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UPDATE MONDAY MAY 18

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This really does call for an update. I'm level 51 now, and things have changed pretty dramatically. The dungeons. There are normal and Heroic, and let me tell you guys, Heroic is NO DAMN JOKE ;)). Teamwork is a MUST, understanding not only your role but also your main CC. you can't break my CC skills, I can freeze and stun, because as we all know, any damage taken by a CC'd mob breaks the CC, and you go straight to the top of his aggro table. if we see that anybody is in auto in the dungeons they get schooled once, then booted if they do it again. these Heroic runs are seriously hard. so much so that while learning one of them, we wiped 3 times. I can already" hear half of you jokers laughing and thinking, "well if j00 dint suxx0rz, j00d win.". Nope, sorry to burst your haughty little bubbles. They're fukn hard. Think about the Heroic runs in WoW. Or think of Overlord XXII in WoK. or think of the Heroics in EoL and Perfect World. All very fun, and all very challenging. it's death warmed over and served on a very sharp stick if you think you can just turn on your auto combat (presuming you ever turn it OFF) and try and fake it through. not only will you go down in flames, but it's really likely you'll cause a complete wipe. Running these 2 earlier tonight (I count 9 of them, but more will probably open as I level) has given me a brand new respect for the game. This is NO pansy ass romp through the park. I've even added a star to my rating. So, if you're like me, and really love a good and challenging co op dungeon where using your brains is as important (even more so) than your shiny new gear, you'll really want to give this a look. I kept yelling "Oh FUK yah!" so loud and so often my wife finally rushed into the Cave and wondered if she needed to 911 my tired old ass lol...I'm not kidding...get through the first 50 levels (took me 3 days) and see if you don't dig this great game!!

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I'm actually impressed with this title. I was expecting another pointless auto everything game where you find yourself at level 100 after playing for half an hour. I chose the Force Master because of its high difficulty rating, and it's quite fun. They chose to gender lock the classes, which is always a big disappointment to me. The graphics are gorgeous, and the gameplay really shines once you figure out the very complicated combo system. Happily, there is a training ground instance just to learn and practice all the combos. the one I just completed had 11 or 12 different combos, and once you master them one by one, you are rewarded. The skills are also pretty deep, and it took a while to realize how they worked, and how the skills are represented on the GUI. The English translation is far less offensive than many, so if NetMarble farmed it out to a translation service facility, they picked a fairly good one. The story line so far (I'm only level 27) is pretty meh and find myself hitting SKIP a lot because it hasn't been developed in a way that draws me in. I'm not sure how enduring a game this will be, but I'm happy to keep playing

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There's really only one that's worthy of mentioning, but it's a big one. I have this installed on 3 phones and my Galaxy S4 tablet. this Orbics Wonder, an iPhone 11, and a Samsung Note 9. this Orbics can't handle the game at all, and surprisingly the Note 9 lags up pretty badly as well. The Galaxy S4 tablet is my go to for all MMOs, and it has yet to disappoint. it runs the game smoothly and so far, 100% lag free.

The queue page. it's very annoying and impossible for me to assess if it's actually doing anything other than just being annoying. on the up side, the queue goes pretty fast and you're allowed in.

Do I recommend the game? yes, I think so, mostly because it's not the typical cookie cutter Japanese style that I described earlier. it's clear that a lot of thought went into the design and it's quite well executed.

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VulgarisUSA

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Freya, that's precisely what i first expected to find and when I began, that's how it felt. My Dragon Raja server was down for maintenance so I figured what the hell. As I kept playing I began to see the depth in terms of the design and production. We're all painfully familiar with the sort of game you describe and for a time, we were saturated with them. Will this pull me away from my other 2 hard core MMOs? Hardly, but I have to give credit where I see it. Evaluating this game solely on its own terms, there is definitely a lot more here than one first observes.The skill system is very deep and very well thought out, and it executes flawlessly. The story line is pretty meh, and the translation isn't the usual offensive gibberish that many Asian ports seem to be. As far as whaling is concerned, you're going to have a really hard time persuading me that this title is any more or less so than even the biggest of the serious MMOs out there. You know, the ones where wallet trumps learning your class well, spec'ing it properly, and actually having the skills to play it well. Once I figured out how to disable the auto button, it became as fun as many of the top games. Does it have the endurance I need to keep me engaged? Dunno :) I'll find out when I reach end game. By the way, I'm curious as to what you and your guild are playing?

05/18/2020

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VulgarisUSA

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I'm commenting on my experience so far. love your analogy though ;) seems to me that my review is on the positive tip ;) been playing MMOs a long, long time and unless something extraordinary happens, my review stands. I'm level 35 now and beginning to experience the co op dungeons, which I will review once I've played them more, i.e. skill level, boss mechanics etc. I see you're playing EoL....played on 2 for about a year. had a maxxed out assassin that I walked away from because the server had become so toxic, it became difficult logging in. it was BAD ;(

05/17/2020

Infinite Jest

lvl 27? you barely started to play and you suggesting the game? is like suggesting a restaurant cause you saw it from the road

05/17/2020

Freya

literally...@Erik Vidarson like this is literally a pointless generic autoplay autogrind mmo just with better gfx... the guild I'm in likes to play these sort of games because they can whale this p2w type of game and just win with their wallet

05/18/2020

Erik Vidarson

but it has auto quest and auto combat(?)

05/17/2020

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