So is this game some what twitchy? I really loved Darkfall, they had almost everything, but like most games I have played I got board after 2 + years. From what I have read and watched on youTube Earthrise looks pretty good. Any X DF players playing this game and can offer a few of the game. I would take any few really but DF people might understand what I am looking for a little more.

 Can you Siege or own anything?

Sandbox\twitchy pvp\skill based game

I get turned off of games now that are auto aim or hit.

Stay away from this one!!

No detail no nothing, gee thanks for your lame input. I heard 10000 don't play DF and so far I haven't found a better game. I subbed rift and If I wanted to play and better wow game I would have kept my sub.

I know a lot of people left DF to play this game wanting to hear from you

First of all DF doesn't have almost everything otherwise you wouldn't get bored after 2 years... EVE for instance which is 10 times more complete than DF kept me easily for 6 years.

There are plenty of threads with details as to what this game entails.

Yes it's twitch based. No auto aim no nothing. Full loot with insurance system.

But that's about all it has atm, that and half assed crafting which is more mindless spam than anything remotely fun.

It''s lacking Teritorial warfare atm, it's lacking resource gathering (you get materials from PvEing), it's lacking content in any and all forms.

Now they've promised that TW will soon be in as well as other content but they've promised a lot of stuff and failed at delivering anything worthwhile atm. They can't even fix the Alt-F4 exploit of disconnecting to avoid PvP death which has been there since launch.

S T A Y  A W A Y from this one.

Originally posted by ID10T

No detail no nothing, gee thanks for your lame input. I heard 10000 don't play DF and so far I haven't found a better game. I subbed rift and If I wanted to play and better wow game I would have kept my sub.

I know a lot of people left DF to play this game wanting to hear from you

 The most minute amount of effort and research on your part on the matter would preclude your need for explaination.

ER was a premature birth, and its population (for the mostpart) has moved on already.

Originally posted by ID10T

From what I have read and watched on youTube Earthrise looks pretty good.

I find this statement quite hard to believe.

99% of the videos showcasing various aspects of Earthrise, including it's gameplay, are nothing short of dire - further adding to the negative publicity. User comments are blunt, truthful and shared by the majority.

If you haven't already, head on over to the official Masthead community forums and have a good read through posts by disgruntled customers and it's current player-base (what's left of it).

The fact that Masthead Studios are charging folk to play this so called "game", is discusting.

I have read a ton of forums on people not liking the game, but you can read that about any game even games like rift or wow and they have millions playing. So I take those with a grain of salt. I have done the basics on looking at the wikis\youtubes and forums on this game, just not enough info yet as the game is very new, I could just sub and test it out, but I am looking for the X DF players to give me a report on the game. There are not a lot of modern games that are twitched based yet with Full loot. I might sub this weekend to test it out if I can't get a believable report.

two liners, like game sucks is somewhat lame.

I'm surprised you are asking about the game and then defending it so much.  You make points about others games like Rift and WoW having haters but you dont mention that they are rated above a 7 here and yet this game is rated very poorly, under a 5.  Sure there are haters for every game but the ratings tell the story. 

There is a reason that games like FFIV, STO and ER are rated so poorly and it IS NOT because a small group of people hate them.

Originally posted by ID10T

I could just sub and test it out, but I am looking for the X DF players to give me a report on the game.

Until very recently, I was a Darkfall player - Infact I've played Darkfall since been invited to participate in their closed-beta stage.

Earthrise doesn't even compare to Darkfall, in any way, shape or form. The only similarities you will encounter is open world PvP and full loot.

I'd suggest purchasing the client and playing it for yourself, then forward your experience or "report" on to the rest of the MMORPG community.. like the rest of us have done, hence the awful 4.82 rating out of a possible 10.

Originally posted by DrinkFeck

Originally posted by ID10T

I could just sub and test it out, but I am looking for the X DF players to give me a report on the game.

Until very recently, I was a Darkfall player - Infact I've played Darkfall since been invited to participate in their closed-beta stage.

Earthrise doesn't even compare to Darkfall, in any way, shape or form. The only similarities you will encounter is open world PvP and full loot.

