Tideborn: First Impressions

Saitada - Sanctuary
Saitada - Sanctuary Posts: 3,220 Arc User
edited December 2009 in General Discussion
My first impression was actually pretty positive. While I thought the customization was 'slightly' lacking it was still better than I had expected.

The movement was interesting and at least the first two skills I got, had decent visual effects.

Cities of the TB are a bit to crowded with 'stuff' and while some of the lag I experienced was due to the 500 tb running around, some of it was also caused by the excessive visual candy in the cities.

Graphics overall seem decent.

Swimming rocks, TB can really boogie underwater.

Meditating transformation is pretty sweet, I was impressed with it.

I have yet to try a Psychic as I have decided to let the race cool down some, but my overall impressions so far have been good.

Nice job PWI. Lets hope the further I get with my Assassin Saishoni that I will continue to feel this way.

~Saitada
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  • Sandaili - Dreamweaver
    Sandaili - Dreamweaver Posts: 119 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Except that many mobs are not tameable! I want cutsie little crayfish.

    Anyway - I like the fact that there are buildings we can actually go INTO. This is what we need in other areas. People standing outside gets really boring, really fast. I realize this isn't an RP game, but still, it's fun to go IN a building once in a while. I was totally jazzed to see this. (The only major city I have been in so far is Arch so maybe this is different in other cities).

    There certainly is a LOT of eye candy.
  • Mantas - Sanctuary
    Mantas - Sanctuary Posts: 128 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    U should mention that both classes are OP.. I've expected that; i hope they will be nerfed b:victory

    P.S. Why i need refresh page several times to open it? Always get error message that thread does not exist b:shocked
    b:laughb:chuckleb:pleasedb:cuteb:victoryb:thanks
    No, i just LOVE these smiles
    and...
    yes, my english sucks but if u able to answer to my post than u understood what i wanted to say b:victory
  • Quilue - Sanctuary
    Quilue - Sanctuary Posts: 5,787 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    my patch is DLing so i wouldn't know...are we still bald in certain areas? like...underwater?
    Elena Costel: I wash my hands of this affair.
    Legerity: *drags you back* *stains your hands with said affair*
    Elena Costel: Noooo... I don't want to have a dirty affair with Lady Legerity...
    Qui: b:dirty
  • SnuggleWolf - Harshlands
    SnuggleWolf - Harshlands Posts: 52 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    U should mention that both classes are OP.. I've expected that; i hope they will be nerfed b:victory

    P.S. Why i need refresh page several times to open it? Always get error message that thread does not exist b:shocked

    i agree with u alittle, i was going through assassin skills and we have some pretty hectic skills like every one of our attacks can silence, freeze, stun or interupt its pretty sweet
    ALL SHALL FEAR MY WRATH AND MY.......SNUGGLES?b:puzzled
  • Foltern - Sanctuary
    Foltern - Sanctuary Posts: 517 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    My first impression was actually pretty positive. While I thought the customization was 'slightly' lacking it was still better than I had expected.

    The movement was interesting and at least the first two skills I got, had decent visual effects.

    Cities of the TB are a bit to crowded with 'stuff' and while some of the lag I experienced was due to the 500 tb running around, some of it was also caused by the excessive visual candy in the cities.

    Graphics overall seem decent.

    Swimming rocks, TB can really boogie underwater.

    Meditating transformation is pretty sweet, I was impressed with it.

    I have yet to try a Psychic as I have decided to let the race cool down some, but my overall impressions so far have been good.

    Nice job PWI. Lets hope the further I get with my Assassin Saishoni that I will continue to feel this way.

    ~Saitada

    Agree 100%. These were my exact same thoughts O.o.

    Regards.
  • Shoitada - Sanctuary
    Shoitada - Sanctuary Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Introducing my Psychic.

    ~Saitada
  • Saitada - Sanctuary
    Saitada - Sanctuary Posts: 3,220 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Unfortunatly it seems my Assassin is still in limbo even though I created her first. But like I said, my first impressions have been positive. It was also nice to note that there was an exceptionally fast re-spawn rate on killed mobs in the new TB area.

    Other than Arch, or a wraith attack, I have NEVER seen so many players in one small areas as I did last night.

    Good job guys, Good job.

