I guess I have found it to be somewhat different in my MMO career. Im here still in the gaming world and Im near 40 now.  I started with console games and moved my way over to Ultima Online. Since Ultima, I have only tried to replicate that experience in every other game. I have experienced a few great experiences (mostly social with Guilds) and for the most part, I become bored or tired of the game. I guess the closest relation would be drugs. You have that first high and always try to seek out that same high with each new experience, but it is just never the same.

I have actually started playing Ultima Forever to bring back that love and I can tell you Im having a blast again. It isnt the same without all the friends I made in UO, but its still wicked fun compared to anything out there.

I guess I fell in love with UO and until theres a game that captures that much inside of one game, I will feel the same. Rare Hunting, Taming Dragons, Choas/Order, Factions, Guild Warfare, Stealing, PvP, PKing, housing and decorations, etc. It was just a friggin wicked time and no game has compared ever since. SWG was my second favorite.. and after that it's all been garbage WoW like games and not a virtual world. I dont know, I guess I enjoyed the virtual worlds.

Awesome! Glad to see another Royal Guard!

No one stands a chance against our Guards!

Still looking for more Royal Guards!

Join us!

One last day to enter the drawing.

14 people have entered.

We have added quite a few things to the website to make it interactive as we wait. I put a couple music channels and I even made a Movie Channel. We have Free Martial Arts movies to keep with the theme. Ever want to see Once Upon in China? Never heard of it?

Come check us out.

Nice! I didnt see that. Cool. This gives everyone a chance to fall in love.

You do need more than 10 hours for the love part though.

Originally posted by Cakeisyummeh

Originally posted by Ashlura

Get in and fit in!

 

Your chances of getting a Beta key for free are not too shabby!

no.

"no."

Nice post. +1. I appreciate it.

Get in and fit in!

Your chances of getting a Beta key for free are not too shabby!

Originally posted by Azhurel
This is a great idea! It's a shame that I can't tear myself away from the Beggars' Sect.

Why!!!? Why?!!!

:D Enjoy the game! I will see you on the battlefield. ;)

/bow

Originally posted by Rimmersman
Will your clan be ready for the beta,i might come and check you out in game.

Yes, but we are not going to be playing RG in Beta. We are doing our own thing and just testing the game. Together, but not United under one School.

Thanks for the replies everyone. Appreciate it. ;)

We did just make the application process a bit more time consuming and interactive. I wanted to let everyone know that. It believe it will add a little fun to the process and make things a little more interesting than just putting up and application and being accepted.

Its all about fun in the end right?

have fun!

Its a bit unorganized. I usually check out:

Age of Wulin

http://en.wulin.gpotato.eu/

Same game, but its meant for EU players and Age of Wushu is meant for NA players.

Their site is way more organized with information though. I pull most of my Clans information from there.

Check it out.

Originally posted by allendale5
43 pages of beta key requests so far -- crap, I'll never get one.  Yes I am a pessimist.  I was going to take an Optimism class last semester but I figured it wouldn't work.  

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/749/view/forums/thread/371376/Beta-Key-Drawing-.html

We have a drawing for one right now.

Originally posted by Allacore69

So.... all I keep hearing is "wall walking" and "running on water". Does this game do anything else or what? I wanna play a game because i hear "Deep Story" and "Open World" and "Great char builds", etc. So if all i have to look forward to is "Wall Climbing" and "Running on Water", then i guess this is not the game for me. Plus the combat is point and click. Yes point and click watch the first looks Macigman does at MMOBomb and other sites. I thought this game said "ACTION" combat? So i assume like RaiderZ and Guild Wars 2, etc. But alast mislead again. Oh and open world pvp. Just what i need, to be in the midst of an important quest and, "BAM"! Some dick kills me for no reason but just to sit and wait for other players to come around a corner. Fair? No. I personally don't like pvp. So ofcourse it's not fair for me lol. So to sum it up on this game.....I don't know. It would be worth it if the pvp player base were not dicks and only attack you if you ask for it. LOL. I guess combat can be dealt with like WoW and LOTRO, etc. But what about story? Everything else is covered except story. I just hope this is not one of thoes games that focuses on cosmetics instead of story and gameplay. Still i'll give it a shot and see what comes of it.

