All Posts by Sasami

Not really since you can't use DX10. In my case I found Vista more stable than XP but I have GTS8800 with Quad core processor and 4gig memory. Most likely gaming experience is same on XP and Vista.

TBH I strongly disagree, WotL might even make WoW less popular. Biggest problem with TBC, excluding it was badly late, was that there wasn't much new content. Many of the models was recycled and there was very little new under the skin. Worst was that Blizzard also made some choices that simplified stuff. Crafting is mostly based on Primals and Nethers, not in many materials which needed much more grinding. No more quests with epic rewards. Arena gear model were copied from T-items and many items looks too similiar. I been many times wondered what WoW developer team does because all I see is copies of models and very little new content.

Fyerwall how long do you think that it takes average player to play thru whole game if it's all about exploration and story, not long. After that you have to wait until new content comes I assume you haven't played much online games since you don't feel that lag is big thing, it is. In general more the game needs quick reactions more vunerable it is to lag(naturally). For example in WoW, common melee tactic is to run around player so he isn't facing you when spell is casted, counter this run around effect is really hard on heavy lag. The combat sounds intresting but it's really hard to tell before can get to test it.

BTW since most fans are telling me how deep and rich the lore is, can someone tell me which book or material is the lore based?

Originally posted by tiboristo

   Yes there is crafting!  I think that sounds are very developed : a bit  of music but a lot of atmosphere sound.

Umm, I hope by crafting you don't mean system where you kill mob and then refit item. Because it's not crafting really (you can't evolve in that). Also since these items don't offer anything except visual change they aren't really useful (unless you apply "I Look more queer than Clay Aiken"-competition). Can you tell what different professions there is?

Originally posted by randprin

let's take a step back here, what's the difference between public test servers and closed beta servers?

answer: the server is open to everyone, not a few exclusive parties, and there's no NDA in effect.

other then that, there's no difference i can precieve, the server's goals are the same.

so alan, if you're logging into the test server, treat it like you've been invited to beta test a game. and with that in mind, maybe you should file a report with blizzard with your concerns and conclusions, rather then come here to lament your precieved class balance. (i'd also like to mention the fact that this is probably the last content patch before WoTLK, so they may be experimenting with some balancing issues they're about to implement due to that expension)

 

Wrong. Closed beta means real testing with real big changes. Open beta means usually introduction new stuff(often case in WoW PTR) or stress testing, no major changes. Usually WoW PTR is like Release Candidate, very little changes in main game is done and fixes are usually cosmetic. Giving amount of negative feedback I have heard 2.4 seems to be quite bad patch.

Well there was game which had reputation based item system which forced people to do quests or play battlegrounds to gain new gear. It was called WoW before TBC.

I can give few examples: Crafting in EQ2 had system where you did stuff for other people so they could make stuff. It deepened relationship between players. SWG had even better system where high level cooks where very respected people. Crafting in WoW is too much simplified and has little meaning in end-game.

DAoC had some cool world pvp with towers and stuff, much better than Halaa pvp.

I still play WoW and do mostly end-game raiding but I feel that WoW is bit too boring in end game. It should offer more choices.

Thats total misinformation mackdawg19. Windows 7 will be based on Vista driver model thus DX11 will be working with Vista. Major reason why DX10 doesn't work on XP is changes in driver model. Microsoft has already annouced that Windows 7 won't be such a radical change as Vista was in terms of changes(it will be like XP was to 2000).

For original poster, 950GM doesn't support DX10. http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/index.htm

I watched this video http://trailer.onlinewelten.com/videos,id3293,chronicles_spellborn_gdc_praesentation.html today and wasn't very impressed. I'm still confused what this games big point is. Since you don't gain anything after hitting last level what is the end game? Probaply PVP. Overall I feel this game is too simplified and concentrating too much on combat. Also any problems with lag will totally destroy this game. Hopefully there is open beta to allow skeptic people like me to try it.