PvP in MxO and it's downfalls?

HackViral

WoW does have events my friend. Not like the way MxO has them which is
better. I like the way MxO events go but to be honest back before SOE
took over everybody knows that the LET had their little favorites and
you had all this favortism going around which I thought was a load of
BS and highly unprofessional but I am not about to go in to any of
that. WoW, has events with quest/npc like add ins and are a lot of fun
because you can't solo them you have to rely on a team and you make a
lot of friends that way..and I love the looting system and hate it at
the same time because you can't have a loot hog unless they select need
everytime then they have to out roll you to win it so its totally
random unless you set it to be other wise. In MxO the way they set it
up is where you can do a lot of the game solo you dont have to rely on
a team at too many points except for pandora's box,PvP, or events at
the right level you can easily solo a dungeon and still get top drops
(I did South Vauxton at like level 24/25 and got a direwolf in 3 drops)
and in WoW it's not in the question of "Can I solo this?" because
unless you're about 20 or so levels higher than everybody in the
dungeon its not going to happen..and even at the max level of 60...a
group of level 20's can kill you if you are careless in MxO I can stand
in place and let a mob shoot at me for hours and never lose health.

DrBobcat

I think the most simple thing in the game that directly downplays the combat - the seperation between free-fire and interlock. I mean how the hell is it possibly fair for someone to be keep getting shot (and having pretty much zero defense) while being interlocked with someone else. It doesn't LOOK good (nothing like the matrix). It's clunky, slow, and 2 dimensional. Either they need to make everyone go into interlock (the only reasonable solution) or remove the option altogether. Without an effective means to multi-fight, the games combat system (essentially the centre of the game's aim!) is pretty much broken.

I love the game, I do. A HELLAVA lot more than other traditional MMOs - SWG, WoW, FFXI, EQ2. It is more innovative than those games but desperately needs more work for all it's promises to be practical. SOE is on the right track, but I again will be taking a break. Anxious to see more about this supposed "combat revision."

Could go either way...

Caz

Sweeet

OK... to be perfectly honest, I love MxO. I've been
nurturing it since the beginning and It will always hold a special
place in my heart (sorry for the soppy crap :smileytongue SMILEY . But the
game just isn't giving me what I expected from it and that frustrates
me greatly... WoW has a very good game engine that is keeping me more
than occupied at the moment. I don't know what you've heard about it
but it's a very good game. The game mechanics are genius even if they
did rip them off from every MMO out there. I'll be playing it for a
while until MxO sorts its crap out. And please... MxO has allot of crap
to sort out.... I love PVP but with the currant game engine it’s pretty
much pointless... Yes that sounds harsh but can you really blame me?!
I’ll more than likely come back to MxO because as I beta tested for so
long, I feel like I’ve played a part in MxO’s development. It’s just
sad that everything we warned them about before the game went live has
played a direct part in the games demise. And if you wonder what I mean
by that… I’m talking about the poor fan base MxO currently holds.

Sorry
if it seems like I’m just trying to bash your hobby, it’s not my
intention. I’m just frustrated at waiting for the best, the best that
was promised to us when the game was released. Something we are yet to
see and that I am greatly looking forward to.

This
game has so much potential… If only SOE would give us more information
on their upcoming changes… Then maybe we could start placing a bit more
faith in a game we all love.

Charlenna

"Euhm Charlenna....

Enon_ wrote:
MxO however, has a great interlock system, which unfortunatly has his problems

....."

lmao Yes, Enon_, it has *its* problems, as we both mentioned, don't
feel insecure for the fact that others may make mention of it as well
just because *you* may have already. Sorry, privledged one, but when
others have an opinion on an issue, they will post their own point of
view on it, even when it coincides with yours. No need to get pissy
about it, and you were, before you try to b.s. about not being so,
otherwise there would be no point in making the post above. ^^^ :smileytongue:

And I think the reason why Sweeet thinks you're being hostile,
ArtherEld, is the tone of your posts in some points do seem somewhat
underhandedly, sarcastically snide, such as the race car example and
whatnot, a short retort that explains nothing. Even though you may not
mean to do so, the problem with the Internet is with being unable to
speak to someone face to face like these forums, no one knows
everyone's exact tone at times.

