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Originally posted by gamer2108

Becuase it was the worst excuse for a MMO game to ever be released.

I disagree. I played Horizons. Briefly. Steaming pile of mongoose turds, that one.

Yeah, but I think FANPERSON is more politically correct.

So it should be FANPERSON.

The 22nd Receptive Combat Unit (RCU)
Nickname: "The Double-Deuce"
Motto: "Their Pain, Our Pleasure."
Server: Cassiopeia
Focus: RP/PVE.
Website: http://22rcu.proboards85.com

The 22nd Receptive Combat Unit is a brand new roleplaying clan on the Cassiopeia server. One of our goals is to help revitalize the roleplaying community that was so strong on that server in the months following the release of the game. We'd like to be a haven for the roleplayer who also enjoys experiencing everything a game like Tabula Rasa has to offer.

The 22nd seeks to find happy medium between heavily-structured military roleplay and the light-hearted, adventurous world of fictional soldiering. A cross between the multi-disciplinary fighting force of G.I. Joe and the bloody-mindedness of the Colonial Marine characters from Aliens, the 22nd offers the player a chance to become immersed in a larger-than-life persona - the brash, heroic soldier; more blood-and-guts than spit-and-polish.

If you’re looking to fulfill your Heinlein or Cameron-inspired dreams of science fiction soldiery – but don’t want to have to enlist in the IC equivalent of the military to do it – the 22nd RCU is the clan for you.

Visit the clan message board at http://22rcu.proboards85.com to apply.

I know these games are not 100% conducive to roleplay - no game is, although some at least provide some decent tools. The likelihood of a game being geared specifically toward roleplayers hovers around nil. So the roleplayers have to use the game to whatever extent they can.

But a good roleplayer won't let those limits get to them. RP is what you make it. If you wait for it to find you, you'll be waiting forever. A lot of roleplayers do this. Get out there, start up a dedicated RP guild, roleplay in public channels, create events.

I usually just shrug it off. Frack 'em.

The first and only time my wife ever made a snide comment about my gaming, I reminded her that she had friends whose husbands spent 25+ hours a week in bars and then went  off every other weekend to hunt or fish.  My hobby is relatively inexpensive and keeps me in the home. I don't play when the kids are awake or if she wants to watch television with me.

And she's aware that all she needs to do to get me to turn it off is suggest an activity I enjoy more than gaming. ;)

I'm still waiting on that Rainbow Brite MMO.

No game is going to satisfy everyone. So I'm not going to try to convince you to like TR.

But I'll say this:

1) Elves? Not a one in sight. That alone makes it worth a try. After almost a decade of MMORPG playing, that's pretty nice. Sure, I played Anarchy Online and City of Heroes/Villains, but after a while the whole Tolkein-esque fantasy thing gets old.

2) Engaging, dynamic combat. You have to aim. You have to take advantage of cover and your environment. You get access to a pretty cool arsenal of weaponry. Running across the terrain in TR has never been boring -- you're running through a combat zone with things trying to blow you up. It's a shooter. It's not "whack a mole" like every other MMORPG I've ever played.,

3) Cool backstory. I like the idea of getting payback for Earth's devastation with every Crusty I wax.

4) I'm in the mid-30's, and I'm not hurting for content yet. And the game's only a few months old. Some people have power-leveled their way up and hit a brick wall. Not saying they're wrong, or even saying that NCSoft shouldn't have taken that into consideration -- they should have. But I don't perceive there to be a lack of content - and if there is at higher levels, I'm sure it will be addressed.

5) You feel powerful - no rabbits and mice to kill when you're just starting out. And even the support classes can kick ass. Healing and repairing armor aren't just the boring, button-mashing affair in other games.

Sure, I'm biased. I love the game. After years of recycled concepts, I'm glad to be playing something that really engages me again.

Originally posted by jiveturkey12

I Find myself doing most of the RPing in the heat of battle, when i see snipers coming over a ridge, I will say things to my squad like "11 o clock snipers on the ridge" or something to that effect. Its fun to RP like your actually in the heat of battle, but after the battle is over there is almost no RP unfortunatly because of the LACK of bars, or any other social hubs.

 

They need the cantina from SWG input that and the game will be flawless.

 

-Jive

Definitely -- me too. I had no idea I had so much military lingo stored in the depths of my subconscious... after spending 10 years playing MMORPGs as a sword-swinging nancy boy, Tabula Rasa has allowed me to access my inner jarhead.

And there are certainly some failings that lower TR in my eyes as far as roleplaying goes. The inablity to really customize your avatar (which I suppose makes sense from a design standpoint, since you spend 99% of the game with a helmet on) and the lack of emotes.

But the game's only a few months old -- I'm quite happy NOW, and changes continue to be made to the game and will most likely keep being made. I've been IC almost 100% since stepping out of the dropship because the environment is so immersive... anything else that they add is more icing on the cake.

The OP could turn out to be right... but if he is, it's luck. Anyone that makes claims about the inner workings of a company at which he isn't employed is speculating at best.  He has absolutely  NO CLUE about the *actual* factors that led to G&H getting the axe.

I don't know who's worse. a) Sideseat drivers, b) Armchair quarterbacks, or c) pre-release game fatalists.

I'm not saying I won't play the game without an "M" rating, but I can't lie and say that the extra "realism" (i.e. violence and gore) wasn't one of the things I was looking forward to most. Not because I'm a psychopath, but because of the immersion factor. I love Conan, and Conan's world is a violent one; I want to play in that world.

Backing down on the "M" rating content would also signal that the Dev's are willing to disregard their artistic vision under pressure, which for quality reasons is NEVER a good thing.

Originally posted by Kyleran
(would prefer a game based in the Farscape universe more)

Star Trek Online, for sure. I love the movie Stargate, and can't friggin' stand the television show. And, anyway, I've been a Star Trek fan since I was practically an embryo.

I, too, have played EVE before and quit -- only once, though, and the first time I quit was because I was too impatient - impatient with the jump times; impatient with how slowly I was assimilating skills -- both in-game and real-life, learning to play the game skills. So I quit and went back to traditional MMO's like World of Warcraft and City of Heroes.

I came back a week ago, and I think this time it' s going to stick. I finally learned to appreciate what EVE is -- the anti-MMORPG MMORPG. You can do something in EVE that isn't very easy to do in other games... completely immerse yourself in another reality. It isn't quick, and it isn't easy... but like real life, learning how to do it takes time. Logging into WoW or any of the other games on the market gives you instant gratification -- within 10 minutes of WoW, you've learned at least 50% of what you'd need to know to get along for the rest of your WoW career. EVE just takes a little longer -- but the satisfaction of learning it is exponential compared to a game like WoW.

My first few days back in EVE were spent getting the shiznit knocked out of my by quest mobs. I was beside myself with frustration, until I learned to look at what I was doing objectively... and realized I was just charging in like I would in WoW or DAoC or CoH. I learned my ships capabilities, used tactics, and BAM! I was unstoppable. Well, not easily stopped anyway. It took a day or so, but when it came... I was pretty darned proud.

Caldari, only because of the Achur. I love being Achura.

Definitely Age of Conan... but also Star Trek Online (I know it's a long wait, but hopefully it'll be worth it.)