Got to 20 on the Priest last night on Dragonfall, and actually enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. I couldn't decide on a main so I rolled a priest because I knew I would at some point, and that they'd be in demand.
The thing is kind of a killing machine. Not a *huge* amount of damage anywhere, but enough to get the job done well. The real benefit is that I had zero down-time. I was quickly wiping out quests that I had problems with on my warrior in CBT. Soloing a BAM would be more challenging than other classes, but that's what friends are for.
When I found a random someone to power through a zone with, the efficiency was insane. I need a friend on Saturday to get to 32 with.
I don't believe I, at any point, said anything about being able to do max damage from max range, nor about being able to defeat BAMs while AFK reading a book.
I kinda glossed over the full post because I'm at work right now, but I was just saying that they did a better job making sure ranged classes didn't have a huge advantage than other games have done.
I do agree that they oughta have at least a few skills that can lay down the pain at range for archers, mainly because sorcs have sick AoEs...
So this game is either astonishingly terrible, or it has one of the worst introductory sections i've ever seen.
I guess i'll see if I have the patience to find out which.
the opening is AWFUL. I have no clue what they were thinking by doing that. It's so terribly done, I can't see how anyone who wasn;t in the closed beta would even find that helpful.
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If I could just wave a magic wand and make something interesting happen, I would make two different kinds of bows. Short bows that do less damage, have a shorter range, and can be fired while moving and Long bows which cannot be fired while moving, can only be fired after charging, have a longer range but do massive damage.
...and when you are done with that; take a folding
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
If I could just wave a magic wand and make something interesting happen, I would make two different kinds of bows. Short bows that do less damage, have a shorter range, and can be fired while moving and Long bows which cannot be fired while moving, can only be fired after charging, have a longer range but do massive damage.
Funny. If I could just wave a wand and make something interesting happen, it'd be that my bank account would have $Texas in it.
Jagged Coast PVP server last night wasn't too bad. Some griefers camping Teubenius, the level 16-18 mob necessary for advancing the story quest.
Saw a few outlaws running around, some guilds declaring war on each other.
Isle of Dawn had 30 channels when I joined and 53 by the time I left. All those people were funneled down into four channels of Lumbertown. The ground was carpeted with people trying to grab the slow spawning mobs.
Also had trouble with Dark Revelations. Solo it didn't register after killing the big guy. Had to go back with a group and that registered.
Managed to reach 18 on the mystic in about four hours of play.
is this the server everyone will be playing on?
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grouch993Both a man and a numberRegistered Userregular
So this game is either astonishingly terrible, or it has one of the worst introductory sections i've ever seen.
I guess i'll see if I have the patience to find out which.
the opening is AWFUL. I have no clue what they were thinking by doing that. It's so terribly done, I can't see how anyone who wasn;t in the closed beta would even find that helpful.
Is that the new "you start as a level 20" section that was mentioned?
So this game is either astonishingly terrible, or it has one of the worst introductory sections i've ever seen.
I guess i'll see if I have the patience to find out which.
the opening is AWFUL. I have no clue what they were thinking by doing that. It's so terribly done, I can't see how anyone who wasn;t in the closed beta would even find that helpful.
I can appreciate the chance to preview a character class, but the prologue wasn't really useful for getting a feel for your class. It also flowed oddly. It starts out like you are going to have to quest through the zone, then quickly segues into killling a few guys and a bigger guy. The ending is kind of lame too, it just...ends...without showing anything really.
When I first heard about it I was picturing more a public quest area where you and several other players face a horde of monsters, like a squad versus an army. It could ramp up in difficulty, ending with a BAM that defeats you on camera. The who thing could just be one scene/area.
With what they actually done, I would rather they not have bothered at all.
If I could just wave a magic wand and make something interesting happen, I would make two different kinds of bows. Short bows that do less damage, have a shorter range, and can be fired while moving and Long bows which cannot be fired while moving, can only be fired after charging, have a longer range but do massive damage.
it's called, play an archer in dragons nest.
I can appreciate the chance to preview a character class, but the prologue wasn't really useful for getting a feel for your class. It also flowed oddly. It starts out like you are going to have to quest through the zone, then quickly segues into killling a few guys and a bigger guy. The ending is kind of lame too, it just...ends...without showing anything really.
When I first heard about it I was picturing more a public quest area where you and several other players face a horde of monsters, like a squad versus an army. It could ramp up in difficulty, ending with a BAM that defeats you on camera. The who thing could just be one scene/area.
