Is the prelude/game worth investing in?

[Nightson]

Hey all, I pre ordered this game when it was first available, got into an early beta, watched the video like a fanatic, and instantly stopped playing or caring. The only reason I truely liked this game was because of the combat and looting system. I came from darkfall and I definately dont want this to be a Darkfall clone by any means, the game mechanics were just horrid at the time, and I decided to give it a year or 2 before checking it out again. So can anyone tell me, is it worth me trying? Pretty sure the prelude is going on so I should have access to it, hows the combat? The overall game? Fun? Any changes from the original plan?

Thanks to anyone who bothers to give me some good information.

[Sirius]

Combat doesn't really work due to massive desync.

Every time it looks like the game might start to become playable and stable, they add some pointless new feature that breaks everything all over again.

[meissner61]

Ive been playing the game for about two days now and here's what i can honestly tell you-

Its an amazing game (for me) Completely sandbox in every meaning of the word. However if you want combat and you came from darkfall i would not recommend this game to you in its current state. Combat is currently not very stable, and might take a while to become so because it is not the primary priority of the game. However if you are looking for a slower paced game with community and world creation and character progression this is what Xsyon is as it stands right now.

Maybe keep an eye on this game untill the combat improves? They seem to be going the mount and blade route of combat which i think is by far the most player skilled multilayer game out there. So if they can get that implemented well its a + in my book.

[Nightson]

Ok so what is there to do in the game then? What is the goal? And are they going to keep it free loot?

[meissner61]

If i understand correctlly, right now the goal is for the players to start shaping the world. A basic introductory into the game. Because soon free stuff like junkpiles are supposed to run out and we will have to start trading and using economies and economics and such...

[Nightson]

Alright thanks, guess I'll download it again, and try and find a... tribe I think to see what the game is about now adays, is it possible to start training combat skills yet atleast?

[Mizzlexx]

Nightson, This game is lacking in many categories if you don't like to craft or terraform (besides running around looking at empty player built cities for several hours and finally only if your lucky finding a bear or raccoon to kill) then this really isn't a game you would enjoy too much. Don't get me wrong the idea of the game is very exciting and it is truly a sandbox with endless possibilities in the future, but you might want to give the game a few more months if your interested in combat.

[Nightson]

Thanks for the info, so basically I'm going to miss the whole prelude, well that sucks feels like I wasted money. Oh well hope this game shapes up and they decide to make PvP a priority at some point.

[xyberviri]

Thanks for the info, so basically I'm going to miss the whole prelude, well that sucks feels like I wasted money. Oh well hope this game shapes up and they decide to make PvP a priority at some point.

actually prelude is going on right now, the main goal is to build up, not combat, ther eis combat and there are gankers just like in dark fall, how ever the main point is to build, skill up and craft, Not macro skilling up like in DF btw, the pvp at this time is basically luck of the draw seems like the HPB's are getting better because they desync with the server much more than the lpbs

[esudar]

Hey all, I pre ordered this game when it was first available, got into an early beta, watched the video like a fanatic, and instantly stopped playing or caring. The only reason I truely liked this game was because of the combat and looting system. I came from darkfall and I definately dont want this to be a Darkfall clone by any means, the game mechanics were just horrid at the time, and I decided to give it a year or 2 before checking it out again. So can anyone tell me, is it worth me trying? Pretty sure the prelude is going on so I should have access to it, hows the combat? The overall game? Fun? Any changes from the original plan?

Thanks to anyone who bothers to give me some good information.

to answer the question: no not really.

there is no pvp or combat system. most of the people say they dont even want pvp or combat.
minimal changes in months, they are all busy with lag fixes and stuff like that

[Nightson]

actually prelude is going on right now, the main goal is to build up, not combat, ther eis combat and there are gankers just like in dark fall, how ever the main point is to build, skill up and craft, Not macro skilling up like in DF btw, the pvp at this time is basically luck of the draw seems like the HPB's are getting better because they desync with the server much more than the lpbs

Ok first off what is HPB and lpbs? lol and what exactly are you skilling and how if your not macroing or doing combat?

[santoclawz]

not worth it, biggest killer to this game are people who want it to be a non pvp oriented craft trade fair... game may last a while but will never be a wild success unfortunately

[meissner61]

not worth it, biggest killer to this game are people who want it to be a non pvp oriented craft trade fair... game may last a while but will never be a wild success unfortunately

The game was never designed to be a wild sucess, the devs have no problem with that. Can i have your stuff now?

[JCatano]

Suckered in. I no longer recommend the game to anyone. I convinced 9 people to purchase it, and I'm quite embarrassed at the moment because of it. I hope it lives up to expectations, though. Miracles happen at times. :)

[Dubanka]

Suckered in. I no longer recommend the game to anyone. I convinced 9 people to purchase it and I'm quite embarrassed at the moment because of it. I hope it lives up to expectations, though. Miracles happen at times. :)
this.

while i enjoy it in a masochistic hoping to win the lottery kinda way, I won't recommend it...try it on if you literally don't mind lighting 40 bucks on fire.

it could still be great but it might also just end up being the turd that refuses to flush.

[Dade512]

I'm personally having a good deal of fun with my tribe in this game. I would also still recommend it to friends, but I would be honest with them.
Changes are still being made, such as combat being revamped.
Prelude is basically for building and gathering your tribe-mates.
There are things that are still inactive or being re-worked.
This game is not a pvp based game, it's a crafting/trading game with pvp in it.

[d3m0nd0]

I play this game for the forums alone. This Place Is Epic.

[Plague]

I'm loving this game. Smacking and killing wanabe uber pvpers even in this stupid combat system. Also crafting my arse off and enjoying the fact that my gear is 10x better then that of those who are naive enough to believe that gear plays no effect in combat.

Even if this game goes down I will take nice memories from it. There was never a sandbox like this and potential is great. But then again so were AMIGA computers from Commodore and they still managed to go bancrupt and we are stuck with PCs for gaming.

[Gandhi]

I like the game. But I think it is far away from being pvp-focused, so you should like crafting/terraforming to enjoy it.

[mrcalhou]

At this point in time, I'd say no it's not.

I'm still worried that the developers are only going to develop this game to cater to just the players that want everything handed to them with no real consequences that will make players have to think and choose. If the consequence for an action is too light while the alternate choice is too strict, with no additional benefits to make up for it, then what are you going to choose?

[jumpshot]

i enjoy it in a masochistic hoping to win the lottery kinda way

no, this. x10

[hrobertson]

I was convinced to buy it by my gaming 'clan'... but now I've cancelled my subscription.

Of course I will keep my eye on it for the future.. but I'm not too hopeful.