Mourning is actually the largest, I believe, and if not it is definitly on the rise. Supposedly Vindication is losing some player, very slowly, while Mourning is growing.
Score another 'now it's free it's worth a try' player. But the PvP does sound veryyyy good for once; I hope the cities are as interactive as the website suggests. I've been looking for a game like Face of Mankind or EVE, but in a good/non-space setting.
Hope not to be wondering back to WOW again after a day.
I have no respect for Ashen Temper (considering he got his job by threatening to sue a 14 year old kid), or this game.
When I first loaded up my beta (way back when), I was shocked at the poor quality of the graphics, I felt it was poor even for the games out then. I found the gameplay mediocre and the community poor. I'm really glad I didn't pay one cent for this game. Selling my beta was probably a good idea, heh.
When a game that's struggling to keep player populations goes 'Free', it basically says to me that it's a last-ditch effort to generate interest in the game before it dies. Honestly I don't think Shadowbane offers anything that one can't get from other, better games on the market today, and I'm surprised they're even still trying with the game.
To be fair though, I will try the game again and see if it's no longer a steaming pile, but honestly I don't have much hope.
"Because it's easier to nitpick something than to be constructive." -roach5000
Shadowbane is a great game, its one of the last totaly ruthless PvP games you will ever get to play. I have played Shadowbane since its release. Shadowbane offers easy leveling, large scale PvP, large scale sieges, player looting and no PvP restrictions at all. I know alot of you anime heads will try Shadowbane only to cry that you got ganked and the person that killed you did not go red. Shadowbane is the true meaning of open PvP.
Shadowbane beta and early in the release was the most fun I've ever had in an MMO. Unfortunately, all those horrid technical issues affected me badly. I had SB.EXE after SB.EXE, could hardly move in guild PvP... actually, could barely move when just a few people were casting near me... and, finally, I couldn't log in for almost 3 weeks due to a technical problem. They gave me loads of free time and even said I could start a new account free, but the only issue they were able to finally resolve was my log in issue. I wasn't alone... tons of people suffered from these problems, though I'm not sure how many were lucky enough to have them all at the same time, like me.
Not too long ago, having heard for some time that these things were no longer issues, I decided to try again. After about an hour of whacking spiders, I received the dreaded SB.EXE. I had to grit my teeth but I relogged and kept at it. I got three more in quick succession and that was the end. Since then, I have entirely new computers, both Macs and PCs, (though my old computer was considered pretty high end at the time I initially played SB) and I'll probably give it another try. Although I really dislike having to move my character via mouse, the UI is meh although it is, at least, customisable. and the graphics are pretty dated.. the game really was that much fun. If I get an SB.EXE, however, I just might have to kick the neighbour's new puppy.
Originally posted by Blurr I have no respect for Ashen Temper (considering he got his job by threatening to sue a 14 year old kid), or this game.
Do you have me confused with someone else? I mean, I don't mind if peope dislike or hate me, I don't tend to sugar-coat my replies when someone is doing something they should not... but at least hate me for something real. I have never threated to sue anyone, much less a 14 year old kid. So please, tell me this story...
Originally posted by tigris67 I am positng on this site everyda. Kind of jealous of you Elite members. Wish I could become one hehe.
I thought the different titles were associated with only the postcount until you just said that. Now I'm all confused. I'll probably be confused for days over this... well, at least until I forget about it. I have a terrible memory and I am very easy to confuse. Poor me.
Originally posted by Signe Originally posted by tigris67 I am positng on this site everyda. Kind of jealous of you Elite members. Wish I could become one hehe.
I thought the different titles were associated with only the postcount until you just said that. Now I'm all confused. I'll probably be confused for days over this... well, at least until I forget about it. I have a terrible memory and I am very easy to confuse. Poor me.
Here ya go:
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In IE you can mouseover your rank/stars to see what your score is, or go into your profile, it is listed there.
EDIT: Heh, wow, some habits are hard to break, can't count how many times I answered this question back when I worked here, just kinda slipped into autopilot with the answering, sorry for the thread hijack.
Richard J. Cox "There were much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."
w00t free SB this is great news, i just hope that it turns out it is going free because SB2 is in development and not because SB is shutting down or somthing.
Well ill definatly be playing this, ill catch you guys on morning server (the place to be) and we can get some cool PVP going.
Garrik
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"once upon a midnight dreary, while i porn surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of 'hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, "give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404."
Originally posted by Blurr I have no respect for Ashen Temper (considering he got his job by threatening to sue a 14 year old kid), or this game.
Do you have me confused with someone else? I mean, I don't mind if peope dislike or hate me, I don't tend to sugar-coat my replies when someone is doing something they should not... but at least hate me for something real. I have never threated to sue anyone, much less a 14 year old kid. So please, tell me this story...
Lol, Blurr. If you are really coming back to try SB, I hope you keep "Blurr" as a toon name, because I'm sure the SB players who see your post will make sure that toon will never get past lvl 25. Have fun in game.
