Originally posted by MurtBijani some of you guys will NEVER learn shadowbane is gay.. PERIOD! end of conversation SHADOWBANE IS THE STUPIDDEST GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED ITS BAD, I HATE IT IT WILL ALWAYS BE BAD IT SUX!
*DJIN! HURRY! lock the thread!!!
Who cares about what 1 kid thinks man get over it its not that bad i played for about 2 months then i hadda move it got canceled i regreted it i would actually play it right now if i had the chance and if it did have to fly out of my computer i would want it to suck my nuts!
Originally posted by Djin I have a small group of friends that like Shadowbane and don't really have any problems with it at all. It's just alot of talk and no one really giving it a chance. The game came out three months ago. Look at UO, EQ, AO and a few others when they where three months old. Alot of people didn't think AO would make the first year, now it's a booming game. DAoC didn't even have their classes done when the game went "gold". Just give it some time. They are coming out with a new patch that should fix alot of things.
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Sorry Djin, but Shadowbane was 1st released on Mar 25, 2003 in North America. Our beloved Admin even posted the news. It was only just released in Europe on Dec 18, 2003. And much like AC2 and many mmorpgs when 1st released, was plauged with lag spikes, exploits, lack of technical and ingame support, chat interface problems, nurfs and other in-game issues.
Regretably, the majority of those issues remain.
My opinion in regards to Shadowbane and anyone who is considering to try this game is to do just that. Try it. Your given a 30 day free trial, much like any mmorpg's to date. If by then your not satisfied, you wont feel like you wasted you time a year later and spent the money on their monthly rates. Your just down $39.99 before tax.
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"When you find yourself falling into madness... Dive." - Malkavian Proverb
"When you find yourself sinking into Madness, dive"
Actually, you can try shadowbane for 15 days free. Then you can purchase the game for $9.99 and play another month for free after that.
That is what I did. I did cancel my account before I ever got to the point where I had to pay for a month of service.
Reasons why I quit:
PvP is kinda screwed up. I got jumped numerous times as a 25th lvl character by 3 or 4 50th to 60th lvl characters. It is pretty screwed up that that can happen in my opinion.
The way the PvE is setup is lame and sets you up for failure against the PK gankers. The monsters are concentrated into small areas, even though the world is huge and expansive. Which means the gangs of gankers know where to find the people who are trying to play PvE...
wtf lag dam UO had ten time more lag oin an avg day man daoc had del every thing and all players had to start over. Lag is fixable and they have. ANd bugs man some bugs that kept u from playing but hell iv yet seen bugs where someone can whipe you house clean like in uo. Man not bug free and not lag free but Nothing out there has the option that it did. And nothing had kept my intrest. Its ranked up there with Thief, WOT, Daggerfall. Wizardy, Power Monger and Knight of the Old Republic.
I own Shadowbane and played for awhile on the War server I beleive, I had a level 65 Scout named Sluis Dregoias. I created him to do absolutely no damage, had Plague all the way up to 25 I think it was, supposed to cap out at 20. I was never killed by PKers, even Bathood and the gang never killed me less I was trying to kill them with a group or something. I had lots of fun with the game.
It has great intentions and really really could have gone places with the guild vs guild attack the player owned town theme, just fell short in my opinion due to lag and 4-5 man groups of level 60's wiping out a leveling group of fresh off noob isle peeps. not too mention the frequent, frequent cheats being used by one main PK guild in particular, not going to name them, but if you were on War when my Guild Ad Infinitum still was, you know who I am talking about.
Just me nickel minus three worth will probably finish what I just started later....
