Gods and Heroes battle (poll inside)

eycel

This game looks to good to be true.  First of if any one hasnt had enough of there wheaties to search for some information on this title the main URL/addy/website  is over at http://www.godsandheroes.com/ .  The site is still in early deveopment from what im looking at but its what's there that counts.  The content so far looks pretty amazing thats been released. 

Has any one read anything about the economy/crafting in this title?   This game looks to be a main contendor for the vast sea of all the mmorpgs being washed up.  Now onto the poll!

Here are a few screenshots http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/022006/6095.jpg .  This is one of the serpent being atacked by foes, heres one of armys doing something http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/102006/9084.jpg, and another to what looks like the living quarters for a large group  http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/102006/9079.jpg.  Heres one more I came across that looks amazing http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/032006/6339.jpg

 

 

 

 

bugzonlsd

Has any one read anything about the economy/crafting in this title?

The crafting system will be released post launch.

No detailed information on the crafting system itself has been released.

There will however be an npc blacksmith in the player-camps useable by the player for minion upgrades and equipment.

ssbaxter626

I personally think this will be very sucessful.  I've always been a fan of Roman culture so I can't wait for this to come out to see the graphics and the scenery used.  The mythology incorporated into the game should be cool too. 

eycel

Yes Gods and Heroes Online has an entire genre of mythology to work with which im sure can be something overwelming to work with.  The right companay is at hand to make Gods and Heroes Online a sucess which of course is Perpetual Entertainment. 

Perpetual Entertainment was founded in March 2002 and is an American developer, publisher and operator of networked multiplayer games and MMORPGs. Their headquarters is in San Francisco, California, USA. Perpetual is developing the Perpetual Entertainment Platform (PEP), a complete solution for developing, hosting, monitoring, and operating any networked online game. The PEP enables games to simultaneously function on a wide variety of consumer game devices, including PCs, videogame consoles, cell phones, and hand-held computers. Perpetual is also developing the Perpetual Game Engine, a suite of reusable game tools and libraries for high-quality and stable development of networked games of all genres.  This source comes from only the best site know to man/woman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page. 

 

Does any one know a bit about the Raiding/grouping in Gods and Heroes Online? and how there being implemented into the PvE.  The part about controlling mutliple minions sounds interesting to me but is it class oriented or is every race going to be able to do this? How about instancing?

This is one of my favorite titles so far!!

 

tfranklin32

I tihnk this game will be very successful!  I'm really excited for this to be released because of the mythology.  I haven't heard anything about the raiding or grouping yet so I'll be interested to find that out.  

rayray79

Yes, if my calculations are correct, it will be a winner!  You can't go wrong with a Roman theme!

andycplnd

Hell yes, this game will be successful IMO.  I think the content looks amazing also and I can't wait for some gladiator battles!

eycel

All gods and Heroes fans.  If you havent already theres a place to register for Gods and Heroes forums,betas,newsletters etc.. its over at http://community.godsandheroes.com/violet/accountagreement.do.  

txrex

I am getting back into MMORPGs and was going to reactivate my ryzom
account but with their trouble i guess i will have to wait from
G&H.  Guess im going to install some old single player games
until then.  Crimson Skies, Freespace, or ceasar 3 hmm....

phorsoth

Does any one know a bit about the Raiding/grouping in Gods and Heroes Online? and how there being implemented into the PvE.  The part about controlling mutliple minions sounds interesting to me but is it class oriented or is every race going to be able to do this? How about instancing?

Well there's of corse alot of info on the web sight about this, but ill give you what i know so far.
There will be RAIDS, only in GnH they will be a little diffrent, insted of the 40 man or 60 man RAID there will be 8-10 man RAIDs with minion's...so think on that for a sec, 8 player's with 8 minions each... wheww can you say  ARMY...Any how, Deo, (used to be JFM), said in one of his blogs that later in the game they may allow for larger groups of player do RAIDs, all pinding on level...end game stuff I'm guessing...The reasons for this is really quite a smart one, less people to roll aginst over epic loot drops, it will be a heck of alot easier to get a 8 man RAID together than it dose a 40 man, (which i think we all can agree can take for ever!), and this will make for a closer bond between players, (cuz if your like me it's easy to get over looked in a group with 40 people).
As for as instancing, there will be plinty of it, I also had this question flowting around in the back of my head, till i finely posted on the forums and asked the community, and Deo answerd and said that there would be places in the game were player's will be instanced, (doing a quest that you would not want to be interupted with, this will take away from the wating for boss to re-spawn crap). Also there would be instances that would encurage group play, and allow for a larger amount of player to take out quest's together, (somthing like WoW but maybe on a smaller player scale, sense it will only take 2-3 player with 4-6 minions to take down a instance).

