Earthrise, put simply.  Is a terrible game.  Originally when Earthrise was announced I was super excited, finally a sci-fi MMO.  One that had you acting out the role of a marine/soldier, or something along those lines in a hostile world filled with aliens, creatures, and who knows what else.  After video was shown I honestly lost all interest.  The game play looked terrible so it comes as no surprise that with the free trial out now the game is in fact, terribad.  At least in my opinion.

The game was a laggy mess, and despite having a high-end system it took some time to load up textures.  It doesn't seem like it's an optimized experience yet.  The combat was lacking, boring, and had nothing innovative going for it.  What a shame.  Quests were boring.  Same old, same old.  Go kill these ten things, go find that, go talk to him.  The world isn't interesting either.  At all.  It seems bland, boring, and doesn't have much going on it.  Other than random static NPCs, and creatures that are either neutral or hostile walking around aimlessly.

Originally posted by Ridrith The combat was lacking, boring, and had nothing innovative going for it.  What a shame.  Quests were boring.  Same old, same old.  Go kill these ten things, go find that, go talk to him.  The world isn't interesting either.  At all.  It seems bland, boring, and doesn't have much going on it.  Other than random static NPCs, and creatures that are either neutral or hostile walking around aimlessly.

You just described like 90% of MMOs currently at the market.

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Originally posted by K0TAPAK

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Originally posted by Ridrith The combat was lacking, boring, and had nothing innovative going for it.  What a shame.  Quests were boring.  Same old, same old.  Go kill these ten things, go find that, go talk to him.  The world isn't interesting either.  At all.  It seems bland, boring, and doesn't have much going on it.  Other than random static NPCs, and creatures that are either neutral or hostile walking around aimlessly.

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You just described like 90% of MMOs currently at the market.

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If you are looking for exciting story and cool quests in a polished game, Earthrise is not the game for you.

If you are looking for PvP, skill based system, crafting and player run economy, Earthrise is the game for you.

Yes, it has some bugs still, but nothing gamebreaking. And I prefer to play old MMOs much more than newly released ones:

Examples - Age of Conan - terrible first year - the best MMO at the moment 3 years later

Ultima Online - the king of MMOs

EVE - rough start, the best sandbox at the moment

All new MMOs- complete fail

Originally posted by Apeg

If you are looking for exciting story and cool quests in a polished game, Earthrise is not the game for you.

If you are looking for PvP, skill based system, crafting and player run economy, Earthrise is the game for you.

Yes, it has some bugs still, but nothing gamebreaking. And I prefer to play old MMOs much more than newly released ones:

Examples - Age of Conan - terrible first year - the best MMO at the moment 3 years later

Ultima Online - the king of MMOs

EVE - rough start, the best sandbox at the moment

All new MMOs- complete fail

AGe Of Conan = Best MMO? No its not even close

Ultima Online - the king of MMOs? There is some game people keep saying has like 15 Million players but I cant remember the name of it.

EvE - rough start , the best sandbox at the moment? I agree with this to an extent but only because there is really nonthing else out there. People want a Real Sandbox game in a world where you can build a house, exlpore dungeons, climb mountains and sail across oceans. To me Eve is nonthing more than an Online Real Time Stratagy Game. ArcheAge will be the definiton of Sandbox MMO if its any good when it comes out.

All new MMOs- complete fail? Rift seems to be doing just fine but I think that will change when Guild Wars 2 and Star Wars comes out.

World of Warcraft may have 15 million subscribers (that's active subscriptions, but think how many are RMT and botting accounts) but it doesn't make it the "King of MMO's". Trust me, I've played it since BWL came out and it's by far not the king of MMO's out there. 

Rift is doing "Just fine" because they have nothing orignial that they didn't steal from someone. The only thing they have are rifts and those were fun to begin with and are now stupid to do. People are playing Rift because it's different. It will fade with time, don't you worry about that.

GW2 looks very promising and so does SW. I wasn't all about SW in the beginning but it's hoping more hope for me. 

