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First Impressions
Well, got in.
Many pioneers were denied due to a "miscommunication" (they followed the instructions on the email and site only later to be told they hadnt needed to but refunds were not started and the database not cleared up before the launch, resulting in more than half of whats left of the pioneers unable to log in). As a result, there were not many players actually ingame.
Many things are still in french so I have no idea what some of the stuff was.
Graphics are a little better, brighter anyways or the saturation appears better however there are still fuzzy spotting throughout. Reflections are off or just wierd or from I later heard, they may have been turned off LOLTop end graphics cards seem to be able to handle it but there is still about 10 mins worth of playing and fiddling with them. As you go along further into the environment, you have to keep adjusting. Wide open vs town or woods, etc. Once youve done that you can get an idea of what settings would be adequate for overall graphics.
Still spots of lag especially around other things ingame such as trees and buildings. Out in the open tho, its pretty smooth as long as you arent on your dragon. The dragon itself feels almost like its being pulled then smooths then gets lugged again.
Combat is still the same. You dont know if what you are doing is working or not. Sometimes the aggro is sooo completely fast and the tether of aggro doesnt seem to be limited. They will aggro you from a far distance. Some of the mobs seem to have a ton of hps where its not making any sense. Level 4 will stay alive forever but a level 9 can be done in a couple hits (and which ones worked, I couldnt tell ya). So the mobs are still buggy as well as the actual combat .
NPCs arent working or wont work and dont know why. They dont say anything.
Merchants dont know their pricing. A few ppl were commenting on the prices of food/drink being outta whack. I didnt bother after the comments so I didnt actually see this myself.
Quests - didnt come across any. Thought I might near the town but its pretty empty.
UI is still the same clunky funky archaic crap.
Inventory is a mess. Cant see how many and what you got, its too small and the icons arent clear.
First impressions? SOG = DNL
Comments
Short and sweet, Bo. Thanks for confirming what my gut was telling me for the last 6 months.
Now that you have gone through the trouble of installing the game, I look forward to a more in-dept review from you soon. Though I wouldn't blame you at all if the pleasure of purging it from your computer out-weighs your desire to try the game again.
1 word should express my feelings about D&L.
That word is "Disappointment"
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My Sager 5760 Review
Waste of time.
Waste of money.
By Hound at the DNL boards and the fanbois stating that it isnt the real release:
"DNL is not DNL" BWHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAAAAAA
I miss DAoC
You are Hound?
"It can only get better" from the fans......
"Best release of an MMO ever" from the fans.....
Then they come up with this when the bs is covered up with the reality:
"DNL is not THE DnL" from the fans........
"Wait for the patch" from the fans.......
"This isnt the full release" from the fans........
Its so full of devs trying to make this out to be THE game that was promised so many years ago by making outrageously grand statements and threads. It is so obvious! Anyone, and I mean ANYONE with an ounce of sensibility and some small quotient of intelligence can definitely see the desperation that is DNL.
I cannot stand to go back into the game at this moment. I have no desire to. I will most probably wait, like a few others, until the weekend after the 5th. I do not foresee much difference in overall acceptability but it will then that I make my decision for my final refund.