Have you finally kicked the MMO addiction?

Highbury · 09-10-12, 04:41 PM

This is my character from "The Secret World" which I just bought last week. Not a bad game, certainly very different from other MMOs which is obvious by the modern setting. The pic is taken in London which is the home base for the Templars faction. Other factions are Illuminati (New York) and Dragon (Seoul), for those that have not read any info about the game.

If anyone else has it or has plans to get it my character is William "Highbury" Bleddyn and I rolled on Arcadia, but you can group cross-server.

kiwi_2005 · 09-10-12, 11:43 PM

^ "The Secret World" is made by the same people from Age of Conan online, i remember that been advertised. Ive seen a couple of videos and it did look quite good.

kranz · 09-16-12, 10:21 AM

ding, lvl 80, scrubs

kiwi_2005 · 09-18-12, 06:26 AM

Gratz Kranz

I'm playing 3 characters Thief, Guardian, Ranger. Get one to a couple of levels then move to the next and repeat gonna take a while to get them all to 80. I couldn't make up my mind what to stick with as i like all 3 so decided to level them all.

Leveling up in this game is not a grinding slog. The Guardian is awesome heals-over-time (hots) means i can bash my way through any mobs and survive the outcome.

kranz · 09-20-12, 12:58 PM

Thanks

I must say I'm pretty disappointed. Why? (apologies for a few spoilers)

PvE:
-dynamic events are really cool. You do hearts (quests) and encounter a chain event giving you a few copper coins, exp and karma. Cool thing.
BUT
after you reach around 75-80 you will need to enter 2 zones which have to hearts, events-only areas. The problem is moving between these events and avoiding "death". Without going into details (no spoilers this time): it's a pain in the a...to do them. (since you cannot teleport to contested waypoints).
IMHO, a completely failure. Sorry, but ANet has always claimed that they want to remove this "grind-like endgame" and they replaced it with something much worse. At least for. I almost completely lost interest in doing these chain events...
-instances. Another big LOL. I went to Arah today (an 80 lvl instance). Took us around 1 hour to get 6 items which can be obtained in 15 minutes while doing dynamic events. I thought that instances should give something more than blue/green items. (bear in mind - blue items are worse than green - not like in WoW). I won;t even mention several wipes bcoz of...
-communication. In WoW, when you wrote something; a whisper, /say /yell etc it was displayed as a line of text. In GW2 (dunno, probably in gw1 as well) when u /say or /w it is displayed as a bubble with text which disappears before you realize someone is saying something and rotate your camera. Another complete failure. I haven't checked the game settings for this, yet, however, I doubt this could be changed.

PvP
Well, I bought this game for PvP. But I don;t like it.
sPvP: Pvp within your own server. Not bad, but the maps are only "urban-like". No flat spaces such as Arathi Basin or Isle of conquest. (WoW). In sPvP you get a basic PvP set of items which later on can be upgraded in the Mystic Forge. Haven't figured out how to do it, yet - even after watching 2 y.tube tuts...I'm really dumb.
WvWvW- World vs World vs World. 3 servers fight against each other on one huge map. Important note: you fight in your Pve gear which gets damaged after your death. For me, the whole idea behind this WvWvW is sooo utterly stupid that I dunno where to start. The best tactic for this type of PvP is: stick to the mass. Just stick to all other players, get your FPS to 1 and fight. Sorry, it's just dumb. No place for individual duels, just retarded mass vs mass. Ranged professions FTW. My dps warrior dies like a cheap s...That's why I decided to buy/craft some tanking items for a axe/mace+shield tank+heal build.
A few more comments about PvE/PvP mechanisms (which on a side note suck hard) will be posted tomorrow.

kiwi_2005 · 09-22-12, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kranz

Thanks

I must say I'm pretty disappointed. Why? (apologies for a few spoilers)