Personally, for me, WoW is simply the more polished game, and for
some people, it does come down to game mechanics. The numerous broken
combat systems in this game drives me up the wall. Actually the reason
why I started playing MxO in the first place is the fact it was a nice
diversion from the stereotypical fantasy-based MMOs, but with all the
problems MxO has, WoW for me simply comes out the better game, so it's
the one I tend to be playing more these days until MxO's combat systems
are finally fixed. For those who prefer MxO for it's RP element over
WoW, that's great, the player creates the character after all, not the
other way around, so tired of the fantasy-styled settings, MxO is a
good game to turn to. Even if it's not for RP only, still a good
reason, but just bear in mind the fact, others will simply have a
difference of opinion. For me, again, a nice departure from the norm
but with MxO's game mechanics in the state they are in now, WoW is
simply more appealing to me.

Message Edited by Charlenna on 10-29-2005 12:36 AM
Message edited by Charlenna on 10/28/2005 23:36:16.

Arther

Charlenna wrote:

And I think the reason why Sweeet thinks you're being hostile, ArtherEld, is the tone of your posts in some points do seem somewhat underhandedly, sarcastically snide, such as the race car example and whatnot, a short retort that explains nothing. Even though you may not mean to do so, the problem with the Internet is with being unable to speak to someone face to face like these forums, no one knows everyone's exact tone at times.

Char, I was talking about this post here:

"Fair enough. From Dictionary.com

nit·pick - To be concerned with or find fault with insignificant details.

be overly critical; criticize minor details

i.e. People complaining that Matrix Reloaded sucked for the little mistakes, like people saying they can see a camera reflecting in Morpheus' sunglasses, or that some of the Smiths didn't look like Smiths in the fight scene.

To an extent this happens with this game. I didn't say that your comparison of engines was a nitpick. But I do think the complaints about bugs are blown out of proportion, and in a way are very much nitpicks. People getting bent out of shape for bugs that at least from my perspective and on my computer I rarely encounter."

Where do I have this apparent tone? Where even in the comment about the race car thing? I just don't get it... Is an opposing view a flame? Is an opposing view hostile? As I pointed out already my comment about the race car game was simply to make a point that game mechanics don't make it a better game. And I said that it's simply in my preferrence. If your preferrence is game mechanics, then fine that makes it a better game. MxO is my style of RP. I love the game and I honestly think the complaints about it are overexaggerated. Bugs... bugs? WoW does not appeal to me. I've seen the pics. I've seen people play it. I've seen my own friends play it on their computer. Frankly I'm not impressed.

Charlenna

"Even though you may not mean to do so, the problem with the Internet is
with being unable to speak to someone face to face like these forums,
no one knows everyone's exact tone at times." - Me

Please, read people's entire post before you qoute them, ArtherEld. It
was merely an impression that Sweeet was getting from you, and now, I'm
starting to get that impression as well. You ask if having an opposing
opinion is a flame, well, obviously not, but it comes down to how well a
person handle that opposing opinion, and vice versa. I realize that MxO
is your style of RP, I understand that perfectly, please read peoples
entire posts before you reply to them and attempt to dispute them. It
helps when you try to put all peoples opinions into consideration when
you decide to rebut someone elses.

Message Edited by Charlenna on 10-29-2005 04:06 AM
Message edited by Charlenna on 10/29/2005 03:06:45.

OmniDo

Hey guys!

I happened to be on and did a search for postings, and well...I realized I had forgotten to post the screenshots I took of the "Kill the DJ" event.

So without further ado, here it is.

