03-10-2006, 09:07 AM
SRO has a few issues that need to be addressed, but for a beta it is quite good and fun. It is not a game for everyone and it involves some heavy grinding. The quests are just icing on the cake, imo.
SRO is all about character development (acquiring skill points), not about questing, grinding for materialistic gains or power leveling. You can easily solo or play with friends and the characters have so many options that are open ended. You don't have to decide how to spec your character's skills from the start, nor do you have to maintain a static build. The only thing that should be static is how you distribute attribute points; it is best to make a pure strength or pure intellect character and not a hybrid.
This is an action game with the feel of classic diablo for me. The kill stealing can be very annoying but it can be amusing when it goes bad. I was laughing for a long time last night after a fire-glaiver successfully stole my giant (boss) mob and died as he attempted to finish off fhe adds and claim the new giant that spawned right next to us after the first one died. My character is a L18 cloth-wearing tank (blade/shield) with L9 skill mastery in blades and L5 mastery in cold who has low damage but fast attacks. I use cold for slowing/freezing mobs and can survive multiple adds easily (I did not use cold attacks after the glaiver arrived since it would help him more and adds very little damage). Anyone can easily outdamage me and steal my kill (even when I am berserking) over time and usually it doesn't take long =P.
The glaiver didn't have a chance to grab the loot he stole from me (loot is tagged for 1 minute) by taking my kill and got nothing but an xp penalty for dying. Well, that is not entirely correct since a character does not lose sp's at death so he kept what few he earned. I leisurely cleared the area and collected all the loot.
SRO has a lot of potential and the skill trees seem balanced. Party tactics are different from other games I've played and will be a fun challenge to master.
SRO is all about character development (acquiring skill points), not about questing, grinding for materialistic gains or power leveling. You can easily solo or play with friends and the characters have so many options that are open ended. You don't have to decide how to spec your character's skills from the start, nor do you have to maintain a static build. The only thing that should be static is how you distribute attribute points; it is best to make a pure strength or pure intellect character and not a hybrid.
This is an action game with the feel of classic diablo for me. The kill stealing can be very annoying but it can be amusing when it goes bad. I was laughing for a long time last night after a fire-glaiver successfully stole my giant (boss) mob and died as he attempted to finish off fhe adds and claim the new giant that spawned right next to us after the first one died. My character is a L18 cloth-wearing tank (blade/shield) with L9 skill mastery in blades and L5 mastery in cold who has low damage but fast attacks. I use cold for slowing/freezing mobs and can survive multiple adds easily (I did not use cold attacks after the glaiver arrived since it would help him more and adds very little damage). Anyone can easily outdamage me and steal my kill (even when I am berserking) over time and usually it doesn't take long =P.
The glaiver didn't have a chance to grab the loot he stole from me (loot is tagged for 1 minute) by taking my kill and got nothing but an xp penalty for dying. Well, that is not entirely correct since a character does not lose sp's at death so he kept what few he earned. I leisurely cleared the area and collected all the loot.
SRO has a lot of potential and the skill trees seem balanced. Party tactics are different from other games I've played and will be a fun challenge to master.