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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Er, what was all this about Arcadia being underwhelming?

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    I'm impressed.


    Oh, and if you want a better chance of surving Shibuya Quartz, you will want a Unicorn. He repels almost everything they throw at him, especially the Mirror Inugami.


    Does anyone know how to actually enter either Chaos or Messian HQ?

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  • ZandraconZandracon Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    You have to have a high level DB license. Have to go though story missions to get higher ranked licenses.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I have not played this in days with my odd sleep habits+P4, how are DCs?

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  • meatflowermeatflower Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I downloaded this under the assumption that this is 2008 and any new MMO has widescreen support.

    How disappointing.

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  • EliminationElimination Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    meatflower wrote: »
    I downloaded this under the assumption that this is 2008 and any new MMO has widescreen support.

    How disappointing.

    I play it at 1440x900 and it doesn't stretch. Thats widescreen. Doesn't take a genius to open up the ini and change it to widescreen, took about 20 seconds for me to figure that out.

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  • meatflowermeatflower Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Maybe that little morsel of info should be in the OP then?

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Lanz wrote: »
    I have not played this in days with my odd sleep habits+P4, how are DCs?

    Haven't encountered any. I've been doing Shibuya Quartz runs to try and hit 25 off and on.

    It's quiet. I think I've seen maybe one or two fellow BSers(:lol:) on since P4's release.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    So, Aeria forum members and beta testers here may be interested in this thread on Aeria. One of their translators is asking beta testers to help catch any translation errors and inconsistencies with both MegaTen canon and Myths/legends for demons, you can find it here:
    http://forums.aeriagames.com/viewtopic.php?t=237879

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  • RatmikeRatmike Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    So, I'm not seeing the guild on the list. Does a member have to be online for it to show up or something?

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    It should still be on there, as I readded us a few days ago. I'm also online now, if you want to just send me a message.

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  • RatmikeRatmike Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Alright, I'll be on in a few. Character name is McCheese.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    D: I just ran past you.

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  • RatmikeRatmike Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    From the way that Taraka was dancing on my spine I'm guessing the service entrance is meant to be done with a group?

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    It's a VERY good idea, yes.

    Especially since it gives out 50,000 XP to everyone who goes. Definitely let everyone around know so we can join in.


    Also, to anyone thinking of visiting the Catacomb dungeon outside Arcadia:

    don't. Endless tunnels of death.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    It's a VERY good idea, yes.

    Especially since it gives out 50,000 XP to everyone who goes. Definitely let everyone around know so we can join in.


    Also, to anyone thinking of visiting the Catacomb dungeon outside Arcadia:

    don't. Endless tunnels of death.

    However, if you want to attempt it, make sure you have Zan and Agi

    and very fast recover time

    and a full party

    preferably around level 40

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  • ZandraconZandracon Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    If more people start playing think I may start logging in more, because, Gaaah. Grinding to level 30 is terrible. Level 29-30 is more xp than 30-31 if I remember correctly.

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    If the disconnection problems get resolved I'll be playing this again when I finally beat P4. I wish there was an estimate on the date for the beta to end though. I don't want to get to 60 or something and then I find out the next day it's going away.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I went through around four dungeons yesterday, three in a party, and I didn't get DCed once.

    And the Act 3 50,000 XP quest? I got 15% on Level 23 from it. :|

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  • RatmikeRatmike Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I seem to get disconnected pretty reliably when I skip the (incredibly slow) updater thing and go right to the game client. Might just be random bad luck though.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Gilder wrote: »
    If the disconnection problems get resolved I'll be playing this again when I finally beat P4. I wish there was an estimate on the date for the beta to end though. I don't want to get to 60 or something and then I find out the next day it's going away.

    It's gonna be a while, I think. There's still a lot of places that players need to get too, like around Arcadia and it's dungeons, if the foray last night was any indication

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  • EliminationElimination Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    So a lot of the disconnect issues are being fixed by the looks of the site...maybe i should try this again, i quit because i kept getting d/c'd every 10 mins or so and couldnt finish dungeons.

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  • DizzenDizzen Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    If I'm reading this right, it seems closed beta ends tomorrow, and accounts will be getting wiped, with open beta starting the next day. I guess those leader pixies will be getting a new wave of attention soon fairly soon.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Well, shoot. :| I guess I'd better see my current character off tonight. At least I didn't bother going all the way to Level 25.

    Open beta builds do carry over to the finished product, right?

    If nothing else, I hope they fixed the cutscenes that were still in Japanese, because that's the worst error to have.

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Oh damn, I guess it's a good thing I haven't played for a while. So what happens to our accounts for Open Beta when that ends? I've never done this stuff before so I don't know how it all works.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Everything gets wiped, far as I know, so we'll have to reregister from scratch.


    And find a new clan permit. :|

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  • AdelliosAdellios Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    What do you mean by re-register? Your Aeria Games account is permanent unless it's not used for 6 months or whatever.


    Edit: Nothing happens in Open Beta -> Release, not even wipes (usually.) Your account is always the same.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Well, make a new character, that is.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Man, why did they even bother with a "Closed Beta" when it only lasted a couple weeks and everyone was invited anyways?

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I bet Gilder's sorry he missed this.

    I went to the Docks for kicks, and guess who was there.


    As a team.

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Did you manage to actually make it out alive or was that screenshot taken moments before your demise?

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Died repeatedly. But since CB's about to end, I just kept self-reviving and threw the XP to the wind.


    It didn't even take Tarranon or Succubus. The Naga mostly did me in.

    They both left not long afterwards.

