The game does need some fixes, but hey i enjoy it and so do many others, I dont really think it is loosing anyone becasue it hasnt been released yet so we dont know how many people it will have or how many will leave, what we do know is that it has gained alot of BETA bashers, another thing is, it isnt even the full up to date version yet, once the game goes retail we will know properly how it will do. I think it will do alright in anyway, it has a fairly good fanbase who are going to stick with it, but as with all games it has its own flamers and doomsayers, but there are also people who just dont like the game and that is also fine, not everyone is going to.
Just remember when you read posts on here about how the game is going to die when it releases and how its loosing players, dont take them all to seriously as they are usually posted by a pissed off gamer who didnt get what they expected out of the game.
Garrik
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"once upon a midnight dreary, while i porn surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of 'hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, "give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404."
This may come as a strange surpirse comming from my mouth, but the game has potential. After doing a lot of research (and having a few korean sites translated) the game has a lot in it's future, but the key is how long will it take to get to us. Aome of the ideas that are being tossed around and implimented by the devs (CCR) are really quite intellegent. Also, through constructive critisism and hearing other peoples view points I have learned a bit of a different perspective on the game, though I still stand by it need some serious work.
The key things is that CM has stepped up as of late to open communication lines about issues and giving feedback, which to me personally builds a lot of loyalty. As for my post eariler about issues with the game: they still stand, but it looks liek they are being addressed one by one.
Try the game, that is all I can say. Either you love it or you hate it, but everyone has their own opinion.
Originally posted by BlueDagger This may come as a strange surpirse comming from my mouth, but the game has potential. After doing a lot of research (and having a few korean sites translated) the game has a lot in it's future, but the key is how long will it take to get to us. Aome of the ideas that are being tossed around and implimented by the devs (CCR) are really quite intellegent. Also, through constructive critisism and hearing other peoples view points I have learned a bit of a different perspective on the game, though I still stand by it need some serious work. The key things is that CM has stepped up as of late to open communication lines about issues and giving feedback, which to me personally builds a lot of loyalty. As for my post eariler about issues with the game: they still stand, but it looks liek they are being addressed one by one. Try the game, that is all I can say. Either you love it or you hate it, but everyone has their own opinion. -BlueDagger
Well i am quite shocked to see a post like this from you lol although i always found that your posts where atleast fair and constructive, i'm glad you made this post as it is also good news to me as i dont know what they have planned for the future, but to make you say what you have said, it must be good stuff. Maybe you could possibly list a few things for me and other people who are looking into the game, i would really appriciate it and it would also help fend off some of the beta bashers by opening there eyes to what the game will become.
Garrik
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"once upon a midnight dreary, while i porn surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of 'hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, "give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404."
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against beta bashers, as long as they are constructive and list fla with the game... not just THIS GAME SUX. Same goes for people defending the game tooth and nail, as if you want to defend the game come up with better material then ITS A PVP GAME NOT PVE. As for people looking for info about up comming material look below. To address the lvl cap thing, I have not seen any offical information about the increase to lvl 250, but I have heard it from 3 sources now, and one thread in beta states it will go 50 > 75 > 100.
Credit for this translation goes to hoyin007 of the RF Online community and remember this is not in the CM release YET this is coming to the korean servers, then will come to us after some time:
25 Jan Giga Final Updates
1. New Portal Battlefield - Blackhole
Blackhole Portal can be drop from any mobs in Volcano (except boss) and any Calliana mobs in Ether.
Blackhole has multi stages and you can only take down 1 by 1 until final boss. Type-C Weapon can be dropped in Blackhole Portal. (Type C weapon has the stats of purple and intense together and lower the level restriction. Lvl30 normal sword Type-C weapon will have lower random level restriction between 26-29)
When quest complete in Blackhole and timer down to 00:00, there would be extra 3s for players. If players reach next stage within 3s, they can continous the quest. (Unknow what it means till we can try it)
2. Add extra old Portal Battlefield
Add 24 extra old portal battlefield and keep the 2 old existance one.
Add new "Boss Raid" method in battlefield.
