All Posts by Umbrood

Not having any forums seems  drastic to me, I doubt I would play such a game really.

Not having any would mean that first of all there is no communications path to the developers.

And secondly meaning that not having them means that you do not need them, as you do not care about what people say and want in any case.

Something of a catch 22.

As for AoC, funcom have them, but they dont really need them as they are hellbent on their now over 8 years policy of total and absolute communications blackout, paired with the notion that they themself can do no wrong and any problem with the game is our fault for not understanding what they aim to do.

Explaining that would be a good start really.

Take the VG forums as an example, yes they were brutal on launch.

Today it seems like one of the friendliest MMO forums there is.

But no forums at all?

Anyone would ask them self what they are hiding and why they are so afraid of people discussing their game.

However, it is probably a good business decision and good for the company at launch.

I do not though, think it is good for the game, and in the long run that will hurt you.

Cool and all but the question is.

Are any of them faster then my bard with an all out speedsong going?

I just returned and i have a horse and all but it is slooooow compared to a drum.. ;)

Actually is there a mount at all in the game that can match a bard on foot?

I like mounts, but I am not going to use one if it is slower then my running speed.

And no, this is not a petition to lower bard speed buffs.

I am certain there are a lot of people online that do not like me, be it here or otherwise.

Some might even consider me their enemy.

But I do not think there is any person online I consider an "enemy".

I do not even think I have anyone in RL that I do consider that, yet again I am certain the opposite is true.

I am brutally honest, have a fairly quick wit and are very well read on many topics, which pretty much always means you will have people who hate you, just because they can not find a way to battle you if they have opposing thoughts.

And those that have the ability to argue, and argue well, I do not hate but rather embrace because there is always something to be learned, and none teach you better then the people who oppose you.

I am fairly certain that the people on this board I have argued with most are almost all of them people I would find great enjoyment in encountering in real life over a beer or two.

Discounting the really racist and the really hardcore religious people, ( no Eni, I do not mean you, id love to have a beer with you ), who are more into preaching their faith and political views then arguing them.

And I do not even consider them my enemies, i just do not see how we can have anything to talk about.

As a conclusion, it is ok to make people have you as an enemy as long as you do not do the same, because the ability to realize we are all different and accept that makes you "full of win".. ;)

Well, that all depends on what SoE offers.

It is a money game and if they approach FC with 200 mill I am sure the transaction will go quick and smoothly.

Not that they would, but I can assure you they would get it if they did.

But as I see it this is going the way of AO to be honest.

They have had a lot of sales and even with a 200k retention the investment would be earned back in a year, after that it is all gravy.

Take Anarchy, which have like 50-100k active subs?

Most of the investment in that game is done and they now pay for server park and staff only, so even with that small number I am sure AO is doing well money wise.

If you have played WoW before I say try something entirely new.

Both EQ2 and VG have gone into promotion overdrive and they are pretty much giving them away during the summer.

EVE is very cheap as well but not everyones cup of tea, I revisit it once or twice a year, train some skills and set a 40+ days skill when I get tired and cancel, I probably have 10 months payed and 18 months worth of skills in EVE, which is why I always return, to see what that crazy skill allowed me to do.. ;)

I have not checked around much but I assume the other publishers are doing something similar to SoE, meaning you can get a bargain for any game.

If nothing else it gives you perspective.

As an analogy it is far easier to judge and decide on a new car if you have owned 10 rather then if you have owned one, but this goes for pretty much everything in life.

On the other hand, have you never tried WoW I think you should, if nothing else it gives you the right to have an opinion about it. ;)

VG is part of the legend promotion, or some other such promotion, because I am playing it as we speak, with no active sub.

And i also dropped AoC to return. ;)

Well not dropped really but sitting it out waiting for the incredible amount of game breaking bugs to clear out a bit, as of now I am ENTIRELY dependant on them bloody villas for lvl progression.

Which I refuse to do, they are boring and they are forced solo as only one person can enter.

In VG I have been crafting a bit, done some gray quests to get up to speed, re-learned the diplomacy game.

