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• • I guess the end is near.

  • Originally posted by Sevenwind
    

    Originally posted by indiramourn
    

    Originally posted by Sevenwind
    

    Again, matter of opinion. Some of us think the pros are stronger than the cons.

    Go ahead, Seven.  List the Pros.  I dare you.  But if the only pros you can come up with sound like you are describing the features of a single player FPS (great combat system, cool weapons, etc.), I won't be impressed.  This is supposed to be a pay-to-play MMORPG after all.

    
     

    Pro- I enjoy playing the game. Pro enough to get me to subscribe.

     

    That response is a cop out, and I say this with all due respect.  Try thinking objectively, remember, you are not the only person that was intended to play TR.  TR is an MMO, were many people come together to game and interact.  In MMO games if the Developers are not keeping to their promises people will leave en mass, and your fun little MMO game goes boom.  Lets see how much enjoyment  you will have when the servers are closed due to cancelled subs.
     

    The fact is other than some interesting combat, TR has nothing to offer the MMO gamer.  MMO gamers tend to like depth content and if they are so inclined PVP with good balancing and rewards.  TR has neither.  The crafting is lamness personified, the instances are lackluster, the itemization is null (you look the same from level 15 to 50) and there are no measurable rewards for anything you embark upon.  Content at higher levels = ZERO.  No one is gonna pay $15 bucks a month for nothing and if they do it won't be for long. 

    If running around and shooting stuff up makes you completely happy with a game, your standards may need some revaluating.  But if you have some other Pros you would like to bring to the floor for objective discussion, we are waiting.  Please know that all of us here wanted TR to be sucessful, we bought the game and paid for several months of subs, hoping daily that the game would deliver.  As of now, It has not.

  • Posted: 9/01/08 11:35 PM
    Tabula Rasa
• • Nice game. but got boring

  • I played my Captain up to level 42, leaving the game and returning several times.  I did not find the game very solo friendly and it became very difficult to level that class type (has low damage).  I was also tired of the empty zones and deserted landscapes.  I like a thriving MMO community and LOTRO just didnt deliver it to me. 

  • Posted: 9/01/08 10:43 AM
    Lord of the Rings Online
• • TABULA RASA - what went wrong ?

  • TR - What went wrong?  Easy to answer, not deciding what type of game it wanted to be and trying to cater to a subset that doesnt know what makes a game successful.  It started out PVE then switched to PVP, half stepping on both all the way.  It was made to be an "Altaholics" game leaving out end game content for the players that prefer organized raiding and grouping.  It failed to allow players to differentiate themselves from others, making us all more or less clones of other players.  The list goes on.  Either way its a shame the lost potential that game represents. 

  • Posted: 8/27/08 11:56 PM
    Tabula Rasa
• • I guess the end is near.

  • Originally posted by HardwareGuy
    

     

    Speaking of that, can you lead me to a game that has what TR has and more?  I have given up on sci-fi mmo searching at TR because it is the best thing i could find and is enjoyable.  I would try others because i love the genre.  Any ideas?

    SWG was my first mmo and they ruined it with the NGE. I think the players ruined it a bit before that though. It was at it's downhill slide before the NGE anyhow heh.

    Yes I can suggest a few until Earth Rise, STO, SGW or Fallen Earth hit,  Anarchy Online (and its getting revamped soon) is one of the most complex MMO's out there.  If they would just revamp the character models and make the gameplay more like TR, it would easily be the reigning SCIFI MMO .  ANother that just relaunched is Sage of Ryzom, in fact theres a free trial going and Im very much enjoying it.  Its a mixture of SciFi and fantasy and is also very complex and fun. 

    Beleive me, when you get to 50 there will be NOTHING to do in TR, you will either have to roll an alt or stand around defending cps.  And it gets old quick. 
     

     

  • Posted: 8/27/08 11:44 PM
    Tabula Rasa
• • I guess the end is near.

  • I was a big enthusiast of TR, waited for it for nearly a year with great expectations.  The disappointment I experianced is monumental.  I agree with the OP overall, the game has failed and I dont see it hanging around for much longer.  But, I not only hold the dev team accountable for its failure.  I beleive  the TR community bears responsibility as well. 

    Hanging out at one of the more popular forum fansites of TR I saw several things that make me beleive the Devs were influenced negatively by some of the more vocal in the TR community, mainly casual players who did not wish to see raiding implemented and the accompaning gear that raiding provides.  Due to thier own insecurities and gear envy they insisted that gear not be an element in the game that counts towards character improvement and progression.  Being that many of them could not participate in raiding they did not wish to see others get to raid.  THey made this argument compulsively and regulaly, basically bombasting any one with a different opinion.  Some even began to push PVP, when TR was essentially planned to be a PVE game.  PVP is its own ball of wax, some love it, others do not.  But by stressing PVP the Devs latched on to an easy way out, clearly avoiding the fact that the game NEEDED CONTENT!

    SO those in the TR community are  welcomed to the POS that is now TR and they can be proud of themselves for assisting in its demise.  I do hope the game turns around, I still love ceratin elements within it, however after recently resubbing and running around deserted zones, I have yet again cancelled and this time for good.  Nothings changed significantly, the game lacks replayability of instances, and theres nothing for High levels to do.  I love how my level 48 Medic's gear looks just like a level 15 Biotechs! /sarcasm  I refuse to play a game with no recognizable rewards other than some hot pink armour dye. 

    TR RIP and next time, stop listening to the idiots on the TR forums.   Put some measurable rewards (gear, status, weapons, etc.) into the game so people have something to work towards and feel proud to have accomplished.  As it is, anything you do in TR amounts to absolute ZERO. 

  • Posted: 8/25/08 5:59 PM
    Tabula Rasa