Hope this helps, if you have any more questions i would really recomend going to the GnH website, and if you sign up in the forum's thin you are already signed up for open beta when it come's out...(i hope some time this Christmas brake, but I'm not sure when). See you soon in Rome!

eshi

This game looks sweet, but the only thing i'm worried about is the price.  I know its going to be a monthly fee, but how much?

eycel

Iv yet to read about the P2P(paytooplay) price of Gods and Heroes.  Id assume it will be 15.00$ monthly.

I picked up a copy of the new Massive magazine last night.   Theres a article in it about Gods and Heroes.  I quote " Perpetual Entertainment's Gods and Heroes allows you to accumulate an entire squad of additional muscle, healing, and spell casting.  What's more, the game revolves around battles that pit these expanded groups against on another and the denizens of the forest, desert, and mountains that get in your way as you strive to establish rome's supremacy."

Arnt the previews for this title outstanding!

 

phorsoth

Are old forums maneger, said that it would be know more than all the other MMORPG's out there, meaning it would more than likely be $15.00 a month, or less.

eycel

I want to get this game soon!  Its gota be nearing its release because I seen it for 49.99$ in Massive magazine.  Is any one else as hyped about this title as I am. 

phorsoth

It's sadly got a long way to go, I would estamate open beta, (or just select beta), to still be 4-5 months away.
I'm also very excited about this game, but I'm starting to get sick of the sadness in waiting so long. But it looks worth it, guess we will have to see.

The relese has been set back to first part of Summer '07


-Phorsoth-
-Ethnine-

asupermane

this game is more and more interesting everytime i look into it.

eycel

I wonder why the this title would be priced out and everything in the new massive magazine if its not being released for another year.  Maybee the preorder is coming out sooner then expected?

taz1989

Last I heard it should be released sometime in the summer.  They are beta testing now so it won't be much longer.  I think this game will be very successful.  I'm really looking forward to it.

eycel

Yes beta testing! Beta testing in Gods and Heroes might be xtra interesting with being able to control your own armadas of minions. 

IloveUSarah

this game looks like the best in development mmo..
the graphics look amazing
the combat looks smooth and not dull
and it is based on roman history/mythology
history channel watchers unite

Moirae

Rather ridiculous to say since everything released publicly about the game is likely very full of propaganda. It looks good but LOTRO burned me. I'm not going to jump at anything.

Unknown

I believe the delay is due to a redesign of the minion personality system based on closed beta feedback.

Minions are usable by every class (there is only one race at launch - Roman). The way it works is there are three types of minions: infantry, ranged and magical. Everyone can get LIGHT versions of those; anyone can have light infantry, light ranged and light magical minions. There are also HEAVY versions of the minions, but those are restricted by class archetype. Only gladiators and soldiers can have heavy infantry; only rogues and scouts can have heavy ranged; and only priests and mystics can have heavy casters.

I think this system is genious in terms of play balancing and grouping. If you're out soloing, you can bring minions to help support you. If you're a priest, you can bring a couple infantry to tank up front and an archer and a mystic, say, to help with damage and control. If you're a soldier, you can bring another infantry to help hold the line and a couple healers to back you up, etc. But in a group situation, each class will be desirable because of their specialist (heavy) minions. Sure, if two priests want to group up, they could both have light infantry tanking up front while they and their ranged/caster minions stay back. BUT, a priest + soldier could have more potential grouping together because the soldier can have HEAVY infantry up front tanking while the priest has HEAVY healers and nukers backing them up.

I feel the minion system will be quite interesting and it is hard to imagine just how much it can/will change the playstyle of an MMOG without actually getting in and seeing it in action. At the very least, I expect to see a lot of different group configurations; I think it will be less "critical" to get the holy trinity in a group (tank/mage/priest) - not that I belive in the holy trinity anyway, heh.

Bear in mind, also, that players are more powerful than heavy minions (who are more powerful than light minions), so in general, if putting together a group, it will generally be better to have humans in some slots than all minions. I believe they have stated they are looking at allowing dynamic instance/raid composition, too. So, if something allowed 20 characters, it might be up to you if that is 20 players with no minions out, or 10 players with 1 minion each, or 3 players with 5-6 minions each, etc. For someone like me who mostly plays with a few friends who all like challenges, it sounds tailor-made.

Bzrk

Gamespot has posted an article on God and Heroes to. Its an updated impression. It's a small but good read though.



http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/godsheroes/news.html?page=1&sid=6163920&part=rss&tag=gs_pc&subj=6163920