icarus was a disaster

I didn't mind it. I got to play with someone I enjoy playing random MMOs with.

>>2391948
you sound like you take it up the butt

>>2392036
My sexual proclivity doesn't matter. I like playing games with a certain someone and these games let me, so.

>>2392038
i know who u r hehe

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In unrelated mmo news, Star Trek Online (dunno if it's on the list) is running a quick start campaign and giving away a free Vanguard Jem'Hadar, a premium species unlock, character per account until may 21. Plus there's a gamma recruitment campaign also running.
https://www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11580531

having a gaming buddy is great but i feel bad when i drag him through absolute dogshit, so please vote better!

>>2392078
this game would be incredible if they removed ground completely.

>>2392039
False. I am a figment of your imagination.

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>>2392082
Ground combat always felt like an afterthought compared to space combat, it either boil downs to smashing the two fire buttons or using bs overpowered kit powers that nuke the whole screen. Hell, compare the talent trees for space and ground without the advanced specs.

>>2392126
It was an afterthought. Ground exploration was added a year after release.

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>>2391923
I wanted to like it, but game got me hella down. Didn't catch up to any anons, and things happened way too fast those weeks for me to do any sort of power leveling.
Wonder if our experience would be better if we picked Origins instead of Phenex

It's not being scared of words, I just don't really want to play videogames with pedophile ERPers

>>2392662
>Anon play loli doll
>Get called an erp pedo
?

>>2392674
It's low-effort trolling, ESLkun, just ignore it.

>>2392251
Unless Origins is massively different then probably not. I just didnt like it.

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>>2391923
Riders of Icarus is a weird one.
It's not a bad game (even if the combat is oddly sluggish for an Action-MMO), and there's plenty to enjoy about it, but it just doesn't mesh well with our two-week format.

Themepark-style titles will probably always struggle to be held in high regard around here, since their entire structure is centered around soloing (or near-soloing) to the level cap where all the actual multiplayer content is. They're the polar opposite of ultra-crusty, late 90s/early 2000s MMOs, where the ONLY way to get anything done is by being in a party 24/7 (which sounds fine until you aren't able to find one and can't make any meaningful progress on your own).
There very much exists a Goldilocks Zone of solo versus multiplayer for an MMO to ideally hit, and being too far outside of it can lead to some strong opinions on whether a game is actually good or not.

>>2392748
Anon, it's not an action MMO, movement options aren't as good or useful, there is no mobility to be had. It's tab target but a few classes have dodge (that barely work)

It is really funny how all the effort for your project goes into the game voting system instead of server choice.

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>>2392756
Sometimes there's not much choice to be had, and we have to just go with whatever exists.
Other times, the lack of foreknowledge about how a game works makes deciding on the optimal server murky. It's best to have someone who's played these games before give their opinion on whether 1x rates are unbearable or if 15x is too high, etc, but that's not always an option for us.
Nobody here played Icarus before, for example, so we had to make a decision based on cursory opinions looking-in from the outside, prior to any of us fully understanding the game's default progression rate. Maybe things would have been better received had we landed on Origins, with its slightly faster leveling curve and free Elluns every hour, but we simply didn't know if those changes would be important at the time, or if it would've muddied the game's intended experience.

Some Anon prefer higher rates and getting to see more of these games while we're here, whereas others want to preserve some of the sanctity of the earlygame and not necessarily rush past it. You can't please everyone.
Generally speaking, I would argue that 3-15x rates are a safe range to fall under, considering the limited timeframe we give ourselves for any of these titles. Of course, settling on this range (if the options are even available) still requires some prior knowledge of what we're getting into, since for some MMOs, even 150-300x rates are seen as merely "functional". (Although these absurdly high rates are usually only found in VERY old KMMOs, where The Grind™ is basically all there is. Flyff, Kal Online, Lineage II, etc).

My biggest fear is us landing into some kino like LOTRO or City of Heroes, but lacking enough time to cover a good chunk of the gaemo..

>>2392756
This is more of a social event than it was ever about actually playing and enjoying a video game.

