Tabula Rasa

[Requiem]

Since the NDA has been lifted, this is me tearing it up with the flamethrower before the wipe:



I'll get more videos up soon.

[Requiem]

Same video as above, but higher quality. You may experience some buffering issues with this one.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

[Camerous]

Ok got a few questions. :-) I am sure these are answered some where on the web but I would rather ask people who are playing/played the game what is really going on.

Is there no looting in the game? I noticed you never stopped to loot bodies as you tore through. Does loot go straight into your packs?

Those mobs looked really easy to kill. Were they your lvl or were they lower mobs and you were just running through killing for fun?

Are there lvls in the game or is it a skill system like in UO?

As far as the game goes it looks great. Is it a lot of fun?

[Requiem]

Originally Posted by Camerous

Is there no looting in the game? I noticed you never stopped to loot bodies as you tore through. Does loot go straight into your packs?

There's loot. When you run over mobs, it autoloots them and puts the stuff right into your pack. However, generally when maintaining a 6x exp multiplier I ignore loot completely, and any that I pick up is just coincidence.

Those mobs looked really easy to kill. Were they your lvl or were they lower mobs and you were just running through killing for fun?

At this time, there was no level 40+ content. I was level 42 in the video and the mobs were around level 35. This was the hardest area in the game that I could find at that time.

Are there lvls in the game or is it a skill system like in UO?

There is levels and skills. Item upgrades come with levels. It's pretty much like levels/talents/items in wow.

As far as the game goes it looks great. Is it a lot of fun?

The gameplay is fun, which is refreshing for a change. Fantasy-based MMO gameplay always ends up being technical and bland because you're focused on efficiency. For me, anyway. The lack of high-end content has me wondering what you'd do once you hit level 50, but we'll see what they can pull off I guess.

[QforQ]

The game is pretty neat in my opinion and the level of polish makes a good impression. I really like the mechanic that they have for spawning the bad guys (the alien drop ships) as it makes you feel like there are actual invasions going on.

I'm pretty excited to see more players in the game so I can group up and try some of their tougher instances. It will also be great to see so many people and have the world really come to life

[Camerous]

Thanks for the info Requiem. Sounds liek a pretty fun game. I'm sure I'll pick it up and try it.

[Jabberwhacky]

Is that hitching in your videos because of the recording software, or is that how it actually plays on your computer? I have a fuckton of hitching, I can't go more than 10 seconds without a hitch, and it's normally around 5 seconds. I'm on a decent (old) computer, but it's only at medium at 1280x1024, and the FPS I get are more than acceptable (35+), the problem just comes in when the game flat out freezes for .1 or .2 seconds so often.

Also, what class are you?

[Dashal]

Approximately how long did it take you to get to 42? Do you group mostly or just rip things up ASAP to get the XP multiplier?

[Tyen]

We basically soloed all the way to 40. He is a commando and I'm a sniper.6xing is king when it comes to leveling, I forget how long it took us to grind to 40 but its nothing compared to traditional mmo's.
What scares me is that this whole month untill the game comes out they are polishing 1 through 40 content. 40 plus content is very few and far between and raids are non-existant at this time.

[Jabberwhacky]

This does seem to be almost the exact same path LOTRO went down.

[Duppin]

I gave up on this game in open beta when I couldn't talk to any NPCs about 3/4 of the times I'd log on. I'll wait and see how the server stability and performance is early on before spending any money on this game.

That said, I like the concept, it's like a more modern version of AO in a lot of ways.

[tjac]

Originally Posted by Tyen

We basically soloed all the way to 40.

Is there yet any reason to group in this game besides the occaisonal tough quest mob? There was no reason to group 3 months ago or so. Put another way, is there any reason for Tabula Rasa to be a monthly subscription MMO?

[Tyen]

At one point there was a feature where all group members would get xp across the entire zone. Req and I found it pretty awesome at one point 6xing in different spots and raking in xp, we only did it for a short period of time though. They did change that mechanic to a few meters away instead of zonewide.

So...not to make a simple answer incredibly long, as the game stands right now this very day, there is little point in grouping. Unless you are really terrible at the game.

[Requiem]

Originally Posted by Jabberwhacky

Is that hitching in your videos because of the recording software, or is that how it actually plays on your computer? I have a fuckton of hitching, I can't go more than 10 seconds without a hitch, and it's normally around 5 seconds. I'm on a decent (old) computer, but it's only at medium at 1280x1024, and the FPS I get are more than acceptable (35+), the problem just comes in when the game flat out freezes for .1 or .2 seconds so often.

Also, what class are you?

That hitching is mainly due to fraps. This is also from before the patch that really helped alot with hitching.

I'm a grenadier.

[Requiem]

Originally Posted by Dashal

Approximately how long did it take you to get to 42? Do you group mostly or just rip things up ASAP to get the XP multiplier?

About 4 days played or so.

I abandoned quests for 6xing at around level 18, and leveled very quickly from there on out. I would just find good spots and work them until I started getting penalized for xp on the mobs there, then move on to a new spot.