PvE:
-dynamic events are really cool. You do hearts (quests) and encounter a chain event giving you a few copper coins, exp and karma. Cool thing.
BUT
after you reach around 75-80 you will need to enter 2 zones which have to hearts, events-only areas. The problem is moving between these events and avoiding "death". Without going into details (no spoilers this time): it's a pain in the a...to do them. (since you cannot teleport to contested waypoints).
IMHO, a completely failure. Sorry, but ANet has always claimed that they want to remove this "grind-like endgame" and they replaced it with something much worse. At least for. I almost completely lost interest in doing these chain events...
-instances. Another big LOL. I went to Arah today (an 80 lvl instance). Took us around 1 hour to get 6 items which can be obtained in 15 minutes while doing dynamic events. I thought that instances should give something more than blue/green items. (bear in mind - blue items are worse than green - not like in WoW). I won;t even mention several wipes bcoz of...
-communication. In WoW, when you wrote something; a whisper, /say /yell etc it was displayed as a line of text. In GW2 (dunno, probably in gw1 as well) when u /say or /w it is displayed as a bubble with text which disappears before you realize someone is saying something and rotate your camera. Another complete failure. I haven't checked the game settings for this, yet, however, I doubt this could be changed.

PvP
Well, I bought this game for PvP. But I don;t like it.
sPvP: Pvp within your own server. Not bad, but the maps are only "urban-like". No flat spaces such as Arathi Basin or Isle of conquest. (WoW). In sPvP you get a basic PvP set of items which later on can be upgraded in the Mystic Forge. Haven't figured out how to do it, yet - even after watching 2 y.tube tuts...I'm really dumb.
WvWvW- World vs World vs World. 3 servers fight against each other on one huge map. Important note: you fight in your Pve gear which gets damaged after your death. For me, the whole idea behind this WvWvW is sooo utterly stupid that I dunno where to start. The best tactic for this type of PvP is: stick to the mass. Just stick to all other players, get your FPS to 1 and fight. Sorry, it's just dumb. No place for individual duels, just retarded mass vs mass. Ranged professions FTW. My dps warrior dies like a cheap s...That's why I decided to buy/craft some tanking items for a axe/mace+shield tank+heal build.
A few more comments about PvE/PvP mechanisms (which on a side note suck hard) will be posted tomorrow.

I never pvped in GW1 how you couldn't jump and kite properly. It was mainly stand still. Now with GW2 i might try pvp side as we can kite and jump but not really to worried about it if it turns to custard. With WoW now thats a different story i pvped my way to paradise and hated pve.

So for me its WoW for pvp and GW2 for pve.

kranz · 09-26-12, 11:53 AM

yeah...I'm considering selling me account.

Maybe not now...but gw2 pvp is not wow pvp...
Anyways...
Here's my warrior, full exotic, except jewelry. Berserker set+Berskerker 2h Greatsword.

Gw2 is not a game in which gear stats are put above gear's appearance.
When I crafted my exotic set, my guild mates were like, doh...how about dungeon gear, low-level sets and all the rest? Why should I get them, I asked. Bcoz of their appearance, they said. Dafak? Appearance?!!!!111one
Gimmie a break...I need good gear to kill people in PvP.Period. For me it can have a look of rusted plates. I don't give a damn about how it looks. I need good stats, not a shiny paint on it.
I still need around 9-10 gems so there is still sth to do. Found a good way to make gold. Lots of. It's based on chance but still gives quite a lot of profit. Will test it and give you more details.

View Poll Results: Have you kicked the MMO addiction?
Yup, i kicked it. No desire to play any of them anymore.	9	17.65%
No i haven't, i'm still on the treadmill.	7	13.73%
I still play one on occasion, but only once in a great while, and never for very long.	14	27.45%
I have never played an MMO, or I was never addicted to begin with.	21	41.18%
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09-10-12, 11:43 PM	#2
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	^ "The Secret World" is made by the same people from Age of Conan online, i remember that been advertised. Ive seen a couple of videos and it did look quite good. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

09-18-12, 06:26 AM	#4
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Gratz Kranz I'm playing 3 characters Thief, Guardian, Ranger. Get one to a couple of levels then move to the next and repeat gonna take a while to get them all to 80. I couldn't make up my mind what to stick with as i like all 3 so decided to level them all. Leveling up in this game is not a grinding slog. The Guardian is awesome heals-over-time (hots) means i can bash my way through any mobs and survive the outcome. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

