Hey guys, from what I gather there is just one US server now, Badlands.  Is this true?  Also, how is it...is there enough of a population now that they have merged down to one server?

Last question, how is balance?

Thanks.

I am an aging gamer.  I'm 43 and have been mmoing for a long time.  I have found as I get older I care less and less for general chat being used as a teen chat room.  Also, although I am not a hardcore rper, I do enjoy immersion and hate going to rp servers only to find lots of obnoxiously non rp people playing on it.

As more and more gamers age and more and more younger people get into MMOs this will become more of an issue.  The fairly homogenus mmo community of yesterday is long gone (guys in their early 20s with a penchant for sci-fi/fantasy gaming and the disposable income to buy a computer and have broadband access).

Part of enjoying an mmo is enjoying the server community.  For example, I keep going back to LOTRO, just because I like the community on Landroval server so much.

Ever since the launch of mmos you click on a server, create a toon and play.  I am suggesting that devs should look at adding an extra step.

Perhaps have players complete a brief questionare about the gaming atmosphere that appeals to them.  With the answers, you could then funnel the players into suggested servers, based on their tastes.  RPers to RP servers.  Old farts to get off my lawn servers, and kids to hip roflolpwn servers.  I can't imagine it would be that hard to do, and like I said, enjoying a server community means longer subs and more dollars.

Also, I would happily pay extra dollars or take an exp hit or things of that nature just to play on a nice server.

I'm not a game dev, but this is my suggestion.

TLDR Go take some ritalin and move onto the next post if you are too lazy to read a few paragraphs.

Let me say I did not buy into the hype on this game, wasn't even going to pick it up.  Also, I took a lot of the negative comments I saw on here with a grain of salt.

Yesterday I picked it up on a whim.

So far I am pleasantly surprised.  Will have more to say after I play longer.

In reading forums I see lots about long wait times.  But also people refer to light load servers.  Are the long ques just on the servers that are high pop, or are even the low pop servers experiencing ques?

Put another way, if I were to start tomorrow on one of the recommended low pop servers...will I have to wait in line to play?

Thinking about trying this out...longing for that new mmo smell. 

Is the que situation under control? 

Are there RP-PVP servers available?  Do PVP servers have open world pvp in certain zones while nonpvp just have bgs?

How is the community?  Barrens toilet bowl or better?

Is it worth playing?

Thanks much, may stop and pick it up tomorrow as I begin my long weekend.

Originally posted by Biggus99

Because they're ******* pandas.

 

This.

Thanks for the speedy reply.  I am in cst US so I will be on the English server.  Downloading so I will check it out.  Thanks again.

Got my character up to level 31.5 easily and pretty quickly.  The problem is that I have now run out of quests and have ventured into the rvr areas to grind mobs.

Sadly, I am just not seeing enough players.  Without a lot of rvr going on I don't think I will grind the remaining levels.  Will keep this on my hard drive as I understand there is an ad campaign coming up.  I will keep a close eye on it because I think the game has a ton of potential and is quite enjoyable.

Devs seem genuinely interested in the game and there is always a gm on.  Community is nice, but not enough people on Raven server that I can see. 

I may try Horus the international server to see if there are more people on.  Just wanted to update for anyone who was watching this game.

Downloading this game after reading the recent article.  How is the population and is there one server more populated than the rest?  Thanks.

Found this game somehow last week.  It is a north american developer running servers for the european Regnum online.  It is free to play and I have been enjoying myself quite a bit.  Great community and 3 way rvr ala DAoC.

I encourage anyone looking for a good rvr game to download it and give it a try.

I downloaded this game late last week and now have a marksman up to level 26.  I thought I would update my impressions for those interested in trying the game.

Downloading the game and creating an account are super easy and quick.

You can pick one of two servers, Raven, the newer north american server or Horus the older international and english language preferred server.  Be warned, they take realm loyalty seriously, so once you create a toon in a realm it takes 2 weeks to delete it and change sides.  I created a new account to get around this.  I settled on the Raven server.  Community is great and gms are constantly on hosting events.  Very encouraging!  I recommend playing on Raven.

