All Posts by Lefnart

Damn, that´s really weird Evasia, sorry to hear you won´t be able to play. But are you really sure you couldn´t use the "Pay by cash"-option? I have read about more than a few people that did this and it worked for them.

It´s truly surprising that you cannot buy Game Time Cards in the stores from where you buy the game :/ I have seen more people complain about that.

Have faith(or whatever)!

All launches for big hyped games are like this. A favorite thing to do seem to be to compare games to WoW, well at the beginning of WoW you had to wait 3+ HOURS to get into some of the servers. And when the opening day for "that game" occured I waited for 5 hours after the servers was supposed to went live before I decided to go to bed...

Instead of cursing this may be a good sign. A sign that(at least for a while) there will be a huge base of players. Even though that may make it a struggle in the beginning, it will be a huge blessing in the long run!

Lelle

Yay, wish I could be there :]

I payed $30 dollars waiting for 1.0.

Played 1.0 for 2 hours.

Cancelled my subscription.

It´s just money, but I can´t say it´s easy to wash off the bitter taste on my tongue :/

Hey, thanks for your answer.

Sorry to hear that, it seem as if PE has changed a lot since I played. Back in the day it was usually only careless people that lost a lot of PED. Sounds like MA got greedy once they started to get some success

Originally posted by lkavadas

LOL, there is no F'ing way a newb makes 78 PED after repairs when he goes out and blows 90 PED worth rounds off.

Well it was just an example of course, and not to be seen as an "advice" to new players, just trying to explain how the game plays. Though when I used to play and hunted those Cornundos next to Twin Peaks with a Jester D-1 I could usually break even for many hunting rounds in a row.

What I think might be the problem for many players that lose PED fast is that they buy a "good" gun and go out hunting medium/hard monsters since it's not as fun to hunt easy ones. That way you can lose money extremely fast since you doesn´t have near the hunting skills yet to handle the gun or hit the monsters at a good rate.

I realise the game might have changed substantially since I played, it´s probably harder to break even nowadays :|

Well yes this game is a "gambling game". That´s why it can be so exciting, but I stopped playing when the game got too slow(they changed movement speed etc.). I don´t know if it is any fun anymore, just wanted to let people know how the gameplay works.

Try it at your own risk, cause like with any gambling you can get hooked really bad on it :|

 I myself got lucky, I deposited a total of ~$1200 and left with over $1400 and still have tons of skills left(you can extract and sell your skills too). So if you think about it that way I got many many months of fun play and still managed to earn a few bucks.

Heya,

I played this game years ago and had VERY fun with it.  But instead of talking about the ups and downs I thought I would explain a bit the really basics, how it works when you go out for a hunt. Because I don´t think most people know how the game works.

Lets say you have deposited $10. For that you get 100 PED. Now you can buy a starter gun and 90 PED worth of ammo. (just as an example)

Now you head out and start killing some easy monsters and 2 hours later you are out of ammo, so you head back to base. If you didn´t find anything special(like weapons/armor parts) that you will want to keep you vendor it all in the Trade Terminal. Then you go and repair your weapon(because it will have lost some of its durability).

When everything is accounted for you now stand there with a fully repaired gun and 78 PED. So you have lost 12 PED. But it´s not all lost, you have gained hunting skills while you hunted, skills that make you do more damage, hit more often etc. So your next hunting trip might go a little better.

If you are lucky, those $10 can last you a very long time if you play it smart. If you don´t wanna rush you can even sell Wool and Skins you find from the monsters you kill. Even if you sell something at 101% of its Trade Terminal value it will help you in the end, though it might be time consuming. 

Sounds kinda repetitive right? Yes it is, but the excitement lies in knowing that any time  you loot a monster you can loot something big! Maybe you have done 12 hunting rounds that have gone bad/ok. So you buy ammo for your last 8 PED and go out hunting and "BAM!" you get a loot, and a message(that everyone can see), worth 364 PED!

Well in case anyone wondered more about how it works, like I did when I started playing :]

Cheers,

Lelle

Bah, I was going to write an essay here but instead I will only tell you that I played D2 for several years for 15-18h per day, I ate D2, breathed D2 and I crapped D2, and most certainly destroyed my life over D2.

And my answer is a clear No.

There, I was honest :]

I´ve been in since the Alpha and I really have my hopes up for this one! =]

Thanks for sharing, looking great!

Though; polycount 3 billion, you will be able to have 3-4 characters on the screen at any one time unless you have a super computer. That´s the feeling I get anyways :]

I too am eager to play this game. I do play WoW now(among other games) but since I´m a PvP:er to 95% I have my hopes up for WAR! The problem is that I don´t want to get too hyped so I get let down in the end no matter how good it is, if my expectations are too high I mean. :)

But judging by how inspired the developers look(in all of the interviews) I think it´s safe to bet on this game becoming great, at least!

Cheers,

Lelle

Over the last few days there have been tons and tons of WAR threads on WoW forums around the world. And I think it is interesting to see that unlike other times when other games have been posted, the majority actually seem to be eager to try WAR instead of bashing it to the max and flaming the poster.

Just thought that was a bit interesting :o

Cheers,

Lelle

I´m amazed by the looks of this game, and especially by how my framerate barely drop at all even with 90(since everyone has 3 at the same time) or so characters around. And in some places I have been around ~30 chars + 30-40 mobs and spell effects etc and it´s smooth as a newborns butt... simply amazed as  I said :P

Originally posted by virtuella

Try to get one of the 8000 betaaccounts handed out today.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=158270

Nice!

Haven´t got any invite yet though, but downloading from here just in case while it stays up!

Cheers,

Lelle

I haven´t read the whole thread yet, but after Virtuellas "preview" on the first page I'm going to have to give this game a shot!

Cheers,

Lelle

Just in case someone missed it(since some people weren´t sure about it). In Blizzards latest press release they said to have reached 8 million subscribers. 3.5 Million of those are in China! 2 million in NA(including NZ etc I guess) and 1.5 million in Europe. The missing million I would guess are in other asian contries.

Anyways, since Warhammer has such a large fanbase, and is looking to be exceptionally good, my guess is that within a year it could have 1 million+ subscribers in NA + Europe. If it can keep it up that is. But it will never ever beat WoW because Blizzard simply has too great a fanbase to even begin playing with the idea of it... The only game that could beat WoW is another game by Blizzard, like World of Diablo or something like that. Diablo 2 also sold more games than Warcraft so I hope they will make a game like that :]

Cheers,

Lelle

If a Diablo-like(clone) game came out every year I would be set for life! If Blizzard decides to make a MMORPG out of the Diablo series I´d guess it would draw even more subscribers than Warcraft, since Diablo has an even larger fan base.

Dang it, you made me dream of better days! :]

Cheers,

Lelle

Yes it will be totally free if you want but I´m pretty sure the items you are locked out from then will be leaps better.

Bah, now I´m even more eager to test the game. I have posted my mail adress in the "Who else needs an invite"-thread and hoping for the best! :]

Cheers,

Lelle