PvP in it's current state is not how the game is going to handle PvP. It was just put in to A) have a second server, and B) quiet all the people clammering for PvP on the forums on a minutely basis.
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Bajah got bored and wrote this:
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I guess.PvP in it's current state is not how the game is going to handle PvP. It was just put in to A) have a second server, and B) quiet all the people clammering for PvP on the forums on a minutely basis.
Still, it's not like it's a bad system...
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Willias had this to say about the Spice Girls:
You're right, sounds like one of the Zek servers. BTW, what do you lose by dieing to pvp in WoW?
Nothing. At level 24 I've been ganked once.
quote:More like level 18.
I took Falaanla Marr out, it was a Friday night. I wore cologne to get the feeling right.
There are like two small areas for each side that don't allow ganking. by level 10, you're in gankable areas.
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Black was naked while typing this:
More like level 18.
So you get an extra 15ish hours on top of the 10 or so from level 1 to 10. 
Eh. I still don't like it. DAOC was my favorite PVP system Falaanla Marr fucked around with this message on 08-26-2004 at 08:29 PM.
quote:PvP isn't implimented yet. How can you come to a conclusion already?
Make Falaanla Marr's fight on the hill, in the early day.
So you get an extra 15ish hours on top of the 10 or so from level 1 to 10.Eh. I still don't like it. DAOC was my favorite PVP system
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Black had this to say about Robocop:
PvP isn't implimented yet. How can you come to a conclusion already?
I don't like PVP as it currently is. Not saying I won't like it later. I k now this isn't how it'll be on release.
I don't have access to all your inside sources, I don't know everything you do
quote:Don't give up hope!
Can I sign up for the stress test if I am not a FilePlanet subscriber?
Yes, you can still sign up for the stress test. However, FilePlanet subscribers receive priority for stress test spots.
Seven days is too short for me to hunt down Delidgamond 
quote:People in the current closed beta will not have anything to do with the testers for the stress beta.
I alone love Mr. Parcelan. I alone tempt Mr. Parcelan:
Crap. Seven days.Seven days is too short for me to hunt down Delidgamond
Closed beta will be continuing until November or so.
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Black had this to say about Cuba:
People in the current closed beta will not have anything to do with the testers for the stress beta.Closed beta will be continuing until November or so.
Cool, then we can maintain our secret elitist society.
When's the next meeting, btw?
quote:With you? Sometime around never.
Because, Mr. Parcelan... You are a puppet.
Cool, then we can maintain our secret elitist society.When's the next meeting, btw?
I'm an old school alpha tester. I've got elite societies inside elite societies, fool. Black fucked around with this message on 08-27-2004 at 05:06 AM.
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There was much rejoicing when Mr. Parcelan said this:
Cool, then we can maintain our secret elitist society.When's the next meeting, btw?
*throws apples at Parce*
Niklas fucked around with this message on 08-27-2004 at 06:20 AM.
I'm just sad that I'm actually considering paying $7 a month's subscription now. Partly for this, partly for the Tribes:Vengance beta. *mumbles*
Not that it's worth the money, since you don't get to keep your character.
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Naimah painfully thought these words up:
I have downloaded the 2.2Gig file twice now and both times it has been corrupt. I'm wondering if it has to do with me using firefox to dl it or what. Needless to say I am less then pleased at having to download it a third time.
The download process is fucked unless you use fileplanet's stupid download manager.
It'll be make-or-break if I decide to buy it or not. Everything hinges on how much I enjoy playing undead, as I don't exactly have a lot of spare cash that isn't tied up to throw around at the moment.
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Reynar probably says this to all the girls:
I wonder how much money file planet paid Blizzard to allow them early stress test beta applications.Not that it's worth the money, since you don't get to keep your character.
People were paying 300+ dollars for beta slots...do you think they care if they can only play for a week?
Amazing what people will pay for nowadays.
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Falaanla Marr painfully thought these words up:
People were paying 300+ dollars for beta slots...do you think they care if they can only play for a week?Amazing what people will pay for nowadays.
I'm still debating if I even want to bother with it now. I rarely even try the new MMOG's anymore, "betas" have become such a big deal, that you have thousands of people playing these games for 6 months to over a year when the general public can even touch it.
So in games like these, once they go live you already have good sized chunk of the population at the pro-level, they know where to go, what to do, and how to do it best.
