Age of Wushu

[Raguel]

True story: I didn't want to join the Goons cuz I didn't want to join a griefer guild, so I ended up ijoining Kenpachi instead.  

Oh and I've found my fun: spying missions. well, spying with one char and farming/cooking on another. It can be nerve-wracking. I'd hate to burn the buns. 

[Raguel]

Threash: do you know anyone that understands the trade center menu, or has a spreadsheet on where to find recipes?

For that matter, do you know anyone selling them at a decent price? 

[Threash]

Recipes, as in cooking stuff? what problems are you having with the trade menu?  They drop from forbidden instances and the martial challenges, usually up for cheap in chengdu.

[Raguel]

Recipes, as in cooking stuff? what problems are you having with the trade menu?  They drop from forbidden instances and the martial challenges, usually up for cheap in chengdu.

In general for all crafting. I have a need for chef, tailoring, and herbalist  (in a pvp game, I bake2crush  )

I don't see a way in the trade menu to make it so only recipes/secret scripts for a particular life skill show up and exclude the others. This makes searching for them almost impossible unless you know the names of the ones you are missing.

eta: Reserving this spot for what I think I need.

[Lucas]

I messed around with this about a week ago and I found it interesting; like Falconeer, I'll wait for the european version, tho (ahem, I actually found out that "Age of Wulin" and "Wushu" are the same game thanks to his post, btw :P)

[Raguel]

Ok since it took so long I'll post again

The ones I need are:

Compound Foxglove Pill
Highly-Refined Happiness Pill
Muscle-Healing Elixir

Basically any herbalist stuff that's martial or better

[Threash]

I dunno sorry, we basically throw most recipes away at this point.  They drop like candy everywhere.  Does your guild not run any instances at all? recipes are the only loot and the grand majority of them don't sell since supply is so high.

[Samprimary]

 since I'm now seeing ads for this everywhere, i have to ask if anyone has called it Age of Weeaboo yet.

[Raguel]

I dunno sorry, we basically throw most recipes away at this point.  They drop like candy everywhere.  Does your guild not run any instances at all? recipes are the only loot and the grand majority of them don't sell since supply is so high.

We do but I'm not usually with them, especially not for GCC. I hope to go with them next time. Most of the time someone gets something they are duplicates of low level stuff I have already.

[Salamok]

It is going to take some loving patches to make it palatable to most MMO players, but it is strangely addictive as it is. I haven't REALLY had fun yet, but I feel like the fun is right around the corner somehow.

lol sounds like UO.

[Raguel]

This game is so frustrating. Turns out I've had at least 2 of the 3 formulas already, but they had obscure names like "waitai miyao fang" instead of "foxglove something something".


I feel like I'm getting better at pvp tho.

[Raguel]

So Threash: What's the Goons' policy on ambushing players for the stolen scripts they are carrying and taken them from them for the guild?

[Threash]

Definitely in favor of.  We were actually extremely surprised nobody had thought of it before.  The goonball is overall way more effective but those that don't get scripts will straight up murder you for them.

[Raguel]

Definitely in favor of.  We were actually extremely surprised nobody had thought of it before.  The goonball is overall way more effective but those that don't get scripts will straight up murder you for them.

Yah I'm not a fan of that.  I know this is open pvp. I've come to expect people to pk me while I'm gathering or crafting or afk but IMO that's just unacceptable.  This is something I'd quit the game over (not if it happened to me, because it already happened and I got over it, but rather people expecting me to do it to others).

[Threash]

I don't see what the problem is.

[Lakov_Sanite]

When I played UO I killed and cut apart a near naked fisherman doing nothing but catching fish because I liked his pirate hat.

If the game allows it, it shall come to pass.

[Raguel]

I'm ok with other people doing it. I guess with my temperament I should be in the Police Dept. guild.

[Threash]

You mean being forced to do it? no one will force you to do anything.

[Raguel]

I was only asking about the Goons in order to see how other guilds view that kind of behavior. I'm in a guild of mostly random pk'ing trolls and I'm not much of either. They are all cool with me but meh I don't want to play like that.

