Originally posted by Mariann

Originally posted by MaDSaM

  *settles back on his divan and gets the girls to fan the palm leaves faster* 

 

hahahaha, you got to cut back on the stinga rum

Why yes, I do prefer Dyronean Mead anyway. Now, would you massage my feet?

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SaM

Originally posted by Beermangler

I was going to create an "Is this game for me" topic where I would sum up my gaming style and preferences, but after reading through this thread I have hastily logged into my home PC and started downloading the trial.

I am so fed up with WoW-like MMOs and I really feel the need for an offtrack MMO. I have tried almost every one out there, from spacey EVE to westerny Fallen Earth and nothing 'clicked'.

Download / install complete, now the waiting game... 2 hours of work left... :[

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Well, enjoy yourself then and welcome to Atys :)

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Originally posted by lethys

I heard that the community was a bit snobbish and rude to new players, telling them to "go back to WoW."  Therefore I have no interest in playing.  Especially because I hate WoW.

Ah yes, of course.

And I´ve heard that WoW has never had any Goldfarmers, and that we eat newbes for Dinner too.

Admittedly, if someone behaves like he´s just come off a tree, has a spelling ability of a pocket calculator ("1337 LTP, N008!") and generally waves his e-peen in everyones face, like he was the next gift from the gods to the server, I´d gladly tell him to go back where he came from time and again.

But that´s just me and I´ve always been one for the upper crust and the mental cream of gaming. And I´m very protective of my sever. *settles back on his divan and gets the girls to fan the palm leaves faster*

And btw. I hate WoW too.

Who´d ´ve guessed?

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Yeah, that´s confidential Info, I guess.

As long as it´s not over 10 Million its not worth mentioning anyway nowadays

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Originally posted by CyberWiz

Arispotle seems pretty active, if I had to make a guess, I'd say around 10k active subs.

I think he means all three servers put together

There are two more. than just Arispotle, y´know

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Hey, you better first get your brains back in order, before trying to cope with more than one world on a daily basis, eh?

Get well soon and all the best !

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It seems you did not read my post. Or did you?

I think the answer is there, at least my personal view of it.

Anyway, the "MOBs to kill quota" is the same in every Game. Or almost at least.

If you want to level, kill things.

Pretty normal, I guess. Apart from XP maybe gained by Quests, there´s no difference in that and many do enjoy the so called "grind", we can see it every day in each and every game out there. Delivery-Missions are plenty in Ryzom, so that´s covered too.

But please note that harvested Items are a lot different from those gained through Quests.

These things you need to build Items of use. Like swords and armor and such.

Items that are droped by MOBs and/or delivered by the Quest-Giver at the end are things that are used up and/or outgrown over time. Of course, so are the things you build for your charakter, or have build by others, but nevertheless, if I for example gain a "sword of (enter legend name here)" from some quest, I´ll use it as long as I gain another from a new quest.

If I build my own sword, or had it build for me, I´ll use it as long as I can and as it lasts, because I know I´ll not have another one droped at my feet by some animal, or Boss in a few hours time.

And again, for my personal answer to the question, please revere to my above post.

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It definitely has an ongoing and very deep storyline.

Delivered in a unique way.

Done in World-Events and small Roleplay-Events, of at least 3 a month. Admittedly, this system is only for those patient enough to wait for things to happen around them and find the reward in participating and hearing and truly "living" an exciting story. Not for those who rush through quests to get to the reward.

The only, but big difference is, that the story progresses slower than in any other game. More at its own pace.

More "lifelike" so to say. Memorable events in Ryzom don´t define themselves in Raids or in finished Questlines, they´re defined by the participation of the players and the way they do react to the guidelines given by the Developers and the official Event-Teams. Events are mostly announced a few days before they occur and most of the time hold surprises for those who participate.

For example, a simple "botanic educational excursion" in Matis, led to a storyline of poisoned plants, theft, deceit and the kidnapping of a royal family member. Which in turn left clues that point to future events, like a possible barbarian invasion.

Pre-scripted Quests are fun, for a time. But you can only do them once. Twice at most if you bother to do them with a twink, until they get boring and repetitive.

Admittedly "most" players do like it that way, and I dare say most don´t know better and thus are surprised to find a game in which the "goal" isn´t to lead a live of constant adventure and do the same things billions of other "heroes" have done before you, but to lead a "normal" life in a unique world, which on occasion is broken by unusual happenings and circumstance.

I myself only got Involved in a Storyline by accident, because I was in the right place, at the right time. If I hadn´t been at that particular spot on that day, I wouldn´t have met the E-Team controlled NPC-Bandits, that attacked me and a few others and thus kicked of a storyline that eventually lead to a big fight with genetically enhanced monsters and mind controlled people.

But, if it hadn´t been me, it would probably have been someone else. And I would´ve only heard rumors about these strange bandits. Word of mouth InGame carries and thus involves more and more people who are curious to see whats happening.

True, this way not not really everyone may participate in every event that´s ever done, but like in real life, nobody can be everywhere at every time. So, mostly no-one is put off by this.

And most players I know are fair enough to make a post about strange happenings on the boards, so everyone reading these may know that "something" is up. Even if an official Event-Team Post comes only one or two days later. After word has already gotten around a bit.

Thats one of the points that make Ryzom unique and so enjoyable to me.

I can truly forge own destiny and decide for myself if a participate or not. And I´m not led by the nose along a set path to some Item that sooner or later everyone gets and that becomes obsolete with the next "expansion".

It´s not everyones game, but it´s something different.

