Originally posted by indiramourn

Originally posted by LethalBurst

Cryptic has nothing to do with your shit-ass ISP, nor should they. Comments about how Cryptic needs to step in and do this and that are laughable. It's not Cryptic's problem. It's YOUR problem. Switch your provider to one that actually has a clue.

Actually, losing customers because they have a bad ISP is Cryptic's problem since it's money out of their pockets.  I'm sure that Cryptic will get involved behind the scenes, providing tech info and such, to the problem ISP's to help resolve this issue.  It's in their financial interest to do so.
 

That's really not how it works.

Always late to the dance..

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Originally posted by Aethios

RvR and PvP
RvR is a bit of a mess. Nobody has a clue what they are supposed to be doing.

How strange that on the preview weekend of an unreleased game, people wouldn't know "what they are supposed to be doing".. This is a clear sign that this game will fail.

Why on earth would you spend anytime worrying about the expectations of others?

What's the point?

I expect that it will be a fun and entertainging game.

I couldn't care less about the fact that some jaded, pessimistic, angry kid might discover that this game won't be the answer to all of his earthly problems.

Cool beans dudes, thanks for sharing, hope you find something that works for you.

Definitely some scary-talented folks over there.

Nice captures.

I'm optimistic about this game.

Clever move by fileplanet.

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Keys are extremely limited apparently.

Originally posted by openedge1

I remember another "stable" release game that had many crashes and even a memory leak through open beta...

The Developers even asked people not to use their high resolution textures due to a bug in the build..

But, now we know this "stable" game as

LOTRO

There is another beta I was in that I could compare this to..

In that game they blamed the debugger as well.

Then launch came and performance was exactly the same.

I probably don't have to say which game it was.

Originally posted by Seggallion

This is just free advertisement for Aventurine. I think those articles are fun to read.

Now all Aventurine needs is an actual product to advertise, and they will be all set!

Originally posted by Ceredwynn

maybe in the 2010 decade, but right now. i can only farsee an epic fail.

Ironically, the word you are looking for is foresee, not farsee.

Originally posted by Kilmar

 

 And this colorful world is way to colorful for Warhammer (and I have some Warhammer Table Top boxes..)

Well that certainly makes you an authority, huh?

Originally posted by Burtzum

 

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Originally posted by Protest
With Salvatore behind the story and McFarlane behind the art I think we can expect a bit more than a simple rehash.

On a related note, I've been looking at some of the work that the 38 Studios art team has done for this year's dominance war, and it's actually pretty impressive.

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Hmmm they all seem to be into the cartoony goofy exaggerated style, not my cup of tea. But they are all certainly capable of painting and modeling well. Josh Singh in particular has got a very professional and stylistically cohesive model there. Whats funny is I was expecting something darker, having McFarlane as art director and all. When I think McFarlane I think of Spawn toys and Hellraiser-looking toys.  Though game assets could very well be the complete opposite of these guys' personal works.   Who knows.

As for elves, I remember looking through the Salvatore books in a local bookshop and seeing dark elves. Hopefully the elves will at least not live in typical elvish tree house swirly architecture and wield bows. I'll have to pick up some Salvatore since you suggest he has an original take.

My beef with the stock fantasy ideas is that MMORPGs offer a unique opportunity to craft a world. I'm a bit of a nature geek, love going for walks seeing what sorts of bugs and plants I can find. Love reading about cultures and seeing images of architecture from around the world. Love reading about new ideas pertaining to planets and moons in our system. I'm attracted to games for the same reason. I like to explore and see what this unique world is all about. If its yet another game on rails that prevents me from exploring and features races and creatures that have been regurgitated for the past 50 years I lose interest.

Anyway. I'm in no way trying to damn 38 studios or anything. I have no idea what this game will be like. Just talking, discussing concerns. Its a unique situation that you have a start up team with less concerns about the financial side of game dev. They are in a unique position to break out of the mold and take a chance on something new it seems. I'll have to keep an eye on the project and see if they go for it.

I think your concerns are certainly valid. The 38S team is going to have to really deliver something profound, especially since they have made it clear that they are operating within the confines of the fantasy genre. I just believe that if any team is capable of pulling it off, this is the one.

Originally posted by Burtzum

Oh great, another story based fantasy MMORPG.  Hopefully it will be more of a sandbox and not like Lotro or DDO.  Its completely ridiculous when you have hundreds of thousands of players playing through the same story events day in and day out.  Help!  You must save the world!  That guy that just came before you already saved the world actually... but you can do it again!  And the guy after you can save the world as well!  In exactly the same way!  Everyone is special!  MMORPGs shouldn't play like single player RPGs. 

Hopefully when they say story driven they mean something more like Asherons Call where every month there is a development in the story.  Every now and then a one time event.  Not a MMORPG on rails. 

And if they insist on going the fantasy route, I hope they develop their own unique races and fauna instead of rehashing elves, dwarves, and dragons yet again.

With Salvatore behind the story and McFarlane behind the art I think we can expect a bit more than a simple rehash.

On a related note, I've been looking at some of the work that the 38 Studios art team has done for this year's dominance war, and it's actually pretty impressive.

So will the second batch be released today or tomorrow?

This is going to be terrific! Lotta 38 Studios news lately, when is mmorpg.com going to set up a page so we can indulge in crazy premature speculation?

Originally posted by _Kyle_

What difference does it make? People still using 30gb HDs or something?

 

Upgrade the pile of crap to a Sata 3gb/s 200gb.. it'll cost ya about 50ish bucks.

 

People really need to stop expecting new age games to run on their POS WOW machines.. seriously..

Why don't you just relax a little.

Yes. It really is true.

Originally posted by deviliscious

Originally posted by LordSic

  Just what i need... convince one women to let me play video games so i can log in and get nagged at by another

lmao! that works both ways for girls too... men can be so possesive and demanding, and honestly i think they complain wayyy more than women.  Men sleep on your keys so you can't go clubbing,   stand around giving any guy who looks at you dirty looks, and  punch a guy for buying you a drink... yea I think men are wayyy wworse than women lol.

"Sleep on your keys so you can't go clubbing".. that statement speaks volumes about you and the men you choose.

I hope things get better for you. I really do!