AC2 - Impressions so far

[[Cerebus]]

I recently started playing Asherons Call 2 and it rocks, as all new games do. I can't really say too much about it as I've not really played it enough to form a fair opinion.

It's great so far, that's good enough for me.

One thing that has just stunned me is the customer support and it's made me draw some comparisons to DAoC.

It's becoming more and more apparant to me that DAoC is just a money making product of Mythic and GOA. It's just a game, it's just a business.

The impression I get is that neither company actually love their baby, neither company is in it for the game, just the cash.

Turbine (Asheron's Call 2 version of Mythic ) on the other hand have suprised me.

Now I'm far from niave, I know every company under the sun is in it for the cash. I don't doubt for one second Microsoft give a shit about Asheron's Call 2 as long as it brings them money.

The people behind Turbine give the impression they actually care about the game, looking on the boards is reason enough to see this.

They have their own boards constantly moderated by actual team members. Answers to questions are made within minutes on patch days, like today for example.

I want everybody to look here and tell me that's not good service.

Okay, they're having trouble with the patch and the servers but remember it's the very first retail patch and problems are bound to happen. Just look how they deal with the problems though.

Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right, I'm loving AC2 and the service atm though.

Just my thoughts for the day

 

[Uncle Sick(tm)]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2002-12-06&res=l

 

[Bleri McThrust]

Ive got a copy sitting here but not playing it yet.

I tried the beta and came out with the following opinion...

The idea of the possibilty to rebuild the world based around player actions etc etc. Monthly events/patches. Nice graphics. A real storyline which you learnt by doing certain things. All these looked great.

Didnt play enough to really get into the character development and spells/combat side.

Beta support was awefull. Beta forums were non-existant.

Looks like it has a great future but still had a lot of things to iron out first.

Why havent I subscribed yet.......

Playing with 2pcs on an ADSL line using ICS meant awefull lag and trying to get an answer as to what to do about it was impossible.

Patch 1.54 will be here soon (I hope ......... someone tell us when please). SI. And some good buddies on here. Im not ready to change yet but who knows ?

 

[Bleri McThrust]

Originally posted by [Cerebus]

I want everybody to look here and tell me that's not good service.

Just looked there. During Beta you couldnt even make a post. I see now that you can. However I notice that you need approval to post a topic lol

Great News!

As promised a while back, we now have the message boards set up so that once we approve a topic for conversation, it will be put into an open forum for that topic. This will be your chance to give us some feedback on the topic of convesation.

 

[Belsameth]

are archers still insanely overpowered compared to any other class in the game?

 

[old.ivan]

yep apparently most pop classes are 1) Archers 2) Wizzies.... Tanks are fairly rare from what i heard.

 

[[Cerebus]]

1). I'm gonna be reading that cartoon all day now. Thanks

2). Archers apparantly suck when it comes to PvP.

I'm one (lol) and they're a lot of fun, we don't get an uber critical strike, we just get lots of special skills like an AoE fire arrow and quick shot (Fires off two arrows in the time it usually takes to shoot one).

Get caught in melee though and you're going down and quick.

3). The boards are very constrained, you go there now if you want to speak to a Turbine team member during patching or you are stuck somewhere.

If I want to piss about and have a laugh I come here.

Shrouded Isles does look nice though.

 

[Belsameth]

ooh, the AoE fire arrows! I loved those
(after I respecced to archer, that is (yes, unlimited respec is in tho not easy)

am tempted to order it anyway. but with Animul forcing me to PvP every night, I don't know where to find the time

 

[Nice Guy Eddie!]

Am playing on Europe AC2, I so far enjoy it so far,

Playing on the high rez mode its great, tons of eye candy,

But with about 350 people on English Europe server, can't help but feel loanly,

I started a tank, he only level 10, going to make a wizzy,

Tanks are boring, Archers are popping up like bunnys,

 

[SFXman]

Imho, the things is that the CS is sufficient for DAoC... I for one have used it twice now and replies came very quickly...
You don't have to get CS for every single tiny thing, you will most likely find it out from other players.
I must also say that Mythic most certainly care about the game. Camelotherald has news zoom by so fast your head spins... *patch patch patch patch*. GOA just has the difficulty of translation which you must admit is a large job.

 

[Garaen]

I thought AC2 was going to be released late December in Europe

 

[keela is]

ax2 is soooooo bad

really, its just so bad !

honest.....


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