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What's not broken
Jun 26th, 2012 at 9:00am
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At the risk of sounding like a Turbine Fanboi....

I had a great time last night running Beyond the Rift, A couple quests in Eveningstar, and exploring the Kings Forest.  Most fun in game since ToD/Amrath was released.  The Green Dragon was cool (although it went down like a cheerleader on prom night.  Should have been a tougher.) .  Liked a lot of the new graphics.  Storyline works. 

Know there's a lot of stuff that needs fixing, but I'm enjoying it on Day 1.  Will be interesting to see how it feels on day 100 or 200.  Longevity and sustained challenge is the key to success in an MMO.
  
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Re: What's not broken
Reply #1 - Jun 26th, 2012 at 9:05am
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I really like the new challenges. They finally figured out the formula to make a fun and exciting challenge mechanic.  They provide a nice party challenge as well.  Only down side is the shit loot mechanic...
  

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Reply #2 - Jun 26th, 2012 at 9:13am
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I didn't check into it, but one of our guildies was saying you could run some challenges.   Grin
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Re: What's not broken
Reply #3 - Jun 26th, 2012 at 9:17am
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bob the builder wrote on Jun 26th, 2012 at 9:13am:
I didn't check into it, but one of our guildies was saying you could blah


Dammit, I should have logged in last night.  He better be on tonight!

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Re: What's not broken
Reply #4 - Jun 26th, 2012 at 9:30am
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bob the builder wrote on Jun 26th, 2012 at 9:13am:
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Nevynn wrote on Nov 18th, 2010 at 11:38pm:
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Calvet wrote on Oct 20th, 2011 at 12:18pm:
I just got that impression after you spent 13 pages calling out eladiun for being an interwebs bully when anyone who's been posting on here already knew that.  I mean, he's proud of it and hardly tries to hide that at all.


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Re: What's not broken
Reply #5 - Jun 26th, 2012 at 9:37am
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Eladiun wrote on Jun 26th, 2012 at 9:05am:
I really like the new challenges. They finally figured out the formula to make a fun and exciting challenge mechanic.  They provide a nice party challenge as well.  Only down side is the shit loot mechanic...


My exact thoughts.  Cannith Challenges suck but have great loot.  These challenges are wonderful and have terrible loot.
  
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Reply #6 - Jun 26th, 2012 at 11:53am
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I like my challenge loot

holy but not quite thingy, cacophany & stunning +8 at level 16 is pretty cool for a first lifer without gs. took like 30 mins to make. not even a high enough level to use it

if hes 5/6 starring defenseless over and over I think that xp is intentional. if not yeah don't post Tongue
  
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Reply #7 - Jun 26th, 2012 at 11:55am
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Aren't the weapon properties random?
  
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Reply #8 - Jun 26th, 2012 at 11:58am
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Yes.  The items actually drop in the challenges as well.
  

Nevynn wrote on Nov 18th, 2010 at 11:38pm:
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Reply #9 - Jun 26th, 2012 at 12:02pm
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yeah. random

most of them suck. especially the armor.

but there's a few good effects scattered in and if you've got nothing else to use it's worth a try
  
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Reply #10 - Jun 26th, 2012 at 12:19pm
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You know what's not broken?
  

That's not opinion, that's science. And science is one cold hearted bitch with a 14 inch strap on.
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Reply #11 - Jun 26th, 2012 at 12:21pm
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aDifferentHandle wrote on Jun 26th, 2012 at 12:19pm:
You know what's not broken?



Your nuts?
  

Nevynn wrote on Nov 18th, 2010 at 11:38pm:
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Reply #12 - Jun 26th, 2012 at 12:34pm
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I had a great time running the stuff last night!  I didn't see any of it on beta so it was all new to me and I really enjoyed it.
  
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Eladiun wrote on Jun 26th, 2012 at 12:21pm:
Your nuts?

And my bolts, too.
  

That's not opinion, that's science. And science is one cold hearted bitch with a 14 inch strap on.
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Reply #14 - Jun 26th, 2012 at 11:42pm
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Bank window is resizable again... that is a nice bonus, I guess!
  
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Reply #15 - Jun 27th, 2012 at 6:06pm
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You know, they didn't hit a home run with this release, but its a standup double. Existing content was made more challenging through some mechanic changes, and the released new content seems pretty well designed.

Some obvious bugs, but nothing cataclysmic and presumably easy to fix.
  

