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Aserons call 2
Damague
Member Posts: 155
in the news room it says Asheron's call 2 will be ending its service does that mean it ganna like shut down every server?
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Yes, that is exactly what it means. Unfortunate, but not all too surprising. At least their next games have much better support and I look forward to see how they will do.
Yeah next games...there next games D&D online and Middle Earth Online dont have PvP. Seems kinda funny coming from the company that made Asherons Call 1 (darktide anyone?)
AC1 PvP owns. I think they realized with AC1 how much b!tching, drama, and balance issues it causes. So, they don't want to deal with it in DDO and LotRO
That's my theory at least. Turbine claims that it doesn't fit the stories of DnD and LotR, which I can't validate because I've never played DnD and only seen the LotR movies.
Anyway, I really hope Turbine reconsiders what they are doing with AC2. Closing it down seems like such a waste. It's a ok game, if it were free, it would be the best free game by far.
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If Turbine just made AC2 like AC1 with better graphics people would have complained about lack of innovation. "This isn't AC2, this is AC1.5." AC1 needed something other than better graphics and Turbine made some what of an attempt to improve it such as a better map, quest system, chat, and some other things. Of course it didn't all work at launch, lacked in many other areas such as housing, and buildings players can actually walk into.
I think D&D Online and Lord of the Rings Online will find audiences without PvP. D&D Online is going to be all about grouping, and there are plenty of people out there who like that kind of thing. Lord of the Rings Online is apparently going to have very "twitchy" combat, which again may appeal to some of the action gamers out there. That's aside from the enormous name recognition both franchises possess, which will more than likely sell quite a few boxes. Of course, just about everybody on the planet had heard of "The Matrix," too, so there's no guarantee of success. The two games Turbine is making differ from one another, and they differ from AC1 as well, which makes sense; you don't spend millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours developing three different games to attract one type of player. Personally, I'd really prefer that AC 1.5 -Jaguar- mentioned, but I'll just stick with AC1 until they pull the plug on it.
I thought SoE were in charge of AC2 now or something?
Its a shame if it has to close down, from what I tried of it it deserved higher numbers than it got.
ive played AC and AC2 and loved AC2 with all my heart , 72 tummy invoker
the shutdown sincerely saddens me i had so many good times with that game
and i for one shall nvr buy another game made by turbine ever again this just goes to prove that turbine is not about their games but rather about lining their pockets pure and simple
atleast i have darkspace