During last month's PAX East convention, our team had a chance to get their hands on RaiderZ and found that the upcoming MMO was incredibly polished and tons of fun. In the intervening weeks, we managed to catch up to Co-Producer Mark Hill to talk a bit more about RaiderZ. Check it out!

MMORPG: We missed our time with the first press beta event for Raiderz, so we were caught completely off guard by how polished and fun Raiderz is looking at PAX East. Where’s the game in terms of development right now? When can players expect to get into the beta and try out the monster hunting for themselves?

Mark Hill: Thank you for the kind comments. The Perfect World team was blown away by the overwhelmingly positive response from the crowds at PAX East. We’re currently hard at work preparing new content for the next RaiderZ beta phase and aim to have it ready by Q3 this year.

Read more of Bill Murphy's RaiderZ: Post PAX Interview.

Cant wait for this game to come out.

Originally posted by Soldier101

Cant wait for this game to come out.

same, first f2p i've ever actually anticipated.

I tried the game out and was impressed with the fluid combat.

I hunger for MOAR!!!!

Game sounds great but PvP obviously isn't on their priority list if it's still in development and he coudn't shed any more light on it (obviously he's got no idea himself) and end game seems to be dungeons, grinding....Zzzz boring.

Too bad sounds like a great game with terribad end game.

Originally posted by marz.at.play

Game sounds great but PvP obviously isn't on their priority list if it's still in development and he coudn't shed any more light on it (obviously he's got no idea himself) and end game seems to be dungeons, grinding....Zzzz boring.

 

Too bad sounds like a great game with terribad end game.

Well, theres allways the good part of be F2P:

We can play a little, stop playing if get bored and back again when we want, allways without spend any money for it.  :)

No armor dropping from mobs? That was a bad decision. Lets see how cash shoppy the conquest crafting system is.

Originally posted by Neiken

... Lets see how cash shoppy the conquest crafting system is.

Well, its Perfect World......

Originally posted by bigsmiff

I tried the game out and was impressed with the fluid combat.

I actually think  the combat is better than Tera's,the mobs are harder and have better AI as well.Also,this game was in development before tera so there is no "raiderZ copied tera" for the Tera boys and girls to shout about.

ok this game is called raiderz, but there is no raid content announced?

Originally posted by marz.at.play

Game sounds great but PvP obviously isn't on their priority list if it's still in development and he coudn't shed any more light on it (obviously he's got no idea himself) and end game seems to be dungeons, grinding....Zzzz boring.

 

Too bad sounds like a great game with terribad end game.

Comments like this always make me cringe... "End Game Content" is the worst idea to ever grace online games, no matter how successful they are.

Originally posted by Morv

Originally posted by marz.at.play

Game sounds great but PvP obviously isn't on their priority list if it's still in development and he coudn't shed any more light on it (obviously he's got no idea himself) and end game seems to be dungeons, grinding....Zzzz boring.

 

Too bad sounds like a great game with terribad end game.

Comments like this always make me cringe... "End Game Content" is the worst idea to ever grace online games, no matter how successful they are.

Why's that. I for one play for the end game content. I've been playing GW for 7 years now because of the eng game Guild vs Guild battles. That's a great example of a great game with great end game content as far as I'm concerned.

Cringe all you like but my comment is valid.

Ya i heared that before incredibly polished my ass.

personally i found the combat to be smoother in RaiderZ but overall Tera's combat is better especially in terms of Dodging which was a bit buggy but that was due to it being Alpha Beta so i guess they will fix it. fighting with monster parts is awesome,  for example if you fight a unicorn you can break his horn off and use it to fight (when you are using monster parts they have their own set of skills) so it makes it interesting.

Also you can fight while mounted which is also awesome but you use specific mount skills which change depending on the mount. Overall this game is awesome for F2P, graphicly its a bit lower than Tera which is still above high in todays MMORPGs. I didnt get a chance to PvP though but im assuming PvP will get a lot of attention.

So it's basically a free fully online Monster Hunter game. I can dig that! The crafting system sounds just like Monster Hunter Tri's crafting system, where the mobs drop pieces that get crafted into specific armor and weapon types. I wonder if it will have gear trees like in MH, with some gear having multiple possible armor/weapon outcomes that are craftable depending on the stats and look you want.

Well now I don't need to pay $50 + a sub fee to play an action-based MMO.  Not that I'm certain I'll like it any better than Tera, but the price is nice.

I like the idea of the game, but honestly I've seen how PWE works. They always have these really cool looking games, then get a bunch of people playing then introduce some cash shop item that you HAVE to buy to continue being competetive or even doing the content. The company itself basically invented the definition of Pay to Win games.

This is essentially monster hunter online released for the western audience. I'm highly interested.

armor clippomg drove me insane.