All Lvl15-45 mobs (except boss, Elan Plaetau, Volcano) will drop portal battlefield. Also Assassin Builder series in Ether will portal battlefield. E.g Lvl15-20 mobs will drop battlefield suitable for Lvl15-20 only.
3. Change the method of using Portal Battlefield
Portal battlefield can only be used when talk with Portal Manager NPC in HQ.
All Portal battlefield are for teams only, no one can use them unless meeting the team and levels requirnment.
Team Leader talk with NPC will open a new window, leader can put the portal in and start the Portal battlefield.
All members can click on Portal Battlefield to enter. Portal will disappear after 15s since it started.
4. Adjusting Volcano Area
Increase the level of mobs from Lvl35-40 to Lvl45-50. Adding new mobs 자이언트바바 and 그레이트쿠르. (God knows what are they)
5. Adjust the item upgrade sucess rate
When upgrade fail on Type-A (Purple) & Type-B (Intense), their fail rate will be different.
Type-A equipment will not break & talic will not lose until you try from +3 to +4 upwards.
Type-B equipment will not break & talic will not lose until you try from +2 to +3 upwards.
Normal (white) equipment & Type-C has not change. This reduce the overall chance for disapear equipment/talic.
6. Random chance for crafting Type A/B equipment
Translation say pure crafter include Battle Leader will able to craft out Type A/B equipment randomly.
Type A (Purple) Weapon & Shield Type B (Intense) Weapon, Shield & Armor.
7. New Weapon Combine System
Items can be purchase from HQ Hero NPC.
Excelsior (final) can be drop from mobs in Volcano and any boss.
Any other mobs in other area can drop Excelsior Gems.
NPC in HQ will sell item Gold & Silver parts.
Excelsior Gems + gold and silver parts combine into Excelsior (final).
Correct Colors Excelsior (final) + Type-A and Type-B weapon combine into Type-C weapon.
Only can combine Lvl30-45 into Type-C. Lvl50 Type-C weapon cannot be combine and only can drop from mobs/boss.
When combine fail, all Excelsior (final) will be lost, either Type-A or Type-B weapon will be lost too.
All talic will be lost in combine no matter sucess or fail.
Enhance Race Mission System
The will be timer a hour before Chip War mission start. Press B to access window to show PvP points and current status. Enhance Chip War mission visual effect.
No XP lost if killed by Chip War Guardian near enemy Chip. There are still XP lost if killed by Guardian near enemy Portal gate.
Change Battle Mode
Battle Mode will have Peace mode & Fight mode.
Peace mode can hold weapon, no restrict on log off and use instant scroll.
Fight mode is either attacking others or under attacked, restrict on log off and use instant scroll.
Fight Mode restriction:
No instant Scroll allowed Cannot use Portal Battlefield Cannot log off or quit game Cannot quit game if in Mech If force disconnect Client, character will stay online for certain time
Condition for Fight Mode goes back to Peace Mode:
After made the last attack, you had not been under attack for 15s. After the last attack to you, you have not make any attack for 10s. Any condition meet above will goes into Peace Mode.
Defense PT change.
In party, all party members Defense PT will raise a little even has not damage by the mobs.
11. New Guild NPC in HQ
All the Guild function will be divert to this new NPC
Guild Leader voting system
Lvl2 and above guild can be voted.
All members in guild can vote 1 of the member from guild creator or high council as leader. Guild Leader can speak behalf of their guild.
13. New Chatting Channel
New Chatting Channel for Leader, 2nd leader and Guild Leader.
Guardian Quick Recharge - New effect, Skill attack+10% damage
1st tier Dark Magic Sacrifice - Delay 2s, max FP recovery 30%
2nd tier Holy Magic Healing - Delay 2s, max HP recovery 30%
AoE Magic +10% damage Increase AoE FP usage Increase Elemental damage Change all non-target activated skills/magic to target activated. All magic damage change from blue color to red color (in damage)
15. Adjust Race Specific Weapon
Incrase Mech Accuracy Range Mech will has more Accuracy than Melee Mech Reduce Minimum defense and Increase Maximum defense.
Isis will increase attack damage Hecate will increase Accuracy Paimon will increase Defense & HP
Rename Lvl40 Launcher and change it to AoE attack.
