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[Tommie Hu$tle]

So far I like the game. This is my first MMOG so I am totally new at it (short of the MUDs I used to play in the 90's).

What I like most of all is the currency system. Copper is the standard and it takes 100 copper to make 1 silver and 100 silver to make 1 gold. That means gold is extremely rare. I've played for about 30 hours now and I only have 21 silver.

 

[Mairu]

The currency system is pretty basic, most other MMORPGs have similar if not the same system

You only have 21 silver? Are you completing as many quests as you can and selling what you don't need? I have been playing since Friday and have found that after a few levels it doesn't get too hard to get some silver as long as you're doing quests.

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

Yeah, I've been doing quests but, I've been buying stuff and getting skills. I just like it in contrast to games where the give away gold by the armloads. It's closer to traditional D&D and I like that.

 

[akascream]

Have any questions

Yeah.. can you send me your key?

 

[Malakhov]

Yeah.. can you send me your key?

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

Ah, it really not all that fun. You would feel cheated if you got you key that way. Really, you'll feel better once you pay for it.

 

[Malakhov]

Ah, it really not all that fun. You would feel cheated if you got you key that way. Really, you'll feel better once you pay for it.

We can try, give me your key and I'll tell you how I feel afterwards

 

[Doth Togo]

Have you been able to access Talents yet? I cannot. I can only access Skills.

My level 12 human mage is slowly learning how to own...

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

No I didn't have anything on talents. All I got was a coming soon.

 

[Takuan]

Talents are still under construction and won't be implemented until the next push at earliest.

 

[akascream]

It's sad. There are people frantically wanting to put this game through the ringer, and the people that get in haven't played MMO's before, nor know anything about the game.

 

[thorns]

It's sad. There are people frantically wanting to put this game through the ringer, and the people that get in haven't played MMO's before, nor know anything about the game.

which could be exactly the reason they got in. maybe blizzard is trying to make the game fun for people who have never played mmorpgs?

 

[golem]

im actually sort of concerned about the economy.. not sure what there will be to spend your gold on really, since quest items are often better than what you can get on drops or in stores, and are bind on acquire..

 

[Mairu]

im actually sort of concerned about the economy.. not sure what there will be to spend your gold on really, since quest items are often better than what you can get on drops or in stores, and are bind on acquire..

There are a lot of good drops, I always see people buying & selling rare items. Quests are not the only way to get equipment

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

It's sad. There are people frantically wanting to put this game through the ringer, and the people that get in haven't played MMO's before, nor know anything about the game.

Uh, wouldn't that be the group of people you would most want on a beta? Coming from a sw Engineering and Test background I know for a fact that you want people that aren't used to the system to test a system they are more likely to try things people with experience wouldn't try. Sounds like sour grapes to me sucker. If I didn't know anything about the game I wouldn't have registered. MMOG haven't interested me until Warcraft. It's a game That I have enjoyed since WCI and I wanted to get in.

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

im actually sort of concerned about the economy.. not sure what there will be to spend your gold on really, since quest items are often better than what you can get on drops or in stores, and are bind on acquire..

There probably needs to be a balance between purchased items and quest items.

 

[akascream]

You should eventually put casuals in to test the carebear factor.. but not when you want to grind through your basic mechanics and balancing. I dunno how they manage to seperate all that data.

 

[Mairu]

It's sad. There are people frantically wanting to put this game through the ringer, and the people that get in haven't played MMO's before, nor know anything about the game.

you really shouldnt worry about that, there are a lot of mmo veterans playing

 

[akascream]

you really shouldnt worry about that, there are a lot of mmo veterans playing

Can't I just be bitter?

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

You should eventually put casuals in to test the carebear factor.. but not when you want to grind through your basic mechanics and balancing. I dunno how they manage to seperate all that data.

What make you think that you are so much more eminently qualified to tell the designers that a particular item or quest is out of balance than I am? What do you think that people that are "new" to MMOG are new to gaming or something of that silly nature? That baffles my mind. Has the idea that the game is designed for a multitiude of people even crossed your mind? What you see as a "carebear" issue may have serious design implcations. Having a random sampling of players is going to ensure that they have larger input on the issues.

 

[akascream]

What make you think that you are so much more eminently qualified to tell the designers that a particular item or quest is out of balance than I am?

When did I say that?

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

You should eventually put casuals in to test the carebear factor.. but not when you want to grind through your basic mechanics and balancing. I dunno how they manage to seperate all that data.

That's what I got from this quote. This tells me you feel that "casuals" should be the bottom tier of the user rung. And that casuals would be un/ineffective in providing test results as opposed to what you could offer.

 

[lexbubble]

I am surprised that they are letting you talk about this openenly in beta. thats cool though. when i was in horizons beta we couldn't say a darn thing for about 8 months. tots annoying.

thanks for sharing your thoughts.

 

[Mairu]

Yeah, they don't really care. There is no NDA and the forums are open to viewing to the public (you have to be in the beta test to post, though)

 

[adrockthekid]

when i was in horizons beta we couldn't say a darn thing for about 8 months

Probably because they didn't want anyone to know that it sucked until they shelled out the monies for it. Which I think a total of like 200 people in NA did.