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New player: Tortage vs. the rest of the world?
Xhieron
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As per the title... per a suggestion here, I've been playing this game for a few days--have a Necro at 6, demo at 9, HoX at 3, and ToS at 5 (I like Stygia...). And I love it. The game is beautiful, but aside from that it's very, very responsive (something no other game besides WOW has done for me, and I really don't know how to express it in technical terms: when I press the button, the character does what I say immediately. LOTRO really let me down on that end), and I love the systems for the classes I've tried so far.
But I've only played on Tortage Island (on the Wiccana server, incidentally). I haven't seen many people, but that didn't surprise me for the level range I'm in (not to mention half of my gaming time so far has been instanced). It seems the game has a lot to offer, but I realize that the intro island, especially in the era of unlimited trials, is meant to sell the game.
Is the rest of the game this good? Is it worth a sub? Is the community strong, and more importantly, is it going to last? I realize asking this here is a lot like asking the Ozzy fan club if he's any good after hearing a song by him, but I'm hoping for some realistic appraisals by people who've made the investment and come out on the other end--for better or worse.
If I drop money on this game right now, will I regret it in a month? Why or why not? And if not, can you direct me to a pleasant guild on Wiccana? And for that matter, tell me which one of these classes is best for a beginner (to the game; I'm an MMO vet), and also if my later level demo pets will tank for me (I've read that necro pets don't and aren't intended to, but haven't found anything one way or the other on demos).
Thanks for any feedback you can offer.
Edit: Also, I just have to say.... God DAMN that music is phenomenal. First time I can EVER remember playing an MMO and not immediately turning the in-game music off. Go figure.
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at the current state of the game i think it is worth it because theres tons to do, find a decent guild in your server recommend wic for pve but theres pvp as well for sieges. New patch coming out soon with more stuff in it focus more on community stuff. Have played the game for a while. The expansion is a bit of a grind but its okay because theres lots of 6 man to do but finding group a bit hard unless your in a good guild active guild. theres pug for raids for t1 and t2 now days so u can gear up pretty easily.
As for a hint play a healing class or tank class always needed for group stuff. Planinig to stay until GW2 comes out. CBB to answer all of the questions you have haha. its worth it i say
If you find Tortage's music impressive, wait till you reach the Cimmerian regions like the Eiglopeian Mountains, here are some samples:
Cimmeria 1
Cimmeria 2
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The ease with which predictions are made on these forums:
Fratman: "I'm saying Spring 2012 at the earliest [for TOR release]. Anyone still clinging to 2011 is deluding themself at this point."
I got the game early last year and played a Stygian Necro up to level 28 before I stopped playing. A couple of hours ago, I redownloaded and started a new Aquilonian Assassin. I'm hoping the leveling in Aquilonia is more interesting to me than Stygia, as it was a lack of interest that caused me to quit.
Anywho, regarding the topic, I must warn you that the gameworld at large is not fully voiced like Tortage. Some NPCs are, but a majority of them are not. This isn't a bad thing per se, but it does present a bit of a system shock after spending your beginning hours in Tortage. Other than that, I can't really comment as I've never gotten very far in the game.
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The game is actually very good as long as you still have new content to explore. Once you get to the point where you're tracking announced dates for new patches/content and have to deal with repeated failures to deliver by Funcom, you may swear to never buy another Funcom product again as I have. It's just not worth the aggravation.
My experience was based on starting this game way after all the disgruntled individuals who were not happy with launch, but still about a year ago or so except for testing out Tortage this week lol. Anyway:
Pros:
1) Very polished game.
2) One of the better PVE Games out there (I did not try the PVP, as I played Warhammer and tested Aion for that).
3) Very good graphics for a MMO, though I liked the art style of LOTRO better.
4) Excellent animations for an MMO.
5) Fantastic Classes to choose from.
6) More then enough content (even without trying the new expansion.
7) I found the community very helpful. I was in a pretty big guild, I think fellowship of souls. They were very nice in general.
8) A couple of dungeons I played were some of the best I have ever seen in an MMO.
8) Good story and voiceovers in Tortage.
Cons (for me)
1) Good story and voiceovers in Tortage, because that was basically gone for me after tortage. The game was still very polished, I loved the graphics, the style, the classes, the combat, but I just didn't feel attached to the story. It just didn't make me feel a part of something bigger the way LOTRO did. I found myself ignoring the quest text more and more and not really caring about what I was doing.
2) DX 10 I believe back then was not polished enough and caused big slow downs..and at that time my PC was near the top of the line with an Nvidia GTX 280 card.
3) If you didn't like the loading screens when playing EQ2, this is worse. It broke the immersion for me. Since you are loving Tortage which has loading screens left and right, then for you it may not be a big deal which is great.
4) Getting a group together that are all on your level and balanced without needing help from some over powered helper can be VERY difficult in non peak times. I really wish they had a Dungeon Finder similar to WOW.
5) HORRIBLE tech support when trying to analyze why this was the only MMO I played that had some wierd stutter sound when other NPCs passed by while I was walking. They basically wouldn't help me since their answer is that there are too many sound cards out there and we dont test all of them. That is why I logged in this week. I was curious to see if the sound was still there. Yup, it was lol.
This is a very good game, just wasn't for me long term due to what I mentioned above. LOTRO kept me much longer due to the world I was playing in, despite the stiff animations.
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I enjoy the game alot. I played Aion for almost a year and felt immensely happier playing AoC, wishing I didn't waste the time on Aion.
I also found that the Set server is more populated.
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ahhh, that was the name of the server I was on, I forgot lol.
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this is one of the best PvE mmo out right now and last time i checked you could buy for 20$. you just can't go wrong for that kind fo money.
if you have a computer that can run it smoothly on high graphic settings this game is just amazing. from graphics to sound to interesting quests to dungeons to brutal gore it's an extremely well done game, as long as you like low fantasy that is. wile pvp is extremely gear dependent and can be very frustrating (rather complicated) the PvE is on par if not better then most mmos out there.
the only dows sides of AoC is all the instancing and the fact that any lag or slow internet can seriously frustrated the heck out of your pvping.
still, a must for any mmo enthusiast.