I love this game and fail to see anyone who knew what they were in for could not feel the same way. This is a game of the merciless, that has changed a lot in the past few months and for all you haters you are missing some great improvements that have fixed the lag sploits and put more content in for the tree loving peeps
How to make Sb more enjoyable
Play to Crush= anyone can kill you at anytime with no reason even noobies
Find a guild that uses a voice chat program if you dont it is a waste of time
Dont build a char based on what you think will looks neat or is effective do some research
Remember this is a PVP game say it with me PVP
Turn down video setting when going into battles 60+ peeps casting in a small area = lag
Change you hot keys and interface skin
Dont make a rune or gear dependent toon your first time out learn the dynamics of the game first
Remember even the uber die its part of the game
If you think someone is taking advantage of combat dynamics get a recording and submit it CCrs are on top of things now
You will die you will loose gear and friends its just a game
I hate to say it, but I'd have to agree that this game sucked (and no, I didn't get any butt-sucking out of it by golly). I couldn't even get the Demo to run...I assumed due to download/installation corruption or somesuch...because I have a pretty nice computer and the game just wouldn't run.
Two thumbs WAY down.
Besides, I can't be the only one that thinks it's not only a knock off of Diablo, but of Dark Age of Camelot.
I must admit I do love the trees, but only when they're burning...thanks for noticing , "you're swell."
Yes I understand the principals and decencies of PVP. There was absolutely no reason for me to kill a level 30 or below while I was level 65 or my level 60 Warrior...This proves nothing other then,"Oh my, you're big, Im little. Thank you, may I have another." That is what got to me.
Also, the PVP aspect I did like about SB was Alliance versus Alliance, storming the towns and what not...Again, where it fell short, noone cared about strategy, just one giant lag to all hell brawl, people didn't care about who to take out first or stratagem...
However, I DID like being the only player in me guild that got paid by the leaders of all in the alliance to Scout for them whenever they needed me to...that was always a plus.
The game could have been really great in my mind, but to my liking it isn't.
I am not telling anyone to buy it and I am not telling anyone not to buy. Not everyone likes exactly the same thing, thats why you have options. This just might be your cup of tea.
Question: Why is it everytime that someone posts their opinions, someone else is always poised to down what they are saying and cuss and make complete arses of themselves?
Just take in what they're saying and sit back and go....hmmm, I dont know how they see that, interesting...drink water and drive on, that shitill buff out...
All playing Shadowbane and love it...Grats , I am glad you found your cup of tea, but i am still searching...
Actually if you read through the posts, there's a handful and then some of people who say they like Shadowbane.
So please, unless you're going to keep insisting this game "sux your butt" without giving any intelligent comments, just don't bother posting. You can take it to the spam forum if you want to raise your post count.
_____________________________________ "Io rido, e rider mio non passa dentro; Io ardo, e l'arsion mia non par di fore." -Machiavelli
I was in the beta for SB...for about 3 days. I found the interface very clumsy and annoying and the gameplay was simply sad.
I played like 15 hours the first day. On the second day I stayed with it for about 8 hours, mostly in hopes it would get better.
On the 3rd day I played for 20 minutes and uninstalled.
For those that still play SB and like it, I certainly hope they fixed the interface and gameplay. Otherwise I would be forced to worry about your sanity.
The interface works OK. Take a while to get use to it. One of the things about it is that you can click on the zoomed out radar and your character will run to the location, mnake kiting monsters very easy!
Played this game for 3 months (on and off). The graphics look like EQ when it first started, which is much worse then they have been for years. The land comes in rectangular blocks (i.e. swamp, forest, plains) like someone was using a paint tool to quickly make a map of the world from a already written program. I know people who could have done the same design in about 5 hours. The mob spawns are grouped together with HUGE empty spaces without mobs to run through. I will admit at least the spawn pts are usually near the towns, but that doesnt give you much incentive to explore. I gather these spaces are so guilds can build their cities out there. That make your own city and guild system is the only really good point about the whole game. If they could have huge battles without lag, that might be something to look forward to. The monsters are also lame, no near imposible to beat dragons in deep dungeons in this game. The controls are also somewhat difficult.
For a MMORPG this pretty bad. It would have been a good game pre-EQ, to come out with it now is about 5 years too late. Give them credit on the building a city idea. Everything else has been done before and better.
I played since BETA 2, played 3, didn't buy at first cause it was truly disgusting. Bought it months later in hopes of improvement and sadly there was very little including servers with a horribly desolate population count. WP couldn't fix the falling through the floor bugs for an entire year and probly still haven't. I could write paragraphs upon paragraphs of how WP screwed up SB Violent, but it's really not worht it just to explain something considered to be fact to a total fanboi clinging on to last shreds of a failed PvPers dream.
