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admriker444 · September 2004

I played from launch for 2 months then went back to SWG. I had some questions on gameplay that would help me decide on coming back...

1.) crafting - do items still have no decay ? I found this completely ridiculous. How can a crafter become a successful merchant if someone's weapon will never need replacing ?

2.) Vendor - I forget what they were called (vendor, bazaar, etc) but they had a limit of 5 items per town (or something like that). Did this ever change ? I found it very unappealing to travel to 5 towns in an attempt to sell 25 items.

3.) e-mail - was this ever added in ? going back to crafting, I preferred swg's system where you'd receive an e-mail notification letting you know when you sold something and from where. I didnt like the fact that I would have to try and guess what sold and from where daily.

4.) Housing - are houses still only owned by guilds ? I recall saving up 50 silver pieces only to find out that 99% of land was already bought up and the remaining few lots were 90 silver +.

Overall, I never understood why the game got such a bad rep. I didnt think it was the worst mmorpg ever... I'd say it was average on combat (5/10) and pretty decent on crafting (7/10) and player base was nice (8/10). Thanks for any help here.

hercules · September 2004

Good questions.I would also like to know the answer.

I too felt this game and AC2 had a much worse rep then they deserved

Flem · September 2004

Originally posted by admriker444

I played from launch for 2 months then went back to SWG. I had some questions on gameplay that would help me decide on coming back...
1.) crafting - do items still have no decay ? I found this completely ridiculous. How can a crafter become a successful merchant if someone's weapon will never need replacing ?
2.) Vendor - I forget what they were called (vendor, bazaar, etc) but they had a limit of 5 items per town (or something like that). Did this ever change ? I found it very unappealing to travel to 5 towns in an attempt to sell 25 items.
3.) e-mail - was this ever added in ? going back to crafting, I preferred swg's system where you'd receive an e-mail notification letting you know when you sold something and from where. I didnt like the fact that I would have to try and guess what sold and from where daily.
4.) Housing - are houses still only owned by guilds ? I recall saving up 50 silver pieces only to find out that 99% of land was already bought up and the remaining few lots were 90 silver +.
Overall, I never understood why the game got such a bad rep. I didnt think it was the worst mmorpg ever... I'd say it was average on combat (5/10) and pretty decent on crafting (7/10) and player base was nice (8/10). Thanks for any help here.

1. Still no decay

2. Consigners now accept 10 items each

3. Same still, i find it bothersome also that i dont know what sold. A message appears when u log in if an item didnt sell and was returned to your vault, why not a message telling u when u log in what u sold

4. With the shard merger there are now a ton of plots both for the individual and guild plots

starman999 · September 2004

As for AC2 it got exactly the rep it deserved.

Horizons always seemed to me to have a very good story and alot for the players to do. They always seem to be running some sort of live event and the monthly plot idea is simply outstanding and unique in a market where the players are largely ignored after the game is initially launched and only courted by the developers when they want to sell an expansion.

I myself have not played Horizons simply because the news of layoffs and then the chapter 11 bankruptcy. Frankly Im afraid the game company itself is in financial trouble and may crumble at any time taking my game and my credit card number with it.

ROLEPLAYERS UNITE!!!

"we're devils and black sheep, really bad eggs....drink up me hearties yo ho"

admriker444 · September 2004

Originally posted by starman999

I myself have not played Horizons simply because the news of layoffs and then the chapter 11 bankruptcy. Frankly Im afraid the game company itself is in financial trouble and may crumble at any time taking my game and my credit card number with it.

Hmm, this would concern me as well. Any word yet on the game making it through chapter 11 still intact ?

Shamzi · September 2004

Because of that chapter 11 thingy, they have made some changes

A big Patch has been released and now there are 2 American Servers ( Roleplaying & Not-Roleplaying)
Europe keeps the 3 servers they got but have received the patch too

What does this patch do ?

* New Mobs
* New Spawn Points For Mobs
* Tier V forms and resources
* Guild Plots (your guild buys a plot ... when they have build guildhall the surrounding plots become available for Guild Members Only)
* ...

Well try it i would say

propolyz · September 2004

i agree

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propolyz · September 2004

but sometimes i wonder if that is even possible because some times its not even beivlable for someone to be able to do that because i think dark age of camelot is better and all those other games dont really even have a meaning like this one.. i give this game a rating of about 4 because the consept isnt well ploted out and meen while.. in daoc there is always rvr action and many many many more other kinds of things to do all at one time while having fun with friends and geting to know new people.. i just think the game is really great.. and i recommend all you trying it out.. i bet more then anything else in the world that you guys will enjoy it.

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