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.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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!
Sunday, January 13, 2013
F2P in SWTOR
Well, I've been in the world of Star Wars for a couple of weeks now, as a pure f2p player, I hesitate to say that lest I incur the wroth of subscribers who may or may not view me as a sand person.
Just wanted to chime in on my own blog first because this might end up being a wall of text, of course which fourm browers hate to see.
So far, loving the game. Period. Met good people, had AMAZING fun doing a Flashpoint, most fun I've had in an mmo in a log time. So community, thumbs up.
The game itself, storyline, combat and group dynamics graphics (can't comment on graphics too much as not on my 'super comp' yet) all great and very enjoyable.
The limitations of being f2p. Yeah, this part sucks, but then I'm not paying a dime so who am to whinge? But then compared to Lotro's f2p model, this one really sucks.
Frankly the f2p + item store is the thing to do for mmos. Rumor has it Lotro's revenues tripled. Play base has increased and no, the quailty of the communtiy has not degraded. No. The sky did not fall. Yet with this supposed influx of cash, the game lags like a sloth in slow motion.
From the current restrictions why would I spend $5 to upgrade to preferred status? Preferred status gives be one extra hotbar...good, but $5, no extra character slots (I heard that might be changing, if I heard right it's from 2 to 6, if so...I'm spending money) Flashpoint, Warzone entry is the same, races the same (no biggie for me, I only play humans anyway) So basically for me. Nothing. Just Cartel coins to buy things. Like, hide my helmet....ya right. Just make a hellova ugly character and boom, no problem, those scars are permanelty covered over.
Who/chat functions. Who gives a shit. If there is will there is 1. A guild and 2. Ventrilo. Fin. Oh, and type /cjoin Ooc and this whole chat function crap is made redundant. Look, if it's an mmo, why take away the ability to socialize? Nuts.
Can't wear purple gear. Not a biggie until endgame, and that's redundant.
Update:
Well, there have been a few changes to preferred status after the update, which has caused me to plonk down some money. 6 characters, 4 quickbars, and that's worth it!
All in all, really enjoying the game and hope Swtor can mimick lotro's f2p model a bit more...cause it's a good one :p
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Star Wars
Check out that title eh? Star Wars: The Old Republic or Swtor vs. Lotro (enough acronyms for ya?).
With my computer's motherboard packing a sad I've been relegated to using my wife's laptop to sate my gaming desires.
Begin rant.
I wanted to play Lotro (of course), so attempt to download it. Pando SUCKS SWEATY GOBLIN BALLS. It cannot download files properly. If there is ever an interruption in your internet connection or computer turned on'ness, have fun come installation time.
So had to move over to steam, download steam, make an account, download Lotro...phew finally got it.
Install time and now can't install something that is already on the @#$@#$ing computer. Microsoft Redistributable C++ 2005. 2005.....2005! What bloody epoch are you living in. So...try to find a fix. The only offical statement regarding this issue from 2-3 YEARS ago, is 'report as bug' 'complain to microsoft' and that's it. AWESOME. Needless to say, 4days later, it's still not working!
Dear Reader: If you ever encounter a company in whose customer support comes from it's customers...get the fuck out of there.
Turbine, you can't fix this after 5 years in the business, you need a slap in the head. You think you don't have competition, you want more people playing your game....THEN MAKE IT A PIECE OF CAKE TO FRAGGIN WELL INSTALL.
So I heard Swtor had gone F2P. So I tried downloading it to give it a go. The .exe file was small and very quick download. Ran it which opened up the game launcher and then proceeded to patch (i.e. patch and install the entire game). A few hours later, I'M PLAYING. Amazing. Turbine, in this department you royally suck.
So, what class, world (not sure, Asia RP), been trying a few classes up to lvl 5/10 to see which ones I like/can get into. Jedi's NO. Wayyy to goodie goodie. Sith...Noooo, way to tryhard.
Imperial Agent I might like (haven't tried it yet), tried Smuggler and find it a bit of fun (kinda burglar gameplay style methinks). Loaded up a trooper today and really like throwing grenades at people...so that might be the one for me.
On another note, since lotro is such a pain in the arse to download/install, I figured I'll push the envelope and install Linux when I get my comp. back and try installing it on THAT.
Happy Saturnalia and New Year.
With my computer's motherboard packing a sad I've been relegated to using my wife's laptop to sate my gaming desires.
Begin rant.
I wanted to play Lotro (of course), so attempt to download it. Pando SUCKS SWEATY GOBLIN BALLS. It cannot download files properly. If there is ever an interruption in your internet connection or computer turned on'ness, have fun come installation time.
So had to move over to steam, download steam, make an account, download Lotro...phew finally got it.
