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First Impressions

Myron41Myron41 Member Posts: 23
in Tantra Online

Before I start I would like to pint out that these are MY first IMPRESSIONS of Tantra Global.

Where to begin.

1) MOBS are once again exp bags with no other purpose other than to stand where they spawn with big neon signs above their heads saying 'HIT ME FOR EXP.'

 

3) Three factions determined by the deity you decide to follow with associated war/pvp.  Lost count of how many games have something similar (yawn).

 

4) Basically, the usual four classes. The tank, the archer, the monk (for want of a better description,) and the spell chucker.  Again, lost count of all the other games with something similar.

 

5) Lots of go to x location and kill y number of MOBS missions.  Nuff said!!!

 

6)  Nice big towns and other population centres with feck all npc's.  I hate it when you get well sculpted cities etc with nobody living in them.

 

7)  Day and night exist but there is no weather.  I am finding this to be a major cop out  with game devs these days.

 

8)  The town/city buildings are nothing more than scenery.  You cant enter them and as far as I can tell you will never be able to own them.  Again, another dev cop out  becoming quite common these days.

 

I wont comment on the graphics, which I found to be ok as I think this will always be down to personal taste. 

Personally didn't find any problem with character control, but again, this will, I think,  come down to personal preference.

Lag..... didn't have any.  Cant say much more than that.

The other problems I found with it I have put down to it being OB, but I would advise going to the forums to find out where the creatures are for missions.  There is not much in the way of quest flavour to give adequate direction to where they are. 

Suggestions for character builds arent there on the forums to any great degree yet so If your into exploring class potentials, there is plenty of scope and demand for exploration and description.

 

In summary, the only difference between this game and a hoard of others out there is the graphics and the community which in Tantras case hasn't really developed yet.  Tantra is just another 'grind till your bored' game for obsessive compulsives.

In short, try it and make up your own mind.  If you dont like it there are hundreds of others that are identical to choose from.

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  • Myron41Myron41 Member Posts: 23

    Additional:

     

    Played this pile of excrement for a while now and have had a go at all the classes offered. 

    My main character is a Deva which I have managed to get to level 50.  Not much of an achievement really as there is no level cap in this game.

    My main gripe about this heap is the death by lag.  It is the bane of this games life.  If you live in an area where you dont get it such as the same street the server is housed then you are lucky.  I have lost count of the number of times I have watched a MOBs body hit the foor only to die seconds later (in some cases while walking away) without any sign of being attacked.  It wouldnt be so bad but the loss in exp is a pain in the ass.  When you hit the wall its even worse.

    And no it isnt a crappy pc or connection as I play Left 4 Dead, HL2DM and Team Fortress without any problems.

    The other pile of arse to be aware of is the server maintenance.  Practically every time they do it the game gets frelled.  Tonights gem involved having to reload the game every time you changed regions as it crashed, and this appears to be after the emergency maint to fix the problem which occurred after general maintenance.  Testing doesnt seem to be part of company procedure.

     

    Finally, this game suffers from the same old problem that all other f2p's have, that really gets on my tits.  The wall.  on Tantra it hits around level 49/50.  One minute your progressing nicely, the next you have to commit genocide to get 1% of 100.

     

    at the end of the day this pile is just another chat room with weapons.  A Habbo Hotel with fighting.  Same as all the other crap out there with extra lag and monthly screw ups.

     

    hey Ho, onward with the eternal quest to find a game that actually deserves the RPG in MMORPG.

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