All Posts by jimmyman99

Originally posted by templarga

 

Originally posted by Katashi-kun

 

Originally posted by Valentina

Originally posted by Katashi-kun

 

Originally posted by mbd1968

Originally posted by Katashi-kun

IMO on what I know about AoC, its already a failure, delaying the game won't make it any better!

What makes you say that?

Can't say anymore or these whackjobs running the forums will ban me!  oh wait its just forums....

 

hmmm...thinking thinking, nah I'll let you all waste ur money and find out on ur own! 

Than it would appear you have no information to back up this claim, therefor we should disreguard your claim?

Same would apply to all of you claiming how great the game is....and have no proof either!

 

...and even if I did come forward with proof, all I'd get would be but its CB, in 2 months everything you see or hear will all be different and nothing will be the same.  Games don't change that much from CB to OB to retail.  The game is set in stone at this point, very little besides bugs and small tweaks will change! 

Actually, no....if you came forward with proof you wouldn't get that. The thing is, there is NO proof either way right now. There is nothing to say the game is great and there is nothing to say the game sucks. It is all a SUBJECTIVE argument. I have said this many times and I will continue to say it....gaming is a personal experience and nobody is or isn't the "say all, end all" when it comes to what a game is like.

 

I have never claimed the game is great. I have faith it will be good and I believe Funcom will deliver a strong product. What I have said is that games in general and this game in particular, will have many people who love it and hate it. Just because you hate the game doesn't make it bad.

However, I do have a suggestion for you (actually a couple):

1. I would not call the moderators and the people who use these forums "whackjobs". That is insulting and immediately you have instuled your audience and your argument will fall on deaf ears.

2. If you want people to take you seriously, stop making blanket statements like you do. They get you nowhere and only prove you have no valid arguments.

See what I think is going on is you hate the game for some personal reason or maybe hate Funcom and as a result we all should hate it. Sorry that type of argument may work at some point but here it isn't valid for an adult, professional discussion and definately not an argument that will win you followers or advance your opinion. Just a thought.

Internet is great because it allows us to bypass all obstacles in sharing ideas worldwide, unfortunately, it also allows for anonymous people to post their thoughts with alleged "proof" behind it. Every time I see people pronouncing grandiose news, I imagine a tiny man with high pitched squeaky voice standing on top of a mountain, shouting into the sky: "Hear me, listen me, you must pay attention to me because I am important!".

unfortunately, we cant have internet without that kind of people. my advice, grow up!

WoW is not a raiding game. The raids at high level were design to be as grinding as possible - to keep hardcore players playing and paying.For me, the most fun part of WoW is playing various characters - I have 6 atm and 2 more are coming out soon. I played WoW on and off since beta, taking  breaks when I got tired of it. Time combined, I probably spent about half a year to a year playing WoW. After that time, my highest character is level 52.

The point is, it doesnt matter how slow (in terms of gaining levels) the game is - there will ALWAYS be people who fly through levels in days/weeks/months. WoW was designed for casuals, the people that would spend a week of RL going through DeadMines.

Yeah, I can imagine raiding being boring, I went through enough raids in EQ1. After that experience, I vowed not to play a raiding game... ever.

Yeah yeah yeah, everybody hates Blizzard and WoW. They suck, they are horrible and they are destroying WoW. The fact they have millions of players is just an accident. Soon, they will fail and burn in hell for eternity. Ive heard that since early beta: "WoW sux, it will never survive"; "WoW will never have more then 10000 players"; "WoW will fail, and so will Blizzard".

Yeah, CS isnt that fast, but you try to handle hundreds of thousands of complaints? And people do complain for trivial reasons. Even if you put a big fat red sign that reads DONT ASK GMS FOR DIRECTIONS, there will always be an idiot or two who will ask GMs for directions and claim they did not see the warning sign.

The "lol" event on their forum is also no indication of their downfall. In fact, I liked it. Nobody was hurt, crippled or offended by that little trick. If you are trying so hard to find negative signs in that little PR trick, then you have WAY too much time on your hands. Might as well wrap your head in foil because aliens, government or Blizzard is trying to read your thoughts.

Lighten up, people. Just play the game if you like it or dont play it if you dont like it.

Originally posted by Zorvan

Who's really to blame here? Eidos for demanding Gamespot change the review and fire the reviewer, or Gamespot for having no journalistic integrity ( or balls ) and cowering to Eidos?

I second that. If anything, Gamespot is to blame for bending over (IF the rumors are true). Mind you, there is no 100% proof that that single review caused the firing. it could have been coming for long time.

I could use one plz.

wow.x.host7991@spamgourmet.com

WoW is a better game because it has 3 letters acronym compared to LOTRO with its 5 letter acronym madness.

TO put it simply - Flash was developed to enhance internet applications. C++ is the powerhorse, extremely powerfull, low level language, hard to learn/master/code.

