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"Bob Perez" <myfirstname@thecomdomaincalledSHADOWPIKE> wrote in message
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> "drocket" <drocket@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Sounds like somebody didn't play Ultima Online any time around launch.
> > Or Anarchy Online. Or Star Wars: Galaxies. Or Horizons. Or even
> > Everquest, though that one wasn't nearly as bad as the others.
Lets just say I had tons of experience questing. Prepare to be frustrated.
Broken Encounters (mobs break, no credit)
Camping (almost as bad as EQ1 camping, and much less civil)
Unspawning mobs (unless you play right after server reset)
Broken Quest updates (See : Mastery Quests)
Instance Zones require 3-6 (or even 12 or more) to enter.
Spend hours LFG
Can't do any quest mobs post 20 without group.
Spend hours LFG.
Greyed out quest mobs (can't complete quests.. aka Languages)
Nerfs! (ooh, you're too powerful)
Spend hours LFG
Working as intended.
Tradeskills borked
Oh, that staff you need to finish the axe quest? well, it can't be
made.
Overall, I stopped having fun about level 30, at about 600 completed quests.
Then it became an impossible grind. Waiting 3 days for Bloodtalon, Wasting
everyone's time in Cove only to have octo break, Unable to get mobs to spawn
in RoV. I'd rather play a 'kiddie game' that WORKS than try and work around
broken quests..
All the fanboys will cry 'It's a new game, they will fix it'. Well, guess
what, If I spend 4 hours getting a group together to try and do octogorgon
(p.s. it's GREY to everyone), so I can advance quest.. (ooh, wait, need a
group to even get to zone to do it), only to find it's broken, what have I
ended up with? Hmm.. I'm 4 hours older, and much wiser. I stopped playing
the game for the simple reason that it's broken for questers. There is no
solo play, there never has been solo play, and there never will be solo
play. Unless you can live in moms basement, you can't put in the time
required to get a group to do an instance to advance your quest on later
levels..
But, good luck anyway.. I'm only 33 in that other game, but I'm still having
a blast. Can get a sense of accomplishment when I can only play 1 hour or so
at night. Yes, quests are simpler, but, guess what, they are doable!. Maybe
I'll hit 60 in 2 months, and get bored, but I don't see myself getting
FRUSTRATED in that 'other game' like I did here.