Originally posted by Cool Matty:
You don't need to be forced, but you should be given the option.
You are given the option. It's called a manual.
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
Thing is, you then don't have time to read what the hell it's prompting you to do (which, may I remind you, is not even obvious, it's a little indicator in the corner which you can easily miss for the first few battles). And I totally, definitely died in the starting area because of it.
It's one fight.... are you honestly gonna stop playing cause you died once?
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
I was getting my ass handed to me because, shocker, I had no idea the cover system even existed, so I had no reason to look into it!
How do you expect people to learn to play the game when there is no obvious indicator to how you're supposed to play it? Avoiding a tutorial is fantastic if your gameplay is simple and easy to understand. But since this is an MMO, that's about as far from the truth as you can get. Combine that with the fact that you're in the newbie area, so getting help from anyone else is basically a crapshoot.
How do you expect people to learn to play the game when there is no obvious indicator to how you're supposed to play it? Avoiding a tutorial is fantastic if your gameplay is simple and easy to understand. But since this is an MMO, that's about as far from the truth as you can get. Combine that with the fact that you're in the newbie area, so getting help from anyone else is basically a crapshoot.
There is an obvious indicator. (for imperial agent, at least)
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
This is as far from the truth as you can get. I played the game for two hours and already had a long ass list of complaints, which I posted in the beta thread. It is seriously not hard to find things wrong with this game.
That's certainly not how it's coming across... especially when the things you pointed out are so minor or, from what I've seen, aren't true now. After all, it WAS a beta when you played it.
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
Frankly, among all the good things said about the game in here, it's been those who like the story that seems most prevalent. Which just blows my mind, because it implies a complete lack of foresight into the game months from now. You and I both know they're not going to add new story content on a rapid enough basis to keep it interesting (it's never, ever happened in any MMO), so you know you're going to get tired of the story. Even if you love it. This is what makes me go "wtf" the most about those who do like it, for the sake of the story.
The story isn't all there is to it. The story is great while your leveling but once you hit max level, you start hitting end game content.
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
(And of course that's ignoring the other problem, which is the story is actually pretty awful. Or maybe to be fair, the way the story is told makes it awful.)
That's your opinion.
I actually wanted to play this 2-3 hours a week and make story-like blog posts detailing the adventures of my MC, but since I would only have that much time to play, it's just not financially viable... If I could pay by the hour instead of having a 2 month expiration date (meaning about 16 hours of gameplay for me at best), I'd get it. Otherwise... Meh.