04-05-2004, 11:06 PM
LochnarITB,Apr 5 2004, 08:39 PM Wrote:I had started to download this game (at a relative snails pace). I canceled out eventualyy because I questioned if I even wanted to try it. The thing that kept coming to mind was that there seems to be an emphasis on partying and scheduled wars. Is this game a total bust for a loner such as myself?Heh, funny you mention that, I came here with the idea of posting about it.
I'm level 21 now, the pace of the game has slowed a bit, not entirely surprising as it was very very fast in the beginning. Being a total loner myself, I've been quite entertained by it. Eventually I got tired of the same old killing fields (heh, Progress Quest) and took a portal to explore other areas. Different monsters and locations, and less crowded to boot, I was getting solid 60-70 fps exploring around there.
The thing is that you still have to be overly cautious because, when facing a new monster, you have no idea just how strong it is. You could kill it with impunity or it could wipe the floor with you for all you know. But fighting these higher level monsters is kind of a tradeoff, you get better and more expensive loot (I swear, the price of things seem to grow exponentially) for buying the more expensive charge-up things that you'll need to fight those monsters. Pretty funny ^_^
So yes, so far for a loner it's been entertaining. Very Diablesque. Requires crowd control and everything to pull just as many monsters as you can handle (except of course when in the middle of a fight another handful of monsters decide to respawn right next to you, not pretty).
But then today a "regularly scheduled war" broke out. After a few random announcements about fights and stuff it turns out my country is being invaded (and no, I don't feel too "patriotic" about this virtual imaginary country, nor do I feel the need to waste my time fighting other players when there's a lot of the world yet to explore).
Suffice to say I've decided to go back tomorrow and see if it's over so that I can play again. In about 10 minutes the area where I was killing scorpions got crowded with other players, and I died like 3 times in a row (one of them just as I respawned in town, very funny -_- ) in two different areas, without even seing what hit me, how badly, or where the heck that enemy was, for 10k exp I'll have to recover tomorrow. Also, I get a spam message about having "0 Nation Points" every time I join the game or use a travelling portal, and telling me to visit some random NPC somewhere (I suspect this will even cost me cash...). And no, there's no tick box for a "don't bother with this because I don't care" option.
I wonder how regular this crap is. If it's more often than once per year or something I think I'll be hitting that pretty uninstall button. A real shame too.