16. New ammos
New Elements ammo for Launcher - Water, Wind, Earth New Ammos for Lvl35 gun series, Aoe and +15% damage New Ammos for Gun - Ice element New Crafting Recipt for status ammo
17. New Macro System
"Y" to access new Macro window. Auto use HP/FP/SP pot Auto Skill/Magic/Item Auto Chatting (Sell Spam?)
18. Increase Boss and guardian stats
Increase Boss Accuracy Increase Boss Attack power Decrease Boss HP regen Increase boss guardian HP/Accuracy/Evasion
19. Adjust Item Drop Rate
The more levels apart between players and mobs, the slimmer chance for item drops. Boss drop rate has not been changed.
Talic and Item status change
Each +Defense talic will reduce 2 element resistance Remove - element resist effect from shield Accuracy Potion effect change from +40 to +30 and will available from Ether shop Lvl31 & Lvl33 armor can be purchase from NPC Lvl35+ launcher will no longer sell in shop Launcher can be craft now Accessory will classify from A-H by element resistance
The Max money & gold a character can have is 3 Billion cash & 3 Billion gold. The Max money & gold a guild can have is 10 Billion cash & 10 Billion gold.
23. Quest change
Lvl26 & Lvl34 quest will be changed
24. Chatting Window
Fix the bug of overlaping chatting window and quickslot cannot use item before.
Thanks alot for all that information Bluedagger, it was very interesting and it looks like it will add quite alot to the game, hopefully this should help some people to see that the game does have potential.
Thanks alot
Garrik
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"once upon a midnight dreary, while i porn surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of 'hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, "give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404."
<<< was one of your 3 sources. lol anyways after voting i noticed something interesting (keep in mind this was after i voted so it may be a little different for you) 20% execelents 60% ok could use some fixing 10% bad 10% sucks arse needs to die. So basically as many people LOVE the game as many as people who dislike it, and everyone else thinks its ok with potential. I think this is a strong reflection of RFO's current state, if the updates and "fixin" goes well it should have 80% of its players hooked. I just hope it does because if things stay exactly the same as they are we are in trouble.
Bluedagger i don't really understand your post are all the things you listed below what have already come from the korean servers? or is what you want to happen? cuz most the korean servers i've read about has those things.
I voted for sucks. It doesn't really matter how much they add to the game, I'm never going to like it becuase of the PvP. I knew going in that it wasn't designed around 1 on 1, and I can accept that, and was even excited to see how it worked, but after playing for a while I'm just hugely disappointed.
1) Too many stalemates
When you engage in battles that are remotely even in terms of levels and numbers, it's almost always a stalemate. You gang up on one of their guys, they gang up on one of yours, yadda..yadda...eventually enough people die that those left can't do enough damage to overcome the potion spam. Stalemate. This applies to both random pickup PvP, as well as Chip Wars. In this sense, you will never really find a fair fight. In order for someone to win, they will have to have higher levels, greater numbers, more reinforcements, or all 3 to win. In my opinion, you will always be seeking some unfair advantage. No amount of singular player ability will overcome these advantages due to design, and in the end, the battles become as pointless a PvP system as I've ever encountered.
2) Where is the skill element?
Again, maybe it's just my westernized free-thinking butt that enjoys letting it's imagination run wild, but I can't get into this whole army of clones thing. Not only does everyone look the same (which I don't mind if it helps performance), but they essentially BEHAVE the same. Your own individual skill as a player gets you very, very little in this game. There is no creative way to branch out, or use your abilities in unique ways. Everyone in your class essentially has the same gear, abilities, and opportunity to use them as everyone else. It truly is very clone-like, and to me, this is a nightmare.
3) No fluidity of movement
Running, strafing, camera pan, jumping, dodging, ducking and using terrain to your advantage is non-existant in this game. If you are into games like Prince of Persia, God of War, F.E.A.R, CS, DOOM and any NUMBER of other games, the controls in RF will drive you nuts. It's not just a matter of adjusting to them, it's the fact that even if these elements of control existed, they wouldn't affect your gameplay anyway.
