During my time in the beta I found myself swimming in greens, blues and some oranges. Gems were all over my inventory and I was constantly sending my pet to town to sell all the greens/blues that were completely useless. I personally didn't really enjoy it. There's a reason you look forward to the rare loot in Diablo 3, because it's rare. I didn't find myself excited over any of the loot in TL2 because it was constantly there. Money was a non-issue, and even on the hardest difficulty I was destroying everything in sight.
I loved the idea of the skill points and stats going into what I chose. I think if loot was toned down a bit it would be pretty fun. With all that said, the game play is pretty decent, although the classes I tried seemed incredibly too powerful for the hardest difficulty.
D3 has it's own issues. But TL2 isn't a perfect game IMO.
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Played TL 2 all day yesterday and it is great, definitely worth $20. By level five I had a full 3-piece set with bonuses that, you know, make a difference. Will I play it for 300+ hours? I don't know, but it is definitely fun in ways that... a competing game... is not.
This thread is about Torchlight 1. Notice the date stamp on the original post.
I wish gamers could just stick to what they like, and not feel the need to go to other people and say their game of choice is bad, simply because they themselves didn't like it. I don't mind a bit of discussion / debate between two games, as long as it's civil and well articulated beyond japes. (Sorry if anyone takes offense to this.. I just.. get tired of it all the time. On every discussion board I go to..)
With that out of the way, I can see why people could claim GW2 as being more casual friendly. Out of the 2 (WoW + GW2) I've personally had a lot more fun playing GW2 on a casual level. In WoW I had a limited amount of choices on what to do with my free time. Most of which revolved around a gear grind (PvP, Raiding, Dungeons). I could level alts but at the time when I called it quits I pretty much had all of the classes at max level or close enough to it. I really enjoyed raiding in WoW when I had a decent team and didn't have much else going on (let's face it raiding is a huge time sink no matter how often you do raid). I could have found another team that raided less frequently but I just wasn't feeling it.
I tried a lot of MMOs between my time in WoW and my time in GW2. After the initial "Wow this is new!" wore off most MMOs didn't keep my interest and I unsubbed. The most fun I had was oddly enough in RIFT, mostly due to the exploration and the chests you could find in zones on top of mountains or "jumping puzzles" type deals. They also had these cool puzzles in each zone that were actual puzzles that required solving. I also had quite a bit of fun in TERA until the new combat style's "new factor" wore off, and when I realized just how poorly the game was being handled in the West.
Since picking up GW2 I've been having a lot of fun in the casual side of things. There is a lot for me to do, which helps with the game being "new" where I can play multiple classes without feeling like I've done it all before. Just to give you an idea of how casual I've been playing, since having the game during the pre-launch event, my highest leveled character is 44. Other than her I have a 21 Thief, and a couple other lowbies below 10. With the lack of subscription I can play whenever I have time without feeling like I'm wasting money by not playing.
I've ran some of the dungeons, which are pretty fun actually. The lack of the "holy trinity" really helps make things interesting. Some of the fights are almost on par with WoW heroic difficulties, with the possibility of one hit kills and having to kite certain bosses away from other aspects of the fight. I've only ran the level 30 and level 40 dungeons, so I can't comment much on anything after that.
I'm not missing the gear grind. I love playing with dyes for my gear and keeping the look I like rather than having to wear whatever the game wants me to at the time. I realize you can transmog in WoW, but it's so much easier and "on-the-fly" in GW2.
I've been reading on MMO-Champion about the pre-expansion event, or should I say the lack of one. Apparently Blizzard is just introducing the new Scenarios which is one of the new features of MoP. There isn't an event to get special items only available from a pre-launch event. The scenarios that are being released before MoP will be available permanently.
Sounds really disappointing. The pre-expansion events were some of my favorites, partly due to getting unique loot.
I will say that this is pretty cool, though:
The World of Warcraft Battle Chest now includes Classic, Burning Crusade, and Wrath of the Lich King, all for $20. Existing Classic and Burning Crusade accounts seem to have been upgraded to Wrath of the Lich King for free! You can purchase all of World of Warcraft up to Mists of Pandaria for $60 now as well.
Blade & Soul has been picked up by NC Soft for development in the Western market. Much like TERA, it's a "true action combat" game, where you control your characters combos and actively dodge monsters. The art style is unique and I've been following the game here & there since I heard about it during TERA's westernization.
The game has been out in Korea for a while now and has been pretty popular. No idea how well it will do over here, but hopefully it is handled better than TERA.
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I loved the idea of the skill points and stats going into what I chose. I think if loot was toned down a bit it would be pretty fun. With all that said, the game play is pretty decent, although the classes I tried seemed incredibly too powerful for the hardest difficulty.
D3 has it's own issues. But TL2 isn't a perfect game IMO.
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This thread is about Torchlight 1. Notice the date stamp on the original post.
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With that out of the way, I can see why people could claim GW2 as being more casual friendly. Out of the 2 (WoW + GW2) I've personally had a lot more fun playing GW2 on a casual level. In WoW I had a limited amount of choices on what to do with my free time. Most of which revolved around a gear grind (PvP, Raiding, Dungeons). I could level alts but at the time when I called it quits I pretty much had all of the classes at max level or close enough to it. I really enjoyed raiding in WoW when I had a decent team and didn't have much else going on (let's face it raiding is a huge time sink no matter how often you do raid). I could have found another team that raided less frequently but I just wasn't feeling it.
I tried a lot of MMOs between my time in WoW and my time in GW2. After the initial "Wow this is new!" wore off most MMOs didn't keep my interest and I unsubbed. The most fun I had was oddly enough in RIFT, mostly due to the exploration and the chests you could find in zones on top of mountains or "jumping puzzles" type deals. They also had these cool puzzles in each zone that were actual puzzles that required solving. I also had quite a bit of fun in TERA until the new combat style's "new factor" wore off, and when I realized just how poorly the game was being handled in the West.
Since picking up GW2 I've been having a lot of fun in the casual side of things. There is a lot for me to do, which helps with the game being "new" where I can play multiple classes without feeling like I've done it all before. Just to give you an idea of how casual I've been playing, since having the game during the pre-launch event, my highest leveled character is 44. Other than her I have a 21 Thief, and a couple other lowbies below 10. With the lack of subscription I can play whenever I have time without feeling like I'm wasting money by not playing.
I've ran some of the dungeons, which are pretty fun actually. The lack of the "holy trinity" really helps make things interesting. Some of the fights are almost on par with WoW heroic difficulties, with the possibility of one hit kills and having to kite certain bosses away from other aspects of the fight. I've only ran the level 30 and level 40 dungeons, so I can't comment much on anything after that.
I'm not missing the gear grind. I love playing with dyes for my gear and keeping the look I like rather than having to wear whatever the game wants me to at the time. I realize you can transmog in WoW, but it's so much easier and "on-the-fly" in GW2.
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Sounds really disappointing. The pre-expansion events were some of my favorites, partly due to getting unique loot.
I will say that this is pretty cool, though:
The World of Warcraft Battle Chest now includes Classic, Burning Crusade, and Wrath of the Lich King, all for $20. Existing Classic and Burning Crusade accounts seem to have been upgraded to Wrath of the Lich King for free! You can purchase all of World of Warcraft up to Mists of Pandaria for $60 now as well.
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The game has been out in Korea for a while now and has been pretty popular. No idea how well it will do over here, but hopefully it is handled better than TERA.
Official US Website: http://www.bladeandsoul.com/en/
Reveal Trailer:
http://youtu.be/BBBQnzWWPfE
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