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Title: I need an intervention Post by: Furiously on May 12, 2008, 11:14:46 PM I've found like 4-5 people I group with for a couple hours a day.
Shared bank is in. Auction house comes in next patch. So does stack splitting. (lol) They have a random item seller - you can waste/spend you money hoping for a unique. I think with 2.0 it will be worth taking another look at. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on May 13, 2008, 05:34:26 AM Is that all for people with subs or just regular punters?
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Furiously on May 13, 2008, 06:28:29 PM The mail is for everyone. So you can use that instead of a shared bank. And people do.
Everything else is sub only. So I guess there finally is a reason to sub. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: schild on May 13, 2008, 08:01:11 PM Stack splitting is only for subscribers? lololol
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Furiously on May 13, 2008, 09:09:24 PM No - that's an everyone thing. And it's way too late in coming.
The game is finally getting to what it should have been at release. Wonder if they will do a hellgate: expansion pack to sell in stores just to get a few more people to look at it. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on May 14, 2008, 07:32:54 AM I really liked the game and even subbed for a month. I don't think I'm ready to give them a second chance yet, though. They really fucked up the first chance I gave them.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: tazelbain on May 14, 2008, 07:34:45 AM I just bought HG:L, doesn't look as good as Bioshock, but stutters a good bit. So far running through with a guardian, its a pretty fun hack'n'slash and random maps are love. The maps have 3 dimensional Lego pieces which is even better than CoH/V.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Furiously on May 16, 2008, 07:27:22 AM I really think 2.0 is going to make the game pretty fun.
It's too bad the game wasn't released...one month from now. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on May 16, 2008, 08:41:26 AM I really think 2.0 is going to make the game pretty fun. It's too bad the game wasn't released...one month from now. Then maybe I'll sub again. I really like the game other than, you, what happened and didn't happen when it launched. I didn't enjoy spending more time trying to sort out my inventory than play the game. That sucked Major Tom. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Furiously on May 17, 2008, 01:37:11 PM Shared bank and being able to mail stuff to alts is love for getting rid of stuff without...you know...getting rid of it.
I need to make me a few more alts. I can't wait for the auction house. Gonna be interesting then. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: bhodikhan on May 18, 2008, 09:49:03 AM More like the Hellgate:We're Serious This Time! version. lol
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on May 18, 2008, 10:29:41 AM I played for a little bit yesterday and I still really like this game. I'll probably sub at some point. I've been playing AoC lately, but you know how fickle I am with games. They haven't put a sort option for inventory in yet, by any chance? That's the biggest pain for me.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Miasma on May 18, 2008, 11:02:30 AM So I'm patching this up because they are doing a two hour maintenance in AoC and this thread has reminded me I own this game. Why on earth do I have to download a file to patch it, why can't their flipping patcher do it for me? Absurd stuff like this reminds me of why I stopped playing the game just as I am reconsidering it...
Do you have a lifetime sub Furiously? Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on May 18, 2008, 11:47:45 AM I still think I might like this game better on a console.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Furiously on May 19, 2008, 07:21:59 PM So I'm patching this up because they are doing a two hour maintenance in AoC and this thread has reminded me I own this game. Why on earth do I have to download a file to patch it, why can't their flipping patcher do it for me? Absurd stuff like this reminds me of why I stopped playing the game just as I am reconsidering it... Do you have a lifetime sub Furiously? Uhmmm... Yes. I was rich and stupid. Now I have a kid. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on May 19, 2008, 08:37:44 PM Is this game in your will?
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Furiously on May 25, 2008, 08:28:34 PM I keep meaning to do that too.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on June 05, 2008, 01:12:18 PM I wonder when 2.0 comes out. This is the big PvP patch, too, no?
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: lesion on June 08, 2008, 03:27:13 PM Holy balls, 2.0 is going on the test server (supposedly tomorrow) with a 1.3 gig patch (http://forums.hellgatelondon.com/showthread.php?t=100291).
