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Still a blast to play but where have the players gone.
The Tavern (General) « Asheron's Call 5/10/12 5:04:46 PM
Originally posted by bezado Exageration for effect I assume. DT gets up into the 500s online at once, FF doesn't do much worse. In a world where everyone chats of the same channels and you can get to essentially any spot in the world within a couple of minutes, that isn't bad at all.
Turbine has added tons to this game over the past 2-3 years so once again you aren't being honest there. They have added lots of new features and lots of new content on top of the continually monthly updates. All of these are free, no paid expansions or the like. I'd say they're doing plenty to keep it running and to keep players playing.
The game has always run off of loot. It is a game where you can kill a creature and get the best weapon/armor/etc in the game. Mana Forges put out the top tier of loot also, so the main trading commodity is MFKs because.... this game is about the loot and always has been.
The subscription price isn't holding it back, gamers who only care about eye candy and not substance are holding it back and that will never change. Gamers would rather pay $50-60 bucks every couple months on the latest shiny MMO that they get bored of in a month than play a game where the graphics are cutting edge. |
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Originally posted by Odysses They just put up the release notes. Lugians will be playable when they patch in a couple of days. Enjoy! |
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Originally posted by maxtlion And boom goes the dynamite. |
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Originally posted by Loktofeit Puzzle Pirates has been free to play before it became popular, just an fyi. |
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Looks like Lugians (as a playable race) are almost ready.
They posted a couple pictures on facebook and listed them as coming soon in part of an e-mail today.
Can't wait to run around and throw a big boulder with one of those :). |
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BF3 has been a disaster all around anyway. I was in the alpha and immediately knew I wouldn't buy the game after trying it out.
That said, when a company goes this route it just means they will make it harder/longer to unlock new things in the future so people will be convinced to just pay money. Maybe if they had made a solid game in the first place they wouldn't be trying to find other ways to bring in the cash. |
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Originally posted by Rednecksith
They increased quest and monster XP a while back. They also added a few intro quests to get you around the town on a newbie followed by a "Facility Hub" which has portals directly to quests that will get you up to level 50. From there they have contracts which will help you get up to level 100. And then from that point there are plenty of options to continue the quick leveling.
The high levels take a decent amount of time but the low levels are very quick. Without any help from any other players you can easily be past level 50 in a weekend. Typically it isn't tough to find help from players either. |
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Originally posted by TROLL_HARD That's actually a good question, how have you not heard of this game before? It is headed towards its 13th anniversary and has been around essentially as long as UO and EQ.
You do get to loot your kills in PvP. The Darktide server is the 100% PvP server so it sounds like that is where you want to go. You hit anyone you attack, so if you're in a group with other PvPers and target one of them and attack, well you'll hit them. With spells and cleaving weapons you might hit them if you're not careful so you really have to pay attention.
Players drop a few items each time they die and you can loot them all. With spells and arrows they do shoot the direction they were fired which means if a person moves out of the way, you miss. People do delay casts to confuse opponents on when their spell will be released to make it harder to dodge, there is a lot of skill to be learned on PvP.
It is definetly a game I recommend everyone to at least try for a week. If it isn't for you it isn't for you, but a lot of people would be amazed to see how fun it really is (and always has been). |
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Originally posted by PyreSpirit
Figured this was worth mentioning, as of today AC(and LotRO/DDO) can have subscriptions paid with paypal so there is an alternate payment method.
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Was just about to re-sub today but...........
The Tavern (General) « Asheron's Call 3/14/12 10:52:00 AM
Originally posted by bezado I disagree, people confuse the current fad of F2P titles with how things have always worked. Other old/older games have always required a credit card and don't advertise much either. Just because the current fad is f2p with no credit card information required to get started does not mean that is what everyone should do.
The point of a free trial is to get people in to see if they want to pay to play more. If they aren't willing to put the credit card information in to try it at no charge, they probably aren't all that likely to pay after the 14 days are up. But you were saying you wanted to resub 5 old accounts which means those aren't eligable for the free 14 days anyway, so I'm not sure why that is the point you're trying to make.
Ask yourself how many of these newer MMOs you're going to jump to before you realize they don't have the fun you're looking for. Going back and trying AC, like a lot of other people are right now, is probably the best thing you can do. |
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Originally posted by alacres Yes they are part of the update. The devs have never mentioned taking them out all together. Some players wanted them to be taken out so they could hit max numbers on every weapon type.
They added two handed combat skill a while back which is just as it sounds. You can wield two handed weapons at the cost of no shield.
With this patch they added recklessness, works on where your power bar is, dirty fighting, effect depends on which height you hit at, sneak attack, increased damage from behind the target, and dual wield, just as it sounds you can wield two weapons.
So yes, they've recently added quite a bit to melee combat. Come back and you will enjoy it. |
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Was just about to re-sub today but...........
The Tavern (General) « Asheron's Call 3/13/12 4:52:14 PM
They gave up?