It is a bit large, as I run my MxO at 1280x1024, so I hope the post doesnt get deleted. :smileysurprised:

Cheers!

DJ Omni

-Awakened Radio

Message Edited by OmniDo on 10-30-2005 04:00 AM
Message edited by OmniDo on 10/30/2005 04:00:40.

GrimDanFango

Cheers for the screen OmniDo, I feel all famous now. :smileyvery-happy::smileyvery-happy::smileyvery-happy:

But seriously, that mini-event rocked, and the variety adds that extra
little something to the game. I hope there are more events soon. :smileyhappy:

Rsync

That event absolutely rocked by box. Omni for Pope! :smileytongue:

Rsync

Arther

Charlenna wrote:

"Even though you may not mean to do so, the problem with the Internet is with being unable to speak to someone face to face like these forums, no one knows everyone's exact tone at times." - Me

Please, read people's entire post before you qoute them, ArtherEld. It was merely an impression that Sweeet was getting from you, and now, I'm starting to get that impression as well. You ask if having an opposing opinion is a flame, well, obviously not, but it comes down to how well a person handle that opposing opinion, and vice versa. I realize that MxO is your style of RP, I understand that perfectly, please read peoples entire posts before you reply to them and attempt to dispute them. It helps when you try to put all peoples opinions into consideration when you decide to rebut someone elses.

Message Edited by Charlenna on 10-29-2005 04:06 AM

Yeah I read that, Char, and totally agree with it. But the problem is you can only take that argument so far.

"I like horsies."

Did that offend anyone? Well, apparently to Charlenna, the internet is such that people can get offended by it, and I need to understand their feelings.

I just don't get how anything could even be construed as "flaming" especially in the post in question. The one in which Sweeet responded to. That's the one in which Sweeet accused me of hostility and "being an *CENSORED*". I know that "tones" can be misinterpreted, but you can only take that argument so far, come on now.

I've read his and your entire posts. Sweeet feels that a game weighs on its mechanics. I think it weighs on... what it is. We just have a difference of opinion and preferrence. And that's basically what my final point to him was. I meant nothing negative by it.

And you claim to read people's entire post? Well, if you did you'd know that Sweeet and I are cool now.

Charlenna

lmao Yes, ArtherEld, I know you two are ok now, but that was sometime
after I already made my post here in this thread, while both of yours
resolutions were in a entirely different thread, one that you created as a matter of fact. :smileytongue:

Message Edited by Charlenna on 10-31-2005 02:16 AM
Message edited by Charlenna on 10/31/2005 02:16:57.

**Xorbeus**

mxo's downfall is that pvp is pointless and takes no skill.

wow's downfall is that its queer.

clearly the victory goes to mxo.

Arther

Xorbeus wrote:
mxo's downfall is that pvp is pointless and takes no skill.

wow's downfall is that its queer.

clearly the victory goes to mxo.

Yeah, I'm surprised they let the pointlessness go on so long. I expect them to eventually do something about it. Make the CQ points mean something.

I also think it'd be cool if it was like "Goldeneye" (the old N64 game), where if the person dies you get their stuff. I think it'd be too much to just loot the body and get everything in their inventory, but looting their body and getting their info, now there's something. But of course there'd be pleanty who would be pissed at this as well.

cynic

Xorbeus wrote:
mxo's downfall is that pvp is pointless and takes no skill.

wow's downfall is that its queer.

clearly the victory goes to mxo.

hahaha.... that post made me grin for a while... so true...

just one thing to add: mxo's pvp can be fixed, wow will stay the epitome of gayness untill it's end...

HackViral

Im sorry. I was so wrong to question the greatness of MxO's combat and
PvP system. MxO is so great and has the best combat system I have ever
seen! WoW just lied when they said they have 3million+ subscribers
because I mean really why would 3 MILLION people wanna play that game?
I mean I bet it's MxO that has 3million subscribers because of its
elite and PERFECT combat system.

/end sarcasm