If all you want is a simple game and you only worry about compatability and time effort, then go with Flash. If you want a serious game, with serious graphics, go with C++

Originally posted by shaon94

Any suggestions about a good Outfit on Emerald?  I have been thinking about joining back up for some time now.  Tabula Rassa is just not doing it for me.  I need a MMOFPS and I can not decided between reactivating this or my WWIIO account.

A year ago id say Sons Of Vanu... I still see them from time to time but as far as I know, they dont have many peeps now.

I would not recommend AzureTwilight - dunno about now, but some time ago they wanted to force me take certain certs that I didnt want. I didnt  like that idea, so when I complained, I got kicked out. That was about a year ago, maybe their policies changed. Dunno.

Outfit or not, PS is still great to play. pops arent huge but arent that small either. My advice, join in random squads, see how they play out then join their outfit.

Originally posted by Thunderous

Dude, credibility out the door when you claim to "thoroughly enjoy WoW"....

Innovation?  There is very little innovation in WoW to begin with.  It's the typical level/class jargon that we are growing pathetically accustomed to with game developers, Blizzard just put out a very polished product that was easy to play and appealed to a large mass of people.

Their only innovation was quality AND quantity.

So,  if its a typical level/class MMO, why is it pretty much the only one with millions of subs? Why dont we have several of games with several millions of subs? Maybe its because something is very wrong with those other games and something is very right with WoW?

WoW is a beginner MMO.  When 8 year old kids can play and be competitive then the game is not for me.  I prefer something that requires skill, intelligence, and has depth.  WoW offers none of these things, and no other MMO offers all of them.

WoW has no skills? You mean, i just turn on autoattack and wait till I kill or die? The sheer amount of  skills that your character has opens up a whole new dimension to tactics in MMOs. Its not about mashing buttons, you gotta play smart to be good. If you think WoW has no skills, you probably just  used auto-attack. The more character skills you have, the more options you get to play and the more personal skills it takes to beat an opponent with similar number of skills.

I believe in about 5 years we won't be discussing this as MMO capabilities and market readiness will have met some sort of balance, and we will be playing MMO games with depth and innovation.  For now it seems we are stuck with the cookie-cutter mold that WoW has thrust upon us. 

By the way, AS LONG AS PEOPLE LIKE YOU PAY TO PLAY WOW, YOU HAVE LITTLE MERIT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE GAME.  Subscriptions are the bottom line and few major developers are going to break the cycle as long as WoW has such large subscription numbers.

I agree with this statement, as long as WoW makes profit, other companies will try to simulate it. However, as those companies do try to simulate WoW, they will try to make it better. Next thing you know, they make a product that has more depth, more content, more fun and perhaps even more innovative. But please, dont try to throw the "WoW has no skills" argument. If it had no skills it wouldnt have millions of players. Who likes to play games that doesnt take any skills to play? I mean, you try to play any game with god mode on. it may be fun for a bit, but then it becomes boring.

Originally posted by sifudoja

From everything i've read online about ntune, you should totally avoid it. People have said that ntune can seriously screw up your pc because it has the ability to and may well change alot of settings on your pc on it's own, overclocking vid card, mobo and cpu options at will. From what i hear, not only is it likely to try to OC things without your consent, but it isn't even very good at it and often goes too far causing your equipment to break or burn. Basically it does what it wants, and can break your pc. Maybe it is causing some of your problems as well.

People at Guru3d recommend Rivatuner instead, which works with ATI and Nvidia cards. It has tons of video card overclocking stuff, as well as temps for your video card and cpu, but doesn't make changes on your pc without you telling it too do so. It won't affect your cpu or mobo, but you can OC those yourself in the bios.

I tried ntune a while back and instantly started having problems with my pc, After reading up about it, i got rid of it and never had similar problems again. I've never had any problems with rivatuner, atitool or any other programs like it either, only ntune. I also think it should be avoided.

Dunno if nTune is good or bad, I really tried it outt of desperation - i got sick and tired of games hanging on me.

First, I removed default overclocked voltages from PCI-E and etc (Nvidia monitor reports everything in green now, except MCP PCI-E which is red at 2500GHz, but thats a minimum, I cant lower it further). That didnt work. Then I installed nTune and ran it. That fixed the issue with hangs, but the annoying tears in graphics still remain, although not as annoying as before, but they are still there.

I dont know if its nTune itself, or by installing something I corrected a faulty Nvidia driver, or the fact that Nvidia Control Panel crashes when I start windows (potentially fixing incompatibility or something), but Im free of freeze-ups.

Examples of tearing in graphics:

@Warknox: the game just crashes, i cant do anything (not even go to desktop) but i hear sound continue with extreme studttering and it repeats in short loops (2-3 second loops) several times before continuing. EX: lets say someone in game said "this is a good day to die" then i would hear "this is a.. this is a ... this is a...a good ... a good... a good...day to die...day to die...day to die". All the while the screen would not change a bit.

