All the MMOs out since WoW are WoW clones, each with their own distinguishing features and twists, unless they are Korean clones.

I eagerly await the next genre defining release.

 

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this..too kid friendly, give me now attitude games now-a-days.

 

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I'm getting kind of bored with SWTOR. I have one 50 already and a 38. I'm struggling with the 38, not because I don't like the class, but it's just very linear and it has poor reply value.

 

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Good news. You can play TERA Online today if you pre-order a copy

I'm going to try out out a bit later tonight. I just hope the PvP is good, because SWTOR's was/is garbage.

The pre-order beta thingy just started a few hours ago.

 

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What is TERA actually bringing new?


I have not had the chance to read any details on it other than some big boobed chick (which is fine with me).


On the other hand,
I always wanted to test that "Mabinogi Heroes" game that is from Korea but I never figured if I could have access to it due to the restrictive nature of registration. The videos on youtube featured some tense fighting on the PVE level and using things like tree logs and debris to throw at enemies.

Had anybody played that game somehow?

edit:
hmm, guess I should see for myself after all.

Looks like the Yurop-Release was in Oct2011.
Guess I will have a look !

 

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I've only played for about an hour, and already a little bored of it.

I'm going to play it some more and hopefully try some PvP, maybe tonight.

One thing it's taking a step in the right direction for is more skill based combat. I'm playing an Archer and I need to aim/charge/target my shots, which is fkn sweet.

A couple of my early skills so far:

My basic arrow shot, which fires in the direction my "crosshairs" are. The shots lag behind if I try to turn and shoot quickly, so I need to aquire and aim at my target to hit it. It's pretty simple so far though, most of the monsters I've fought stand little to no chance of even hitting me. I've been hit like, twice.

A volley shot. Once I activate it, I need to hover over targets(up to 5 total) which makes them a target. Once I am ready I click my mouse button and it fires off a shot, hitting each mob I hovered over. Need to be in a fairly close proximity so far, 19m for pretty much all my shots.

Penetrating Shot(I think). I hold down whatever key I have it bound to on my skillbar, from there it charges(retarded quick right now, takes like 1s to fully charge) up. When I release the key it lets loose a shot hitting up to 4 targets in a straight line from me. This means you need to position mobs or get position on mobs to use this skill effectively.

The combat so far I like, but we'll see how it goes in PvP. I'm bored leveling already because it's just the same thing as usual. Generic quests.

 

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How familiar are you with Turbine games? If your focus is on PvE and Roleplaying my first instinct is to direct you to LOTRO or DDO. Both have traditional high fantasy lorescapes (Tolkein / Dungeons and Dragons), from which Dragon Age is basically derived.

 

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Hmm, I totally forgot about both tbh.

I think I will give DDO a try.

LOTRO to me never really fell into my sights because I assumed to be too "movie-like". I mean, of course JRR Tolkien is a god of the Elves/Dwarves etc mythology, but to me it turned me down.

Agreed, Dragon Age (and just about any other fantasy game/story) has the all the classic races, it's just that I like that dark aspect; like the elves being treated like second-class citizens, suppressed to hell by humans - and all the other stuff in that world; Magic being actually being a serious bane -- I'm not a sadist, but it brings a whole new light to the usually happy n dandy world.

Rift does seem to have a bit more of darkness.

But I will give DDO a try. Of course, I should probably try LOTRO.


By the way, what was the name of that asian grindfest MMORPG that featured mostly dark stuff, like undead, demonic infused playable classes, blood etc? Does anybody remember btw?

 

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I hear what you are saying. Darker shades of fantasy are in. Just look at the popularity of like George RR Martin. Unfortunately I don't know many MMOs that manage to capture that. Age of Conan tried to go there, but in my opinion failed.

 

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"By the way, what was the name of that asian grindfest MMORPG that featured mostly dark stuff, like undead, demonic infused playable classes, blood etc? Does anybody remember btw? "

Could you be referring to Lineage the Blood Pledge or possibly Lineage 2?