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^ I am seriously considering the 6 month option alone for the Star Trek Online beta! Sad? Maybe
^ I am seriously considering the 6 month option alone for the Star Trek Online beta! Sad? Maybe
Fafnir
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They are out of keys...
Syri
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Had a quick go last night, some bits are a bit clunky, others pure badly designed. Not that keen on the HUGE interface elements either in game. The chat box is a monster! 4 lines of text but it takes up a huge amount of space. any bigger and it blocks dialogue boxes, so you can't click the buttons on them, as the chat is always on top.
the gameplay is ok though, and character creation is pretty flexible. definitely needs polish though. Oh, and the cell shaded look is definitely not for everyone.
the gameplay is ok though, and character creation is pretty flexible. definitely needs polish though. Oh, and the cell shaded look is definitely not for everyone.
Ctuchik
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well, last closed beta test is today and on monday they start open beta.
i dunno tbh. they are either running out of cash really fucking fast or they are actually so ignorant that they think they can get away with fixing major bugs after release.
holding out with ordering the game untill i see whats happening in open beta. if theres no significant improvements there then i wont touch it at release. i dont want to buy another AoC or WAR again.
i dunno tbh. they are either running out of cash really fucking fast or they are actually so ignorant that they think they can get away with fixing major bugs after release.
holding out with ordering the game untill i see whats happening in open beta. if theres no significant improvements there then i wont touch it at release. i dont want to buy another AoC or WAR again.
Corran
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I been in the beta for the end of it. Stuck in god knows how many bug reports, along with some advice to them both through the ingame reporting and on forums.
There is alot that they can do to improve the game, but they gone in the right direction by not making it so bloody easy... though even now it still easy if you know what you doing.
Group play - seems limited, really seems like not till towards end game you need to even think about that.
PvP - feel it rather limited at the moment, can easily outlive most people that come for me with some tactics and with the fact any level of damage to someone gets you a point when they eventually die means it rather easy to rake up the kill count.
They need some more PvP options to really attrack the PvP crowd, as currently they got no chance of keeping people for pvp.
Bugs - there alot of bugs, but they did try to make some major changes in the last couple patches. They need to seriously fix the missions that are bugged or remove them for release. Least they seem to fix the memory leaks etc which is handy.
All in all though, i was enjoying the game. Thinking of the lifetime subs BUT i wont do it till they show they can handle "open beta". It got alot of potential but they need people to stear them in the correct way to meet it. In the beta there appeared to be way too many clueless people that had no idea about mmo's, balancing or testing and just felt like banging head against the wall... but least some ideas i had found their way in
There is alot that they can do to improve the game, but they gone in the right direction by not making it so bloody easy... though even now it still easy if you know what you doing.
Group play - seems limited, really seems like not till towards end game you need to even think about that.
PvP - feel it rather limited at the moment, can easily outlive most people that come for me with some tactics and with the fact any level of damage to someone gets you a point when they eventually die means it rather easy to rake up the kill count.
They need some more PvP options to really attrack the PvP crowd, as currently they got no chance of keeping people for pvp.
Bugs - there alot of bugs, but they did try to make some major changes in the last couple patches. They need to seriously fix the missions that are bugged or remove them for release. Least they seem to fix the memory leaks etc which is handy.
All in all though, i was enjoying the game. Thinking of the lifetime subs BUT i wont do it till they show they can handle "open beta". It got alot of potential but they need people to stear them in the correct way to meet it. In the beta there appeared to be way too many clueless people that had no idea about mmo's, balancing or testing and just felt like banging head against the wall... but least some ideas i had found their way in
Ctuchik
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i was just about to say, wtf not easy? its PISS easy if you know what your doing lol
even the last builds revamp of the bosses isnt enough. sure they CAN potentially kill you if you fuck up but its still nowhere near hard.
i mean, regen/invulnerable + a heal power = godmode. and neither of those powers needs any extensive cross speccing.