>>2392709
>disliking the current state of the project is low effort trolling
People like you are why things turn to shit.

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>>2392907
Maybe you guys should think about stating this in your OP instead of baiting people into thinking you actually play through dead MMORPGS.

>>2392829
any good mmo can't be fully covered in 2 weeks, nobody even got close to the end of wakfu

MMO idler gereral

>>2391923
As someone who decided not to play it from the start, was was wrong with it?

>>2391923
the familiar system was cool but man the leveling process was awful. having to complete like 30 quests for 1 level is horrid. we probably should have picked origins or one of the servers that gave 2x exp >>2392251
I quit around level 22 after doing the vampire dungeon with another anon

>>2392991
thats why there are votes to extend the current game by a week but thats only if players are committed to the current game. a lot of anons get bored and want to move on before reaching endgame and doing raids though I would like if we did eventually

>>2392829
Thats what week 3 is for, and the project is about looking into MMOs more than it is about fully investing into end game.

Also as a CoH player theres tons of power level options (Fire farming, PI Radio farming) so on the final day I can get on my farmer and power level everyone up and we do max level content.

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>>2392829
Yeah, LOTRO is a bad game for this. You're supposed to take things really slow. There are so many quests in the game that expands the LOTR universe. The atmosphere of the game is really amazing too. Exploring the Shire during the day with the calm and soothing music is so nice. Then if it's a rainy night you go inside an inn or a bar and the rain is muffled combined with the soundeffects of bar sounds is so comfy. I've been playing for 2 months and I still haven't fully explored the first expansion.

>>2392985
>you guys
I merely observe, which is enough to receive inflammatory retaliation.

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Hey guys, I checked Age of Conan and you won't believe this: The halloween mission is still up. In fucking April
Funcom announcing that update for Conan Exiles gave me the false hope that they did get enough dosh from DUNC Awakening to start fixing shit across the board

Riders of Icarus is dogshit. I played it at release for maybe 30 hours. Dropped it, joined again a few days ago to play with you guys and after 10 hours I just can't go on for longer. Fuck this game.

>>2393557
You never played Riders of Icarus, everyone can tell because nobody in-game has played that little. Stop spamming your made-up bullshit because people don't want to play your slop.

stinky neets playing mmos together has never felt so

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>>2374343 →
>Nin Online
Interesting timing. The village elections kicked off a few days ago. These events significantly changes the experience and have a direct impact on new players. Whenever the game gets picked, I intend to provide guidance similarly to our Dark Ages run. Hopefully the new kages don't suck.

>>2393301
Yeah, we don't need to "clear" the game, but I feel the experience is incomplete if we don't stratch everything the game has to offer desu.

Take City of Heroes for example, it has raids, dungeons, contested pvp zones, super HQs/Secret hideouts, aligments and so on, not experiecing a bit of everything feels like a missed opportunity

>>2394214
That's not any more than what any other game has to offer. On the other hand, CoH gameplay looks terrible.

>>2394663
Why so? Seems like your average wow clone

>>2393317
But chilling and smoking pipeweed with anons..
>>2394924
It came out 2 years before WoW

>>2395262
So..EQ2 clone?

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Game 51 Elimination Results are in.

These are the winners and our 8 finalists:

City Of Heroes
Age Of Wushu
Echo Of Soul
Hellgate London
Asheron's Call
Eden Eternal
Priston Tale 2
Shaiya


resuts link:
https://www.rcv123.org/results/HJMxMH8RMcppcXMjmjG9gGmc/

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It's time to come home.

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>>2391881 (OP)
This thread made me remember a slightly obscure MMO I played briefly called Perfect World, it was very bland from what I remember.

>>2396681
It's in the pending list right now. I played it briefly too, I think you could fly in that, but I don't remember much else.

>>2392920
>disliking the current state of the project
your primary way of communicating this is by being a vagueposting faggot, have you considered not doing that?

>>2396400
I'm all for CoH, guys. it'll be fun

>>2396400
CITY OF HEROES

>>2397037
>newfag rhetoric where he pretends to not understand the conversation
Have you considered keeping your dicksucker closed next time you feel the urge to type a gay faggot "comeback"?

