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So i started playing MxO
Zerogenum
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Its actually hilarious. I logged on and made my guy and started leveling. After 6 hours of running through different apartments I got sick and cancelled my account.
Zerogenum - MixMatched BH Carbineer Template of the Gods, Kettemoor PRE CU SWG.
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The Illuminati Gaming Society
If he ran some storyline missions, killed some wandering mobs in the persistant areas and did some PvP in those 6 hours, he just played the whole game unfortunately. Although, if you like RP, putting some effort into getting involved in that side of the game can be fun. But make no mistake, this game lacks content in a serious way.
Why can't we jack out and goto Zion?
Why can't we jack out and pilot our hovercrafts as a team and fight the machines?
Why can't people play as a HC Operator, pilot or gunner?
Why can't we jack into different types of training programs?
Why can't we operate vehicles like motorcycles, cars, trucks, helicopters, etc?
Why can't I use melee weapons during fights?
Why does the quest system suck so hard? Why can't missions happen outside...in the streets?
MxO is an empty shell of what an online Matrix game could have been. It doesn't matter how much longer it would have taken to implement all of these features and more. Waiting an extra 2 years would have been a small price to pay by the developers. They would have 10's of thousands more subs and not 3 servers gasping for breath. I don't care how much you active players enjoy playing MxO. You know damn well you wish it were so much more.
MxO is and always will be my biggest MMO dissappointment ever (DDO comes in a close 2nd).
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You understand that this is the MATRIX Online, Not The real world online.
You understand how weak of a retort that is yes? In no reality do I equate the "real world" with "locked in an epic battle with super-intelligent machines hell bent on world domination".
Like I said, you must enjoy the game and the friends you've made. That's fine. I just have a problem with the state of the industry and its half-assed attitude in general. The Matrix Online is just an excellent example of this trend.
I do however salute you for defending your game of choice Bloodwork.
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This thread amuses me. The perfect example of another cookie cutter nub who experiences a minute fraction of a game, quits before he even has a chance to forge a real opinion then instantly disses.
How the internet produces these people i will never know.
Its got nothing to it at all. Its as hollow as a halloween pumpkin. I'd rather play PRE CU SWG.
Zerogenum - MixMatched BH Carbineer Template of the Gods, Kettemoor PRE CU SWG.
Just take what Blood and Sky say with a grain of salt Zero. They love their MMO and we should respect them for their opinion. Just like they should respect those of us that think the game is lacking. I played this game for a little over a month and just hit a point where I said, "You know what...this game just isn't worth what little free time I have anymore. If I run one of these damn door missions one more time I'm gonna die."
I would suggest getting to lvl 10 so you can Hyperjump around town for a while, then cancel your sub because you just played the best part of the game...how sad.
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Heres the problem.....
MXO never really got the time talent and commitment that the IP deserved. It was just a ploy to capitalize on a well known and popular franchise. It was developed, tested and marketed poorly and then consumed by SOE who quickly put it out to pasture under the station access pass system never to be heard from again.
Much like SWG what should have been a blockbuster MMO with huge commercial success (ala WOW) became just another passing fancy....
Critical thinking is a desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and hatred for every kind of imposture.
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But thats the thing that gets on me nerves, and i admit its a vital game flaw, that all everyone thinks there is to do is the bog standard repeitive missions. There easy to start/finish, give good xp/info and the game points ya to em straight away but THATS ONLY A FRACTION OF THE ACTUAL CONTENT.
I just wish people would realise that more... *sigh*
As for the 'failed' mmo view, yes launch and WB days were a bombshell, it was lackluster, the game was falling apart at the seams, it was on the fast road to shut downsville.
SOE changed that.
MxO as it is today can not be compared to the game experience that bug filled lump gave. Seriously, if you havn't played since the latest update you don't have an accurate opinion. It's as simple as that.
lol i played the game for 3 months, and found myself asking the same questions this guy asked here, I wont say the game sux buts it clearly NOT what the matrix could have been so i agree with just about everything he says. My evaluations were:
I got sick of elevators and apartments.
I liked hyperjumping through the city an chilling on rooftops its almost vampire-like.
I liked having various and numerous skillloadouts- I wasnt stuck with one boring set of skills.
The players are great- good community for the most part ( some of you seriously suckass hardcore)
It does have a grind ( good thing imo)
Clubs and ingame radio- awesome!
And the well... the rest of the questions the guy above pretty much conclude my evaluation and opinion. The game just lacked too much but its a 7-8 out of ten which isnt bad for gameplay. Oh and killin off morpheus was bs and the kids a homo.
