I'm a big skill based sandbox fan.

Ive been messing around with eve for a while now and recently heard that a game called The saga of Ryzom

has been put back online.

This game is a premier sandbox MMO, this game has pvp, deep crafting and much more.

It's also free to try right now, hell... might as well be f2p the devs haven't given us a date when billing will start.

So goto the site and try this game out seriously.

You will be glad you did.

www.ryzom.com/en/

It said there were only 55 accounts left after I signed up, so hurry while they're available.

Darn, was going to try this game but there are no more accounts. 

Originally posted by Airwren

Darn, was going to try this game but there are no more accounts. 

they make more accounts available every day check the site every once in a while.

In the last six days at least 4k players have joined the ever growing SoR population.

The starting island is packed with players grouping up and having a great time.

keep checking back you will get in and you wont regret it.

It's definitely worth a try, especially now that it's free. Don't judge it before you've left the starter island - trust me on that one.

Originally posted by metalhead980

Originally posted by Airwren

Darn, was going to try this game but there are no more accounts. 

 

they make more accounts available every day check the site every once in a while.

In the last six days at least 4k players have joined the ever growing SoR population.

The starting island is packed with players grouping up and having a great time.

keep checking back you will get in and you wont regret it.

 

Thanks a million for the tip and ty as well Lydon.  I definitely want to give this game a shot as it looked interesting from the descriptions I've read here.  I have been drifting in MMO land since SWG went to pot.  I like Eve alot but have had a hard time making friends in that game so it gets a little boring for me.  Hopefully this will feed my addiction. =)

Originally posted by Lydon

It's definitely worth a try, especially now that it's free. Don't judge it before you've left the starter island - trust me on that one.

Ditto.  The starter island is NOTHING like the regular game.  Once you get into the game proper it is a really bid sandbox with no one leading you by the hand.

Just as an update I was able to sign up for an account yesterday and dl'd the game.  I am still in noobie land but I really had fun yesterday.  Good community, good game play, and I am already seeing that this game has a ton of depth.  1 cool thing to mention that I was like, "WOW" to was while I was standing next to someone at a quest giver.  While they stood idle the toon is of course fidgeting in place when all of a sudden he takes the sword in his hand and tosses it in the ground out of boredom.  That took me off guard and was kind of a neat little thing to see. 

I approve of this product, more people = more partying and more fun. Keep checking the site for the new accounted being released and hop in and see for yourself.

308 accounts left as of this posting.

I actually played this eons ago, I just reregistered, can anoyne recommend a server?

Originally posted by enzyme

I actually played this eons ago, I just reregistered, can anoyne recommend a server?

The one on which  you can understand the main language.

Is there player looting in PvP?  Is there any benefit to being a PKer in the game?

Originally posted by crmznoutlw16

Is there player looting in PvP?  Is there any benefit to being a PKer in the game?

Besides gettin' off by being a jackass?

 thought I would give this a try again.

I tried this in Nov 2006 and couldn't get past the "loading screen" after you select/create your character. So I have my account still as they made it Free (was a trial I signed up for in 06)

D/L newest client, patch, logon and see my level 1 character still there from 11/06. Cool, click login... Same issue as 2006. ROFL. So I go to the forums to see if anyone else has this problem.

After reading some threads, it turns out this game engine sucks so bad the networking stack times out if you try to logon using anything other than the LOWEST textures. So I set everything to LOW and try again. This time Success!! I am in!

The graphics look like crap, and the game isn't even cool from a pure client perspective. The mechanics are cool.

The cool features in the game are:

-) You draw and quarter the corpses to get animal parts. The same animal parts pretty much everytime. This is so much better than random eyes, teeth and ears dropping as loot.

-) Game is open sandbox style

That is where it ends. EQ1 looks and runs better, so what I think these guys need to do to give their users a serious chance at growing the community? Replace the Client with a revamped/modern one and upgrade the server/client networking stack.

Originally posted by Frotus

After reading some threads, it turns out this game engine sucks so bad the networking stack times out if you try to logon using anything other than the LOWEST textures. So I set everything to LOW and try again. This time Success!! I am in!

The graphics look like crap, and the game isn't even cool from a pure client perspective. The mechanics are cool.

The cool features in the game are:

-) You draw and quarter the corpses to get animal parts. The same animal parts pretty much everytime. This is so much better than random eyes, teeth and ears dropping as loot.

-) Game is open sandbox style

That is where it ends. EQ1 looks and runs better, so what I think these guys need to do to give their users a serious chance at growing the community? Replace the Client with a revamped/modern one and upgrade the server/client networking stack.

 

Erm...I'm running everything on highest and I've never had a problem. You must be having some issue with your PC.

Despite being 4 years old, Ryzom by far trumps many of today's MMOs in the graphics department.  Comparing it to EQ1 is laughable...there's no comparison at all.

Originally posted by Lydon

Originally posted by Frotus

After reading some threads, it turns out this game engine sucks so bad the networking stack times out if you try to logon using anything other than the LOWEST textures. So I set everything to LOW and try again. This time Success!! I am in!

The graphics look like crap, and the game isn't even cool from a pure client perspective. The mechanics are cool.

The cool features in the game are:

-) You draw and quarter the corpses to get animal parts. The same animal parts pretty much everytime. This is so much better than random eyes, teeth and ears dropping as loot.

-) Game is open sandbox style

That is where it ends. EQ1 looks and runs better, so what I think these guys need to do to give their users a serious chance at growing the community? Replace the Client with a revamped/modern one and upgrade the server/client networking stack.

 

Erm...I'm running everything on highest and I've never had a problem. You must be having some issue with your PC.

Despite being 4 years old, Ryzom by far trumps many of today's MMOs in the graphics department.  Comparing it to EQ1 is laughable...there's no comparison at all.

You didn't read carefully. Many posted having the same problem ONLY WITH Ryzom.

I know you want more users to build the dying community, but don't discount truth in order to achieve that goal. It is similar to a preacher discounting science to get members. Once the people arrive, they find out for themselves anyway; you merely waste their time.

Originally posted by Frotus

You didn't read carefully. Many posted having the same problem ONLY WITH Ryzom.

I know you want more users to build the dying community, but don't discount truth in order to achieve that goal. It is similar to a preacher discounting science to get members. Once the people arrive, they find out for themselves anyway; you merely waste their time.

What on Earth are you going on about? No one is saying that it's not working. But it's quite logical that this is clearly not happening with anyone.

The "many" people experiencing the problem is a very small percentage of the community. Why should the devs alter the client so that that small portion of people can play? Obviously there's some sort of conflict on your system with Ryzom. It's rather naive to think that they'd do such a thing. They're running a business after all.

Running a business is tricky. One thing I have learned is that more people move on then people who take the time to report an issue.

Addtionally, only 2 percent of people who read message boards actually post on them. So the posting people make up 2% of the opinion of the population.

Based on these facts, if you have a thread of 30 people claiming to have the exact same issue with one game out of dozens and dozens of MMOs, etc. You actually have a larger problem then you are admitting with the client. Most people will move on, some will check the forums and find a solution and only 2% of those people will post about it.

After doing the math that 30 people is more like 6000+.

I'm sorry, but you can't just assume that those figures are correct.

Secondly, the chances of someone with a problem posting is far greater than someone who is not experiencing a problem simply because of the fact that they are experiencing a problem and need help with it.

Also, I doubt Ryzom has 300 000 players all of a sudden (according to your math (2% = 6000 people). If it did it wouldn't have failed in the first place, so your numbers need a little work.

I'm not denying there's a problem, but the scale on which you're making it out to be is far greater than what it really is. I've never heard of such a problem in my life.