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  • RendRend Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    So questions about this game. I tried it for about 2 to 3 hours during the closed beta, and it was a bit interesting, however, I didn't make it far enough even to get my own demon buddy, so obviously I have not gotten very far into the game. However, a couple things really really kind of irked me when I first got in.

    Questions are:

    1. Is there still no strafing buttons to move your character sideways? When I played you had to either click your destination or use wasd and rotate to turn, you could not strafe/right-click-drag the camera, or such. Is this still so?

    2. The distance at which I could click on an enemy was very very small. Is it still?

    Relatively small issues, but still somewhat of a big deal for me, I think. I was just not impressed with the way the game controlled. What do you think? Did you guys have those issues as well, and was it well worth it to stick through them to experience the game as a whole?

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Rend wrote: »
    So questions about this game. I tried it for about 2 to 3 hours during the closed beta, and it was a bit interesting, however, I didn't make it far enough even to get my own demon buddy, so obviously I have not gotten very far into the game. However, a couple things really really kind of irked me when I first got in.

    Questions are:

    1. Is there still no strafing buttons to move your character sideways? When I played you had to either click your destination or use wasd and rotate to turn, you could not strafe/right-click-drag the camera, or such. Is this still so?

    2. The distance at which I could click on an enemy was very very small. Is it still?

    Relatively small issues, but still somewhat of a big deal for me, I think. I was just not impressed with the way the game controlled. What do you think? Did you guys have those issues as well, and was it well worth it to stick through them to experience the game as a whole?

    1. No strafing unfortunately, WASD was so clunky that I just ended up using mouse movement.
    2. The distance you can click on enemies is pretty small, but it is a bit longer than your attack range so I don't know that it's neccesarily a problem.

    The game is fun enough that I'm glad I kept with it despite being very meh about mouse movement. It's still definitely a very flawed game, but it's decent.

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  • RendRend Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Rend wrote: »
    So questions about this game. I tried it for about 2 to 3 hours during the closed beta, and it was a bit interesting, however, I didn't make it far enough even to get my own demon buddy, so obviously I have not gotten very far into the game. However, a couple things really really kind of irked me when I first got in.

    Questions are:

    1. Is there still no strafing buttons to move your character sideways? When I played you had to either click your destination or use wasd and rotate to turn, you could not strafe/right-click-drag the camera, or such. Is this still so?

    2. The distance at which I could click on an enemy was very very small. Is it still?

    Relatively small issues, but still somewhat of a big deal for me, I think. I was just not impressed with the way the game controlled. What do you think? Did you guys have those issues as well, and was it well worth it to stick through them to experience the game as a whole?

    1. No strafing unfortunately, WASD was so clunky that I just ended up using mouse movement.
    2. The distance you can click on enemies is pretty small, but it is a bit longer than your attack range so I don't know that it's neccesarily a problem.

    The game is fun enough that I'm glad I kept with it despite being very meh about mouse movement. It's still definitely a very flawed game, but it's decent.

    It took me a long time to get over the no strafing dealie, and my only problem with the tiny click distance is that I like to have my target ready for awhile away, especially when I'm playing battles.

    Regardless, I definitely did not explore far enough to give this game justice, so I'll be continuing my trial during open beta. When is that starting up? Pretty soon right?

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  • DizzenDizzen Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Rend wrote: »
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Rend wrote: »
    So questions about this game. I tried it for about 2 to 3 hours during the closed beta, and it was a bit interesting, however, I didn't make it far enough even to get my own demon buddy, so obviously I have not gotten very far into the game. However, a couple things really really kind of irked me when I first got in.

    Questions are:

    1. Is there still no strafing buttons to move your character sideways? When I played you had to either click your destination or use wasd and rotate to turn, you could not strafe/right-click-drag the camera, or such. Is this still so?

    2. The distance at which I could click on an enemy was very very small. Is it still?

    Relatively small issues, but still somewhat of a big deal for me, I think. I was just not impressed with the way the game controlled. What do you think? Did you guys have those issues as well, and was it well worth it to stick through them to experience the game as a whole?

    1. No strafing unfortunately, WASD was so clunky that I just ended up using mouse movement.
    2. The distance you can click on enemies is pretty small, but it is a bit longer than your attack range so I don't know that it's neccesarily a problem.

    The game is fun enough that I'm glad I kept with it despite being very meh about mouse movement. It's still definitely a very flawed game, but it's decent.

    It took me a long time to get over the no strafing dealie, and my only problem with the tiny click distance is that I like to have my target ready for awhile away, especially when I'm playing battles.

    Regardless, I definitely did not explore far enough to give this game justice, so I'll be continuing my trial during open beta. When is that starting up? Pretty soon right?
    Should be sometime tomorrow or wednesday.

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  • ZandraconZandracon Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Heh, there's a contest for Open Beta.
    http://forums.aeriagames.com/viewtopic.php?t=247427
    First 50 people to reach 30 get 500 AP.
    3 random people over 10 get 2000 AP.

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  • RatmikeRatmike Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Well, open beta has officially started. Game on?

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I'll miss my character. :| I'll be back in the game again once I finish P4, ideally, but if someone finds a clan permit, it'd be awesome if you held onto it.

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    So we're really going to need some melee characters for later on because our clan didn't have many and we're losing one more because I'm switching to guns. Closed beta proved to me how useful guns were for at least the first 25 levels and my computer just isn't powerful enough to run the game at speeds needed to play melee. I can't block fast enough or anything. Guns should give me more time to react.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I'll be sticking with melee, but I'll also always have a gun around. It breaks the dungeons in Ueno and Shibuya wide open.


    Oh, and the dungeon in Ueno(volcano land) has monsters that give out 1k XP per kill.

    In fact, I'll just stick with doing a little of everything.I like being ready for any situation.

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