All Posts by Delanor

WoW will never die, but slowly fade away.

Originally posted by Richard_Mythic

Originally posted by Traelin

Originally posted by checkthis500
And the whining is the reason why I don't like official forums.  It's the only thing that isn't offered by unofficial forums.

One of the beauties of official forums is that, like any other forum, you don't HAVE to read them...so I don't see why the whining would bother you.  On the other hand, forums do offer a direct line of communication to the devs (via the CMs), as well as valuable resources on class-based, game-based, quest-based, etc. issues.  To me it signifies a level of professionalism if you will.

But why does it need to be official forums to provide that "direct line of communication to the devs (via the CMs)"... These aren't official forums, yet here I (the CM in question) am responding to your post...

Originally posted by Size-Twelve

You mentioned that TCoS has it's own following, but where? Their main website forums move incredibly slow. The TCoS fansites I've searched for are the same way, 1 post every couple of months maybe.

The following has become very silent since september last year when the game was supposed to be released. The post-ponement and the lack of information resulted in the feeling everything worth discussing has been discussed many times over without resulting in any new insight. People started lurking the forums instead. Many have indicated that they were just lurking. SIL was to blame for this, and only now signs are there that SIL is becoming more active again with giving information. The forums will pick it up, no doubt. Don't know about fansites. Never visit those things, but I know of fansites of another game that are virtually dead while the game is the largest mmorpg at the moment.

Things will change with open beta, and when not, then we will need to hold out breath for sure. Not now. I do understand your concern, but I am not worrying. It is a good game that will appeal to a large group of players.

The road to launch for Warhammer is still very long, much longer than that of Spellborn. From your perspective I would worry more about AoC. Better still is not to worry at all. TCoS has a following. Perhaps not as big as some other games, but more than enough to make TCoS a commercial success. Whether TCoS will be a bigger hit than AoC or WAR now looks unlikely, but that may change when the game is out, no matter when the game comes out. That should not even concern you and me. And, being a big hit has its draw backs. Maybe the release of AoC and WAR are the best things that can happen to TCoS. Comparable to the release of EQ2 at the time WoW was released.

Originally posted by Size-Twelve

TCoS has to unveil it's combat system first

I have read the footage about the combat system and have seen in game combat. What else do they need to do before you deem the combat system to be unveiled?

Anyway, I think WAR will be a fun game when it delivers, but so far it does not seem to be my kind of game. So I will be glad when TCoS comes out, because that game is very close to what I am looking for. I do not believe TCoS will loose its audience just because some other game will be released. TCoS is just too good for that. Only a disastrous open beta and launch might drive people away, but it looks like they are working hard to prevent that from happening at the moment.

I do not believe everyone will like TCoS because of its look and feel, but for those who do like it it will be a pleasant surprise. A real fun game to play with a lot of depth.

Lets put it this way: I might try other games, but I will try TCoS.

No one knows. It is an mmorpg. Officially they are aiming at an open beta and release in Q4 2007.

More information is coming out at the moment, btw. Check the dev section on their forums.

Because people think it is?

Well, if the appearance of the Daevi is going to be the subject of discussion, you will notice that the textures on those feet of the original models were not quite finished. They looked pale, big and seem to lack detail. My guess is that it was still work in progress, but they wanted to show them as soon as possible. No doubt they will improve on the model and texture.

You will also notice that they only showed two daevi models, a man and a woman (atlethic builds?), while for humans there are a thin, normal, atlethic and fat model available, which makes me believe that they are indeed still working on the daevi models. Oh, and I have not seen any daevi children yet, while there are human children.

Those who dislike the models will probably not play them, but I also want to see how they move before making a decision, assuming that they will improve on the details. Also different armour sets will be available for humans and daevi, that may influence the way they look too.

Wait and see.

Originally posted by Lord.Bachus

Seems like the marketing buiseness is failing chronicles and the game is not getting the attention needed to succeed.

Perhaps, but release is now planned somewhere in Q4 this year, but who knows, it might be post-poned again. Over exposure of the game right now might hurt the game more than help it.

Originally posted by Lord.Bachus

Still i think this game has got the most prommising combat system of all MMO's in development. I hope this combat system is good enough to forgive the developers for sub par graphics.

Or maybe its time to show us the new overhauled graphixcs right now.

Now, in case you were not referring to the polygon count, but to the art work in general, then we are talking about taste. In that case I do not believe you have the developers of Spellborn on your side. An overhaul will not happen. And, actually, when comparing Spellborn with other games that are close to release now, it is not necessary. Spellborn is reasonably good looking. Certainly not impairing game-play in any way.

Originally posted by Fion

Your actually going to say that Spellborns animations are better? I haven't seen anything real recent form them, but from what I have seen, you must be joking. 

After starting like that, but in essense agreeing with me lateron, you must be the one who is joking.

Originally posted by Fion

Name me one MMOG that was in beta, and you saw a movie of players who had never touched the game before, in a battle, at level 1-5, using pieces of wood, and said 'DAMN the combat looks amazing!'

I just did, but that is beside the point. The point is that character movement needs (an will get) a lot of polishing. From what I have seen they will need all the time available to get that done in time.

On the Chronicles of Spellborn forum some kiddo came along claiming that AoC was superior lookiing to TCoS. Then someone else posted a link to one of the videos. O boy. The action looks clunky in an old fashioned way. Not at all what one would expect of a modern game, but then again this is only beta. But TCoS in beta is already much better looking. Makes you wonder whether this game is going to be released a bit too soon and needs more polishing.

Excuse me? You are misinformed. You can be an archer in this game.

About casters. They do share the same spells, but specializing in body/mind/soul will probably force the use of spells dependend on those attributes, I guess. How it works is explained partially elsewhere, but not on mmorpg.com. That article was a bit lacking in detail.

Originally posted by Nunez1212 
... and FYI there are good free games out there...

Originally posted by faefrost
I don't mean to be pessimistic, and I understand based on the low population numbers, why server mergers would be needed... but honestly, has ANY game ever survived and grown or expanded following server mergers? ...

Originally posted by Fion

But yea again, sandbox MMOGs rock. :D

Originally posted by Avison
You could wait for WAR, it's looking really good. You can find out all about it at www.war-herald.com.

Originally posted by Infliction

You need to understand that a FAQ is a very important item for a game in development such as this, and also it would only take about 5 minutes to update those dates/release information. And you can bet your ass anyone visiting that site for the first time will look at that FAQ, and very likely be deterred from the game (or at least be mildly confused) just for the lack of updated information.

So the OP wants to play EQ2, but he cannot since he hates SOE so much. My advice would be to start studying Buddhism.