All Posts by sadeyx

So,  I got totally addicted to Atlantica, so much that I decided I wanted to make a guild on it!

Been a while since I ran a guild, was kinda looking for the right game to do it on!

Since I work full time I dont have time to hold hands with an entire guild I wanted a game that really meant its members would naturally be encourage to interact with each other, party up and enjoy a game.

With the Stamina system I think Atlantica is perfect! And the pvp is really about using your brain and not grinding forever and beating your opponent simply because you can afford it and have all the uber gear drops.

So I've cracked open my photoshop and pulled in a few favors to make the website!  Since most of us are from the UK, UK members would be ideal! - But I have a lot of friends all across the EU so can really make it UK only ;)

Inquisition.org.uk

The Ops scoring is probably about right IF your soloing.

I started this with a friend who didnt want to play a full price mmo, and now I cant stop thinking about it.

But I should imagine that if you dont have a friend to play with it could get boring quite quickly.

Final Fantasy was a turn based game and look how popular they were.. and still are.

 Even if I'd never played this game before its clear the op is an ass.

Well Ive not played WAR so I cant really comment.   But if WAR makes AoC look good then it looks like WAR will be another fail.

I did like AoC, but got very bored of the linear PvE the restricted feeling of instances and the utterly utterly boring crafting and harvesting.   I went straight back to Vanguard.

The IP for Warhammer is ten times bigger than AoC though, and Warhammer has been around for decades before MMO's and has the potential to reach a wider audience than even WoW does. 

So it doesnt really matter how much you dis WAR, or even how Bad war is or might be..it WILL be popular and it will not die and we just better prepare ourselves for that fact.

I'd even say that AoC would probably die years before War ever would.

Im no War fan, but it could be the worst mmo in the world and will still be popular.

Its a shame you didnt do this excersise before the month free.

It would have been interesting to see what the retention rate is.

Originally posted by Nunez1212

They look kinda pixely and gritty in my opinion.

you mean it looks real?  as opposesd to the ultra smooth almost babyish style graphics you get on Warcraft?

Even Lotro seems to have this same kind of polished over smooth effect that annoys me even more!

If you take a loook at the graphics options in Vangaurd you will find that there a huge amount more than in most games, and because most machines cant really handle these high settings and performance is an issue for a lot then they are defaulted to quite low!

Stick bloom on at least and you will notice a vast difference. but of course dont let this be detrimental to your perforance too much.

Also, there is a LOT of fog effects in vangaurd which might make things look shallow,  try /setfog 9999999 and that will remove most of it and reveal the true colours.

If you have a powerfull machine with lots of ram and GPU Power try adding some anisotopic filtering.

Originally posted by Binny45

What kind of atmosphere are ye looking for? Carbon Dioxide?

AHAHAHAHAHA.... omg, I P1SSED myself when I saw this, people in work are looking at me funneh now! xD

But your completly right... 

I can only assume the OP is not from this planet or something since nearly every player has a complaint about Vangaurd but the 'Atmosphere' is one thing they truly loved!

I dont know, maybe he prefers games where you must enter a portal to reach another part of the continent, maybe for him this is actually how it works in real life?..  or maybe Atomsphere to him is where your standing in a desert and you take ONE STEP to the left and your in a tropical forest?

Some of the BS that people come up with is so completly wrong that its like those documentrys you see on television about "stupid criminals"

Im not sure where the "worse graphics" comes from..

I can only assume your PC is so old that it was made when jesus was born.

There is only one single reason why I didnt play wow... the graphics! there are free mmo's out there which have better graphics, quite frankly they gave me a headache.

Yes it is royally boring.

And you dont need "theories" or "ideas" as to why...  its instantly recognisable.

There is no fun in making new characters because every class pretty much has to goto the same area at every level!

At level 20 you goto your starting citys starting Zone, after that from lvl 30+ there are certain places you have to go no matter what race you are.

The thought of going through tortage again and through all the same content again which just a different set of skills to make it different is wrist-slashing boring.

In complete contrast, with Vangaurd not only are the loads of different starting places for each race, as you level up there are vast continents and places with have VARIETY! but the variety is mindboggling, almost to the point that feel persistantly feel lost :)  (a good thing for those who like adventure)

When Vangaurd was released all this content was there! - its not like its only become so big after a year so the question has to be asked about Age of Conan.... 

