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09/15/09
I have yet to try out Runes of Magic but I love MMORPGS so I'll give it a try later. Like I don't have 40+ MMO's clogging my PC as we speak.
09/15/09
Its actually pretty decent. Since the original makers of the game just took the WoW base code I was pretty skeptical at first, but I played during the beta and actually had a good time.
I stopped before release because my computer couldn't handle having too many people in the same area (the end of the beta event essentially was a 1fps lagfest for me). That and I was getting back into retail gaming as I finally found a professional job by that point.
09/15/09
It's either someone who takes the game too seriously or they just keep saying lol, gets pretty lonely playing solo on MMO's meant to be played in a group. I'll try giving this game a shot, I'm more interested in how the community is cause a good game with a crappy community usually has me leaving immediately.
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09/15/09
The community has grown on me. It's easy to find and help others in need. Most of the people in the community are polite and well-mannered.
09/15/09
I enjoy Luna Online but holy cow is that a empty game, same with Nostales (Girlfriend has a mac so i got lil options, pity me).
09/15/09
If this game's community is anything like you said, it's all the better.
07/16/09
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07/16/09
The game is free. There's really no reason to not give the game a try.
It's a lot of fun, especially with stuff like Dual Classing. It's cash shop-based, but you can buy cash-shop diamonds with in-game gold, so you don't even have to pay a dime to get stuff from the cash shop.
07/16/09
The only problem is at some point you are going to need diamonds(item shop currency), but u can buy it from the auction house with in-game if u need to. Because for end game u r gonna need a lot of stamina(HP)+ ur class primary stat.
An important thing to note is there is the is at a minimum grind when it comes to lvl grinding. The lvl grinding only happens when your secondary class is closing on lvl 50.
Overall is a great game for what it is. it wouldn't be this great if it was a p2p, but it definitely stands out as a good F2P mmo.
05/14/09
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03/19/09
2. there is no "ranger" class
3. the lv 35 elites are in an upcoming patch were announced in "upcoming content"
4. the "new combat formula" was in place a week ago and was heavily modified before official launch
just curious if you actually play the games you "review" or if you guys are payed off to pass on good reviews?
03/20/09
As of two days ago the chinese characters were still there.
The new combat formula was listed in the game's official newsletter as coming soon, and the level 35 elites were listed as ready for launch.
And we didn't "review" this game, ass.
03/19/09
03/19/09
Ditto on this. I've played so many flakey korean MMO's. The fact that this is free means nothing. There are an INCREDIBLE amount of these things floating around on the internet.
As an aside, anyone remember back in the 56k days when you would yahoo for free games and barely get a 2D student project. The internet is littered with games now..
03/19/09
You just insulted me and all that I stand for in life.
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03/19/09
I have to agree. I've played a lot of bad MMOs, but free and paid. This one ranks as one of the better ones of both categories.
03/13/09
Your line "or at least borrows ideas from multiple sources to try and keep things fresh" is a good way to describe WoW as well. Did you know that the game is one large cut and paste collage with ideas from several korean MMORPGs?
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02/03/09
That's not to say that it's a bad game, it's just fairly limited on what it gives you for free.
02/03/09
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02/03/09
You pointed out that free-to-play doesn't mean that you can't buy spend money on the game, and that people playing the game will decide if they want to spend money on it, or not.
To that I say, "no shit."
02/03/09
02/03/09
Mainly free-to-play offers a high population on the server (not much mmorpg without the mmo part). People with money buy stuff for convenience (permanent mount, extra bags, nothing that gives too much of an advantage).
Since WoW pretty much owns the MMO genre, charging subscription fees just results in low population with only 1 guild that contains everyone on the server.
02/03/09
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02/03/09
I want to be interested in MMOs, but I'm afraid. So very afraid.
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