Paladis

Can You RUN It?

Try that site Kaelith,told me i needed new graphix card to reach minimum req. After replaceing the card its about the only thing i've got that reachs recommended.

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Snubson

Mine didnt run it well with recommended settings, bought a new graphics card and its more than quadroupled the way in which it runs. If looking at playing the game for all aspects, I'd recommend upgrading to do so, purely, just for the entertainment of killing three npc monsters and some fool who tries to gank you in the middle of it.

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Boner

Game seems fairly stable to me atleast, haven't encountered any bugs, crashes, etc etc. I'm only level 12 though, and experiencing a bit of lag...but I think that's mainly because everyone and their mother is on Tortage at the moment. Completely crowded. My computer is running above the minimum requirements, but not by much, like halfway on that little "Can you run it?" meter.

First impressions, I actually thoroughly enjoy playing it. Especially the Destiny quests, they're actually fun to me! And I haven't even gotten to see any of the later stages of the game yet.

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Nightchill

For those starting on Aquillonia, note that the City of Tortage and it's surrounding area, and the Ruins of Acheron zone are non-pvp. The White Sands and Underhill (or whatever its called) are both pvp zones. If it's a pvp zone player names will appear in red. Chars a lot lower than you will be in grey but are still attackable/can still attack you. Blue means they're in your group.

Be careful when attacking stuff near other players as you can and will damage them depending on how close you are to them. Group members can't harm each other which is good. It's worthwhile grouping with a few folk for added protection.

If you die in pve after lvl 10 or so, you start dropping gravestones and getting a 30- minute penalty. Find and click the gravestone to remove the penalty. In pvp there's no penalty, at least not in the lower levels. My lvl 25 assassin hasnt died to pvp outside of the Tortage area so I don't know if there's a penalty after lvl 20.

If you're getting attacked whilst farming/questing remember you can change the instance. Click on the small grey arrow next to the day/night cycle on the minimap and Select Instance. A list will appear of all the instances. The ones nearer the bottom are likelier to be quieter. Hell, it's worthwhile doing this even when victorious in pvp to prevent the inevitable revenge attacks as you're fighting mobs.

There doesnt seem to be any way to find out what instance you're on so if you're trying to hook up with friends select one instance and have everyone transfer there.

One thing I found in Old Tarantia (Aquillonian capital) is that the tavern The Green Man allows pvp which is good for bar brawls. The actual bar brawl minigame doesnt seem to be in place yet but this could suffice in the meantime.

Combos: It can be awkward at first trying to work out the best combos to use. I found it easiest to have the combos that finalise with the left hand grouped in the left side of the toolbar, the mid-using ones in the middle and the right-hand finalising ones on the right side. Makes it more intuitive when targetting unshielded areas.

As you level a lot of of your new combos will replace the older ones i.e same name but with a II or III after it. These can just replace the old ones. But be aware as you level the combos get more complex; instead of just combo + right attack they become combo + left attack + right attack. As far as I know the last combo move is the one that targets the area i.e combo + left attack + right attack will attack the right side. I migth be wrong there but I think that's the case.

Don't worry about screwing up Skill points. They can be refreshed (for free at lower levels, no idea when it costs money) by moving curso over a skill, holding alt and left clicking. When you put points into a skill remember to hit Accept. At later levels all chars get hiding, on a pvp server it can be worthwhile putting points into it. I've not bothered with Recovery, as I rarely use the Rest ability. I'd rather be able to hide and let stamina recover on its own.

Bandaging recovers hp without the need to rest so I put points into it. Climbing is personal preference but soem quests need it. The Blessed Caves in Kymphthara (sp) province need it somewhere between 100 and 150 points so it might be worth putting that into it. 80 should be enough for the Tortage area.

Rolo

processor needs to be rated at 3ghz or there abouts I think though I don't think that'll be a massive issue, your graphics needs an upgrade 6800 is too low, snub was on 8400 and think he had issue's with it. If I didn't have a laptop I'd just do the graphics...anyone know of an easy issue free way of upgrading Laptop Graphics cards if they're not integrated into the motherboard (don't think it is).

I've got 1gb ram 3.1ghz, GeForce Go 7400 256 mb and the interface is fine, the game world is a gray blur tho.

Hew

rolo you big newb ill sell you a pc. or can upgrade that laptop if you want but i charge per hour for upgrade servies, upgrading laptops is even more costly but i could cahrge you in sexual I.O.U's.

Well anyway i have a few questions, first off i have a 8400 GS with AMD 4000 and 2gb ram, i guess its only just able to play and the beta was kinda laggy, anyone have similar setups can tell me their avg fps. New pc soon, i was tmpted to hold off until i got it (few days now! ZOGM) but i cant wait to play with you guys so haha badhew inc.

Secondly i guess its aquillan most of us are playing on atm? i dont have chat proggies up yet just did a clean reinstall so cant ask snubby but ill check soon gunna be buying the game today i think, though if i decide not to it wont be long before i do buy it and i wanna get on the right server.

thirdly is about guilds and stuff, the system sounds mega awesome for rp tbh, desnt even need imagination to realise how it can be implemented to great effect, but hmm just wondered if anyone is guilding up atm? if so which one is snub and rolo is cos i enjoy watching them get hot saucey in guild chat.

BADHEW IS GUNNA BE COMMING SOON!

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Snubson

I'm in tronac, rolo isnt in any atm (nub cant play)

with those specs, it looks roughly to what I had graphics wise etc, so mebbe get 10-15 max fps man :/

Look elsewhere on forums for stuffs too

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Rolo

When I get in I'm going with a few people from DB unless by then they've all buggered off

Hew

okay then ill wait till i get my hdx, awesome, see you guys in a bit.

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Adammair Walker

I've played more now and have certainly found the addictive fun in the game, especially the combat system. Haven't seen any attempt at RP yet, but that's not surprising since, as noted here, everyone is intent on leveling up right now.

The game still seems really buggy and I just had a nasty reboot/crash, but I'm not having the performance issues I see discussed elsewhere. Video card memory is apparently the critical requirement.

Sadly, I don't seem to have Aquilonia on the list of servers available to me, so I'm guessing servers are limited by region? Anyone know?

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Rolo

US and EU servers are split so if you have a US client you cannot play on the EU servers and vice versa. If you have the EU client you should have Aquilonia on the list!

Adammair Walker

Bummer. I'm in the US and most of my favorite people to RP with are going to be on the Euro servers.

That's almost surely the kiss of death for me...

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Rolo

nah it'll be np, either order yeself a Euro copy (Play.com (UK): DVDs, Music CDs, MP3s, Video Games, Books, Electronics & Gadgets - Free Delivery or GAME.co.uk - Buy video games, consoles and accessories with free UK delivery. at GAME.co.uk not sure if they deliver to the US but its a good place to start) or just wait, it was the same with WoW eventually someone figured out what it was and all you needed to do was change a txt file in the install to make it connect to the EU servers and bingo.

edit: wtf are those adverts in my nice shiny message :<

Veggy

Rolo will get pwned by anything these days wont he :P and i believe play.com will deliver everywhere if you pay outside UK.

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Hew

for those of you in the IGN beta did you use your beta account when registering the game fully?

I forgot my password and cant seem to get them to mail it me, either its taking ages or they arnt sending it.

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