[I came up with the name Aoeworth during my days on Silkroad. I thought it felt kinda 'knightly' and I was playing a tank. He was a good guy at first and played a warrior/cleric. Then after a while, the build was super common. So he switched and became a warrior/warlock...a bit of a more evil side RP-wise and that, in my mind is what Aoeworth has become. Not evil per se, but won't hesitate to gut the enemy, (think of a 'good' Arakius'). Aoeworth on Lotro has been the longest incarnation of the name, and while being a guardian is putting him in a bit of a box RP-wise, it's ok, I'll play the hand I've been dealt and so, here is Aoe's lotro backstory.]
Aoeworth hails from Dol-Amroth. Was 'encouraged' to leave. His head-strong pro-combative personality wasn't appreciated. He felt that attacking the Corsairs in a pre-emptive strike was necessary. Despite his 'attack-first' demeanour Aoeworth is actually quite well versed in history and is very literate. Wouldn't think it if you met him. Drink, fight, women, is pretty much his MO. If he were born a few hundred years ago, he would have most likely sided with Castamir, believing that the new King Eldacar was not fit to be king given his mother was Rhovanion. (well at least in the reason for the uprising, not in Castamir's actions while in power)
So to stop the friction and endangering his families standing with the Prince, his father told him to travel to Arnor, to learn more about the Dunedain people from the north (perhaps to help him get some perspective on his people). It was during this journey that certain events have unfolded leading to a hard fought journey back home, and a home he will soon be coming [lvl 93 atm].
Monday, October 12, 2015
Back to Middle Earth
Ahh, what changes about.
I remember when new servers got opened. Riddermark. Now they close. Down to 10 (5 EU, 5 NA).
The slow death of Lotro? After my transfer I'd give a definitive no. Not anytime soon. If there are 10 full servers, the game is far from 'dead'. Sure, not what it was in it's hey day, but that was 3 years ago at least, and in the world of tech, that is historically 2-300 years ago ;).
The genre is still strong, just look at other fantasy mmo's. Guild Wars, ESO, Archage et.al. And after being on Landroval for a few days, in a new kin, it's FAR from dead.
But I really think it's high time Turbine 'simplified' the game. So many items! So many instances, dungeons etc. And so much of it is not run! Give a a new paint job (graphic update..big job I know, but to keep it all running into the future...make the game run smoother, more responsive).
They would do well to take a page out of swtor's book. Make Bree a central 'hub'. Whenever a new expansion came out a new hub was created for the end game players. This means when a new player comes along, lvl 1-15, people. After Bree and heading to the next zone. Nobody. Ghost town. Been to the beautiful Trollshaws lately? Beginning game/End game = people. The 90ish levels in-between, nada. *sad*.
It's a big game and getting bigger. This is becoming a new player drawback in some ways. Revamp the quest lines. It's high time. Consolidate it so it's a nice progression.
Swtor did it. They got rid of all the different currencies needed for different gear. Now it's down to 3 types of tokens and coins. And the best thing they've done is have a weekly quest (and some dailies) that are only for using group finder or running a random instance in a group. Ta-da, everybody starts using group finder and it works all day. Brilliant for solo people who actually do want to group up but aren't the most sociable or in kinships.
Anyway, slow re-learning how to play...yeah, it's that much of a curve. Hey, ESO is proving you don't need 25 skills to play the game ;)
I remember when new servers got opened. Riddermark. Now they close. Down to 10 (5 EU, 5 NA).
The slow death of Lotro? After my transfer I'd give a definitive no. Not anytime soon. If there are 10 full servers, the game is far from 'dead'. Sure, not what it was in it's hey day, but that was 3 years ago at least, and in the world of tech, that is historically 2-300 years ago ;).
The genre is still strong, just look at other fantasy mmo's. Guild Wars, ESO, Archage et.al. And after being on Landroval for a few days, in a new kin, it's FAR from dead.
But I really think it's high time Turbine 'simplified' the game. So many items! So many instances, dungeons etc. And so much of it is not run! Give a a new paint job (graphic update..big job I know, but to keep it all running into the future...make the game run smoother, more responsive).