Now Vg still have problems, I have fallen trough the world once, NPC windows STILL bug out and the hitching on zoning is still there although not as severe, ( probably because this computer is 4 times the power to the one I used to play VG on ).

But there is a difference, were in AoC I have exactly nothing to do but grinding until i reach the 70+ content, ( I just turned 67 ), in vanguard I have an incredible amount of different things to do.

Add to that gear stats you both know work AND what they do, a whole bloody lots of gear at that and I am finding it harder and harder to login to conan.

AoC can only compete with VG in two things, graphics, which admittedly is absolutely stunning in AoC and amount of bugs at launch.

Were aoc wins the first and Vg wins the latter, but not by that much.

Originally posted by Enigma

Originally posted by Umbrood

Also, the amount of 170+ IQ people in the world is probably closer to a thousand then ten thousand, having two of them in the same thread seems highly suspicious.

But as a mere 138, what do I know?

 

 

i can scan a copy of my MENSA card and IQ paperwork (had IQ done when I was 14) if you would like.

Do not have to do that Eni.

You are obviously a very intelligent person, and I look up to you in many ways.

But I find it very hard to believe that someone with your intelligence would take to this view of the world.

In fact, I am going to end my argument here, faith is faith and I will not spend my time trying to convince you otherwise.

But arguing that evolution, or the standard model or anything that  a century and a half  of scientists have come to has no grounds in reality is strange to say the least.

Is there any people who are involved in research today that have an opposing view?

I am not asking for much here.

Could I have the published material that supports the Id theory?

I have no problem finding thousands of them supporting the opposite.

Well the problem with creationism is the same as with evolution.

Which only applies to organic life as MR. Darwin is concerned, and has nothing to do with the universe.

But back on topic.

Even if there was an intelligent creator, he, she or it must also be explained.

Were, how, when?

Meaning we need two impossible occurences, the creation of the creator and then the creators creation of creation.

That just to many creations.

The standard model and evolution requires but one "impossible", the big bang itself, which is not understood but we are within nanoseconds of the actual event in our research and much of the science from then to know is understood and explained.

Creationism requires at least two magical occurences.

And if the universe were created by an intelligence and Darwin is wrong, we need a whole slay of "magic" to explain the world, as each new specie need to be created, ( because there can be no argument that different times in the worlds history has held different species, unless you are one of the 6000 years people ).

Thats just to much "magic".

Ochams Razor and all that.

Also, the amount of 170+ IQ people in the world is probably closer to a thousand then ten thousand, having two of them in the same thread seems highly suspicious.

But as a mere 138, what do I know?

Well i cancelled today.

The game has a plethora of problems and bugs, but I could overlook all of them.

Then I got hit with the lockout timer bug on the scaleable instances, Imirian Ravine, Frost swamp, Oasis of zaara.

GM tells me there is no way to reset the timer, I just have to wait for a fix.

There are people who have been affected by this for well over 3 weeks so I do not see this being fixed soon.

Meaning I no longer have access to my regular play group, as they got the heads up on the bug and could avoid it, ( Do NOT complete quests in these instances!! ).

So this is the fix that would "save" aoc, at least for me.

I bloody refuse to do any more villas, or any more bloody single player content, which seem to be the only thing around.

With this option gone there is very little, if anything, for me to do.

I have a little left in Atzels and some in thunder river, but again it is single player content, at 62 I have a 4-5 levels left before I can take Kheshatta.

Leaving me with, VILLAS!!!

God I think them places are such "cheap-outs".

I would list the insane amount of show stoppers I have encountered, but these are personal experiences that apply only to me, well and all the others that have the same problems.

Fiona of Dagon.

Originally posted by Vemoi
 

Not really sure what you want but global warming science could swallow up that 800 million...no problem!

I say they could give it to MS for a better OS.

Yes, 800 million no prob.

But 800 BILLION.

Thats 8 manned trips to mars.

Honestly, it is probably enough to create "scubbing" facilities to get rid of the surplus greenhouse gases.

