Is this game worth starting new?

You'll get a lot of "game is dead" people in this thread, I guarantee it.

Personally, I still enjoy it. Most people rush to endgame, but honestly, if you take your time and actually play the game it's definitely still enjoyable (at least to me). If you want to PvP, it's a bit hard to find mid-level PvP, so that makes powering to endgame appealing, but then you lose most options except paying real money to get your gear and the like. If you learn the game, figure out how to make coin, etc, though, you should be fine.

If you decide to play and roll on Lost City, give me a shout in-game some time and I'll help you out. b:cute



Also: not much endgame content besides PvP. Most things are mid-level content like quests, but both have appeals.

imcereal wrote: »

I wouldn't be worried about end-game. Just something significantly entertaining while leveling.

Does the game level based on quests with storyline or mindless granding and errand quests? Are there dungeons and epic quests or just world kill farming?

A bit of both. There are some quest chains that have a significant storyline, grind-related quests, dungeon quests (bounty hunter) for large sums of exp, and you can grind for quests or coin.

The only real problem with people on this game is, they rush, if you take your time, like I am with my cleric, you find doing the impossible, becomes possible.
Which is why with my two remaining slots, I rerolled a Psy and a Veno, and I made a new account, because honestly, until I get most, if not all the classes to the 90s, it won't be over for me.

imcereal wrote: »

I wouldn't be worried about end-game. Just something significantly entertaining while leveling.

Does the game level based on quests with storyline or mindless grinding and errand quests? Are there dungeons and epic quests or just world kill farming?

for the first 40 or so levels, you level by questing. after that, you'll be doing largely daily quests and other grinding. plenty of dungeons in there, too.

mind you, even a lot of the per-level quests ARE grinding. "go kill X number of Y mob for me!" is a common NPC request.

still, there is a storyline unfolding, if you care enough to read the dialog and puzzle it out. a lot of people don't. this is a large part of why i still play myself --- i like the journey, i want to see what there is along the hundred or so levels before endgame.

Well yes this is a dying game, slowly but surely it is dying.
so in a nutshell this game if you decide to stay plays out like this

1-4x or 5x questing, lots of questing
5x - 80 less quests, dailys, and farming HH/TT for gear
80- 100 even less quests, FC, and dailys, and farming for gear
100+ nirvana, dailys, fc,

now with the recent trend in hyper lvling at about lvl 5x you will notice less and less players at the town of that lvl range, till eventually there are none, andyour left questing by yourself (should you chose to take a break from fc)

Also the PvP has kinda died, its really just sins ganking everyone.

now should you roll on a pvp server, when you hit lvl 30 you will be in pvp mode, have fun and should you have the audacity to pk someone your own lvl they will most likely hop on an alt 20+ lvls above you and kill you, or ask a friend/guildie too. Or should a random person see you pink they will chase and pk you, most of them bieng 20+ above you, actually know they can 1 shot you and just do it to boost their e-peens. As of recently i have only had 3 fights between people around my lvl range, and 1 person 20+ lvls above me back off when they noticed i was way under their lvl

And while this sound like a troll, this is seriously the state of PWI

Hello imcereal. I have high-end experience in both of the games you played, but I won't compare them directly because it is forbidden. Let me put it this way:

- Quests here, regardless of the (short) story they involve, are kill that and bring that (99%).
- Every boss and every dungeon is nothing more than a gear check, except for some simple death mechanics not worth mentioning.
- PvP is entirely stop action, except for some kind of "pet" skills..
- The most powerful gear and upgrades need year(s) of hardcore grinding or they can simply be bought instantly with a few thousand dollars, with no prerequisite except your level.
- There are no official PvP ratings except K/D ratio and other non-sense.
- Some classes massively overpower others.
- Etcetera

However the graphics are nice, music calming and character customization is out of this world. In conclusion if you were a progression raider or rated PvP-er and seek any similar experience here, forget about it.

Anything in particular you'd like to know further just ask.

Cheers.

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P.S - T12 in a week

Vindrael - Lost City wrote: »

There is a major problem with this game at the moment. It used to be like "that other game" in that you could farm gear and get items by raiding instances.

Now, through the cash shop, you can purchase "Rank 8" and "Rank 9" weapons and armor. Rank 8 is a couple hundred dollars, and if you spend a few hundred more to refine it to +10 then it's pretty good. Rank 9 is several thousand dollars, but it's so much more powerful than anything else in the game that people who've spent the money are overpowering everyone else.

So, if you like to quest and play a game for a storyline, I recommend a game that rhymes with sift.

If you like to do character customization, play with fashion, and have a social experience, play PWI. It's a glorified chat room unless you buy Rank 9. Then you have a chance to PvP at end-game.

Just know that if you roll a character here and get hooked, you will probably end up spending a LOT more money than you would have spent on a pay-to-play game. This is why I'm spending more and more time over in "sift" these days...

EDIT: Oh, and don't forget. "Goof Wads 2" and "Dynablo 3" are both coming out soon. Those also sound intriguing.

I see what joo did der ;o

This has become a very lonely game till you hit 8x-9x. The problem with taking time and enjoying the content now a days is there really isn't anyone to do it with. It is also much harder to get help, whether it be with people your own level (cause of lack of them) or high levels (no longer incentive to help). People rush to end game cause either they are alts of already high level players, or you die of boredom without doing so. Every single town on the map used to be populated and many extremely crowded. Now just the big few cities, even the original ones are empty.

Before when you were weeks to months behind high level players and knew with hard work could catch up and feel a part of the endgame/tw/pvp/instance community in a reasonable time, now you are years behind. The only way to catch up in a reasonable time is to swipe your card. If you are willing to it can be a fun place, if you are a true f2p player or even through a few bucks here and there, you will find it very frustrating now with the inflated economy and lack of new blood to build up with

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imcereal wrote: »

I've played many many MMO's and most recently walked away from 6 max level toons on WoW because there's nothing new to do outside of Grind or PvP. I've seen every quest many times and am sick of the mindless errand and dailys quests.

There is a serious lack of options in the high-end MMO genere right now.

I cam across this game while searching and was wondering if folks recommend it or if it's a WoW knockoff or dying game. Don't know much about it.

Thx

that is all there is to do at endgame. run away while you can.