All bullshit aside... who's going to be playing?

miir · Post by **miir** » January 26, 2007, 12:22 pm

I'm going to pick it up.

I saw enough potential in beta that I think it's gonna be a half decent game (eventually)... and it's included on soe station access.

Do we have any info on server names yet?
I got the preorder so I'll be making a character tonight and post what server I am on.

Momopi · Post by **Momopi** » January 26, 2007, 12:39 pm

Lionkin and trias have wanted me to play with them so i just might.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » January 26, 2007, 12:42 pm

I'm gonna be passing on this one.

As much as I respected that Brad did back when Verant had control of Everquest, there's a couple of factors that will make me skip.

Massive MMO burnout would be the first thing, limited budget is the 2nd and SoE would be the third.

I have huge respect for what they did with EQ2. They have a stellar game there and I personally would play this one with the new expansion before I played WoW again but they have fucked up too many properties to be trusted.

Maybe 6 months to a year down the line when they have shit fixed up and I don't have to deal with the glaring launch bugs I might give this one a spin. (Didn't regret waiting for EQ2 when I was hearing people talking about how shitty it used to be.)

For now my 15$ a month gaming budget is going to stay with gameaccess.ca.

miir · Post by **miir** » January 26, 2007, 12:44 pm

Oh that would be cool.
I miss Trias' rants in POT.

noel · Post by **noel** » January 26, 2007, 12:56 pm

I wish I wanted to play this. There are people on the dev staff that I really like and respect, but this just hasn't sold me in any way.

Miir will you be able to play it with your station pass thingy, or do you have to pay a separate sub for it?

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » January 26, 2007, 1:02 pm

It's part of the Station Pass.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 26, 2007, 1:06 pm

I'm starting to get the MMORPG itch again but I'm not going to scratch it with this.

miir · Post by **miir** » January 26, 2007, 1:26 pm

noel wrote:I wish I wanted to play this. There are people on the dev staff that I really like and respect, but this just hasn't sold me in any way.

Miir will you be able to play it with your station pass thingy, or do you have to pay a separate sub for it?

It's included which is why I'm going to give it a go...
Like you, I'm not really jazzed about the game. But I can see the potential.

It's not good enough to pull me away from EQ2 but I'd like to keep track of what's going on with it. So a couple days a week or whatever.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » January 26, 2007, 1:37 pm

I might get it in 4 months when it costs $12 to buy, but only because I have an all access pass!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » January 26, 2007, 2:20 pm

Don't plan on playing. And don't have the access pass thingie.

The access pass is actually a good deal. I think that's one of the smart things Sigil actually did in regards to the MS -> SOE move. I think they'll have a lot more people buying it 'just to try out' as they're not paying out an additional monthly fee.

Xatrei · Post by **Xatrei** » January 26, 2007, 3:10 pm

Since it's on the station pass, I'll probably keep checking in periodically, and I may end up giving it more time if they ever get it to the point where it loses most of the annoying problems that it still has. I think the game has potential, but as things stand now, it's a long way from what I'm willing to play.

Visual Echo · Post by **Visual Echo** » January 26, 2007, 4:30 pm

It looks like McQuaid never gave up the source code rights to EQ. Deep inside the logic where only the bearded gurus see with their mechanical mind's eye, the old bugs are there, only now they're level 72.

The 'card playing' schtick with the diplomacy is kinda cute, but are we gonna get 'magic the gathering' dweebs in game now?

Maybe 6 months to a year down the line when they have shit fixed up

And from the look of it, there's a lot of it to fix.

BTW, they released early, it's online live today right f'ing now.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » January 26, 2007, 5:06 pm

I'm gonna have to wait until the resurging addiciton to WoW fades a bit. Maybe once I've seen the 70 content and new raid game.

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » January 26, 2007, 5:19 pm

No idea yet... never got to play my beta account much because my machine wouldn't play it... but it should scream on my new system AND I'm out of character slots in EQ2 so I'm thinking about getting the pass thingy anyway so I might pick it up.

If I do, let me know what server you are going to be on Miir and I'll make sure to play there.

All that being said though, I don't see anything pulling me away from EQ2 right now. I finally got Mathis (my monk) to 60 last night and I upgraded my wifes PC so now my son can play EQ2 on that one and we have been playing together a couple of nights a week. He loves it and it's fun re-exploring all the areas with a 4 year old for whom everything is so fantanstic. I've also realized that a Paladin and a Fury make a pretty good team as well!

