SOE Free Realms

[AcidCat]

I *really* got this mainly for my daughter but I find myself losing a lot of time to it. There is so much to do I constantly get distracted, I'll start with the intent to do one thing, then get distracted by something else, then something else, and before you know it two hours have gone by and my wife is asking if I'm going to spend all day on the game or what.

[Xanthippe]

What are stars for?

What are treasure tickets for?

[schild]

What are stars for?

Experience. Buying skills on combat classes.

What are treasure tickets for?

Go to the royal treasury under the bridge in the main area. You trade them in for... stuff.

[Sutro]

Level 20 card duelist. Yarrrr.

I got sucked in to the tune of about a buck fifty on Legends of Norrath. I swore off paying for digital TCGs ever afterward, we'll see if my resolve holds. ;)

The card minigame is fun, but it's got a few quite imba cards in it, as is expected for any initial TCG release. The giant frog is just  .

[Sky]

I told her to get to level 10 and then I'll get her a sub.

ZOMG Grindmom!

[Signe]

Some people call hoagies subs and when you heat some up, they're called grinders.  It's lunch time!

[Xanthippe]

I told her to get to level 10 and then I'll get her a sub.

ZOMG Grindmom!

I just found out that I didn't have to get her a membership at all.  I thought Pet Trainer was a member job, but it isn't.

As it turns out, one must buy a pet with station dollars anyway. 

I think hers cost $2.50.

Still, I like the game, and will support it as long as she plays it.  It's not a Club Penguin substitute for her though.

I've become a fan, however.  Blacksmith to level 10.  Grindmom, indeed.  Anyone want a hammer?

[Xanthippe]

More questions:

"Eating this food temporarily increases your Maker's reach."

"Eating this food increases your Maker's stats."

"Eating this food temporarily increases your health."


What is my Maker?  My toon?  What is "Maker's reach"?

Temporarily increases health - is that a temp stat buff or a health fillup?

[Yoru]

I tried this for about 3 hours on Sunday, got to like level 12 in mining and picked up a few miscellaneous levels elsewhere. When I went to bed I could see rows upon rows of colored blocks needing to be matched behind my eyes.

It's like Puzzle Pirates and WOW had a bastard lovechild. Very dangerous. Very dangerous.

[Sky]

What is "Maker's reach"?

[Sky]

Free Realms is currently only available on Windows.

[Lantyssa]

Are you crying, Fowl?

[Sky]

 






 

[Hawkbit]

I was at Target this morning and saw the Free Realms TCG packs.  $1.99 nets you three trading cards, 50 Station Cash and 1 in-game item. 

[Nonentity]

This game runs on port 80. On my work computer behind a corporate firewall.

This is terrible news.

[Xanthippe]

I was at Target this morning and saw the Free Realms TCG packs.  $1.99 nets you three trading cards, 50 Station Cash and 1 in-game item. 

I haven't even started on the in game card game yet, but oh how I love fluff like this.

Not driving 45 minutes to Target for a special trip though.  (Not yet, anyway!).

I am in lurv with this game.  There's a remarkable lack of miscreants playing, which makes it so much more attractive than WoW right now. 

[Signe]

I like it, too.  Sometimes I wander off for ages, too, and it never logs me off.  Very thoughtful.  It's probably not a good thing for anyone, though.

[Hawkbit]

Is there an in-game clock, or are they doing casino rules?  I was damn near late to work today. 

[Xanthippe]

I was working on brawler, and ended up in Snowhill with a quest to fight yetis and sasquatches (sasquatch?  big feet?).  I went into an instance that had 3 stars instead of 1 or 2, and got all the way to the boss.  I was just about to go attack when I was suddenly and rudely expelled from the instance.  I don't know what happened. Did a GM pull the plug on me?

I picked up a very nice pair of level 19 pants (boys only!).

I hope there's an auction house or something coming in. 

[Signe]

ooo.  Saturday midday and tweenies favourite new game has been down all morning.  I'm glad I have cats!   

[tmp]

Heard there's adverts for it on Disney Channel now, buckled under load perhaps?

[Xanthippe]

I got in, but there are serious problems.  Sadie Frigidscowl is regenning at an incredibly slow rate, 1 hp/energy per second.

