Ryzom... revisted.

[Soukyan]

Hopefully the patches helped.  I'll drop by during the next 2 weeks before my account runs out.  I really wanted to like this game, and I do hope it becomes a solid title.  Right now though, I just feel too much like a guinea pig, and my wife finds the game lacking in charm.  For a married couple, it's important to find something both of us can enjoy.

Sex can be an invigorating couples activity. ;)

[Signe]

They'll need better emotes for that.

[AlteredOne]

Sex can be an invigorating couples activity. ;)

Hehe yeah, but it's hard to do it 24/7 without causing permanent physical harm.  Just pay attention to those warnings in the Viagra commercials...

[Soukyan]

Sex can be an invigorating couples activity. ;)

Hehe yeah, but it's hard to do it 24/7 without causing permanent physical harm.  Just pay attention to those warnings in the Viagra commercials...

Practice makes perfect.

[AlteredOne]

Well, I think the real trick is figuring out how to combine online gaming with sex.  I see no particular reason why I could not engage in both activities simultaneously.

[Azhrarn]

That's why goD invented wireless.

[Kageru]

I've read that the latest patches wound up the difficulty level, presumably in an attempt to conceal a drastic absence of content.

[doubleplus]

That's why goD invented wireless.

Speaking of wireless.

[HaemishM]

That's why goD invented wireless.

Speaking of wireless.

I would have thought a sexual kick called "Toothing" would involve grandmothers with their false teeth out.

Yes, I went there.

[schild]

As of today, you can play Ryzom for free for 14 days. Death Knell much? I think this occured faster in Ryzom than it did in Horizons. The MMOG market has an interesting way of killing their children.

[Glazius]

As of today, you can play Ryzom for free for 14 days. Death Knell much? I think this occured faster in Ryzom than it did in Horizons. The MMOG market has an interesting way of killing their children.

I'm really not sure what you mean by that. Did someone else co-opt features away from Ryzom, or launch to deny subscribers...

Or did it just kinda collapse on its own?

I came away from the Ryzom beta feeling like I could play the whole game the way I played on newbie isle. And that wasn't a good thing.

So I'm walking out in my level 20 armor with my level 20 weapon and level 20 shield, on a quest for the guard captain to drop level 20 Kipee and come back with their important bits, and when I get to the Kipee I'll use "Kipee Strike 2" which has a 10% bonus chance to critical-bonk a Kipee on the head, does 15% of the Kipee's life in damage and takes 5% of my stamina. If I get low I'll cast Blood To Stamina 2 which drains 10% of my health to restore 20% of my stamina, and self-heal with Self-Heal 2 which takes 20% of my magic to restore 50% of my health. And when I get back I'll get a reward of f(20) dappers from the guard captain, which is oddly less than the kipee parts sell for.

And then I look at the skill trees down the road and realize that all I have to look forward to is walking out in my level 200 armor with my level 200 weapon and level 200 shield, on a quest for the guard captain to drop level 200 Kipee and come back with their important bits, and when I get to the Kipee I'll use "Kipee Strike 20" which has a 10% bonus chance to critical-bonk a Kipee on the head, does 15% of the Kipee's life in damage and takes 5% of my stamina. If I get low I'll cast Blood To Stamina 20 which drains 10% of my health to restore 20% of my stamina, and self-heal with Self-Heal 20 which takes 20% of my magic to restore 50% of my health. And when I get back I'll get a reward of f(200) dappers from the guard captain, which is STILL oddly less than the kipee parts sell for.

And all I can ever hope for is to be able to slowly, agonizingly tweak those percentages to make them come out ever-so-slightly more in my favor.

I'll stick with getting new skills and keeping the old, thanks.

--GF

Because Energy Transfer is silver, and Fire Shield is gold.

[ajax34i]

As of today, you can play Ryzom for free for 14 days. Death Knell much? I think this occured faster in Ryzom than it did in Horizons. The MMOG market has an interesting way of killing their children.

Ironically enough, there are a few threads on their forum where people note that it's not quite a "free trial" offer.  They just take half of the free first month that most MMORPG's offer nowadays and count it towards your "free trial"....  You play 14 days, then pay $30 for the box, then play another 16 days before getting charged monthly.  As opposed to a regular subscriber who will pay $30 then play 30 days free before getting charged monthly.

And they have problems with the email/activation key system.

[AlteredOne]

As of today, you can play Ryzom for free for 14 days. Death Knell much? I think this occured faster in Ryzom than it did in Horizons. The MMOG market has an interesting way of killing their children.

Ryzom had so little hype, it's more like a redheaded stepchild.  Not even sure its parents knew it was in the house.  Less than 2 months after the game released, it is hard to see this 14-day trial as anything less than desperation.  But I still hope Ryzom manages to hang on, like Anarchy Online did.  One major problem though.... AO did not have nearly the competition to deal with.  When AO came out, EQ and UO were about the only other options, and it monopolized the sci-fi space.