Originally posted by Apeg

If you are looking for exciting story and cool quests in a polished game, Earthrise is not the game for you.

If you are looking for PvP, skill based system, crafting and player run economy, Earthrise is the game for you.

Yes, it has some bugs still, but nothing gamebreaking. And I prefer to play old MMOs much more than newly released ones:

Examples - Age of Conan - terrible first year - the best MMO at the moment 3 years later

Ultima Online - the king of MMOs

EVE - rough start, the best sandbox at the moment

All new MMOs- complete fail

As a pvp fanatic i will state clearly, avoid Earthrise AT THE MOMENT if you enjoy fair, balanced, enjoyable, exciting and non-frustrating pvp thats not riddled with bugs and exploits.

It's a terrible mess at the moment.

The recent event of cutting client and subscription cost by 60% is the last step to prevent shutting down the game completely.

Nope, there won't be a happy ending. Masthead simply screwed it up by not listening early on what beta-testers and pre-release forums told them.

Originally posted by Yalexy

The recent event of cutting client and subscription cost by 60% is the last step to prevent shutting down the game completely.

Nope, there won't be a happy ending. Masthead simply screwed it up by not listening early on what beta-testers and pre-release forums told them.

You heard it here first, folks! Not only is Yalexy an expert on Earthrise in general despite not having logged in for more than 5 minutes since beta, but he ALSO is privy to Masthead's personal financial records. We're so lucky to have you here, Yalexy, so that we may continue to stay "in the know". Thanks for being you, bud :)

Originally posted by Mannish

AGe Of Conan = Best MMO? No its not even close

Ultima Online - the king of MMOs? There is some game people keep saying has like 15 Million players but I cant remember the name of it.

EvE - rough start , the best sandbox at the moment? I agree with this to an extent but only because there is really nonthing else out there. People want a Real Sandbox game in a world where you can build a house, exlpore dungeons, climb mountains and sail across oceans. To me Eve is nonthing more than an Online Real Time Stratagy Game. ArcheAge will be the definiton of Sandbox MMO if its any good when it comes out.

All new MMOs- complete fail? Rift seems to be doing just fine but I think that will change when Guild Wars 2 and Star Wars comes out.

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Originally posted by Adun

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Originally posted by Yalexy
The recent event of cutting client and subscription cost by 60% is the last step to prevent shutting down the game completely.
Nope, there won't be a happy ending. Masthead simply screwed it up by not listening early on what beta-testers and pre-release forums told them.

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You heard it here first, folks! Not only is Yalexy an expert on Earthrise in general despite not having logged in for more than 5 minutes since beta, but he ALSO is privy to Masthead's personal financial records. We're so lucky to have you here, Yalexy, so that we may continue to stay "in the know". Thanks for being you, bud :)

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Repeating your false statement about my time in Earthrise doesn't make it true. I've spent some good 300 hours playing (*cough* testing) after they went live with the game.

Like it or not, but Masthead unfortunately didn't listen before they went live and they still don't do it. They've not got the manpower to change anything radically and reinvent some mechanics and this is why they're now trying to milk the cow as much as possible before the shutdown.

Ask Kole, Cav, Felix etc. or anyone of those people who have followed and actively participated well before the servers went live and after. They'll tell you exactly the same, but they don't even like to talk about this whgole mess anymore.

Originally posted by Yalexy

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Repeating your false statement about my time in Earthrise doesn't make it true. I've spent some good 300 hours playing (*cough* testing) after they went live with the game.

Like it or not, but Masthead unfortunately didn't listen before they went live and they still don't do it. They've not got the manpower to change anything radically and reinvent some mechanics and this is why they're now trying to milk the cow as much as possible before the shutdown.

Ask Kole, Cav, Felix etc. or anyone of those people who have followed and actively participated well before the servers went live and after. They'll tell you exactly the same, but they don't even like to talk about this whgole mess anymore.

Let's avoid baiting others guys. Thanks.

