You can solo all the way to the end if you really wanted to.  It starts to get a bit more difficult to solo later on since there aren't always enough quests to advance you to the next tier resulting in having to do some of the group quests.  If you are rolling in pvp warfronts frequently you shouldn't have to worry about grouping ever.

It's EA, hardly any "good" press follows them around.

People will never be happy...  Most complain just to hear themselves complain.  I have been in the beta for a year now and the only ones that I hear complaining about the VO are those that are trying to rush their way to 50.  They can't just click "Accept" for the quest and buzz on so they can get to the end and complain about no one being there. 

Originally posted by laserit

This thread is so full of dumbass. So few poster's in this thread actually post anything intelligent, accurate or worthwhile "positive or negative"

 

Glad I can visit the beta forums now, to participate in real informed debates and comments about this game.

You haven't been here long have you?

All I can do is "lawl" at that impression.  I find it hard to take anyone seriously when they repeatedly compare anything to World of Warcraft.

Originally posted by Atlan99

Originally posted by Pigozz

Originally posted by quentin405

Originally posted by heerobya

Originally posted by Raxeon

to be honest that vid does make it look pretty lame

Here's a challenge - to anyone/everyone -

Find a MMO gameplay video (one that doesn't use music) that looks exciting and fun?

And no, you can't use any kind of developer created edit job - has to be a video of an actual person just playing the game.

Any game.

Go!

 Thank you for pointing that out.  There isnt one (except the 20 gw2 fanbois that are about to reply with their mind blowing videos).. /sarcasm 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP17RfcWmFw

yeah, I just did that :P

+both low lvl content to be fair;)

It's still boring to watch and their voice actors are sub-par compared to SWTOR. It cheapens the overall effect.

That wasn't a very good showcase for GW2 but I agree entirely.

Here is the HD trailer on the tube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygln3AsgkRw&hd=1

Originally posted by Hoplites

I don't classify what the hackers are doing against Sony as hacktivism as I think it is moving towards severe criminal activity.  But it does expose how we put too much trust in these corporations with our info, which they sell to make even more money on top of our sub (No surprise the F2P movement has picked up steam over the years).  

Exactly, if they want to be some kind of martyr maybe they should think more about the people they are releasing the personal info of.  You have made your point, why harm the customers?

Thank you to whoever sent me the key!  Much appreciated!

If anyone has a spare NA buddy key I would love to give it a go.  locklain1@gmail.com.

Thanks! ;)

Originally posted by vesavius

Alot of talk and hate here for SOE on this matter, and yes they could have probablydone more. No doubt.

BUT

Wheres the hate for the actual criminals involved? Y'know, the ones that actually stole the information.

Seems to me moral compasses are getting really screwed up in the internet age tbh. Maybe, just maybe, a general case of misdirected rage?

You know what else is pay2win?

Narwhals... Yep, the unicorns of the sea yo!

Originally posted by KhinRunite

Originally posted by Divinefairy

But when it releases will you spend your hard earned dollars on a game created by a company such as Funcom?

If you want an answer that you want to hear you gotta talk to a someone who mistrusts Funcom at least as much as you.

As for me, I don't care. If the game is good, I'll pay and play.

Exactly.

It costs me $50 to fill my gas tank from just under half so $50 on a game isn't all that much anymore.  Even if I only play the game for a few hours I will get more enjoyment out of it than a couple of movies costing the same thing.

Originally posted by GreenKnight7

The more days this goes on, the more SOE will be hemorraging money. After their recent cuts, they REALLY can't afford this right now. Before you SOE haters out there laugh at their misfortune, remember that the families of their employees depend on this income. Hate SOE, it's both fun & therapeutic but let's hope this gets resolved soon.

Those that bash these companies don't care about the fallout.  All they care about is that they are "right" no matter who has to suffer the consequences.

Reminds me of Pyramid Head from Silent Hill. 

Still cool looking thought

Originally posted by Xzen

Originally posted by Lerxst

All of the anti-death penaltty people should think about one thing - the healers.  If it actually takes effort to die, can be a fast-travel alternative or only causes 30 seconds of down time, what's the point in playing a helear class?  Where's the reward in it for healers if their group-mates intentionally die or brush it off in a matter of seconds?

Where's the incentive to keep your group alive when even if they die, they come back in under a minute, ready to go again?  The less sever the penalty is for death, the more the healers become marginalized.

1 healers need to be marginalized

2 Even so in all these games with light death penalties people get frustrated with even 1 wipe. Tanks, DD, and Healers alike are all annoyed by it. If it happens over and over people will get pissed and that will be the end of what ever you are doing for the day.

Originally posted by steelrain666

Im going to calculate number of people playing based on x-fire

 

http://www.xfire.com/games/rft/RIFT/

3,677 people playing rift

http://www.xfire.com/games/wow/World_of_Warcraft/

30,266 people playing wow

 

As we all know wow has like 13,000,000 people playing so

13,000,000 / 30,266 = 429 people for each 1 in x-fire

 

so times that into the rift number

3,677 x 429 = 1,577,433 people in rift!

 

So seems like rift is doing fine because I based it on x-fire

Correlating is fun! 

Originally posted by Skuldin

Originally posted by Seffren

Originally posted by shawn01

You are right, we should all hate boring gear grind games based on WoW. Im ashamed to admit i bought this crap, but i like many others unsubbed before the free month was even over.

Unsub and move on ... 

Why look for all kinds off weird reasons to motivate the fact you did not like a game after all, and go post all these weird motivations on forums, just to get backed up by other people so you willl be acknowledged in the fact that you made the right choice. Kinda makes these people seem insecure to me.

But to point out one silly, little thingy ... did you not use the open beta to test the game for yourself?

Kinda weird you bought this "crap" when you had ample posibilities to avoid this "crap"?

 Do you know how boring these forums would be if no one posted their opinions? You would have almost no threads unless we wanted to discuss nuclear fission or something unrelated to games. 

Originally posted by crunk001

Because People want a Time-filler. People don't want to think about things. People want to be distracted from their pity lifes. That's why one plays Computer Games.

I play games because I enjoy them...  Using any form of media to escape from their "pity lifes" as you say shows a pretty disturbing problem.