[Sutro]

Xanthippe:

There's a timer on all the instances, sort of a maximum time to complete thing. Not sure how long it is, but I think it's around 45 minutes. There should've been a countdown on the top of your screen when you got to like the 2 minute mark left.

[pxib]

Played this a little. Rewards and grindy advancement via minigames? Woo! Addictive as all hell.

My favorite aspect so far has been the music. It is ALL variations on the theme played during the loading screen... the most extreme I've found is the "pop" song being played on the stage in Snowhill.

[Xanthippe]

Xanthippe:

There's a timer on all the instances, sort of a maximum time to complete thing. Not sure how long it is, but I think it's around 45 minutes. There should've been a countdown on the top of your screen when you got to like the 2 minute mark left.

Oh, that's it!  Thanks.

My regen thing was temporary.  I think I was in combat although I was out of range of everything.  It went away at any rate, and the next instance was fine.

[Signe]

Inventory annoys me in this game.  A lot.  It needs good sorting.  It's hard to figure out what to sell with all these jobs.  It's too much of a bother to sit there and change jobs, making sure you're wearing the best.  Keeping it in "list" form helps a little, but not enough.  Unless it's something I absolutely know I can't every use, like boy stuff, I just don't bother selling much.  Why do I get boy stuff anyway?  And I agree, they need an auction house or something.

This game is down again... or still.   

[Xanthippe]

I'm playing without problems at the moment.

I want to run faster.  Is there something I can run faster with?

Can items be traded?  I assume they can, since some are flagged untradeable.

I want to try being a medic.  No clue where Nurse Naia is yet, but I'm sure I'll stumble across her sooner or later.  Besides, I get sidetracked so easily.  There's so many things to do. 

I love that I don't have to choose one thing to do, or make an alt. 

[Signe]

I wonder why I keep getting this message when I try to log in:

We're sorry, the website is currently unavailable.

We're working hard to get it back online. Please try again soon!

They love you more than they love me!

[Xanthippe]

I quit and now I can't play either.  No play button!

[Signe]

Well, this is just full of lose and bugger!

[Lantyssa]

I want to try being a medic.  No clue where Nurse Naia is yet, but I'm sure I'll stumble across her sooner or later.  Besides, I get sidetracked so easily.  There's so many things to do. 

Naia is at the inner ring of Sanctuary.  From the warpstone pass Sunset/Sunrise then take a right at the first house situated on the islands.

[Grimwell]

BTW, I made the rounds of the places that are supposed to have game cards and CCG boosters today and made an interesting find.

The 'Starter' cards at Best Buy are Free and offer a month of membership, some station cash, and something else I forgot. I grabbed some to give away to families I know. If you want to get in and haven't yet, grab this card so you can try the first month gratis. Great way to get it going.

No idea about the downtime, I was being a dad. By the time we got home and the kids logged on, everything was working and all servers were showing medium load. I'm going to hope that it was our servers trying to process one bajillion dollars. :D

[Jobu]

I want to run faster.  Is there something I can run faster with?

I want to try being a medic.  No clue where Nurse Naia is yet, but I'm sure I'll stumble across her sooner or later.  Besides, I get sidetracked so easily.  There's so many things to do. 

There's a pair of shoes that Postmen get. I think you get them as an award at level 20, not sure on the specifics though. They make you run fast permanently.

In beta you could run fast if your pet was happy. I guess it was removed, because I haven't seen it since.

The medic trainer is in Sanctuary, up near the big tree on one of the little islands. It's my favorite job so far, because you're damn near invulnerable and makes it super easy to solo.

[Xanthippe]

The more I play, the more I love this game.  The worst part is that I can sit down and 2 hours can pass without me even noticing.

I found Nurse Naia, and became a medic (ty Lantyssa).  Then my daughter and I played together for a while - she on her brawler and me on medic.  More fun than playing solo (and I enjoy the solo play).  She's mostly leveling her pet trainer.  I bought a cat, and she coached me on the finer points of pet training.  I left my cat out all day, not realizing I could dismiss her so that she stops getting hungry while I'm doing other things.

I read on the forum that there's a level 20 run buff for pet trainers.

This game is lootastic.  No need for alts, can experience everything on one character - unless one wants to have both a human and a pixie, I suppose. 

[Lantyssa]

I made a bobblehead, but don't play her.  I do wish the wing options the pixies in the Shrouded Glade have were available.  She might get actual play time then.