All Posts by eric1000

Deleting the thread is down to the moderators not the Devs so I wouldn't read too much into that.  As for the guy who so called lost $$$ off his CC, what can I say other than 1) Credit cards these days have fraud protection & 2) it would be pretty dumb to commit CC fraud when everyone knows who you are.

If this post was indeed true then the customer would claim his money back from the CC company and then said company would investigate the fraud, all leading to one thing which would be the Romanian guys getting the shaft and some jail time.  Personally I think this post is BS and just the latest in a series of attacks against the game.

I pre-ordered Mourning and after I found out that they would likely go with regional servers I decided to cancel the pre-order.  I was surprised that there was no way to cancel other than sending them an email but having done this the order was cancelled and nothing was taken from my card. 

I don't know why people are using scare tactics against this game but there is no real evidence to support what they are saying.

I agree with the original poster.  Vanguard is attempting to market itself as a 3rd gen mmorg, beyond the EQ's & WoW's but it isn't so.  From reading the Q&A it is obvious that it will emerge as yet another EQ clone with a few twists, nothing more.   Sad really.

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Originally posted by Morrigan

It is a beta, not sure if you expected an actual "game to play" or what. Meander over to the FOM forums and when you can, get on and post this to them. That is the point of a beta.

The expectations of it being a "game" at any point in a beta is ridiculous.

Granted, it isn't my cup of tea, and yes you are right with all these issues, however this isn't where it will make a difference to the gaming company.

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This attitude always makes me laUgh and if this were a closed beta we were talking about I would agree with you.  Hello, heads up as FoM is supposedly only one and a half months from retail release!!!

I have played MMO's in beta 2 that have been more complete than this trash and showed a helluva lot more promise.

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Originally posted by Yoottos'Horg

It is slightly frustrating, I admit. I am a moderator on the forums but alas the forums are down so I can't get an idea of what is going on. I wish I could help you all with these problems but I am experiencing some of them myself. Believe me, Duplex Systems is very responsive and will fix the problem as soon as possible. Ironically enough there are help files and tutorials on the forums, but unfortunately we run into the forum problem again.

This is their coming out game in the MMO industry and they are going to do everything it takes to make this happen. Please bear with us.

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Sorry Yoottos but FoM is just plain bad, there is no other word for it.  As a veteran of MMO's since the early days of UO I can honestly say that I have rarely come across a title as FUBAR as this so close to it's so called release date.

IMO FoM is at least a year away from being anywhere near finished and this is a conservative estimate.  What's more the technology behind the game is old and dated and by the time it's ready for release will be even more so.

Better titles have gone to the wall, Dragon Empires, Warhammer online etc.  because the people behind them realised that they could not compete and Duplex in all honesty should follow suit with FoM.

I applaud Duplex for daring to be different but in order to make that a success they need a huge wow factor that stuns the player into at least giving it a chance, FoM doesn't have that in any aspect of the game.  As another poster said it looks and feels like a poor Neocron clone and that just doesn't cut it.

If I had one word of advice for Duplex it would be 'TUTORIAL'  FoM is screaming out for one.

Bottom line is a pat on the back for Duplex but sorry guys, this game isn't going to make it.  Too many terminal illnesses to ever get well

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Originally posted by darquewaters

GAH! i still can't even get in, wont except my username. I'm using my fowportal login but it says username unknown. any ideas?

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I feel your pain, a very bad effort from Duplex.

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Originally posted by Ponzini

Well stress testing is fine but give us something to do I mean we dont start with a weapon and I bought a so called pistol from the market and nothing is in my inventory.

All my money is gone now and I dont know how to accept missions, just search for them. Ive got booted out maybe 3 times now because of network and these socket errors. People are dissapearing and doesnt look smooth at all. Cant use anything in apartment and no one knows what to do.

help me out

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The pistol is in storage, go down to the storage terminals and collect it.  That's all the help I can give you I'm afraid apart from mention that 9mm ammo is on the terminals at 50k so enjoy using the pistol as a club for awhile.

IMO this game sux, sub standard graphics, sub standard gameplay, no tutorial to help new players, more bugs than watergate and let's face it, a pretty limp storyline.  Very 1990's and should have stayed there.

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Originally posted by sexyape06
yah it says you dont have a game account yet, on the 31st you will beable to ......... so, when do we get to make one when the OB goes live or what because why are the servers up but the OB not up

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As I understand it yes, you will have to create a game account when the servers go online.

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Originally posted by sexyape06
well i looked and servers are up but i cant log in with my fomportal log in. I think there is a in game login you have to have just tell me whats up

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Originally posted by Dirk_Gently

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Originally posted by sexyape06
In the game i have just found out that all the game servrs are down many locations on the game are down and their website is slow as a zombie becuase of increased traffic they wernt expecting. WOW disaster zone 101. Post comments!

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Erm, it's the start of Open Beta and the servers aren't up yet, closed beta has been taken down for the switch over, Why is that in anyway unusual??. You run Open Beta to pick up problems like the one on the site, that's kinda the point.

Though I guess you don't understand what BETA is.........

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A day is 24 hours long, could be anytime up to and including 11.59pm

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Originally posted by Neas

i think ure wrong

99.9% of players would pay to play NOW even if they werent in final Beta because WoW is so good.

your the 0.1% of the players who want to 'trial' the game before playing it.