How long will it be before conan gets enough content ?.. 6 months?.. a year?..  Im not sure but you can bet your bottom dollar that they will drip feed it as much as possible.

Originally posted by kitsunegirl

A few days free... the game takes atleast a day to finish downloading and updating. >.> *sigh* had it been a week long promo Id be more for it.

Its a month long Promo!

and unless your on 56k I doubt it would take that long to download, lol

Originally posted by dolphin666

I also got an email from SOE as well.  Anyone want to give some feedback as to how the performance issues are to date?

Hugley better! - even on low spec systems.

Cant say that the 'hitching' is compeltly gone but for 90% of your game play you wont notice any at all.

Originally posted by zymurgeist

People can hate on SoE if they like but whoever siezed on this opportunity is a pretty smart cookie. It's the perfect time for them to have done it.

Couldnt agree more,  Im glad they didnt wait until Trial Island or GU6.

ive recently re-subbed as well and Im soo addicted, the single only problem is still population, but this offer should bring a LOT more players back.

Vangaurd really does show you what an mmo should be like

Originally posted by Qark

I decided to stay...since there is nothing else to play anyway.

Wish I had this problem.

Originally posted by Database82

As far as MMOs go this game still had one of the best launches out if not the best.  As far as people complaining about missing content, graphics causing them to freeze lock up etc. Missing content is something that happens in most MMOs and if you have a problem with the graphics try toning down to a lower quality and turning some stuff off and if that doesn't work maybe you shouldn't be playing on an HP from 1989 and upgrade the pos you are trying to run it on. Yea i do agree this game could of had a even better launch than it did if it was delayed, but think about this delaying shit pisses people off about the same as bugs do. I know people out there are like well whatever this game was a let down and I can't wait to play WAR to get away from WoW, to those people WAR is NOT THAT BIG OF A DIFFERENCE!! If you've seen the gameplay clips the game is basically a prettier version of WoW it is basically WoW 2.0, but I know better, considering Blizzard basically ripped off the whole Warcraft and Starcraft universes from Warhammer and 40k it should be the other way around. You people waiting for WAR to get away from WoW are basically playing WAR 1.0.

Whoa, never mind missing content, how about the missing paragraphs! lol

No I dont think conans launch was problematic, probably the best launch Ive ever seen.  Neither is the problem "missing content" there is enough there to keep people going, its not like there are huge empty fields like there was in Vanguard.

In fact, any "problem" you see with Conan is just being a nit-picker really, everyone knows that MMO's just get better and better as they get older..  so its more a case of "goodness, if this is the game now, its going to be mind blowing in 6 months - I dont want to spoil the experience, I'll wait to play it in its full glory"

Originally posted by Nihilx

I thought most people here would know better than to buy a game at launch ;)

Yes your right and I keep telling myself that I shouldnt buy an MMO at launch,  But I think its ok to try its first month and then come back later!

I dont think ill be canceling for as long as 6months, it really depends.  I will be playing Vanguard first, but also keep meaning to try CoX again, and then there is the new Eve expansion.

Originally posted by Enforcer71

Very nicely done!

I am very seriously thinking of coming back to see how the game has changed since I last played, already have the downloader installed just need to subscribe again.

Yea me too exactly! lol,  Think i might do it this weekend :)

An excelent video,  really you must be applauded its very proffesional.

But I guess the praises dont mean anything unless it actually works, otherwise a trailer is not really a trailer, its more of a bit of entertainment.

So I guess you'll be happy to know that I am definatly re-subbing to VG just as soon as my Conan account has expired and I will be bringing a completly new friend along.

If I can still find my damn collectors - buddy key card im going to try get a few more friends to have a go..  what would be nice if there is a good active guild out there who would help me make the experience better for them but inviting us and having several people roll new characters :D

I dont want high levels to come along and power level and give loads of gold and loot, but rather just enough people to make it so that finding a group isnt hard and make the leveling an enjoyable experience.

Originally posted by ghoul31

Yes you can solo. If fact, thats what everyone does. Its pretty much a single player RPG at this point

 

Im forced to go back to other newbie areas and do quests there or form parties to complete those quests.

But thats the quests, if you chose to Im sure you could just grind solo.