Don't mind me. I'm just frustrated in general right now.

[jlwilli5]

  <lurk/>
  Having a blast.
  Was camped, pked when talking to quest mob, etc etc.
  More AC Darktide than Shadowbane...loving it so far.
  First game that's held my interest since rehabilitating off of my EvE addiction awhile ago.
  Guy wondering about what guild to join, remember a 90% of a guilds reputations are usually made by  people who A) Hate Them B) Envy them
  Join whatever you want, have fun and screw it. In my exp/opinion that IS the only way you will last/enjoy an open world PvP game. <lurk>
 

[Falconeer]

In Europe it's still in closed beta. So annoying.

[jlwilli5]

I was only asking about the Goons in order to see how other guilds view that kind of behavior. I'm in a guild of mostly random pk'ing trolls and I'm not much of either. They are all cool with me but meh I don't want to play like that.

Don't mind me. I'm just frustrated in general right now.

   Haven't had too much run ins with any of the big guilds.  I don't run into that many GoonTang other than outside the gates at duel areas or TP spots. Same with Kenpachi, other than the one time at band camp when I got knocked out of a TP by one. 
  I run with a small/group, we have fun, laugh and dream of having guild land one day.  I guess it depends on what you want to do.
 

[Lucas]

In Europe it's still in closed beta. So annoying.

Yeah :/

[Njal]

Well I've been playing about 5 weeks now. It's really hard to grok many of the systems, the interface is different enough from WoW standard to be confusing at first, various translations are anywhere from funny to misleading, but with all of this I am really liking it.

The combat is apparently standard MMO but with the flying skills and the way various skills interact and counter each other it is the most challenging yet satisfying MMO combat I've played. Once you're over the newbie hump you can beat a much higher level player if you are more skillful. That newbie hump however is bigger than any other game I've played and I'm sure I haven't figured out any number of important bits and pieces.

Getting a compatible guild is really important here just to lessen the learning curve if nothing else. This may be the PvP game I've been looking for.

My $.02

[WayAbvPar]

I finally gave up. Too much unexplained through the UI, and I couldn't figure out WTF I needed to be doing at any time. Very interesting idea, but implementation in dire need of some serious polish.

[Raguel]

Can I have ur stuff? 

I'm getting dangerously close to going vip. Someone who was close to my level is now about 3 weeks or so ahead thanks to vip. I have crafters but no access to the materials I need since I'm too low to do the instances where they drop.

[Threash]

I finally gave up. Too much unexplained through the UI, and I couldn't figure out WTF I needed to be doing at any time. Very interesting idea, but implementation in dire need of some serious polish.

I still think this is the best mmo currently out but yeah, you basically can't do anything without a detailed guide or asking someone who knows their shit.  That said, feel free to ask anything if you feel like giving it another shot.  You technically don't NEED to be doing anything, apart from a few level related things.

[Njal]

And then they decided to sell powerful skillsets for money. 

[Threash]

They are actually not that good.

[Njal]

I hope not. And since they are $35 US maybe they won't destroy the game balance too much.

[Nonentity]

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/05/30/snail-confirms-age-of-wushu-dev-layoffs/

They mention working on the expansion, though. Wonder if that includes the self-castration become-a-god content.

[Threash]

I hope not. And since they are $35 US maybe they won't destroy the game balance too much.

They are also tradeable, they were selling for like 3 ding yesterday which is a tiny fraction of what buying any other set would cost you.

[Raguel]

So Kenpachi is gone. So now I guess I get to choose between the Zerg and the Borg (assuming either will take me) 

[koro]

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/05/30/snail-confirms-age-of-wushu-dev-layoffs/

They mention working on the expansion, though. Wonder if that includes the self-castration become-a-god content.

Apparently the people let go were from QA, CS... and localization. Also the quote from the Director is apparently not true, since they haven't hired anyone new in nearly nine months.

So don't look for the game's documentation to improve any time soon.

[WayAbvPar]

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