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guys we NEED to play shaiya

>>2397535
chinks are seriously brain damaged

>>2397391
how are you still obsessed by your retarded revenge, grow up sissy

>>2396952
Yeah you could fly on swords, DAO autism style

>>2397037
how is that vague at all? anon thinks Alle and his orbiters are cancer, use your brain a little bit

>>2396681
So it's not perfect?

>>2398245
Well, it's called Perfect World, not Perfect Game. A perfect world makes for a bland game, pretty deep stuff there.

>>2398244
>orbiters
It's one guy trying to fuck another and my shitposts

Can we play something that isn't gender locked? Eden Eternal looks cute.

Is age of wushu where you can be a big titty chinese babe that does wuxia style leaps everywhere

>>2399738
Looks like a phone game that for whatever reason has a tedious installation process.

Do you not get a token if you didn't vote in the elims? Anyways, vote for city of heroes for me, thanks everyone!

>>2399829
Still waiting for my token, guess we got in too late..?

>>2399829
>>2399832
The poll for the next vote isn't up yet. The person who manages the polls probably hasn't had time to get to it.

>>2399878
oh im dumb sorry :^3

>>2397572
>has to get the last word in
>continues to pretend to not understand the conversation
This is why nobody plays with your snide holier-than-thou clique who wants to argue 24/7.

>>2399878
Maybe I worded it badly but that's what I meant, we got in too late for the current vote

what game is winning the finals so far

>>2400003
>the irony
Made me chuckle, you're an absolute retard, though.

>>2396313
EQ2 came out two weeks before WoW, not two years and that was entirely because SoE wanted to beat WoW's launch date, when it should've had about 6-24 more months of development...
Also EQ2's original gameplay took a lot of elements from DAoC before they changed that a year later.

>>2400671
Made me laugh, you're dumb! Owned.

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Backlog movie night tomorrow, Wednesday, at the usual time. First movie will play at 21:00 UTC. We'll probably go through the typical ~3 movies.

Countdown timer here:
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/wfh?iso=20260429T17&p0=615&msg=Backlog+Movie+Night&font=sanserif&csz=1

Vote for your favorites here:
https://strawpoll.com/w4nWW0AoQnA

Trailers:
>Angel's Egg (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqyVGzaQFpQ [Embed]
>Pig (2021)
https://youtu.be/gH6vhlNTLUk?si=UW7WLsQpJP6glr70 [Embed]
>Network (1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cSGvqQHpjs [Embed]
>Chopping Mall / Killbots (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSkYxW5Ii28 [Embed]
>The Red Turtle (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lwrzNqEUOM [Embed]
>Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-cyiqasEio [Embed]
>Strange Wilderness (2008)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKyowLXH8sk [Embed]
>Danny the Dog / Unleashed (2005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8EDlNoJVSY [Embed]
>Ikiru (1952)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geKhyNerWM8 [Embed]
>Space Jam (1996)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v98aXG562h4 [Embed]
>Blood Sport (1988)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCZ1CIQ64YQ [Embed]

>>2400338
City of Heroes

>>2401126
Rooting for Onoda and Strange wilderness, never heard of neither but they sound kino!

>>2401126
Good selection, voting for Pig.

a bad game really obliterates this shit, huh

>>2403106
It depends on the kind of bad game. Iris was pretty bad but it had some crunch to it.

>>2401190
still? can we move on to that early. im done with icarus

>>2400338
what finals there's still no poll

>>2403787
huh?

>>2403788
wrong thread, got a million tabs open

>>2403790
fair enough. godspeed wowfriend.

goyim, where is the poll? only 3 days left...

there is no poll
we are playing icarus for the indefinite future

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My internet was out, whoops.

Game 51 Finals is go!