I'd suggest purchasing the client and playing it for yourself, then forward your experience or "report" on to the rest of the MMORPG community.. like the rest of us have done, hence the awful 4.82 rating out of a possible 10.

 

Well I guess that is the closest real review I can get. I will stay away for now. just dying to play something. I subbed Rift and sure if your into those kill X and get X games it is awesome. I love DF styled games but they are so few, sucks that other than AV there is nothing out there like it. It must be hard to get a large company to buy in considering the Full Loot PVP open sandbox games just don't have the following questing games have.

Originally posted by ID10T

Originally posted by DrinkFeck

Originally posted by ID10T

I could just sub and test it out, but I am looking for the X DF players to give me a report on the game.

Until very recently, I was a Darkfall player - Infact I've played Darkfall since been invited to participate in their closed-beta stage.

Earthrise doesn't even compare to Darkfall, in any way, shape or form. The only similarities you will encounter is open world PvP and full loot.

I'd suggest purchasing the client and playing it for yourself, then forward your experience or "report" on to the rest of the MMORPG community.. like the rest of us have done, hence the awful 4.82 rating out of a possible 10.

 

Well I guess that is the closest real review I can get. I will stay away for now. just dying to play something. I subbed Rift and sure if your into those kill X and get X games it is awesome. I love DF styled games but they are so few, sucks that other than AV there is nothing out there like it. It must be hard to get a large company to buy in considering the Full Loot PVP open sandbox games just don't have the following questing games have.

I hear ya, I suffer from MMO burnout all too often now, especially after Darkfall.

I was hoping Earthrise would cure my craving for a new MMORPG, it promised so much and was another unique title - Open world PvP, full loot.. right up my street. Unfortunately, at the minute atleast, it's a complete and utter mess.

Like you, I subbed to Rift.. enjoyed it for a short while then became completely bored, back to square one! Once Masthead address some of the game breaking issues in Earthrise, they may consider launching a free trial, it can only do their game good.

Until then though, do not spend a dime on this title until experiencing the issues for yourself.

This is the worst place to ask that question. I see the same people over and over who bash and attack the game and they don't even play it. I play since beta and bought the game at relase. Yes, it had issues and problems, but not to the extent that you read on those forums. Two months later the game is in a much better state than February. Back then I would not recommended you to try it, right now it is worth trying it out. If you like DF you will like Earthrise too. If you want real opinion about the game, go read the official forums. At least you know that people posting there have actually bought the game, and don't state their opinion from their short beta trial or their bad February experiences. Right now for me the good things about Earthrise are:

- Devs stick to the initial vision - sandbox, PvP setting with a skill based character advancement

- Devs listen to the community. They used to respond a bit slow in the first few weeks after release, but things are getting much better at the moment, better than a lot of other indie titles (I am not saying names).

- The last few patches were great with a lot of fixed issues and added polish. One exception is a patch, which lead to a mess with the database and there was a rollback several days later. However the devs compensated players with the lost play time and even added a few more days on top. They are also going to give back the lost XP.

- Progress is visible

- Existing features are working well

- PvP is fun

Bad things:

- Low player population

- Bad publicity

- Still lacks some important features like the sieges and vehicles (coming soon according to the devs)

At the end, I recommend you to try the game, if you are still unsure, wait a patch or two, things are getting better and better.

i am subbed to both ER and DF (since release ^^) atm but mostly log in in ER :P

it has it flaws and hick ups but overall i like the idea of the game and how it is set up overall.

a few things that i saw while flying over the thread and i will compare to DF and why i play ER:

pros:

-no dumb ressource gathering.

listed in this thread as negative but i dunno why. basically you find yourself good mobs that drop ressources you and/or you guild needs. best would be those with a good quest on top also for some money...and you go ahead doing pve and gathering all in one :P i dunno why someone would enjoy dumb gathering like in most games huggin trees and mines all day long. (a long the road ressource gathering will also be like: you got to free ressource points/mines/storages whatever from NPCs and after you did the ressources will be open to be bought or something on the market)

-crafting system is overall quite deep.

yes it takes a shitload of time but basically it's not meant to be done alone and my guild and i had quite a lot of fun getting all the stuff together for what we want to sell - > crafting teamplay ftw. yet the crafting grind is nothing compared to DF.

also the economy is not build around some shitty rare ores like in DF but you can build every item in 5 different qualities that come from the quality of the ressources you used...while the better surely are less common you still can build the best items with a little bit lower quality and be equipped good.

