Anyway....Im a pretty experienced mmorpg veteran. Started with a brief play on UO then 2 years on EQ then on to a couple years on AO and then brief spats on just about every other one out there. So far Im really impressed with Ryzom and enjoying it quite a bit. I can see a few issues I question here and there and a few things feel.....unfinished...but overall the experience has been very positive. Before my questions here is my short list of likes and dislikes....perhaps any of them can be explained by you people who are more savvy with the game....
Likes:
- Graphics are nice and have a very original feel from what little I have seen so far. Remind me a small bit of AC2 for some reason but they are well done.
- Variety from the start. I love the fact that in the first couple hours of playing I was fighting creatures and looting materials, foraging minerals and things out of the ground and then actually crafting itesm out of all those materials. Quite well done and easy to use.
- Some of the combat animations are pretty well done. The heal, acid attack magic and I made a attack with dual daggers and they all look pretty cool especially for lowbie level attacks. Cant wait to see higher ones.
- The whole stanza thing seems very cool. I dont fully understand it but I made an attack that used the default attack and the increase damage thing and the whole way it works seems very cool especially once I get more actions to work with. Very innovative system. I wonder does building attacks like this actually change the animation of them all?
- The whole crafting menu setup seems real well done. Simple and easy to understand and gives plenty of information once you get the plans to make something.
Dislikes:
- Some things in the game seem a bit too cryptic and I wish there was more explanation. For instance....many of the Harvesting actions just dont make sense after reading the description. I mean...I dont understand what the difference is between the Gentle and Aggessive extracting methods. I mean...I understand that you can cause the spot to go bad fast but...well I just dont fully understand it all yet.
- Some quirky animations....like sitting and standing after sitting....seems a few frames are missing and looks unpolished.
- Music! Where is the music? I thought the game was broke during the chracter creation screens....is there music and its not working for me or is there none? Seems very strange.
- Monsters in the newbie area seem a bit too...thick. I was trying to do the newbie harvesting mission where I had to go near cliff to the south of town and harvest some amber of some sort. Between me and there were lots mobs and many of them I couldnt even outrun. Also many times it wouldnt be just one guy who would get on me so I could get to town and survive it would be 3 or 4. Also on a related note....the town guards in newb land are terrible. They take way too long to attack...they need to be quick on the spot...Im getting killed here!!!
Anyway....I actually have some of my questions I guess in the comments above....but here are a few more.....
- Ive seen some people say "you should be about level 20-30 before you leave newb land and go to mainland". Ok so are they saying 20-30 on fighting or what?
- When you die I see that they do a little exp debt thing of sorts and your stats are low for a bit....thats all right? Nothing else hidden I dont see?
- I started out with the beginner sets of Crafting, Magic and Harvesting. I was using the newb wand thing at first but quickly switched to dual daggers. However....when I cast the acid spell (which I got by buying the second magic pack from fighting trainer) I take it that it is better I have the wand thing in my hand rather then the dual daggers....is there some easy way to swap weapons with a hotkey?
- When making the beginner boots i noticed sometimes the icon would come out green or red etc.... was that because of the properties or something on them because of ingredients I used?
That's it for now....I over did it for my first post....thanks for any help though.
