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All Posts by demz

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This happens to me as well. Not horrible but it happens. My biggest gripe is the responsiveness of things like the auto-run button or sitting down/standing up, the pause annoys the hell out of me for some reason.

I did not care for the combat system one bit. There are numerous other reasons I left the game but I will stay on topic. It tends to be slower and has an unresponsive feel to it. This is my opinion of course and your mileage may vary. Not being a huge Lord of The Rings fan, that part of the game did not suck me in. I am speaking from a strict gameplay perspective here. If you enjoy LOTR it may help soften the blow of anything you discover in the game that does not suit your fancy.

But, in my opinion the combat just does not deliver what I was looking for.
I agree dand3 I should have made it clearer when I would say "real" information. What I should have said was well thought out opinions. I have things I like and dislike and I can spot the probable presence of those things through others opinions of those that have played the game, most of the time.

If I catch to many red flags I usually do not carry over to the "trying" stage right away. But it ends up being very hard to do that on these forums since most opinions end up chopped, diced and spit out regardless of which direction they lean. I tend to read reviews that are critical however since my mind works off the assumption that I will love a game and then work down from there as I see what appears to be present in the game. Rave reviews tend to leave a bad taste in my mouth as they tend to have to much sunshine and rainbows going on and we all really know nothing is perfect. Critical opinions tend to range from realistic to outrageous and are easier to discern which are genuine and which are trolling.
Well, I come on to mmorpg.com to read up on the new mmos coming out and find out some information about each game. I think I must be a glutton for punishment. Anyone that brings up something even remotely negative the band wagon comes on in and floods the thread. I read the ones that have great things to say and I read the ones that have bad things to say. I will not let fan boys or trolls make me not play this game but jesus people, let others have an opinion too, good or bad.

this caught my eye a few pages back.
" Hey, no game suits everyone.  Unfortunately you cannot appreciate a well done game.   I suggest trying the free grind to death Korean MMO's out there, they seem more suited to your style."

That statement makes no sense and tons of these threads get bogged down with a million posts like this. Unless this guy loves every single game ever made that has atleast one fan then he to cannot appreciate a well done game, ever. You say no game suits everyone but then go on to say he can't appreciate a well done game...maybe it just does not suit him?

How about we see some more constructive criticisms of the game (in the topics that are obviously meant for that, and not this post in particular but all the ones meant to give an opinion about the game) and less extreme defensiveness or aggressiveness. I have to say the defensive ones are the most vocal on this particular forum however. If you have a real defense or critique of an OP how about you put it out in reasonable terms as opposed to all these topics turning into garbage piles of these useless posts that fill most of the thread. It really sucks when your trying to do some research on a game and reading the threads about particular aspects, good or bad, and end up having to wade through pages and pages of trash to garner any kind of real information.
You can tell people to stop but I doubt anyone will take your advice, and rightfully so. It sounds to me that you have a fragile view of what you want a game to be so badly that anything in the negative chips away at that idea and makes you angry. And no matter what you try and say this isn't a flame, just me pointing out what I see. Your welcome to want people to not post negative posts about the game but thats really all your welcome to. No one can stop you from saying how great the game is and no one can stop people from saying why they don't.

I do not even know much about this game. I was just browsing the site reading up on it, positive and negative and saw this topic. Maybe its sarcasam, I truly hope it is and I will gladly admit I am an ass. As for you saying this is for people that want to discuss Vanguard and not be flamed...Something is not a flame just because you do not like what they have to say. Like I said, maybe I missed the sarcasam.
It is all about risk vs reward. A full corpse looting system promotes play where no one bothers getting anything because they will just lose it. If you get an outrageously awesome peice of gear your going to have to work for it, otherwise the reward would be much greater then the risk. Why would you then turn around and risk something huge for absolutely no reward since your sporting top of the line and a group of other people could just come along and tag team you and all your work is gone? The only way a real full loot system could work is if there is no epic style unique gear and then it would be boring since... whats the point. To many people involved in to many ways with to many possible problems for a full loot system to work. And again, whats the point in getting or trying to get the best gear if your sole purpose then would to be a vending machine for roaming groups of players that did'nt get the gear for themselves? And again, no possible reward for you since you already have the best gear...I just don't see the motivation of trying to accomplish anything. Throw in permanent death and then corpse looting makes sense. Otherwise its one big ass groundhogs day the movie.
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General Discussion « ArchLord
9/16/06 11:30:17 PM
Well thanks for keeping the thread pretty much civil in all respects and sharing some points of view. I have played the beta for awhile now and I can say one thing absolutely...this game is not for me. I find it awful and I gave it a fighting try but this style of play just isnt for me. I dont have a huge amount of experience with Korean MMO's but I do have some so I went into it with an open mind but alas the game just hit me in the face like 2000 pounds of boring in a 5 pound sack. I reserve any judgement on the game due to the fact that the reason I think I disliked it so much is due to pretty much everything about it and in reality there are plenty of people that will love it for just the same reasons. Anyone thats fond of Korean style games will like this im sure but those that dont will want to run screaming to the hills. You will find me there curled up in a ball rocking back and forth.

No great pearls of wisdom here. I think the best way to put it is its exactly what you would think it would be as long as you arnt really expecting anything revolutionary which I was and is a reason I am disappointed too im sure. I would love to post my opinions as a player but I dont think it would add or subtract anything at this point and as I said just a few sentences ago it can be boiled down mostly into your like or dislike for korean MMO's.

For me...not so much.

Have a good one guys im off to look for something that suits my needs.
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General Discussion « ArchLord
9/04/06 9:10:20 PM
Wow I come on here to get some opinions on the game and I mostly see a bad outlook for this game. Im downloading the beta right now to give it a shot...but I have to say...

This is the Archlord forum and I see so many fans of the game attacking anyone that gives a negative opinion. This isnt the Archlord Fan forum so please let people that dont share your view share it with the rest of us. I didnt come here to get rose scented air blown up my ass I want the truth and with doing my own research and seeing what other people think I can go into it expecting certain things. If you like the game make a post about why you like it so I can read that instead of attacking everyone that has a differing view then you.

I can say I have seen almost no posts about why someone likes this game only posts bashing people that dont. And most of those posts by people defending the game are nothing more then suggestions that people that dont like it do more research or just outright insults instead of any reason the game is enjoyable. Very annoying coming here looking for information good or bad and have to wade through 1000000 posts by people that have declared themselves protectorates of a game they cant possibly know more about then other people that have played the same amount and dont like it, but then say the person with the negative opinion is pre-judging...how can you pre-judge the positive if they cant pre-judge the nagative?

Please...if you like the game say why you like it instead of spending your time bashing people that dont. If you have your own opinion as to why its a good game by all  means share it so I can get your view of the game as well, but it should have some real content and explain what features you like.
I don't exactly see how post counts have any relevance on someones opinion of a game. 
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