-no low dura pvp loot.

face it: in DF you mostly only take the regs as most armor is low dura crap or crap all together in ER you can gear up properly (see above) and get money loot (see below) to buy whatever you want. overall i find this noteworthy :P

-insurance system with full loot.

i surely like the adrenalin rush of full loot games and have played eve until DF so i basically can't play games without any risk or something. still often full loot is also quite limiting for a lot of ppl. yet the insurance system of ER maintains that also the not so "hardcore" minded will stay unlike in DF whereas there is still stuff to lose (you basically can qute easily insure your armor including your weapon in hand + a few belt slots where you can have backup weapons, food etc..when getting killed you lose an insurance slot while the enemy gets the insurance money + all the other you loot you had)

-pve is easier accessable than in DF. you find more mobs you can or could do while i always found that in DF you are very limited in mobs as hardly any are worth doing. still the AI in DF is way better mind you :) in ER there is still probs with them shooting thru walls and stuff like that. overall i still enjoy it...from a i do pve for money/ressources perspective. it surely is no WoW pve game or something.

-has a very deep and good skill system which makes the grind all talk in DF quite obsolete.

basically you choose a more close range weapon, one for distance, 2 devices and have to skill armor...this is basically done quite fast and is no where the grind from DF. also you only get battle points to buy the skills for..so you can go pve with whatever weapon you want and make the BP for future skills/weapons you might be interested in later on also...kinda nice.

-quite open dev team for the most part.

unlike in DF you get answers directly on the forums and are not really left in the dark like by AV. you also very much know what is planned for the months ahead dure to their roadmap to which they try to stick.

cons:

-low pop due to quite problematic release month and missing polish. it's getting up again but well..you need to like the idea behind the game. still they are patching every 2 weeks. also  more than those famours 2 liner DF patches after months :P patches are not perfect but i think ER is advancing at a devent rate.

-quite poor performance. texture pre loading does not really work....it is being worked on and got a lot better already but there is still a LOT room for improvement. even on highend system its not really running good everywhere..there is zones you will hardly have probs but some are a pain :(

-TW is not yet in. will it be good i think quite a lot will come back if not i dunno how ER will do ^^ should be in sometime in april or maybe early may if they delay it...it's kinda hard to tell what they will do :)

overall i would personally advice you to wait for TW and there may be a trial shortly after as it got mentioned by the devs somehere..at least that one is in the planning. but if ER will advance like it did until now it will be quite a good game soon.

firstly, congrats on becoming an EX DF player.

secondly, dont become an earthrise game, underdeveloped garbage. Unifinished...

XENOM thanks for your post

I was interested in this game while it was in beta as I had a few friends playing it.They all told me it was too buggy.

If they come out with a free trial I will give it a shot,  ( tired of getting burned for 1 month subs)

Have played both EVE and DF for a couple years and was in the market for something fresh.

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On a side note , do other game companys hire people to bash games on this site?

Theres so much hate on these forums, it seems that  if you dont like a game why post in its forums?

Originally posted by Fwaatcha

XENOM thanks for your post

I was interested in this game while it was in beta as I had a few friends playing it.They all told me it was too buggy.

If they come out with a free trial I will give it a shot,  ( tired of getting burned for 1 month subs)

Have played both EVE and DF for a couple years and was in the market for something fresh.

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On a side note , do other game companys hire people to bash games on this site?

Theres so much hate on these forums, it seems that  if you dont like a game why post in its forums?

np :) well ppl get mad quite fast if a game is not as they wish...atm ER is fun but needs work. DF just became stale for me so i also wanted something fresh. right now we basically do a shitload of crafting as a guild (tho i am normally just crafting a little in games) and that is fun and keeps us busy but as said without TW there is not much to fight over. i just hardly had games where crafting required so much teamwork as alone you would just go nuts :P

i am quite sure that soon after TW they will get a trial as it was also stated that a rework of the starting zone is in the works with a trial following.