The visuals at first look bland, but I am playing at highest resolution and they are actually quite good.  Character models are meh but the world and mobs look very nice.  The sound is great as are the weather effects.  Some of the combat sounds could use a little work.

The UI is different from most modern mmos, will take an hour or so to get used to this.  Its not necessarily bad, but could use some work.

Population.  In the newbie zone I didn't see too many people.  Once I got up a few levels I started seeing a lot more.   I hear in chat that the higher level pop is quite good.  There are constant messages about forts being taken and lost etc from the game system.  So something must be going one.

All and all I am really enjoying myself.  I spent 5 bucks on a mount and am humming along.  Can't wait to get into the rvr.  Really surprised and pleased at this point.

TLDR Game is looking quite good, well worth a download and a try.  Give it an hour to get into it.  Promises an old school DAoC 3 realm open rvr experience.

Will update once I get into some RvR action.

I downloaded this game and have been playing this weekend.  I'm really enjoying it so far.  My highest toon is level 15 so I haven't gotten into any rvr yet but so far so good. 

I will post a longer review once I have logged some more time.  So far I would encourage anyone thinking about giving this a try just to download it and give it a shot.  At first you might not be blown away by the visuals, and the UI is a little off-putting, so give it an hour to get past that.

So far I am encouraged by the devs obvious interest in the product and what I am hearing from other players about the rvr.  Community is quiet good also.

Thanks for the thoughts guys.  I rolled up a toon on both Raven and Horus.  I'm only level 5 but haven't seen any other players.  Is there a good pop at higher levels for the rvr?

Also, can you recommend a server between the two that I listed.  I am in the midwest united states and an english speaker.

I loved DAoC and am itching for some good pvp/rvr right now.

Resubbed to check out the game.  Seemed really dead.  Its a shame because I think this could be the best pvp game on the market.  But no players = no fun in rvr.  Acutally uninstalled today and cancelled my account. 

Hope some of these new mmos coming out are good.  Not much out there right now worth playing imo.

Thinking about checking this out but wondering what people's impressions are.  Also how is the population...enough for rvr?  Thanks.

Giving this a try and enjoying it.  Have a medic up to level 18.  It kind of reminds me of an Unreal Tournament mmo.  The game play isnt terribly deep for an mmo, but if you take it for what it is, it is quite enjoyable.

Granted I am only level 18 but here are my thoughts so far for anyone interested.

Graphics are very good and the game is quite stable...no bugs I have encountered and it runs smooth as silk.  Combat is good, typical fps style.  You can que for pve missions and pvp instanced combat.  You can also do your typical quest hub stuff solo.

Regarding the community, not as bad as I had read on the forums.  Kind of like being in a multiplayer session of an fps.

I downloaded a ton of free games recently to try them  out and this is the one I have kept playing.

Anyway, just thought I would post my thoughts for anyone thinking about giving this game a try.  I recommend it.

I've never really tried a F2P, other than LOTRO which I sub to when actively playing.  Wanted to try some of them out as they look pretty good.  Just wondering if anyone can comment on the quality of the communities in these games. 

I would consider LOTRO Landroval server one of the best, while the modern day WoW toilet bowl being near the worst.

Can anyone comment?

Was looking at ROM, Allods, Dragon Nest, Perfect World and some others.

Thanks.

Can we please innovate past the WoW quest hub model? 

While it was great and cool and innovative when it came out, it is just old now.  Can we do something different 7 years later?

Thank you.

I agree.  Games become more and more simplistic.  Warcraft style quests hubs with the same old quests set in a more and more linear environment pushing you toward end game. 

Devs need to so something new, or in this case maybe steal something old, that was just so good, but people have forgotten about it.

I will be there for launch because nothiing new coming out looks as good as the original.  Resubbed already after almost 10 years away and warming up!

Could not resist posting on this topic.  EQ2 was the most disappointing game of all time for me.  I couldn't wait for it to come out and then was shocked by what was actually released.  There are so many things I hate about it, I won't even begin.

But as far as the engine goes....it is a piece of junk and always has been, thats why it still runs like garbabe on next next next next gen hardware.  There is nothing wrong with your computer, it is just a steaming pile, don't waste your time with it.

I'm really hoping if there is an EQ next that they get back to their roots,