All Posts by MaeEye

where are your video's?  I'm interested in seeing this.

Wait, I thought it was Vanguards job to do this.  Why does Funcom have to do this now?  What lessons have they learned?

hmph.  Soul Calibur 4 next week, booya.!

Well let me just say this.  There are two games that I've kept coming back to in my MMO history. 

Ultima Online and World of Warcraft.

Both I see as the best MMO's in the market.

WoW will always be good for a casual person, especially me.  I hope you do come back, it has such a detailed world.  Fun art style too, like you stated.

Few around here know me as a guy that loves old school Ultima Online.  Mainly because it's such a small portion of us around anymore.  When I play a MMO I usually, no wait, ALWAYS compare the game to UO.  I've pretty much tried ever game on the market.  Shame that I have not played old school SWG.  I started playing Ultima Online in the fall of 1999.  Sure, I was not there for the hardcore crowd, but I think I came in at a good time of the game.  My UO career lasted for quite some time, all the way until 2007.

Anyways, with that put aside.  Sure quite a few of you will disagree but screw that.  World of Warcraft is one of the best MMO's I've played.  Not better than UO mind you, but up there with Asheron's Call and old school DAoC.  Sure it seems weird, since I'm came from a game that so hardcore that it scared people away to Everquest.  WoW gave players something that most games did not, we grew up.  It gave us time, it made us feel like we were put into a world of war (craft, lol) with conflict going on all around.  Sure alot of you think it ruined the genre, but in all honesty it showed what the genre of MMO can do.  It showed us a light so we do not accept unfinished game anymore.  Sure, WoW had it's issues at launch.  But anyone with a brain knows that WoW was polished when it came to MMO's.  It gives you a choice to group if you would like to simplify things, but if you want a bit of a challenge you can go solo.  I'll admit that at times I would like to do things on my own.  It's just the UO player in me, being able to defend myself etc. 

There are always a first in everything, something there to introduce itself to everyone.  But you always need that one thing there that will take what has been and create anew with it.  World of Warcraft did this.  It took what the god fathers of MMO's did and picked the best from them all.  Blizzard is known to create games that appeal to people and polished games.  World of Warcraft only proved that Blizzard can make a MMO like this too.  Hell, I know so many non-gamers that started to play games just because of WoW, my girlfriend being one. 

World of Warcraft was a necessity to this genre.  Without it I'm afraid this genre would be falling.  Instead we now have companies trying to do what WoW did.  It'll just take some time for a game to come and take what WoW has done best and evolve it into something else.  Agree with me or not, WoW is a success.  And remember, this is coming from an ex-UO player.  I know what hardcore is.  World of Warcraft is always welcomed with open arms.  I hope more games can take WoW's recipe and make a new entre out of it.

Ultima Online

EVE Online

old Star Wars Galaxies (in a sense).

I still think UO had the best Sandbox experience.  They just throw you into the world, you can gain whatever you want.  A mage could wear plate armor, but with consenquences.  You could be a pure crafter and make money in the game, you didn't even have to fight.  A Mage could also use a sword just as good as a warrior, but of course you would have to sacrifice some elements.  There were no Auction Houses, it was Vendors.  You bought a vendor, put it at your house and had to advertise yourself to get people to realize what you sell.  If you were Grandmaster in 7 things, you could re-roll with the same character.  Didn't want Musicmanship?  Then just lower the skill and start raising in something else, like Alchemy, anatomy, Swordsmanship, etc...

UO was a true Sandbox experience.  And is still a strong one today, even with all the bullcrap expansions.  There are no Sandbox games today, new ones that is.  EVE is old, UO is old, and SWG is basically World of Starwars.  Anymore, if you want a sandbox game your going to have to play one of these two games, but I guarantee you that you will enjoy yourself more than you think, even if they are old. 

p.s. I remember one time in UO the GM's hosted an event that the players had a choice to play.  They had to defend a village and if they did not, then it would be over run by monsters, which it did and it then turned into a swamp.  No game has yet done something like this.

