Ryzom

i've been playing the starting area for some time now and i really enjoy it.. But my problem is what to expect after that. will it be as time consuming like WoW.. or is it really for casual players. I really have no idea what to expect when i get to mainland.

Anyway.. i think i should also note that i love the community here.. much more adult people it seems.. and the gameplay is fantastic.. never found a game so interesting and fun i think.. ( WoW was addicting not that fun tbh >> )

So i hope some people can enlighten me a bit

Hello friend,

As of now until the current situation with the change of ownership of Ryzom is settled, no one will be allowed to go mainland unless they have already purchased a full account previosly. If of course you have then ignore above =)

I also am new to the land of Atys and have chosen the Cho server. I would have to say it is as time consuming as you let it be. The one thing that i have seen (which many will probably disagree with but that is beside the point) is that there are many good options available if you only want to play for shorter stretches of time at once because of the diversity of the skill tree. While combat i would say is deffienetly solo friendly to level grind once you get up around 75-125 range i have found, crafting and gathering are pretty interactive activities compared to other MMORPG's and require different skills and strategies. These branches i could see a player only playing a few hrs. here and there and still being able to do just fine.

As far as combat.....i have chosen to be on the Cho server, which has pluses and minuses. First off, its still VERY unpopulated compared to the other server....so right when you get there you will have a hard time finding groups in comparison to the isle. This however will quickly change if you take advantage of the friends' list and find a decent active guild, which there are many of. Hope any of this helps, and hope to see you mainland when the whole ownership deal gets sorted out, which i would assume would be very shortly. Good luck to you.

I'm an ex-WoW player, have been playing now for about a month or so, and love it. Once you get out to the ML, the missions become much less specific to certian skill trees. I have yet to find a "class" specific mission which will award XP and items like the ones you get from the four NPC's in noobie isle. There are a few chains that are rather involved with the main plotline of the game, but overall, it's just faction grinding repeatables (getting to the rep you need is much less of a grind here than it is in WoW thankfully). Of course, I haven't yet gotten to the proper rep to swear fealty to Kami or become a Fyros citizen (for lack of trying.. I only started this weekend, and am nearly there already). There very well may be many more new and interesting missions to go on after that.

The mob behavior and spawn style is a bit different on the mainland. For example Bodocs, which are social animals, will become aggresive and attack you if you are attacking another one nearby. With the spawn style, once you've killed one creature, be prepared for two to three more to show up soon. That can make solo hunting aggresive creatures a very dangerous proposition.

There are many teleport spots on the mainland, and tons of area to explore. You can spend hours just running about and dying while trying to figure out which critters are aggresive and which aren't.

Also, be advised that if you have friends playing with you on the island, each race goes to a different home city when they go to the ML, and to get to one of the other cities you will have to run it the first time (once you've been there, you can teleport afterward), and pass through very dangerous lands with many big nasty creatures. Getting an escort from higher level players is a must to make one of these treks, although if you ask around a bit, I've found that many people are very helpfull.

Other than that, it's really not so different from what happens on the island... you gain XP in the skills you use, you can spend hours playing, or just a few minutes working on one of your lower-level skills and get visible results. You can get together a group and go hunting for higher level critters or go searching for a boss mob. You can get together with a friend and switch off who's healing and who's killing, or you can go XP hunting solo. You can farm easy to kill lower level critters for crafting mats or money. You can scout around for a good prospecting spot, and just dig in the dirt till the resources are depleted. It's a very open-ended playstyle. There's plenty of things to do and many challenges to be had if you play 30 hours a week, and there's plenty of things to do and progress to be made if you play 5 hours a week.

In short, Ryzom is what WoW promised to be without ever delivering... both casual and hardcore friendly. A game that's fun to play for everyone, and just how involved you get into the missions, lore, events, PvP, etc, and how much time you invest into the game is entirely up to the individual player.

Hehe thank you for the nice summenary and comparison with WoW. It was actually the respond i needed in every signle aspect . ( you m8 consider going for advertising xD )

I'm very keen on the game now

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Acridiel