Originally posted by Marunai

Due to the apparent lack of people and possibly dead status, are they still charging a monthly fee? What is it? I thought about trying it. I play COH/COV and I am looking for another game to play as well. I've always wanted to try this one but never hear anything good about it. What's the deal?

I don't know what the current fee is on its own, but it's including in the station pass.

The problem is, as far as MMO's go, MxO is extremely sub-standard. UNLESS, you're a die-hard Matrix fan. If you love The Matrix and what it's all about, you stand to gain something from MxO. If you just thought The Matrix was ok and aren't really a major fan, then stay well clear as you won't get what you're looking for out of it.

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Originally posted by neolivesftw

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Originally posted by Sweeet

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Originally posted by Marunai

Due to the apparent lack of people and possibly dead status, are they still charging a monthly fee? What is it? I thought about trying it. I play COH/COV and I am looking for another game to play as well. I've always wanted to try this one but never hear anything good about it. What's the deal?

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I don't know what the current fee is on its own, but it's including in the station pass.
The problem is, as far as MMO's go, MxO is extremely sub-standard. UNLESS, you're a die-hard Matrix fan. If you love The Matrix and what it's all about, you stand to gain something from MxO. If you just thought The Matrix was ok and aren't really a major fan, then stay well clear as you won't get what you're looking for out of it.

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Originally posted by neolivesftw

ure all crazy. .... sick rp, what more could you want.

I stopped reading seriously at that point cause I was to busy lol'ing

with some of the things that are said in this particular forum, I wonder if they are serious or if they are kidding.  I mean wow...

Originally posted by smitty0356

The title says it all, some people might defend that it's not, but trust me.... Unless you are some sort of die-hard matrix guy, it's totally void of everything that makes an mmo an mmo! 

LOL! I completely forgot there was a Matrix MMO. Thanks for reminding me, it gave me a chuckle!

Originally posted by Zech4

 

man look at this loser neolivesftw hes the ONLY person here who likes mxo but dude face it ur mmo is more dead then any other.

 

 

It blows so before you go off calling elves and dwarfes kiddie look at wow it has like 9 mil players while your game only has like 900.

 

LMAO MXO blows.

 

nuff said

No offense, but your argument was probobly as strong as his was, 'cept one can actually read yours without using a translator.

I always wanted to play MxO, but even late 2006, it seemed kind of dead to me, compared to most other MMOs. A new Matrix game would be great, but I'm reasonably sure it would never happen, considering this was a failure. It's pretty hard to teach an old dog new tricks...

MXO is teh best gaime on the market. Ask anyone who plays! No droofs no stoopid elves.

Originally posted by neolivesftw

MXO is teh best gaime on the market. Ask anyone who plays! No droofs no stoopid elves.

 

 

I would if they weren't all special people. But that says it all I guess!

Yeah, I log into that game from time to time and try to strike up a conversation.

Normally there's no one around to respond, and when there is they usually are annoying...

I tried MxO a while back, felt it had potential but some game-breaking bugs and poor gameplay ruined it for me.  Though killing off Morpheus was probably, to put it mildly, a very brain-dead thing to do.

I remember a bug that if I was jumping from Point A to B and got aggro, I would get pulling into interlock in mid jump.  I'd land on the ground unable to move til the mob caught up to me so I could break.  Meanwhile the other mobs around me are attacking and I can't do anything about it.

I didn't care for the  missions they were all essentially the same.  Are all the buildings in the city run-down slums?  Changing parameters just added more stops before I got to the final slum building.

Having everyone able to change their class at anytime I also didn't like.  I know the whole thing about in the movies they just uploaded whatever knowledge they needed.  Notice thought that Trinity always did the driving?  If I was a Coder, I shouldn't be able to access anything but Coder abilities.  Sure I can unload and reload others, just so long as they are in the Coder tree.  With everyone able to be everything, everyone was alike.

Good potential, poorly implimented.

Just an update.  I saw 2 other players the other day, in all, that is 4 people that I have seen on my server since I started playing the trial 10 days ago.

Not even the old zionist hotspots in the rookie zones have anyone near them.... it's a complete ghost town.

LOL dont know what server your on but i run in to about 100-500 players every day..Mara central Is the best spot for them. But if you hop from line to line you will be able to find some. So no its not dead...it just has a low pop..But from what i hear  soe is FINALLY goin to ad more stuff to it.

Well vector is totally dead... it is the hostile server, so maybe it drove off everyone or something, but it is an absolute desolate wasteland.

