Ptolmea Raises an Eyebrow
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:41 pm
I've whored myself to many, MANY, mmos in the past. (I'll name them off if you inquire). None have drawn me in as much as Ryzom did. However, we should face the grim reality that Ryzom is showing its age. We offer almost nothing to new players. But this is simply my 2 cents, I raise an eyebrow as I notice all this.
Op Wars- You partake in one, you've been in them all. Every OP war is the same, bunch of flickering lights, some lag, and a timer. After an hour or so in, it just gets boring, and your worried about the status of your armor. You get little out of it, unless you are one of those who dabble in politics, something I avoid outside of my job. Furthermore the PVP in this game is mediocre at its finest, in comparison to many of the other games out there.
Boss Hunts- You have your tanks, your nukers and your healers, you scramble through aggro, find a boss then divvy out the mats. Huzzah, something... not new. Although it can be fun, its still a recycled rerun.
RP Events- Should I laugh now, haven't seen one in ages. And those added so much life to Ryzom.
Multiple skill levels to grind- I don't mind grinding. But nowadays if the skill is low, go enjoy soloing it for ages. If it gets too high, good luck getting a time consuming Plod/shalah hunting party. You level one melee, its roughly the same as any other. Need groups for Affliction, and healers are always hard to come by, save for veteran players with their alts. Oh wait, you can dig, well there is always digging. But then many folks get so drawn into digging that when a budding player is out, scraping away a grind, they are mostly ignored. And voila, they decide the game is boring/inactive and we lose another possible member.
Hunting areas- Its always the same spots, start out in Silan, go to the desert for cloppers, then some shooki out in lakelands, timari out in desert again, then Void. Usually this same route is taken, save for a few minor alterations. But overall lacking diversity.
Missions- I don't care much for missions, but for whatever deity you worships' sake, fix those damnable broken Encyclopedia missions. I would like to learn what "The Saga of Ryzom" is.
Strong Playerbase- The saving grace, I absolutely love the community of Ryzom, it has trumped any and all other online community I've come in contact with. And is the only thing which keeps Ptolmea on Atys. However, this strong playerbase is a bunch of dusty ole veterans and their alts. And again, providing little for the newer players grind alongside of. Though there are some, myself included, who are more than glad lend a random hand whenever possible. ( I do believe a complete wipe would help all around, though I wouldn't look foward to it.)
The so called Living Planet- I travel around atys almost daily to harass Homin, unfortuneatly again and again I pass through deadzones of activity. And where there is some life, you can count on 30% to be afk. Active zones are Dyron and its Diggers, Void and its diggers/grinders, and the main city crafters/afkers. Everywhere else is scarcely populated, either by a digger, or some player grinding alone. I can count the amount of times with 2 hands I've seen people in Heretics Hovel, Lagoons of Loria, Grove of Confusion, Frahar... ehh whatever its called, doing something other than digging or a random bosshunt. Now how does this look for new players once they arrive to Pyr/Yrk/FH/Zora, to be greeted by mostly afkers and perhaps a few active homin around the stables. Off they go to the fresh new world, to be met with... nothing, barren lands filled with aggro and not another damn homin in sight. That wouldn't bode well for a fresh player.
Ruins of Silan-A small, mission driven demo land, well formed and active all around which is NOTHING like the real Atys, seems we are spoonfeeding lies to newer players.
And these are just the yammerings of myself. Feel free to shoot down anything I have to say. I needed to vent a bit. And these are things I've noticed before Ryzom's FIRST death, but I just looked past it, with higher hopes and expectations, however this is much later. And I am sure I'm not the only person who has noticed this. I'll probably spew some more drivvle once I get the rest of this booze out of my system.
Op Wars- You partake in one, you've been in them all. Every OP war is the same, bunch of flickering lights, some lag, and a timer. After an hour or so in, it just gets boring, and your worried about the status of your armor. You get little out of it, unless you are one of those who dabble in politics, something I avoid outside of my job. Furthermore the PVP in this game is mediocre at its finest, in comparison to many of the other games out there.
Boss Hunts- You have your tanks, your nukers and your healers, you scramble through aggro, find a boss then divvy out the mats. Huzzah, something... not new. Although it can be fun, its still a recycled rerun.
RP Events- Should I laugh now, haven't seen one in ages. And those added so much life to Ryzom.
Multiple skill levels to grind- I don't mind grinding. But nowadays if the skill is low, go enjoy soloing it for ages. If it gets too high, good luck getting a time consuming Plod/shalah hunting party. You level one melee, its roughly the same as any other. Need groups for Affliction, and healers are always hard to come by, save for veteran players with their alts. Oh wait, you can dig, well there is always digging. But then many folks get so drawn into digging that when a budding player is out, scraping away a grind, they are mostly ignored. And voila, they decide the game is boring/inactive and we lose another possible member.
Hunting areas- Its always the same spots, start out in Silan, go to the desert for cloppers, then some shooki out in lakelands, timari out in desert again, then Void. Usually this same route is taken, save for a few minor alterations. But overall lacking diversity.
Missions- I don't care much for missions, but for whatever deity you worships' sake, fix those damnable broken Encyclopedia missions. I would like to learn what "The Saga of Ryzom" is.
Strong Playerbase- The saving grace, I absolutely love the community of Ryzom, it has trumped any and all other online community I've come in contact with. And is the only thing which keeps Ptolmea on Atys. However, this strong playerbase is a bunch of dusty ole veterans and their alts. And again, providing little for the newer players grind alongside of. Though there are some, myself included, who are more than glad lend a random hand whenever possible. ( I do believe a complete wipe would help all around, though I wouldn't look foward to it.)
The so called Living Planet- I travel around atys almost daily to harass Homin, unfortuneatly again and again I pass through deadzones of activity. And where there is some life, you can count on 30% to be afk. Active zones are Dyron and its Diggers, Void and its diggers/grinders, and the main city crafters/afkers. Everywhere else is scarcely populated, either by a digger, or some player grinding alone. I can count the amount of times with 2 hands I've seen people in Heretics Hovel, Lagoons of Loria, Grove of Confusion, Frahar... ehh whatever its called, doing something other than digging or a random bosshunt. Now how does this look for new players once they arrive to Pyr/Yrk/FH/Zora, to be greeted by mostly afkers and perhaps a few active homin around the stables. Off they go to the fresh new world, to be met with... nothing, barren lands filled with aggro and not another damn homin in sight. That wouldn't bode well for a fresh player.
Ruins of Silan-A small, mission driven demo land, well formed and active all around which is NOTHING like the real Atys, seems we are spoonfeeding lies to newer players.
And these are just the yammerings of myself. Feel free to shoot down anything I have to say. I needed to vent a bit. And these are things I've noticed before Ryzom's FIRST death, but I just looked past it, with higher hopes and expectations, however this is much later. And I am sure I'm not the only person who has noticed this. I'll probably spew some more drivvle once I get the rest of this booze out of my system.