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on June 08, 2008, 05:59:23 PM I've been playing a bit again. I really Really REALLY want to love this game. If they hadn't fucked it up, it would be more me than AoC. I want the new super hero MMO now, too. I'm so tired of fantasy type games.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: lesion on June 08, 2008, 07:03:39 PM I will back you up in a knife fight. Let's do this.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on June 09, 2008, 07:18:39 AM Oh good. I have a droog.
I'm wondering if it's worth just playing on the test server. Do they wipe it or anything? They have everything the other server has only earlier, no? The updates are slow but they're definitely packed full. I resubbed to check it out. It's only a tenner anyway. I haven't been able to concentrate on AoC or WAR lately. I don't know why. I still like them. My mind just wanders when I play. Maybe HG:L is just more mindless. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: lesion on June 09, 2008, 08:23:52 AM TLDR: They don't plan on wipes but won't guarantee there won't be. There's a thread on TC policy here. (http://forums.hellgatelondon.com/showthread.php?t=75668) Double XP? :awesome_for_real:
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on June 09, 2008, 08:47:45 AM I think I'll just play there mostly, then.
Also, with double xp, I might even make some of those thingies like "get to level 10 in four hours" and stuff. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Miasma on June 09, 2008, 09:41:13 AM TLDR: They don't plan on wipes but won't guarantee there won't be. There's a thread on TC policy here. (http://forums.hellgatelondon.com/showthread.php?t=75668) Double XP? :awesome_for_real: Those sound like pretty good benefits, maybe I will fire this up and play it until people show up on my guild's vent server.So I'm patching this up because they are doing a two hour maintenance in AoC and this thread has reminded me I own this game. Why on earth do I have to download a file to patch it, why can't their flipping patcher do it for me? Absurd stuff like this reminds me of why I stopped playing the game just as I am reconsidering it... Do you have a lifetime sub Furiously? Uhmmm... Yes. I was rich and stupid. Now I have a kid. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Furiously on June 10, 2008, 11:55:17 AM I think I'll just play there mostly, then. Also, with double xp, I might even make some of those thingies like "get to level 10 in four hours" and stuff. I am pretty sure that one is still broken..... Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on June 10, 2008, 12:11:13 PM Just that one? Maybe I could get the level something else in 10 hours thingy?
This Abyss patch is huge. I'm not sure the initial game took this long. It appears that this patch will put the game very nearly in the state it should have been at release. Almost. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: lesion on June 10, 2008, 09:05:44 PM Leveling by X achievements will be removed in 2.0, which is fine by me. I think I'm sticking to live for now because my TC characters are all old and busted.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on June 11, 2008, 05:56:52 AM Test server is lovely. Fast, all kinds of mega loot, and why does the game look better than before? I think they did some work in that area, too. Maybe. I'll be playing Elite. I don't know why I'm not, anyway. I've not been able to get motivated lately for the normal type MMOs like AoC, lately. This is much better in a mindless way.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Furiously on June 11, 2008, 06:37:47 AM It looks better because at release they had some issues with loading the high res textures in the stations. So they turned it off.
And I agree, 2.0 should have been 1.0. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on June 11, 2008, 07:09:14 AM It looks better because at release they had some issues with loading the high res textures in the stations. So they turned it off. And I agree, 2.0 should have been 1.0. Ooooh. I only played a few weeks at the start because it was, well, you know... with holes. Anyway, it looks really good now. I wonder if it'll start getting popular again. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on June 12, 2008, 07:42:24 AM Here's a 2.0 video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81MY-EHXG2g
Here it is in HD: http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/static/EkEFEkAkpAsKcsPXET.php I love this one, though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oixARdpajp0&feature=related I enjoy HG:L now, but I want to play THAT game! Just like that! Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Shrike on June 12, 2008, 08:45:48 AM Yeah, where do I sign up for the last one?
I'm a sucker for this sort of thing, but I think I'll be waiting for 2.0 to go live. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on June 30, 2008, 03:45:17 PM I think one of the main reasons I'm still playing this is because I look so fucking cool. I wish there was more customisation when you create a character but even without it, there isn't a game where I look cooler. Even CoH. I get misty-eyed whenever I look at my MM. And she's only level 18.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: schild on June 30, 2008, 03:55:21 PM Speaking of. Tell me when 2.0 is live.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on June 30, 2008, 04:14:59 PM Okay. I might even go back to the regular server when it is. I'm just playing the test server now. I don't look so cool in character selection on the test server. It doesn't show your weapon for some buggy reason. Since my MM uses rifles, it just looks as if I'm holding my ginormous imaginary boner. Which is alarming to me!
