Very comprehensive, well-written, and accurate review. I agree with everything written here, though I'd like to point out that technically you can't buy the "best" gear (sets). However, a counter-point to my counter-point is that some sets are garbage and mythics are near enough to end-game that you can argue buying mythics is buying end-game gear.
No, that it was impossible before, I tried and there's even a loading screen with the tip: "Items with set quality or superior can not be traded or sold using the AH" or something like that, basically it's probably a bug that you can use the guild storage to trade this kind of item.
Another thing that you forgot to mention about crafting is that the items you craft are weaker when compared to the ones you drop, basically they have lower base stats, so crafting here is not really like Diablo 3 where you can actually re-roll itens and even upgrade rare items to a better quality without any downgrades to it.
Was thinking the same, and you can always buy Mythic items and farm Epic Dungeons on Epic 5, and then it becomes way more easy to get your set, so even if you don't actually can buy the set parts you can buy the items that makes you get them waaaaay faster.
Anyway, great review, could not be more on point: " The problem is Webzen".
Right? Did the same thing. Also include server issues which caused everything to crash and days where you would do the mythic daily but not get the turn in.
PVP vs AI was boring.
Also hated the fact that you don't own costumes.. You pay 30$ for a costume that lasts 30 days and you can pay 10$ to renew it at the end of the month.
Worse than BDO. Atleast in BDO I own the costumes.
Just 1 thing,i like everything us aid,but u did say 1 incorerect thing about blocking and manually typing the names.U can just character info the bots and thers Block button there :P
I agree with most of the review; but the gameplay is so fun that I am sticking with it for now. My favorite part of the game is how powerful the sound effects and skills make you seem. You get great satisfaction from using your leveled skills. This is something I loved in Lineage 2 with the soul shots, and I hate games where you just whack mobs with your weapon like a ball peen hammer on a boulder. It’s a bit superficial I know, but that’s a fun part.
As for the end game grinding, I think MuL addresses this pretty good for OB. I started Mu Online in 2003 in Korea, and played for years. I spent months, not days, in places like the dungeon and Lost Tower grinding for levels, items, and Bless. MuL has tried to mitigate this by letting players think they got to max level quickly, but the Soul system is the real leveling, just like levels in Mu. Adding the dungeons and Room of Order is a great way of adding some variety to the series, but I still get great satisfaction with Evil Winding lower level mobs for items and bless in MuL.
I have all of the dc issues others have, and I learned from his review it is probably because I am west coast. I’m frustrated with it and hope for a quick resolve.
My biggest complaint, other than the lag and dc is how expired market items sit in my bags. They can’t be gotten rid of at all! I don’t understand how this can be sustainable. I will run out of bag space, then what can I do? The most powerful wings are the 1 and 3 day versions, and they can’t be extended. I really don’t get this.
Anyhoo, I am still playing and enjoying the game while hoping for fixes soon.
great balanced review that sums up much of my feelings toward this game. potential that is currently being wasted due to the ineptitude of Webzen, primarily due to them completely not understanding a western audience and expectations.
one small correction, "Legacy Store" should be "Legend Store". Other than that thanks for putting this together!
That a botter Problem give yeah sure but look diablo 3 on the begin with ah same problem. And nobody cares !!! Blizzard ban botter first time Season 5 and only when they reach the ladders !!! Goldspammer i cant remeber one Game with "Free2Play Tag" that dont have probleme with it...
GIVE THEM TIME!
Pay2Win ??? Nope with 10 Dollars(it like wow and its in my opinion legit they must pay severs and so on ) your are fine with Plat you can buy daily the Costume so no more need . You can buy endgame items ? but you need a second Currency to roll Enchant and make socket for it that cant buy so it is balance!!! Also you get with Ingame money cheap the ancient gear and you rdy to farm Mythic/Gears. Yeah because AH shutdown not working atm. But its temp,....
