Originally posted by Maxxaureate

I hate to say it but even if there wasn't such a thing as a WoW clone. This would still be a number one contender. The gameplay and interface was so similar it was sickening. I logged out and uninstalled barely ten minutes into it.  Don't even bother with this one guys.

what your not getting is this will be a F2P game...if your baseing  playing a game due too it copying another then wow should thank its stars that everyone isnt like you or it wouldnt have had 1 sub.i have played this and i have played 90% of mmos out there f2p or p2p and this is one of the best f2p out there as long as they clean up a few things and balance some of the classes it will be a great game.do not listen to comments like this guy try it ...give it more then 10 minutes if you dont like it...hey no harm no foul.it was free.

Originally posted by mahrguz

Since they hand out the client for free there is PROBABLY nothing illegal with the following  mo:

Just download it as a torrent (google "runes of magic torrent" to find one).

You must install a torrent client first (I can recommend utorrent or azereus - both are free)

You will OF COURSE remember to check the downloaded files for virus/malware.

btw. I am also "quite" experienced  with computergames (25 years general/10years w.mmos) and I happen to like this game so far. - So as always: the beauty is in the eye(s) of the beholder . ->

The Vic20 rules.

Yeah Im surprised that they didn't have a torrent  option on the site.  But yeah I played in closed beta but not all that much I was to busy with my Main mmo, but Im going to try and play this game again cuz im bored once again.

Runes of magic is a very good game, especially since it is free to play, calling it a failure from the gate just shows that you had no inteniton of liking this game anyway.

This game is definatly worth playing, and definatly worth giving  at a bare minimum your own attempt at enjoying and not take one of the usual f2p hate threads as your guide.

The way I see it, it is a Beta and they are still working on getting out bugs and with mostly new staff it will take a while to get things sorted out. This is more than I can say for World of Warcraft who after being one of if not the biggest MMORPG in the subscription based market for the last 4 years are still having issues with players falling thru the maps, heavy lag, mail issues, frequent rolling restarts, evading mobs, glitching instances, typos in item names and the list goes on and is long.  Seeing this is still a beta and not even set for intent for public release with a date or timeline, I would have to say they are in pretty good shape considered to Blizzard I mean seriously after 4 years and when a player does not get an achievement they earned and the ticket  reply reads "It is working as intended" I think we no need to point fingers at the fre 2 play games we need to point the fingers at who is having a multi billion dollar Christms on our money.

I guess I should clarify my post earlier.  I kind of left out a pretty important word.  I meant to say, I haven't seen any major bugs. one's that cause windows blue screen, or freeze the computer, or crash the game, or interfer with my gameplay...I have noticed some smaller ones, that aren't really all that bad, some minor graphical glitches, but nothing that really takes away from the experience of playing probably the best f2p mmo, and it's still in beta.

i had no problems at all not sure where you're getting your info on everyone having trouble running it.

Seriously have any of you people dissing this game ever been in a game when its in its OB stages or do you all jst start at the start, its Open Beta which also means DEVELOPING which means yeah theres going to be bugs and stuff wrong with it cause its not finsished yet, i garante you that every mmorpg out there today had jst as many bugs as this game when they were developing because you cant make somthing perfect of the start ie. Wow pretty much all of us have seen or played this and trust me it didnt have the 5star start everyone thinks it had its had its fare share of problems i mean you see that still today with patches comming out every couple of months and its had what 4 years to develop and Runes of magic has had like what not even a year.

Also Runes of Magic is f2p meaning it doesnt have the millions of dollars Wow and other games had to get 100s of workers and developers so its not going to be top notch.

Apart from being a bit laggy now and then I've had no major technical problems with the game at all. The only bugs I've seen have been some of the localization and a few quest glitches. So far it's turning out to be the best FTP MMORPG I've played. (Atlantica is good too but i see that as more of a strategy game).

To all of you complaining about the bugs in the game:

You have TOTALLY missed the point.

This is a fantasy MMO, so of course there are bugs in it - beetles, spiders and bats to name just a few.  Luckily you can get weapons (axes are good for this), smash the little buggers and thereby directly help the devs improve the gamecode. This is in technical terms known as DEBUGGING.

So make the world a better place, smash a bug before your neighbor.