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Cheddar on July 01, 2008, 04:29:24 PM Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on July 01, 2008, 04:46:25 PM NOOOOOOO! :ye_gods:
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Raging Turtle on July 01, 2008, 06:20:57 PM Is this worth picking up yet? I could use something to kill a little time for the summer and am wondering if it's been patched to being worth it. Does it need an internet connection to start? Can it run on something a little older (but something that could run WoW with no problem)?
No, I'm probably not planning on subscribing. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on July 01, 2008, 06:32:40 PM I'm not sure. If you're not going to sub, maybe not. It might still be annoying. I just play on the test server and the new subscriber stuff is fun, though still a wee bit buggy. If you wait until 2.0 goes live, at least you'll be able to split stacks, which I find absolutely essential to playing just about any game.
Yes, I think you can play single player offline but you can't use those characters online ever. You won't have the latest patches, of course, but I'm sure you can hack at it until you're able to get whatever equipment you like if it exists in your game. Then you would be naughty, though. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: lesion on July 01, 2008, 06:50:49 PM You can't patch disappointment! Crawling in my skin, these wounds they will not heal.
If this has hit the bargain bin already I would say go for it, otherwise don't bother. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on July 02, 2008, 05:28:02 AM Well, it's pretty bargain basement-y now. You can get it for under $20. If you still care about how it disappointed you when it was released, I woudn't pick it up at all. I'm not grudgey about games. I'd be angry all the time if I were!
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Yegolev on July 02, 2008, 07:11:22 AM I'm thinking that someone would have to give me their CD before I'd play this. Even then, I'd probably play something which doesn't suck so much ass. The sad thing is that when Hellgate 2.0 arrives, the next Mythos update will be about that timeframe. I can split stacks on Mythos' Test Center already, so who knows what awesomeness will arrive?
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on July 02, 2008, 07:16:23 AM I play both. It's easy because neither one is compelling enough to distract me full time.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Raging Turtle on July 03, 2008, 06:54:59 AM Picked it up for 20 bucks yesterday, played about 5 hours, mostly Marksman. Good stuff. Maybe my expectations were a bit lower after reading this subforum, but it's a fun looty dungeon crawl game. After downloading a massive patch, haven't had a single bug.
Think I'm going to try an Evoker now. Range in this game is fun. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Yegolev on July 16, 2008, 07:07:06 PM It occurred to me that the titular intervention has arrived.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: UnSub on July 16, 2008, 07:53:22 PM The body is still twitching; it might yet still arise.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Furiously on July 23, 2008, 09:05:19 AM Yea - but it's close enough to having sex with a corpse that I've stopped playing.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on July 23, 2008, 09:54:51 AM I haven't been very motivated to play since the news, either. I've only played twice, for very short periods of time. Rumours can kill!
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: lesion on July 24, 2008, 08:58:02 PM I've been playing a bit more on TC. The patch is so good! Ish.
...so good! Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on July 24, 2008, 09:09:00 PM Yeah, the patch seems to make a difference for me, too. I haven't played the US server since I resubbed, just the TC.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on July 31, 2008, 06:00:00 AM It's not dead yet. They did server maintenance, too. Tiggs and the rest of that lot now have Nameco avatards. Still, doesn't mean it won't die.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: schild on July 31, 2008, 06:09:33 AM Namco will keep it running with a skeleton crew most likely.