Beyond these things, I refuse to pay neither the electric bill, nor the monthly fee required in order to mine afk for hours and hours and hours on end. When I play a game, I play it, and that's it. I want to enjoy it while I'm there, and when I'm done I'm done. NO WAY do I understand how anyone would pay for a game that just about requires you to stay plugged in, just to right click a button and fill your bags with ore. This really, above all, is the most ludicrous thing I've ever seen in a game. I really do question the personalities of people who find this interesting, rewarding, or in any way satisfying.
I rated this game a 5/10 and I will stick with that. The PvE has it's moments, mostly due to the fast paced and non-existant downtimes. I really, really like the party dynamics. It is probably the easiest game I've found to group in, while at the same time putting such an emphasis on it. At the end of the day though, it just doesn't keep my interest. I played for a week or so, unplugged for one day, and just wasn't ever motivated to log back in. I made it to level 26, and although I know there are some new things available later, based on the things I've already mentioned, I'm just not interested in going farther.
I've said my peace now I guess, lol. Play it, don't play it, whatever. It wasn't for me.
To me this just feels too much like Lineage 2, but a different setting. (I will probably repeat a few things otehrs have already said, but this only further proves the points)
-No customization Pretty much everyone looks the same at a certain level and there is pretty definate sets of the best armour and the best weapons in the game. Not much room to be creative.
-Pot reliablility I'm not sure how most people feel on this subject, but I hate PvP based games that rely so much on healing potions. Battles can turn into borring healing potion drinking fests. Not the kind of PvP I like
- Grind Grind Grind I know this isn't a "western" mmorpg so everyone expects a grind. But why should we? Good games make getting to the end game almost as much fun as the end game (if the end game is less fun, this is not what I would consider to be a good game).
-No future I am not saying this game is horrible. But I will never buy it simply because it brings nothing new to the table that hasn't been done before really. In a few months time other mmorpgs will release and many of them will try new things. The games trying new ideas are going to be the ones to look out for, not these re-hashed versions of older games.
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The game does need some fixes, but hey i enjoy it and so do many others, I dont really think it is loosing anyone becasue it hasnt been released yet so we dont know how many people it will have or how many will leave, what we do know is that it has gained alot of BETA bashers, another thing is, it isnt even the full up to date version yet, once the game goes retail we will know properly how it will do. I think it will do alright in anyway, it has a fairly good fanbase who are going to stick with it, but as with all games it has its own flamers and doomsayers, but there are also people who just dont like the game and that is also fine, not everyone is going to.
Just remember when you read posts on here about how the game is going to die when it releases and how its loosing players, dont take them all to seriously as they are usually posted by a pissed off gamer who didnt get what they expected out of the game.
Garrik
________________________________
"once upon a midnight dreary, while i porn surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of 'hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, "give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404."
This may come as a strange surpirse comming from my mouth, but the game has potential. After doing a lot of research (and having a few korean sites translated) the game has a lot in it's future, but the key is how long will it take to get to us. Aome of the ideas that are being tossed around and implimented by the devs (CCR) are really quite intellegent. Also, through constructive critisism and hearing other peoples view points I have learned a bit of a different perspective on the game, though I still stand by it need some serious work.
The key things is that CM has stepped up as of late to open communication lines about issues and giving feedback, which to me personally builds a lot of loyalty. As for my post eariler about issues with the game: they still stand, but it looks liek they are being addressed one by one.
Try the game, that is all I can say. Either you love it or you hate it, but everyone has their own opinion.
-BlueDagger
... gamer forever
Well i am quite shocked to see a post like this from you lol
although i always found that your posts where atleast fair and constructive, i'm glad you made this post as it is also good news to me as i dont know what they have planned for the future, but to make you say what you have said, it must be good stuff. Maybe you could possibly list a few things for me and other people who are looking into the game, i would really appriciate it and it would also help fend off some of the beta bashers by opening there eyes to what the game will become.
Garrik
________________________________
"once upon a midnight dreary, while i porn surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of 'hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, "give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404."