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Reply #16 - Jun 27th, 2012 at 6:09pm
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spathic wrote on Jun 27th, 2012 at 6:06pm:
You know, they didn't hit a home run with this release, but its a standup double. Existing content was made more challenging through some mechanic changes, and the released new content seems pretty well designed.

Some obvious bugs, but nothing cataclysmic and presumably easy to fix. 



The problem is it should have been a homerun but they bit of more than they could chew.  Their project managers suck.  This should have released July 25.

They could have gotten nothing but praise but instead they poison their own victory.
  

Nevynn wrote on Nov 18th, 2010 at 11:38pm:
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Re: What's not broken
Reply #17 - Jun 27th, 2012 at 6:30pm
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Eladiun wrote on Jun 27th, 2012 at 6:09pm:
The problem is it should have been a homerun but they bit of more than they could chew.  Their project managers suck.  This should have released July 25.

They could have gotten nothing but praise but instead they poison their own victory.


Absolutely. This release could've been so much more with more time to get ready. I sincerely hope WB looks beyond the bottom line on this and looks at the customer satisfaction. But this has to have been fantastically profitable for them.
  

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Reply #18 - Jun 27th, 2012 at 10:30pm
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spathic wrote on Jun 27th, 2012 at 6:30pm:
Absolutely. This release could've been so much more with more time to get ready. I sincerely hope WB looks beyond the bottom line on this and looks at the customer satisfaction. But this has to have been fantastically profitable for them.


I sort of think you are right. They have really thought about vamping up the audio. There's a ton of stuff been done to the graphics to make it prettier, more colourful, more immersive.

I do think they need to cool down the traps a little, although  I don't think it's a bad thing not to see elite as a right.
  
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Reply #19 - Jun 27th, 2012 at 11:46pm
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My audio actually keeps crashing. Undecided
  

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Reply #20 - Jun 28th, 2012 at 2:24am
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Got two nice Tomes out of 2 hours of grind, that's fine for me. My death aura ticks for 50/100 points now, without any metas on. That's nice too. Things die under my fingers and wails like they used to, the mob limit and the new cooldowm are somewhat anyoing. It would be great when my PM was only tuned down in groups. I don't ruin the melees' game experience as I run solo anyway.
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Reply #21 - Jun 29th, 2012 at 7:33am
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I've run through most of the quests, flagged for Caught in the web and ran all the challenges.  I think Belly of the beast is the only I haven't ran.

I've enjoyed every quest.  Whether on Epic Elite, or Epic norm farming, or Epic hard just to get it done, they have all been fun. 
The wilderness areas could be toned down a bit in size, but the teleports take care of that issue well.

The only thing I would like to see changed in the content is something done to kill the flagging process in eberron. 
Dust is a joke of a quest, Servants is meh, and Spinner is just boring.   Beyond the rift is just a pain as well.

Once in forgotten realms the game is super fun. 

I would like to see epic versions of the Hospital quest and the other 19 in eveningstar.  The xp being so low I doubt they will be ran that much.

Yeah, i wish they could have cut the bugs in half... then I might have more faith in turbine again.

Who ever wrote the new challenges really nailed it as far as enjoyable play.  They borked the rewards, but such is turbine.

  
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Re: What's not broken
Reply #22 - Jun 29th, 2012 at 10:04am
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spathic wrote on Jun 27th, 2012 at 6:06pm:
Some obvious bugs, but nothing cataclysmic and presumably easy to fix.


That is one of my issues with Turbine.  About half the bugs introduced won't ever be fixed.  Releasing bugs is fine, every developer does it.  I've never seen one go out of their way to avoid fixing them like Turbine does.  Makes them look lazy.
  
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Reply #23 - Jun 29th, 2012 at 11:47am
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Aeolwind wrote on Jun 29th, 2012 at 10:04am:
That is one of my issues with Turbine.  About half the bugs introduced won't ever be fixed.  Releasing bugs is fine, every developer does it.  I've never seen one go out of their way to avoid fixing them like Turbine does.  Makes them look lazy.


Those are not bugs.
Everything is working precisely as it is coded.

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Reply #24 - Jun 29th, 2012 at 12:40pm
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Merrick wrote on Jun 29th, 2012 at 11:47am:
Those are not bugs.
Everything is working precisely as it is coded.

Grin

It's a feature!
  
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