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• • So is the game improving?

  • No, it is still broken but for different reasons given. First, solo missions are too damn hard. I have had beginner solo missions with as many as 5 ships against me, and I am not kidding! They need to make solo missions easier!

    Secondly, there is a HUGE player based that is anti- PVP or only wants limited PVP. This game is as hard core PVP as EVE,which turns off about 60% of the playing world.

    Even the PVP has problems as noted in the post above.

    Lag is very bad too, and I am playing on a top notch rig with a very fast internet connection.

    Thus, don't bother with this game. It had amazing potential that probably will never be realized.

  • Posted: 5/04/08 9:49 AM
    Pirates of the Burning Sea
• • PLEASE, PLEASE adopt the WOW approch to PVP

  • It is obvious from the PVP responders why we need separate servers for non-PvP. Why would any of your PVPers care if there are separate servers where there is just PVE or limited PVP? If you can have servers that are very PVP and those that aren't, everyone gets what they want. This means more subscribers and more revenue for  developers.

    I can only think of one reason why you PVPers object to my suggestion: YOu think that most folks won't play on PVP servers! If that is your fear then my suggestion becomes even  more obviously correct.

  • Posted: 5/04/08 9:43 AM
    Jumpgate Evolution
• • Are you a level 65+ player on Permafrost, look here!

  • We are a large, fun casual guild on Permafrost server with a LOT of high end folks in both regular levels and crafting levels. We help out our players great ly with several weekly raids, crafting all items that will be given at cost, and help with quests and epics. We were the first guild to hit level 80 in status on the server...

    We are also made up mostly of folks who have jobs, families and a life. Thus, you won't see any cool dudes in our guild. If you are looking for a good raiding,but casual guild, lots of events, mature folks, this would be an ideal guild for you. Just send me or any officer a tell for admission.

    Mortel, level 71 Necro, Level 72 Sage

    House of Rising Phoenix.

    Our guild web site is: http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=75605&TabID=652851

  • Posted: 3/30/08 8:44 PM
    Everquest II
• • Mini Review Request

  • Well, I played the game for the trial period plus 14 days for using a friends number and decided to quit. Here are my reasons:

    1. Although ship combat was actually interesting, I found that missions were way to hard for beginners. For example, several of the beginner missions were 6 ships against me. WTF? This happened more often than I care to count too. Now admittedly, I tend to be an idiot;however,many of the missions were just too damn hard to solo. 

    2. Manual combat, especially combat after boarding, was absurd. You would get a lot of dumbfire crews fighting the other crew where it was almost impossible to determine who was who. They absolutely should have adopted Sid Meir's approach in Pirates where there is a duel with the opposing captain. That was both clean and fun.

    3. PVP isn't totally avoidable. There are about 90 or so ports. ONly about 4 are PVP free. Even if you don't flag yourself for PVP, you can go to a port and ,due to it suddenly being in contention, you can get caught in PVP. It really isn't totally avoidable as with other PVP game such as Eve.

    4. The tutorial for both game play and for the economy really can use improvement. Honestly, there is a strong learning curve to this game ,which has its pros and cons. Having a super good tutorial would have been really important. Sadly, the tutorial is horrible.

    5.The game isn't that solo friendly: You REALLY need to join a society if you want to progress in the game.

    6. Lag was a real problem despite having a 2.4 ghz computer with 2 gigs of Ram and a very recently upgraded video card.

    Overall, I really wanted something different from the usual dungeons and dragons, hack and slash type of game. This game is different. I will give it that. However, due to the problems that I have mentioned, I quit the game. It's too bad because I really, really wanted to like this game.

     

  • Posted: 3/30/08 8:36 PM
    Pirates of the Burning Sea
• • Remember Sid Meier?

  • Yes, this was a "take off" of Sid's Pirate's game. H owever, it is a badly done knock off version. Had they adopted Sid's design, especially for boarding, it would have been a MUCH better game. Had they made missions a bit more solo friendly, It would have been a much better game. Had they had servers with much more limited PVP it would have been a much better game. Sadly, this was not the case, and the game will retain a very small segment of the MMO audience,which is too bad because it really did have potential.

  • Posted: 3/24/08 8:40 AM
    Pirates of the Burning Sea