there for a long time indeed. Maybe you should actually try a game before you belittle it. It would lend a lot more credibility to your comments as right now you have none where RoM is concerned.

Bren

After reading the this thread, I may actually going to finish downloading RoM. I have tried almost every F2P MMO out there and I found them all to be the same old grindfest. The only exception was DoMO, but the graphics are too kiddie for me. I am currently playing FFXI and I really enjoy the dual classes but I just can't get into the rest of the game. I will definitely finish downloading RoM now after reading this thread.

Curse you SOE for ruining SWG 

Just to let you know that this game is not that great if you like pvp because it does not have it.  It has mvp(money vs player) and that is outright lame.

If you doubt me just go read the boards, they have over loaded with complaints about how players buy their way to success in pvp.

So yeah a decent pve game with laughable mvp.

This thread has sparked my interest. Downloading RoM as we speak. I hope it's not one of those f2p asian grinders again!

Originally posted by Ozmodan

Just to let you know that this game is not that great if you like pvp because it does not have it.  It has mvp(money vs player) and that is outright lame.

If you doubt me just go read the boards, they have over loaded with complaints about how players buy their way to success in pvp.

So yeah a decent pve game with laughable mvp.

I don't PvP anyway so...

I agree with OP, beta-tested the game from day 1, very decent F2P, richer than WoW in some aspects (more functionalities and complexity in some areas), funny mobs, dual classes, definitely worth a try.

Originally posted by Theocritus

     I thought RoM was OK for a free game but I just couldn't play it for very long......Overall the game just felt like a "been there done that" experience and that nothing really felt new about it.......

Same for me, too.  I deleted it after playing it for a few hours.  Ok, but... meh.

I just finished a 4 hour run with RoM (level 8) and here is my take on it:

1. Quests are your typical kill___wolves, bears, etc... but I don't mind it.

2. Gathering is pretty cool. I am doing mining, herb gathering, and woodcutting.

3. Crafting is going to be really good I think. I am a Tailor, Cook, Blacksmith, and Armorsmith. I hear you lose some professions after so long but haven't confirmed it yet.

4. Armor/weapons are pretty cool looking

5. I only died once and it was because I found a rare monster and hit it and aggroed about 15 wolves.

6. Adding runes to gear is nice. Some armor/weapons have rune slots and some don't. Rune drops have been plentiful for me.

7. Housing is awesome. It decorates kind of like eq2. I am not understanding the maintenance costs yet. It appears that you must buy crystals from the shop to pay for maintenance (Energy) although I haven't researched it yet.

8. Maps and interface all together is user friendly.

9. Movement is bad at first until you get used to it. I liken it to GW I guess.

10. It appears to me that they took the best aspects from other MMO's and tried to give it to us in a f2p. It is definitely worth trying out. I won't tell you it is the best, but I really do like it.

11. You get a mount as soon as you log in. I think it is temporary though. I don't know because I haven't needed mine yet.

My only major gripe is that it takes forever to download and update!!!!

 I'm downloading it right now, it looks very interesting, but I wish it didn't take so long to download.

Still, if there are a lot of Instances i'll be happy, since that made WoW worthwhile when I hit 70 pre-wrath.

The house system is an interesting feature, I dunno if I'll use it all that much, but w/e, it's a nice addition

I like the dual class system, reminds me of the good old days in FFXI, but it seems that players either love it or hate it.
 

I'll play a PvP server probably for realism, but I dunno if i'll actually PvP that much.....I don't know about the earlier comment on MvP, because I haven't heard anything about that.

i will gladly bump this, although i am playing it a bit more than OP

I will disagree with OP with 2 issues: graphics is average, not good. WoW like. Characters have better graphics, but enviroment is much wow/war alike.

Gameplay is not wow alike. I cant right now compare to other games, for me its pretty unique, with open pvp, reputation system, ranking, housing and server vs server pvp

kind of disappointed this thread got thrown into the runes of magic forum...my point in making this was to turn people onto the game. oh well, hopefully it still does and it seems like many people are giving it a shot.

yeah the quality and depth to this really is at an equal with lot of pay to play games . i m not sure i would say its on a par with warcraft at present but this more than any other free to play game has the potential to be a huge success . the servers i ve played on have been extremly busy and very friendly . this is the perfect second mmo to play on the side of the one your currently playing . the early quests are a bit of a grind but no more so than the early quests on warcraft .  i ll be interested to see how this pans out as i level higher .

I have played ROM now for a week and a half.
I'm very much a believer in game "spirit" as opposed to just "mechanics",I have played dungeons and dragons table top since first edition onward,so when MMO's started happening, my perspective was always coming from an attempt to "recapture" that sense of wonder and escapism diving into a fantasy world and engaging in adventure with a character..

