All Posts by Katashi-kun

Originally posted by dougmysticey

and not be part of final open beta tweaking.

Well ur in luck...ur not only part of the final open beta tweaking!  Your also part of the "were not finished with the game and still adding major parts to it as well!"  AoC was rushed out and was not rdy for launch!   Just wait till the end of the week when the Power Gamers get near or at the cap and find nothing to do!

Yes there are a few like Wharg said but I chose not to mention those cause its like WoW...small and pointless cause u lvl so fast the stuff u get there becomes obsolete in no time so they're best just skipped after u experience them at least once just cause! 

Originally posted by templarga

Early access starts and the trolls run away....just as we have been saying all along.

Want to know where they are? Playing the game.

Bah, I did not run away.....I got busy playing a better game and gave up!  AoC still does not live up to the hype and I'll admit from what I'm hearing a bit has changed since I last played but its still not even close to what it should have been!

There are only raid/dungeon instances at the end of the game lvl 80!  The rest is all just a mindless quest grind as fast as u can to the cap.  Developers really gotta stop with this end-game BS and focus on the adventure...screw the end...the lvl cap in most games including this one is lame!

I wanna have fun during the entire adventure!  IMO the best part was Tortage, after which you mindlessly do quest after quest until lvl 80, then all you do is end-game raid for months on end for sets of gear ala WoW!!

To increase the likely-hood of developing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome earlier in life than expected!  Unfortunately I already have it, and don't plan to play this anymore than I have so its not gonna effect me...

I hope Saga of Ryzom come back someday!  Such a good game!  Maybe more ppl will play it if it comes back now that many see were doomed to class-based what seems forever atm!

Originally posted by Dekapitator

Why would you wanna fight topless? Someone might hack her Boobs off.

Yeah like a thin piece of cloth would help stop a sharp blade more!  Let them have there obsessions of pixels...

You can get to lvl 80 in about a week if you don't sleep much!  I did in CB after I took my time first run just to see how fast I could, and I can guarantee that others will too this first week of release!   IMO its about the difficulty of WoW before they turned on easy-mode last fall!

Well damn, guess I should work on my skill-based MMO more!  Problem though is I don't know how to program but I'm a damn good designer!  My game is almost entirely thought out and I've been in the process of writing out all the details and how it fits and works together.  Although the engine I wanna use is not up to par yet and since I don't know any programming I can't add features I need to make my game work!

Anyway...hope you find a game to play, as I too am sick of these class-based games and having my hand held the entire adventure.  One of the main reasons I thought to create my own...

Originally posted by Dan256
This is pure silliness. Because of the Early Access quota, they knew exactly how many people would be on today; Either it's the OP here, or it's Funcom who is being very disengenuous about the "unexpected success!!!"

Success doesn't exist until after the 1st month and then the #s that stay will show if it was a success or fail!  Vanguard looked successful with the mass amounts of players until after the 1st month and then 85% left!

Sure AoC will have a ton of player for the next month...its a given ppl will try a new MMO cause its all new, shiny and something different than what they're playing now!  There will also be hardcore players at the cap by the end of next week also, and if there is nothing there to hold their interest they will also move on.

Time shall tell, but u can't claim success after less than a day just cause thousands of ppl are playing it atm!

Well, just have to say that when Turbine added DX10 to LOTRO...some of it worked and some of it didn't.  Took them about 3-4 months to finally get it all working correctly!

Originally posted by xcalibur

Originally posted by Katashi-kun

 

Originally posted by Pandrax86

 

Don't bother with a 9000 series. I reccomend getting a EVGA, as they have a step up plan that allows you to upgrade a evga card you bought for a newer one.

 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130317

 

Will be the one I plan on buying in a few days. It is an upgraded GTS version. The older 8800GTS cards were overpriced and underpowered but the new SSC version has nice gains and is very cheap.

 

Would u mind providing a link to this info!  The step-up plan info....

http://www.evga.com/stepup/default.asp

Thanks, but dang within 90 days...bought my 8800GTS last fall!  Always a catch...ah well still works wonderfully, just need a 2nd one now and use SLi...

Originally posted by Pandrax86

 

Don't bother with a 9000 series. I reccomend getting a EVGA, as they have a step up plan that allows you to upgrade a evga card you bought for a newer one.

 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130317

 

Will be the one I plan on buying in a few days. It is an upgraded GTS version. The older 8800GTS cards were overpriced and underpowered but the new SSC version has nice gains and is very cheap.

Would u mind providing a link to this info!  The step-up plan info....

Originally posted by Wharg0ul

yeah no  shit. I WANT the AoC soundtrack...

Originally posted by Wharg0ul

ah, so you HAVN'T seen the newer builds....OMG what a difference. It's day and night different. People who played OB or PVP weekend only are going to be BLOWN AWAY by the performance increase.

Well anyway, the game just didn't grab me!  The new combat is nothing special and after awhile my fingers hurt much more than other MMOs...way more button mashing than others!

Getting older and fingers don't work so well anymore...hehe

...but anyway back on topic...the instancing hurts this game alot and I know they could have made this game without it, for most of the game, and say only the border kingdoms and cities be instanced...

...and Sorry if I came off as attacking you...thought you were being a fanboi prick to me, thinking I didn't know what I was doing!

Originally posted by Pandrax86

 

 

Funcom didn't "fuck" up, they actually reduced the loading times by like 5x. Maybe you should also look into buying a faster harddrive a 7200 rpm or 10,000 rpm would make the games loading screens be almost instant.

Not one game that has loading gives me any trouble besides AoC!  Well besides Witcher and that games loading really sucks!

So come on whats ur next debate gonna be about!  Its a fact that history repeats itself and Funcom is holding to that as everything else in this crazy world does!

@Kordesh ~ Watch these 3 videos and they'll explain how the RvR works and how u lvl and de-lvl cities!  Also on how the scenarios and scripted events work as well!

Types of RvR

Explanation on RvR

Info on Capital Cities and Leveling them up and opening new areas

I don't mind instancing in games if its done right!  I'm going to reference FFXI cause its a prime example of how you do instancing correctly!

The entire game, every zone and major events are all a separate instance, but there is hardly any loading and every single player is welcome to squeeze into a particular zone if you want and it does happen sometimes during special holiday events!  There is no separating the players in instances of the same zone if too many enter, 95% of all the dungeons and caves and ruins in the game are the same way and any amount of groups can enter these and play together competing over camps and pulling certain mobs.

The only place that instances separate players by group are major boss fights {BCNMs, Major Storyline Bosses, End Game Raids like Dynamis{64-man though}, etc...}

After having played AoC {and yes I have a top of the line PC, over $2300 spent on it} and yes I set every setting as high and as low as possible and somewhat in the middle to test loading when I played and it didn't make any difference.  The game looked beautiful, but the loading was horrendous on all settings, and the instancing was pathetic.  Its an MMO, and I want to play with other players, not just know they're there in another instance but can't see em.  I don't care about seeing the pubs on that beast trying to eat me or each individual blade of grass swaying. 

Funcom really fucked up bad, and its not just the graphics being so detailed and instancing as it didn't matter what settings I was running the loading was horrible.

Any Humanoid type enemy lvl 39+