No one starts out on the same level playing field with MMOGs anymore, which kinda bugs me.
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Reynar's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
I'm still debating if I even want to bother with it now. I rarely even try the new MMOG's anymore, "betas" have become such a big deal, that you have thousands of people playing these games for 6 months to over a year when the general public can even touch it.So in games like these, once they go live you already have good sized chunk of the population at the pro-level, they know where to go, what to do, and how to do it best.
No one starts out on the same level playing field with MMOGs anymore, which kinda bugs me.
Every MMO has been like that.
EQ had about 9 months for a beta test. Just wasn't as well known. Heck, even UO had one, and I'm sure that The Realm and Meridian 59 had em too.
Much of the issue too is that people have preconceptions of how MMOs work, and those are generally correct nowadays. So people just have more and more of an advantage.
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Mod had this to say about Captain Planet:
The download process is fucked unless you use fileplanet's stupid download manager.
Well I did it a third time and it is still corrupted. Guess I'll deleate the file reboot and try again.
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Check out the big brain on Falaanla Marr!
Every MMO has been like that.EQ had about 9 months for a beta test. Just wasn't as well known. Heck, even UO had one, and I'm sure that The Realm and Meridian 59 had em too.
Much of the issue too is that people have preconceptions of how MMOs work, and those are generally correct nowadays. So people just have more and more of an advantage.
UO's beta1 barely had a thousand active participants, UO beta 1 and beta 2 combined lasted less than 3 months (June to September 1997). No characters copied over from the beta, no 1 year testing period with 10,000+ people (hello shadowbane).
Yes EQ's was longer, but as you said it was kept small and quiet.
I'm saying now the trend is for companies to be focusing so heavily on the beta, that if you expect to compete you have to be playing it pre-release, otherwise (especially in a pvp game) you will have no chance.
It's not gonna make or break the game of course, but it's just a trend I dislike.
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Check out the big brain on Talonus!
Hilarious how much bitching is happening on the Warcraft boards. I wonder how many kiddies are begging their parents for their credit cards.I'm just sad that I'm actually considering paying $7 a month's subscription now. Partly for this, partly for the Tribes:Vengance beta. *mumbles*
Think of it this way: 7 bucks is pretty much what you pay for a rented game from Blockbuster, and you get to keep the game for 7 days.
However, apparently I won't get in because the amount of money that my parents have is tighter than my dad's shirts. Looks like I'm going to be getting a job as soon as my parents let me, or I can sneak around em.
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So quoth Naimah:
I have downloaded the 2.2Gig file twice now and both times it has been corrupt. I'm wondering if it has to do with me using firefox to dl it or what. Needless to say I am less then pleased at having to download it a third time.
If you're using winrar try using winzip, supposidly from browsing the battle.net forums (Always good for a little amusement) no one can get the file to open using winrar. 
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There was much rejoicing when Falaanla Marr said this:
Every MMO has been like that.EQ had about 9 months for a beta test. Just wasn't as well known. Heck, even UO had one, and I'm sure that The Realm and Meridian 59 had em too.
Much of the issue too is that people have preconceptions of how MMOs work, and those are generally correct nowadays. So people just have more and more of an advantage.
Meridian 59's alpha and beta were both open. I'm pretty sure the Realm was similar. I think M59's alpha and beta combined lasted less than a year. Been awhile.
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Addy said:
Meridian 59's alpha and beta were both open. I'm pretty sure the Realm was similar. I think M59's alpha and beta combined lasted less than a year. Been awhile.
That game was fun.
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Mod wrote this stupid crap:
That game was fun.
Lol yeah. I got into it after watching my brother play, ;(
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Naj had this to say about (_|_):
If you're using winrar try using winzip, supposidly from browsing the battle.net forums (Always good for a little amusement) no one can get the file to open using winrar.
Yea, I just realized that might be the problem when I was writing the ticket to fileplanet.
Naimah fucked around with this message on 08-27-2004 at 04:01 PM.
Add: Looks like it was indeed the problem. Oh well, I got to eat up 9gigs of fileplanets bandwidth.
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Azizza thought about the meaning of life:
But will the Mac version be available for this part of the Beta..
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Fileplanet has this shit posted :
Will there be a Mac version of the stress test available?
Yes. There will be separate Mac and PC installers for the stress test included in the download client.
