All Posts by Housam

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Originally posted by Mylon
Trying to get an MMO dev to use anything other than the holy leveling concept is like pulling teeth.

But, just so you know, the sphere grid is very linear until you finish a particular character's section. FFX International has a better grid, but the game still needs more items to fill all of those empty nodes earlier in the game instead of at the end of the game.

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yeah i meant one more like the master spere grind on ffx inter

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Originally posted by Jetsonix
Case in point...Age of Conan Online.   Look at all the instancing going on.  Just like Guild Wars you got instances being shoved down your throat at every turn which takes away from the ONE WORLD ONE SERVER holy grail that was originally intended to begin with
People, what happened?  How did we come to this?  You mean to tell me we STILL do not have the technology to get EVERYBODY on one server and one map?  Of course we do not, can you imagine 5,000 people standing in front of one NPC asking for a quest???
So, to sum up...MMO is really a pipe dream.  There never was a holy grail , never was the reality of everybody playing together on one server,  ONE SERVER and EVERYONE there at SAME TIME
No sorry, sadly it was all a pipe dream and we all are relegated to this....INSTANCING.  MMO gaming is a joke and it always has been
Enjoy!
 

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instancing has been hapning for years...

its instances are nothing like guild wars

Does anyone think that a system similar to the sphere grid in FFX will work? (to replace levelling)

i was thinking about it today and though it would awesome

Anyone else agree

HERE IS A LITTLE EXPLANATION OF THE SPHERE GRID FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT PLAYED FFX

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Moving
In order to move around the grid you'll need sphere levels (S.LvL) which you will then spend as you move around. Gaining them is just like leveling up your characters in previous FFs. But now, instead of getting EXP after each battle, you receive AP.

If you wish to move from one node to another, you have to spend the same amount of S.LvL depending on how far you want to go. For example, if you move 1 step forward then you will have to spend 1 sphere level and so on.

What if you want to return to a certain part of the grid? You'll also use your S.LvL. But this time you'll be allowed to move 4 Steps Backward using 1 Sphere level.

Activating Nodes
You activate nodes that contain character attributes (strength+, magic+, defense+, etc) and abilities. Just press O then choose Use from the command window. Another menu will appear, there choose the necessary sphere to activate the node.

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Originally posted by Isane

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Originally posted by Crusher
Originally posted by Soraellion

Uhm, isn't that the whole idea of playing an MMO? so you meet people, interact with them and compete wit h them?
If everything would be instanced, why bother playing an MMO and not go single player.
 
 
 

What rule says MMOs has to be "none" instanced ?

I meet people in instances, but not 100 persons trying to kill the same wolf.

Instances = Balance.

Instances is to prevent greifers, server instability, lag.

These "It's not an Open World" crap topics are just posts from forum trollers.

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Instances = Single Player and Lazy design.

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have you played eq2....its like that...you still see people every where....only time a place is instanced is if it gets to full...

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Originally posted by Crusher
Originally posted by Soraellion

Uhm, isn't that the whole idea of playing an MMO? so you meet people, interact with them and compete wit h them?
If everything would be instanced, why bother playing an MMO and not go single player.
 
 
 

What rule says MMOs has to be "none" instanced ?

I meet people in instances, but not 100 persons trying to kill the same wolf.

Instances = Balance.

Instances is to prevent greifers, server instability, lag.

These "It's not an Open World" crap topics are just posts from forum trollers.

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i think that he thinks its instanced like GW

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Originally posted by AdyS13
In my opinion best mmorpg of the year.
And about GTA 4, let's wait and see what Starcraft II will do.

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omg...i forgot SC2

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Originally posted by Soraellion
Uhm, isn't that the whole idea of playing an MMO? so you meet people, interact with them and compete wit h them?
If everything would be instanced, why bother playing an MMO and not go single player.
 
 
 

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...you still meat people im AOC....like you meat people in EQ2....

if GTAIV didnt come out then i would have said yes :p

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Originally posted by hellsmasker
sure thing but what are good graphic when half of population cant afford paying 1500-2000 dollars for a descent comp to make the game run smooth? im sure theyll loose lot of people only because of that so maybe it is only a matter of "marketing" thingy :)

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you can make AOC run smootly on a mid-range pc ...

WAR will probably be the same

vista is not as bad as most make it out to be...
its just bad if you have a low spec comp

cool...:p il be on a few hours after it is opened :p

om pretty sure the game is closed down till Friday as EA is over

$40 = normal
$60 = collectors edition

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Originally posted by Raxus
Sorry but I tend to agree with Housam. A game/MMO musty have both Graphics and content to get my money. Plus the fact I love to build my PC every couple of years or so is just one more element I truely enjoy in our hobby. I've been gaming since the genre first started in the 80's. Absolutely love it! Both in terms of the how our games are progressing and the eye candy we have now.

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finally :p

what time will servers be back up..for everyone to play? i need to get the game tomorrow as i has problem with pre-order

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Originally posted by Moaky07
If you have an old CoH account and reactivate it, would you now be enabled for CoV also?

Dont laugh...I thought I read it somewhere.

With the 15 days free...and if they are throwing in CoV I might just have to resub for a bit.

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Originally posted by aprilmay1
done that and they have no phone customer service + the problem is not with credit card but with hte key...
My retail key wont register on the account.. ive already registered it once but it wants me to redo it.. and so it wont work

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wait a couple days..i know its a pain..

then email them again

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Originally posted by jarish
I would play that fo sure....did you hear this news somewhere?

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Originally posted by aprilmay1
this is incredible bullshit i really dont want to go buy another age of conan box...

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finally...no more elf's...dwarf's ..gnomes ect ect...just good old humans (which is what i always play as anyway)

took em long enough