    ~Saitada
  • Hisuna - Sanctuary
    Hisuna - Sanctuary Posts: 1,071 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I want to play too! b:cry

    *is jealous of all who have played already and kicks work in the shins as hard as possible*
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  • Quilue - Sanctuary
    Quilue - Sanctuary Posts: 5,787 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    i was hoping to see some sort of new qingfu and horrorbite mobs...as well as hexalauwhatever beatles :O
    Elena Costel: I wash my hands of this affair.
    Legerity: *drags you back* *stains your hands with said affair*
    Elena Costel: Noooo... I don't want to have a dirty affair with Lady Legerity...
    Qui: b:dirty
  • Malley - Lost City
    Malley - Lost City Posts: 52 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    poped in as a phychic on the new server
    right away there were hundereds of tideborn most of them phychics like my guy

    first thing that poped in my head was tideborn remind me of sperm :/
    little did i know that would become even more evident as I swam across the water with 50 other tides heading to the main city or "egg" whats worse is that we all even wiggled when we swam

    as I voiced my claim that we all looked like sperm anouther tide behind me told me not to play as one, I replied that like a sperm I'd wait for the others to die off and then make my move, he grew silent and started jumping ahead of us like it was a race "go figure" once he passed us a mob killed him and I took the lead, made it to the city and was "born"

    I tried to laugh but couldent, it was too perfect for giggles b:surrender
    [shoulda took screenshots]
  • Fuzzy_Wuzzy - Raging Tide
    Fuzzy_Wuzzy - Raging Tide Posts: 770 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    ^ thats the funniest story me read on the forums in quite a long time b:chuckle
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  • Malley - Lost City
    Malley - Lost City Posts: 52 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Ignoring my story




    Im actualy a litte dissapointed with the expansion
    -I've been sick of my bm and wanted to try a new class, was kinda hoping phychic would make me wanna change but it didnt, the hair looks weird at best, and they move like chip an dale dancers, still need to try sins tho
    -the new city was just a pain to look at my eyes actualy hurt from all the purple
    -but I did like swimming in in the water around the cities, actualy felt like my guy was underwater

    to sum it up, it cant get any worse only better
  • _Renesmee_ - Lost City
    _Renesmee_ - Lost City Posts: 8 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I want to play too! b:cry

    *is jealous of all who have played already and kicks work in the shins as hard as possible*

    OMG ME TOOOOOOOOO lol
  • Kaenor - Heavens Tear
    Kaenor - Heavens Tear Posts: 173 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    The intro quest was nice, but due to lag, i dont try tideborns in this month.
  • Kaikala - Sanctuary
    Kaikala - Sanctuary Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Aloha, I was jazzed to see the new race, and was not disappointed. I created both an Assassin and a Psychic, to try out the new skills and see which I would like to play the best. Haven't decided yet, lol ~

    A couple of suggestions (what! only two? lol. yeah, so far) A couple of things really bugged me:
    1. the first being the too-small size of the system boxes, like where you look up your character skills, quests, etc. I think that leaving them like the original ones was perfectly fine, as well as using the same icons for them. These are very hard to read. Same with the mob info box, on mobs you're fighting, they are too small and difficult to read. Why make things more difficult? ("If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Lol)

    2. the second complaint echos Saitada's post, in there is way too much "eye candy" in the towns. It's very confusing and it makes things more difficult to see and find (plus it gave me a headache after a while).

    Other than that ( I'm only lvl 5 so far, as I had to get some sleep), I love the colors and the fact that your character can go into buildings. Oh yeah, *looks up at the comment about the way this race swims; "wiggles"* The guy that made that comment must not be a swimmer, lol; it's called "The Dolphin Kick" and real-life swimmers use it. It's obviously based on watching how dolphins swim, so it's a great choice by PWI for the Tideborn! Way cool! Good job PWI; can't wait to play some more!
    Mahalo, (Hawaiian, for thank you) Kaikala
  • Opalmist - Heavens Tear
    Opalmist - Heavens Tear Posts: 211 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    im still waiting for the patch to download b:cry how long is this going to takeb:sad
  • Saitada - Sanctuary
    Saitada - Sanctuary Posts: 3,220 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    im still waiting for tha patch to download b:cry how long is this going to takeb:sad

    We have a fast connection here at our place and it took more than an hour for us. Granted we were patching all three computers at the same time but the patch is pretty sizeable so for slower connections it will take a good while.

    I did notice for the first time ever for me in PWI a massive graphics failure. I tabbed out and back and my graphics card told me to bite it and went wonky. lol.