09-10-12, 04:41 PM	#1
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	This is my character from "The Secret World" which I just bought last week. Not a bad game, certainly very different from other MMOs which is obvious by the modern setting. The pic is taken in London which is the home base for the Templars faction. Other factions are Illuminati (New York) and Dragon (Seoul), for those that have not read any info about the game. If anyone else has it or has plans to get it my character is William "Highbury" Bleddyn and I rolled on Arcadia, but you can group cross-server.

09-16-12, 10:21 AM	#3
kranz The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 1,430 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	ding, lvl 80, scrubs

09-20-12, 12:58 PM	#5
kranz The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 1,430 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Thanks I must say I'm pretty disappointed. Why? (apologies for a few spoilers) PvE: -dynamic events are really cool. You do hearts (quests) and encounter a chain event giving you a few copper coins, exp and karma. Cool thing. BUT after you reach around 75-80 you will need to enter 2 zones which have to hearts, events-only areas. The problem is moving between these events and avoiding "death". Without going into details (no spoilers this time): it's a pain in the a...to do them. (since you cannot teleport to contested waypoints). IMHO, a completely failure. Sorry, but ANet has always claimed that they want to remove this "grind-like endgame" and they replaced it with something much worse. At least for. I almost completely lost interest in doing these chain events... -instances. Another big LOL. I went to Arah today (an 80 lvl instance). Took us around 1 hour to get 6 items which can be obtained in 15 minutes while doing dynamic events. I thought that instances should give something more than blue/green items. (bear in mind - blue items are worse than green - not like in WoW). I won;t even mention several wipes bcoz of... -communication. In WoW, when you wrote something; a whisper, /say /yell etc it was displayed as a line of text. In GW2 (dunno, probably in gw1 as well) when u /say or /w it is displayed as a bubble with text which disappears before you realize someone is saying something and rotate your camera. Another complete failure. I haven't checked the game settings for this, yet, however, I doubt this could be changed. PvP Well, I bought this game for PvP. But I don;t like it. sPvP: Pvp within your own server. Not bad, but the maps are only "urban-like". No flat spaces such as Arathi Basin or Isle of conquest. (WoW). In sPvP you get a basic PvP set of items which later on can be upgraded in the Mystic Forge. Haven't figured out how to do it, yet - even after watching 2 y.tube tuts...I'm really dumb. WvWvW- World vs World vs World. 3 servers fight against each other on one huge map. Important note: you fight in your Pve gear which gets damaged after your death. For me, the whole idea behind this WvWvW is sooo utterly stupid that I dunno where to start. The best tactic for this type of PvP is: stick to the mass. Just stick to all other players, get your FPS to 1 and fight. Sorry, it's just dumb. No place for individual duels, just retarded mass vs mass. Ranged professions FTW. My dps warrior dies like a cheap s...That's why I decided to buy/craft some tanking items for a axe/mace+shield tank+heal build. A few more comments about PvE/PvP mechanisms (which on a side note suck hard) will be posted tomorrow.

09-26-12, 11:53 AM	#7
kranz The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 1,430 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	yeah...I'm considering selling me account. Maybe not now...but gw2 pvp is not wow pvp... Anyways... Here's my warrior, full exotic, except jewelry. Berserker set+Berskerker 2h Greatsword. Gw2 is not a game in which gear stats are put above gear's appearance. When I crafted my exotic set, my guild mates were like, doh...how about dungeon gear, low-level sets and all the rest? Why should I get them, I asked. Bcoz of their appearance, they said. Dafak? Appearance?!!!!111one Gimmie a break...I need good gear to kill people in PvP.Period. For me it can have a look of rusted plates. I don't give a damn about how it looks. I need good stats, not a shiny paint on it. I still need around 9-10 gems so there is still sth to do. Found a good way to make gold. Lots of. It's based on chance but still gives quite a lot of profit. Will test it and give you more details.