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Do a search for Anarchy Online pre-orders and its already known and spoken about on just about every gaming site how horrible AOs launch was and the mass exodus being one of the highest in MMO history.
And your ending was expected...only YOU understand the games are great, the masses...nope. Bye.
I hope we shall crush...in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country." ~Thomes Jefferson
I know, but if they put mario bros 2 up there you'd say the same thing.
Your average gamer knows that when developers push (set) dates up and tell you that they won't bre able to fix basic things like animations for months, well, that tells average gamers something is amist. This is the third date change.
Yeah that'sa big deal. I know, in a delusional mind where you hope this game won't go free to play in a year (which is will) you hope that this means somsething. But logic is logic.
I've been in their kitchen, played their beta. Many othes have too. And the results were so bad that they have pushed two key dates back. I wouldn't be surprised if we see another delay of this game.
Nope but a statement was made that "there will be no selling of power." So now gear with stats.
Okay so Funcom have screwed the pooch in the past & the sceptics do indeed have every right to be sceptical.
That said I still think Funcom are an important developer as they've done much to push the industry forward & always manage to create great atmosphere within their titles.
Having played the TSW Beta weekends I'm really looking forward to the last 2 beta weekends & have already got my lifetime, it'll pay for itself even if the game does eventually go f2p.
Anyone worried about Funcom's approach to cash shops can easily check out AoC's to see what they do put in there.
Ha...they pushed the release back 2 weeks...it was a marketing move and they even stated that. I have no dillusions....I wouldn't mind if there was a FTP model and PTP model in the game at all. I'm not "scared" of the idea...lol.
Which beta did you play? If it was the open beta keep in mind that most of the content you could do was locked....you didn't experience anything. You got a taste...but you seem like the type of person that just can't be pleased by anything. without a negative outlook you might not have any outlook at all.
I understand your concerns. If it's of any comfort, they are unwarrented. The game is in really good shape. If RIFT was a 10 on polish at launch, TSW is a 8.9 in beta.
I know you have no reason to take my word for it, but you could and would not be disappointed.
I looked up trends on xfire and alexsia and AO had much less activity so fewer players than those MMOs that came before it, usually by many times. If it had fleshed out good inovation it would have more players and more money to innovate or just improve. You do know the popular games though, there is a big diffrence between those and Funcom's games, in regard to content, quality assurance, testing, core game mechanics, etc. Like I said, Rift just tanked after doing everything right and this latest round of MMOs had very solid launches. Ao and AoC are semi free, so if anything they should have way more players.
I don't see AO or AoC players being vocal, otherwise there wouldn't be pay for power items in the cash shop of those games. Both of those titles also go years without updates and endured disapointing expansions, though expansions are content, which is good.
Innovation only works when it is solid. To this day AoC's combat system is not fleshed out. Also, I play everquest 1 still and I would say LDON gave funcom the idea for the quest system, they are the same thing and didn't AO's system come later?
Just like they said few years back
http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showthread.php?t=583369 "let me assure you that the general guidelines we set out years ago of not selling "power" for money is still very much in force. The items/services available from the store will focus on social and convenience uses only. "
Fact is ,people have access to every item in game via that cash shop.
And now they are considering if there should be even more powerful items like instant leveling items.
but,its funcom.
Let's internet
Actually i think you've forgotten that they pushed the date back in april, remember when it was first suppose to come out. IT first was announced as a march release before that. And, pushing back a beta event, a month before release.
Of course they are telling u its "marketing related". Beause they have been so honest in the past wtih telling you "hey this game, yeah, incomplete but EA and the publishers are riding us to produce something". .
For someone who doesn't like cash shops, you sure love mystery boxes. When you show somebody something, u show them the best, or the most complete.
That must be some tasty coolaid you're drinking.
I've played all the beta's so far, and (off the record) even played some closed beta from a guildees account. As far as May went, people wer saying how incomplete this game is and no one can believe they are trying to release this before fall.
Of course, your mystery box game will have a miracle at the end right? (cough cough first 20 levels of conan)
Then try the next BWE, it should have the latest patches that are now in CB by then. If you still don't like it then, don't buy it. It really can't be any simpler than that
Where was the March realese stated? Don't remember anything. And if you want to believe it's for market reasons of not is up to you.
I think timing had a lot to do with things. WoW was smack dead in it's prime when AoC was release. Along with a bad launch (from what I hear) AoC was in a deep whole on day 1.
I like to look at this time as the "Post WoW" era. Yes WoW is still around with huge numbers, but it's dead to many us. The gaming community is so starved for something good espeacially after the swtor fiasco. Funcom has a damn good game releasing at a damn good time.
With all do respect I tried to kindly tell you that your perception is off base.