I still cant belive SB has gone free, if it gets a whole load of players back in it (which it should) then it is going to be a really awesome expereince for the vets and the new comers.
Come on everyone, its time to learn about SB, the best FREE game out .
Garrik
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"once upon a midnight dreary, while i porn surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of 'hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, "give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404."
Originally posted by Gluegun So where can i get the client download for free? Fileplanet wants nearly $6 a month for the use of their service.... Call me a cheapskate but free should mean free.
You don't need to subscribe to fileplanet to download from them. If you are at the download screen, just scroll down until you can see the free servers. You also need to have a free IGN/Gamespy/Fileplanet account as well.
hmm... free. interesting. I might re-install the thing that lasted about a month on my PC back when it was released. I think i have the bonuses pre-order stuff too
Not really worth it even if it's free. I have tried playing this game several times in the past.
The graphics are awful, and the client performs like a mule with 1 leg trying to pull a sherman tank. The PVP is another example of the standard ASS (Auto-attack Special Sequencing) combat system present in almost every MMORPG in existance. Shadowbane's ASS combat is not as polished as most games though. Then again why would any pvper want to play a "PVP" game where a dice roll is deciding the outcome of every action? Shadowbane's combat system needs to be scrapped. City sieging is one of the worst experiences you will have. Your frame rate will drop to below 1fps. You might go from full health to dead in 2 frames.
Other points:
- The world is small. - The world is ugly, and randomly generated. - There is no story or lore to be found inside the game. - Terrain does not mean anything. You can walk over the steepest mountain as if it didn't exist. - No dungeons. - Monsters can only be found in sqare zones randomly placed on the map. (This contributes to the second point in this list) - The world is not persistant. Last time I played they were wiping the servers regularly. - Cheats and hacks are rampant in SB. - Someone offered to dupe me some gold last time I played within an hour of logging in. - The map quickly fills up with 1 man cities leaving no room for real cities to be built.
Originally posted by Gluegun So where can i get the client download for free? Fileplanet wants nearly $6 a month for the use of their service.... Call me a cheapskate but free should mean free.
FIleplanet -is- free, just register a regular account and you can download it, but you have to wait in line for around 40 or so minutes, usually, unless you have a paid account. There are several other places online that have the client to download, can't think of them off of the top of my head at the moment though, just Google it. Someone on the Shadowbane forums has posted about a torrent, and supposedly has one running, not sure how well it is doing, but it is worth checking out. Here is a link to that post: http://ubbforums.ubi.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=sb_discuss&Number=2677846&page=2&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=1
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Mourning is actually the largest, I believe, and if not it is definitly on the rise. Supposedly Vindication is losing some player, very slowly, while Mourning is growing.
Yeah, the populations won't matter in a few days. When a game goes free like this the server populations mutate
The Millenium Lee
awsome, i guess i'll hook up with ya'll on mourning then
cheers.
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What's a good race/class?
BTW Osyrus I sent you an Xfire invite
Just hit 30 with my Human Templar on Vindication, and no the pop on Vind isn't dropping.
In War - Victory.
In Peace - Vigilance.
In Death - Sacrifice.
Score another 'now it's free it's worth a try' player. But the PvP does sound veryyyy good for once; I hope the cities are as interactive as the website suggests. I've been looking for a game like Face of Mankind or EVE, but in a good/non-space setting.
Hope not to be wondering back to WOW again after a day.
I have no respect for Ashen Temper (considering he got his job by threatening to sue a 14 year old kid), or this game.
When I first loaded up my beta (way back when), I was shocked at the poor quality of the graphics, I felt it was poor even for the games out then. I found the gameplay mediocre and the community poor. I'm really glad I didn't pay one cent for this game. Selling my beta was probably a good idea, heh.
When a game that's struggling to keep player populations goes 'Free', it basically says to me that it's a last-ditch effort to generate interest in the game before it dies. Honestly I don't think Shadowbane offers anything that one can't get from other, better games on the market today, and I'm surprised they're even still trying with the game.
To be fair though, I will try the game again and see if it's no longer a steaming pile, but honestly I don't have much hope.
"Because it's easier to nitpick something than to be constructive." -roach5000
Cool, think i'll try it out
Shadowbane beta and early in the release was the most fun I've ever had in an MMO. Unfortunately, all those horrid technical issues affected me badly. I had SB.EXE after SB.EXE, could hardly move in guild PvP... actually, could barely move when just a few people were casting near me... and, finally, I couldn't log in for almost 3 weeks due to a technical problem. They gave me loads of free time and even said I could start a new account free, but the only issue they were able to finally resolve was my log in issue. I wasn't alone... tons of people suffered from these problems, though I'm not sure how many were lucky enough to have them all at the same time, like me.
