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My experience with MO.
paulrgod
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Dont get me wrong , the idea of a huge sandbox world is something i've always wanted, this sounded to me like it would be THE ONE. It looked like the Online Version of Oblivion i'd always dreamed of... Dreams shattered..
Over the past few nights i've attempted to get 'into' this enticing world but i've discovered just one thing so far...
Die in this game and you may as well just re-roll...It takes FOREVER to find a priest to resurrect you due to the movement speed and the fact that the 'white light's' your supposed to follow are misleading. Not to mention that if you fall into a body of water you can pretty much never get out - imagine how much fun it was sloooowly going across the length of a river looking for a spot to get out...
Character 1 - Died within seconds of spawning, lag caused me to run off the edge of a cliff - Dead. After trying to find a priest for an hour or so i gave up - Deleted.
Character 2 - Killed by a 'glitch' while running up some stairs - Found Priest and resurrected. Priest camped by Tosser in Shiny armour thought it was 'Fun' to kill helpless noobs in their Loin cloths, repeatedly.... Deleted.
Character 3 - Started in a new town - Bored to death trying to find the exit to the city or a useful npc to interact with - (Suicided character) - Deleted.
Character 4 - Started in a different town - its night time, completely Pitch Black, cant see a thing, Died again while going up some stairs, tried following 'White lights' fell into river - got bored moving slowly along the river as couldn't get out, tried logging off - the timer wont count down due to being in the river - ALT+F4
Character 5 - Started in same town as previous, its a little lighter so at least i can see now, managed to find my way out of town and 'outside'. Running through a narrow valley to get out past the mountains and into the world i saw a group of more people running in my direction (also due to lag it looked like they were running through mountains and glitching back onto the path - smooth netcode there!) well these people dissapeared into the mountain and then suddenly back in front of me - of course they decided to strike me, the hapless noob down.. Dead in just 2 strikes Demorolised and unmotivated to be even bothered to find a priest or even play anymore, i watch them violate my corpse for a few moments - ALT+F4.... Uninstalled...
By now you're probably beginning to see how much 'Fun' i've had in Mortal Online, i dont think i'll be trying the 'game?' again. What a waste of time, effort and space..
To think this game launches this month, and to even think that people have paid for this steaming pile of unplayable shit makes me shudder...I feel sorry for you guys i really do, this is daylight robbery to be charged for this.
Did i miss something or am i the only one to have such a poor experience?
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Your first beta ?
Generation P
That pretty much sums it up
That beta excuse cannot be used anymore, this game will launch in about two weeks, if they don't delay at last minute (again).
Thee beta excuse you guys use no longer works- Game is going gold in 2 weeks and shit still isnt fixed.
Pretty much the same op.
Do pigs still fly and horses explode and get stuck on bridges? Do you still need to log out to get your skill books to reappear? Oh yeah, still a "beta" lol. Whats that release date again?
Your beta excuse is old..Kinda like "wait till next patch to fix desynch"- How many patches have "fixed" that now.... So SV goes crying to Epic to fix their desynch problems- AFTER they announce release.
Only a beta...
Sounds like the game lived up to its name lol. In all seriousness though, I am disappointed to have read another negative post about this game. Having an Elder Scrolls-esque MMORPG would be pretty badass and I'm tired of the theme park model.
Beta?
From what I saw last week, it was pre Alpha!
I guess your one of the blind fanboys? How do you guys play games with a white stick?
No, your experience pretty much mirrors mine. Lag combined with my admittedly low system specs made the game nigh unplayable.
I'm glad I only logged in out of sheer morbid curiosity. Had I actually been one of the folks waiting for this game to launch, I'd be livid that Starvault managed to screw it up so very, very badly.
Edit: This isn't a beta. I'm in two closed betas right now, and MO is not in beta. It's a barely functional alpha. Just figured I'd throw that out there before someone tries poking me with the 'It's still in beta!' stick.