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against beta bashers, as long as they are constructive and list fla with the game... not just THIS GAME SUX. Same goes for people defending the game tooth and nail, as if you want to defend the game come up with better material then ITS A PVP GAME NOT PVE. As for people looking for info about up comming material look below. To address the lvl cap thing, I have not seen any offical information about the increase to lvl 250, but I have heard it from 3 sources now, and one thread in beta states it will go 50 > 75 > 100.
Credit for this translation goes to hoyin007 of the RF Online community and remember this is not in the CM release YET this is coming to the korean servers, then will come to us after some time:
1. New Portal Battlefield - Blackhole
Blackhole Portal can be drop from any mobs in Volcano (except boss) and any Calliana mobs in Ether.
Blackhole has multi stages and you can only take down 1 by 1 until final boss.
Type-C Weapon can be dropped in Blackhole Portal. (Type C weapon has the stats of purple and intense together and lower the level restriction. Lvl30 normal sword Type-C weapon will have lower random level restriction between 26-29)
When quest complete in Blackhole and timer down to 00:00, there would be extra 3s for players. If players reach next stage within 3s, they can continous the quest. (Unknow what it means till we can try it)
2. Add extra old Portal Battlefield
Add 24 extra old portal battlefield and keep the 2 old existance one.
Add new "Boss Raid" method in battlefield.
All Lvl15-45 mobs (except boss, Elan Plaetau, Volcano) will drop portal battlefield. Also Assassin Builder series in Ether will portal battlefield. E.g Lvl15-20 mobs will drop battlefield suitable for Lvl15-20 only.
3. Change the method of using Portal Battlefield
Portal battlefield can only be used when talk with Portal Manager NPC in HQ.
All Portal battlefield are for teams only, no one can use them unless meeting the team and levels requirnment.
Team Leader talk with NPC will open a new window, leader can put the portal in and start the Portal battlefield.
All members can click on Portal Battlefield to enter. Portal will disappear after 15s since it started.
4. Adjusting Volcano Area
Increase the level of mobs from Lvl35-40 to Lvl45-50.
Adding new mobs 자이언트바바 and 그레이트쿠르. (God knows what are they)
5. Adjust the item upgrade sucess rate
When upgrade fail on Type-A (Purple) & Type-B (Intense), their fail rate will be different.
Type-A equipment will not break & talic will not lose until you try from +3 to +4 upwards.
Type-B equipment will not break & talic will not lose until you try from +2 to +3 upwards.
Normal (white) equipment & Type-C has not change. This reduce the overall chance for disapear equipment/talic.
6. Random chance for crafting Type A/B equipment
Translation say pure crafter include Battle Leader will able to craft out Type A/B equipment randomly.
Type A (Purple) Weapon & Shield
Type B (Intense) Weapon, Shield & Armor.
7. New Weapon Combine System
Items can be purchase from HQ Hero NPC.
Excelsior (final) can be drop from mobs in Volcano and any boss.
Any other mobs in other area can drop Excelsior Gems.
NPC in HQ will sell item Gold & Silver parts.
Excelsior Gems + gold and silver parts combine into Excelsior (final).
Correct Colors Excelsior (final) + Type-A and Type-B weapon combine into Type-C weapon.
Only can combine Lvl30-45 into Type-C. Lvl50 Type-C weapon cannot be combine and only can drop from mobs/boss.
When combine fail, all Excelsior (final) will be lost, either Type-A or Type-B weapon will be lost too.
All talic will be lost in combine no matter sucess or fail.
Enhance Race Mission System
The will be timer a hour before Chip War mission start.
Press B to access window to show PvP points and current status.
Enhance Chip War mission visual effect.
No XP lost if killed by Chip War Guardian near enemy Chip. There are still XP lost if killed by Guardian near enemy Portal gate.
Change Battle Mode
Battle Mode will have Peace mode & Fight mode.
Peace mode can hold weapon, no restrict on log off and use instant scroll.
Fight mode is either attacking others or under attacked, restrict on log off and use instant scroll.
Fight Mode restriction:
No instant Scroll allowed
Cannot use Portal Battlefield
Cannot log off or quit game
Cannot quit game if in Mech
If force disconnect Client, character will stay online for certain time
Condition for Fight Mode goes back to Peace Mode:
After made the last attack, you had not been under attack for 15s.
