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Draegan · 03-08-2008, 11:27 AM

What do you mean by full featured MMORPG and this isn't one?

Rathi04 · 03-08-2008, 05:14 PM

Lineage with wow-like combat would still make me happy.

Pyros · 03-08-2008, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Draegan

What do you mean by full featured MMORPG and this isn't one?

I think he means pve, raiding and such. Which seems this game won't have.

kyo · 03-08-2008, 05:52 PM

I don't know exactly why I looked into this game. At first glance it kinda looks like another "hot off the assembly line" azn mmorpg, but obviously the devs are trying to break the mold. They are well aware of that which is WoW, and as any good designers would, they have incorporated many good ideas from said cash-cow. Seems they also caught wind of the amazing concept known as interesting quests that don't bore the hell out of you, but it's all hearsay at this point. 2nd stage of CB is due to start in Korea shortly. We will find out more info when it happens. No one knows when the US/Eur betas will take place.

Zones look like you're playing inside an awesome fantasy painting, but I'd like to see them for myself instead of relying on some low quality youtube vid. In one of the videos I saw the area that has a similar feeling to the barrens. I could only think to myself that Aion's version of the barrens is much sexier.

Totally turned on here. I'm slightly interested to see where this goes.

kcxiv · 03-08-2008, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Pyros

I think he means pve, raiding and such. Which seems this game won't have.

Well, that guy in the video said, when your on a raid you can pvp and PvE at the same time, so i hope there is raids.

Game looked cool.

Zindan · 03-09-2008, 04:10 PM

Well Lineage 2 had raid mobs...mobs that could take a very long time to kill, and were much, much, much more impressive looking than any raid target I've seen in any other game. So I think there will be PvE raid targets in the game, but probably not many.

The only thing I've read here in this thread so far that turns me off a bit is the possibility of high level players being able to enter starter areas of the opposite faction for gank sessions. That has to be the most annoying thing about open pvp type games...some emo kid being able to interrupt my own game time. /shrug

Grave · 03-09-2008, 05:14 PM

It's not a big deal if there is some kind of penalty for doing it too much. Otherwise, yeah, gonna be pretty gamebreaking when new people try to come into the game and can't even level for being perma-camped.

Rathi04 · 03-09-2008, 05:52 PM

I remember seeing a picture of the huge raid dragon(?) in L2 and the amount of people it took to take it down. It reminded me of what I heard about the sleeper and what it took to take that thing down. I haven't looked in a long time but no one on NA servers could beat the l2 dragon because everyone was afraid of losing their equipment to other people.

Awake · 03-09-2008, 11:18 PM

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Draegan · 03-10-2008, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zindan

Well Lineage 2 had raid mobs...mobs that could take a very long time to kill, and were much, much, much more impressive looking than any raid target I've seen in any other game. So I think there will be PvE raid targets in the game, but probably not many.

The only thing I've read here in this thread so far that turns me off a bit is the possibility of high level players being able to enter starter areas of the opposite faction for gank sessions. That has to be the most annoying thing about open pvp type games...some emo kid being able to interrupt my own game time. /shrug

I think, though I'm not sure, that the only open PVP area in the game is in the "abyss". The abyss is the central area in the map where you can level up and stuff at a more efficient rate. I believe it was mentioned that you can level up outside the abyss but it's slower and you also don't get as good rewards.

Draegan · 03-10-2008, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Awake

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Cool lookin dragon. One video I browsed said it was killed in only! 49 minutes.

Zindan · 03-10-2008, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Draegan

I think, though I'm not sure, that the only open PVP area in the game is in the "abyss". The abyss is the central area in the map where you can level up and stuff at a more efficient rate. I believe it was mentioned that you can level up outside the abyss but it's slower and you also don't get as good rewards.

According to the quote you pasted into the thread a on pg13:

* PVP is possible in ALL areas, not just the abyss. Abyss is just in the middle though so it'll be most common. You bet we'll be rushing their zones and raping their lowbies as often as possible, as using flight you can get to the enemy's side. Griefing gogo.