I wish theyd go retail tomorrow.

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I have been playing WoW on the American servers since release day and trust me here, if the EU version went retail tomorrow suffering all the issues now affecting the NA servers you would be screaming about paying for a beta within the 1st week.

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Originally posted by Qweets

I tend to agree, You guys are doing somthing your not supposed to.. You should just wait till it comes out in your country because Fraud is fraud and submitting fraudulent information is a crime.. Youve waited this long you can wait a little longer.. Personally I don't like having people from other countries on the servers I play on.. Trying to understand their poor english and other stuff is quite bothersome.. Also i hate it when you join a guild that uses teamspeak and there is people with such insane accents that its allmost impossible to desipher what they are saying in "english"... This is not a hate post, just my opinion and I'm sure alot of other people feel the same way.

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Well I'm from the uk and my English is just fine.  If I may offer you some advice; Please learn to spell and to word things correctly before you cast doubts on other peoples command of a language. 

SomEthing

wait UNtill it comes out

You've

and there ARE people

deCipher

a lot ( note the use of a space)

Sorry I know that was uncalled for but what you appear to forget is that Europe has many different languages and it is usually the English speakers that wish to play on American servers for that very reason.

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Originally posted by Neas

i gonna laugh so hard and pee my pants if the game card solution doesn't work.

I.e they need a CC just to do a check of identity like most other games :P.

Beta Tested: Lineage 2, Ryzom, City of Heroes, RYL, EverQuest 2 World Of Warcraft European
Truly Loved: World of Warcraft

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As others have stated you have three choices at the moment that will enable you to get in.

!) Send money via paypal to a friend or guildmate in the states and let them create the account

2) Buy game time cards but these may or may not be available at the time of release

3) Pay Blizzard by using paypal

The first option is the easiest as the other two would require you to at least know an address in the states when the game registration asks you to input one.

Using a spoof address with your credit card will not work as the card will be refused if the billing address is wrong.  I do not think that there will be an IP ban but if there is then you need to look into using a proxy server.

Tauren hunters use guns as well so it's a common sound in horde territory as well.

To be honest I wanted to hate WoW as I have never been a fan of Blizzard and the screenshots made me think that Donald Duck would be somewhere around the next corner.  After playing the beta however all that changed.

WoW is by far the best mmorg I have ever played and I have played most of them.  I don't agree that WoW is more for the 1st time mmorg player as another poster stated but it will appeal to them and they will love it.

As for the comparison with EQ2?

Well that is like comparing a dog and a cat, they are two different animals with entirely different play styles and will appeal to different people.  If you like your games to be hard work then choose EQ2 and if not then choose WoW.

There are a few things that you can compare however so here goes:

Graphics:

EQ2 has some of the best 'real world' graphics that you are likely to come across.  Each area is beautifully rendered and if it were possible to play the game in VR then you would almost believe that the place was real.

WoW does not look real but that does not mean that the graphics are sub-standard, in fact they are also very well done and beautifully rendered.  What Blizzard have done is to stick to their own style and the style of warcraft.  The colours are bright and vibrant, buildings have that fantasy feel etc.

Gameplay:

Not much to comment on here.  As I said earlier different playstyles for different people.

Content:

Up to lvl 20 or so EQ2 has loads of content but that taperes off some once you go beyond that level.  The developers do promise a mass of content to be added via updates etc.  but given that the guy in charge is the same guy that was removed from SWG after upsetting the entire player base I wouldn't count on it coming too quickly.

WoW again is full of content, the difference being that the content is already in place to see your character all the way up to his level cap with even more to be added on a monthly basis.  This aspect of the game is where WoW scores points over EQ2.

Polish:

EQ2 isn't a finished product and in that respect is in line with just about every game SoE have ever released.  There are glaring bugs in the code that are still  there after release and that will be fixed some time.  If you want to play EQ2 in a finished or close to finished state then wait a year before buying it.  SoE have a reputation of releasing what can only be described as betas with a paying customer will find the bugs attitude and EQ2 is no exception.

WoW in contrast is the most polished and complete mmorg that I have ever played at this stage in it's development.  All the quests work, all the game mechanics work and what bugs do remain are minor.  There are some balance issues when it comes to PvP, the warrior being a case in point (he should be called a wuss with a weapon) but apart from this no game breaking faults.  So as far as polish goes, another point for WoW.

Availibility:

EQ2 is availible to everyone across the globe while WoW have gone for forced localisation so if you are part of a large multi-national guild then buy EQ2.  This almost deserves two points for SoE but I'm only awarding one for a clear victor in each category.  One point for EQ2

Really that is all there is to compare between the two games so in this small section WoW comes out the winner by two points to one so which one is for kids?

EQ2 is aimed squarely at large guilds and power-levellers so in this respect gets my vote as kiddy mmorg supreme.  Sorry EQ2 fans but that is just the way it is.

How many ways can we find around the forced localisation of servers to allow EU players to get into the NA WoW release?

I will start the ball rolling by saying:

Method 1:

Have a friend or trusted guildmate in the US buy and register the account for you, send them the money via paypal or another online service.

I'm sure that there are a lot more ways around the localisation than this so come on people, exercise that grey matter and post your suggestions here