Install time and now can't install something that is already on the @#$@#$ing computer. Microsoft Redistributable C++ 2005. 2005.....2005! What bloody epoch are you living in. So...try to find a fix. The only offical statement regarding this issue from 2-3 YEARS ago, is 'report as bug' 'complain to microsoft' and that's it. AWESOME. Needless to say, 4days later, it's still not working!
Dear Reader: If you ever encounter a company in whose customer support comes from it's customers...get the fuck out of there.
Turbine, you can't fix this after 5 years in the business, you need a slap in the head. You think you don't have competition, you want more people playing your game....THEN MAKE IT A PIECE OF CAKE TO FRAGGIN WELL INSTALL.
So I heard Swtor had gone F2P. So I tried downloading it to give it a go. The .exe file was small and very quick download. Ran it which opened up the game launcher and then proceeded to patch (i.e. patch and install the entire game). A few hours later, I'M PLAYING. Amazing. Turbine, in this department you royally suck.
So, what class, world (not sure, Asia RP), been trying a few classes up to lvl 5/10 to see which ones I like/can get into. Jedi's NO. Wayyy to goodie goodie. Sith...Noooo, way to tryhard.
Imperial Agent I might like (haven't tried it yet), tried Smuggler and find it a bit of fun (kinda burglar gameplay style methinks). Loaded up a trooper today and really like throwing grenades at people...so that might be the one for me.
On another note, since lotro is such a pain in the arse to download/install, I figured I'll push the envelope and install Linux when I get my comp. back and try installing it on THAT.
Happy Saturnalia and New Year.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
The beginning of the end?
It's been a great 4 years of gaming in middle earth, I've had breaks once content became boring and I had no desire to reach max level with ANOTHER character, but would always return when the new expansion came out or I got bored with my whore game. With RoR though my feeling is a tad different.
Client crashing to desktop almost every gaming session (and my sessions are becoming rather short nowadays) and incessant lag, lack of...I don't know...excitment or something...lotro is really beinging to lose it's luster. I used to look forward to logging in, now I feel, well I'll log in do my dailies and log out. YIKES. Never before was I like that.
What actually has prompted me to write this was what happened last night. I put up my fps counter to see, does my computer actually suck now or what? (new OS). In instances I was hitting 200+ fps, whereas in open world RoR it was all over the place from 60fps to 20 (or lower). Sorry, but I just can't quite accept such an insanely drastic lack of gaming consistancy. Then I started thinking...do I have to put up with this shit not only for this expansion but west rohan too? God forbid into Gondor as well.
Quests: The RoI quest format...I liked. Good progression and loading up of the quest log. Could stay out in the "wilderness" without having to return to a town until it was time to unload the bags. RoR, not so much, it's new, creative with quests popping up when you kill a relevant mob, or enter the relevant area, but Ijust prefered/liked the RoI style.
Hytbold quests: Awesome, if it weren't for the insane lag when riding into the city. Love slowly rebuilding the place. Bad = some exploiting some of the quests, you assholes. PERIOD. So Turbine has taken them offline. Methinks the Norcoft ones (Cilving) which makes getting Kindred with them REALLY FUCKING HARD. Refer to my asshole comment before. Problem I have with Turbine is there is NO eta as to when they'll be back.
Next is the all important fluff from the Lotro store. OK, it's fluff, cosmetics. BUT, how many videos have you seen spouting the beautiful graphics of lotro. Aren't graphics fluff? If we didn't care about fluff, Benz, BMW, LV et.al. would be in a whole heap of trouble. So the cosmetics for our war steeds are INSANE. If it were account wide, I could be more readily accepting of it all, but per character, that's insane, especially ifyou start looking at this from a dollar point of view, and besides, if I pay I should get the use of it right? But no, I only get the use of it for one specific character. Before the lotro store, all cosmetic items could be found ingame and dyed due to player crafting. Sure we paid 10-15 dollars per month for this, but it was fun. Then the lotro store came along and we now basically had a choice of either kill that balrog for wigfield or buy it from the store. Then some items became store exclusive, BUT, if I bought it on this server, all my characters on that server could enjoy it. Now, only one character can enjoy it. Did my character buy it? Or did I buy it? Cosmetics is a big part of the game, it's beauty and it's a total fucking rip off now. BOOOOO.
So now I'm at the point where I'm reinstalling Skyrim, et.al. To enjoying riding a horse in the countryside without lag. I would say I'm disappointed, but I'm not, I have simply lost my love and excitment for the game and I really don't care. So, I'm off (well truthfully I'll be on to do the Hytbold dailies, but I won't be getting other toons to 85) and I'll be back for the new expansion.
