[Runes of Magic] Looking for some MMORPG veterans

[Locithon]

Probably because when you installed you selected EN instead of US, try this:

Client work around - Runes of Magic US Forums

[Zindan]

Yea, I think I missed selecting "US" on the last small patch, re-installed and it worked fine.

[Hatorade]

I am on the US PvP server level 12 priest named Tesi. I plan to go Priest/knight for the knights increase in mana and hp buff.

They stole heavily from WoW. Warriors have rage, rogues have energy etc. My priest has the strongest DoT in the game that is instant cast...hmm where have we seen that before.

Currently while every other class kills one at a time, some faster the others I run around and DoT every mob then one HoT on me wait for everything to die, loot, and repeat. I can't wait to PK a ton of people, melee can't outdamage my healing, not even close. Mage however can burst DPS like crazy so if my 2 min cooldowns have been used I am dead, If not I win every time.

The down side to casters is they have to be directly in front of you to cast and finishe casting, and I mean directly we have like a 20 degree cone that you have to be in to land anything that has a casting time. Makes it really easy to cause them grief, also if you go out of range the cast fails as well, making scouts that use this advantage a bitch.

The equipment has rune slots but unclear of the rune crafting actually works I can't get the stuff to combine like it says. Still you can disencha...err dismantle anything for a chance of a useable rune to put into equipment. Crafting is pretty indepth to the scale of EQ2 and WoW. Lots of subcombines for a combine then you can make the final product. Why my cloth pants need balsa wood is beyond me, all the useful recipes are dropped off mobs as well.

[meStevo]

Kinda nifty to mess with, being free and all. Just level 3, but plan to play a bit this weekend.

[Vilgan]

yeah, it is kinda fun. I don't see myself getting hardcore into it, but it is enjoyable and kinda fun.

Lot of basic ways to improve the game that seem pretty obvious, but its a lot better than I expected for a f2p. I'm especially hoping they get rid of this "2 class only" nonsense and adopt an approach more like FF11. They even have it set up to make that easy with a drop down menu and everything, but I guess we'll see what happens.

I also hope they do well because I like the whole f2p and micro transaction concept. Its a valid one, but they have to do a good job with less as they aren't going to shit money like WoW does.

[Necrolyte]

It's surprisingly decent for a F2P MMO. Doesn't seem grind-heavy, lots of quests for solo players, and lots of quests that require a friend or two early on to develop some teamwork. 2-3 mini-instances already by L15, and I see a dungeon. Bosses are pretty much tank and spank or can be kited so far except one boss has a AE-Fear/AE-KB, and one boss has a long duration PBAE stun that you have to be careful with or your tank will lose aggro and he'll start chasing ranged.

[kasey]

You can just make click-to-move movement an option in the interface. Just check if they have that, if not i would not touch it unless a masss of fanbois tells me to try it. Click-to-move or not is a big thing to many, loosing customers to that would be kinda retarded.

I didnt like the vid one bit ( "oh man the same again").

[Vilgan]

Originally Posted by kasey

You can just make click-to-move movement an option in the interface. Just check if they have that, if not i would not touch it unless a masss of fanbois tells me to try it. Click-to-move or not is a big thing to many, loosing customers to that would be kinda retarded.

I didnt like the vid one bit ( "oh man the same again").

huh? click to move IS an option already... you can turn it off so it won't register mouse clicks as an attempt to move. The movement is (like most things) very WoW-esque, and definitely not an issue with the game.

[Ukerric]

Originally Posted by Draegan

That video I watched made the game look and sound exactly like WOW. Fuck wasn't the dude fighting a boar?

Yes, the boar had exactly the same sound bites as WoW.

[gnomad]

Originally Posted by Ukerric

Yes, the boar had exactly the same sound bites as WoW.

How many way does a pig squeal??

Graphically the game looks nothing like WoW but strongly resembles every Korean MMORPG. Maybe you should try it out for free first.

Of course you will realize that it is the same as ALL other MMORPG's in the area of quests and reason for existance. What else would one expect?

There is only so many way to do the same thing and I would venture that 99.99% of them have already been tried in the last 10 years.

[Draegan]

Unless that video that was posted isn't the game, it looks, sounds and moves exactly like WOW.

[gnomad]

Originally Posted by Draegan

Unless that video that was posted isn't the game, it looks, sounds and moves exactly like WOW.

Must have been a long time since you played WoW since the game looks, and moves nothing like it.

WoW has much better animations, the characters in WoW don't look like rejects from a Korean MMO, the terrain / cities are much more detailed and accurate then WoW, etc, etc, etc... Open your eyes and take a close look.

Now if you mean it looks like WoW because it is colored pixels on a 2D screen trying to emulate 3D then I will agree.

Maybe someone with some bandwidth / time to waste will post some screen shots so we can compare say Orc's in WoW to the ONLY race in this game, the Humans and you can tell us how they look alike. This game actually looks more like WAR then it does WoW from the areas I have seen in the betas for the last 6 months.

[Hatorade]

The only reason to play this game is if you want to play a decent MMO for free for a few weeks. After that move on to something else, hit level 30 and I don't want to login anymore. Mainly because severe lack of evil player to group with. My name has been red a long time and goodies like to gang up on me. It is a shame I can't be killed if I run while my DoT kills various lower levels.

Oh and play a priest or a mage, every other class sucks when compared. Scout is a good third choice but you need a good bow.

[Camerous]

Originally Posted by Hatorade

The only reason to play this game is if you want to play a decent MMO for free for a few weeks. After that move on to something else, hit level 30 and I don't want to login anymore. Mainly because severe lack of evil player to group with. My name has been red a long time and goodies like to gang up on me. It is a shame I can't be killed if I run while my DoT kills various lower levels.

Oh and play a priest or a mage, every other class sucks when compared. Scout is a good third choice but you need a good bow.

Been playing a rog.. seems to be a good class but the abilities are a little... meh... I kill things just fine but I don't see anything that makes me go "Wow!" hehe

Are the priest and mage really that much better?

[Hatorade]

Priest has an overpowered instant cast DoT and Mage has huge burst DPS and some if it being AoE. Most mages run at me because they know I can out heal their ranged attacks so I DoT them and run away haha. I only know what rogs can do to me and it is weak as all hell compared to what I can do to them.

Knights and Warriors are also a joke when it comes to being main class.