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Re: All Points Bulletin

Post by Blorx » Tue May 04, 2010 3:27 pm

Alright, I'll remember that. Still waiting to see what happens about them. I just remember mentions of it somewhere and people getting excited.

And yeah, the devs have released a few podcasts, though they might not be the most informative, due to most information about the game still not being public (I'd know...I've had to dodge around the NDA a few times and see what has and hasn't been released to the public -_-).

EDIT: No need to give me the puppy. :lol:

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Post by Renegade_Turner » Tue May 04, 2010 3:58 pm

I'm open to you proving me wrong, I'm interested.

Also currently downloading Alliance Of Valiant Arms, which looks particularly cool and is also free. Looks like what an MMO game should be.

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Re: All Points Bulletin

Post by Grayswandir » Tue May 04, 2010 11:09 pm

underthedeep wrote:if you get two count me in i will give you my puppy.
You just got it and you're already sick of it?

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Re: All Points Bulletin

Post by underthedeep » Wed May 05, 2010 3:07 am

Grayswandir wrote:
underthedeep wrote:if you get two count me in i will give you my puppy.
You just got it and you're already sick of it?

it's called a joooke maaaaan.

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Re: All Points Bulletin

Post by Renegade_Turner » Wed May 05, 2010 7:43 pm

Blorx wrote:No, in fact, it really isn't...F2P MMOs and WoW clones are grindfests. You need to try something out of the box. Try RISE, try Spellborn, try Neocron, try APB. There are many more, but I won't waste my time.
Dude, after playing Spellborn, all credibility in what you've said has been lost. In the first few quests I had to do the following:

- Collect 5 notes on the deck of a ship for the captain.
- Break 5 boxes in the hold of the ship.
- Collect 5 roses for a man beside a barn.
- Kill 5 wolves for a man beside a house.
- Kill 5 boar/bull creatures for a different man beside a house.
- Fetch a man in a house for the port captain.
- Deliver a letter to a girl from a guy.

No grinding or repetitive quests, eh? Out of the box, is it? Puh-leeeeeease.

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Post by Blorx » Wed May 05, 2010 7:55 pm

Renegade_Turner wrote: No grinding or repetitive quests, eh? Out of the box, is it? Puh-leeeeeease.
I never said quests weren't repetitive. I just said the game as a whole was out of the box and insinuated that the repetition caused by the designers bumfucking the awesomeness behind it could be overlooked because of the great combat. >.>

There are always other ways to level. If you're going to quest grind, then you've got to expect this. Either that or play RISE, LOVE, etc, that don't have quests or leveling. =P

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Re: All Points Bulletin

Post by Renegade_Turner » Wed May 05, 2010 8:04 pm

The combat isn't great. Where did you get this? It's basically the same as Runescape but disguised as though it's action-orientated. Sometimes creatures will still hit you after you've ran a good few feet away. This takes away from being able to run around and hit shit. The combat isn't a redeeming factor.

You called it "out of the box". I want you to fucking take that back right now, this is just like World Of Warcraft.

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Re: All Points Bulletin

Post by Blorx » Wed May 05, 2010 8:21 pm

Renegade_Turner wrote:
You called it "out of the box". I want you to fucking take that back right now, this is just like World Of Warcraft.
No...it's really not. I'm completely lost as to where you're getting that. The combat is action-oriented and perhaps you're just having latency issues, and that's why you're still getting hit a few feet away.

However, I take it back on grounds that it'll get you to shut up. =P

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Re: All Points Bulletin

Post by Grayswandir » Thu May 06, 2010 12:41 am

underthedeep wrote:
Grayswandir wrote:
underthedeep wrote:if you get two count me in i will give you my puppy.
You just got it and you're already sick of it?

it's called a joooke maaaaan.
Fuck that, I'm hungry, I'm oriental, give me your dog.

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Re: All Points Bulletin

Post by zoidberg rules » Thu May 06, 2010 6:48 am

you really are a sick and disturbed person now arent you?? :lol:

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Post by Zhukov » Thu May 06, 2010 7:45 am

Grayswandir wrote:Fuck that, I'm hungry, I'm oriental, give me your dog.
Okay, that right there? That was hilarious.

Quick, someone print it on a t-shirt.

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Re: All Points Bulletin

Post by Renegade_Turner » Thu May 06, 2010 8:13 am

Blorx wrote:
Renegade_Turner wrote:
You called it "out of the box". I want you to fucking take that back right now, this is just like World Of Warcraft.
No...it's really not. I'm completely lost as to where you're getting that. The combat is action-oriented and perhaps you're just having latency issues, and that's why you're still getting hit a few feet away.

However, I take it back on grounds that it'll get you to shut up. =P
After realising from a video tutorial on youtube that all it take to dodge is move three steps back and three steps to the side, I've realised that this game is fucking easy.

Once I unlocked some of the cool Rogue-specific attacks the combat wasn't as mind-numbingly boring as it was, but I still won't call it action-oriented. The combat isn't as bad as WoW, but it's still boring as shit at some stages, and it isn't enough to sustain you calling it "out of the box".

I appreciate what they tried to do, but so far I'm definitely not a believer.

Still fucking pissed off at the lack of derivation from your garden variety run of the mill fucking fetch quests.

Grayswandir wrote:Fuck that, I'm hungry, I'm oriental, give me your dog.
If there was a quest like that in Spellborn it might be pretty cool.

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Re: All Points Bulletin

Post by Blorx » Thu May 06, 2010 2:55 pm

Yeah, it was more the concept that got to me than the execution. It definitely has its downsides. However, I've heard there's great PvP...I never reached it though.

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Re: All Points Bulletin

Post by underthedeep » Thu May 06, 2010 3:11 pm

Grayswandir wrote: Fuck that, I'm hungry, I'm oriental, give me your dog.
bahahaha yeah that was comedy for sure. shihtzu probably taste like chicken.... or shit.

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Re: All Points Bulletin

Post by zoidberg rules » Fri May 07, 2010 10:47 am

Or like a big building with no animals in it (geddit?! :lol: )

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