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It's better be hated for who you are, than loved for who you aren't.
you know, i kinda like the game. I at least think its hells better then DAOC, which bored me to death. But then again I'm a tihef and thieving is alwasy fun, especially when the people get so mad, oooh.... hehehe
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Sorry Djin, but Shadowbane was 1st released on Mar 25, 2003 in North America. Our beloved Admin even posted the news. It was only just released in Europe on Dec 18, 2003. And much like AC2 and many mmorpgs when 1st released, was plauged with lag spikes, exploits, lack of technical and ingame support, chat interface problems, nurfs and other in-game issues.
Regretably, the majority of those issues remain.
My opinion in regards to Shadowbane and anyone who is considering to try this game is to do just that. Try it. Your given a 30 day free trial, much like any mmorpg's to date. If by then your not satisfied, you wont feel like you wasted you time a year later and spent the money on their monthly rates. Your just down $39.99 before tax.
- Malkavian
"When you find yourself falling into madness... Dive." - Malkavian Proverb
"When you find yourself sinking into Madness, dive"
Actually, you can try shadowbane for 15 days free. Then you can purchase the game for $9.99 and play another month for free after that.
That is what I did. I did cancel my account before I ever got to the point where I had to pay for a month of service.
Reasons why I quit:
PvP is kinda screwed up. I got jumped numerous times as a 25th lvl character by 3 or 4 50th to 60th lvl characters. It is pretty screwed up that that can happen in my opinion.
The way the PvE is setup is lame and sets you up for failure against the PK gankers. The monsters are concentrated into small areas, even though the world is huge and expansive. Which means the gangs of gankers know where to find the people who are trying to play PvE...
hey look!
this game still sucks my butt
lol
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Typical Murt opinion posts.
_____________________________________
"Io rido, e rider mio non passa dentro;
Io ardo, e l'arsion mia non par di fore."
-Machiavelli
I own Shadowbane and played for awhile on the War server I beleive, I had a level 65 Scout named Sluis Dregoias. I created him to do absolutely no damage, had Plague all the way up to 25 I think it was, supposed to cap out at 20. I was never killed by PKers, even Bathood and the gang never killed me less I was trying to kill them with a group or something. I had lots of fun with the game.
It has great intentions and really really could have gone places with the guild vs guild attack the player owned town theme, just fell short in my opinion due to lag and 4-5 man groups of level 60's wiping out a leveling group of fresh off noob isle peeps. not too mention the frequent, frequent cheats being used by one main PK guild in particular, not going to name them, but if you were on War when my Guild Ad Infinitum still was, you know who I am talking about.
Just me nickel minus three worth will probably finish what I just started later....
jayhwear said:
...just fell short in my opinion due to lag and 4-5 man groups of level 60's wiping out a leveling group of fresh off noob isle peeps.
This is exacyly why I quit...
I love this game and fail to see anyone who knew what they were in for could not feel the same way. This is a game of the merciless, that has changed a lot in the past few months and for all you haters you are missing some great improvements that have fixed the lag sploits and put more content in for the tree loving peeps
How to make Sb more enjoyable
Play to Crush= anyone can kill you at anytime with no reason even noobies
Find a guild that uses a voice chat program if you dont it is a waste of time
Dont build a char based on what you think will looks neat or is effective do some research
Remember this is a PVP game say it with me PVP
Turn down video setting when going into battles 60+ peeps casting in a small area = lag
Change you hot keys and interface skin
Dont make a rune or gear dependent toon your first time out learn the dynamics of the game first
Remember even the uber die its part of the game
If you think someone is taking advantage of combat dynamics get a recording and submit it CCrs are on top of things now
You will die you will loose gear and friends its just a gameTwo thumbs WAY down.
Besides, I can't be the only one that thinks it's not only a knock off of Diablo, but of Dark Age of Camelot.
I must admit I do love the trees, but only when they're burning...thanks for noticing
, "you're swell."
