All Posts by -Jaguar-

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Originally posted by mindw0rk
I downloaded the game, tried to make trial accound. But it wont allow me since I dont have Credit Card. I wrote Turbine to let me try it, but there was no reply. Well, no trial - no payment for you

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Who cares about you then? If you have no credit card you are not a potential paying customer. Good bye.

That is great if it's fake. It's sad if it's real because clearly the kid is very young.

Asheron's Call

You need to speak Spanish if you live in Miami.

Maybe I'm paranoid but perhaps this is a sign AC is going to be shutting down in the coming months? Soon the option to buy and download will disappear...

I just installed it after giving it a go at launch. The performance seems better but is still pretty bad. I can't stand the stutters while I'm running around.

What still kills me is the font. The font (above characters, entering areas, health bar) is so cheap looking, it makes it look like it's still in beta.

The trial is broken. I emailed Turbine about it. I'm not currently subscribed, but someone who is should message Frelorn on the official message boards.

UT3 (awesome), Crysis (laggy), Halo 3 (crap), Logitech Z-5500 speakers (massive), and a 76 key yamaha electric piano.

Boo. You got me all excited. I checked my email and there was no reactivation.

WoW is the only other MMO to keep my interest for a long time aside from AC. Ryzom and Eve also kept me playing for a little.

omg ac3 http://www.turbine.com/worlds_ac3.html

I guess it's better than getting nothing at all.

Who said that was a screenshot? I guess we will see tomorrow. I bet though that the picture and the teaser are just going to be renders and not actual game footage.

Surely they didn't edit out the people who answered correctly. Surely no other country has stupid people. [/sarcasm]

Your vision does indeed get worse overtime even with the surgey. The dcotor warns you that it won't last forever. You will probably have to wear glasses agian one day or have it done again.

I had it done a year ago. I'm not sure I would go through with it again. It's great not having to deal with glasses or contacts, but the pain for several days after the surgery was excruciating. I mean REALLY bad, some of the worst days of my life.

There are different variations of the surgery, so your results may be different. I'm not sure what I had done exactly, but the doctor said it was the method that removes the least material off of the eye. My Dad had a different variation several years ago and said there was no pain at all after.

The surgey itself a bit scarey too. You go completely blind at one point. Then your vision comes back and everything is blurry and discolored. I was actually extremely happy when the vision came back. I figured even if everything was blurry and discolored, at least I wasn't completely blind. They warn you before it all happens it goes exactly as they describe, but still it is unsetteling.

It's open to anyone. http://trial.ac.turbine.com/

I love Age of Empire, but Ensemble has horrible support for their old games. I bet Microsoft is more to blame than Ensemble. As far as I know Age of Empires 3 is the only game they actually update. All of their old games are left for dead.

I don't have a problem with games that aren't played anymore becoming unsupported. However, Age of Empires 2 was still very popular even when Age of Empires 3 was released. People still even played the original. It appeared Microsoft or Ensemble could careless about the online community because they shut down both games. Even before they were shutdown they were unmaintained and filled with hacks.

There is also Age of Mythology, which isn't that old. As far as I know it's not patched at all anymore.

The best things about AC are the seamless world, portal system, loot system, and non-stereotypical characters. I also like the non-instanced, limited supply, housing system (except for apartments).

The skill system is OK. It's not as great not as free as everyone claims. Players still end up with fairly standard templates and categories (mage's, melee's, and archer's).

AC PvP is extremely over rated. Trying to glitch the animations isn't fun to me. Dodging is a nice feature, but combat has no variaty. Dropping items on death is annoying. Finally, it's almost impossible to play the game without turning to a third party site.

AC is a great game, especially when it came out. The seamless world is still superior to every other game.

You need to forward the ports.

http://turbine.fuzeqna.com/asheronscall/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=1160
http://turbine.fuzeqna.com/asheronscall/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=146