04-23-2004, 04:09 AM
Well, I didn't get to participate in any of the really epic invasion battles, because by the time I logged on all of the Atlas Parks were full. I here there were some intense level 30+ fights in Founders Falls too, but no way could I get in there. Anyway, I hopped zones for awhile and eventually ended up in King's Row 2, where there was a deluge of level 8-12 Rikti portalling in.
Now, the Atomic Woman was a bit overleveled for King's Row (she was level 17), but with all the characters running around and power effects going off, I was lucky to get 2 frames per second. It really was total chaos. I only managed to get one nice, clear picture of a Rikti grunt.
However, I strayed from the mob of 40 or 50 characters in the immediate area (I wanted to get away from the battle and let my client stabilize, I was afraid of crashing) and ran into Commander Skar, a named Rikti Archvillain run by a developer (Skar was a level 8 Science Blaster, and was taking 1 or 2 points of damage per hit). I had about 30 seconds to tank him all by myself before the crowd caught up. There was at one point at least 30 people all attacking him, and even then I don't think we actually defeated him - he eventually teleported away.
It was a very neat event, and I wish my rig had allowed me to enjoy it more. I'm definitely going to have to pony up the dough for an Athlon 3200 now. <_<
Also, I figured I'd throw up some images from the totally rocking sci-fi laboratory mission environment while I'm doing this. First we have this neat computer console that looks to me like a cross between Star Trek and Earth: Final Conflict tech, very stylish. Then we have this neat danger hologram flashing at the entrance to a corridor. It's a really neat effect to see in action. And finally, we have some sort of lit tunnel thingy that reminds me of something from Event Horizon for some reason. You can also sort of see the Stealth visual effect on AW in that image.
Man, I don't know if I can tough it out to Sunday... :D
Now, the Atomic Woman was a bit overleveled for King's Row (she was level 17), but with all the characters running around and power effects going off, I was lucky to get 2 frames per second. It really was total chaos. I only managed to get one nice, clear picture of a Rikti grunt.
However, I strayed from the mob of 40 or 50 characters in the immediate area (I wanted to get away from the battle and let my client stabilize, I was afraid of crashing) and ran into Commander Skar, a named Rikti Archvillain run by a developer (Skar was a level 8 Science Blaster, and was taking 1 or 2 points of damage per hit). I had about 30 seconds to tank him all by myself before the crowd caught up. There was at one point at least 30 people all attacking him, and even then I don't think we actually defeated him - he eventually teleported away.
It was a very neat event, and I wish my rig had allowed me to enjoy it more. I'm definitely going to have to pony up the dough for an Athlon 3200 now. <_<
Also, I figured I'd throw up some images from the totally rocking sci-fi laboratory mission environment while I'm doing this. First we have this neat computer console that looks to me like a cross between Star Trek and Earth: Final Conflict tech, very stylish. Then we have this neat danger hologram flashing at the entrance to a corridor. It's a really neat effect to see in action. And finally, we have some sort of lit tunnel thingy that reminds me of something from Event Horizon for some reason. You can also sort of see the Stealth visual effect on AW in that image.
Man, I don't know if I can tough it out to Sunday... :D
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