All Posts by giskard73

I couldn't get this to install during beta and it wouldn't install a few months ago but this time I think it's working. However my trial expired, odd since I never logged in.

Can someone please send me a buddy key to register so I can try this game? It looks very interesting with some depth to it.

Thank you. :)   zex.sexy@gmail.com

I think someone at Paramount or whoever owns the ST license told PE they want this to ship around the time of the new movie for tie ins, etc. and kicked their ass. "Noboby puts baby (ST) in a corner." The minute PE's sales people got the ST license they should have dropped G&H like a bad habit.

That interview from 10/19 with the execs at PE is stupid. No @#$$ ST is a big license! I'm also willing to bet if it sucks, whoever they got the rights from has an option for damages or to sue them. A certain level of quality I'm sure was stated legally somewhere and PE finally woke up and said "Holy @#$# we need to work on STO".

STO could be monster if it has depth.

Sucks though, I was looking forward to Imperator too and I know Monolith would've made it great but this established licenses are hard to pass up. I'm starting to think Roman-themed games are cursed.

...is it really that bad? Is G&H that bad? I haven't played it but the premise sounded good.

I loved EnB but they screwed it with little depth or space to explore. That and the weird, non-unique stances everyone had in station. It was ahead of it's time with both an avatar and a ship That third person perspective in the cockpit was AWESOME. I still remember it.

Damn SOE's a joke. #1: don't smart-ass your boss in front of the customers. Most of the videos are commercials with no real gameplay save maybe the Agency, which has "great" enemy A.I. btw (guys running up to you without shooting). They ruined SWG and EQ2 with the latter having a horrible design from the ground up (load times anyone? Bad customer service with items attached to the server, not to the player profile???).

I hear Vanguard's a joke and Sony in general as a company isn't doing so hot.

Cool, thanks for posting!

Read: http://beta.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=19320&page=1

I used the torrent link Turbine gave and it all downloaded but on install,  several files reported corruption. The loader opens and connects but instead of examining the install and replacing / fixing issue it just states "installation may be corrupted" and then sets a 1 minute retry timer which I don't see the use of as it just loops.

So, my 2 cents are it won't even install from links Turbine gives out and their launcher isn't smart enough to fix the issues. I've already spent too much time on this so I guess that's it for LOTR.

Frankly, with Guild Wars out, a game better have housing, crafting, a huge game world and be damn good / solid to expect money each month.

I expected better from a beta 2. No way this thing ships anytime soon with an install that doesn't work.

Thanks for the info. King. I sent them a note already earlier this evening. I'll post the results so if I am getting burned, others can be spared. Alot of bad customer service floating around in the last few months.

Anyone else sign up for this? Anyone get a copy yet? I have yet to see anything except them giving it away...

I'm burned out too and I agree with the difficulty finding the social aspect like I once did. I thought for awhile it was just me getting older but I think I'm looking for the right game design. Balance of depth, graphics, story, content and social make-up. I like Mythic's RvR (PvP when I choose to) approach to PvP even though I rarely do it. I think I need to find a mature guild of fun loving, team oriented people.

I can play regularly and work towards team goals for everyone. Any mature guilds out there? The less you take yourself seriously, the better

I'll take one:

giskard73@hotmail.com

Vanguard is junk run by SOE. The guy made Everquest, sold it to SOE, then made Vanguard and is doing it again. He's after a buck. Wait for EA/Mythic and Warhammer. THAT's gonna be the game...although Conan looks interesting.

Thanks for the update!

I can't wait for the player housing! Once my Master Jedi Acretian has his biomech battlemech that turns into a spanish war galleon and whips out his skill deck for hot instanced-forced-group action they'll be no stopping me!

<warning>The pre-ceeding was a joke, put your flamethrowers down :) </warning>

On a lighter note, if you can name the 6 mmorpgs I *secretly* refer to above, I'll give you a prize

Has anyone considered or discussed yet the possibility of the 2-party (carebear/pk) player base being able to spread out and fracture among all these similar yet slightly different fantasy gamse coming out? Could be easier to find a more specific similar player community to your style than it was before. The shades of gray will start to emerge. May be obvious to some but I thought I'd toss it out for discussion.

I agree it could have been handled better. I just don't know about this company yet. I haven't given up, but...I've taken a step back to see what happens. Glad I didn't waste $60 on vaporware.

What's the word on the stolen game engine? I haven't heard that story.

Can you swim underwater? Any underwater combat?