Originally posted by jihashi

 Out of curiosity, I'm wondering if people would still play this game despite the known issues that everyone has pointed out. The known issues are:

-imbalanced battles

-being forced to buy a premium account or lose heavy amounts of credits per battle

-rediculous pricing of premium items

-lack of decent support from the developers

-poor social community

-insanely difficult to kill premium tanks

 

 I'm sure there is more than just this. Either way, let's see the pole, and let everyone know how you feel about the game.

-Yes the matchmaker needs some tweeking. If you mean the tanks themselves, there is nothing stopping you from working toward those tanks yourself so that is a moot point.

-nobody if forcing you to do anything. If you don't wanna go premium you don't have too. So you have to keep low level tanks to make credits. big deal. They what you to buy gold, they are there to make money after all... I they did a good job of making so you don't have too tho.

-Gold Ammo no, it's fine at roughly 18 cents a shot. The comsumable, I can kinda agree with. Premium tank cost are fine (including the increase on the Lowe) You shouldn't be using gold items on public games. People do it, and that is on them. I'm not.

-I have no idea what the hell you talking about here.

-it's no wrost then what you have to deal with in COD so whatever.

-How so? I can easily kill a Lowe or KV-5 with my IS-3. The Lowe is on par with the Tiger II

A bit hash on the chat ban thing but, oh well...

Anyway the real reason I'm posting is to point out, It cost 10 gold for one gold round that's like 18 cents not 2 dollars.

And that is using 1250 gold for $6.95 (1.798561151079137 cents per gold)

Originally posted by saker

I don't doubt others will disagree but this is to me a pay-to-win game, and I have no use for that at all.

Unlike other F2P titles, It's pay to have a slight advanage, not pay to win.

Non-SPG gold rounds just give you higher armor pen... they still bounce just as much a normal shell does.

Tho I think anyone that uses gold rounds and comsumables in a public match is stupid.

Those should only be used for Clan Wars matchs.

Originally posted by Goerilla

Is SATA 3.0 faster than 2.0. In what ways is it faster? Like general speed like loading times?

to a point yes... but is also depends on what you mean by loading times.

Sure the faster hard drive, will help games load a little faster, but really your GPU, Processor, and RAM also play a part in how fast a game loads.

Originally posted by ErifNevow

Too bad that if you bought beta, your supposedly going to have to rebuy the launch version. At least that's what it sounded like at the end of Alpha testing back in December.

Uh, no. You buy the game now while in beta you just get it at a reduced price.

only way you may need to buy it again, is if you get it on Xbox.

USB 3.0 has larger bandwidth then 2.0.

It's only going to help with any USB 3.0 devices you plug into it. (mostly just USB drives, video capture devices, and modems)

USB 3.0 has nothing to do with sata3 nor is it going to make your keyboard/mouse any faster.

Originally posted by xKingdomx

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/06/28/mmobility-staying-desktop-free-with-splashtop-remote-and-warspe/

The guide to play MMO on mobile devices.........I'm not sure how it works, but he shows lotro on a iPhone, surely it will work on iPad too then.

I have Acer Iconia A500, and just tested Splashtop Remote desktop.

The android version currently doesn't have the on screen arrow keys, like the iOS4 version, but I can plug my USB keyboard into it and it works.

I was playing minecraft on it just abit ago.

Originally posted by Castillle
So i was like thinking...with my razer hydra and a mini monitor, ill be able to randomly play whenever i wake up too early and feel like playing a bit without getting off my bed! Soooo.. Do you giys know of ipad sized monitors? Or even smaller is fine :o oh and are wureless monitors available nywhere? I earlly dont mind if its like...low res o.o

I know there are some 7 inch pc monitors out there. Don't know about wireless one tho.

They really aren't made for playing games, but I'm pretty sure you could use they for it... as long at it can do the minimium res the game requires.

People that use them usually for watching cpu/memory usage, fan speed and control, TS/Vent... that kinda thing, instead of a full size second (or even 3rd) monitor.

Originally posted by Fargol

Originally posted by ukforze
 

I'm curious. - Is there an official and definitive definition of what an MMO is?

unfortunately no there isn't

I still say to be a MMO (not MMORPG) you need to have more then 64 players in the game to classify.

MMORPG.com says to be listed on the site a server must hold 500 players at least.

WoT should have been removed, however it probably wasn't wroth the effort... they can be lazy about this kinda stuff around here.

I was thinking about this... their a couple different types of MMOs, but it's like this to be called a MMO you have to be able to play with large number on players at one time. Wether or not you do doesn't matter.