If you want a story based driven game, then MMOs arent really that great. AoC was okay at best and SWTOR which was known for "story" was pretty lame too. I havent found an MMO that I was enthralled with the story.

I take that back, LOTRO has some pretty cool Storyline quests. Best I have seen and it kep me playing to see the Story unfold in the game.

This game isnt just about movement. Its about being involved with the community around you. Id have to say what appeals to me is "needing" others. You can be a jerk and PK for how long before you are given the cold shoulder? No food for you! To the end of the line! No weapons for you, you killed my friend. All the good people have to do is band together and put that person on the naughty list and not give them a thing. You dont have food in this game, you die. Better be a Chef and a Farmer if you are going to PK right?

I think it's wonderful to lean on others and it will make the normal PKrs life a living hell in the end if they make too many people angry and dont have a group to back em up.

I wouldnt say this game has anything ground breaking. Its just old school, socializing and playing with others in a cool game. Its sandboxish yet Theme like. It has crafting thats "neded" and Guilds can take over schools... Guilds can take over schools? Amazing. Love it!

I think what people need to realize is that before games lined everything out for us, we used to creat fun inside of them. So much to do, its just up to you to discover it.

I can make this game fun by interacting with other people and creating my own events:

--Foot races

--Mounted Races

--Find X animal first

--PvP Tournament (clan, school, server)

--Guild vs Guild (find a clan willing to go head to head to see who is best)

This world is up to your imagination and thats whats great about it. You dont have to JUST do whats lined out for you.

Originally posted by betatry

Originally posted by Ashlura

Originally posted by Rimmersman
Hmmm, sounds really good but I am going Tangmen and dont know if I'm gonna stay with Age Of Wushu beta or play the European Age Of Wulin, I'm European.

I love how active the EU Age of Wulin site is. I thought many times about going that direction because of how active it is. I wasnt sure if I could legally or if I could afford to give up that much latency.

I dont blame you for wanting to play near servers dedicated to your area. Latency is a big issue in games that involve some skill to be good at.

I think a School of Tangmen would be awesome though. It's definitely more popular than Royal Guards. You should make Clan for EU for Tangmen only. You'd be the first to make an Exclusive Guild for One School there. ;)

The thing is that the important events like the school wars or the book stealing are around 9-10 GMT so as long you not late EST player you should play  US servers and vise versa .

I made it to the Book Stealing event each night easily. I think they have 3 a day right? I cant remember. It does have events throughout the day I think though. But..... those events are not the end all, be all either. As a Guild you can take over the School you are most aligned with and claim war to another school. It can create School vs School events. I didnt see any of these in Beta yet, but I cant wait to participate in them. :)

Yes!

Originally posted by Rimmersman

Originally posted by ironhelix

Originally posted by snapfusion

The combat style is also in some way modeled after mortal combat so another game that didnt interest me. 

I am confused. You don't REALLY think that the video game series "Mortal Combat" invented Chinese martial arts... do you?

 

I have a funny feeling he will tell you that was Chuck Norris.

Hilarious!

Originally posted by ragz45

Originally posted by Bakkoda24

I really enjoyed the beta. I liked the addition of cultivation being the route to increasing strength and being able to max out skills very early in-game. I'm excited for the nex beta and for the launch to see where the developers take this and to see if they'll actually keep listening to the community.

While I also am excited for the game, there's something people need to understand.  This game is a port of a game that has been our for a while in china.  Like all other games that have been ported out to the western audience.  Major non-language changes we see are based on the games in the parent country.  Our input has zero impact on the games direction, and never will.

Im glad for that. I dont want a WoW clone again. I am super stoked that our "majority" wont get a say. All the people here on MMORPG that complain about Theme Park after Theme Park can finally play a Sandboxish like game.

I am so glad they didnt dumb it down for NA. So glad. Give me what they get.