Uh-Oh.  Someone has been a bad boy.  "Johnny!  Lick up that milk, NOW"

Well I'm glad I quit the game when I did.  I'm sorry but I will not pay for a game that tells nothing but lies.  Now they take the mature themes out?  I thought the nudity was really going for the game.  You didn't really see people run around like mad like we thought.

The game sucks.  And now they are changing their game. 

The biggest failer a game could ever do, is change something after it has been released.

This goes for anything.  If you tell people one thing then change it in the middle of performance, etc...your going to get alot of upset, irritated people.

Funcom has failed and this game will follow. 

Well I've come back to WoW with open arms again, from Age of Conan. 

Question is, my girlfriend and I are going to roll new characters and level together.  She's going to be a mage and I'm either wanting to roll a Warrior or a Paladin.  We tend to mainly do PvE contents, but like to do some BG's.  Never done arena, so not worried about it atm. 

I want to be able to tank, that's for sure.  I want to tank good and have no problems.  So what would be best for me...Warrior or Paladin. 

Thanks in advance

Originally posted by Reehay

AoC runs near flawlessly on my computer. i joined a motivated guild that is fun, smart, adult and helping.

but... i just cant get myself to want to play and its been puzzling me as to why--especially considering the good community i was surrounded by. i didnt even play once during the last week of my free month.

true there were, and still are, many things lacking at launch--broken feats, broken quests, unfullfilled promises. but i could overlook them (temporarily) and vaguely enjoy the basic gameplay while getting my HoX to 61. but that overwhelming sensation--that driving urge to play, to immerse yourself in a virtual world--is just lacking in AoC... 

i think it comes down to the fact that AoC feels so much like Guild Wars--cramped and artificial; im constantly reminded of my lack of freedom. the world is so small and the instances divide any sense of commonality into a fractional,  near worthless sense of community. and more importantly, a bigger picture or common goal is nowhere in sight. i play on a PVP server but seriously the world pvp is so "meh" that the semi-implemented seiges even seem to direct most players to arena or quick-play pvp. i hate arenas and i hate BG's and i thought AoC would offer an alternative but its actually pushed me closer to what i hate... all this meanwhile my only alternative are the PVE instances which really seem to be extremely uninspired and bland.

ok well i dont need to continue rambling and i honestly dont know i felt the need to post this. maybe its just my little warning to other gamers since its to them, us, you, that i feel loyalty towards.

One of the best posts yet.  Seriously I was talking to my gf a bit ago while we were on a walk about the SAME things.  I thought for some reason I posted this and forgot about it, but I didn't.  Thanks for posting this, honestly.  At least now I don't feel alone.

The world is just so boring in AoC for some reason.  I don't mean to compare it to other games, but games like Ultima Online and WoW just seem to have a better world that is so much more interesting.  I find it really hard to log into AoC anymore. 

And to be totally honest, the only reason I do log on anymore is because of the mature content.  Not just nudity, but the blood and grittiness of the world as well.

I agree 110% about the game feeling like Guild Wars.  I would have no problem with this game if it was free montly, but the fact that it feels like a Guild Wars 2.0, I don't understand why I have to pay $15 a month for this...sorry to say it, but it's true.

Thanks again for this post.

The problem with games today is that they rely on graphics more and more, and gameplay less and less.  I mean, why do most games today revolve around fighting?  Why can't I just log on to chill in my house, or why can't I just log on to my crafter and craft all day.  Trust me, crafting in the new games is nothing like what crafting was like in UO.

I don't see how anyone gave UO a bad review.  The game is hard to learn, yet, but it pays off.  In the end you get such a in depth game that everything else looks so shallow.

UO players were spoiled.  We seriously were.  We were given a game that had so much going for it that everything else turns out to look like a bore-fest.

Currently I'm in Age of Conan, while it's a nice change from the average MMO out there, I don't see it holding my attention for too much longer.  I think the best thing for me to do is either drop MMO's as a whole or just accept UO for what it is and go back to it.

As sad as it sounds, even UO today is better than 3/4 of the games out in the market today.

I don't think the op said anything along the lines of 'canceling' WAR.