    ~S
  • Vinat - Sanctuary
    Vinat - Sanctuary Posts: 1,200 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    i made a psychic just to toy around with the customizations and well, if i am gonna roll one, im going to wait until we can customize facial features, makeup, eyes, etc.
  • StormChaos - Heavens Tear
    StormChaos - Heavens Tear Posts: 141 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    My first impression was actually pretty positive. While I thought the customization was 'slightly' lacking it was still better than I had expected.

    The movement was interesting and at least the first two skills I got, had decent visual effects.

    Cities of the TB are a bit to crowded with 'stuff' and while some of the lag I experienced was due to the 500 tb running around, some of it was also caused by the excessive visual candy in the cities.

    Graphics overall seem decent.

    Swimming rocks, TB can really boogie underwater.

    Meditating transformation is pretty sweet, I was impressed with it.

    I have yet to try a Psychic as I have decided to let the race cool down some, but my overall impressions so far have been good.

    Nice job PWI. Lets hope the further I get with my Assassin Saishoni that I will continue to feel this way.

    ~Saitada

    +1

    Plus Having a Lvl 98 Bm, rolling a mag class has been a breath of fresh air to me and my game play
  • Eclispea - Dreamweaver
    Eclispea - Dreamweaver Posts: 13 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I love everything about TideBorn, expecially my assassin b:victory The scenery, background, skills are all very, very nice. b:pleased Thank you PWI b:laugh
  • AinaMizuako - Sanctuary
    AinaMizuako - Sanctuary Posts: 1,041 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I want to play and make my sexy assassiiiiiin. D;

    Though o.o at the random addition of a new server. Did we need it at all or were the devs just putting it in to stop the QQ about a new server? b:sweat
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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    b> leviciti b:cry
  • Shardyn - Harshlands
    Shardyn - Harshlands Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I think my avatar is messed up, it keeps showing me as a level 9 Wiz.. thats not right.. >.<
  • Draykarna - Sanctuary
    Draykarna - Sanctuary Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I was a lil disapointed with the customisation part and on a personal note I didnt like most of the cutesy-poo doll looks of the presets (most of them anyway). The thing I liked most about PWI was that the chars didnt look so cartoonie. I feel the tideborn kinda are =/ Meh maybe its stil early days yet.
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  • Ryn - Raging Tide
    Ryn - Raging Tide Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I'm really pleased with the update, all in all.
    Anyway, the customization was a bit bland, but I loved the new hair styles they had for them, and I actually really like the appearance of my 'sin, despite a few others looking a bit similar to it.

    And tbh, I like the eye candy in all the towns. x) It's interesting to me, or maybe I've just always liked those kinds of schemes. New exploring places and stuff.
  • ducky87
    ducky87 Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I loved everything about it, though their were so many people around I can't acctually play, my computer lags and then freezes for about 5 minutes and then works for 2 secons before freezing on me again. ='_'=
  • Maiya - Lost City
    Maiya - Lost City Posts: 2,686 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    +Slight new graphic change
    +Meditation animation
    +Lots of mobs for people to kill
    -UI shrink
    -HP bar is really small
    -Quest List pops up every time you login
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • AlbireoTwo - Lost City
    AlbireoTwo - Lost City Posts: 2,056 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I'm only half way through the patch. What's worse is that today is my last day to play until around January. I want to see the new classes and cities. b:cry
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  • MrMelvin - Heavens Tear_1313879320
    edited December 2009
    So far im not liking my Assassin at level 20...

    Daggers = cool
    Merman form = cool

    but thats about it ive found, The standing stance for male assassins is like a drunk man leaning on a wall while the fighting stance is just like a little emo boy walking through the school halls trying not to be seen, light armour for close range PVE is terrible, fashions look terrible on them.

    PW has had an injection of JD which i really dont like, the world is not perfect no more....
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    b:victory

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  • Hyden_Brook - Heavens Tear
    Hyden_Brook - Heavens Tear Posts: 36 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Very Nice city for the Tideborns.

    The new race looks ok and perhaps, the best thing is the 'coming to age' quests, got 5 levels off yesterday after patch.
  • ShadowOnX - Heavens Tear
    ShadowOnX - Heavens Tear Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Well what sucks for me is I made a character but can't play at all my screen either flashes or I get kicked from pwi so unfortunately I cannot give a rating on the expansion or race b:sad