Human!!!! Also I'll add you.
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I'll have to get back to you On that one. I don't get wifi at school so I can't play untill I'm home. But as for combat so far. It's exactly like a computer MMO. As a Mage you have a spell windup time for some spells. And some are Instant. Being a former WoW player and a current LotrO player it is nIce seeing some PC MMO style implimented into an iOS game. And I am Super happy they had a guild system right away. (the big thing PL lacks big time).
Once I play some more I'll make an official review thread and include some screenshots of good/bad things if I can :)
Elly what server and side you on? I'm still downloading it so I have no clue on it so far. Looks way to slow though
PS for those that have your device jailbroken you can use my3g to make the game think it's running on wifi but don't know f this game uses to much bandwith unlike PL that uses very little.
Top dog. Btw your ign isn't related to:
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Orc Warrior, American.
Found it weird too, tried connecting to Asian server (since Oceania is probably closer to it), and I got a "You might lag" warning. :p
Found it way harder to play the WoW aspect on a device. It was insanely fun on a PC due to the mods you could get, different hot key abilities, etc, I'm just really disappointed with almost the entire UI of the game =/
Chat - Bad. Hard to type, hard to read, hard to do emotes, hard to even bring up the chat menu.
Combat - Seemed like WoW initially, maybe it'll get more interesting in the later levels and with a group
Customization - Seems minimal, aside from gear of course. The only thing that would differentiate is probably spells/talents, no mastery stuff, though I guess WoW has always been like that.
Camera - Seems standard. Swipe to rotate, pinch to zoom.
Premium Currency - I'm not sure how pricing will go, but you can buy direct gold for $$$. Hopefully it'll be as expensive as Plat>Gold here, or else, well you know.
I'd want to get into the game more, at least get to some serious game play, but honestly the UI just stops me. It'll take hours and hours to get to some serious game play, so I'd rather spend that time on PL. Lol
And For moving and casting it depends. If there's ca cast time then no. If it's instant cast then yes
The skill wheel? It seemed like a revolver, moves per click, you can swipe it softly once to click once, or try harder and you'd get 2-3 clicks. Found it confusing since you'd probably want to switch targets and need different skills. The buttons are small too =/
As for attacking and moving, I think the same thing as WoW applies, where you need to be facing your target. I was a warrior, so melee and it was relatively easy to fight since I can move around the target and attack. I wouldn't know on ranged/spells :)
Coolio, thanks for the info. Like to keep tabs on the mmobile scene. :) I think PL combat is fun but it can improve a lot also..
Wow I'm surprised to hear that. I actually prefer swiping. I like games that take advantage of the touchscreen and don't just put buttons everywhere. Actually, one of my main gripes with DD's UI is that to scroll through paws and pages of items and lists of stats, etc -- you have to press buttons instead of just swipe scrolling. I like that Gameloft games use touch scrolling. But still, waiting for more feedback before making a decision on this game. I think it will take some time to see how well Gameloft maintains it and whether they have any communication with the players. I don't think they're used to something like this, so will see how they approach it. They can't just catch and release with this one. They need to be able to hold onto their players.
I don't mind swiping, if only I could learn the swipe shortcuts for the emotes here on PL, I'd use them too. The swiping is just on a really sensitive part though, the skills. It was really hard enough to tap them without having to look at them because of the size (might be because of iPad, it's probably proportionate in the iPhone but hasn't been optimized for iPad yet?).
Remember how people were complaining when GCD came out that the emphasis of the battle shifted from the character/mobs to the skills instead? While waiting for the GCD to finish? I feel the same way here on the skill swiping, having to look for the skill that I want to do, then swipe to look for the next or so.
I really wish Gameloft luck too, since from what I've been reading and have experienced, they can't compare to the support we get here.
Ah I see how that can be a problem. And it's not just something you can get used to?
Maybe with enough feedback, they'll tweak it?
So far the reviews in the app store are all 5 stars. But it's just the first day. I'm waiting to see what people have to say after at least a week or two -- if they find any bugs, issues, etc and whether Gameloft fixes it quickly.
Also, do they have the ability to send quick patches through? I've seen with DD how awfully frustrating it can be to have to wait 2+ weeks every time they discover a bug. Even with PL -- the one time we had to wait for the join friends -- it made t hard to play. I doubt PL would have the success it has if they didn't have the ability to quick-patch. So if Gameloft has that and is on top of bugs and issues, they'll have a much better chance at success than if we have to wait weeks for any tiny change, like in DD (still waiting for 5.0 and the return of the ability to sell in between waves -- was promised like 2 mos ago -_-').
Hmm, Gameloft would probably be put to the test when it comes to tweaking :)
I'm not sure on how quick they can patch through.. It did say "Checking for updates" when I was connecting to the servers though, but haven't experienced actually downloading a patch yet.
To be honest, I don't think the game will suit me with how I'm used to PL. :p They'd need a major rehaul on their UI for me to like it. Lol
Ok made 3 toons all on the arcadia forest server
Echelon - human mage
Echelong - Orc warrior
Echelongx - Undead archer
I can't play yet and I have no idea how to add people -__- I will have to figure it all out later.
I think I probably WOULD enjoy it, because I like many Gameloft games. But still, hefty price tag before getting to try it. I've bought many games based on the free lite versions -- it can only benefit them if they're confident with their product.
Man this game has a subscription plus runes and gold to buy.... and they don't even have a proper forum for a game like this only the gameloft forums and they suck. like Les said if they make updates like that have for DD this game is gonna go down the drain fast.
I hope they have patch-like updates of PL too. From what I've experienced, everytime Gameloft has updates for a certain game, you need to download the entire game again.