Newbie Queries

[alexana]

I just started the 14-day trial and have been playing WoW since last November. I have a couple of questions for the community:

1. How does this game compare to WoW in terms of content and fun.

2. Are there any RPers here or Roleplying Servers for people like me to congregate?

Thanks in advance!

[sx4rlet]

I just started the 14-day trial and have been playing WoW since last November. I have a couple of questions for the community:

1. How does this game compare to WoW in terms of content and fun.

2. Are there any RPers here or Roleplying Servers for people like me to congregate?

Thanks in advance!

Well, about your first question, I cannot really compare, as i didnt play WoW. But the game is a lot of fun. At higher level you might start to miss content, but the events that are organized (by players and by CSR) compensate a lot of that.

There is no real roleplay server, but there are quite some players who roleplay on this one. There are also some whole roleplay guilds and guilds who do some roleplaying.

I think you might like it on Atys!

[kibsword]

Roleplay is hugely enjoyed by a large portion of the community and the support team too

[jokque]

I just started the 14-day trial and have been playing WoW since last November. I have a couple of questions for the community:

1. How does this game compare to WoW in terms of content and fun.

Depends on what elements of WoW made you like that game really. WoW has a excellent end-game, with fun raid bosses and the instances, also outdoor contested bosses. Ryzom only has a few bosses that drop anything other than materials, and there are no instancing like in WoW.
Tradeskilling is alot more involved in this game. In WoW you can essentially max out your tradeskill in 15 minutes if you had all the items required. There also are no failed or degraded crafts, and theres no combining items to make more powerful versions or specialised versions of items. Ryzom has a quite good crafting system where you can combine different types of mats to get better stats on items, and there are TONS of different items to craft.
The leveling system in ryzom is completely different from WoW (and most other mmorpgs i believe) in that you can level every single skill to the top level if you so want, you gain xp in the skill you use during a fight, not a general amount of xp raising your general xp bar. This means you arent restricted to the skills (class) you pick at the start of the game, and can start leveling any other skill whenever you want.

Two of ryzoms best features is 1. the friendly community and 2. the skill-creation system. To make a skill, for example a spell, you need to "create" it, by adding what bricks you want into the spell plan and casting costs. So you can make a spell thats essentially free but takes a long time to cast, or a spell that drains your health instead of your mana (sap)

2. Are there any RPers here or Roleplying Servers for people like me to congregate?

Thanks in advance!

There are just 3 servers, french, german and english speaking (basically, the rest of the world) There are lots of people that RP, with events like weddings and events that actually change the direction the game is heading in depending on the outcome.


Myself, i play Ryzom AND WoW . WoW easily satisfies my raiding "needs", while Ryzom is great for just relaxing and having fun. MMORPGs are nearly only about timesinks and grinding, and WoW has ALOT of that, which is why i only play it when my guild there are raiding. In Ryzom i get to tradeskill in a good tradeskill interface (which WoW lacks), and i get to level whichever combat skill i feel like at that moment. (where i would have to make a completely new character in WoW to do the same)
Another unique feature with this game is the foraging part of the skills, where you dig for the materials required to craft, not having to rely on farming tradeskill items from mobs and through boring quests.

[defalgar]

i also play both ryzom and wow and i agree with all what joqkue says. except i focus more on pvp in wow not raid or instances or maybe she means the same

another thing what i find very important and what i mis in wow is that in ryzom your character really becomes someone and is known by alot of people,
in wow you are kind of one of the many (although you can stand out but then you need to be a very hardcore gamer)

there are actually 4 npc bosses (correct me if im wrong) and those 4 do drop armor but the are the only ones that i know of that actually drop anything else but mats (not counting jewels of of cutes and such)

what i do like in this game is the events which are kind of like not present in wow.

i think there is more but its late and i want to go to bed

[rushin]

2. Are there any RPers here or Roleplying Servers for people like me to congregate?

you might want to look up the Samsara

there are actually 4 npc bosses (correct me if im wrong)

2 have been deactivated for a while now

i think there is more but its late and i want to go to bed

me 2, nn =)

[jokque]

i also play both ryzom and wow and i agree with all what joqkue says. except i focus more on pvp in wow not raid or instances or maybe she means the same

Nope, im talking about Molten Core, Onyxia's Lair, and the 2 outdoor raid bosses, oh and the soon coming Blackwing Lair

WoW PvP doesnt interest me the slightest

[defalgar]

haha i kind of expected that. although i do really like the dungeons and all.
on the other hand because ryzom doesnt have instances it seems all more real to me. but that is just me maybe

[alexana]

you might want to look up the Samsara

What is the Samara?

[basicart]

Bunch of blood thirsty Mercs that like the "click click" sound dapper makes as they are paying for another round of drinks... or so i hear