Age of Wushu

[Falconeer]

The official European Game Guide sheds some light on a some systems.

[Slayerik]

The real question, for me, is can I Shaolin Suicide gank a fuck?

[Threash]

Oh yes.  Shaolin are supposed to be good guys though.

[tmp]

Hmm is there really no NPC selling nutrition recovery items in this game? I couldn't find any, and it seems you either have to become a chef to make some (which means you can't do any other manufacturing profession) or buy them from other players, but the player trade is using separate currency which as far as i can figure is only generated converting RL money bought "gold" ... so either i manage to sell something to a player who already has some of that silver, or need to pony up?

[Threash]

No, you get the other currency from pvp.  Try kidnapping someone.

[tmp]

Well, i applied to the Wudang dudes since it fit with the character's backstory so no kidnapping for him i think. I'm not allowed yet to get these (or any other pvp-oriented) quests anyway (he's only at the second power rank, the one after the 'weak and dumb' or smth) so there's that.

[Threash]

You should have gotten some food from the very early quests.

[Draegan]

This game is fucking bizarre.

[tmp]

You should have gotten some food from the very early quests.

Yup, i did. Just about ran out of it, that's why i started looking for resupply.

[Mrbloodworth]

Downloaded this. First impressions. This is very pretty. That's some tiny quest text. I'm not sure whats going on. This combat is really dam slow. The dogs are sitting here lifeless, how am I supposed to read them?.

[Cadaverine]

The dogs are sitting here lifeless, how am I supposed to read them?.

There's a lot to be desired as far as the new user experience goes.  There's a lot of information about stuff, but a lot of it's buried, or hard to understand due to translation issues.

Though, after a couple of days with it, I think I've mostly gotten the gist of it.  Now if there were just a way to replenish my vigor for crafting at a faster than glacial pace.

[Threash]

I think there is pills.

[Mrbloodworth]

The dogs are sitting here lifeless, how am I supposed to read them?.

It was said in the tutorial that you need to read your opponents tells. The dogs you encounter, the first thing you fight. Sit motionless, or at the least barely moving. How do you read that tell?

[tmp]

The dogs don't have any attacks to speak of and so no tells, they are just target for throwing darts tutorial.

When fighting human opponents the 'tells' seem to boil down to "is currently blocking" (so you might use a feint move to counter that) or not (meaning you either throw block up yourself, or punch them in the nuts) At least early on, maybe it changes later.

[Threash]

Offline jobs also give you the tradeable silver, if you are vip BTW.

[Mrbloodworth]

The dogs don't have any attacks to speak of and so no tells, they are just target for throwing darts tutorial.

When fighting human opponents the 'tells' seem to boil down to "is currently blocking" (so you might use a feint move to counter that) or not (meaning you either throw block up yourself, or punch them in the nuts) At least early on, maybe it changes later.

They sure attacked me, in fact he asked me to fight them before getting the knives. All I am pointing out, is your first taste of combat, does not follow the theory of the games combat.

[Falconeer]

I keep thinking that the combat is the only real weak point of this game. Not the rock-paper-scissor mechanic, which is awesome, or the amount of styles and skills. Just the way the combat flows. Alas.

[Mrbloodworth]

Its slow as balls. At first glance, you think this may play out like some sort of Street fighter or devil may cry. But, nope. Its also really.. clunky? No flow, jerky. At times unresponsive.

[Falconeer]

Exactly my feelings. And it pains me because otherwise I could sink myself in this game and never leave it, ever. But the way it is (so far) I just can't seem to enjoy the fights. Maybe the fact that I perceive a certain signifcant lag due to server distance (EU) when I hit skills is a major reason. Waiting for the Euro version in my case might help.

[Viin]

Once I got into a School and did some fighting (training) there, I didn't think it was so bad. But that is the extent of my combat so far. Hitting dogs with darts wasn't that fun.

[Ghambit]

If you could pre-load skills and set the latency that'd fix a lot of the combat issues.
Aside from that, the real barrier with this game is the RMT.  It's a serious moneygrab and turns a good design into what seems more like a scam.

[tmp]

They sure attacked me, in fact he asked me to fight them before getting the knives. All I am pointing out, is your first taste of combat, does not follow the theory of the games combat.

I think that's their tutorial system being clunky more than anything -- the theory is you talk to NPC who tells you to fight the dogs, then you speak with them again and get the darts and only then you actually go and throw the darts at the dogs. I think it's outlined in clickable book thing placed above the quest tracker, can't remember. But in practice it's definitely possible to run off and try to fight as soon as you are told to. (same for the other profession tasks you get at later point, for that matter) And yeah, as first combat experience goes it's pretty lacking.

[Threash]

Kidnapped a hooker, sold her to a school.  I feel really good about myself.

[Viin]

Where would I find other people to do team practice with?

[Cadaverine]

Typically, it's done at the sacred place at your school.  You should have gotten a quest that took you to that spot.

There's inevitably someone starting, or trying to start, a TP in school chat.  At least that's how it's been for WV.  I can't vouch for other schools.

[Threash]

Yeah, if you can't find people or where the sacred spot is just ask school chat.  They are generally helpful.

[tmp]

Does blacklisting people really not put them on ignore, or that's some sort of a bug i experienced? Because... yeah, blacklisted gold spammers still spam my chat, and there's no other option to the effect of 'filter that shit out' that i could find. And when i try to blacklist again the game offers me a helpful "you are already a fan of that person"

(no, i didn't hit the wrong button, they actually are on my blacklist)

edit: also, ahh so that's what TP stands for. I see it announced fairly often in the Wudang school channel, for what's worth.

[Viin]

It's Chinese, maybe you need to Whitelist them rather than Blacklist them? 

[Viin]

I tried to sign up for VIP, but after paying with PayPal it threw a Java Exception on me. I can't get anyone to respond to my emails.

Anyone else have a problem signing up for VIP?

[Nija]

It actually worked for you - it did the same to me.

Log in to your account through their page. Somewhere on your account area, there will be what looks like a CD key. Copy that and apply it to your account.

[Threash]

Like everything else about this game signing up for ViP is very confusing and broken and shouldn't be attempted without someone handholding you or a detailed guide.  Go to www.ageofwushu.com/beta/query to get your code, the button to apply it is on the same page.

[Viin]

Thanks for that. Why couldn't they have just given me that link? :P

[Cadaverine]

If they just gave you the subscription link, it would diminish the achievement of those that subscribed before you.

[Bzalthek]

The Internet is failing me so Ima ask here.  Is Vigorous Strides a passive ability?

[Threash]

Pretty sure it is just a small speed buff, not 100% though.