Hellgate London Beta - Sept 17

[Geaux]

Originally Posted by Azharan

From the beta forums by Kaiser (Senior Community Manager)


Extra Character Slots
While everyone gets 3 character slots, subscribers can have a maximum of 24 characters.

Larger Stash
Each character’s storage locker is doubled in size with an extra 6x8 section, making the hoarding of all sorts of goodies that much easier. Packrats rejoice!

i just cant get past that. i understand they need things people want to pay for in the p2p perks but i dont want to have to pay for the game everytime i get the urge to molest HGL's version of meph a few times b/c all my gear is on Char slot #4-24. or its on char in slot #2, my mule, but its in his stash section that can no longer be accessed.

still not sure how they will handle it. once you pay you always have to? how do you chop off a characters stash from when he's paid, used the stash and now doesnt pay? which of the 24 char slots get left off when your not paying?

[Tirinal]

Originally Posted by Geaux

i just cant get past that. i understand they need things people want to pay for in the p2p perks but i dont want to have to pay for the game everytime i get the urge to molest HGL's version of meph a few times b/c all my gear is on Char slot #4-24. or its on char in slot #2, my mule, but its in his stash section that can no longer be accessed.

Pretty much. I honestly don't mind paying for actual, monthly content supplementary to the boxed retail version.

That? That's not content. That's laziness. That's modifying a variable in one line of code.

[Geaux]

are they offering the free month when you buy the game? i think that shitstorm when the free month is up would be damn entertaining.

[Vithe]

In EQ2 station pass they give you more character slots, so if you were to cancel station pass and go to a normal subscription, how do they handle characters 'past the limit'?

My guess is the first 3 characters you make will be playable, and the others will be "greyed out"...

[Saban]

"demo" should have been putting the MP beta on FP.

instead they probably just turned away a few thousand potential customers.

[Bongk]

Originally Posted by Saban

"demo" should have been putting the MP beta on FP.

OK I will bite, what does that mean in english?

edit: wait I think I got it, put the multiplayer beta on fileplanet? *pats self on back*

[Quineloe]

multiplayer fileplanet

[Saban]

Originally Posted by Bongk

OK I will bite, what does that mean in english?

Instead of this halfass demo, they should have put the Multiplayer beta up on Fileplanet.

[Jooka]

Originally Posted by Geaux

i just cant get past that. i understand they need things people want to pay for in the p2p perks but i dont want to have to pay for the game everytime i get the urge to molest HGL's version of meph a few times b/c all my gear is on Char slot #4-24. or its on char in slot #2, my mule, but its in his stash section that can no longer be accessed.

still not sure how they will handle it. once you pay you always have to? how do you chop off a characters stash from when he's paid, used the stash and now doesnt pay? which of the 24 char slots get left off when your not paying?

I find it to be extortion rather than a perk. Its the crap like this that is keeping me from buying the game much less paying a monthly.

[Horse]

Players can also choose to enter into PvP mode which means they can be attacked and harmed outside of Underground hubs by anyone else that has chosen to enter PvP mode. That is, those in PvP mode, must always be ready for PvP. This is a way to have wide-ranging free-for-alls, or create your own “friendly-fire” way of playing the game.

...MUST ALWAYS BE READY that someone who you invited to a group and joined an instance with can attack you... rolleyes.



And yea on the "we are always 2-4 weeks ahead." Wouldn't that mean that with this shit launching in ~11 days that they'd have to have a launch version all set, and thus could just put it up and say "here's what's launching"?

[spentmotiff]

Originally Posted by Saban

"demo" should have been putting the MP beta on FP.

instead they probably just turned away a few thousand potential customers.

Not to beat a soon-to-be-dead horse, but they couldn't put the Multiplayer version of HGL up on Fileplanet. It is far from stable enough to be used as a demo.

Oh and like I said before, that "2-4 weeks ahead" is some serious weak shit and the same bullshit we heard the entire time in beta. I read "2-4 weeks ahead" in their post and I hear "We will have these features and a stable game 1-2 months after release."

Anyway, enough about HGL. I'm just going to leave it as "Buyer Beware" if you are thinking about this game.

[Bongk]

Originally Posted by spentmotiff

Not to beat a soon-to-be-dead horse, but they couldn't put the Multiplayer version of HGL up on Fileplanet. It is far from stable enough to be used as a demo.

But it is OK to sell it in less than 2 weeks?

[spentmotiff]

Originally Posted by Bongk

But it is OK to sell it in less than 2 weeks?

Not in my opinon. I wasn't saying it was right what they were doing, I was just saying that was reasoning behind only allowing the Single Player portion of the game to used as the demo, and not the Multiplayer.

[Stroker Ace]

The amount of crashing with the x64 dx10 version is unacceptable. I have literally crashed in 6 different ways. Maybe it's Nvidia's drivers, but someone needs to fix that shit pronto.

[Freki]

Originally Posted by Stroker Ace

The amount of crashing with the x64 dx10 version is unacceptable. I have literally crashed in 6 different ways. Maybe it's Nvidia's drivers, but someone needs to fix that shit pronto.

It also crashes regularly with the x86 dx9 version...