With what they actually done, I would rather they not have bothered at all.
I just think it's a really horribly idea starting people off fighting a BAM without even knowing the class or what the abilities do.
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Just_Bri_ThanksSeething with ragefrom a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPAregular
Dueling crashes the internet?
...and when you are done with that; take a folding
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
the prologue confused me about my abilities more than it helped. also caught me off guard because it was not in the earlier closed betas.
playing a sorcerer right now, the only thing that annoys me is that close range nuke roots me and takes forever to cast so it's easy for a monster to swipe at me during it.
the number of slayers running around isle of dawn was crazy
Level 7 Berserker now, the prologue definitely does a bad job starting things off. The actual starting area is pretty decent. Combat is... alright. I can't really comment on the quality of the quests because I haven't read any of them, which doesn't matter since they are all "Kill X of Y".
It's pretty, though. But also pretty meh. I'll keep going for the rest of the weekend though, because why not.
My guild on Celestial Hills is the largest guild on the server. Over 150 members already!
We are bigger than the next THREE guilds COMBINED. It's nuts!
Also, got my Berserker up to lvl 26. Now I am taking a break before bed. Sadly, I won't be able to play much tomorrow or Sunday due to work. Everyone is going to get ahead of me level wise.
So we get stiff once in a while. So we have a little fun. What’s wrong with that? This is a free country, isn’t it? I can take my panda any place I want to. And if I wanna buy it a drink, that’s my business.
My guild on Celestial Hills is the largest guild on the server. Over 150 members already!
We are bigger than the next THREE guilds COMBINED. It's nuts!
Also, got my Berserker up to lvl 26. Now I am taking a break before bed. Sadly, I won't be able to play much tomorrow or Sunday due to work. Everyone is going to get ahead of me level wise.
Not like that matters, they'll have 8 more levels to be ahead with.
I'm 28, and freakin loving my warrior. Tanking BAM's with a warrior is so awesome, and just killing mobs is incredibly satisfying. Tanking instances on the other hand is extremely hectic, and I don't feel like I'm doing it right, even though no one ever dies. wtb stamina bar.
I was kind of worried about running alts through the same content since there are no branching zones to level in a l wow (not that I know of) but I can see myself going through this multiple times. Combat is just too much fun. And seriously, I highly recommend leveling with a buddy. Makes things super fast.
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Just_Bri_ThanksSeething with ragefrom a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPAregular
Just crashed out to the launcher and then started getting the ffffffffff error.
...and when you are done with that; take a folding
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
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so I'm sure anyone wondering already googled it, but here's a video of Michael Hogan doing some of his Samael lines:
My guild on Celestial Hills is the largest guild on the server. Over 150 members already!
We are bigger than the next THREE guilds COMBINED. It's nuts!
Also, got my Berserker up to lvl 26. Now I am taking a break before bed. Sadly, I won't be able to play much tomorrow or Sunday due to work. Everyone is going to get ahead of me level wise.
Empyrean Divine, right? I think I saw you guys at like, 90 people when I got on last night; craziness! I'm in the 2nd biggest (as of last night, still at work right now), Honor Among Kin. I will probably see you around!
kinda got sucked into hulu tonight planning on jumping on in a bit =D
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Kevin CristI make the devil hit his kneesand say the 'our father'Registered Userregular
hmm.. Game is telling me the wangbang channel dosn't exist anymore. I'm on as my Cast Priest Magdelene on Dragonfall if anyone online can invite. tried whispering Montague but he not onlinr atm.
Hey guys, trying out the open beta this weekend, might even get the full game, my character is a human archer named Feliandra, I would like to have a good time and join you guys.
Is anyone on to invite me? I sent in the application a while ago =|
Edit - Knight, from what I saw on the list earlier we only have about 5 tanks and 5 healers compared to a large number of DPS. That's assuming all the warriors want to tank. So if you want to pick for what we lack, a Lancer would likely be best, but all in all just pick something you will enjoy playing through the island again with.
AFAIK Warriors are able to tank or DPS, they just take more effort to do either then the "pure" classes.
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BeezelThere was no agreement little morsel..Registered Userregular
Hey good times earlier with the folks I grouped up with earlier
Game shines when the community is healthy like it is right now. I hope it can manage to retain that after the first month.
Im hopping on now to try the game out, is there a Vent or Teamspeak being used?