I just came by this thread and i felt like i should give some input, to help shed some light on why people still play this game and what possible aspects of it that may be appealing...

I've been playing since after the server merge and i've only just stopped playing about a month ago since i don't really have time to play computer games atm. I regret not being around during beta, 'cause that sounded like a really fun time, as well as just after launch right up to the server merge. Personally i think that there's only a few possible activities within this game that makes it enjoyable. The pvp is very...umm...special...very unique to the game, and can be quite addictive, especially when there's even numbers of people on either side. However, the only downside(s) to pvp would be the drama that can come with it, there is a lot of people who will start trash talking at you after you kill them instead of just moving on, which is annoying. And there's always the possibility of bugs affecting your capacity to fight, which can be quite frustrating, (although towards the end of my subscription alot of the bugs have been ironed out, and some tweeking is still being made). Still though, pvp on that game is pretty much the only reason why there's still a fair amount of people playing. Mostly taking place at Mara C on all servers, although on Vector it is more likely to be anywhere else but mara c since the whole server is hostile, thus pvp is more spontaneous there. But it does seem that pvp is very much dominated by lvl 50s, so you would have to go though the mind numbingly boring grind to get to 50.

However, don't let the grind deter you. There are lots of factions on all 3 servers that actually strive to gain more members and a lot of them have 50s that actively help with power lvling lowbies, as well as helping them get gear. It is possible to hit 50 in 2 weeks if you got help from a faction.

There is some portion of the population that also indulges in RP as well, a lot of people do RP whenever there isn't any pvp happening, or they may do RP instead of pvp altogether. I'm not really entirely sure on this part, i usually just witness people RP from time to time, and i attend an occassional live event. RP is just not for me...

Up until i left, i felt that the only reason why the MAJORITY of the population continue to play is because of the entertainment pvp can provide, how the storyline has progressed (since chapter 8 i understand it has got more interesting), how close-knit the community is, and also because it seems that new content is slowly, but surely being added. A new district is in the works for the next update (hopefully).

This game is far from dead, but it does have a long way to go before it can be considered an all-round solid good MMO.

Finally! Someone with some positive things to say about this game! I ordered a copy of the game yesterday and I can't wait to get it in. I am definitely into RP'ing within the Matrix and I can't wait to kick @$$. I'm undecided if I want to be a Zionist or an Agent for the Machines first. I'm leaning towards agent, but I don't know. Anyways, thanks for this post. I feel much better about my purchase now.

Originally posted by jircris

LOL dont know what server your on but i run in to about 100-500 players every day..Mara central Is the best spot for them. But if you hop from line to line you will be able to find some. So no its not dead...it just has a low pop..But from what i hear  soe is FINALLY goin to ad more stuff to it.

Aww hell yeah boi post a screenie and show them wuts up.

Originally posted by Marunai

Finally! Someone with some positive things to say about this game! I ordered a copy of the game yesterday and I can't wait to get it in. I am definitely into RP'ing within the Matrix and I can't wait to kick @$$. I'm undecided if I want to be a Zionist or an Agent for the Machines first. I'm leaning towards agent, but I don't know. Anyways, thanks for this post. I feel much better about my purchase now.

uh u cant be an agent. why would u wanna work for teh macheens anyway? don you know NEO died for you? but I thik ure gonna make the right decision

 I wish you luck with your MxO endeavors Marunai. If you can get some high level help to ease the repetitive mess they call missions, you'll have a great time.

I think machines would be a great idea, just so you can kick neolivesftw's arse  lol

I thought you could be Zionist or an agent? what are the choices? Are there any? I could have sworn someone mentioned opposing sides.

Originally posted by Marunai

I thought you could be Zionist or an agent? what are the choices? Are there any? I could have sworn someone mentioned opposing sides.

Yes, there is: Zion, Machines, and the French guy's faction.

What's interesting is they don't represent it as just good vs. evil. Except the French guy. That faction is totally evil. Zion certainly has its shades of gray, as do the machines. The storyline missions deal a lot with the strains between the factions.

There is a lot of good flavor in there, and the combat system is excellent. It does it right: less twitch but it still looks quick and powerful. You pick your moves as the countdown occurs while you kung-fu out your current one. When you're not ridiculously spazzing buttons in a game to have a clicking contest, you can get some very cool tandem animations in.

One of the weak points, mentioned above, is that if you aren't watching the story, the missions can be repetative.