Your experience is very limited at best. Your experience is measured in hours of limited game play. when many people here's experience is measured in days, even months of full game play. You have no idea how silly you sound to them. 1st 20 of Conan? Dude you have know idea what you are talking about. Even the most hardened haters wont say that about this game.
BS. it was confirmed for late april, the delayed it till June.
And, no i don't troll any thread. But i do like commenting on news of the day, and another delay by Funcome is hillarious.
But my pissed off ness about this game only stimulates from the three stoogest like prelaunch of this title.
A confirmed date for april, a supposed date of march, 2 weeks more time from that. A delayed beta test on the day of the beta test.
And people who see this, and still thinks poop smells like roses.
This is comedy how can i miss it.
The world will see soon enough if you are right. Thanks for your input.
pst hey guys, this dude is gonna have to change is name after TSW launches.
I've decided to stop replying to the troll...he has no idea what he's talking about.
Can't wait for headstart!! (can't forget my VISCIOUS WOLF!!!!!!!!!)
im begining to think thats dontadow on the right
So because you can't face the facts that the graphics are subpar and the game is continously delaying things, you label me as someone coming on here and toting non-facts to disparage the game.
Instead of just looking or researching facts yourself. I've said it before, before playing this game, i was excited to play it. Even after the early closed access i got i was like, meh, maybe public beta. Even after toning out my good friend who hated testing it. But playingit, this game is just not polished and ready to go compared to other games.
Of course, you can't just say "I don't mind it looking crappy, i like to solve puzzles". you have to label me a "troll" when i am saying what hundreds of other people are saying, what reviews are saying and what is clearly in front ofy our face. I am also stating what factually, (getting back on track)is a problem with funcom. They release unfinished games in hopes that people like you will buy them and give them money for subpar work. Then they will go back some 4 or 5 years later and attempt to fix the things, if its worth the money.
A lot of people look at the state of the industry and blame folk like you who are willing to accept whatever piece of crap they give u. It's sad, and a reflection of how lemminglike some gamers ahve become. When i see the neat puzzles, i get appauled by how good this game could have been if they actually made another game.
I liked the part where you state your heavily biased opinion as fact.
Christ, will you lay it off finally?
It should be obvious from these forumthreads and others that people are willing to play a game that you don't want to! Do you have such a fucking problem with it? Christ, people are buying a whole game for an alpha mod like DayZ that's nowhere near polished and has bugs and annoyances because it's FUN to them!
So no, if you don't like it, doesn't mean that everyone won't like it, or shouldn't like it. Deal with it, and show some sense to move on to a game you like instead of whatever it is you're doing with your nonstop repeat ranting
Personally, I think the graphics on the monsters and environment in TSW is one of the best I have seen. The ground and world tesselation really makes games with only regular flat textures look really old. In TSW, if you run by a brick wall, you can actually see the bricks standing out from the wall. They haven't really showcased it yet though so you might have missed it. Check it out in the upcoming beta if you have a dx11* card.
*Any card that's less than 3 years old probably has dx 11. I know Radeon 5870 has dx11 and ok-ish tesselation performance, probably good enough to run TSW on Ultra.
As someone stated, even the worst MMO on here has players to keep it up, so i have no doubt nor am i trying to change your opnion of the game, as i stated before, u will play whatever they give u and tote it as amazing. Thus, the state of the industry and the reason for the lack of innovation.
But, the facts are, are that the graphics are bad compared to other games. I can see bricks on things in GTA 3 . IT's not waht i see or the engine. IT's how they are rendered and how much control it looks like I have.
As for other facts, at EA's winter conference it was annoucned an April date, this date was late april. IT was later changed in march to June, then in May it was changed to July. That's 2 official changes. The third change comes in the Beta, which was suppose to be today, being postposoned 2 weeks.
My point is thatwhen i see threads pop up where someone else starts it, i introduce facts and reinforce the point that the game is unfinished. I know people will play regarding, but as you do, i hope somewhere in the back of our mind you think of how lemming like it is to be trained not to demand more from a developer.
I just have to say,
Thanks funcom! I like TSW and AoC,
You do things that you shouldnt but oh well :P
Some people play games they like. Other people demand better and complain on forums. Which ones are having more fun? You can call people lemmings all you like. But if you're not actually playing games, just criticizing people who play games you don't like, thats rather foolish imo.
Think about what you're saying btw. TSW is a modern day mmo with three factions, open skill system, minecraft style crafting, and no levels. Its a niche within a niche. And the people who like it are lemmings? lol Trust me, the real lemmings are the ones that dismiss this game because its not a high fantasy action esport. The real lemmings are the ones that pass on a new mmo because the animations arent as flashy as they would like. Real lemmings nitpick the graphics and lurk gaming forums because nothing is good enough for them.
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