All Posts by theanimedude

*Points down to sig* You've got me and about 50 others from our guild heading over as well. Don't worry, we'll crush those big headed brutes

You calling me a stunty?

1) preordering costs $0, so no, you're not paying for anything, or covering the cost of the disc, the packaging, the shipping, and having to pay the retailer to display/distribute this item

2) downloading these days takes a matter of hours. it's not as big of a deal as it was a decade ago when we were all playing everquest and dark age of camelot

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Originally posted by Emeraq
Can anyone tell from the random screenshots on the games website, if they are using the Realm Crafter program for this title? The building in particular kind of looks like to be a standard RC model.

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I was thinking the same thing, but the character models are WAY too detailed for RC. Unless there has been a recent update. Blitz3D isn't base equipped for upgrades, and I know RC wasn't programmed in BlitzMax, which WOULD allow for such things... so i'm curious as well.

Now, is the game back up and running? Or are they just announcing that it will be back soon? Because I could love to be able to play again =D

You know, I watched the video and I have to say...

I never thought ANYONE would do ANYTHING worthwhile in that free MMO maker program but damn. For what it is, that game is really good.

Most games made in that craptacular engine are just that, craptacular.

I am glad to see someone taking some REAL initiative, to make something really different.

Good job, and good luck with that.

Be nice... it's not like you have to pay for the game, right? It's called FREEworld... so it's free right? right? Oh wait...

Stupid devs -.-

I've only had the chance to play till level 8 in warhammer. Simply, between the public quests, scenarios, open pvp zones, and the amazing world (mind you this is for ALL levels not this 'you must hit level cap before you can do all this content' crap)there is absolutely nothing keeping me with WoW anymore.

Blizzard ruined WoW with TBC, and WOTLK isnt bringing it any closer to being better.

WAR is the way of the future.

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Originally posted by zippy123

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Originally posted by TheHavok

Too bad that poll isn't on worldofwarcraft.com's actual forum.  That would be a lot more interesting to see since every participant would be an actual WoW player.

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True that, some of us were WoW players who quit already, and you can't post on WoW's forums unless your account is active I  believe.

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You would be correct. However that WOULD be fun.

as much as you don't want to hear it, guild wars.

if you watch any of the informative mythic podcasts, information sessions, or have played DAoC, mythic has a way to deal with realm balance issues that works well.

in other words, pick whatever you want to play. population is a stupid reason to choose what to play in a game.

When I played AoC I played on absolutely maximum settings, with a full 60FPS, no drops, ever.

I don't see what all this performance crap is.

Mind you, the game really isn't all that good, but the performance ive never had an issue with.

I've been applied to beta for.... lemme check.... 15 Months now. Still no acceptance. My specs are WAY over the minimum. Boo.

They make me cry.

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Originally posted by DeserttFoxx
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-cards,1965.html
 
check it monthly...
 
 I dont know what your price range is but i suggest the 8800gt, it was the best card last year and still the best card. you cant go wrong with it now, you can find it for 150 bucks some places. DX10 or DX 9 is a question that has no importance when buying a new card today. All of them are dx capable. You shouldnt even be concidering a card that isnt.
 
This card can run crysis on max graphics. the 4000 series ati card might be better but keep in mind, it is totally unnessesairy, especially if you are just an mmo player. And even if you weren't... the video cards are moving faster then the games. 8800 gt will be all you need for a while to come.

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While the 8800gt is a great card, it's starting to get dated. Yeah, it's price effective, but how much longer is it really going to last you? Sure, if he's running an outdated single or dual core PC, which I am assuming he may well be, running a dell and all, it will last him a bit.

So yeah, with your current rig, good recommendation.

What does your motherboard support?

Does it support PCI Express?

Dual or single?

PCI-E x16?

Are you looking for DirectX 10 support?

What is it that you're trying to run exactly?

And what are your other specs? An over powered graphics card wont do you much on a subpar system.

I'm running quad core and dual graphics cards, and the game runs max... it's beautiful.

On another topic, somewhat related to the original, I know SOE reactivated accounts till the end of july.

If someone were to make a trial account today could they play till the end of july as well?

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Originally posted by BesCirga
It isn’t just about chain attacks being on timer or not, there are more factors then just the timer window on the chain reaction.
Example with skill queue:
1.     Use first skill
2.    Queue second skill
3.    First skill crits – opens chain reaction
4.    Activates second skill and crits – Renews timer on already available chain reaction.
5.    Activates Chain attack
 
1.     Use first skill
2.    Queue second skill
3.    First skill crits – opens chain reaction
4.    Activates second skill
5.    Enemy stuns you – Chain reaction lost
 
Here are just two examples where you at the first example lose one extra chain attack and second you lose your only chain reaction, all due to a skill queuing.
 
Personally, I love Vanguards combat. It isn’t a tedious as AoCs combat and not as laid back as Lotro, it’s somewhere in between and it suits me very well. But by all means, if they decide to add an optional skill queue system in Vanguard, I couldn’t care less, as long I can click it OFF in the game settings.      

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Agreed.

Also, as a pally, my "block" skill chain has an active timer of about 3 seconds, and every time I accidentally use another ability, I lose my chance to use it.

Crit chains seem to have a longer timer, don't know why...

Either way, the combat system in VG is pretty great.

After playing a mage in WoW for more than 2 years, getting bored, leveling a druid and a priest, and realizing nothing ever actually gets fun about WoW combat, it's a great change.

Also, on a side note, it seems more and more people are switching to VG every day. Hoorah! ;)

Lobotomist, I don't think you have actually read what people are saying about skill chains and counter attacks.

Most classes (all that I have played) in Vanguard have special abilities that can only be triggered when specific other conditions are met.

IE: You hit skill 1, skill 1 crits, Skill SuperUberMega is now available for use only for a short window because skill 1 crit.

Now, if you had already queue'd up another skill, and ended up using that skill instead, you would no longer have the ability to use Skill SuperUberMega, because you were dumb enough to queue another spell and not wait to see if Skill 1 had crit or not.

Multiple people have stated this, and you have yet to actually respond to it properly.

If you look at it from a technical standpoint, queueing skills would inhibit your use of such 'chain' abilities, thus rendering them useless, and taking a really neat aspect out of the game.