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Originally posted by lovebug
can see no option anywere to use full screen only window mode looked in game in the config nothing can you play in full screen or is it only a window mode game anyone know thanks.

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According to the forums. the full-screen and screen resolutions will be implemented at the start of Open Beta.

So if what I gather is correct - this thread contains a bunchload of people who QQ about graphics.

Enjoying the game so far. Feels a lot like HoMMIII which i s great after a huge trainwreck which was HoMMV...

AS for that someone who cried that his character did not look "different enough" - you DO remember that it was the same in HoMMIII? Where a huge skeleton evil guy, a barbarian and a mage were all displayed as same "Knight on the horse" but with different colors?

Playing right now and this game is actually fun and retains a lot of things that made original HoMMIII so good.

Loving how they transferred the TBS gameplay into the battlefield quests.

And overall from the game it seems that developers actually TRIED to get it right.

Which is surprising, considering just how bad the previous TQ games have been....

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Originally posted by Crusix221
I heard open beta started today, are they whipping characters made between now and release? My second question is can you play this game with a gamepad (360 controller)?

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No and No.

Although once they get the keybinding system in place (which they promised to do soon), you might be able to bind various functions to gamepad.

So, with the start of Open Beta, the ID feature is a lot more useful for new players.

This thread is focused on sharing the induction codes, as well as compilling the full ID feature list.

Newbie benefits:
- More various stuff in the Newbie ChestA lot of PERMANENT free stuff you would not get without it, including a fashion costume and two exclusive pets.
- Starter Soul GearA full LVL1 soul gear set(with better stats than best lvl30 sets).O f course it does not have the customisation/look opitions the lvl45+ sets have but still looks badass.
- Even More freebies NOT from the chest As you level you will get quests and rewards(like you get LVL30 SOUL weapon when you reach lvl25)
- (to be continued)

Referer Benefits:
- ZEN Bonus - If your inductee charges ZEN, you get a certain percentage bonus depending on the inductee level.
- (to be continued)

How to Get your own ID:

How to use the ID to get the benefits on new character:

How to use the ID to get benefits on existing preLVL30 character:

My ID: 6000366G010604087005400S9f91fe
Server: Aquarius (Europe)
ID: 6000366G010604087005400S9f91fe
Character: Kiranishi

Induction List:

(feel free to post your induction ids here they will be added to first post. Also any further information on the feature is welcomed and will be added to this post)

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Originally posted by Sarr
So as usual - people (fans of the game) overreacted. Period.
Good day.

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Agreed so much.

ITs not a first time that a company adds some sort of offer-rewards system.

And if someone installs something questionable from there - i ts only that person's fault.

But then people overreact.

And then thread devolves into p2p-retro-snub-fest with people bashing the future of mmorpg gaming just because of their bias.
Frankly the amount of elitism in this thread is surprising even for mmorpg.com

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Originally posted by reijan
Nope, it's not down, I can access it, though with some relay. I think it's just high traffic, since the beta starts soon =).

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There was a pre-launch patch out few hours ago, which added a lot of server load. Its quite normal for the launch day :P

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Originally posted by Plutonicwoes

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Originally posted by drbaltazar

it has this!they dont keep your toon if you havent used the game or cs store in a while
so that max level 3 month ago if you didnt use it its probably not there anymore if you reinstalled your os!
sure wasnt there for me!

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That still has nothing to do with this thread.
Also: i logged in about 2 weeks ago after not logging in for almost a full year, and my lvl 90 was still there.

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Just so I can say: You are misinterpreting.

"Perfect World" talked about here is the COMPANY (Perfect World Entertainment) which released PWI(Perfect World International), the game and which is going to release the Battle of Immortals, the mmoArpg in question.

The question is overall quality shop quality through all PWE released games.

And the developers did state that the BoI cash shop in English version will be more for cosmetic purposes, not to mention the salary system which basically awards you cash shop money fro playtime.

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Originally posted by Skatty2007

The one thing that caught my eye was the scene where the male character was strafing around a zombie with flames shooting out of his hands.  At the end it looked like he under-strafed and the flames missed the target.  Does this suggest active targeting, meaning you don't just select your target and start mashing buttons?  Is there actual user-based aiming involved?

That would be cool.

However that same zombie did have a red circle underneath it suggesting that you can click on a target and make it your active target.  That could possibly suggest that there is no aiming needed, just select your target and fire away.

My gut reaction says the first is more likely because the character (in my eyes) was clearly under-strafing, indicative of a human that is controlling the aiming and lead the target poorly.

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YEs you need to aim and etc(twitch combat has been confirmed for quite some time). Latter in the trailer you see a character going backwards fast to dodge the "hulk smash" the zombie throws.

The circle is most likely to "mark" your target so you can pre-reset your camera back to him, if you know what I mean.

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/post/3463986/thread/273417#3463986

There's already a thread about it there. If some people were not being blind attention whores, this post and this thread would not be there.

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Originally posted by Danubus

I was a little disappointed in the trailer. Not sure I like the way the characters look. Very clunky looking. The backgrounds look good and the monsters look ok. I just hope the gameplay is awesome. This could be a huge hit if they just polish the crap out of the game.