Marb

miir · Post by **miir** » January 26, 2007, 7:12 pm

Visual Echo wrote:It looks like McQuaid never gave up the source code rights to EQ. Deep inside the logic where only the bearded gurus see with their mechanical mind's eye, the old bugs are there, only now they're level 72.

The 'card playing' schtick with the diplomacy is kinda cute, but are we gonna get 'magic the gathering' dweebs in game now?

Maybe 6 months to a year down the line when they have shit fixed up
And from the look of it, there's a lot of it to fix.

BTW, they released early, it's online live today right f'ing now.

Go faggot up another thread.

Every other thread in this forum has been devoted to people whining, crying and bitching about the game.
If you're not playing, fuck off. Start your own thread to cry about Vanguard.

This thread is for people who will be playing to let other people know who they are and on what server.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » January 26, 2007, 10:51 pm

Marbus wrote:but it should scream on my new system

ahahahahah.

oh, sorry.

no wait I'm not done yet.

hahahahahah!

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » January 27, 2007, 12:01 am

OK... well by scream I mean more than 5fps

My friend just built a new system (he went by Kashi in EQ) and his is running 40-50 fps, the only difference is he has a GTX and I have a GTS... should make some difference but it should be much better than what I had. Runs Oblivion like a champ... didn't make a huge difference in EQ2 but that's because the engine is outdated and dosen't take advantage of the new hardware on the GPU... maybe someday they will update it since Nvidia freakin' sponsors the damn game!... doubt it but maybe!

Marb

Xanupox · Post by **Xanupox** » January 27, 2007, 12:56 am

I fiddled with it last week, Dont think I will make the plunge.

miir · Post by **miir** » January 27, 2007, 3:37 am

Marbus wrote:didn't make a huge difference in EQ2 but that's because the engine is outdated and dosen't take advantage of the new hardware on the GPU... maybe someday they will update it since Nvidia freakin' sponsors the damn game!... doubt it but maybe!

Marb

Sounds like someone's been listening to the morons on the EQ2 forums a bit too much.

miir · Post by **miir** » January 27, 2007, 2:26 pm

edit: Playing on Targonor no as Effie

Visual Echo · Post by **Visual Echo** » January 27, 2007, 4:11 pm

miir wrote:Go faggot up another thread.

Well, well, sounds like somebody just died, Mr. Crankypants. The game works great, they must have fixed a lot of bugs in the beta.

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » January 29, 2007, 7:25 am

I'll definitely be picking it up in a few months' time. Getting to play Planetside again on the AAA pass is half the draw for me though. . .

Too much fun to be had in WoW:TBC for now and I'm a one-sub guy.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · January 29, 2007, 10:20 am

vn_Tanc wrote:
Too much fun to be had in WoW:TBC for now

Yeah same here. Level 65 already and loving it. Nagrand is so damn beautiful. I pre-order Vanguard though, so I'll have it on the shelf for when my MMOADD hits again.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » January 29, 2007, 1:36 pm

Visual Echo wrote:
miir wrote:Go faggot up another thread.
Well, well, sounds like somebody just died, Mr. Crankypants. The game works great, they must have fixed a lot of bugs in the beta.

He's just trying to fill the void left by Rellix's permanent departure from this forum.

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » January 29, 2007, 2:12 pm

Yes Miir I have

With an OC E6400, 2GB of DDR2-800 and an 8800 GTS I expected much better performance than I'm getting in EQ2. However I will admit that the max textures and HDL looks nice when it works...

Still undecided on Vanguard, will probably wait a few months at least. As I said, having a ton of fun in EQ2 at the moment.

Marb

Midgen · Post by **Midgen** » February 2, 2007, 5:14 am

Playing a Wood Elf Ranger named .. Midgen.. on Hilsbury.

Guilded with some friends from the new/old Rangers Glade.

I'm rather enjoying being a complete newb again. The g/f and I are having a lot of fun with it.

Just to see what it looked like, I turned the graphics all the way up to highest quality while on a platform in Cial Breal. It brought my system to its knees (sub 5fps), but damn it was beautiful. I can't wait until my hardware catches up the game engine.

