Originally posted by Reion1 I don't understand threads like this. I played the Beta and instantly thought that the game was garbage. Completely void of anything that I would be looking for in an MMO. With that being said, I didn't start a forum asking other people to convince me to buy it. To each his own, there will be folks who buys this game and there will be folks who choose another fork in the road. It's a game, it's not a life style... unless MMOs consume most of your life, that is.
probably because he wants to love it but cant?
but yeah, regardless of intent, starting a thread on it tend to draw retaliations.
In the end this games target audience is the casual of casual player. Thus why it wont be sub based very long.
They want the type of people who will forgive bugs, forgive log in screens, forgive all the problems this game has and wants to play because they think it offers them a lot of cool things to do.
"Serious" players wont last long because beyond PvP (which will require a build that actually works) there isnt any 'challenge' in this game. When you can offer so many builds that 'arent any good' and they can still accomplish stuff the game isnt much of a challenge.
The performance of the game has been so bad that people have gotten away from the other things wrong with this game. Which cant be a positive thing thats for sure, when there are so many negatives to talk about that you loose focus on some to harp on others there are just too many things wrong.
But a 'casual' guy who doesnt know any better probably wont care, at least once its free.
i had to stop reading the comment when i cam across yours.
#1) i have been in the beta since November, and i can tell you there are tons of casual players and ton of "Serious" players in this game and love it so you are way off base about that
#2) the last 3 public beta's have been the same build of the game, the last 2 beta's have been purely stress test of the servers with the old build of the game. the current build of the game has been on the private test servers and relatively bug free and smooth.
#3) apparently you are the one that doesn't know any better because you were clueless that you were in a BETA test of an OLD build of the game and if you saw the patch notes on the current build of the game or even played the current build or even realized you were in a STRESS TEST, you might have a different opinion.
#4) what do you mean by "casual"? you mean the players that like a story, like to PVE, like to explore, like to craft, and like to take there time enjoying the game vs the "serious" people who are in such a rush to get to max level that they cant even enjoy the game because the feel they are in a race to the top, like they are going to win some imaginary prize that doesn't exist when they do reach max level? if thats the case, i would choose casual player over "serious" players any day of the week because they can appreciate a game more than serious players can. so you must be a "serious" player right?
Maybe there will come a time where it is figured out that each class has 1 single optimized build for 1 vs 1, but since this game is more about large scale combat with multiple people (something most MMOs have gotten away from) I cannot see any way where there will not be a lot of different choices in order to work as a group and use teamwork. So much so that for the first time, I joined a guild that I wasn't already in from previous games before launch. I usually build to make my perfect solo character and then find players who I think I would fit with. This time, I am preparing for something totally different.
I laugh at the fact how many people take the initial post offensive to themselves. How ridiculous! Identifying with a game - it is about critisizing facts and flaws about the GAME not about any of the participants in this forum.
The problem is that you aren't criticizing flaws that are actually present in the game, you are criticizing flaws that exist only in the minds of some people who don't understand the game.
Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me.
I laugh at the fact how many people take the initial post offensive to themselves. How ridiculous! Identifying with a game - it is about critisizing facts and flaws about the GAME not about any of the participants in this forum.
The problem is that you aren't criticizing flaws that are actually present in the game, you are criticizing flaws that exist only in the minds of some people who don't understand the game.
And actually criticizing people that have no issues with what's being brought up.
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probably because he wants to love it but cant?
but yeah, regardless of intent, starting a thread on it tend to draw retaliations.
i had to stop reading the comment when i cam across yours.
#1) i have been in the beta since November, and i can tell you there are tons of casual players and ton of "Serious" players in this game and love it so you are way off base about that
#2) the last 3 public beta's have been the same build of the game, the last 2 beta's have been purely stress test of the servers with the old build of the game. the current build of the game has been on the private test servers and relatively bug free and smooth.
#3) apparently you are the one that doesn't know any better because you were clueless that you were in a BETA test of an OLD build of the game and if you saw the patch notes on the current build of the game or even played the current build or even realized you were in a STRESS TEST, you might have a different opinion.
#4) what do you mean by "casual"? you mean the players that like a story, like to PVE, like to explore, like to craft, and like to take there time enjoying the game vs the "serious" people who are in such a rush to get to max level that they cant even enjoy the game because the feel they are in a race to the top, like they are going to win some imaginary prize that doesn't exist when they do reach max level? if thats the case, i would choose casual player over "serious" players any day of the week because they can appreciate a game more than serious players can. so you must be a "serious" player right?
The problem is that you aren't criticizing flaws that are actually present in the game, you are criticizing flaws that exist only in the minds of some people who don't understand the game.
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
And actually criticizing people that have no issues with what's being brought up.