Thee beta excuse you guys use no longer works- Game is going gold in 2 weeks and shit still isnt fixed.
Pretty much the same op.
Do pigs still fly and horses explode and get stuck on bridges? Do you still need to log out to get your skill books to reappear? Oh yeah, still a "beta" lol. Whats that release date again?
Your beta excuse is old..Kinda like "wait till next patch to fix desynch"- How many patches have "fixed" that now.... So SV goes crying to Epic to fix their desynch problems- AFTER they announce release.
Only a beta...
Im not sure about the Flying Pigs, exploding horses and other stuff - i never saw any of it...hell that might have even provided a little 'entertainment'. pretty much all i ever saw was the blue swirly death effect...
Oh yeah and in this sorry ass state the game can't even pass for Alpha let alone Beta..
Desync and lag was fixed today!
NOW SV can start adding all the content they have ready! Only 1/3 of the mobs done is so far added into the game. Now the rest can be added. Just wait and see.
*facepalm*
You guys think Starvault are magicians or something?
How many times have they 'Fixed' the lag?
Edit - oh and why has my thread title been magically changed? That was my opinion - freedom of speech and all - The thread title Should be 'Quite Possibly the Worse game ever'....
*facepalm*
I wish people would tell the truth... 10 patches and its STILL broken...
lol- search the forums for the amount of times lag and desynch has been "fixed" in this "beta" roflmao.
Fixed, yet again- you say?
Edit: Dammit, Rlmccoy1987 beat me to it.
Character 1 :
No luck.
Character 2:
A priest in a town? Guard would have help you. Have you try to call them?
Character 3:
Seriously? You don't manage to find the way out? Where was it?
Character 4:
All towns now get lights. I don't see how you can hav this issue?!
Character 5:
Lag/desync is the major problem of MO, IMO. They are working on it now, (as I type) and we are testing it (and almost only it) since monday. Last tests with Henrik were interesting. I seriously think they will fix it in a matter of hours/days.
To respond you, I don't had your problem. First time I logged in, I was naked, in water, and no way to get out. But it was 6 month ago. At this old state (6 month, very old, isn't it?) we don't had skill, all those towns, race, weapon, crafting, housing, etc etc.
I think you miss something. It's easy to understand it. Those guys, in shiny armors, how did you think they got it?
What does it matter if it's in it's first beta?
I pre-ordered (unfortunately) and I was playing in the 3rd beta phase. Which really should have been called 'pre-alpha'. Then again, that was a while ago. Though I ran into a ton of other problems, as expected. Though, when they went into open beta, which should have been called alpha, or early closed beta.. I'm sure they introduced a whole can of ..you know what.. in the form of game-breaking bugs.
Almost every review I read ends in an uninstall. What that has to do with someone's first beta experience, I don't know. Especially since it is happening to the majority of people, seemingly. This game, at best, should still be in closed beta. They are doing what every dumbass company out there has done and failed at, except for less than a handful. Which is push their product so quickly that by doing so, they lose at least half of their possible subscription base do to poor quality, maybe more. And they never get those players back.
They haven't tested a ton of game altering things. And yes, running for hours to find a priest is not something that ANYONE want to do, I had the same problem. Though, you could suicide as a ghost and it would port you to a priest.. not sure if this is still in. I'm not going to sit here and explain in detail what I don't like, I'll just say that the game is perhaps a full year away from launch if they were smart.
Why is it that someone can't stay true to what worked? It doesn't have to be called Ultima Online. Isometric view. Player economy. Titan quest/Diablo 3 graphics as well as the same action packed combat. Stats and Levels. Add all the fluff from other successful games. That would be a hit. a AAA no doubt about it hit. Why is it that I can throw this out from the top of my head and people who are paid millions only know how to think out of their behinds? Mortal Online may have been successful if they decided to make the game 3rd person. NO ONE LIKES 1ST PERSON. It doesn't take a genius to figure it out. There is a reason that no games do it. It' doesn't work. Yet some idiot wanted to force what he wants into a game for everyone else. It doesn't work that way. You are creating content for the world. Not just for yourself. Sometimes you have to make sacrifices for the sake of being successful. Okay, I'm going to end this rant. No one is listening anyways.