Not too long ago, having heard for some time that these things were no longer issues, I decided to try again. After about an hour of whacking spiders, I received the dreaded SB.EXE. I had to grit my teeth but I relogged and kept at it. I got three more in quick succession and that was the end. Since then, I have entirely new computers, both Macs and PCs, (though my old computer was considered pretty high end at the time I initially played SB) and I'll probably give it another try. Although I really dislike having to move my character via mouse, the UI is meh although it is, at least, customisable. and the graphics are pretty dated.. the game really was that much fun. If I get an SB.EXE, however, I just might have to kick the neighbour's new puppy.
Do you have me confused with someone else? I mean, I don't mind if peope dislike or hate me, I don't tend to sugar-coat my replies when someone is doing something they should not... but at least hate me for something real. I have never threated to sue anyone, much less a 14 year old kid. So please, tell me this story...
Sean "Ashen Temper" Dahlberg
http://www.seandahlberg.com/
I am positng on this site everyda. Kind of jealous of you Elite members. Wish I could become one hehe.
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I thought the different titles were associated with only the postcount until you just said that. Now I'm all confused. I'll probably be confused for days over this... well, at least until I forget about it. I have a terrible memory and I am very easy to confuse. Poor me.
I thought the different titles were associated with only the postcount until you just said that. Now I'm all confused. I'll probably be confused for days over this... well, at least until I forget about it. I have a terrible memory and I am very easy to confuse. Poor me.
Here ya go:
and...
In IE you can mouseover your rank/stars to see what your score is, or go into your profile, it is listed there.
EDIT: Heh, wow, some habits are hard to break, can't count how many times I answered this question back when I worked here, just kinda slipped into autopilot with the answering, sorry for the thread hijack.
Richard J. Cox
"There were much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."
Awesome!! i will definalty try this game out! hope its nice and long playable..
any players have experience with this game?
w00t free SB this is great news, i just hope that it turns out it is going free because SB2 is in development and not because SB is shutting down or somthing.
Well ill definatly be playing this, ill catch you guys on morning server (the place to be) and we can get some cool PVP going.
Garrik
________________________________
"once upon a midnight dreary, while i porn surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of 'hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, "give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404."
Do you have me confused with someone else? I mean, I don't mind if peope dislike or hate me, I don't tend to sugar-coat my replies when someone is doing something they should not... but at least hate me for something real. I have never threated to sue anyone, much less a 14 year old kid. So please, tell me this story...
Lol, Blurr. If you are really coming back to try SB, I hope you keep "Blurr" as a toon name, because I'm sure the SB players who see your post will make sure that toon will never get past lvl 25. Have fun in game.
I still cant belive SB has gone free, if it gets a whole load of players back in it (which it should) then it is going to be a really awesome expereince for the vets and the new comers.
Come on everyone, its time to learn about SB, the best FREE game out
.
Garrik
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"once upon a midnight dreary, while i porn surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of 'hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, "give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404."
So where can i get the client download for free? Fileplanet wants nearly $6 a month for the use of their service....
Call me a cheapskate but free should mean free.
You don't need to subscribe to fileplanet to download from them. If you are at the download screen, just scroll down until you can see the free servers. You also need to have a free IGN/Gamespy/Fileplanet account as well.
hmm... free. interesting. I might re-install the thing that lasted about a month on my PC back when it was released. I think i have the bonuses pre-order stuff too
eqnext.wikia.com
Not really worth it even if it's free. I have tried playing this game several times in the past.
The graphics are awful, and the client performs like a mule with 1 leg trying to pull a sherman tank. The PVP is another example of the standard ASS (Auto-attack Special Sequencing) combat system present in almost every MMORPG in existance. Shadowbane's ASS combat is not as polished as most games though. Then again why would any pvper want to play a "PVP" game where a dice roll is deciding the outcome of every action? Shadowbane's combat system needs to be scrapped. City sieging is one of the worst experiences you will have. Your frame rate will drop to below 1fps. You might go from full health to dead in 2 frames.
Other points:
- The world is small.
- The world is ugly, and randomly generated.
- There is no story or lore to be found inside the game.
- Terrain does not mean anything. You can walk over the steepest mountain as if it didn't exist.
- No dungeons.
- Monsters can only be found in sqare zones randomly placed on the map. (This contributes to the second point in this list)
- The world is not persistant. Last time I played they were wiping the servers regularly.
- Cheats and hacks are rampant in SB.
- Someone offered to dupe me some gold last time I played within an hour of logging in.
- The map quickly fills up with 1 man cities leaving no room for real cities to be built.
FIleplanet -is- free, just register a regular account and you can download it, but you have to wait in line for around 40 or so minutes, usually, unless you have a paid account. There are several other places online that have the client to download, can't think of them off of the top of my head at the moment though, just Google it.
Someone on the Shadowbane forums has posted about a torrent, and supposedly has one running, not sure how well it is doing, but it is worth checking out. Here is a link to that post:
http://ubbforums.ubi.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=sb_discuss&Number=2677846&page=2&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=1
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