Most players these days seem to be "born" into an MMO community as far as their RPGing is concerned, and you have two types- those who come for the RPG escape,and those who are "Gamers" seeking a sportman like challenge to do PvP etc.
And there are some who fall in the middle,and do both.
Out of the starting gate, ROM impressed the hell out of me, because quite frankly in all the Mmo's I have tried (short list-Pirates of burning sea, AoC,EQ2,WoW,SWG,Tabula rasa,CoH/CoV,Matrix online,Warhammer,LOTRO),I have never had an avatar that by the end of day one, LOOKED as cool
As my now Knight/Warrior does in ROM.

Riding a Warhorse at low levels, having duel-classes to switch to and fro—a nice starting house that makes the EQ2 one look like a homeless person's
Cardboard box..

Oh Yes.

As for the Item shop..

It serves this purpose IMO..

Vanity.

Agree or disagree, players are VAIN..more than you may think.
I know a former guildie in LotrO who would not even TRY Potbs after going through character creation, because she did not like the way the avatar customising was so limited..if she did not look as she wished, the game had ZERO appeal.

Some friends of mine will hit "randomise"on names, appearance and just click "next". But I fall into the category of "I want my avatar to look cool". And Rom features a rather ingenius option that furthur magnifies this..

We have all had cool looking gear, but then that next better sword or armor set looks "crappier" and we settle because well..it's stats are to much better to ignore. (how many of you had cool boots in AoC only to have to wear a stupid pair of frikkin SLIPPERS to get better shoes later?) well, in Rom you have the option to "strip" stats and transmute them to the old armor/weapon and remain looking the same but be advanced in gear..within limit..still..

Little details become noticeably appreciated the longer I play.

I will definetly keep up with ROM and I look forward to seeing what they come up with next.
 

Originally posted by MyPreciousss

I agree with OP, beta-tested the game from day 1, very decent F2P, richer than WoW in some aspects (more functionalities and complexity in some areas), funny mobs, dual classes, definitely worth a try.

 

Yep, totally agree with this.

I am quite shocked that this F2P is actually half decent and seems to have some depth. Harvesting, crafting, AH, housing, lots of unique items, runs well on my lappy.  I still prefer the P2P games but will definitely keep an active interest in this.

Originally posted by Daystar38

I have played ROM now for a week and a half.
I'm very much a believer in game "spirit" as opposed to just "mechanics",I have played dungeons and dragons table top since first edition onward,so when MMO's started happening, my perspective was always coming from an attempt to "recapture" that sense of wonder and escapism diving into a fantasy world and engaging in adventure with a character..

Most players these days seem to be "born" into an MMO community as far as their RPGing is concerned, and you have two types- those who come for the RPG escape,and those who are "Gamers" seeking a sportman like challenge to do PvP etc.
And there are some who fall in the middle,and do both.
Out of the starting gate, ROM impressed the hell out of me, because quite frankly in all the Mmo's I have tried (short list-Pirates of burning sea, AoC,EQ2,WoW,SWG,Tabula rasa,CoH/CoV,Matrix online,Warhammer,LOTRO),I have never had an avatar that by the end of day one, LOOKED as cool
As my now Knight/Warrior does in ROM.

Riding a Warhorse at low levels, having duel-classes to switch to and fro—a nice starting house that makes the EQ2 one look like a homeless person's
Cardboard box..

Oh Yes.

As for the Item shop..

It serves this purpose IMO..

Vanity.

Agree or disagree, players are VAIN..more than you may think.
I know a former guildie in LotrO who would not even TRY Potbs after going through character creation, because she did not like the way the avatar customising was so limited..if she did not look as she wished, the game had ZERO appeal.

Some friends of mine will hit "randomise"on names, appearance and just click "next". But I fall into the category of "I want my avatar to look cool". And Rom features a rather ingenius option that furthur magnifies this..

We have all had cool looking gear, but then that next better sword or armor set looks "crappier" and we settle because well..it's stats are to much better to ignore. (how many of you had cool boots in AoC only to have to wear a stupid pair of frikkin SLIPPERS to get better shoes later?) well, in Rom you have the option to "strip" stats and transmute them to the old armor/weapon and remain looking the same but be advanced in gear..within limit..still..

Little details become noticeably appreciated the longer I play.

I will definetly keep up with ROM and I look forward to seeing what they come up with next.
 

I think you nailed it pretty dang good. Why did I spend half the amount of diamonds I paid on my warhorse to change its appearance? Because I made it look damn cool! When I get to 50 and have the gear I want, I will spend more money and color it the way I want to make my toon look the way I want it to. I think they did a pretty dang nice job on that and other "subscription" based games could really benefit from examining how they do it in ROM. You actually can have individuality in your looks and be unique. Its not to say that others can't copy you, I been running around for a week now and I was the only one on my server with a warhorse with purple armor. I have seen at least 3 others change thiers to something similar.

Currently the only thing I dont like about my toon is the fact that most of the gear for cloth wearers seem to be designed around robes. As a priest, I dont want to look like ever other mage out there. I can't wait to get higher up and figure out a way to get myself out of robes and make it look cool!