My point is, that kind of money buys you just about anything, well not the minds of the arabic people, but no one ever thougth it would.

Had that money been put to "good" use, what could the US have accomplished?

Think about it.

I am a grown man, not one much for sentiment and as "macho" as they come.

But honestly, I cried a little when watching the trailers.

Currently at a LAN party and when someone said, "hey, they have announced D3", all bloody hell broke loose, in a good way.

If I may try to get this thread a little more back on topic, not that the previous posts have not been interesting.

But what I really wanted to ask was.

What kind of science do you get for 800 billion?

You are rigth in many ways but there is time and there are "fun times".

I dont much mind grinding, I can even take camping to a degree but less today then before, I remember I spent nearly 24 hours cmping the bloody fish in enchanted lands in EQ2 for my heritage quest and allthough not fun per say I met a lot of people during them 24 hours.

I spent 27 hours grinding Stanley Adams in AO and allthough we did almost EXACTLY the same thing for all that time I had a blast, we were 6 people who started and 3 of us were left when it ended but during that time I bet the other 3 spots were filled with something like 20 people coming and going.

I despise travelling times though, it such an artificial time filler from the creators it is sickening.

Dont get me wrong, in AO I probably spent well over 300 hours doing NOTHING but exploring the world of Rubi-Ka, every nook and cranny and I took pride in my knowledge of the world wich were probably second to none.

But I did that because I wanted to, not because I had to.

"Considerable effort" is NOT waiting doing nothing, having time is NOT a skill, more likely it is evidence of the opposite.

Delay the reward all you want, but fill the time in between with something to do and I am all ok.

Force me to wait doing nothing, or mindless travel and I am very likely to not go back.

As another example, it took me me 4 months in the last diablo2 ladder to get my first high rune to make a "fortitude" runeword.

The number of pindle/shenk runs I did is probably in the thousands, but I had fun almost the entire time, and anyone who knows can tell you how repetetive that is.

Just my thougts.

Some things I have been thinking about.

The iraq war has cost the US what?

800 Billion or so?

It is primarily a war for oil control, ( honestly, does anyone believe anything else? )

Now put 800 billion DOLLAR into alternative fuel research, or other forms of energy, fusion, battery cells and so and so forth.

Not only would this have made the US auto industry again the dominant industry on this planet.

It would also have made the US impervious ( sp? ) to any other country in terms of energy.

The need to bomb the hell out the rest of the world would have been gone as they would no longer need to meddle in the affairs of others and the hatred for them would subside.

Obviously there is no gaurantee 800 billion would solve anything, but lets face it, the US still have some of the best research facilites on the planet, along with some of the best scientists, given such an insane amount I bet you this problem would be solved.

Instead the money was spent to kill literally hundred of thousands, for what?

To keep the status quo?

To be honest this kind of ticks me of.

And at the same time it is fortunate for the rest of us in a way, because the US would again own the world and climb up from its current 3rd world country status.

Does this not piss of at least some of the americans?

It just feels like such a waste.

There are things that make us human, it does not neccesarily mean we are empathic, generous and all around nice people, but there are lines in the sand wich you do not cross.

Doing so should rigthfully make the rest of us able to bar you from the rigths that comes from being part of our specie.

Declare creatures like that as animals, and threat them as such.

Be it dog food, medical research, weapon testing or whatever.

We allready do that to the animals who has done us no wrong, why not do it to the animals who actually have?

Originally posted by bachanam

damn lol i went through the trouble to give real life examples to show the differences in effects and damages of a fanboi/troll attitude in real life, lol, and i hit backspace while not in the typing box, and it sent me back to the thread lol, im gonna kill whoever made backspace do that.

Anyways, fanbois defend things, say it's great, awsome, in the end their possible ignorance doesnt cause damage, doesnt hurt people, doesnt make your friends feel disgusted (usually)

Trolls attack things, say it's awful, horrible, in the end their possible ignorance causes damage, hurts people, and makes your friends feel disgusted (if you take the attitude to the real world, which oddly fits very close with an Extreme Activist)

Trolls are the worst.