Most of the people that love it above all, defend it above everything, I have found are not that experienced when it comes to MMO's. Those folks who are expeienced in MMO's and have been since UO have long since quit. They understand what other games have, and a game lacking content stands out like a sore thumb when they see it.
Those who defend MxO may have played a few other MMO's. They may have had trial versions on WoW, CoH, SWG, and a couuple of others like RF online in beta - sure. But that's it. Nothing serious. They just don't know what's out there.
So they try to defend a position in the arena of MMO's, that they know nothing about.
Tons of games have clubs / taverns and in game radio stations. A grind is never a good thing. The quests / missions? My god, the exact wording doesn't change one iota. Not one bit. AND THERE ARE ONLY 4 or 5!! They give them white hallways and such, and the community thinks that's a ton of content. It's pitiful really. I left CoH for the 2 years I was in MxO. When I came back to CoH, it had added at least 12 new complete zones, PvP, an expansion pack, and myriads of new features.
At least in WoW (Which I hate) although they are similar, the quests differ in their wording. HJ'ing you can get in CoH / CoV with less clipping (Actually, never clipped in CoH / CoV myself). So all that's left? Some people liked the people they hung out with. That's it. Those who are "the good ones"? Few and far inbetween, and generally quiet. The remainder are those kids who have a big popularity contest.
A guy I know that loved this game to his dying breathe, defends it better than I - I was talking to him the other day. His comment was: "Logging into MxO for me anymore is just . . . painful. It makes me sad". I feel for him. It was his first MMO, and even he can see it.
i can understand you played for 2. 3 maybe 4 or 5 days, get a good feel for the system, combat, mechanics, missions, enconomy, and players. but im sorry, 6 hours is nothing, you lack the fundamental limit of being able to form a intelligent, coherent and plausible opinion.
you just do not know enough about the game to even state what it is or isnt and your reason for canceling. I canceled when i hit around lvl 20 by that time you can formulate a reasonable conclusion on whether or not you like it or not. until then your opinion matters little, but nonetheless i wish you luck.
i canceled as well but at least i gave it a try.
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It's not my favorite game too, but I like it. You are saying that everybody who likes this game has never played any other mmo :? that's the biggest bull shit I've heared.
MxO is just a very different mmo then most out there (like wow, swg, coh etc). So you wont have to like this if you do like the other games. But that doesn't mean that nobody can like this game. This game is just a bit different and attracts other ppl then the other mmo's do.
The Illuminati Gaming Society
Some guys just need look a little further then only the missioning...
The Illuminati Gaming Society
Some guys just need look a little further then only the missioning...
Yeah if you're going to hit 50 missioning is a big part of that lvling but there is also a lot of things you can do besides missions or other types of missions other than the normal assassination mission over and over
Only 4 or 5 missions / quests?
You seam to be forgetting about the monthly criticals, a new mission is released every thursday i believe which expands the storyline. Not only that but incase you are a newbie who has just started the game there are the archived criticals where you can catch up on the storyline see it from all three organisations. Not to mention the other contacts ie the chessman etc. (51 in total) all of whom tell their own unique story.
Im guessing your the type of player who missioned their way to lvl 50 and then stood around waiting for something to happen.
It's not my favorite game too, but I like it. You are saying that everybody who likes this game has never played any other mmo :? that's the biggest bull shit I've heared.
MxO is just a very different mmo then most out there (like wow, swg, coh etc). So you wont have to like this if you do like the other games. But that doesn't mean that nobody can like this game. This game is just a bit different and attracts other ppl then the other mmo's do.
I AM one of those guys that defended it to the core for over half that games life. I was in closed beta in October. I defended it and defended it and defended it. I know many of the people in game, and the others on the forums (There are seperate groups, unlike what the people who go to the forums a lot think).
I know that community well, and make my statments thus. Since I've been playing MMO's since UO, there are obviously exceptions to the community, but for the most part, my observations ring true.
Then again, I quit it a few months back, so another experienced MMO player bit the dust with that game.
Only 4 or 5 missions / quests?
You seam to be forgetting about the monthly criticals, a new mission is released every thursday i believe which expands the storyline. Not only that but incase you are a newbie who has just started the game there are the archived criticals where you can catch up on the storyline see it from all three organisations. Not to mention the other contacts ie the chessman etc. (51 in total) all of whom tell their own unique story.
Im guessing your the type of player who missioned their way to lvl 50 and then stood around waiting for something to happen.
OMG - you are saying that one new mission every WEEK is worth logging into a game for on the monthly criticals, when the games competition has hundreds and hundreds of different story arcs and persistent missions / quests? New ones are on the horizon that even ups that bar with hundreds of different quests that are stories. Thanks for proving my point about not being experenced with other MMO's.
