wow really?! We are still using MMORPG to get input! If you ever want good accurate input go to the forum boards of the game and NOT mmorpg! I am sorrry but that is just the case. Like really negative input on mmorpg should be taken with a grain of salt! like a very very very small grain of salt. If there is negative input on the game boards itself then yeah, that is a different. just my two cents being thrown out there.

Originally posted by D_TOX

Originally posted by Relandi420

Originally posted by fleblik

But iceberg is supplying other chains with the game, this is from the FAQ from iceberg on earthrises forum

 

Q: I want to buy the boxed version at my local game store,  not via a webshop. Is this possible at all?

A: Yes, if you live in the UK, Scandinavia or Benelux, Earthrise should be available at all good retailers around the official release date. Other territories will follow.

As I said, my warning was merely a warning; nothing more.

Several "cheaper" versions were popping up in the UK that were brought up on the main forums, only to be found out they weren't shipping until Feb 28th, and even that was an estimate.

So, just a heads up, mang.

Unless they wan't a lawsuit on their hands i highly doubt it. Two of the sites above state they deliver 'on or before release day'. I think Masthead is doing all they can to sell as many over-priced copies as they can, which is why they're so desperate to shift copies from this obscure 'iceberg interactive' for 49.99 euros, which no-one has ever heard of until now. I think its a con.

Whats clear to me is Earthrise is struggling to find the funds to setup deals with the likes of the big boys, GAME, Play, ShopTo, HMV, etc. Amazon is selling Earthrise for £39.99, i have never paid that much for a game in my life and don't plan to start with Earthrise, of all games.

I'd rather take a risk and order the game very cheap from one of the above retailers then pay an over-priced fee for a digital version from some obscure publishers website.

Woah, you should never say things that you have no clue what you are talking about. You can't file a lawsuit unless they are false advertising or you never got the product. If you only get the CD and nothing else even then you can't file a lawsuit because you got the desired product. 

Second MHS does not seem desperate at all.. Prices are made up purely by what the current market is like. $50 dollars for digital download is typical for an mmo, even single player games do this. No the 50EU is cause of VAT, some people might say that is unfair because the united states to be 50USD and USD is less then a euro but it is simple. US government in no shape or form supports VAT.  So if you have a problem with the price take it up with your government. If VAT did not exist I am 100% positive the game prices would not be 50EU.

BTW mind you AAA games are typically sold for 60USD. So I don't know what you guys are going on about.. 

Originally posted by wyldmagik

yeah i dont normaly post as you can see on mmorpg boards, never really needed or had to, but sometimes a key grab is needed :D

Its just annoying as I wanted to see if the movement in gameplay was as bad as the tube vids ive seen of late.. I dont mind clunky if the game has fun involved but you know, in the end the last key give away was just a rouse to get your address and phone number for making back some money when it goes tits up :D

obvious sign up greed is obvious.... and a real kick in the teeth to anyone really interested, disgusting behaviour.. phone number and street address lines hahah what a joke, they dont need them not even to communicate with testers, all done online my friends all online..

shady to say the least... 

anyhow back to eve :D

Did you notice how it said optional... Those fields are not required.

Originally posted by marcust

I decided last night after a day or so of beta that I'll wait 6 months before looking at this game again.

Imo atm its DF >> ER >> MO

2. Mobs: from what I've seen DF's mobs have significantly better AI

5. Skill levelling: this one really disappointed me in ER, I was hoping that shooting a shotgun would raise your shotgun skill but no, killing things with your shotgun increases your battle points if you get the last hit, and you use these BP's to buy skills such as Shotgun Level 1, Shotgun Equipment Level 1 (to use Tier 1 shotguns). Much prefer the DF model.

I am just going to address these two..

2. For ER it is a work in progress like you have stated so AI is one of those areas that you are going to have to stick with it and hope it gets better.  I am however fairly confident that the AI system will eventually get to the way that they have described to us in the past.

5. This is a personal preference, we have always known that by shooting a shotgun would not raise your shotgun skill. It has always been this way. 

From what I have been hearing MHS has been giving out steady patches through out the beta period (I have heard ever 2 weeks or so) hopefully they will continue this trend through out release and beyond.