After the last attack to you, you have not make any attack for 10s.
Any condition meet above will goes into Peace Mode.
Defense PT change.
In party, all party members Defense PT will raise a little even has not damage by the mobs.
11. New Guild NPC in HQ
All the Guild function will be divert to this new NPC
Guild Leader voting system
Lvl2 and above guild can be voted.
All members in guild can vote 1 of the member from guild creator or high council as leader. Guild Leader can speak behalf of their guild.
13. New Chatting Channel
New Chatting Channel for Leader, 2nd leader and Guild Leader.
14. New/Adjust Skills/Ability
New Job skill for:
Bersker - Attack+15%, Evasion+15 240s
Armsman - Accuracy+50, 240s
Templer - Attack+15%, Accuracy+30 240s
Punisher - Attack+15%, Accuracy+30 240s
Adjust Job skill for:
Holy Chandra Recovery Cycle - Delay 10s -> 8s, HP recovery 100% -> 80%, Fp usage 90 -> 120
Chandra Healing Wind - Delay 10s -> 6s
Guardian Quick Recharge - New effect, Skill attack+10% damage
1st tier Dark Magic Sacrifice - Delay 2s, max FP recovery 30%
2nd tier Holy Magic Healing - Delay 2s, max HP recovery 30%
AoE Magic +10% damage
Increase AoE FP usage
Increase Elemental damage
Change all non-target activated skills/magic to target activated.
All magic damage change from blue color to red color (in damage)
15. Adjust Race Specific Weapon
Incrase Mech Accuracy
Range Mech will has more Accuracy than Melee Mech
Reduce Minimum defense and Increase Maximum defense.
Isis will increase attack damage
Hecate will increase Accuracy
Paimon will increase Defense & HP
Rename Lvl40 Launcher and change it to AoE attack.
16. New ammos
New Elements ammo for Launcher - Water, Wind, Earth
New Ammos for Lvl35 gun series, Aoe and +15% damage
New Ammos for Gun - Ice element
New Crafting Recipt for status ammo
17. New Macro System
"Y" to access new Macro window.
Auto use HP/FP/SP pot
Auto Skill/Magic/Item
Auto Chatting (Sell Spam?)
18. Increase Boss and guardian stats
Increase Boss Accuracy
Increase Boss Attack power
Decrease Boss HP regen
Increase boss guardian HP/Accuracy/Evasion
19. Adjust Item Drop Rate
The more levels apart between players and mobs, the slimmer chance for item drops.
Boss drop rate has not been changed.
Talic and Item status change
Each +Defense talic will reduce 2 element resistance
Remove - element resist effect from shield
Accuracy Potion effect change from +40 to +30 and will available from Ether shop
Lvl31 & Lvl33 armor can be purchase from NPC
Lvl35+ launcher will no longer sell in shop
Launcher can be craft now
Accessory will classify from A-H by element resistance
Enhance Turret stats
Greatly increase NPC turret attack/defense/hp/accuracy
22. Trading
The Max money & gold a character can have is 3 Billion cash & 3 Billion gold.
The Max money & gold a guild can have is 10 Billion cash & 10 Billion gold.
23. Quest change
Lvl26 & Lvl34 quest will be changed
24. Chatting Window
Fix the bug of overlaping chatting window and quickslot cannot use item before.
25. Alt-Q quit game
Add confirmation message when use Alt-Q.
... gamer forever
Thanks alot for all that information Bluedagger, it was very interesting and it looks like it will add quite alot to the game, hopefully this should help some people to see that the game does have potential.
Thanks alot
Garrik
________________________________
"once upon a midnight dreary, while i porn surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of 'hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, "give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404."
<<< was one of your 3 sources. lol anyways after voting i noticed something interesting (keep in mind this was after i voted so it may be a little different for you) 20% execelents 60% ok could use some fixing 10% bad 10% sucks arse needs to die. So basically as many people LOVE the game as many as people who dislike it, and everyone else thinks its ok with potential. I think this is a strong reflection of RFO's current state, if the updates and "fixin" goes well it should have 80% of its players hooked. I just hope it does because if things stay exactly the same as they are we are in trouble.
