Funny thing is.....I created an earlier account during the first free preview blitz. I typed in my email addy and old password..........and bingo, my old character came up. Wierd. It's downloading the patch now.
I'm on 56k and I've gotten the GW client file up to around 95megs over the past month or so and now I'm trying to play and I've apparantly got even more to download.
Anyone want to to tell me what size the dat file is for you to actually get past the character creation and start a first game? I was downloading for a little while and it didn't move from the 0% on the loading screen. This is dissapointing so far because this was supposed to be very 56k freindly and I thought I had gotten about all of it downloaded ahead of time. Guess not.
Anyone want to to tell me what size the dat file is for you to actually get past the character creation and start a first game? I was downloading for a little while and it didn't move from the 0% on the loading screen. This is dissapointing so far because this was supposed to be very 56k freindly and I thought I had gotten about all of it downloaded ahead of time. Guess not.
BlueWeasel
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Just got done playing and made it to the third area, can't remember the name. The graphics are pretty good for a mmorpg but it just seems to lack content. It also gets annoying waiting on allies to load the maps. We were half way through one mission when one of our allies had just finished loading, something needs to be done about this.
I doubt I'll buy this one, I'll be too consumed by World of Warcraft and Halo 2!
I doubt I'll buy this one, I'll be too consumed by World of Warcraft and Halo 2!
BlueWeasel
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I got disconnected, but it was working again in a couple minutes.
The 3rd quest just kicked me and my party's ass.
My group was on the second mission when the disconnect happened. Came back in and my character was basically reset. Had to go back to the first mission.
BlueWeasel
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I'm still at L15, but only a few kills away from 16 at this point. The first 2 missions were a breeze, but the 3rd one gets considerably tougher, especially when you start fighting enemies that can heal themselves.
I'm a Ranger/Elementalist, and I've found the firestorms work great on the Ettins. When you get to the 3rd mission, I highly recommend that you have a dedicated Monk in your party.
We didn't.
BlueWeasel
Lifer
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Originally posted by: Malladine
My wife's a R/E. I'm a N/W (awesome!). Gypsie Ettins can heal themselves and are very tough for the two of us. That was funny seeing you like that. What're the chances?
LOL...that was great timing. I hadn't been in that area for 10 seconds, and someone is asking me if I'm from Anandtech.
We really need to get a group together and play sometime this weekend.
Just for those interested, the name of my R/E is Blue Weasel. I'll probably play around with some of the other templates, and I'll post back here with the names.
I really had high hopes for this game. I think their ideas are great and the graphics are great but the implementation is lacking.
I like how varied you can make your character but 2 more base classes would have given an exponential number of more choices. However this is the least of my concerns.
Even with so many skills it still feels as if during combat you are somewhat distant from the action. It is often difficult to tell what exactly is going on because of the fast pace and number of effects on the screen at once (especially in the 8v8 pvp - i much preferred 4v4.)
The quests are decent but they are just the basic go here kill things save these people talk to this person listen to some plot get a reward formula not really dynamic at all in the quests.
PVP would be a saving grace if it werent for the EXTREME imbalance of some skills.... Immolation by a lvl 20 did over 120 damage to me in a short time. By contrast my 12 skill vampiric did 37. I realise I get to take their health this way but if you have played pvp necro you already know that because of armor issues a N/W must go death/soul to be competitive in pvp. I did not have time to try a W/N and see if blood magic was more usable but it sounds reasonable to assume it might be.
Some of the skills are on the border of not usable. Others are irreplacable - it creates a situation where even with so many available skill builds... only a few are truly competitive.
I like how varied you can make your character but 2 more base classes would have given an exponential number of more choices. However this is the least of my concerns.
Even with so many skills it still feels as if during combat you are somewhat distant from the action. It is often difficult to tell what exactly is going on because of the fast pace and number of effects on the screen at once (especially in the 8v8 pvp - i much preferred 4v4.)
The quests are decent but they are just the basic go here kill things save these people talk to this person listen to some plot get a reward formula not really dynamic at all in the quests.
PVP would be a saving grace if it werent for the EXTREME imbalance of some skills.... Immolation by a lvl 20 did over 120 damage to me in a short time. By contrast my 12 skill vampiric did 37. I realise I get to take their health this way but if you have played pvp necro you already know that because of armor issues a N/W must go death/soul to be competitive in pvp. I did not have time to try a W/N and see if blood magic was more usable but it sounds reasonable to assume it might be.
Some of the skills are on the border of not usable. Others are irreplacable - it creates a situation where even with so many available skill builds... only a few are truly competitive.
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