All Posts by Settingsun

Its not really $50. I would hope to get at least 3-4 months out of a mmo, so that's closer to 105 spent.

That's not quite right either. See if Conan was the only game coming out this year then I would agree $50 or 105 isn't a big deal. However you have War, Spellborn, Spoor, Stargate to name just a few. I have better uses for my money than spending $50 to play a game for a month before jumping to the next.

Maybe I'll win one of the last few beta contests and get a broader look at the game beyond the pvp weekend. Maybe I'll like what I see. Right now? The info and time spent in game isn't anything special. It not enough to make me want to go buy the game. Is it a bad game? No. I just didn't connect with it.

More like 18 to 24 months maybe longer.

So you get to watch those same 4 moves over and over and over again? Yeah great.

Mastermind. Its a bit slow up to 12, but starts to get better from then on. By the time most players are starting to struggle, a master mind is blowing through missions. However there is a lot of prep work and you have to manage your pets.

The second best would be Brutes.

I was wondering how the game is doing, since I got bored and stopped playing a month or so before it went live.

1. Is there any way to respec besides cloning? This is bad because cloning was suppose to let you try different class paths without having to start over. If you have to share it with respecs your choices become more limited.

2. Cloning. Do you still just get 3? This is a bad thing btw. Why? See not all skills are useful all the way to end game and you only get so many points.  Or maybe you just don't like a skill after trying it out. 

3. Did they do anything about the camping missions? This is where you need Boss X, who is out in the zone. In beta you ended up having to fight over these bosses hoping you got the credit.

4. Does xp still go with whoever did the most damage? It use to be that everyone shared in xp, so there was a reason to help and team up with people out in the wild, and you weren't kill-stealing.

5. Is the shoot through walls bug still around?

6. Did they add the invisible helmet setting yet?

7. Are there more than just those few sets of armor or does everyone still pretty much look the same at tier levels?

8. Are the face choices still pretty much the same except for a slightly different expressions?

9. Is there any point to levels other than 5, 15 and 30?

10. Did they add content to later levels so there is something to do besides grind?

11. Did they add an end game content?

12. Is the ranger still pointless?

13. Is the net gun still over powered?

14. Is there a reason to group?

15. Does your inventory still get filled with useless crap?

16. Is crafting still a waste of points?

17. Is crafting still annoying and have that tacked on feel?

18. Did they add more moral missions and do they actually have an effect on your character now, besides a different reward?

19.  Is the whole different named ammo still around? Is it still just a money sink that makes chainguns cash burners?

20. Did they add lots more logos and make the system fun instead of 'collect the glowing ball'?

21. Those ability points you get. Do they actually matter now so there is a noticeable difference?

22. Do high end mods still use the same model as low end with just a different color?

I am guessing this review must be someone trying to be sarcastic. I base that on this; "The character creation tool had a huge amount of options and it was really easy creating a truly unique looking character, i enjoyed playing around with it for a few mins before i finally settled on a super sexy red head . After that i was whisked away to the tutorial."

Huge amount of options? That's a joke. You can't build your own face, you pick from a number of choices. The problem? All the faces look alike. Some are smiling or frowning, but they all look like that are from the same family or even the same person with just a different expression. You can't make different ethnicities. They are all Caucasian. Hairstyles. Once again you are not given any truly unique choices, many of the styles are just slightly different. You can add gadgets like goggles, which is okay. On girls you can add collars(ribbons around their necks) but again they mostly look the same. Oh and btw last I heard, there was no way to 'hide' your helmet, so these choices are pretty meaningless. You get to pick what you wear, the choices are limited, but its also pointless since you start getting armor quests rewards right off which replaces what you picked.


Do you have more choices than WoW? Yes. Is it 'huge and unique'? No and anyone who says otherwise has never played eq2 or CoH.

Yeah? So tell me what is the point of leveling past 30? See unlike say WoW where every few levels you gain a new power you can play around with, you only get 3 such levels in TR. 5, 15 and 30. Oh and also unlike WoW you can't respec. Where ever you put your points is where they will stay. Unless you either save them all until you are lvl 30 or save up the couple of points you get until you reach 5 or 15 then clone and buy up a few powers. Play with the powers to see if you like them (if you don't you just waisted one of only 3 clone points you get). You get very few powers. The game is like using a normal mmos autoattack all the time with tossing in a special once in a while.

There are people who enjoy banging thier head against a rock. That doesn't mean such an activity is fun for most people.

We are stopping them. What so many mmo makers fail to understand is the word of mouth matters more than any other kind of ad and that your first few months out of beta will make or break your game. If your game comes out all buggy with low content, there are people you will lose who will likely never be back and will warn away anyone who will listen. Its better to spend the money and have the game as good as you can make it or don't bother making it in the first place.

Is this another point and click game?

Maybe its because of the expansions, which I don't have, but the basic eq2 seems as lame as always. Combat animation sucks. Combat sound sucks. I hate that you must buy or make upgrades to your skills. I hate the con system. It seems like mobs should be one color higher than they are. What I dislike more than anything else, is that my avatar feels weak. I just want to get on an play. Maybe if I could use AA's, I'd be able to get the power I feel I am lacking. I log on and it feels like I need to invest huge amounts of time if I want to get anywhere.

Combat looks to slow and I didn't see heads or arms coming off, just a lot of fake looking blood.

Yeah I did that, but you can only play on the Island.  I would like to try out the actual game. I understand you can leave the Island with a buddy key? SWG's newbie station played okay too, but it didn't give you much of a feel for the actual game.