Shalia Ripper
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2008.06.21 04:11:00 -
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Edited by: Shalia Ripper on 21/06/2008 04:11:49
I've been playing since the 20th of May, and I have a few issues with the game. My Dark Templar is almost to 80, and let me tell you about the problem.
Next to zero content for those times you don't want to group after 75. The grind is horrendous. Add to that problem that when you DO get a group together to do one of the 75-80 instances disconnects, lag spikes, people not showing in group adds a frustration element that is absurd. With the disconnects and so on we spent 4 hours in Atzel's Fortress last night only to have the entire instance reset when the group got f'ed up. This is a problem as the main boss requires us to kill ALL of the other bosses in the instance. Also, these instances seem to be geared toward groups of a specific makeup.
Casters are a bit of "easy mode". No complicated combos are required to cast attacks or heals, unlike melee classes like the Guardian or the Dark Templar. My shortest 70+ combo is 5 keys. The combat system makes MORE sense for melee classes, but we are horribly gimped compared to the DPS that casters and even rogues can do. I also have little to no crowd control so that I can get perhaps one combo off in a PvP fight. I have a 5 second stun and a 3 second stun, both of which I have to expend feat points to get, and the first one is not available until I reach 40. Caster and Rogue classes get traps, stuns and so on usually before they hit 20. Getting someone to hold still so i can hit them with a combo is a real PITA.
Quests are also bugged. Especially past 60. I have been trying to get a bugged quest fixed for 5 days now, and I can honestly say it is the worst petition system ever.
But the game is pretty. When it works, it is as fun as hell. To the guy that was not impressed with the graphics, if he has stood at the top of the Archonian Ruins in the Tortage area with his view distance maxed while waiting on the bat God Boss to spawn, he might think differently. Conal's Valley, Eiglophonian Mountains all have breathtaking views.
After a while though, the prettiness of the graphics fade as it just becomes background. What will make or break this game is Funcom improving performance, especially stability, working quests, added content for 55+ and fixing the end game content. The first battlekeep siege took place this week and revealed a crapload of flaws that will need to be addressed. Even things as simple as raid groups are horribly messed up. When you are in a 4 group raid, you can do damage to anyone not in your group of six on PvP servers. Class balance needs to be addressed as well. I don't want to win 100% of my fights, but when the only way to kill some classes is to bring a group, that is a little messed up. I spend about 90% of the several hundred PvP fights I am in rooted, snared or stunned. All out of range of the guy critting me for 1k or more a shot.
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