My only huge relief is that this is the first time I've ever used TP to pay for an expansion. Man, I would have been super pissed if I'd paid 40 to 70 USD for this and on top of that have to spend a ton of TP changing the color of my fucking horse. For every character! Bullet dodged. $8 for 600points or $200 for 23000pts. 595 x 5 steed colors 595 x 5 equipement colors 595 x 7 body 395 for an accessory (ass pack) 395 for tail decoration (which will get shit all over it.) OK, getting all the colors and body patterns for a toon is rather extreme. But if we got 2 colors (total of 8) for steed and equipment, and a body pattern thats 595 x 5 = 2975 per toon. If you have OCD like many of my kinmates (I personally only have 1 toon at 85, 4 at 75 and I'm loath at the prospect of lagging my way through Rohan another 3 times) and have 9 thats, 2975 x 9 = 26755 points. At the current best sale offer for TP US$200 buys 23000. So US$200 to get nice looking warsteeds for all your toons plus $70 heroic edition because you love the game and all the extra 'fluff' that comes with that pack. US$270+ FUCK ME SIDEWAYS WITH A DWARVEN WARHAMMER.
Client crashing to desktop almost every gaming session (and my sessions are becoming rather short nowadays) and incessant lag, lack of...I don't know...excitment or something...lotro is really beinging to lose it's luster. I used to look forward to logging in, now I feel, well I'll log in do my dailies and log out. YIKES. Never before was I like that.
What actually has prompted me to write this was what happened last night. I put up my fps counter to see, does my computer actually suck now or what? (new OS). In instances I was hitting 200+ fps, whereas in open world RoR it was all over the place from 60fps to 20 (or lower). Sorry, but I just can't quite accept such an insanely drastic lack of gaming consistancy. Then I started thinking...do I have to put up with this shit not only for this expansion but west rohan too? God forbid into Gondor as well.
Quests: The RoI quest format...I liked. Good progression and loading up of the quest log. Could stay out in the "wilderness" without having to return to a town until it was time to unload the bags. RoR, not so much, it's new, creative with quests popping up when you kill a relevant mob, or enter the relevant area, but Ijust prefered/liked the RoI style.
Hytbold quests: Awesome, if it weren't for the insane lag when riding into the city. Love slowly rebuilding the place. Bad = some exploiting some of the quests, you assholes. PERIOD. So Turbine has taken them offline. Methinks the Norcoft ones (Cilving) which makes getting Kindred with them REALLY FUCKING HARD. Refer to my asshole comment before. Problem I have with Turbine is there is NO eta as to when they'll be back.
Next is the all important fluff from the Lotro store. OK, it's fluff, cosmetics. BUT, how many videos have you seen spouting the beautiful graphics of lotro. Aren't graphics fluff? If we didn't care about fluff, Benz, BMW, LV et.al. would be in a whole heap of trouble. So the cosmetics for our war steeds are INSANE. If it were account wide, I could be more readily accepting of it all, but per character, that's insane, especially ifyou start looking at this from a dollar point of view, and besides, if I pay I should get the use of it right? But no, I only get the use of it for one specific character. Before the lotro store, all cosmetic items could be found ingame and dyed due to player crafting. Sure we paid 10-15 dollars per month for this, but it was fun. Then the lotro store came along and we now basically had a choice of either kill that balrog for wigfield or buy it from the store. Then some items became store exclusive, BUT, if I bought it on this server, all my characters on that server could enjoy it. Now, only one character can enjoy it. Did my character buy it? Or did I buy it? Cosmetics is a big part of the game, it's beauty and it's a total fucking rip off now. BOOOOO.
So now I'm at the point where I'm reinstalling Skyrim, et.al. To enjoying riding a horse in the countryside without lag. I would say I'm disappointed, but I'm not, I have simply lost my love and excitment for the game and I really don't care. So, I'm off (well truthfully I'll be on to do the Hytbold dailies, but I won't be getting other toons to 85) and I'll be back for the new expansion.
My only huge relief is that this is the first time I've ever used TP to pay for an expansion. Man, I would have been super pissed if I'd paid 40 to 70 USD for this and on top of that have to spend a ton of TP changing the color of my fucking horse. For every character! Bullet dodged. $8 for 600points or $200 for 23000pts. 595 x 5 steed colors 595 x 5 equipement colors 595 x 7 body 395 for an accessory (ass pack) 395 for tail decoration (which will get shit all over it.) OK, getting all the colors and body patterns for a toon is rather extreme. But if we got 2 colors (total of 8) for steed and equipment, and a body pattern thats 595 x 5 = 2975 per toon. If you have OCD like many of my kinmates (I personally only have 1 toon at 85, 4 at 75 and I'm loath at the prospect of lagging my way through Rohan another 3 times) and have 9 thats, 2975 x 9 = 26755 points. At the current best sale offer for TP US$200 buys 23000. So US$200 to get nice looking warsteeds for all your toons plus $70 heroic edition because you love the game and all the extra 'fluff' that comes with that pack. US$270+ FUCK ME SIDEWAYS WITH A DWARVEN WARHAMMER.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Hitting the cap....again
Well, with this expansion I've gone with a burg as my main. After the captain, the intricacies of burg play was more appealing than the keyboard facerolling of the other 'dps' classes, i.e. huntards and chumpions.