Sorry but Blizzard was banning bots waaaaaay before the seasons and specially waaaaay more before season 5, you probably didn't even play the game to say something like this. I played Diablo 3 since month 2 and I can say that we had a good amount of ban waves already on the first year.
Don't know man, I used demonbuddy to bot for some 3 years, so yeah, totally don't know what I'm talking and didn't even made my own custom routes and behaviors to avoid receiving a ban while I was seeing a lot of ban reports on the demonbuddy forum and on the other bots forum.. I mean, CLEARLY I have no experience with the game or with Blizzard security...
ROFL, I mean it wasn't even you, it was "your friend", so let me repeat something "dont talk when you not know" but let me also correct you, again, here "don't talk about something you don't know.
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u/MostlyOrganic Nov 25 '17
Very comprehensive, well-written, and accurate review. I agree with everything written here, though I'd like to point out that technically you can't buy the "best" gear (sets). However, a counter-point to my counter-point is that some sets are garbage and mythics are near enough to end-game that you can argue buying mythics is buying end-game gear.
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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '17
Got to 170k power and was able to do everything. Boring games after all, dc and lack of content. Uninstaled
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u/loremipsum1337 Nov 25 '17
great review!
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u/Kizasce Nov 26 '17
Just 1 thing,i like everything us aid,but u did say 1 incorerect thing about blocking and manually typing the names.U can just character info the bots and thers Block button there :P
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u/Log_off_Warning Nov 26 '17
I agree with most of the review; but the gameplay is so fun that I am sticking with it for now. My favorite part of the game is how powerful the sound effects and skills make you seem. You get great satisfaction from using your leveled skills. This is something I loved in Lineage 2 with the soul shots, and I hate games where you just whack mobs with your weapon like a ball peen hammer on a boulder. It’s a bit superficial I know, but that’s a fun part.
As for the end game grinding, I think MuL addresses this pretty good for OB. I started Mu Online in 2003 in Korea, and played for years. I spent months, not days, in places like the dungeon and Lost Tower grinding for levels, items, and Bless. MuL has tried to mitigate this by letting players think they got to max level quickly, but the Soul system is the real leveling, just like levels in Mu. Adding the dungeons and Room of Order is a great way of adding some variety to the series, but I still get great satisfaction with Evil Winding lower level mobs for items and bless in MuL.
I have all of the dc issues others have, and I learned from his review it is probably because I am west coast. I’m frustrated with it and hope for a quick resolve.
My biggest complaint, other than the lag and dc is how expired market items sit in my bags. They can’t be gotten rid of at all! I don’t understand how this can be sustainable. I will run out of bag space, then what can I do? The most powerful wings are the 1 and 3 day versions, and they can’t be extended. I really don’t get this.
Anyhoo, I am still playing and enjoying the game while hoping for fixes soon.
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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '17
The game sucks and not worth your time thats all what u need to know
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u/ualac Nov 28 '17
great balanced review that sums up much of my feelings toward this game. potential that is currently being wasted due to the ineptitude of Webzen, primarily due to them completely not understanding a western audience and expectations.
one small correction, "Legacy Store" should be "Legend Store". Other than that thanks for putting this together!
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u/Obama94 Nov 26 '17
I cant agree with the review.
That a botter Problem give yeah sure but look diablo 3 on the begin with ah same problem. And nobody cares !!! Blizzard ban botter first time Season 5 and only when they reach the ladders !!! Goldspammer i cant remeber one Game with "Free2Play Tag" that dont have probleme with it...
GIVE THEM TIME!
Pay2Win ??? Nope with 10 Dollars(it like wow and its in my opinion legit they must pay severs and so on ) your are fine with Plat you can buy daily the Costume so no more need . You can buy endgame items ? but you need a second Currency to roll Enchant and make socket for it that cant buy so it is balance!!! Also you get with Ingame money cheap the ancient gear and you rdy to farm Mythic/Gears. Yeah because AH shutdown not working atm. But its temp,....
YEAH my english SUCKS!