In WoT you are only playing with 29 other people... that is not massive. When you can do 40 on 40 then I'll call it an MMO.

Now something like MAG on the PS3 is a MMOFPS with it's 256 players, tho too low show up on this site with it 500 player limit.

That is kinda the loophole WoT is basically getting thru on.

Yea the Server can have more then 500 players, but it is spilt in into many 30 player battles.

This kinda thing shouldn't be call at MMO.

On the leveling and Persistent worlds.

A lot of games have leveling in them. Pretty much all the online shooters have some kinda of leveling now.

Persistent basically just means always there.... you can make that take a very board meaning.

Persistent world can mean different thing to different people.

For me when I say persistant world, I'm refer the world where everyone can interact with everyone else, if they are a around.

The be an MMO you don't need a Persistent world just a large number on players (I say over 64 = MMO).

However to for a MMORPG to be a true MMORPG you need the main area be the Persistent world, but you can have instanced, non persistance areas too. Guild Wars Lacks this and that is why I call in a psuedo-mmorpg.

Originally posted by lizardbones

 

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WoT is massive, it's multiplayer, it's online and you can role play a tank commander. The role playing requires far more imagination than most games, but you can do it.

 

With that logic then every game with a matchmaking feature would be an MMO, pc and console alike.

Halo, COD, StarCraft 2... etc would all be mmos then.

Originally posted by comicaze

Originally posted by lornphoenix

Originally posted by comicaze

 

So instanced dungeon games are not MMOs anymore?

If they have a open world map to interact with other players, yes they are. WoW, Rift, amd WAR all fall in line with this.

Games that don't then no. Guild Wars is a good expamle, no open world map, just channels hub zone the act more like lobbies.

Guild Wars and Global Agenda are still on this site, aren't they?

Guild Wars shouldn't be listed here.

Global Adgenda is boderline

OP if you said aminations, I would have to agree, but on the graphics, no.

Rift, AoC, FFXIV and Aion (at least on the characters) all look better.

WoW art style works for it, and has held up well.

Originally posted by eric_w66

There are four options I want added to WoT random battles:

 

1) Option to only join battles that do not have artillery present.

2) Option to only join battles without tier 7+ premium tanks.

3) Option to try for battles with only a 3 tier spread vs 4 or 5 tier spread for vehicles above tier 2. (So a battle would be  tier 5, 6, 7 only, or tier 8 9 10, etc. Not tier 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 like it sometimes does.

4) Option to only join batttles where *every* vehicle is in the tier spread for that battle. (AKA, when one side has a tier 1 LOLtraktor included in a tier 7-10 battle because of platooning, no fun for the team that is crippled with it).

1) Yea their are annoying but If you do that, arty would never get into game. 

2) I don't get this one, What is wrong with them?

Those that bought one (like myself) paid roughly $32 in gold for it, to ease the credit grind...

With this option, Lowes and KV-5s would never get into game.

3) A 3 tier spead, with the exception of Arty and Top tier lights, would be great (Tier 5 lights are coming)

4) I really don't have issue with this. I've have lawltractor spot for arty.

Even had one get the killing blow on a the last tank (arty with low health) on the map

Originally posted by comicaze

 

So instanced dungeon games are not MMOs anymore?

If they have a open world map to interact with other players, yes they are. WoW, Rift, amd WAR all fall in line with this.

Games that don't then no. Guild Wars is a good expamle, no open world map, just channels hub zone the act more like lobbies.

Originally posted by comicaze

Originally posted by Consequence

1) it is not an MMO any more than CoD is a MMO. It really has no business being on this site.

 

With additon of the Clan Wars, it's kind of MMO :)

with 15 players per side in a single, every CW doesn't make it an MMO

It makes is Risk with real time battle

I perfer an equal fight.

But I do like winning outmatched fights... makes winning so much sweeter.

I was just pointing out that teamwork can win a match, no matter what tanks the macthmaking sticks you with.

I been in many a match where my team was the underdog, because the way silly matchmaker works, pull off a win that shouldn't have happen.

Originally posted by Tidel
Hey guys, so after the recent hacks I'm pretty skeptical to play on the PSN again. Just wondering what you all think about this. Will you play on the PSN again or no?

Yes, but won't be using a my credit/debit card on their service.

I'll just buy a PSN card at a local store, if I want anything.

Wait they got the same voice actor for the cat?

What the hell happen, doesn't sound anything like him... and he's isn't as fun as the 1st game.