All Posts by Traken

Buh bye. Please trash all your Tech 2 BPOs so some of us low-lifes can have a chance.

The reason they haven't been released is that they haven't been taken. The server is forcing clients to the bare minimum (or whatever they want tested at the time) so they can test other things. Graphics is a low-priority for RB next to playibility.

Buying from RB is not the only way to obtain sesterces. If you have some form of ingame income (famous gladiator, farmer, blacksmith) then depending on how well your venture is going, you should be able to stop buying from RB and live off your income.

There's an "Attending" status in RV that you get when you start playing. For romans, this is when you're a slave. When Barbarian, this means when you're under the tutelage of a guide. During this time you are not considered to be PvP, which means that players can not attack you. This gives players a nice time to get to learn the game and practice their sword skills (if they so choose).

Sheesh, you could at least acknowledge the original writer of the post, me.

Jorev, I believe the idea to let some people start early is great. Since this game is, for the most part, player to player interaction, someone needs to have some things crafted for everyone else to buy.

I'm sorry if KFR or Kanoth wanted to post this...but this has to get out.
http://www.roma-victor.com/community/bb/viewtopic.php?p=98511#98511

Translation:
Pre-orders on sale around December 15th, 2005.
Pre-orders and VVT accounts will be able to start playing March 18, 2006.
Game Launches April 1st, 2006.

Costs:
Account: 19.98 Pounds (~$35 USD) -- Includes 10 pounds worth of Sesterces
Pre-order: 14.98 Pounds (~$26 USD) -- Includes 5 pounds worth of Sesterces

Note: Pre-orders will be limited in a first come, first serve manner. All Pre-orders will be inducted into the Commercial Test until release.

Also, please realize that this is not set in complete stone, AFAIK, but it's the most (only) concrete thing we've heard from KFR lately.

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Originally posted by Nu11u5
Also in the works, though unofficial, are changes that will reduce travel time significantly (these will be "Jump Clones" and a systems that allows more accurate warping). Oh, and don't forget the new bloodlines being added for character creation.

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So they're finally crumbling to the pressure? I'm amazed they've held up this long. It seems as if the age of Instas is over (depending on how the work this).

I love EVE to death...but there's a reason that it can easily have stunning graphics: There's no ground! This means no trees, no bushes, no graphics... The skybox is static, you don't see anything more than 200k (?) away, and it's a pretty damn big game.

Still love it to death though.

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Originally posted by hercules
Be intresting to see how this game goes.With games becoming so loot based be hard to see any game which allow for looting of items to be successful but hey i might be wrong.

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Well, in the US copyrights are good for the lifetime of the company +50 years... at least with books.

Anyways, 't'would be kickass if E&B was ressurected. Just uh...don't say anything about the team members once it's going...that's how these things go down-hill very fast.

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Originally posted by Ferox(SM)

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Originally posted by Traken
They have the skill system in place, they have the economic factors in place (still majorly tweaking), they have combat in place . . .

It's not as barren as you'd think.

(And no, I'm not a tester, just psychic.)

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hope theres no NDA violations around here..... anyways.

as I said in my preview on this site.. all the major system dynamics are IN already, and being tested... however they are adding content slowly for testing. So if you plan on getting into rv beta tomorrow and play a full game, your sadly mistaken... this is a TEST, for TESTERS, not people looking for a free game.

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It's more like the Devs hope to have it out by then. If that will happen . . . *shrug*

Just keep in mind that if it doesn't happen, it's not unlike any other game company. Hardly will you find developers who can stay to a strict release schedule while producing quality material. And it's not like RV has "Gone Gold" yet.

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Originally posted by BABIRCH
I would think that a small outfit trying to compete with the big boys would be more inclined to use forums such as these to promote their game. Providing frequent updates would go a long way towards heading off much off the negative talk that is statring to appear on these boards. Too busy to even do that I believe is a big mistake. I understand not wanting to make promises that may not be achieveable, but not giving any information, from my perspesctive, is far worse that saying nothing. A release dateof 12/31/05 appears on the listing for RV, I wonder what the response on these forums will be if/when that date is missed.

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The respone is that they DID NOT SET THIS DATE. MMORPG.com set this date, not RB.

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UO had full looting in the beginning, and it was a disaster. And Nobody has done it since. Not even hardcore pvp games like Shadowbane and Lineage 2 have done that. Thats because they learned from UO's mistakes.

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Rofl, nice one Razorback.

You'd think that they would eventually just ditch the entire engine and start from scratch.