Bluedagger i don't really understand your post are all the things you listed below what have already come from the korean servers? or is what you want to happen? cuz most the korean servers i've read about has those things.
... gamer forever
I voted for sucks. It doesn't really matter how much they add to the game, I'm never going to like it becuase of the PvP. I knew going in that it wasn't designed around 1 on 1, and I can accept that, and was even excited to see how it worked, but after playing for a while I'm just hugely disappointed.
1) Too many stalemates
When you engage in battles that are remotely even in terms of levels and numbers, it's almost always a stalemate. You gang up on one of their guys, they gang up on one of yours, yadda..yadda...eventually enough people die that those left can't do enough damage to overcome the potion spam. Stalemate. This applies to both random pickup PvP, as well as Chip Wars. In this sense, you will never really find a fair fight. In order for someone to win, they will have to have higher levels, greater numbers, more reinforcements, or all 3 to win. In my opinion, you will always be seeking some unfair advantage. No amount of singular player ability will overcome these advantages due to design, and in the end, the battles become as pointless a PvP system as I've ever encountered.
2) Where is the skill element?
Again, maybe it's just my westernized free-thinking butt that enjoys letting it's imagination run wild, but I can't get into this whole army of clones thing. Not only does everyone look the same (which I don't mind if it helps performance), but they essentially BEHAVE the same. Your own individual skill as a player gets you very, very little in this game. There is no creative way to branch out, or use your abilities in unique ways. Everyone in your class essentially has the same gear, abilities, and opportunity to use them as everyone else. It truly is very clone-like, and to me, this is a nightmare.
3) No fluidity of movement
Running, strafing, camera pan, jumping, dodging, ducking and using terrain to your advantage is non-existant in this game. If you are into games like Prince of Persia, God of War, F.E.A.R, CS, DOOM and any NUMBER of other games, the controls in RF will drive you nuts. It's not just a matter of adjusting to them, it's the fact that even if these elements of control existed, they wouldn't affect your gameplay anyway.
Beyond these things, I refuse to pay neither the electric bill, nor the monthly fee required in order to mine afk for hours and hours and hours on end. When I play a game, I play it, and that's it. I want to enjoy it while I'm there, and when I'm done I'm done. NO WAY do I understand how anyone would pay for a game that just about requires you to stay plugged in, just to right click a button and fill your bags with ore. This really, above all, is the most ludicrous thing I've ever seen in a game. I really do question the personalities of people who find this interesting, rewarding, or in any way satisfying.
I rated this game a 5/10 and I will stick with that. The PvE has it's moments, mostly due to the fast paced and non-existant downtimes. I really, really like the party dynamics. It is probably the easiest game I've found to group in, while at the same time putting such an emphasis on it. At the end of the day though, it just doesn't keep my interest. I played for a week or so, unplugged for one day, and just wasn't ever motivated to log back in. I made it to level 26, and although I know there are some new things available later, based on the things I've already mentioned, I'm just not interested in going farther.
I've said my peace now I guess, lol. Play it, don't play it, whatever. It wasn't for me.
To me this just feels too much like Lineage 2, but a different setting.
(I will probably repeat a few things otehrs have already said, but this only further proves the points)
-No customization
Pretty much everyone looks the same at a certain level and there is pretty definate sets of the best armour and the best weapons in the game. Not much room to be creative.
-Pot reliablility
I'm not sure how most people feel on this subject, but I hate PvP based games that rely so much on healing potions. Battles can turn into borring healing potion drinking fests. Not the kind of PvP I like
- Grind Grind Grind
I know this isn't a "western" mmorpg so everyone expects a grind. But why should we? Good games make getting to the end game almost as much fun as the end game (if the end game is less fun, this is not what I would consider to be a good game).
-No future
I am not saying this game is horrible. But I will never buy it simply because it brings nothing new to the table that hasn't been done before really. In a few months time other mmorpgs will release and many of them will try new things. The games trying new ideas are going to be the ones to look out for, not these re-hashed versions of older games.
this is just hilarious .... did koreans complain about f1 abuse on keyboard ?