McQuaid posted that he expects the graphic engine to be converted to DX10 at the first expansion late 2007. They also plan to release a 64bit client for Vista at that time. Yummy! =)

Edit: By the end of next week, I should be playing on a E6700 lightly OC'd with a 8800GTX and 2G of RAM.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » February 3, 2007, 2:36 am

Actually, i think i'm gonna give this a try!

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » February 3, 2007, 11:58 am

Playing and loving it so far.

Sparty · Post by **Sparty** » February 8, 2007, 5:36 pm

Just grabbed this myself. I wasn't to impressed with the short amount of beta that I played, but I'm a sucker for MMO's that have even a slight bit of potential. I'll be on Targonor as Sparty, or some gay spelling of Sparty.

My name is Spartii

Midnyte_Ragebringer · February 8, 2007, 6:34 pm

Damn Diplomacy is addicting. I'm only a level 6 monk, but I'm a level 19 Diplomat.

Traz-KOE · Post by **Traz-KOE** » February 18, 2007, 5:06 am

Picked it up for a try since I quit WoW recently and was going stir crazy without a game to play. I'll make a character on some server or another; if a guild happens and I decide to keep playing I'll probably go there.

Janx · Post by **Janx** » February 18, 2007, 6:47 pm

Yeah if someone gets a guild going that I can sneak into let me know. Didnt play much of beta and not having anyone to throw questions at is kinda turning me off.

Nuggun · Post by **Nuggun** » February 19, 2007, 11:01 am

Started on Woefeather, don't suppose anyone is playing on that server?

miir · Post by **miir** » February 19, 2007, 11:24 am

There's a bunch of veeshanites on Targonor in PD.
We've already put up level and playtime requirements for guild membership but we're probably gonna start an alt guild that's lax on reqs.

Anyway, if you start a character on Targ, shoot me a tell on Effie.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » February 19, 2007, 3:33 pm

If anyone is interested in playing a dedicated crafter we have openings on Woefeather.

Traz-KOE · Post by **Traz-KOE** » February 19, 2007, 3:46 pm

I went ahead and made a Vulmane Ranger named Traz (shock) on Woefeather. I'm currently tooling around my starting town and avoiding adventure quests while I check out other parts of the game.

I'm checking out the craft system a bit today, as an Artificer.

Diplomacy is pretty cool, got to skill 49 in my first major town, and there was a surprising amount of story built around it. Very nice. I can't wait to see the rewards.

Nuggun · Post by **Nuggun** » February 20, 2007, 11:08 am

I'm still trying to find my niche, started a high elf cleric and did some adventuring up to 11 the other day. Then went into town and started blacksmithing to see how the trade skills were. So far the only complaints I have are,
1) Very high requirements to run any decent amount of graphics. I have a laptop right now with 2 gigs pc4200 memory, a 256mb dedicated vid card(at work can't check exactly), 64bit 2.2ghz processor AMD, and I still have to turn everything down to 0 to run.
2) The mapping sucks, the map is lacking OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS of detail, no mini-map(thats ok though) and it wouldn't be so bad if the towns and land weren't so fricken huge and seemless. Only saving grace is the waypoints and dots put on the map from quest NPC's.
3) Things still broken that were promised to be a go on live launch, *cough* fellowship, some quests are still bugged, things dissapear then reappear when fighting etc etc.

But... I must admit it has a shit load of potential. Once they patch this a few more times I can definately see the improvements i'm looking for and could fall in love with this game.

Names Runeflinger, add me to friends if your on woefeather and give me a tell.

miir · Post by **miir** » February 20, 2007, 12:05 pm

Yea, the game is very unfinished.
But even at that, it's so very much fun.

I don't understand the problems youre having with performance.
Make sure your video drivers and directX up to date?
One thing that can provide a HUGE performance boost is defragging your hard drive.

Google some vgclient.ini tweaks

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » February 20, 2007, 1:07 pm

Also turn off your antivirus while playing. Helps a lot. Defrag is good too.

Traz-KOE · Post by **Traz-KOE** » February 20, 2007, 4:10 pm

There *is* a minimap option. It can be enabled in the Interface tab of the settings menu.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » February 21, 2007, 11:24 am

You can also download other UI's. Drox is rather popular. I am using it now but certainly not up to its full potential.

Nali · Post by **Nali** » March 25, 2007, 1:54 am

I`ll be playing soon, though I`m not sure which server to go to..