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Originally posted by Apeg

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Originally posted by Yalexy

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Repeating your false statement about my time in Earthrise doesn't make it true. I've spent some good 300 hours playing (*cough* testing) after they went live with the game.
Like it or not, but Masthead unfortunately didn't listen before they went live and they still don't do it. They've not got the manpower to change anything radically and reinvent some mechanics and this is why they're now trying to milk the cow as much as possible before the shutdown.
Ask Kole, Cav, Felix etc. or anyone of those people who have followed and actively participated well before the servers went live and after. They'll tell you exactly the same, but they don't even like to talk about this whgole mess anymore.

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The game went live 6 months ago, so your story is quite old, even ancient for MMO standards. People like you were predicting shutdown in March, then April, then May, but summer is here and there is no shutdown yet. Lets see if your expertise will predict the time of shutdown, when many other experts failed, lol.

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I've got another three month subscription that I paid for back then, so let's see if my subscription runs out before the time Earthrise got left.

Originally posted by Yalexy

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I've got another three month subscription that I paid for back then, so let's see if my subscription runs out before the time Earthrise got left.

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Originally posted by Apeg

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Originally posted by Yalexy

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I've got another three month subscription that I paid for back then, so let's see if my subscription runs out before the time Earthrise got left.

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Ok, that is something different. But how did you get 3 months back then and still can play for another 3 months when they started charging in April, which means that your subscription is running out this month?

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I bought the game the very first day including 6 month subscription. Back then there was hope here...

Originally posted by Yalexy

 

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I bought the game including 6 month subscription. Back then there was hope here...

No CC, but transaction, no refund or recurring bill. So I paid 2 x 3 month.

I thought that €100 (box + 6 month) initially would be good ^^

Originally posted by Yalexy

 

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Originally posted by Adun

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Originally posted by Yalexy
The recent event of cutting client and subscription cost by 60% is the last step to prevent shutting down the game completely.
Nope, there won't be a happy ending. Masthead simply screwed it up by not listening early on what beta-testers and pre-release forums told them.

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You heard it here first, folks! Not only is Yalexy an expert on Earthrise in general despite not having logged in for more than 5 minutes since beta, but he ALSO is privy to Masthead's personal financial records. We're so lucky to have you here, Yalexy, so that we may continue to stay "in the know". Thanks for being you, bud :)

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Repeating your false statement about my time in Earthrise doesn't make it true. I've spent some good 300 hours playing (*cough* testing) after they went live with the game.

Like it or not, but Masthead unfortunately didn't listen before they went live and they still don't do it. They've not got the manpower to change anything radically and reinvent some mechanics and this is why they're now trying to milk the cow as much as possible before the shutdown.

Ask Kole, Cav, Felix etc. or anyone of those people who have followed and actively participated well before the servers went live and after. They'll tell you exactly the same, but they don't even like to talk about this whgole mess anymore.

Same old generic prattle. While I'm not going to argue with you about your supposed playtime as neither of us can prove or disprove it, I highly, utterly doubt you've spent "300+ hours" since launch in game. In fact, what is your ig name? I'd like to know see if I've seen you a single time. And as Apeg said, every thing that comes out of your mouth as the months go by is ever little more than doomsaying, mixed with a rather distinct cluelessness about how things actually are. For example, have you said even a single constructive or insightful thing pertaining to what your grievances actually are with this game? A sentence from you generally comes down to like "damn guys, it's just a big FFA arena, and it sucks, and oh, it's unfinished, and they didn't listen, so gg, and oh, prognosis = bad". Captivating stuff.

The reality of the game, however, coming from the people who actually play it, is that it's finally attained a stable, engaging foundation that will allow it to grow into a very healthy niche title. It is now in a decent release state and can only go up. It's obvious that the game should've stayed in testing more than it did, but this has been established and we're passed this by now because it is irrelevant moving forward; and yet it seems to be the only thing you can focus on and have to say. The future of the game looks great and with each patch and further promotion, as MHS is doing now, we will only see it grow.