Wrong its not fixed for me who has logged in a few time today, go look at the beta forums there a lot of other people the same as me...
Also the pigs still fly all over the place like super man.
If they can fix this crap it might be half playable at launch.
Character 1 :
No luck. No just pure Damaged Netcode - this will never be fixed no matter how many Magical patches are promised
Character 2:
A priest in a town? Guard would have help you. Have you try to call them? Uhm dont you think i checked for a priest in town? The priest i eventually found was outside at the top of a mountain - erm no guards there fella.
Character 3:
Seriously? You don't manage to find the way out? Where was it? Dont recall the name of the place - but there were like some statues / furnaces with fire, the place seemed kind of foggy and like a mining town?
Character 4:
All towns now get lights. I don't see how you can hav this issue?! I saw the lights, they were pretty much lighting up a small area around them - not in any sense good enough to help navigate around a place with bridges over the river traps and stuff.. When i looked around, except for the small lit up areas my screen may as well have not been switched on - maybe i could borrow a 'devoted blind fans' white stick?
Character 5:
Lag/desync is the major problem of MO, IMO. They are working on it now, (as I type) and we are testing it (and almost only it) since monday. Last tests with Henrik were interesting. I seriously think they will fix it in a matter of hours/days. Oh come on - this is covered many times already in the thread - this is never gonna be fixed by a magical patch - theyre netcode is completely broken, probably even more so with the magic patch's theyve previously applied.
To respond you, I don't had your problem. First time I logged in, I was naked, in water, and no way to get out. But it was 6 month ago. At this old state (6 month, very old, isn't it?) we don't had skill, all those towns, race, weapon, crafting, housing, etc etc.
So exactly whats different now 6 months from then? It pretty much sounds almost the same! Open your eyes - this POS launches in 2 weeks time...
I think you miss something. It's easy to understand it. Those guys, in shiny armors, how did you think they got it?
Those guys with the Shiny stuff probably get it from rewards for killing helpless Noobs - how can anyone even get a head start in the game when the community wont allow it? Those guys should be out slaughtering dragons, the flying pigs and exploding horses, not mindlessly killing people 'trying' to get their first footprints in the soil...
Or maybe the dragons, flying pigs and other such wonders actually dont exist and they're just as bored as i got....
While I have to appreciate your endless enthusiasm for a basically broken game, would you mind refraining from posting things that you probably know are not true at all? Forget MMORPG, a quick perusal on the main forums, or in the MO IRC will show you that your statement is completely inaccurate, and while you know this -- you continue to perpetuate the idea that "desync" is fixed.
It's not.
While I have to appreciate your endless enthusiasm for a basically broken game, would you mind refraining from posting things that you probably know are not true at all? Forget MMORPG, a quick perusal on the main forums, or in the MO IRC will show you that your statement is completely inaccurate, and while you know this -- you continue to perpetuate the idea that "desync" is fixed.
It's not.
People need something to believe in even if its inaccurate. Trying to keep the boat from sinking using a spoon to shovel out the water, while it is still taking on gallons.
(I am not good at analogies
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lol yea this game is so unfinished it's funny.
i haven't had as much bad luck as OP but i'v seen flying animals sliding accros my screen wile "something" was killing me. i'v been teleported to priests half way acrros the map from where i died and had to walk hour to find my way back to a city. ended up suiciding untill i got ported to a familiar area. swimming on the surface either alive or dead will give you epileptic seizures if you do it for more then a few minutes. weappon sthat get stuck in the " up swing" motion wile fighting. getting stuck in the ground. the list goes on and on and on.....
back to DF, will check back in a year or so.