51 contacts? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? You are defending that game with it's 51 contacts? My god, I can think of games where you're still in the newbie areas with 51 contacts.
And lets review those mission criticals shall we? Cookie cutter of:
"We have some new intel on that lastest ___________ (insert flavor of the month) operative. But we need further information. Please go see ___________ and see what you can find out"
You go to X location.
"Yeah, so and so was here. I heard them talking about _______ but all they gave me was ____________"
"You better grab that from them X, maybe it will give us clues to the next location"
So you grab item.
"Well operative, it looks like the address of ______ (insert new flavor of the month character), an old program that did _________. We have a previous address, we're not sure if he's still there. If he is, be careful, because ______________ (Insert some tidbit that will titilate the players, but never ends up meaning anything).
You proceed to location. 2 programs / Opponents drop out of the sky, and you fight them, defeat them, and proceed to your location, arriving there.
You bust through the door, and there are a bunch of oppenents to fight.
"That's it operative? It looks like _________ fled the area"
Rinse. Repeat a few times. Then you get:
"Well, it looks like we've at least tipped our hand. We'll continue to investigate this matter of _______ (insert item that they try to make you think you discovered, when in actuality you had not) and let you know more soon. You have done great work on behalf of Zion / the Machines / The Merovingian - and they are grateful.
That's your new content? That you login once a week for. Okkkaayyyy.
Check out Mara C or Camon H for some PvP? There a party? Not sure. Did you hear the latest about X joining the X organization? Did you hear that Mus and Ven are dating again? They are? Yeah, they have now . . .What about The Collective? Oh, they are as rock solid as ever. Sareosha hasn't been around since . . . but you know. OMG - Did you read the bit on the forums! Yeah, looks like the LESIG will be dead in . . . . No way man! They have something planned that will fix it for sure. No doubt.
I just hate those MxO - haters don't you?
Yeah.
Hmm? What now? Off to the construct? Nah, I'm bored, roflol. Let's go to the forums.
ROFLOL
Only 4 or 5 missions / quests?
You seam to be forgetting about the monthly criticals, a new mission is released every thursday i believe which expands the storyline. Not only that but incase you are a newbie who has just started the game there are the archived criticals where you can catch up on the storyline see it from all three organisations. Not to mention the other contacts ie the chessman etc. (51 in total) all of whom tell their own unique story.
Im guessing your the type of player who missioned their way to lvl 50 and then stood around waiting for something to happen.
OMG - you are saying that one new mission every WEEK is worth logging into a game for on the monthly criticals, when the games competition has hundreds and hundreds of different story arcs and persistent missions / quests? New ones are on the horizon that even ups that bar with hundreds of different quests that are stories. Thanks for proving my point about not being experenced with other MMO's.
51 contacts? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? You are defending that game with it's 51 contacts? My god, I can think of games where you're still in the newbie areas with 51 contacts.
And lets review those mission criticals shall we? Cookie cutter of:
"We have some new intel on that lastest ___________ (insert flavor of the month) operative. But we need further information. Please go see ___________ and see what you can find out"
You go to X location.
"Yeah, so and so was here. I heard them talking about _______ but all they gave me was ____________"
"You better grab that from them X, maybe it will give us clues to the next location"
So you grab item.
"Well operative, it looks like the address of ______ (insert new flavor of the month character), an old program that did _________. We have a previous address, we're not sure if he's still there. If he is, be careful, because ______________ (Insert some tidbit that will titilate the players, but never ends up meaning anything).
You proceed to location. 2 programs / Opponents drop out of the sky, and you fight them, defeat them, and proceed to your location, arriving there.
You bust through the door, and there are a bunch of oppenents to fight.
"That's it operative? It looks like _________ fled the area"
Rinse. Repeat a few times. Then you get:
"Well, it looks like we've at least tipped our hand. We'll continue to investigate this matter of _______ (insert item that they try to make you think you discovered, when in actuality you had not) and let you know more soon. You have done great work on behalf of Zion / the Machines / The Merovingian - and they are grateful.
That's your new content? That you login once a week for. Okkkaayyyy.
Check out Mara C or Camon H for some PvP? There a party? Not sure. Did you hear the latest about X joining the X organization? Did you hear that Mus and Ven are dating again? They are? Yeah, they have now . . .What about The Collective? Oh, they are as rock solid as ever. Sareosha hasn't been around since . . . but you know. OMG - Did you read the bit on the forums! Yeah, looks like the LESIG will be dead in . . . . No way man! They have something planned that will fix it for sure. No doubt.
I just hate those MxO - haters don't you?
Yeah.
Hmm? What now? Off to the construct? Nah, I'm bored, roflol. Let's go to the forums.
ROFLOL
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