Follow the past of EA and you'll see what he means.

Goodluck to WAR, I guess we'll see if EA/mythic can pull through

Thanks for sharing.  It's good to see other people's screenies of old UO. 

I wish I would have taken more and kept them...too bad.

Like someone else said.  I only want a pre-AoS game.  I thought the game was fine up until AoS.

Originally posted by quaiky

Originally posted by MaeEye

Ok, so you turn off Shader 3.0 and activate 2.0.  But the game looks crappy.  Shader 3.0 gives you all of the fine muscle tones on your character/ sweat.

 

Does 2.0 give you this?

i did not notice too many visual differences between shader 3.0 and 2.0 in aoc.

When i switch from Shader 3.0 to 2.0.  The grass dissapears, everything looks like guild wars...no good textures on characters....winkles in clothes were gone the ground looked last gen.  What gives, how come I see crap?

Ok, so you turn off Shader 3.0 and activate 2.0.  But the game looks crappy.  Shader 3.0 gives you all of the fine muscle tones on your character/ sweat.

Does 2.0 give you this?

What class are you playing?

As much as I loved UO, there is a time we all just need to move on.

Ultima Online is pretty close to it's last breath.  There will never be a classic server, just like there has not been for 6+ years now and just like it has been stated over and over.  Ultima Online has been what it is now longer than it was back in the day.

If you want a classic server I'm afraid the only place to go is a free shard, but we all know there is favoritism and corruption in those....at least the ones I've tried.

I will always have my UO memories and that's all they should be now.  Hopefully this helps you and just go out and try some other games.  Age of Conan has that similar feel that UO had, with the FFA pvp and all.  Sure it's not like how UO used to be, but the closest any game has come so far.

Originally posted by Enigma

The official statment from the official forums

So, there seems to be some confusion on both sides of the issue.

Let's try to clarify the situation, and then perhaps we can get somewhere.

PvP is acceptable in all shapes or forms. We have built-in mechanics that allow the player being killed to find a way out of it.. When those mechanics fail or do not function as intended we will step in. Until then we will be as hands off as possible.

Now, we have a lot of players, a lot of servers, and a lot of petitions, as you may know. We do get a lot of petitions on Deathwhisper about "griefing". When do we take action? When it crosses the line. You can camp someone until the next day if you want. More power to you.

What you cannot do is verbally threaten them or use inappropriate language. You cannot use exploits or bugs to kill other players, or for any reason, for that matter. The game is rated M, but that does not mean you can use racial slurs or issue personal attacks.

In this case, the GM was seeing a lot of reports of griefing with regards to SA's guild. He didn't say you couldn't pvp. He made the honest mistake of giving out his personal opinion that maybe keeping a lower profile might be handy in avoiding a negative reputation. Obviously, it was a mistake. If you feel like it, bring all 300 of your friends, enemies, or whatever and beat each other senseless.

They also stated if another person posts a link to the screenshot of the GM they will perma ban their forum access. You know....I had a lot of respect for Funcom and their professionalism.

Who the hell are they hiring these days?

It seems that our policies are not clear cut enough, and we will make every effort to clarify them so that there is absolutely no question as to what is appropriate and what is not.

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Apparently more crap is hitting the forums over there too (screenshots posted as this will be closed in second)

 

I'm sorry, but it's 110% hard to believe this is real.  Seriously, anyone would be fired asap.  This is fake and you know it.

Right now I have a level 13 Hearld of Xolti and I'm liking him right now.  Like most mages, I can't hold too much, but the damage output is pretty decent.

I just rolled a Dark Templar, I played them alot on open beta.  Dark Templar is one of my favorite classes.  It's like an evil version of Paladins, in a sense.  They can take a good beating and can dish out some nice combos and spells.

As of right now, I dislike Rangers, but I think it's because I've only came across Rangers that were gankers.  Like...not legit ganking either.  The kind of ganking that happens when your half alive when fighting a mob and they come in and attack you.  Pussies pretty much.  But from what I hear Rangers are pretty decent.

Has anyone tried any of the healing classes?