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calebb
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I never played the beta, but this is one of the most original MMOs I've ever played.
Apparently, one of the reasons it isn't more popular is that a lot of people played the beta (which had a lot of bugs?). In any case, the only "bug" I've run into was getting stuck in a hole. But /stuck got me out pretty quick.
It's very casual friendly - I've been playing for ~1.5 months now and I can easily sit down for 30 min - 1.5 hours and accomplish a lot. Most of the instances can be solo'd or done with just one other group member (so far.. I'm ~lvl 28).
The community is awesome compared to WoW (I quit before Burning Crusade came out... a long time ago... but I did have my complete T1/T2 gear and was ~75% through AQ40 - yeah, I was hardcore back then... much more casual these days!).
It's not all about gear! In fact, there's no way to "link" your phat loots across chat. Even in a group, you have no idea if someone just picked up a gray/green/blue or purple item! Looting is automatic need before greed, but it does display rolls for you in the chat window if multiple people qualify. Really, gear is somewhat "generic" - it's all about modding it in TR!
For example, a Green item can have 2 mods, Blues (experimental) can have 3 and Purple can have 4. Each mod can still be stacked up to 5 times. So a purple can have "20" mods - [5] for each of 4 different mods. However, that's just theoretical... the more you mod something, the more likely you'll destroy it. To get materials to mod an item, you just deconstruct an item that has the same bonus you're looking for at a crafting stations - and then buy or find a schematic.
You DO aim in this game - especially directional weapons like the polarity gun or a rifle. You get damage bonuses for good aiming. With a weapon like the shotgun, you have a 20 degree arc.
You can clone your character anytime in the game at the cost of a clone credit. You can earn clone credits (hard) by completing every "Target of Opportunity" in a zone. You also get a free clone credt at lvl 5, 15, 30 - the same levels where your profession branches out.
So when you get to lvl 14.9, you can clone your specialist. That way you can have a lvl 15 exobiolgist AND a lvl 15 sapper. Same with lvl 5 - clone at lvl 4.9 and you have have both a lvl 5 Soldier and a lvl 5 Specialist.
Anyone that branches to the specialist tree can rez/heal. So no pigeonholing into the healer role
There are healing tools and repair tools... repair repairs armor and healing repairs health. To res a lifeform you use a direct healing disc - to rebuild a mech/machine/turret, use a direct repair disc. There are also radial repair/healing discs to repair/heal everyone around you.
Travel is done via Waypoints/Dropships/Wormholes (depending on how far you're traveling) and it is instant - no more waiting on the gryphon ride
The game is really fun! Kinda like Halo with the armor/health system. Very fun - and it takes a lot of the unfun aspects out of MMOs - rerunning low-end areas, slow travel, fantasy genre (jk, fantasy is great - it's just cool to get some sci fi going)
I'm on the Orion server - lastname of Middlebelt.
Apparently, one of the reasons it isn't more popular is that a lot of people played the beta (which had a lot of bugs?). In any case, the only "bug" I've run into was getting stuck in a hole. But /stuck got me out pretty quick.
It's very casual friendly - I've been playing for ~1.5 months now and I can easily sit down for 30 min - 1.5 hours and accomplish a lot. Most of the instances can be solo'd or done with just one other group member (so far.. I'm ~lvl 28).
The community is awesome compared to WoW (I quit before Burning Crusade came out... a long time ago... but I did have my complete T1/T2 gear and was ~75% through AQ40 - yeah, I was hardcore back then... much more casual these days!).
It's not all about gear! In fact, there's no way to "link" your phat loots across chat. Even in a group, you have no idea if someone just picked up a gray/green/blue or purple item! Looting is automatic need before greed, but it does display rolls for you in the chat window if multiple people qualify. Really, gear is somewhat "generic" - it's all about modding it in TR!
For example, a Green item can have 2 mods, Blues (experimental) can have 3 and Purple can have 4. Each mod can still be stacked up to 5 times. So a purple can have "20" mods - [5] for each of 4 different mods. However, that's just theoretical... the more you mod something, the more likely you'll destroy it. To get materials to mod an item, you just deconstruct an item that has the same bonus you're looking for at a crafting stations - and then buy or find a schematic.
You DO aim in this game - especially directional weapons like the polarity gun or a rifle. You get damage bonuses for good aiming. With a weapon like the shotgun, you have a 20 degree arc.
You can clone your character anytime in the game at the cost of a clone credit. You can earn clone credits (hard) by completing every "Target of Opportunity" in a zone. You also get a free clone credt at lvl 5, 15, 30 - the same levels where your profession branches out.
So when you get to lvl 14.9, you can clone your specialist. That way you can have a lvl 15 exobiolgist AND a lvl 15 sapper. Same with lvl 5 - clone at lvl 4.9 and you have have both a lvl 5 Soldier and a lvl 5 Specialist.
Anyone that branches to the specialist tree can rez/heal. So no pigeonholing into the healer role
There are healing tools and repair tools... repair repairs armor and healing repairs health. To res a lifeform you use a direct healing disc - to rebuild a mech/machine/turret, use a direct repair disc. There are also radial repair/healing discs to repair/heal everyone around you.Travel is done via Waypoints/Dropships/Wormholes (depending on how far you're traveling) and it is instant - no more waiting on the gryphon ride
The game is really fun! Kinda like Halo with the armor/health system. Very fun - and it takes a lot of the unfun aspects out of MMOs - rerunning low-end areas, slow travel, fantasy genre (jk, fantasy is great - it's just cool to get some sci fi going)
I'm on the Orion server - lastname of Middlebelt.