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BeezelThere was no agreement little morsel..Registered Userregular
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the G&T vent I think was agreed upon but I haven't been able to connect to it
I have been debating perpetuating the ingame pa chat channel but since most of us in the guild are from here anyway I wasn't sure if that would be seen as redundant or not
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The thing is kind of a killing machine. Not a *huge* amount of damage anywhere, but enough to get the job done well. The real benefit is that I had zero down-time. I was quickly wiping out quests that I had problems with on my warrior in CBT. Soloing a BAM would be more challenging than other classes, but that's what friends are for.
When I found a random someone to power through a zone with, the efficiency was insane. I need a friend on Saturday to get to 32 with.
I guess i'll see if I have the patience to find out which.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
I kinda glossed over the full post because I'm at work right now, but I was just saying that they did a better job making sure ranged classes didn't have a huge advantage than other games have done.
I do agree that they oughta have at least a few skills that can lay down the pain at range for archers, mainly because sorcs have sick AoEs...
the opening is AWFUL. I have no clue what they were thinking by doing that. It's so terribly done, I can't see how anyone who wasn;t in the closed beta would even find that helpful.
I'm dead serious."
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
Funny. If I could just wave a wand and make something interesting happen, it'd be that my bank account would have $Texas in it.
is this the server everyone will be playing on?
No, that is just me off playing PVP. Think Dragonfall was selected for PVE.
Is there a Vent or TS being used?
"...only mights and maybes."
I can appreciate the chance to preview a character class, but the prologue wasn't really useful for getting a feel for your class. It also flowed oddly. It starts out like you are going to have to quest through the zone, then quickly segues into killling a few guys and a bigger guy. The ending is kind of lame too, it just...ends...without showing anything really.
When I first heard about it I was picturing more a public quest area where you and several other players face a horde of monsters, like a squad versus an army. It could ramp up in difficulty, ending with a BAM that defeats you on camera. The who thing could just be one scene/area.
With what they actually done, I would rather they not have bothered at all.
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it's called, play an archer in dragons nest.
I just think it's a really horribly idea starting people off fighting a BAM without even knowing the class or what the abilities do.
I'm dead serious."
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
Or being able to move any skills around on my hotkey bar so that I could comfortably reach them.
Yeah that whole prologue thing is a huge fail and I don't understand their thinking at all. At least it's skippable after the first time I guess.
I think it's that it's probably the fact that the quests are absolutely mind numbing
playing a sorcerer right now, the only thing that annoys me is that close range nuke roots me and takes forever to cast so it's easy for a monster to swipe at me during it.
the number of slayers running around isle of dawn was crazy
It's pretty, though. But also pretty meh. I'll keep going for the rest of the weekend though, because why not.
My guild on Celestial Hills is the largest guild on the server. Over 150 members already!
We are bigger than the next THREE guilds COMBINED. It's nuts!
Also, got my Berserker up to lvl 26. Now I am taking a break before bed. Sadly, I won't be able to play much tomorrow or Sunday due to work. Everyone is going to get ahead of me level wise.
Not like that matters, they'll have 8 more levels to be ahead with.
I'm 28, and freakin loving my warrior. Tanking BAM's with a warrior is so awesome, and just killing mobs is incredibly satisfying. Tanking instances on the other hand is extremely hectic, and I don't feel like I'm doing it right, even though no one ever dies. wtb stamina bar.
I was kind of worried about running alts through the same content since there are no branching zones to level in a l wow (not that I know of) but I can see myself going through this multiple times. Combat is just too much fun. And seriously, I highly recommend leveling with a buddy. Makes things super fast.
I'm dead serious."
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
Empyrean Divine, right? I think I saw you guys at like, 90 people when I got on last night; craziness! I'm in the 2nd biggest (as of last night, still at work right now), Honor Among Kin. I will probably see you around!
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Ah well, is anything in demand? I probably won't be able to stand the low levels as a warrior again.
Edit - Knight, from what I saw on the list earlier we only have about 5 tanks and 5 healers compared to a large number of DPS. That's assuming all the warriors want to tank. So if you want to pick for what we lack, a Lancer would likely be best, but all in all just pick something you will enjoy playing through the island again with.
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I'm pleasantly surprised how fast I hit 20 on the Priest. The quests aren't too much to write home about but the combat system is keeping my interest.
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Game shines when the community is healthy like it is right now. I hope it can manage to retain that after the first month.
"...only mights and maybes."
I have been debating perpetuating the ingame pa chat channel but since most of us in the guild are from here anyway I wasn't sure if that would be seen as redundant or not
"...only mights and maybes."