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Considering its pre-alpha gameplay, I think its very likely that character animations will be as polished in the and as the current monster animations are(Which looked great)
so yes.

Honestly the gameplay looks awesome

March 25 is the day when a full-length TSW gameplay trailer will be released on gametrailers.com

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Originally posted by Toquio3

After seeing the clothing demo that CCP is working on, probably for WoD, and after having played VtMB, my interest in this particular game has decreased by as much as my interest for WoD has increased.

But its still a game to keep an eye out for.

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The massivelly acticle has more info on TSW clothing system too. You can wear whatever you want as clothing itself won't have any sort of "stats"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4SDoeoS5xI&feature=player_embedded

Since links can say more than mere words ;)

COmments?

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Originally posted by eldanesh117

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Originally posted by Kitanishi
- No EXP loss upon death. Instead the "durability" of your items will be damaged.

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Unless there's a corpse run or incredulously insane amount of money required to repair gears, I think they just found a way to make easymode even easier.

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Please take note that such details might ONLY apply to Closed Beta testing period ;)

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Originally posted by Scot
Yuui - “Oh and how is that different from the storytelling of all p2p mmorpgs?”
Go and play LotRo or AoC then come back here and tell us that they have the same writing quality as a game where player motivation is “The humans, following the words of their goddess go to war with "the others," the human's name for anyone and anything that is not one of them."
As a statement of xenophobia it works just fine, as player motivation it is rather lacking. :D

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oh and you DO know that LOTRo and AoC are based on existing huge IPs?...

Comparing new setting and idea to something that has been built up by thousands of books, tv shows, novels, fan fictions, etc, etc, etc.

Comparing something that has been built up by years and years of materials to something that is loosely based on eleven Welsh prose stories of Mabinogion~ That works perfectly

AS for Mabinogi:Heroes/Vindictus, from the gameplay videos in youtube it seems that the storyline will play similarly to normal Mabinogi(except that Vindictus is sort of darker "everythings gone bad" version of mabinogi universe).

If thats the case than that line is more like a setting of storyline and storyline develops through the game with the help of both cinematic cut scenes and "dialogue stills" cut scenes

Anyone who disagrees with this list should probably improve the quality of mmorpg communities by ceasing to play any mmorpgs out there.

The list speaks pure truth.

For 5: I know A LOT of people who are not geeks and yet enjoy mmorpg games. For some its like casino, for others its an insight into society and economic design(I know quite a few marketing/economy students who play EVE for this reason alone). Yes, MMO games WERE for geeks, however I think that the overall gaming community has already began to "bypass" the stereotypical outlook to mmorpg genre.

For 4: I both agree and disagree. If company developed a game to be "over 9000" player type, then it IS a failure. However yes, games don't need to have "uber big" population to generate income (Funcom's AOC and all PWI games are best examples in this).

For 3: I wholeheartedly agree. OF course there are still f2p games made purelly for making $$$ from cash shop, by making it into totally-must-use thing(looking at you TQ and IGG games). However a lot of currently appearing mmorpg titles could rival and dethrone a lot of overrated p2p titles. Let's face it - p2p is a thing of the past. The quality, thinking outside of the box and market elasticity lies inside f2p.

For 2: Yet again wholeheartedly agreed. Of course people might think that mmorpg genre does not evolve...IF they are only looking at the overrated huge sharks like WoW. However in last two yeras mmorpg genre has already moved away into the next generation of gaming. Let's just compare an old game like WoW to something like EVE or Age of Conan to some of current in-development innovative mmorpgs like Forsaken World(with the outside-of-box-style interactivity), Mabinogi Heroes(With its destructible environments and real-time combat) or any of hangame games like Tera or C9. Not to mention Funcom's Upcoming Secret World which promises an entirely new features to MMO genre.

For 1: I can do nothing but agree. WoW is overrated and overrplayed shark with nothing new brought to the genre, If anything Blizzard did with WOW, it was to degenerate the awesomeness even more than they did with Wc3. Sadly WoW is "reality tv shows" of gaming industry - it will never die and continue to be overrated by mmorpg elitist public.

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Originally posted by Scot
Yes once again F2P so a no-no. But I found this funny:
"The premise of the game is simple enough: The humans, following the words of their goddess go to war with "the others," the human's name for anyone and anything that is not one of them."
F2P story telling at it's best. :D

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Oh and how is that different from the storytelling of all p2p mmorpgs?

This strange elitist bashing of f2ps, the blind belief that "since its f2p it has to be subpar and ask draconic amounts of money from players". Its strange considering all the good mmorpgs so far anounced have been what....yes f2p.

Feel free to continue playing in the dying genre of p2p ;]

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AS for game....WTFNAMECHANGE...the new name sounds weird and unattractive. And I see no reason for why they should have changed it.

Overall, I am hoping that instancing will be done better than in C9

Hopefully this cash-cow project fails :<

/me wants mah KOTOR III and not some cheap SW-wannabe mmorpg.

How could such a company like Bioware fall so low....first they cancel KOTORIII, then they sex up and mainstream-up Mass Effect II(successfully removing everything that made the first part good, including plot)....now this....

Won't be playing this.