Originally posted by Onigod

i really hope it happens.

i think when there license for ddo ends turbine will do it themselves or sell the game to another compant that will have the f2p method ( like happens to all codemasters mmos, they suck at publishing mmos they are only good for single player games)

If it happens i will play it.

its not that i dont want to play a p2p im only paying those but im not going to play codemasters mmos  cus they suck and steal your money,

oh crap, didn't notice that yet,

I also have a LOTRO account at codemasters :o

Hello!

I recently started playing DDO, and I have to say I am enjoying the game.

I'm crawling through the dungeons of stormreach atm ^^ And I really like it.

But I have a bid of lagg sometimes, probably cause I'm located in Europe, and there is my question

are there anny plans from codemasters to bring the f2p version of DDO to Europe?

EDIT:

-I edited the title of the topic from "will the f2p DDO come to Europe"  to "f2p DDO comes to Europe"

-After some forum and website crawling, I found this:

(http://www.ddo.com/ddogameinfo/developer-diaries/899-ddo-unlimited-state-of-the-game-2010-)

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International

In 2010 we will be working to maintain our positive momentum from last year and grow our service to more players both in North America and around the world. A few of you asked about our plans for Europe, and though I can’t announce any specifics, I can say that we are working with our partners to get the new content and business model to our European players as soon as possible. We will share details with you as soon as we can.

We are also evaluating how we can bring DDO to players who speak other languages and live in other parts of the world. The localization and rollout work is likely to take some time, but look for some announcements on this later in the year as well.

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There you have it, it seems DDO in Europe will also go f2p. I hope I can transfer my char, otherwise I need to reroll :-)

I knew warcraft before wow came out, I didn't had a warcraft rts, but I played warcraft 3 sometimes at a friends house. After wow came out in europe he started playing. I joined him 3 months after wow was released.

None at the moment.

I have DDO and ROM on my computer atm ( I uninstalled all the rest 132gb on games yay! bye WOW,WAR,GW,Archlord, TCOS...and all the rest I had on my pc..)

I don't like ROM, I really tried it but I can't get into it.. It just doesn't suck me in.

DDO chrashes sometimes, that sux indeed, and.. I don't know.. It looks really nice, but I think I need to have a few more game sessions with it, before I decide if it goes of my computer or not.

I gonna uninstall ROM for sure now, tried it enough.

For the rest, I still have my steam account, so I play CSS. And since this week I have portal (steam gives it away free!) and I really like the puzzlethings in it.

Maby I'm out of mmo's I dunno.

(edit: spelling, I really suck in spelling)

I've played it a bid. The combat system is really awesome, and the world looks great and has a special sphere

But I dunno, I didn't get into it, I need to get sucked into a game, or I won't keep playing it ^^ and that just didn't happen, but that's just me. Apart from that I have to say that TCOS is really a gem

Originally posted by Zeiko

Originally posted by Torak

Sounds like you don't understand who runs "Runes of Magic" .

The company that publishes the EU version doesn't actually own RoM. They are the EU publishers. The game belongs to and developed by the Taiwanese developer Runewaker Entertainment and adapted for the English and German speaking market by German company Frogster Interactive.

Runewalker has started licensing the game to other companies to make localized versions, simple as that. Frogster has no choice but to comply as they are not the actual owners of the game.

Looks like you are playing the Turkish version unless you can find a proxy.

So you mean, Frogster is under Runewaker's Feet..

And there is nothing they can do.. Very nice company.. Very nice aggrement..

That seems how frogster is BIG (!) company..

Frogster is indeed under Runewaker's feet, Runewaker owns the game, Frogster just got a license to publish ROM in Europe. It reminds me of RFonline a while ago. Codemasters lost the license and they had to shutdown their service.

There is indeed nothing you can do I guess, you could go to court but.. would that help? I don't think that the people who spend money on it would get it back. Frogster cannot do annything about this I think. They could try to make an agreement with gamersfirst and runewaker to stop the IPblock, but I doubt that will happen

as I said, you get what you paid for, you paid 'free' so you actually get nothing..

the moderators of ROM cannot help you, so don't blame them, it also are just people.

mh that sux indeed..

But I guess frogster has a contract with another company that will host the Turkish ROM service.

In Turkey another company has the license for ROM, cause it's outside Europe so it is another territory.

I think there is nothing you can do, Frogster has to respect their license so if they don't use IP blocks they might get sued.

This is what I find on the forums:

"Aloha Ladies & Gentlemen.

Frogster is responsible for publishing Runes of Magic in most countries although there are some territories in which other companies own the license.

Therefore we have to inform you that in the case of Turkey another publisher is responsible for Runes of Magic. After consultation with the Turkish publisher we have to honor their license and put an IP-Block for Runes of Magic in place which affects Turkey as of today.

This means that players from Turkey will no longer be able to access our Runes of Magic servers. All players from Turkey that wish to continue enjoying Runes of Magic must register an account through the Turkish publisher.