They would do well to take a page out of swtor's book. Make Bree a central 'hub'. Whenever a new expansion came out a new hub was created for the end game players. This means when a new player comes along, lvl 1-15, people. After Bree and heading to the next zone. Nobody. Ghost town. Been to the beautiful Trollshaws lately? Beginning game/End game = people. The 90ish levels in-between, nada. *sad*.
It's a big game and getting bigger. This is becoming a new player drawback in some ways. Revamp the quest lines. It's high time. Consolidate it so it's a nice progression.
Swtor did it. They got rid of all the different currencies needed for different gear. Now it's down to 3 types of tokens and coins. And the best thing they've done is have a weekly quest (and some dailies) that are only for using group finder or running a random instance in a group. Ta-da, everybody starts using group finder and it works all day. Brilliant for solo people who actually do want to group up but aren't the most sociable or in kinships.
Anyway, slow re-learning how to play...yeah, it's that much of a curve. Hey, ESO is proving you don't need 25 skills to play the game ;)
Sunday, November 3, 2013
The Computer Saga
This is just a place to rant, plan my computer issues. If you don't wanna read, no worries, but then again, I'm open to suggestions and advice on it.
OK.
A few years ago now, got a new comp. Made sure I got a reasonably good (read, affordable) GPU, CPU. Then a motherboard to run it all. Standard fan.
Later, got an additional 500 GB seagate HD, which suxs. Got another one, and that one finally broke to, but under warranty so got another one, minus all the data. That took 3 weeks to sort out.
Then a few days after that, the MB shit itself. 3 weeks later (and my movement to swtor from lotro since installing lotro is a hassle compared to swtor). Now that's it all back (and they put on a shitty OS
Well now
Well, been a little while, after reading my last post...I thought to delete it, but thought, nah, better for prosperity. Boy did I flip my lid or what. Must have been having a really bad day.
Anywho, where am I now, well, as fate would have it, still on Swtor. Go figure. Clearly I got things working. Am on Beregen Colony (sp) or somethingorother, hooked up with a pretty good group of people, but it is a large guild so it's easy to not get noticed. *ninja*
New character is Dian'jie (going back to my first Silkroad characters name, there's a few years for ya, where I first met Operabot, aka, MuMu. aka. Rich. And if he ever sees this I'll eat my invisible imaginary hat).
Anywho, where am I now, well, as fate would have it, still on Swtor. Go figure. Clearly I got things working. Am on Beregen Colony (sp) or somethingorother, hooked up with a pretty good group of people, but it is a large guild so it's easy to not get noticed. *ninja*
New character is Dian'jie (going back to my first Silkroad characters name, there's a few years for ya, where I first met Operabot, aka, MuMu. aka. Rich. And if he ever sees this I'll eat my invisible imaginary hat).
Another Rant?
It's been awhile, to be honest I've still be posting but failed to say where...me = dumbass. Been posting on my blog that I dedicated to Swtor and those corresponding characters. It's more Rpish and with trials (as set up by the guild I'm in over there) http://dianjiejediknight.blogspot.tw/.
Anyway, been playing swtor a lot and the group finder thingy they've got is pretty good. Like any pug's you meet all sorts. Mostly ok, some awesome and on a rare occasion, terrible...which is what is prompting me for this hate fulled rant post...again, haha. (Better out than in right..., Right?
Anywho, if you've played any MMO with a grouping dynamic you'd know the basic fundamental structure.
Tank / Heal / Dps.
I've played all, and I have my own take on each of their roles in a group, disagree all you want, I don't care :p. If you're point has merit, ok, cudos.
I always thought a good tank, a good healer are harder to find. They take a bit more 'study' to do right. Understanding the fight mechanics is very important as a tank. Not overhealing too quickly as a healer and getting aggro (and what to do when getting aggro), but what is really getting me is the destruction I've what I thought to be the hardest class to fuck up. Dps.
Tanking and Healing can be easy to fuck up. But I never thought Dpsing could get seriously fucked up, I mean that's why so many people play dps characters right? Because they're one dimensional moronic mmo gamers. Right? (sorry, stereotyping and just having a go).
