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Old 01-04-2007, 11:45 PM   #9 (permalink)
Raolinx Aeromancer
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Last Online: 09-15-2007 01:38 AM
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Pacific North West
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Level: 16

HP: 30 / 387
MP: 104 / 2460
EXP: 51%
Re: Beta 5 Begins, NDA Lifted!

Bards still have not recived there class makeover yet so its not so don't count on anything you have read so far.

Even at the beggining of beta 3 I think Vanguard beat EQ1 in turms of game play. There were multiple crashes, chunk, toon, and server. Everything has steadally improved thru 3 and 4.

Alot of stuff still isnt in yet: Artificer recipies, boat recipies, house recipies, Minerology is non existant (jewelry) but things are progressing.

My dislikes and likes aside this is turning into a great game. Is it third gen or just the top of 2nd gen....To me it seems the later. But who knows what the first expansion will bring us.

Rating 1-10 10 being best.

Graphics...
...General scenery 9
...characters 7
...animations general 6
...animations combat 8
...mob animations 7

playability...
...solo 6
...group 7 (even with 1000 people on at one time it was still hard to find groups at sertain levels but when you did form a group it was great.

Lore 7
audio...
...Combat 7
...environment 8
...music composition 9

Crafting... still undergoing changes/modifications/adding recipies 7
...sub catagory Harvesting 8
Adventuring... 8
Diplomacy...NA can't rate since I havnt gotten around to it. (only certain races were able to)

Old map system wasn't great about a 5 and since the new system was just loaded with the newest patched I can't comment to much on it.

Rao
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