So what do I think of this expansion...well, I must be turning into a grumpy old man or it's approaching Christmas (which accounts for my foul mood), as I think this expansion is boring. There. Said it. I found Mirkwood more intriguing.
Mounted combat is like dogfighting in Iron Eagle (and I've got Queen's 'one vision' blaring in the background) which is cool for about....10min. Skills are few and it's a whole new learning curve. It looks neat when theres a ton of people about and the lag is great too.
Open world tapping. Neat. One problem, nobody groups anymore. I haven't been in a fellowship for 10 levels! (ok, that's a lie, did raid OT >.>)
Horse cosmetics (the only really fun thing I see doing so far in this expansion) all cost TP, and they're character, not account wide purchases. FUCK THAT. Tourettes. Yeah it's fluff, but when you see a nice warsteed trot past...
I'm also impressed at how quickly we got from Fangorn to Edoras. We arrived after Aragorn. Yet beat them to Edoras since Grima was there (why the hell did we not kill him? I know I had my weapons still on me, and I've got pics to prove it).
Anyway, waiting on the instance pack to come out but so far, not overly impressed to be honest, the 'normal' quest line starting point vs. Epic quest line starts and leads off in 2 directions. Blah, this is turning to a boring wall of text. Till next time...bottoms up. *hic*
So what do I think of this expansion...well, I must be turning into a grumpy old man or it's approaching Christmas (which accounts for my foul mood), as I think this expansion is boring. There. Said it. I found Mirkwood more intriguing.
Mounted combat is like dogfighting in Iron Eagle (and I've got Queen's 'one vision' blaring in the background) which is cool for about....10min. Skills are few and it's a whole new learning curve. It looks neat when theres a ton of people about and the lag is great too.
Open world tapping. Neat. One problem, nobody groups anymore. I haven't been in a fellowship for 10 levels! (ok, that's a lie, did raid OT >.>)
Horse cosmetics (the only really fun thing I see doing so far in this expansion) all cost TP, and they're character, not account wide purchases. FUCK THAT. Tourettes. Yeah it's fluff, but when you see a nice warsteed trot past...
I'm also impressed at how quickly we got from Fangorn to Edoras. We arrived after Aragorn. Yet beat them to Edoras since Grima was there (why the hell did we not kill him? I know I had my weapons still on me, and I've got pics to prove it).
Anyway, waiting on the instance pack to come out but so far, not overly impressed to be honest, the 'normal' quest line starting point vs. Epic quest line starts and leads off in 2 directions. Blah, this is turning to a boring wall of text. Till next time...bottoms up. *hic*
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Went to Laurelin...and left
After trying to grind out virtues on Kalithir AGAIN, I finally got a bit burnt out. Coupled with making another close friend which might have seems the solo lifestyle of play that I have end, suddenly disappear I decided to try my luck on another server and kinship.
So I rolled another cappy (Steehelm) on Laurelin joined a kin and got myself to 75 to start doing end-game content again.
So far...compared to Elendilmir this server really sucks with it's PUG's. Both in skill and in attitude. So goodbye Laurelin.
Then I discovered a chinese kinship on Brandywine, so...trying there now with a Warden (since I don't have a 75 one and I've seen a few good wardens pulling and holding aggro like legends in Foundry and the like, looks like a bit of fun!) and see if I can't join the chinese speaking community there (same playtimes and I think...my chinese will be good enough to get by (or actually learn, haha).
Goodluck Jianding the warden wainrider from Rhun who grew up with his Easterling father and Dalelander mother in Dale.
So I rolled another cappy (Steehelm) on Laurelin joined a kin and got myself to 75 to start doing end-game content again.
So far...compared to Elendilmir this server really sucks with it's PUG's. Both in skill and in attitude. So goodbye Laurelin.
Then I discovered a chinese kinship on Brandywine, so...trying there now with a Warden (since I don't have a 75 one and I've seen a few good wardens pulling and holding aggro like legends in Foundry and the like, looks like a bit of fun!) and see if I can't join the chinese speaking community there (same playtimes and I think...my chinese will be good enough to get by (or actually learn, haha).
Goodluck Jianding the warden wainrider from Rhun who grew up with his Easterling father and Dalelander mother in Dale.
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