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• • LOL ... "sandbox"

  • Try RuneScape HD if you want a sandbox ... Right now you're not going to get any closer than that.

    I always see these whines on the forums ... "we want a true sandbox" ... It's naive. Every MMO offers some level of customization. Sure, they vary in just how deeply you can customize yourself ... but demanding a game that offers freedom ... Wow... Good luck. Right now there is nothing close, and anything that has promised to be has flopped, or ended up being ruled by cookie cutters.

     

    And no - the best players in UO were not using "unique" builds. When they limited it so that you could only have 7 skills maxed (700 skilpoints total, 100 needed to max a skill), basically every PK used the same skills ... And when ARchery was overpowered, every single one had archery, otherwise they'd be laughed at. It's a cookie cutter world. Most "unique" players were newbies. It's fun to experiment, but they just end up getting rocked by the PKs because they didn't have the "anti-PK" build.

    Don't get me wrong. One day we'll get there, folks. Just don't expect it to be in 2008 :P

  • Posted: 7/29/08 1:53 PM
    Darkfall
• • LOL ... "sandbox"

  • Who remembers UO back when it was a true sandbox? No classes, lax rules, FFA PvP ...

     

    Those who romanticize the idea have probably forgotten - there were STILL cookie cutter builds. There were still skills that were deemed "BEST" and everyone who cared about being good had them. The lack of classes won't stop people from finding (and replicating) successful formulae.

     

    So, stop staring at this sad forum of shattered dreams. Darkfall may or may not ever release.  Go play something else. I really feel bad for people who are truly in love with this "sandbox" concept ... It doesn't exist. Say it to yourself "it doesn't exist."

    Happy Hunting.

     

  • Posted: 7/29/08 9:00 AM
    Darkfall
• • What MMO's offer true player housing?

  • Originally posted by Hopfrog
    

    Not instanced housing, but MMO's that actually allow you to build a house that becomes a part of the game world even when you are not online.  Too me that always seems like one of the true ways to feel really connected and a true part of a game's world.

     

    UO in it's prime had thousands of houses that littered the landscape. It sounds like a good idea, but it really isn't. You end up with a house in the middle of dozens and dozens of houses strewn about. In UO, you had to set a recall rune to your house or you would literally lose it. . . Like finding a needle in a haystack.

     

  • Posted: 7/28/08 11:11 AM
    General Discussion
• • I hear AoC is entering beta, and all paying customers are invited!

  • Originally posted by Stevon
    

    Too bad we had to pay for it though :/

     

    Your thread is way less original that you think ...

     

  • Posted: 6/26/08 4:04 PM
    Age of Conan
• • Why is this game kicking my PC's #$%?

  • My PC is no monster, but it should be able to run this game somewhat smoothly:

     

    Intel Core2Duo E6750 @ 2.67 GHz

    4 GIGs PC6200 DDR2 RAM

    n7950GT 512meg

    Running clean XP-32 install (zero spyware, scanned nightly by SpyBot, and defragged weekly, w/ it's own gaming hard drive seperate from OS hard drive)

     

    The game runs terribly. Even at "very good" (which, in my opinion, is as low as you can go without the game looking like crap) I'm watching a slideshow half the time.

     

    What gives?

     

  • Posted: 6/26/08 12:52 PM
    Tabula Rasa