They just had a massive update that changed how melee combat skills work and added several new combat skills to the game. They also updated all of the quest weapons at the same time. They've also added tons of new features over the past couple of years including: New playable races Tailoring (Can take the look of any loot armor/quest armor and apply it to a piece who's stats you like) Updated all quest/creature XP to create a better leveling curve Updated all of the landscape textures Added Two handed combat and Void Magic Added new equipment slots several times (trinkets, aetheria, cloaks) Continued monthly updates with new content Added a quest of the month feature which changes each month and gives a big bonus for trying out different quests Created a whole new desert hunting area with a new race of creature/new art etc. Added luminance, an end game refillable xp system that allows the purchase of special enhancements Created a PvP arena for extra excitement on Darktide Created a new consolidated questing system for levels 1-50 Added contracts, and a group of contracts specifically for the 50-100 range Consolidated all of the random portals to a new centralized town hub for easier travel.
I could reall go on for quite a while. They've far from given up and there are more than enough people running around to find an allegiance, find groups and just plain have fun. |
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To top it all off they are having a bonus XP/Luminace weekend (actually 4 days I believe) this upcoming weekend. Definetly a good time to jump back in. |
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Originally posted by Jakard Because there are plenty of us who don't like or want f2p? Most people who play probably don't play any F2P MMOs, I know I don't.
It has MONTHLY content updated with new features/quests. If it was F2p you'd just pay as much or more for the content you get now. |
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Originally posted by Zylaxx I would almost say that is the problem with gamers now a days. It is all about how impressive the graphics are. People who think that way are constantly disappointed as they jump from the newest pretty game to next newest pretty game to find everything else lacking and unoriginal.
Gameplay trumps graphics everytime. |
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Originally posted by Loktofeit Nice, now to just get everyone else to realize what they're missing and to hop in.
There is a free 14 day trial everyone, no excuse not to try it out. |
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Originally posted by Entropy14 You can't use the install CD anymore, the game has changed far too much for that. Simply download the installer from their site. One tip is not to put it in program files directory on windows 7/vista. Microsoft decided it didn't want programs to change files that are in the program files directory, well that was never wrong before so plenty of old programs do that.
The game is great and they are still putting tons of work into it and adding improving features. Yes, some people can't get over the graphics, but for the rest of us it is a blast. Eye candy does not equal good fun. |
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Originally posted by BarelyEin Never played AC have you....
There is no holy trinity in AC. Every player can take a healing skill and heal well. People who use magic can take just as much of a beating as people who take a melee weapon. AC realized from the start that you should let people play how they want and not force some kind of holy trinity on them. That is why the game is so fun. AC also never had elves or orcs or boars etc. They came up with most of their own fantasy creatures and settings. Sneak attack isn't like other games where you get to go invisible and wander around. You stay visible the entire time. It just gives you a lot of extra damage if you hit a target in the back. |
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young: Darktide has really been busy since the patch, a lot of killing. You should definetly hop in there and join the fun.
This update along with everything they've done the last couple years has really brought a lot of life back to AC. A lot of races to choose from now. Previously before this update they added the combat skills Void Magic and Two Handed Combat, so a lot of new skills lately.
They are still working on getting Lugians in as a playable race so that will be fun.
Overall it is a game often overlooked but also often very fun for those who discover it and try it out for at least a week (there is a good amount of knowledge to build up. However, they have also made the new and low level experience a lot better over the course of the last 2 years as well. They've also made leveling a lot faster with high creature/quest xp). |
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Asheron's Call just had a big February update with a lot of changes and additions.
New skills: Dual Wield - just as you would think, hold a melee weapon in each hand and slice creatures up. Recklessness - gain an increase to your damage ouput at the cost of taking increased damage on incoming attacks Dirty Fighting - depending on where you attack a creature/player determines which debuffs you land on the creature. Including debuff to their defense skills, bleeds, healing debuffs. Shield - The effectiveness of shield is now determined by the shield skill Sneak Attack - do increased damage from behind the target. Also if you train Deception you have a chance to do increased damage to the front of the target.
Changes: All one handed melee weapons combined down into the following three skills: Heavy Weapon Light Weapon Finesse Weapon Each skill has all types of weapons so no longer are you stuck only using an axe or a sword. Now you can use them all.
All missile weapons (Bow, Crossbow and Thrown Weapons) combined into a new skill called Missile Weapons.
Damage increase for all combat skills
Masteries: Now you can choose a melee (Sword, Axe, Two Handed, Staff etc.) mastery and a ranged mastery (bow, crossbow, thrown weapons, magic) and you will receive a damage bonus with those types of weapons
All racial skills have been removed and all races now receive Arcane Lore trained free, 2 extra credits at creation and 6 extra specialization credits. This means you can now choose the race you want to play instead of choosing the race which has the racial advantage.
Quest weapons have been rebalanced to be more effective.
If you played Asheron's Call before it is definetly worth coming back to play with the changes. If you haven't played before.... well that's just wrong so go play it. |
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