Settlers of Ganareth (D&L Prelude) Worst Launch Ever!?

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Mem

It's probably way too early to say "I told you so" to the few D&L fanboys out there, so I'll just bite my tongue for now.

Not too worried about that ,this game is not retail yet(April 06 at earliest ),still too early in beta stage also SOG is only like very small part of DnL size with a lot of stuff missing from game.

Beta testers are there for reason so judging a game at beta stage is always very bad idea,especially when lot of features are missing,plenty of bugs due to very early beta stage and only small part of game.

Originally posted by: Seeruk
and WOW it must be this big meaty extensive manual if it is taking so long to proof etc... right?? Behold the mighty SoG Manual!!!

That is not the manual,just a quick quide on skills etc.You think that is what is going to be in retail version which is not even anyway near yet lol,give me a break.
FYI DnL is like 64x bigger then WoW.
I'm only defending DnL at moment due to some really bad posting from some members here.

Ok, from this post you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, but are just another fanboy... except you're probably one of the last ones.

 

[Bulldog13]

Waiting for this game is becoming distinctly similar to waiting for shadowbane.

All the UO ex-pats who enjoyed pvp were biting at the nip for years, waiting for this game.

It came out. And it sucked.

I see this happening all over again with the game.

 

[Mem]

Ok, from this post you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, but are just another fanboy... except you're probably one of the last ones.

Wrong!..I'm a beta tester big difference ...I have never judged any game in beta state,well except SWG which has been beta for over 2 years now and they still can't get it right,that is why 50% have left SWG since last CU upgrade.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Mem

Ok, from this post you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, but are just another fanboy... except you're probably one of the last ones.

Wrong!..I'm a beta tester big difference ...I have never judged any game in beta state,well except SWG which has been beta for over 2 years now and they still can't get it right,that is why 50% have left SWG since last CU upgrade.

LOL you seriously don't know what you're talking about. It's NOT beta now. If you even visited their forums and their FAQ you would know SoG is NOT a beta. Beta is to test the content and system. SoG is for the players to CREATE content.

 

[Mem]

LOL you seriously don't know what you're talking about. It's NOT beta now.

I do visit the forums how you think I got beta tester? As to SoG a lot of content is missing and they are still changing /updating and fixing a lot of things.

Stop flaming this thread if you can't give anything constructive.I'm not replying to you anymore.

 

[Malak]

I used to be a hardcore beta tester, and I DID judge games during beta(even alpha), but only because I knew how games worked. The only game I beta'd for that I bother negatively commenting on was WISH, and it got canceled. Everything else I commented on had potential, so I didn't say any of them sucked. The ones that were so bad I didn't even say goodbye to were Freeworld and DnL. DnL didn't even have anything to beta. They through me into a world with no character creation, no character advancement, zero items, and nothing to do but complain about serious server lag. That's not beta.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Mem

LOL you seriously don't know what you're talking about. It's NOT beta now.

I do visit the forums how you think I got beta tester? As to SoG a lot of content is missing and they are still changing /updating and fixing a lot of things.

Stop flaming this thread if you can't give anything constructive.I'm not replying to you anymore.

You don't know what you're talking about. It's NOT a beta.. plain and simple. You have no concept of what SoG *should* be if you think it's a beta.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Worst launch ever award goes to Anarchy Online at this point because you actually had to go pick up a box of what was termed a 'retail' game.

 

[Deinonych]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Worst launch ever award goes to Anarchy Online at this point because you actually had to go pick up a box of what was termed a 'retail' game.

Agreed. Sadly, other developers STILL haven't learned from Funcom's debacle (to its defense, AO is a good game now).

 

[Velk]

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Mem

LOL you seriously don't know what you're talking about. It's NOT beta now.

I do visit the forums how you think I got beta tester? As to SoG a lot of content is missing and they are still changing /updating and fixing a lot of things.

Stop flaming this thread if you can't give anything constructive.I'm not replying to you anymore.

You don't know what you're talking about. It's NOT a beta.. plain and simple. You have no concept of what SoG *should* be if you think it's a beta.

You know, that is definetly the first time I have seen the complaint that a given game was the least finished, most buggy beta ever countered with a claim of 'It's not beta, it's retail !!'

 

[Seeruk]

Well I got in for about an hour last night and it crashes every ten minutes, the combat is awful, and to top it all off I mounted my dragon and was magically transported 100's of miles away to a spot where approximately 300 other players were all on top of each other so they couldn't move.

So it's not even a beta IMO - I would compare it (badly) to the alphas I have done.

It's a shambles from top to bottom.

 

[Mem]

I actually played for 30 mins today late at night until server had to reboot,there are bugs and crashes but the game does show a lot of promise,I'm having fun in the game.

I like the sound and grahics,starting to level up now once you know where low level mobs are,only took me 3 hours to find them lol.

My average FPS was between 18 fps and 22fps at 1600x1200 res,use debug to show you FPS in game.

 

[Dekamore]

well i just found this post and would like to say the server are more stable and hardly reboot now. most of the bugs are being fixed.

the game play is lacking but they told us SOG would be a striped down from what DnL is.

and the content would not been in SOG.

all i can say is if DnL is as broke down as SOG is there going to fail.

i still have hope for this game. but at the same time am looking for other games that are being made with the Bigworldtech like Dark and Light is.

i think Vanguard is made with the Bigworldtech but am not sure.
i am hopeing to find more info on this soon.

 

[Seeruk]

I admire your persistence, the only reason I still have SoG installed on my Hard Drive is because a friend wants to see the terrible tragedy when he comes up next week

I do pop into the forum occasionally looking for any rays of light, alas it seems even the fanboys are falling on their swords now which is always a VERY bad sign!

 

[Velk]

Originally posted by: Dekamore
i still have hope for this game. but at the same time am looking for other games that are being made with the Bigworldtech like Dark and Light is.

i think Vanguard is made with the Bigworldtech but am not sure.
i am hopeing to find more info on this soon.

I don't believe so, my understanding is that VG is running on unreal 2.0 engine.

 

[hooflung]

I think ultimately you will see MMOs moving to Guild Wars type models.

While I will say that they have a grand idea... I think they are trying to hit too big of mark ( the ye' ol' market ) with an EVE Online business model. You will see small and large MMOs fail, indeed I predict D&D online to fail, because they cannot compete in the pay arena with WoW and cannot come up with a free system as good as GW.

With Never Winter Nights 2... pffffff why would anyone bother with D&L ( a game I have followed for years ). I must say running a private NWN server with friends is the best damn time I have had on a private server since AlienSwarm clan server was installed.

Now would be a good time for ArenaNet to start liscensing technology off to smaller MMO shops.