Ryzom

I have recently purchased a copy of Everquest II to try it out. I have an average machine .
Athlon 2600+
512 ram
FX5200
XP Pro with SP2 embedded
Ryzom runs pretty well apart from the odd crash and I enjoy the gameplay although the speed that the promised innovations is taking is not ideal.
EQ2 started fine as I was on newbie Island but the gameplay has now started stuttering a little as I get into the game proper but is bearable.
They have similar problems with frequent patches as the game progresses.
However, the most recent patch has put the game offline over 24 hours atm.

Boy, those Americans certainly know how to complain. The live chat was offline in 30 mins because of the volume of comments (complaints) and has not yet been restored.

Comparitively speaking both games have plus & minus points. I was amazed at the amount of content in the game (EQ2) from the off. You get your own bare room (which you can purchase or craft furniture for) and there were more missions than you could want. These included Guild missions. However, I tended to feel that this was making the game a tad linear as these missions had to be done to gain experience and specific levels.

SoR, on the other hand allows almost total freedom & both require the usual amount of hacking & slashing to progress. I also felt the graphics & characters were better rounded in SoR and you have more control over progression than EQ2.

If they could marry the better points of both games then it would be the super game we all look for. I still feel that SoR has the greater potential to fill that slot and am prepared to be patient until the new content is implemented. I even went as far as to recommend they try SoR during the current downtime ( on the 2 weeks free trial) but my article has disappeared rapidly. Strange.

The current downtime seems to be more than a small hiccup and the US community are not taking it well. Although I suppose if we were faced with the prospect of having SoR closed down for days to repair the consequences of a patch (rather than a few hours) I might feel quite incensed too.

In conclusion: I feel we are rather lucky that we have not encountered similar downtime in this game and expected more from EQ2 since they are building om their experience from the famous EQ. It might be that 'slow but sure' is the way for SoR and if we avoid the type of catastrophy currently suffered by theEQ2 community then so be it,

Yeah, the EQ2 servers have been down for almost 24 hours now, cannot even get into the forums!

So I thought I'd pay Ryzom a visit again, I have to say, Ryzom is far more stable but EQ2 has some amazing content (when the servers are up).

I'm still torn between the two. I'm going to have a long Ryzom session tonight and I'll see how things go.

I forgot to mention that flat sharing is possible in EQ2 without any problem. As is admitting any number of people for a meeting, getting drunk or just generally hanging out. Would be a nice addition to SoR as there are currently quite a few man & wife teams in separate flats & getting up to God knows what while the other isn't looking.
Alyssah.

alyssah wrote:I forgot to mention that flat sharing is possible in EQ2 without any problem. As is admitting any number of people for a meeting, getting drunk or just generally hanging out. Would be a nice addition to SoR as there are currently quite a few man & wife teams in separate flats & getting up to God knows what while the other isn't looking.
Alyssah.

Would certainly solve the cyber problem by the stables that I seem to run into when I craft with my packers *cough*

i bought eq2 a big disapointment of a non refundable game.... what a waste.

hugedan wrote:i bought eq2 a big disapointment of a non refundable game.... what a waste.

The more I play it, the more I agree with you. Its almost as if it is aimed entirely at kids (& not even big kids) with SoR suiting more adult gamers.

I still feel the devs could look at some of the better ideas in EQ2 & add them at some point to Ryzom. I tend to get the feeling when playing EQ2 that it is a water colour as against Ryzom's photograph, if you get my meaning.

I have a couple of weeks before my free sub ends & I doubt if I will be renewing it. If only Ryzom had started with (or rapidly developed) the early game thought that is obvious in EQ2, none of us would have bothered trying another game. At least, not so soon. C'mon Ryzom, give us some content.
Alyssah.

I tell you now. If they add 300+ quests with xp / dapper /gear reward you will have a winner... . And with +300 quests i mean quests that make you level!! and take you around the world. Not quests that say get me this or that item or kill x mob

I also would like to see missions whish gives exp in ryzom. But they should be 1 time only so they woulden't be exploited too fast. The questsystem in ryzom were you gets knowledge is cool! Knowledge is power. Isn't that the saying?!
Also agrea whit yoy alyssah: The ryzom comunity ingame seams abot more adult than for example WoW and EQ2.
I like ryzom the most! And I couldn't say it one time to often: The players in ryzom is the best and nicest I found in a onlinegame so far!

ethania wrote:I also would like to see missions whish gives exp in ryzom. But they should be 1 time only so they woulden't be exploited too fast. The questsystem in ryzom were you gets knowledge is cool! Knowledge is power. Isn't that the saying?!
Also agrea whit yoy alyssah: The ryzom comunity ingame seams abot more adult than for example WoW and EQ2.
I like ryzom the most! And I couldn't say it one time to often: The players in ryzom is the best and nicest I found in a onlinegame so far!

I agree i like the whole community even diggin if he is not in one of his moods.