My impressions of Atys

[eagleyes]

I've gotta say that I've never played any game other than pre-CU SWG or pre-pub16 UO that has had me and my wife so engaged. My impressions so far:

The interface is great, though it could be a little more intuitive. One thing I liked about SWG was I could have an Experience monitor up showing how far I've progressed on the skill I was working on. I hate having to hit the a key every few minutes to see how close I am to leveling in fight or magic. Other than that the interface is very well done and smooth.

Graphics: I run a AMD64 4400+ 3gb RAM and a 256 Geforce 7800GT and with everything turned up the game runs smoothly (as well it should) and the graphics are bright and colorful, with the only hiccup I get is when I'm loading into the training island from the trainer hut. They sky is gorgeous, and the Thunder storms on the Tryker starter island are absolutely stunning. The only game I've played that had me looking at the sky more is Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

Customer service is excellent. Coming from SOE and Blizz games I'm used to pretty much being ignored when I submit a ticket or question. I was answered promptly and courtesly when I couldn't figure out how to turn off the mp3 player. Even though I closed the window it was still playing....Ohh the joys of being a noob. I'm not sure if Guides are player volunteers or paid CSR's but they rock.

Community: Seeing as the only time I left the starter island I was woefully unprepared and ended up re-rolling I haven't managed to meet many players, but those who're on the starter islands are very nice. Because of the differences in our play times, my wife has had more expierence with the community than I, and she raves at how much like her old SWG entertainer guild the community is.

Anyway, all I've gotta say is that Neverax has a great game on it's hands, and I hope to see it flourish, though if I understand correctly neverax is having financial difficulties at the moment.

See you all in Atys!
Dorin Eagleyes of Airspotle
formerly Guthunk of Windrunner
formerly Ajepp Aronn of Gorath
formerly Thalmaturgen of the Great Lakes Shard

[kibsword]

Heheh welcome to Atys! Glad you enjoy it *huggles*

[marct]

Don't look at the Action progression window, it will soon make you sad.

Welcome to Atys.

[rocket2e]

Don't look at the Action progression window, it will soon make you sad.

Welcome to Atys.

I agree. It's kinda desperating after a while.
Welcome to Ryzom and good luck

[eagleyes]

Don't look at the Action progression window, it will soon make you sad.

Welcome to Atys.

Thanks for the welcome and the warning, but being a gamer who can only steal an hour or two a day to play I'm used to slow skill gain. It took me a year to make Master Bounty Hunter in SWG when others were gaining it in a couple weeks. I also remember that after playing UO for three weeks after it's release I was only an Expert (70 points) in a few skills. Of course this was before they increased skill gain, and nerfed Blade Spirits enough for people to gain skill by fighting them.

[dbritt]

Thanks for the welcome and the warning, but being a gamer who can only steal an hour or two a day to play I'm used to slow skill gain. It took me a year to make Master Bounty Hunter in SWG when others were gaining it in a couple weeks. I also remember that after playing UO for three weeks after it's release I was only an Expert (70 points) in a few skills. Of course this was before they increased skill gain, and nerfed Blade Spirits enough for people to gain skill by fighting them.

I remember that..BS was pretty wicked against Ogre Lords even still have my account, 6 5x+GMs and a house in the orient..although I dont even have the game installed anymore (nastalgic I guess).

And as everyone else said, use the force Luke, dont hit the 'A' button to see where you are, let it happen, it's alot less painfull. Just say 'WOOT'

The community is still and always will be a great one, even with a few bad apples....hope to meet you in game sometime, and most important, have your own fun.

[raven41]

welcome to the game ! if you havn't already got a lvl 21 to see that it splits be ready to see that all the way to the 250 skill cap

anyway have fun

[eagleyes]

Speaking of skills, that is something I'm not quite clear on. Do you have a total of 250 points to spread around as in SWG or can you achieve say lv250 in melee combat, 250 in defensive magic, and 250 in armor crafting?

[raven41]

Speaking of skills, that is something I'm not quite clear on. Do you have a total of 250 points to spread around as in SWG or can you achieve say lv250 in melee combat, 250 in defensive magic, and 250 in armor crafting?

Each skill is a seperate 250 and melee splits into multi parts 1h slash/smash/peirce 2h slash(sword/axe)/smash/pierce ..close combat/ hand to hand i think i may have missed one lol but mage is off and def afflictions and heal and ele armor also splits to each peice at 51 (same with jewels)

[andvice2]

welcome to Ryzom!