Lineage 2 Open Beta Starts...

[Eagle]

Forgot to mention to rotate the camera, click and hold the right mouse button and drag. You can also quick click it to center behind you and I think clicking the middle mouse button will do something. Rolling the wheel will zoom, not sure how to do it without the wheel. For the most part this game is mouse oriented.

 

[blizz]

yeah I got a hang of using the camera early one, once you get used to the menu commands it's pretty sweet.

I haven't worked out if I'm going to switch to a mage or not yet, they look nice and impressive compared to a swords just slugging away

 

[blizz]

the other thing I noticed is that it doesn't like alt-tab

a windowed mode would be nice.

Edit:

I'm playing as Xenocrates on Sieghardt, I'm level 4 at the moment.

 

[blizz]

More updated comments:

The disconnecting from the server is a pain in the arse, so I may go back to server 6 to play as Lorica or Kael if this keeps up.

also some dick with a high level was running around "the kill foxes area" where new characters level up (I was still lvl4 but come on man that's just dumb), I think PSO had the right idea where there were set areas for killing each other...

 

[Eagle]

Yeah the disconnecting is annoying but it happens on all servers, just more often on Sieghardt. I intend to buy the game though and by that time they will have sieghardt fixed I'm sure. Windowed mode is coming in chronicle 1. As for the PK's they become less of a problem as you get higher levels. They are all generally weak because people kill them so often. You just have to get above them. The PvP system works though, there arent many people on that do PK because of the harsh penalties for doing it. And those that do, end up dieing too often to level up so they arent strong. When a player has a red name is puts a target on his back, anyone can kill him without penalty. If a white player attacks you he turns purple and can be killed without penalty but if you attack back you turn purple and he can kill you without penalty. You have to be carefull because some people called "pokers" will only attack you to see if they can get you to attack back. Once you do, your fair game.

 

[blizz]

hehe, I've seen the poking quite a bit, in my last trawl through, quite funny too though

I've noticed it still has the train problem that you get in FFXI, it's hilarious to see someone being chased by two spiders or in one case five orcs and two werewolves, with people chasing behind them telling them to stop

wandered around with a few mages leveling up as a party picking up more mages as we went, there were five of mages before a fighter joined at which point tearing the place up became easy but healing the damm fighter became a pain, as he expected us to heal him every time he ran off and attacked something far too powerful for him alone

I like the game, it's quite addictive, I may try going across on the boat next time round, I'm lacking a lot of spells to be really useful right now which is a pain

 

[Eagle]

Ive heard the boat is a pain in the ass. You really shouldnt cross till lvl 18-20. If the server crashes or you get d/c during a boat ride there is one of two things that could happen. Best case scenario, you get sent back to the island and have to pay the fee again. Worst case scenario, you fall into the ocean, drown, lose exp and items, and still get sent back to the island to pay the fee again. Being an elf, the only time I went there I just walked across the ocean floor because I cant drown, or at least not yet. Elves are supposed to have extended breathing underwater but right now its bugged and its just infinite breathing underwater.

 

[blizz]

yeah I've pretty much decided I'm going to see about being able to walk the way around the mountain not being smacked to shit before I leave it

 

[Hexidecimal]

I played for about half an hour before I uninstalled it, MMORPGs suck ass. It was a bunch of idiots running around, most were sitting in the square trying to sell things, a lot more were trying to get things free, and some jerk off who was apparently born as gods gift to gaming was having a love affair with his caplocks key and kept screaming "WULd U N00BIES SHUT UP!!!!1" So, based on that, I will never play an MMORPG again, and am glad that I didn't pay for one to get that experience.

 

[blizz]

depends where you are, I think when the game is paid for a lot of the crap will go, put they're really got to sort out the server disconnects before they start charging people

(god damm it's annoying when you're in a good hunting party)

 

[blizz]

ok, just switched over to playing as a dwarf on Lionna, much better