Originally posted by Ruinal

Perpetuum is very Eve-like, just an fyi Joker ;)

Yeah, I know but it is not space themed... 

Originally posted by IAmMMO

 

You don't even need a key to know what a mess this game is. The video's they've put out are very revealing to the shell of a game it is. They don't even have  things you can ride yet in game, it's walk everywhere whilst they tell you of tales of how mounts and loads of other things are coming to keep you paying your sub. This is yet other MMO using what's called the Iceland approach or will be using come Feb. It's a term started with EVE which was launched in basic raw state and built into a game on players subs, but unlike Eve most companies doing this will fail to build it into an actual working MMO long before closing the door, MO will show that this year or not when it closes.

MO has a incompetent dev team to be honest. The reason EVE did so well was for two reason. One CCP kept on advancing the game and kept new content/expansions coming out and two EVE is the only game of it's type and still is.

ER is going to be on the same boat. It is the only of it's kind out there for SCI-fi players but it has yet to be seen if MHS is a competent company. Will they be able to continue to develop the game and improve it on a steady bases. Who knows it is anybodies guess right now. However I believe MHS will be able to turn ER into an amazing game and live up to all the promises they have made. Even if all the promised features are not in at game release.

Originally posted by lizardbones

 

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Originally posted by syntax42
Most NDA's make it a breach to reveal if you are a participant.  Essentially, you are asking others to breach the NDA.

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You can't reveal any proprietary information about the game. For instance, you shouldn't tell anyone what the login screen looks like, or any of your experiences from that point forward. Opinions about your experiences from that point forward are kind of iffy...but it's safer to keep them to yourself.

Granted, what's left isn't much of a conversation. "Yes, No", "Yes, Yes" or "No, No" are pretty much the only responses if you're talking about the beta. :-)

 

 Earthrise NDA right now does not even allow you to say you are in beta or talk about anything related to the game. The only people allowed to talk about the game even to say yes or no is MHS. 

I hope this help clear some things up..

The digital download store on the MHS store does not go live till Feb. 1st.  The other link is for the box version which is provided by an EU based company called Iceberg. As of right now there is NO NA distributor offering the Earthrise box version.  I hope that has helped some of you out.

Also the reason why the digital version is 49.99 EU is cause of VAT.  Now some of you are probably saying "WTF! But then why is it $49.99 USD?!" Well because the states does not have a VAT. Our president does not agree with such a thing like VAT. So if you have a problem with the price then by all means go to your government cause it is not MHS fault at all.

Originally posted by FreedomBlade

No real FPS shooter combat has ruined this game. I gave up following it after I learnt it is basically an EQ clone in space. How many more WOW style games can the market take?

Looks like the new Star Wars game is also pussying out of real combat as well.

PlanetSide Next is our only hope!

 

??? What are you talking about. You have to actively follow your target in order to hit him. There is no clicking on a target to select. So I have no clue how you put EQ clone in space with ER. Two TOTALLY separate worlds.

Originally posted by ompgaming

Good riddance.  

The worst thing about MHS is their community relations, for which I hold the manager accountable.  I hope things change a bit over there.

That is HORRIBLY false! If the CEO or PR does not give anything to the CM then the CM can't do ANYTHING! What needs to change right now is the person in charge of the press (which is not the CM).  Moll did the best that she could do with what she was given, honestly she could not have done much more.

Q: Will the digital release be through Iceberg or another publisher (ie, Steam, Impulse)?

A: The digital release will be through the Earthrise main website. 

If you want the box you will have to order from EU for now as they do not have an NA distributor, 

http://www.iceberg-shop.com/earthrise.html

The game is VERY casual friendly . I would describe it as almost WoW friendly. Which is not a bad thing but for competitive gamers it is as it gets old fast. There is a lot of kill x amount of things to get x amount of items. There is a lot of running back and forth. Though the quests do lead you to newer places but not in one general direction. Sometimes you can have quests that will send you to two different places. 

The rift system is somewhat enjoyable but gets old FAST, hopefully though with the addition of pvp it will make it more interesting. Rift system also sometimes messed with your quests forcing you to partake in the rift event. 