@varlok91 my PSU is OCZ GameXstream (OCZGXS700 model)

DC OUTPUT-MAX OUTPUT CURRENT:

+3.3V36A
+5v/30A
+12V1/18A
+12V2/18A
+12V3/18A
+12V4/18A
-12V/0.5A
+5Vsb/3.0A

New updates on my issue. I took the side case off and the game NEVER crashed on me once! At first, I thought it was overheating issue after all, BUT, the temperature didnt drop by a lot. Then I remembered that the night before, I was doing vidcard tuning (nTune), even thought it didnt finish, the Nvidia control panel keeps crashing everytime i start windows. I dont know how this is related to my problem, but whether the fact that nTune did change something inside the vidcard, OR the control panel was somehow affecting it - the issue is gone. I even closed my side panel and my temp spiked around 90 Celsius with no crashes.

Im afraid to finish nTune now, whatever it did to solve the issue may come back if I finish it.

Originally posted by xxthecorexx

80 seems a bit high but i don't think high enough to overheat the card, unless that's an idle (non loaded) temp. i have a 8800GTS which USE to run at 70 loaded. i overclocked the card and cranked my fans up. now generally my card runs at 55 degrees (semiloaded, eq2 w/cranked up graphics) around 40 idle. for the tearing enabling vsync should get rid of this.

 

also.. what are your case and cpu temps ? are you sure your cpu isn't running hot creating the problem. do you have good case flow ? take the side panel off your case and see if your temps improve.

I use nvidia monitor and my temps (CPU/Ambient/GPU) never spike. Voltage is also in green. I had HT (SPP /MCP) voltage and PCI-E voltage slightly overclocked, but i lowered it and it helped a bit, but still crash with AA/AF cranked all the way up

GPU temp is around 80, doesnt seem to be overheating. some time ago, when i had a dif card and my vidcard fan died, it was overheating and when it did, my system would slow down to a crawl. I would have to ALT - TAB to windows to cool it off then go back into the game. This time, however, the effect is completely different. It doesnt slow down, it just stops responding completely. Cant ALT - TAB out, cant do anything. The sound continues to work, but with extreme stuttering, as in, plays for 1 second, stops for 3.

My PSU is 700W, should be enough.

I was thinking it could be the game itself (bugs, incompatability with vidcard drivers, etc), but the pattern is just too similar. When it crashes, it crashes hard, with stuttering sound, requiring hard reboot. Also, sometimes, I see momentary "tears" in a game. Planeside is the worst, i cant really play it for long - it works fine, then suddenly i see extreme tears, parts of the screen are messed up, like a jigsaw. Thats the ONLY game that has that effect. Other games usually just blink a small tear in graphic once in a while. Wish I had a screenshot of it, ill try to record it, see if i can catch that "tear" in graphics later tonite

Greets. I have this annoying little problem with my 8800GTX (BFG) vidcard. Ever since I replaced my 7950GX2, Ive had problems with 8800GTX - some games just crash real bad after playing for a while. AntiAliasing and AntisoptricFiltering seem to make it crash faster if i crank those up.

Now, I tried to play around with nvidia control panel, to turn ON/OFF AA and AF... make them application controlled... went through at least 4 different vidcard drivers. Nothing seems to fix the issue. Some games crash too often, some never. NWN2 seems to crash the most (crashes after 5 mins of playing if i turn AA to 8 and AF on). The witcher crashes once per several hours. Counterstrike source never crashes (i havent crashed in HL2 EP1 either i think).

I tried googling but havent gotten any fixes yet. I even installed a frash and stripped (stripped of unnecessary services and such) winXp but the issue remains. Is it a common issue with 8800GTX or is it just my card? Is there a way to test it for hardware faults?

Thnx for any ideas.

my PC:

Intel core 2 6600 @ 2.4GHz
2Gig RAM
BFG 8800GTX (768mb)
X-FI F4t4lity soundcard

Originally posted by Wickersham

 

Originally posted by bstuart

The post you are replying to by Wickersham, posted on 2/10/08 3:20:07 AM

Originally posted by bstuart man i was looking forward to this one then i read on the fourms that its gonna have open pvp now ive lost all intrest What is wrong with open PvP?

because im tired of bunny hopping leet speakers clone camping and gankfesting everywhere while someone is trying to relax and play a game

That is a good point, but games like that are just poorly designed.

 

Open PvP is really the only real lasting end game content a game can have except resource grinds, item grinds, or mail man quests.

There are things that can be done about clone camping and player camping in general.  Stealth is the easiest one.  Not letting players track enemy players on their maps or radar.  Not showing enemy players names above their heads like a big neon sign.  Making cloning stations faction based and heavily defended by NPCs and gun towers.  Placing player bounties on PKers.  Introducing a political system into the game that encourages or discourages killing certain players in certain areas.

Maybe you can think of a few too?

I like Planetside style of open PvP - you still try to fight back (even when getting ganked), and when all hope is lost, you can just move on to a place where odds of winning are more even. As long as there is SOME kinf of a reward, this should encourage PvP while not discouraging those who wouldnt normally win.