The Vic20 rules

Originally posted by Roin

Beta is definitely for testing a game.  No doubt about that.  It's a great thing.  When a game has this many problems though.  How could you even consider taking it to OB.   RoM has been nothing but problems since I first downloaded it.  As rude as it is to say.  I honestly believe the people that are respondsible for the US/EU localization of it, are in way over there heads.  A growing list of people having problems with the game at various points.  With a wide range of cards from low-end to top-end.  Incompetent people working for them, that have no idea what they are talking about.  They seem to be unable of fixing the problems with the game, or even understanding what is causing the problems.  All and all they seemly highly incompetent.

If you are interested in trying RoM.   By all means please do.  If you run into a problem though with the client.  You might as well just uninstall and find something else to play.  Because you will not find help in fixing your problem.  The only thing you'll likely receive is a headache from dealing with their "helpers" that seem to be to put it bluntly, mentally challenged.

What a complete waste of a thread by the OP,

Not ONE reason why the game is bad??  what the heck kinda post is that??

I downloaded the game, played it and I am still playing it, yea is has a few SMALL bugs but as far as playable game I would say its Very playable and not too bad fun wise..

If you are going to slate a game give a fhufghg  reason as to not waste others time

Originally posted by peteski123

Originally posted by Roin

Beta is definitely for testing a game.  No doubt about that.  It's a great thing.  When a game has this many problems though.  How could you even consider taking it to OB.   RoM has been nothing but problems since I first downloaded it.  As rude as it is to say.  I honestly believe the people that are respondsible for the US/EU localization of it, are in way over there heads.  A growing list of people having problems with the game at various points.  With a wide range of cards from low-end to top-end.  Incompetent people working for them, that have no idea what they are talking about.  They seem to be unable of fixing the problems with the game, or even understanding what is causing the problems.  All and all they seemly highly incompetent.

If you are interested in trying RoM.   By all means please do.  If you run into a problem though with the client.  You might as well just uninstall and find something else to play.  Because you will not find help in fixing your problem.  The only thing you'll likely receive is a headache from dealing with their "helpers" that seem to be to put it bluntly, mentally challenged.

 

What a complete waste of a thread by the OP,

Not ONE reason why the game is bad??  what the heck kinda post is that??

I downloaded the game, played it and I am still playing it, yea is has a few SMALL bugs but as far as playable game I would say its Very playable and not too bad fun wise..

If you are going to slate a game give a fhufghg  reason as to not waste others time

I can second that - I have played for a couple of days and haven´t found anything close to be gamebreaking. Sure there are some rough edges here and there, but even compared to some p2p titles AFTER release this is not bad.

All this bitching can of course be explained by that they don´t understand the purpose of the bugs (see my previous post). 

I know quite a few people who have DLed this and they haven't had any problems.  Objectively speaking though, some problems might occur because of where the game was DLed. 

But some details about why this game is a failure might help the discussion.  Localisation is a lot harder than just translation.  Since RoM is in OB it's pretty understandable...oh and it's free.  RoM is not without issue, but such an unwarranted statement will only get you flamed.

Originally posted by Roin

Beta is definitely for testing a game.  No doubt about that.  It's a great thing.  When a game has this many problems though.  How could you even consider taking it to OB.   RoM has been nothing but problems since I first downloaded it.  As rude as it is to say.  I honestly believe the people that are respondsible for the US/EU localization of it, are in way over there heads.  A growing list of people having problems with the game at various points.  With a wide range of cards from low-end to top-end.  Incompetent people working for them, that have no idea what they are talking about.  They seem to be unable of fixing the problems with the game, or even understanding what is causing the problems.  All and all they seemly highly incompetent.

If you are interested in trying RoM.   By all means please do.  If you run into a problem though with the client.  You might as well just uninstall and find something else to play.  Because you will not find help in fixing your problem.  The only thing you'll likely receive is a headache from dealing with their "helpers" that seem to be to put it bluntly, mentally challenged.

The closed beta installed and ran fine in my computer.

I had no problems with this game either , installation went fine and i dont lag at all .

Havent seen a bug yet am too busy running after santa claus to kill them for gifts lol.

Best advice i can give to everyone try it and see .

best free to play game imo  and i have tried alot of them to say so .

have fun that all that matters .

I suggest getting the torrent for it that way you can make sure you get every file by checking it and not ending up with a corrupt or half downloaded file. I remember most of the posts in closed beta complained about corrupt files and this is what fixed it for most people. So to anyone interested in RoM I highly suggest getting the torrent file. :)