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Darthorious
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in Cabal Online
Well I got into the beta and all I can say is wow and I don't mean WoW lol...
When I first started playing I thought oh great another point and click to move game and then I soon realized why.
If you had to use your keyboard to move well you would need a third hand and it actually is very easy to get use to unlike most other point and click to move games.
The beta testing is capped at level 50 but from what we've heard it's actually gonna be level caped at around 150.
Graphics wise I turned all the graphics completely up and it ran smooth with no jitters or anything on a 3.2ghz 1gig ram 9800pro graphics card.
So far there are so many quests you wouldn't even have to grind if that's not your thing. Quests rewards are XP and money. The xp rewards are raised with your level and you get quests for almost every level. I did soley quests and it took me to about lvl 12 or so then I did have to grind out 1 level then did quests up to my current lvl of 23 and my quest log is still packed. Only bad thing about quests is you have a weapons skill that can only be brought up by using your weapon, thus they have target dummies to wack on if all you do is quest.
There is pvp channels and will be guild wars also. Pvp is pretty much you can wack anybody if your on the pvp channel. Basicly they have 1 server and several channels (mini servers) for the beta test. Griefing other players will get you 130 minutes in jail automaticly. Such as PKing someone over and over again.
From what we hear groups don't really start untill around lvl 70 and then I've been told it gets really interesting at lvl 100+.
Target lock works like it should and an auto fire feature so no button mashing other than specials and trying to do combo's.
One other thing though it is a good thing to grind every so often because you can get some really nice armor and weapon drops off the mobs.
I've also been told that we (beta testers) are only seeing a small portion of the content.
All in all I'm thinking this is gonna be a pretty big hit as it out does COV, COH, GW, SWG.
This game seems pretty much done IMO I would say 90% at least as there are virtually no bugs in the game other than quest mispellings and a few xp exploits we found.
Edit:
I never mentioned WoW because I'm not quite sure how the total end result of the game will be sense we're capped at 50. Never mentioned FFXI because that's just a completely diffrent game style.
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The game won't be hitting store shelves, only available via the net. Most of the people I've talked to that play a popular MMORPG about the game had no clue it even existed. And those that I know who've participated in beta say they have no plans to stick around once the game goes live.
I just don't see what basis you can say this game will outdo GW and CoH/CoV. lol
As this is an EU based release (the servers are in the UK (Manchester)... Yay for me, they are 60 miles from my house!) I assume you will not have heard much about it if you are in the US.
It might end up being a big ol' pile of crap, but it might be something fresh and new. I'm looking forward to trying it.
As for "out doing" GW, CoH etc. GW is pretty simple to out do if you are not into PvP as you can complete it in a couple of weeks, and I can't comment on CoV/CoH as I've not played them. I liked GW, and enjoyed it, but it hardly has long term appeal. I think the majority of people play it through, then just dip into it every so often. Lets be honest here, it's GWs pricing plan which makes it so successfull (and fair play to them for doing it that way).
The one thing that strikes me about Cabal though, and that sets it apart from other games, is the quality of the Beta release. From what I have read on the beta forums the bugs are few and far between. How many other games can say that in closed beta... or even after release in some cases. Any company that can run their closed testing well enough to get a game of this quality out for closed beta deserves a shot IMHO.
Just my 2 cents.
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And more options in character creation.
But who know?
I need to start doing more, and get past lvl 20 first. ( I have a lvl 16 Wizard. Pretty fun. )
Groovy.
I have a 47 wizard, 39 force archer and 21 force shielder. Here is my take on the game.
The game is pretty fun, with lots of quests in the beginning, fast gameplay, easy to learn and understand. Towards lvl 42 or so the quest xp slows way down, you will get 3 or so quests then nothing so it is grind grind grind til your next lvl which of course gets very tedious.
The graphics are nice, though I do wish there were more customizable characters, and armors, having the same 3 sets of armors for all the classes gets old quick.
Get rid of the target dummys! servers are full because everyone is afk skill grinding on them, causing lag also. and please get the alt tab to windows option. when I am bored I like to flip and read mail, talk to buddys etc.
I give this game a 6/10. I have played worse korean mmmorpgs, this one is better then most of them with not as bad as a grind. I will play open beta and make up my mind then if I will pay to play this game.
It IS still in Beta form.
I *Think* there are some more maps and places to explore then just the places on there.
But right now, what they need to do is add ALOT more to it.
Groovy.
That is why I am going to see what they add in open beta, see if it is enough to want me to pay for this game. It is a pretty good game. But right now I would not p2p with it.
etc and etc... but if it turns to P2P after beta I think that for P2P
there are many others better games to play paying Im many time looking
for a good FREE MMORPG that I like... but it is hard when I find or it
get p2p in a moment or cant run in my PC and etc etc... but well Im
enjoying this until it get p2p I will stick with this... a good game
from what I have seen until now...
I'll probably subscribe too, purely for the fact that Cabal FEELS
different when you are playing it. It doesn't feel like just another
MMORPG, but that it's got a style all it's own. Yes there are things to
work on. There are not enough different looks to the armour, and the
community just now is a little young, but a subscription will soon take
care of that.
It's not perfect, but it IS fun. I'm enjoying it a lot.
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