Instead of waiting ’till mfish got on the MRT, and then go harra– I mean, ask him for his name on the server and hopefully he could help me, the game does have a forum, with a helpful section for new players.
I now know the following, from the questions I posted in last night’s post (plus some new ones I thought of);
-Pets can be renamed, they don’t grow old (don’t get why they’ve got the ‘Juvenile’ tag, then. Maybe for RP purposes), and you can tame a pet just by walking up to one and hitting the F key. Though I’m sure you can’t do that to any mob, as they will beat your brain out when they aggro.
-There is a death punishment, and it’s slightly similar to WoW. Your gear gets damaged. Yet, repairs are free. So that’s really nice.
-There are profession trainers, in major cities and outside, though it’s recommended to go to a major city, as they have crafting stations.
-Addons aren’t allowed. Period. That’s understandable. No problem here.
Here’s the things I’m still confused on (just trying to understand their wording, and ignoring the anger coming from my mind of some of them);
-Still don’t get why the server doesn’t set the game time. I keep being told different reasons, but nothing really clear. Whatever, I actually like it like this. Though I wish there was an ingame time option, instead of local/server time.
-There’s “no” AFK system (what I’ve been told), yet another guy says “if you AFK too long, you’ll go to the character select screen”. Um… what?! Is there, or isn’t there?
-The two parter question that made me question the questing system. I’m getting a whole bunch of words. Most of these feel like they’re saying “we’re OK with filling up a bar to complete a quest, as we’ve been doing it for 2 and 1/2 years. I don’t see why you’re complaining”.
It makes me wonder, who borrowed ideas from whom? Because questing is, like I said last night, like those Bonus Objectives from WoD. And the bar, similar to doing an Apexis daily(except there’s more than just mindlessly grinding). Did WoW take ideas from Guild Wars 2, when they made WoD? If so, that worries me. Because, those are ‘ideas’ I hate… and one of the reasons I left WoW.
And the second part, boils my blood. From what I’m reading, this is nearly as bad(if not as bad) as EverQuest. I’m being told “there’s tons of XP”, yet the sources just make it worse. There’s exploring(that’s fine), crafting(meh), farming(are we talking grinding, or actual farm farming?), and doing the random events(at least that’s something)… that’s IT! No questing! How…I thought they said, they don’t like the fact you have to grind. Then why in the fuck am I having to grind to level?! Do they not know what the term “grind” means, when it comes to MMOs? This..these can’t be my only options! There has to be some form of questing!
This is not good. I need to talk to mfish. … I think I wasted $15 on something that lied to me.
EDIT: … It’s not really that bad. Hell, I just got to Level 10, and I hardly grinded. Though, I just did an escort mission twice. It was the same escort mission I did last night, except with slightly higher-leveled enemies, to match my level.
Exploring is the key, it seems. I explored up to 87% of the human capital city. And holy fuck, this thing is 3x bigger than Stormwind! After that, I got a calling to head back to the leveling area via a very large portal. That’s when I got informed of an event right infront of me, to protect that thing again.
Now I’ve hit Level 10, and I got something that Blizzard took away from Hunters: Barrage. Ohh how I missed it! And it’s pretty cool. Good for dealing with multiple enemies.
I also was able to do my second Personal Story mission (which I’m still doing). I had to defend my foster family from a bully and his friends, and almost got arrested in the process. But due to my heroism, I was saved from going to prison (I think, anyway). Now I got to go find medicine for a friend.
I also got my first profession, which is called the ‘Huntsman’. Speaking of that, I did find where the profession trainers are in the human city. The interface, makes no sense at all.
EDIT2: I was briefly with mfish in the game. I had to run into Mumble and talk to him. He says he got burned out by a massive World PvP event. He showed me his shiny white Charr.
He mentions how “endgame content is coming”. I assume he was talking about the expansion (titled ‘Heart of Thorns’, or HoT) that just entered closed beta, during PAX East.
He then showed me the Charr dance animation, which looked really weird. Then again, the Draenei clapping dance in WoW would want a word with me. After that, he showed me where the World PvP portals are, and mentioned if I wanted to powerlevel to 80, to go to one of these. I think I’ll pass.
I didn’t really learn much from him. Only things I know, is you can have two crafting professions, including a 3rd (if you use Gems). I never asked him where you find Gems. But he said to not be afraid of using the Wiki.
But even doing that, I hardly know what I’m reading. I need to be visually shown what the hell to do. Such as these Skill Points. I guess I’m just struggling to figure out, simply, what the hell I need as a Ranger.
At least gearing up is a lot simpler, than WoW.
EDIT3: After playing for some time, even defeating a fucking World Boss that popped out of nowhere (with the help of 25+ other players, of course), I just don’t feel this is the “WoW killer” that I hoped for.
Here’s some reasons why;
-The leveling, mfish claims it’s the best part of the game. I…disagree. It feels repetitive (eg: Defend this place from Centaurs.. again), and having to search for hearts and places to explore, is starting to get on my nerves. I think the fact I have to run everywhere. I’m used to being on a mount in WoW.
-Unnecessary 3rd person dialog (Story quests only) that breaks immersion (NPCs talking and looking like they’re barely staring at eachother). I think this might be able to be switched off in the settings.
-Not knowing what crafting mats I absolutely need for professions.
-No new Ranger abilities after Level 10. I’m Level 16 now.
-What items from professions are most useful for a Ranger. Obviously it’s a bow. Yet I keep getting offhand items.
-Leather armor is too damn bland and boring. But I think that’s why dye is in the game.
I’m debating if I should join a guild that helps newbies. Though I keep hoping I can learn this crap on my own. Before in WoW, I really wanted to learn everything. Now, I… I just don’t know. Right now, I just don’t see a need for professions. I can kill pretty much anything (as long as it’s not a really high level).
I’m still giving this game a chance. It’s no “WoW killer”, but it still has its place.