Mobs are somewhat easy mode to be honest, you can take on a few mobs at one time though some places they are clustered together making you to actually think of what you are going to pull where you are standing and other things. A lot of button smashing to be honest (a lot is kinda an understatment). 

Animations are kinda dull at times.

Personally for me I do not like the art style but that is a personal opinion. The armor is boring and does not make you feel all cool and stuff. I defiantly did not bother checking out my armor whenever I got a new piece maybe it was just because of the low armor so who knows what the higher lvl armor looks like though from screenshots I got the whole LOTRO armor kinda concept feeling. 

Server side performance is EXCELLENT probably one of the best I have seen in a long time. Handled having a lot of players in one area really well and also whole the particle affects. 

All in all it is a casual friendly game and does require a lot of moving around in the world to lvl up if you are not partaking in the rift events. It is a good game at best nothing spectacular or innovative that will keep you interested you for long. It does what it does the best though so kudo points for that. 

Originally posted by lizardbones

 

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Originally posted by Leethe
All that announcement means to me is that all regions will play together. it mentions nothing about  how many virtualized instances of the game world they may run. The days when 'server' meant one box in a room somewhere passed long ago.

 

*edit* They have not mentioned anything that I know of about instances like the dungeons in WoW. Will there be instances? If so, will they have a dungeon finder? Will they ever buy another computer in case their one server gets borked?

There is no dungeons per-say in Earthrise more like caves and tunnels from how I have heard and read it. There is no instances, 100% seamless, everything in the world is connected from what they have said (Mortal online is an example). Bosses are also unique to my understanding and are one time kinda deal thing from what I have heard. I don't even know if it is safe to call them bosses. 

Originally posted by Leethe

Originally posted by Joker2240

Originally posted by Leethe

All that announcement means to me is that all regions will play together. it mentions nothing about  how many virtualized instances of the game world they may run. The days when 'server' meant one box in a room somewhere passed long ago.

Instances? The world is one seamless world... There is no instances or anything of that sort. That is one feature that they announced when they first revealed the game and they have stuck with it all through development and onto release. This is one of the few games that you will actually be able to say one world.

We are not talking about the same things. Be that as it may, we'll see in February.

I don't understand? Can you explain this to me? Are you talking about you have a friend and even though you guys are in the same town you guys are on a different channel or gaming world so you can't see each other?

Originally posted by Leethe

All that announcement means to me is that all regions will play together. it mentions nothing about  how many virtualized instances of the game world they may run. The days when 'server' meant one box in a room somewhere passed long ago.

Instances? The world is one seamless world... There is no instances or anything of that sort. That is one feature that they announced when they first revealed the game and they have stuck with it all through development and onto release. This is one of the few games that you will actually be able to say one world.

Originally posted by lizardbones

 

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Originally posted by Joker2240
What you should be wondering about is how they going to handle EU coming out first and no NA release date.  
The Island is large! However if they do need to make more room they can always create more islands to make room.

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They're a European company. They may not have a NA server or release. NA users connect at their own risk. :-(

Maybe they'll have a European island, and then a NA island, and you can travel between them, but the NA island will be housed in NA while the Eu island will be housed in Europe. One seamless world, but some of it is run from one place, and some of it is run from another. Or NA players will just lag out and get killed.

They need an NA release as almost half of the forum users and visits are mostly NA users. It would be really bad if they did not have an NA release. 

Server wise is up to debate how they will handle it to keep lag to a low. They do have devs who are experienced in server infrastructures and seem to know what they are doing. Just going to have to wait it out and see what they do with it.

What you should be wondering about is how they going to handle EU coming out first and no NA release date.  

The Island is large! However if they do need to make more room they can always create more islands to make room.

"There will be 1 global server for Earthrise when the game goes live in February."

"There is one server for all players, no matter where in the world they are located."

http://forums.play-earthrise.com/index.php?topic=7121.0

It is official they will be only having one server for everyone. Which is GREAT news and I have been waiting for such announcement as that is what would probably be a game breaker for a lot of people!

http://launchpad.guildlaunch.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6059510&gid=536

Interesting interview and before ANYONE says anything about his accent remember he is from Bulgaria and English is not his first language. So give him a break. 

EU first? Please no IP block!! Though I wonder when there will be an NA release date announced.