If you like it, great.

If you don´t, OK too.

There´s a game for everyone out there.

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SaM

Please be sure to download the latest client, from the Games website.

www.ryzom.com/en/download_game.html

Most of the other distributers havent updated their downloads yet. Despite the newest client being avaliable for about a month now and Winchgate and the Communties efforts to redeem this error. *sigh*

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www.ryzom-movies.de/index.php

On my collection you´ll find even more music. Not only from InGame, but some unsused tracks and trailer scores.

Enjoy :)

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Originally posted by Piquedram

woopie, redwoodsap, you're blaming me for YOU not understanding. I'm not stereotyping anyone, i'm stating FACTS.

The french server IS more RP oriented, i'm not saying french people in general are, but the french ryzom server IS.

The german server IS more PvP oriented, i'm not saying german people in general are, but the german ryzom server IS.

 

I'm sure that, because ryzom offers different language servers, there are also quite a few people on the french and german servers not as superb at english as you seem to claim everyone is, or at least seem to want everyone to be. My native tongue is dutch, and i know quite a few people (in real life) who would prefer to play in their own language, or have problems writing english.

Yey, open an exclusive Dutch Server!

And while we´re at it, why not a Gaelic one too?

*ROFL* Good one Pique, made my day

Btw. I´m a GERMAN ROLEPLAYER! One of a dying breed and proud of it

And folks, remember:

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See, I told you he wouldn´t get it.

Kind of cute though, how he blames for on doing exactly the same he´s doing right now, don´t you think?

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Originally posted by Devildog1

Well Sam you'll just have to give in to the darkside and join the international server! MUhahahahahahahah!

Nevaaaaaaarrr! *shakes fist*

;)p

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He´ll never get it anyway.

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Hard to say.

As most of us can probably speak for just one server out of the three working ones.

On Leanon (German) I´ve seen pretty much a balance of new Players coming and oldies leaving in the last years.

Since the re-start many old players returned and quite a few new ones came to see, some stayed some didn´t.

For some strange reasons many people seem to shun the official boards and thus there is almost no,:

"Hy, I new." culture, like in other games. Those few who do announce their arrival are recived well and nicely of course.

But I´m pretty sure that these are just a minority of those who really hopped aboard in the last month.

As far as I know the french Server still´s got the highest poulation, with the internatinal close by and the german server last.

Sadly we´re pretty low on newbes, despite our efforts to drag new german players in. *sigh*

:(

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Originally posted by RedwoodSap

I recommend you wait til they launch a fresh server start because crafting is a big part of Ryzom, and since it's a small well established community, there is no market for a new player to trade in. Without a fresh server start the playerbase has shrunk over time so they need to do it soon or Ryzom will die off.

Okay, see you in 2015 then.

Man, you´re the funniest troll I´ve ever encountered. *LOL*

First the old servers should be filled, don´t you think?

If every new player would wait for a new server to open, there´d never be one.

And if every game out there would open a new server, once the communities reach a certain established level of comfort and organization, then there´d be about 10 billion servers in the world, each with its small self contained community that would consist of about 200 players or so. Certainly no larger than any small villages population.

And if every Game out there would really  follow your guidelines, then I wonder how come in LotRo and especially in WoW, so many Newbes join established servers?

Ah, sorry, they don´t have your expertise. Certainly that must be the problem.

Man, you´re hilarious!

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When and where did you download your client?

It may be possible that you´ve got an older Version that isn´t yet fully compatible with W7.

The W7 Version is about a week old now and some distributors havent updated yet.

Try onw of these links: www.ryzom.com/en/download_game.html

These´ll all give oyu the latest client to download :)

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To soothe all your fears with one sentence:

"No Problem, you can learn everything and there will be "upgrades" every few levels."

Juts open your skill tree (b) and look for yourself. At its right side it shows all actions and stanzas you can learn.

There´ll be enough Skill Points to learn everything over time.

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Great post Einexile, thank you.

But sometimes posts like these remind me of a certain Gary Larson Cartoon:

An old "Lone Ranger" is sitting in a comfy chair at home reading an indian dictionary and for the first time discovring that,

"Kemo Sabe", is "an Apache expression for a horse's rear end.".

Sometimes I suspect that "Veteran Player" in the minds of many newbes equals "@$$hole".

But what they always tend to forget, is the fact that most "experienced" players, did go through one and the same problems and yes experiences to be where they are now. And most of them had their fair share of frustrations, trial and tribulations.

Funnily, most Newbes do regard even those who´ve come only short month or weeks before them as "Veterans" and often seem to me full of mistrust, at least on the boards. Or more accurate, those that are as vocal on boards like these tend to show this kind of behavior.

All we do is trying to give sound and proved advice. And for that we´re nearly stoned to death. We´ve all gone through this, we´ve all been there (and probably done that, Ha Ha, thank you very much), but we´re trying to share this experience, not to insult anyone by saying : "Try to find help."

It always puzzles me to no end, if Newbes to a MMO (remember, "MASSIVE MULTIPLAYER) become aggressive and act insulted when we suggest finding help. Granted population is low at the moment, but its never been so low as to find absolutely no-one at all to group with. We´ve got prove here in the posts of some other New Players above. Strangely they DID find groups and strangely they have a great time playing. Maybe they´re under some kind of hallucination?

Who knows?

Anyway, it´s a fact that we know what we´re talking of and just like the "generations conflict" at home in the real world, it´ll probably stay the same way forever. Or did you believe your parents every word, when they told you to be careful and home a t 10, because they really cared for you?

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