We ask for your understanding in regard to this measure,

The Runes of Magic Team"

But, I guess you can find a way to get around this IP block , just google a bid

goodluck.

EDIT: I've read a bid through the ROM forums, it seems indeed that they didn't even inform their players about this. They just blocked the Turkish community. Unbelievable :o one of the worst customers services I've ever seen, a reason to stay away from ROM (this is why some games are free and others not, you get what you pay for). I would say mail of call to customer support and ask your money back, or some sort of compensation.

Originally posted by Coman

Originally posted by kingtommyboy

Originally posted by Coman

Originally posted by kingtommyboy

Originally posted by TribeofOne

Just leave Derek alone. You are all acting like he peed in your bathwater and molested your kitten. Cut the guy a break. he is a visionary and a great team motivator and one of the nicest most noble people you could ever be lucky enough to meet.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCZSDxA8_JA&NR=1

 

:P

You got to love seth green !

He loves his grandmother! xD

 

and it seems you can buy THIS on iTunes :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FAuJod1XmY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6XwPsAEc3I&feature=watch_response_rev

This just had to be shared, but I believe we are kinda off topic :P

Mh, ye I think so :p

ah annyway, It will only take some time before we can make a topic in general with: "watch this: leave Derek Smart alone" :p

Ah well, it actually became a bid pathetic, everything what happened around Alganon became more entertaining then the game itself. Derek Smart has to stop with sitting on forums and websites all day and posting stupid comments. He has no time for that, I thought he had a game to fix.

(now, we're ontopic again ;-) )

Originally posted by Coman

Originally posted by kingtommyboy

Originally posted by TribeofOne

Just leave Derek alone. You are all acting like he peed in your bathwater and molested your kitten. Cut the guy a break. he is a visionary and a great team motivator and one of the nicest most noble people you could ever be lucky enough to meet.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCZSDxA8_JA&NR=1

 

:P

You got to love seth green !

He loves his grandmother! xD

and it seems you can buy THIS on iTunes :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FAuJod1XmY

Originally posted by TribeofOne

Just leave Derek alone. You are all acting like he peed in your bathwater and molested your kitten. Cut the guy a break. he is a visionary and a great team motivator and one of the nicest most noble people you could ever be lucky enough to meet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc

for me, Alganon now just lost all his credibility. Really everything about and around this game became a joke, Mr. Smart is what I call an idiot. It just became one big joke... I think it will only take some time untill they run out of money, I mean who wants even to invest his money in this project??

I don't know, I might give it a try when cata comes out. I'm getting out mmo's a bid.

The little spare time I have, I spend on playing aoe2 and css online with a few friends.

I tried ROM and DDO, but meh... I don't get the 'mmo' feel in those. So, if cata comes, and I got more time to play, then yes, I will be there again

hahaha ^^

we'll this is actually a rlly fun game (for 5 minutes, or more! )

It could be the perfect facebook mmo :p

you don't need to get to a pve server to find good raids. Just go to dalaran and check the general/trade/lfg chat. There are raids everywhere

wow :o ! well I will come back for sure! :D

Originally posted by smitty0356

I actually don't care for forced pvp, and I think LoTRO has it ALMOST right on they money as a game, but there is a part of mmo's that keep people trying to get the slightes upgrades, and being willing to work for it, and that is to be the best.  Unfortunatly, with no direct pvp other than duels and monster play (which I really like, but it doesn't satisfy the drive for "leetness" like real pvp does) I think this effect allows players to see the high end gear and say "meh" since the advantages of that gear won't make any difference in the course of a raid or a mission.

For some reason, I just don't think people care to chase down a warg for 15 mins when the warg has no death penalty, and playing the monsters are fun because I like the change of reference from hero to villain, but there is just no attachment to my character, and I feel like a kamikazee in order to deny an order player resources or cause him to have to spend money on repairs... neither is actually very rewarding in the long term.

I'm not saying this game should make some ad-hoc pvp to appeal to more players, but I do wish that it could get that appeal somehow.  I don't know how this game could swing it since that isn't my job, but it would be nice if it existed.

I know this game doesn't have a lot of options for pvp since the IP never had much in the way of elf v elf or whatnot, but I think it is one of the factors that keeps and otherwise A+ game out of the mainstream.

Lotro is a pve focused game. I wouldn't even care if this game didn't had anny pvp. The monster play is fun, but the devs put this in the game just because they had to. Most mmo's these day's have some pvp features.  I would still have bought it even without these monster play and duel things in it. If your looking for a pvp mmo, then Lotro is not for you.

I was really burned out of wow but I was just wondering how manny people will return to wow when Cataclysm releases.

After reading what will change on their website and on the wow forums, I might return when cata comes out.

It sounds really refreshing, a lot of things will change. true it isn't the oldskool vannila-wow anny more, but.. you can still have fun :) !

What do you think about Cataclysm? and will you return?

yayayayayaya!

I can't wait :D

As long as the devs release new content, the mmo won't end, cause there is always something to do.

An mmo ends when they pull the plug out of it.