Well, today I was thoroughly proven wrong. You can fuck up dpsing (and it's not doing shitty dps...nobody really notices that tbh).
Not killing adds. Not taking down the weakest mobs first. Running off aggroing mobs (without the current pull being dealt with), and then taking aggro during the phase of pulling boss into the right position before getting stuck in. My God.
The last point might have a valid excuse, they don't know the fight, but that is utter rubbish in this case.
Shitty dpsers. who knew they were out there. Unfortunately I now do. The good thing about Swtor is that when you ignore a character you'll never be matched randomly into the same group ever again or see what they right. Almost a perfect system. To make it perfect, make it so you can ignore and entire guild.
Anyway, been playing swtor a lot and the group finder thingy they've got is pretty good. Like any pug's you meet all sorts. Mostly ok, some awesome and on a rare occasion, terrible...which is what is prompting me for this hate fulled rant post...again, haha. (Better out than in right..., Right?
Anywho, if you've played any MMO with a grouping dynamic you'd know the basic fundamental structure.
Tank / Heal / Dps.
I've played all, and I have my own take on each of their roles in a group, disagree all you want, I don't care :p. If you're point has merit, ok, cudos.
I always thought a good tank, a good healer are harder to find. They take a bit more 'study' to do right. Understanding the fight mechanics is very important as a tank. Not overhealing too quickly as a healer and getting aggro (and what to do when getting aggro), but what is really getting me is the destruction I've what I thought to be the hardest class to fuck up. Dps.
Tanking and Healing can be easy to fuck up. But I never thought Dpsing could get seriously fucked up, I mean that's why so many people play dps characters right? Because they're one dimensional moronic mmo gamers. Right? (sorry, stereotyping and just having a go).
Well, today I was thoroughly proven wrong. You can fuck up dpsing (and it's not doing shitty dps...nobody really notices that tbh).
Not killing adds. Not taking down the weakest mobs first. Running off aggroing mobs (without the current pull being dealt with), and then taking aggro during the phase of pulling boss into the right position before getting stuck in. My God.
The last point might have a valid excuse, they don't know the fight, but that is utter rubbish in this case.
Shitty dpsers. who knew they were out there. Unfortunately I now do. The good thing about Swtor is that when you ignore a character you'll never be matched randomly into the same group ever again or see what they right. Almost a perfect system. To make it perfect, make it so you can ignore and entire guild.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
That does it, fuck you I'm gone
Probably gonna be an impassioned hate filled post, with an extra order of f-bombs.
SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM.
First Lotro with their fucking dumbass Microsoft Redist. 2005+ bullshit, which gets fixed by...
1. Tell microsoft about it (like they seriously give a shit about 2005 when they've pulled support for Win 7 already.
2. File a ticket to CS about it...of course their solution is...well, none actually.
So can't play. Congrats. No fucking money for you.
(now I know I'm only one person and in the greater scheme of things, big deal. However I bet you I'm not the only one and I'd say most don't bother to post about it. You know...the silent majority)
Now Swtor.
As if there fucking piss poor attitude toward potential subbers wasn't bad enough (like we don't want to hear from you AT ALL i.e. can't file tickets/bugs, post on forums et.al.) now they have a patching problem. Well, I won't say now because this exact same problem has been happening since 2011 with over 174 PAGES on the forums about it.
AND IT'S STILL NOT FUCKING FIXED.
Fuck you. It's not my JOB to make YOUR product fucking well work. You want people to play. Step one. MAKE SURE THEY CAN FUCKING INSTALL IT, PATCH IT, RUN IT.
And from what I saw, it was a rather small update, but it's not installing properly, laucher is stuck in a loop of 8hr repairs, yadda yadda yadda and guess what, just like microcunt, the repair tool didn't work. Big fucking surprise.
/rantoff
Ahh, that's better. Now on a positive note, signed up for beta on Elder Scrolls Online weehooo. So Bethsada if you're reading take note. Make your install for your game seriously idiot proof. Because if you don't I'm hanging up my pc-mmo gaming hat permanently.
SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM.
First Lotro with their fucking dumbass Microsoft Redist. 2005+ bullshit, which gets fixed by...
1. Tell microsoft about it (like they seriously give a shit about 2005 when they've pulled support for Win 7 already.
2. File a ticket to CS about it...of course their solution is...well, none actually.
So can't play. Congrats. No fucking money for you.
(now I know I'm only one person and in the greater scheme of things, big deal. However I bet you I'm not the only one and I'd say most don't bother to post about it. You know...the silent majority)
Now Swtor.
As if there fucking piss poor attitude toward potential subbers wasn't bad enough (like we don't want to hear from you AT ALL i.e. can't file tickets/bugs, post on forums et.al.) now they have a patching problem. Well, I won't say now because this exact same problem has been happening since 2011 with over 174 PAGES on the forums about it.
AND IT'S STILL NOT FUCKING FIXED.
Fuck you. It's not my JOB to make YOUR product fucking well work. You want people to play. Step one. MAKE SURE THEY CAN FUCKING INSTALL IT, PATCH IT, RUN IT.
And from what I saw, it was a rather small update, but it's not installing properly, laucher is stuck in a loop of 8hr repairs, yadda yadda yadda and guess what, just like microcunt, the repair tool didn't work. Big fucking surprise.
/rantoff
Ahh, that's better. Now on a positive note, signed up for beta on Elder Scrolls Online weehooo. So Bethsada if you're reading take note. Make your install for your game seriously idiot proof. Because if you don't I'm hanging up my pc-mmo gaming hat permanently.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Swtor...EA you're losing me...already
First off, nothing really wrong with the game...well some bugs, but that is not what is bugging me. (see what I did there).
OK, in the world of Swtor there are 3 classes of player.
The Citizens are the subbers and rightly so.
The Plebeians are preferred status players. (ex subbers or you've spend some money in the item store)
The Slaves are the F2pers.
I recently went from slave to pleb. I do believe that EA/Bioware would highly desire their Slaves and Plebs to become Citizens. Right?
Why would I when as a Slave or Pleb, I'm treated like shit by the company? Why would I give that company 12-15 bucks a month as a thank you for treating me so badly that I want to give you money so you'll treat me like...any other mmo company (which is generally crap in any case).
How am I being treated badly?
This is an mmo...no it's not, since they have done everything they can to make it solo play.
1. No who list (can't see who is on the same planet as you)
2. Can't mail others
3. Can't join a custom player made channel.
4. Can't post on the forums (my big problem now, since there is a animation glitch when dual wielding lightsabers)
5. Can't in-game bug a problem... harassment or ANYTHING.
It's like they just do not want to hear/listen from you at all, until you sub. Way to court new customers. I feel like I simply don't exist in the game and any input or questions I have are irrelevant. Well, figures. It's EA.
So, now I'm eagerly awaiting Elder Scrolls Online!
OK, in the world of Swtor there are 3 classes of player.
The Citizens are the subbers and rightly so.
The Plebeians are preferred status players. (ex subbers or you've spend some money in the item store)
The Slaves are the F2pers.
I recently went from slave to pleb. I do believe that EA/Bioware would highly desire their Slaves and Plebs to become Citizens. Right?
Why would I when as a Slave or Pleb, I'm treated like shit by the company? Why would I give that company 12-15 bucks a month as a thank you for treating me so badly that I want to give you money so you'll treat me like...any other mmo company (which is generally crap in any case).
How am I being treated badly?
This is an mmo...no it's not, since they have done everything they can to make it solo play.
1. No who list (can't see who is on the same planet as you)
2. Can't mail others
3. Can't join a custom player made channel.
4. Can't post on the forums (my big problem now, since there is a animation glitch when dual wielding lightsabers)
5. Can't in-game bug a problem... harassment or ANYTHING.
It's like they just do not want to hear/listen from you at all, until you sub. Way to court new customers. I feel like I simply don't exist in the game and any input or questions I have are irrelevant. Well, figures. It's EA.
So, now I'm eagerly awaiting Elder Scrolls Online!
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