Closing Friday, 1st of May, 16:00 EST

Your candidates are:

City Of Heroes
Age Of Wushu
Echo Of Soul
Hellgate London
Asheron's Call
Eden Eternal
Priston Tale 2
Shaiya

results link:
https://www.rcv123.org/results/C9Q55wW33Q4Xvh7MvXrH4f37

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STOP THE COUNT

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>>2404190
>Age of Wushu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wJGA7-Bu2Y [Embed]
Tab-target martial arts MMO set in a fantasy world inspired by wuxia period films. Progression is classless and revolves around your chosen skills instead of an overall level. Group size 6/12
>Asheron's Call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PabLnRAgXbQ [Embed]
Old school fantasy MMO with deep systems and classless progression. Has numerous private servers thanks to a community emulator. Group size 9
>City of Heroes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CDKV9MEg7U [Embed] SAVEMENIGGERMAN.MP4
The titular capeguy MMO with a lot of customization options at character creation. One of the CoH private servers (Homecoming) allegedly has a license from NCSoft, huge if true. Group size 8
>Echo of Soul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooPnL7EfQAE [Embed]
Tab-target fantasy MMO with a cutesy art style. There are no dedicated healing classes, making group play more strategic (in theory). Group size 5
>Eden Eternal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_wAvHYBTEI [Embed]
Anime MMO with a cutesy aesthetic. You can level up every class on a single character. Has some guild-exclusive quests and other social content. Group size 6
>Hellgate London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh6O7tIIOFU [Embed]
Action shooter MMO set in Engerland. Not to be confused with the singleplayer Steam release. Group size 5
>Priston Tale 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfLCaZHa_3A [Embed]
Fantasy MMO with gameplay similar to its predecessor, with improved graphics and a larger world. Group size 6?
>Shaiya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wW9fi3skh0 [Embed]
3D Fantasy MMO released in 2007. Has an 'ultimate' permadeath challenge mode, and faction PVP. Group size 7

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>>2404190
> Still didn't get the mail to vote

>>2404190
>>2404202
voted for hellgate too.

Puzzle Pirates constantly BTFO

>>2404315
Some more City of Heroes info as a player:
>Theres a bunch of private servers. Thunderspy is the 4chan one, but Homecoming is the most popular one in terms of numbers
>Group size is 8 but you can also make leagues which are multiple parties of 8. Up to 5 slots in a league, so 40 people overall.

>>2404190
>>2404315
Vhity of Kino..

>>2404795
Puzzle pirates isn't even on this week's voting list. It's next week.

so you have to buy hellgate london then download a separate mod to get multiplayer to work?

>>2405046
I think there's private servers?

>when the multiplayer game servers and websites were taken offline.HanbitSofthas since acquired rights to the game and has redeveloped it as thefree-to-playHellgate London: Resurrectionin South Korea, featuringSeoul-based maps. In 2014,Hellgate Globalwas announced, addingTokyoto the game for a possible release outside South Korea.

So..the whole game got stripped down by gooks and the London maps got replaced by Seoul and Tokyo maps? Lmao

>>2405083
theres HG 2038 but that requires you own a copy of the game

>>2405111
>Hellgate -_-
>Hellgate in gleuollieous Hanguk -o-

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>>2401126
Time's up, here are our movies for the night.

I'll be fetching the links for the movie. Feel free to join while we listen to some music:
https://hyperbeam.com/app/room/zMCev-AJS9CbYgYzs7elvA

Invite for newfrens (let me know if it expires):
https://hyperbeam.com/i/4PvnjnRb

>>2405116
So how the fuck would we play? Couldn't find the gook server and no way in hell I am paying 40 bucks to play a private server

>>2405346
not sure anon been trying to find out how to but this may need to go to the banishment list because 2038 is incompatible with the steam version

Age of wushu, I choose you!

>>2404399
I usually don't send out tokens mid game, sorry anon. It's recently been a bit floppy because of the three week eventualities, but I'm not sure that I want to allow people to join in on the finals purely because they saw the elimination results and want to influence solely the final result.

>>2404190
>animeslop in the lead
we are so back

>>2405975
Anime website wants to play anime slop, im not surprised. Whenever we don't play animeslop like 5 people show up

if we didn't have such a dumb way of voting, id vote. if its more than just a single click then its too much work.

>>2405975
>>2406029
at least this anime slop is actually good.