scorpscarx
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Okay I'm bored. Glad I was able to get into the beta in the end. The combat is more interactive then I'm used to in MMOs over the years but only by a little bit. Those ads they are doing are pretty misleading in regard to just how much different combat is from past MMOs. Still I'll give them credit for trying to stand out. As I said before I don't have any big issues of the game. It runs well and looks great. Combat is more then just old ability pushing but there is still plenty of that. I'd put in the area with DC Universe Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and Star Wars: The Old Republic. Line of sight is the big difference.
I think I am going to cancel my preorder in the end. Will know for certain when I play again tomorrow morning. Story wise it isn't grabbing me and for me personally this is important in a MMO. Has been since I first played Everquest: Ruins of Kunark all those years ago. I'm only level 14 now but I think that is enough time to let the game establish the story and game world. There is something about the flight and what is taking place during it (point of view, etc) that made me a little sick looking at it earlier today. Area chat is horrible. I've been playing with that channel turned off mostly because it's become so annoying and I've been focused on the game anyway. Since it's off it's made me focus on the game's world and story more. Lack of having multiple starting areas means I'll be doing the same quest over and over again and doing them the first time hasn't been that interesting. In the last few levels I've started to ignore what is being said. Things just haven't been interesting enough to pay attention and I don't like it when that happens.
I can see what you mean, but the combat feels special to me in a very good way: position, timing, and mastering all the classes seems to be paramount in order to succeed in pvp, and I LOVE that aspect of the game. Along with graphics of course.
Your second point on the story aspect I would consider deeply personal and not reflective on the value of the game as a whole, personally I care absolutely zero about story in mmo's. I skip through every dialogue tree.
Also the /area chat is horrendous I agree.