 

If there were no trolls, and only fanbois, the worst that would happen in forums is people would say 'ugh another "praise this game" person' or 'loser'

If there were no fanbois, and only trolls, the worst that would happen in forums is people stop posting besides the trolls, because trolls will call a person out directly, make a thread about an off-topic discussion, generally more-likely to use false facts, oh, and the yelling, lots and lots of yelling, swearing, name-calling.

Even while both are mixed though, trolls still prevail as the worst.

Not really true if you think about it.

Trolls might annoy you.

But fanboys migth actually cost you money if you believe them.

They are rarely hard to spot, but not everyone spend as much time on forums as some of us and might not have the experience to see trough it.

As a somewhat long term player of these games, and more importantly a player of Anarchy Online when it launched, not to mention a whole LOT of MMO's in between I really must say this.

I should mention that upon this writing I have had a couple of whiskeys, Longmorn is my brand of the moment so please do not trash me for grammar?

English is not even my native language.

Back on topic now, and when it omes to funcom I have a sour taste in my mouth because I was there when AO launched, in fact I was even in the ARK program by then, ( the volunteer GM system ).

There is no describing the anticipation I had for this game, we had a guild site out fairly early and because of that we got an early beta invite, so I/we played it long before it got released.

And it worked by then.

To be honest AO beta is still the most extatic and fun MMO experience I have ever had.

There were bugs a plenty and all that but it did not really matter, I could play and I had fun.

Then came release!

Anyone who was there know what that was like, there is no need to elaborate.

In some way it killed me inside, the anticipation I felt for AO were intense, the letdown equally so.

Now they polished the game up and I still consider the game one of the best on the market, but!

When AOC was announced I did not even lift an eyebrow, I did of course apply for beta and all that but to be honest I expected nothing.

And this is key, not only for AOC but for all other games.

See when AOC released it was far from perfect, it still is not, but it has however exceeded my expectations so for some reason I am not all that upset for its shortcomings.

So in the end, my advice as someone who has played and beta tested pretty much every title released after Asherons Call, let me give you an advice.

It is unlikely that any game can live up to your expectations, regardless.

I have said this before here but I will say it again, to anyone willing to listen.

It is far more satisfying to be pleasantly surprised then the opposite.

This do not only go for any game you may encounter, but for life in general.

I much rather think the glass is half empty and find it full then think it is full and find it half empty.

Yours

Umbrood 

Originally posted by Enigma

Good for him.

When I was a priest I had to confront many churches to tell them they are hurting themselves more then helping.  Love the sinner hate the sin is my motto.

I have many gay and lesbian friends. They know my stance. They know I do not agree with it but they respect me a lot because I deeply care for them. And they dont agree with my religious beliefs but I respect them all the same.

Hey Eni, that is how the world should work, live and let live, differences are the to overcome and all that.

People are people and our political, sexual and/or religious preferences are there to be overcome.

To a degree of course, but none the less.

And to Gnome, please tell your Dad that there is a lot of people that are proud of him, and show him this thread to show him so.

Yours.

Umbrood.

Originally posted by fulmanfu

i don't know if its 'dumping' the animals thats so bad..

its dating them in the first place that i don't agree with

Hehe, this made me laugh quite a bit, thanks

Was even funnier when the OP did not get the joke.

It feels weird though that funcom has gone from the absolutely best inventory system in this entire genre, Anarchy Online, to without a doubt the worst one I have yet to see.

Money is in extremely short supply, buying a horse at 40 is all but impossible.

Crafting, wich also starts at 40 is very expensive and do not seem to yield any reward.

I still have not figured out the stats on items, the description has improved a lot since beta but still going naked or fully kitted out in blue, wich I am, seem to not make any difference.

+Hp and +Mana is the only useful stats it seem.

But the armors do look awesome, sanctum drops, both armor and weapons do look unique with 3D reliefs and whatnot.

I have yet to see purple drop though.