tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post4883257195696425673..comments2023-07-29T09:45:13.642+01:00Comments on Bootae's Bloody Blog: RIFT beta weekend, WAR and me... againBootaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857676039536372689noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-82726435143119743772011-02-14T16:12:57.976+00:002011-02-14T16:12:57.976+00:00Heh, Riftstalker is what I have chosen. Got to 33...Heh, Riftstalker is what I have chosen. Got to 33 last beat and was just awesome the whole way. It really is a fun, unique twist on the traditional rogue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-18126938913542304162011-02-09T17:14:20.175+00:002011-02-09T17:14:20.175+00:00Just to add to that last comment.
I do still thin...Just to add to that last comment.<br /><br />I do still think WAR is salvageable, genuinely it is and only Mythic know how many new accounts they are getting to replace those players moving on. As I've said before though it depends on Mythic's balls and backing as to whether they can entice the ex-WAR players back.Bootaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857676039536372689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-30777651432666536122011-02-09T16:28:13.095+00:002011-02-09T16:28:13.095+00:00They've just been so slow to react that it rai...They've just been so slow to react that it raises a lot of questions about their understanding of quite how severe the frustration, anger and disappointment is in the WAR community right now.<br /><br />Rift and its beta events have been given free rein to revel in their polished state to an almost captive audience, while Mythic have left the serious issues WAR has right now fester and spread anger through the community. Effectively driving people into looking elsewhere, since there's been no hope given for WAR.<br /><br />As a guild leader and a player I can't miss taking part in the Rift launch, while I wait for Mythic to fix something that they should have done ages ago and are not showing any convincing sign that they are goign to in the future. They've said they're looking at it, but then they also said they were going to bring back fortresses, improve influence rewards, do more live expansions, etc, over a year ago. None of which they did. Now I know they want to avoid false hope like they provided with those examples, but alas that obviously isnt working.Bootaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857676039536372689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-4230660801166061112011-02-09T15:35:38.055+00:002011-02-09T15:35:38.055+00:00[shakrah]
[TLDR: MMOs have moved on, so must we]
T...[shakrah]<br />[TLDR: MMOs have moved on, so must we]<br />The last days have left me with a very bitter taste. Far more bitter than I expected myself, which forced me on some introspection. Call me an old timer, 20 years of PC gaming from WingCommander, into UO, up until WHO. Which puts me squarely in the “senior” segment of gaming.<br />After some thoughts, especially reading the official forums, it is time for me to consider simply that old skool expectations of say 2000 (hop in, have fun for 2-3 hours a day on average with the odd raid) does not cut not anymore with the business models deployed (10 hours+ to be remotely competitive). Games seem simply not anymore developed for such profile, and the official threads confirm this. What to say when I read: “I am DF 90+, so its normal that I own entire FGs, l2p, working as intended”, “1.4 is great fun”. <br />Be it Planetside, SWG, LotRo,… all the games I played jumped the shark at some point, moving to new play-styles, but none of them said like 1.4 “forget fun, you pay us for keeping you busy, not to do something interesting or challenging”. The official fanbois are not wrong, I probably am. <br />In one word, this bitterness comes down to the fact that WHO 1.4 convinced me that this world was not my thing anymore, and I don’t think GW2, Rift, SWTOR or any other new game will be developed with “fun” in mind, just making sure you have to spend x hours online.<br />It is maybe a generation shift, as by now all of my old skool friends have given up as well, and apart from Planetside2, I think I simply have to treat my old MMO addiction. Which explains my bitterness at this 1.4 disaster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-25954127270249693912011-02-08T21:40:14.406+00:002011-02-08T21:40:14.406+00:00I dont really disagree with anything you say but i...I dont really disagree with anything you say but in my experience all (big and some not so) MMO's are great at first. At least for the first 3 months IMHO.Cormhttp://www.unityguild.eunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-66875609561803982922011-02-08T14:59:09.599+00:002011-02-08T14:59:09.599+00:00The stink of failure is so clinging to WAR it woul...The stink of failure is so clinging to WAR it would almost take the game to be sold to another developer for folks to change their impressions. And you know it's bad when the tried and true faithful are now maligned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-42262508528487440852011-02-08T10:11:25.060+00:002011-02-08T10:11:25.060+00:00I've always struggled to understand why Mythic...I've always struggled to understand why Mythic have such a problem with PVE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-47984139117094833532011-02-08T06:04:57.575+00:002011-02-08T06:04:57.575+00:00Nice post boss, well ive given up on Mythic a long...Nice post boss, well ive given up on Mythic a long time ago. They have proven to be a company well worthy a monument of ineptitude award.<br /><br />I tried out Aion and now Rift, all i can say is that with high to ultra setting on graphics with some shadows enabled i get better fps in those games then fastest framerate in warhammer.<br /><br />And yes it applies to the warfront as well, completely absured. And i only had to change my 8800gtx ACS3 edition with 756 mb memory to a 5870 HD, otherwise its all the same computer.<br /><br />Then im not going into Mythics customer support or their coding, the absurd time to fix bugs etc.<br /><br />I can rather safely say im not going back to war unless they overhaul everything including graphics engine. But that would more or less make them re-make the game which aint gona happen.Daevasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-46157033873449559692011-02-08T04:53:33.357+00:002011-02-08T04:53:33.357+00:00good post thanksgood post thanksHatchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-63700089902252687192011-02-08T02:39:08.683+00:002011-02-08T02:39:08.683+00:00Rift is nice.
But one thing I can't get over ...Rift is nice.<br /><br />But one thing I can't get over are the wacky avatars with the tiny heads. I know it's a ridiculous complaint among the other good things about the game, but I can't get over it.<br /><br />WAR is a tragedy. It has so many good things going for it. But I stopped playing because of the last patch. Even as an RR66, it felt as though I was an RR40 again. I didn't have the patience to push past that leveling curve. I hope they can fix it. But I don't think the will is there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-37089046818638173992011-02-07T23:30:59.501+00:002011-02-07T23:30:59.501+00:00Well said! So much potential in WAR and it's j...Well said! So much potential in WAR and it's just unrealized. A shame really. I just hope end game PvP in Rift is anywhere near as fun as WAR ORvR was back in the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-79866540765726583632011-02-07T20:16:02.275+00:002011-02-07T20:16:02.275+00:00Make some room in that boat, you're gonna need...Make some room in that boat, you're gonna need it.Grimnirhttp://grimnir.mmofansites.comnoreply@blogger.com