I'm just hoping they patch over 2.0. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on July 31, 2008, 07:43:51 AM I hope so, too. TC has more of a chance of getting ditched probably, and I play that for the new stuff. I kind of sort of wish they'd upload the single player game with all the current new stuff and add a LAN option or other multi-player option. If they were smart, they'd ditch the subscription platform all together and go with expansion packs a few times a year. (although FSS can't seem to keep to any sort of update schedule anyway)
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: lesion on July 31, 2008, 08:29:10 AM TC is, in fact, ditched. (http://forums.hellgatelondon.com/showthread.php?p=1164929#post1164929) I played live for about fifteen minutes and it was depressing. Blah.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: schild on July 31, 2008, 08:31:09 AM Quote We will ensure that Publish 2.0 is kept safe should Test Center return to service in the future. Hahahahahahahaha. So, it's basically not going to Live. That's what she just said. Oh man. Way to treat the fanbase. Wins all around. High five, high five. Boo ya. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on July 31, 2008, 09:02:01 AM TC is, in fact, ditched. (http://forums.hellgatelondon.com/showthread.php?p=1164929#post1164929) I played live for about fifteen minutes and it was depressing. Blah. Oh well. That might be it for me! That's where all the fun I still had with this game lived. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Furiously on July 31, 2008, 02:51:29 PM It's still the fact that they have not shared any kind of a roadmap. I mean that should be the first thing management works on. And why hide it from the fans? Just pad the hell out of it.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on August 04, 2008, 06:24:38 AM Quote While most of us were basking in the glory of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, The Dark Knight, and E3 just a couple weeks back, the guys at Flagship Studios were busy closing up shop. Since the Hellgate: London and Mythos developer's dissolution, the ultimate fate of these two action-RPGs has been up in the air, leaving subscribers and beta testers waiting with bated breath. Fortunately, if a recent job posting on Gamasutra is any indication, there may be some answers yet. Posted by T3 Entertainment -- developer of Korean dance-off MMO Audition (seriously) -- the company is establishing a San Francisco office and is seeking programmers and engineers to "passionately continue development of Hellgate: London and Mythos, along with other new games, which are being published by HanbitSoft Inc." Whether or not former Flagship employees will be involved with this new studio remains unknown. However, Flagship co-founder Max Schaefer told Kotaku last week, "So no matter what, we?ll pick up where we left off, and you'll be hearing from us shortly. We may not be the best business people on the planet, but we know how to make games." While critical and retail reception of Hellgate was less than stellar, Mythos received a surprising amount of praise for a free-to-play MMORPG. Designed by former Blizzard employees, the game was often billed as the Diablo clone from the guys who actually made Diablo -- not a bad pedigree to have in a space this competitive. Here's hoping T3 and HanbitSoft can get both games back on track, and maybe ex-Flagship employees can get new jobs in the process. From: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169105 They don't seem to bother with updating people on the "official" forums. I can't even tell who is owning what where and developing stuff for who. Or what. HanbitSoft. Namcom. FSS. T3. You know? Someone investigate or sommat. What about Rasix? Make him do it. He's getting fat and lazy. Like a big ginger puss. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: schild on August 04, 2008, 06:38:49 AM Quote He's getting fat and lazy. Like a big ginger puss. I think you're confusing people. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: KallDrexx on August 04, 2008, 03:26:32 PM From: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169105 They don't seem to bother with updating people on the "official" forums. I can't even tell who is owning what where and developing stuff for who. Or what. HanbitSoft. Namcom. FSS. T3. You know? Someone investigate or sommat. What about Rasix? Make him do it. He's getting fat and lazy. Like a big ginger puss. An ex-dev was talking on another forum about how they formed a new studio, but he mentioned that while they still had the rights to the Mythos code they didn't have the rights to the IP anymore, so they were looking at going into pre-production to redo the IP. Unless that firm somehow got back rights to the IP I doubt it's the same company that the ex-FS devs went to form. Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Signe on August 04, 2008, 03:32:36 PM It's all too confusing, isn't it? I give up trying to figure it out.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: schild on August 04, 2008, 04:49:21 PM I'd rather Travis B. start over completely.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: stu on August 05, 2008, 02:07:17 PM As sad and confusing as this whole scenario has turned out to be, I can't say it's not interesting. A new studio that will own the old code, but not the IP? Strangeness. Too bad about FSS. They had a cool logo.
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: Furiously on August 08, 2008, 01:46:14 PM Now taking bets on if 2.0 and 2.1 will ever be released....
Title: Re: I need an intervention Post by: schild on August 08, 2008, 01:50:21 PM I really want them to just patch over 2.0 and get the rest working later.
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