It would appear that low-level griefing will be possible. ;p

Rhym · 03-10-2008, 05:49 PM

The flight time looks quite long. I know they put a limit on it but from videos they seem to be flying for easily 4-5 minutes and it's not even clear if that's the cut off. I was hoping for more like 30 second spurts making you constantly think about landing for re-take off.

Mist · 03-10-2008, 05:57 PM

There's a transport mode of flying and a combat flight mode..

Draegan · 03-10-2008, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zindan

According to the quote you pasted into the thread a on pg13:

* PVP is possible in ALL areas, not just the abyss. Abyss is just in the middle though so it'll be most common. You bet we'll be rushing their zones and raping their lowbies as often as possible, as using flight you can get to the enemy's side. Griefing gogo.

It would appear that low-level griefing will be possible. ;p

Looks like I missed that line. Though I couldn't find the sources of all those points.

Interesting.

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03-08-2008, 11:27 AM	#211 (permalink)
Draegan Yar Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,524 -24 Internets	What do you mean by full featured MMORPG and this isn't one?

03-08-2008, 05:14 PM	#212 (permalink)
Rathi04 I like to edit. Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 279 -1 Internets	Lineage with wow-like combat would still make me happy.

03-08-2008, 05:52 PM	#214 (permalink)
kyo Cinnabuns Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: house Posts: 113 +0 Internets	I don't know exactly why I looked into this game. At first glance it kinda looks like another "hot off the assembly line" azn mmorpg, but obviously the devs are trying to break the mold. They are well aware of that which is WoW, and as any good designers would, they have incorporated many good ideas from said cash-cow. Seems they also caught wind of the amazing concept known as interesting quests that don't bore the hell out of you, but it's all hearsay at this point. 2nd stage of CB is due to start in Korea shortly. We will find out more info when it happens. No one knows when the US/Eur betas will take place. Zones look like you're playing inside an awesome fantasy painting, but I'd like to see them for myself instead of relying on some low quality youtube vid. In one of the videos I saw the area that has a similar feeling to the barrens. I could only think to myself that Aion's version of the barrens is much sexier. Totally turned on here. I'm slightly interested to see where this goes.

03-09-2008, 04:10 PM	#216 (permalink)
Zindan Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 270 -2 Internets	Well Lineage 2 had raid mobs...mobs that could take a very long time to kill, and were much, much, much more impressive looking than any raid target I've seen in any other game. So I think there will be PvE raid targets in the game, but probably not many. The only thing I've read here in this thread so far that turns me off a bit is the possibility of high level players being able to enter starter areas of the opposite faction for gank sessions. That has to be the most annoying thing about open pvp type games...some emo kid being able to interrupt my own game time. /shrug

03-09-2008, 05:14 PM	#217 (permalink)
Grave Slightly OP Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,091 +21 Internets	It's not a big deal if there is some kind of penalty for doing it too much. Otherwise, yeah, gonna be pretty gamebreaking when new people try to come into the game and can't even level for being perma-camped.

03-09-2008, 05:52 PM	#218 (permalink)
Rathi04 I like to edit. Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 279 -1 Internets	I remember seeing a picture of the huge raid dragon(?) in L2 and the amount of people it took to take it down. It reminded me of what I heard about the sleeper and what it took to take that thing down. I haven't looked in a long time but no one on NA servers could beat the l2 dragon because everyone was afraid of losing their equipment to other people.

03-09-2008, 11:18 PM	#219 (permalink)
Awake ... Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 160	YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. - search for antharas

03-10-2008, 05:49 PM	#223 (permalink)
Rhym Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 168 -5 Internets	The flight time looks quite long. I know they put a limit on it but from videos they seem to be flying for easily 4-5 minutes and it's not even clear if that's the cut off. I was hoping for more like 30 second spurts making you constantly think about landing for re-take off.