Yes I understand the principals and decencies of PVP. There was absolutely no reason for me to kill a level 30 or below while I was level 65 or my level 60 Warrior...This proves nothing other then,"Oh my, you're big, Im little. Thank you, may I have another." That is what got to me.
Also, the PVP aspect I did like about SB was Alliance versus Alliance, storming the towns and what not...Again, where it fell short, noone cared about strategy, just one giant lag to all hell brawl, people didn't care about who to take out first or stratagem...
However, I DID like being the only player in me guild that got paid by the leaders of all in the alliance to Scout for them whenever they needed me to...that was always a plus.
The game could have been really great in my mind, but to my liking it isn't.
I am not telling anyone to buy it and I am not telling anyone not to buy. Not everyone likes exactly the same thing, thats why you have options. This just might be your cup of tea.
Question: Why is it everytime that someone posts their opinions, someone else is always poised to down what they are saying and cuss and make complete arses of themselves?
Just take in what they're saying and sit back and go....hmmm, I dont know how they see that, interesting...drink water and drive on, that shitill buff out...
All playing Shadowbane and love it...Grats
, I am glad you found your cup of tea, but i am still searching...
so we can all agree except violent y that shadowbane sucks
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my butt
lol
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Actually if you read through the posts, there's a handful and then some of people who say they like Shadowbane.
So please, unless you're going to keep insisting this game "sux your butt" without giving any intelligent comments, just don't bother posting. You can take it to the spam forum if you want to raise your post count.
_____________________________________
"Io rido, e rider mio non passa dentro;
Io ardo, e l'arsion mia non par di fore."
-Machiavelli
It's better be hated for who you are, than loved for who you aren't.
It's better be hated for who you are, than loved for who you aren't.
_____________________________________
"Io rido, e rider mio non passa dentro;
Io ardo, e l'arsion mia non par di fore."
-Machiavelli
http://www.facebook.com/murtb
I was in the beta for SB...for about 3 days. I found the interface very clumsy and annoying and the gameplay was simply sad.
I played like 15 hours the first day. On the second day I stayed with it for about 8 hours, mostly in hopes it would get better.
On the 3rd day I played for 20 minutes and uninstalled.
For those that still play SB and like it, I certainly hope they fixed the interface and gameplay. Otherwise I would be forced to worry about your sanity.
The interface works OK. Take a while to get use to it. One of the things about it is that you can click on the zoomed out radar and your character will run to the location, mnake kiting monsters very easy!
_____________________________________
"Io rido, e rider mio non passa dentro;
Io ardo, e l'arsion mia non par di fore."
-Machiavelli
Played this game for 3 months (on and off). The graphics look like EQ when it first started, which is much worse then they have been for years. The land comes in rectangular blocks (i.e. swamp, forest, plains) like someone was using a paint tool to quickly make a map of the world from a already written program. I know people who could have done the same design in about 5 hours. The mob spawns are grouped together with HUGE empty spaces without mobs to run through. I will admit at least the spawn pts are usually near the towns, but that doesnt give you much incentive to explore. I gather these spaces are so guilds can build their cities out there. That make your own city and guild system is the only really good point about the whole game. If they could have huge battles without lag, that might be something to look forward to. The monsters are also lame, no near imposible to beat dragons in deep dungeons in this game. The controls are also somewhat difficult.
For a MMORPG this pretty bad. It would have been a good game pre-EQ, to come out with it now is about 5 years too late. Give them credit on the building a city idea. Everything else has been done before and better.
It's better be hated for who you are, than loved for who you aren't.
It's better be hated for who you are, than loved for who you aren't.
you know, i kinda like the game. I at least think its hells better then DAOC, which bored me to death. But then again I'm a tihef and thieving is alwasy fun, especially when the people get so mad, oooh.... hehehe
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better than daoc!
i admit...it was pretty bad, hell, i played it for 14 days...
but cmon
shadowbane is worst than runescape
and that's 100% true
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Dear God, put this man in a drug rehab center....he's going mad
People who have to create conspiracy and hate threads to further a cause lacks in intellectual comprehension of diversity.