Originally posted by Ozmodan

This game won't hit the 500k mark because of this.

LOL Early access limit was hinted at being 500k.

There are several sites, and even Funcom themselves, that have hinted at WELL over a million copies being distributed.

False info maybe, but judging from how every AoC forum is loading ultra slow and bogging down every website, I'd say they are underestimating.

Even lowballing 1 million does not = 200,000

Oh and bout the 5 dollar thing, it's not just a few days, it's 10 days.  The exact same price as your subscription.  So unless you paid 50 bucks to play for one month, there is no reason not to pay anoter 5 bucks to get in early and get the equivalent amount of game time.

Originally posted by Blackfoot-3

I am not any asian race. But, I grew up around Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese.

I think the main thing is that Asian Peoples are about like white ppl when it comes to race. They simply just don't care. They haven't had really any mass discrimination in the past because of race, other than internal Asian history. A person might get mad if you say something like "G**k" (not meant as derogatory, just explaining myself) or "I hate C***ks" (again) or "Those GD Japs", because that's referring to a specific race. Which is something else most ppl don't understand, Asian and Oriental is not a Race in and of itself (at least every single Asian decent person I know sees it that way) because each country's people are very different.

I'm kinda all over the place here, but what I think is that it's because they haven't really been discriminated in the past for being Asian. Unlike... Black People, Jewish, or Polish who have all long histories of discrimination and tend to get offended when people talk about their race in a way that can be interp. as bad. (And rightfully so IMHO)

Not only that, but when we say "Stupid Asian Games" we aren't downing their race. It's merely a clash of cultures and those with Asian origins in the US are not Asians, they are Americans. American is a culture itself. They may have Korean background for example, but that doesn't mean they grew up in a Korean Culture. They grew up in an American culture.

(Sorry if this post makes no sense. It's hard for me to put my thoughts together coherently for some reason tonight. lol. Lack of Sleep)

Before I slap you.

Intel is the superior processor, PERIOD.  More compatible and currently the fastest speeds available.

You may want to go for 2x9800 GTX instead, as they are more compatible with most games ATM, and much more cost friendly.

After years of electrical and software engineering, it is funny to see people talk about Raid0 and performance gains.  It alternates drives, minimal speed increase.  Go for flash hard drives instead, they are tremendously faster than even 10k RPM hard drives, but much more expensive.

I didn't see if you had liquid cooling, if you do, great, if you don't, get it.  Otherwise you will have one noisy ass rig (like mine) to chill all that crap.

GL :)

When you buy a car, you do your best to check out every little thing you think you'll need and make sure that it will fit your needs and wants.  After being satisfied with its initial appeal, you take it for a short test drive and then buy it upon return.  Right away you go to grab some McDonald's, cause you are one hungry mofo, and thirsty to boot.  You get that large drink through their window, go to set it down, and sure as sh*t that monster of a drink will not fit in your cup holder.  Surely it looked big enough at the dealership...right?  No way you could have known without that delicious nectar mocking your inadequate cup holder.  To every large drink getter this will piss you off to no end, but those who get medium and small drinks, well they will never be the wiser.

The car company didn't try to screw you by not explicitly telling you about the drink holder and its potential conflict.  They showed you how good it looked, and how the other IMPORTANT features of the car worked and performed in comparison to others.  In the end, you had to buy something you may not have had the opportunity to explore 100%, and you may or may not be happy with it in the end, but does that translate into them "ripping you off"?  I think not.

Game companies show you how it looks, tell you how it plays and performs, and do their best to have all of their features known and understood.  Despite their very best efforts they will never be able to satisfy the curiosity of the masses and this will lead to many buying in anticipation of this or that feature.  On release, will it work flawlessly according to design?  No, but why?  Hardware industry's inability to conform to universal standards that can be easily adapted to software applications.  You were right, Battlekruse, it is not our faults as consumers, but it DEFINATELY does not fall soley on the efforts of (or as stated by you, the lack there of) the software manufacturers.  In every game release, there will be 1000 things known about it, and 10000 to remain discovered, as it should be.

Originally posted by xenogias

When will some of you learn that numbers dont always mean best. I saw someone a while back use the mcdonalds analogy and it really fits lol. Just because millions are served, doesnt mean its the best hamburger. Just because WoW has millions of subscribers doesnt mean its the best. Just because Blizzard made it doesnt mean its best. The most popular? Yea. Best? Matter of opinion.

 

Frankly I dont want to see any other games get as large as WoW. WIth large groups comes the WoW community which is the biggest sesspool of idiots in the world. Sure there are some nice people that play, but for ever 1 nice person you find you will run into 10 others that are complete idiots.

God forbid you draw a large paying crowd to fund the continuing game development process.  I would hate to see a game get better instead of worse.  Patches?  We don't need no stinking patches.

I don't mean to nitpick, but come on now.  If it's not dead you are using an interesting definition of the word "die."

I just don't feel involved.  It's hard to pick a single element that alludes to this feeling, and it seems it's a combination of many.  Perhaps the unfamiliar controls have added to this dilemma, but I feel too far away from combat to really be immersed.  If any of you have played Hellgate: London, perhaps you could understand what I mean by feeling involved.  I seem to always be in direct contact with the enemy, and am immersed in the constant stimulus of combat in that game.  In Tabula, it just feels strange and awkward, and doesn't directly feel like I am immersed in combat.  For me, this really makes or breaks the game.  If I cannot bring myself to be submerged in the mobs I'm fighting, it just feels unfinished and unaffected.  Though, all of this may be a side affect for my extreme hatred of Tabula's inability to display Dynamic Lights and a real form of AA.  Jaggies are hideous.