Corran
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My archer used
1) Endurance builder
2) AOE sonic arrow.
3) Invunrablity.
Didnt need anything beyond that. lol.
With the updated "hard factor" I threw in some healing. With Medical bots, Resurgance and Chi Healing... it was hilarious. I still killed higher level super villains. Master villans were a walk in the park even if there collected a dozen+ other enemies.
PvP = easy mode. Never died a single time in PvP with my archer from lvl 20 to 23. 50+ kills to 0 deaths oO
I think that the only time that may have problems is the early levels before you can get a defensive power. But I probably be lvl 6+ before I even get out the tutorial area.
Ferd could cause a problem. But maybe not. They would buffed him as it a 3 person mission but i solo'd lvl 7 - 13 just standing on his spawn point. Bloody easy mode with aoe sonic arrow. At first I was getting over 3 bars of xp a kill
1) Endurance builder
2) AOE sonic arrow.
3) Invunrablity.
Didnt need anything beyond that. lol.
With the updated "hard factor" I threw in some healing. With Medical bots, Resurgance and Chi Healing... it was hilarious. I still killed higher level super villains. Master villans were a walk in the park even if there collected a dozen+ other enemies.
PvP = easy mode. Never died a single time in PvP with my archer from lvl 20 to 23. 50+ kills to 0 deaths oO
I think that the only time that may have problems is the early levels before you can get a defensive power. But I probably be lvl 6+ before I even get out the tutorial area.
Ferd could cause a problem. But maybe not. They would buffed him as it a 3 person mission but i solo'd lvl 7 - 13 just standing on his spawn point. Bloody easy mode with aoe sonic arrow. At first I was getting over 3 bars of xp a kill
Corran
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Sonic arrow is one the starting abilities that is in the Archery line. It initially is a single target ability however there was an advantage you could get with your advantage points that then made it an AOE attack. Infact I would say it alot better then any of the archery AOE attacks if your enemy is nicely bundled together
Corran
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At lvl 8 make sure you get a passive ability.
Defensive passive > Offensive passive. Invunrability with CON as a superstat is very good even after nerfs (unless it made worse since last test)
With that I felt i could take on anything... but then i felt that way with my offensive Ice guy.
In general until you know more about the game stay in Balanced Role.. means you dont have to worry about reduced health etc and you can use all passives in it.
I be seeing how they changed the ice build. Hopefully they not re-nerfed IceWall to try stop people taking it. It is by far the best looking ability, unfortunately they put it on a 60second timer when it never had one before. Though it was meant to be down to 15second on last play test thank god.
I could kill 40+ mobs solo at the same time using icewall and shatter. Throwing in extra abilities that could cause sheath and up defense helped as well. Was great fun and showed how easy the game was
Defensive passive > Offensive passive. Invunrability with CON as a superstat is very good even after nerfs (unless it made worse since last test)
With that I felt i could take on anything... but then i felt that way with my offensive Ice guy.
In general until you know more about the game stay in Balanced Role.. means you dont have to worry about reduced health etc and you can use all passives in it.
I be seeing how they changed the ice build. Hopefully they not re-nerfed IceWall to try stop people taking it. It is by far the best looking ability, unfortunately they put it on a 60second timer when it never had one before. Though it was meant to be down to 15second on last play test thank god.
I could kill 40+ mobs solo at the same time using icewall and shatter. Throwing in extra abilities that could cause sheath and up defense helped as well. Was great fun and showed how easy the game was
inactionman
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Bah, patching is a pain atm! 3.8 gig, so 0% after 15 mins.
Bahumat
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Of that 3.8gb, you may already have 2.x because of the file planet download we all did earlier in the week. you have to move the files into a different folder for the launcher to pick it up.
http://forums.champions-online.com/showthread.php?t=30518&page=25
more info
inactionman
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Yeah, did that. Now have a 900+Mb patch. Still taking forever though!