Perhaps some of you read once where I said that I can't afford at this time to have two active MMO accounts, and that I would have to make a choice between Ryzom and Lineage 2. For the longest time I was of two minds over this decision, and evan leaning toward Lineage 2 for awhile.
But after reading a few things on this site, and comparing it to what I read about L2 (and what I already know of L2) I have come back to the Ryzom side. At the end of the day, it is my L2 account that I cancelled, and Ryzom that I will continue to explore.
A few things that helped to influence my decision:
My playstyle is casual, and due to r/l committments I can't play as often as many people, in a power gaming environment I will be left badly behind. I remember from the interview that was posted here, the comparison was made to a comet. Those who play a lot will be at the nucleus of the comet, and those that play less will make up the tail. But even those in the tail are still part of the coment and will have an opportunity to participate in the story of Ryzom. I like that!
One thing that has intrigued the heck out of me is some of the speculation that has taken place about the Ryzom story. Who are the homins? What is Atys? The Kami? The Karavan? Okay, I love a mystery, so, you hooked me!
The promises of the future, racial tensions, battles for dominion, battles over outposts, a story that has no set outcome, but that will be molded by ingame events. How can that not attract someone like me?
Still, I guess I don't have the time or motivation to be a diehard devotee of any game. I pay my money each month for entertainment. I will definitely give Ryzom a chance, but as some others seem to have expressed, I won't wait forever on promises.
For now though, I will happily wait!
Miy
Ryzom's pretty good though, and the devs respond a lot more quickly to issues than I've seen in other games. Also love the CSR's... in FFXI all we had was a towering Wall of Silence to talk to.
