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Creldarix
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Game looks good... is PvP based upon the WOW carebear version or is it more worthwhile like EVE Online?
I can't play another game with the ghost corpse run in it.
I can't play another game with the ghost corpse run in it.
Crusis
PURE Alliance
EvE Online
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From what I have read, death seems to be more like the DAoC style where you respawn in another location (maybe a friendly keep) but they intend to give it a good enough penalty that people wouldn't use it as a form of transportation.
Haven't played Eve Online so I'm not sure what you mean by that, hope this covers it but again, I could be wrong
I think it will be more 'carebear' then 'worthwhile' as you describe it. That is the trend these days, because huge death penalties aren't very fun. They might have different servers that allow open PVP and such, but I don't think there are going to be Huge penalties that make you cry when you die, like in EVE.
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Wow! I'm really looking forward to something in my entertainment product that sucks but teaches me a lesson! Especially a lesson like "You better logout fast if there seems to be any significant lag or you might lose a level, and don't try anything risky or challenging in this game, play very conservativley or you'll get penalizes".
I'd like to lose my stuff if I can't defend it.. I'd like to count on my mates to back me up and keep the bad guys at bay. I'd like to kill and loot the enemy.
Ah well, if the death penalty is WoW like I might as well stick with WoW and play EvE when I want the thrill of danger in my combat.
Crusis
PURE Alliance
EvE Online
The developers are saying that this is going to be very pvp-oriented.
I'm actually pretty excited about this game. More so than I have been in a long... long.. time. I think they are going to really give the more adult-gamer exactly what we've been craving for.
To this date, I have yet to see a better pvp system than DAoC. It's been years since i've played that game, but it was original,and very entertaining in the pvp aspect of the game. I hope AoC will compete and surpass the daoc of old.
The combat itself is very interesting.. I can't wait to check it out!
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"Every man is a divinity in disguise, a God playing the fool." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
That reminds me back a little after the release of Everquest. I was on a dial-up connection and had random connection issues while playing the game. I remember finally getting to level 20 so that I could give my character a surname and.... disconnect... came back and I was dead, level lost. I lost this level 5 times before I was able to secure it.
Death penalties are fine, they can be large if the game is balanced around it but I believe that losing levels due to death is well known to have been a bad idea.
Dark Age made you lose experience but not your level. In City of Heroes, you gained "exp debt" which made you level at half rate until the debt is paid. Penalties for dying are great, they make the game a little more exciting but you have to draw the line somewhere. You can't make a death turn into an oppotunity to switch off the computer, walk away and try again later.