RF Online is a game that I have been wanting to try out for a few weeks. I discovered it when I first started cruising the free MMO scene and was disappointed to discover that Codemasters and the game developers had a licensing disagreement. This caused them to shut the North American servers down November of last year. From what I was reading it was a pretty good MMO set in the distant future but with mystical aspects mixed in.
Well, they are back and in business. I logged in to my Bellatio Union ranger and began to poke around in a pretty good looking game. Once again, I was hit with the click-to-do-everything interface that makes baby Jesus cry. At first I was irritated, once again, but after actually playing for a bit that sort of interface fits with the game play. RFO is a Diablo-esque game with guns, robots and lasers.
Pretty cool stuff right?
Yeah, for about an hour. After I realized that I was going to have to grind with the same couple of skills for hours and there isn't a talent/skill tree that allows for at least some character customization I lost a lot of steam. Maybe I am missing something but I am level 23 and still have the two buffs and one attack skill that I started with. Sure those skills have raised in effectiveness, how much I don't know because the tooltip doesn't say anything except that the duration on the buffs is longer, but they are the same. I am going to attempt to stick it out and see if the game opens up after I get out of the n00b area. Once that happens it's open season as far as PvP goes.
I have a sinking feeling that's just going to mean I will get one shot killed 87 times in a row until I get pissed, uninstall and come on here to rant and rave about people ganking lowbies and driving new players away from an otherwise decent game.
Well, they are back and in business. I logged in to my Bellatio Union ranger and began to poke around in a pretty good looking game. Once again, I was hit with the click-to-do-everything interface that makes baby Jesus cry. At first I was irritated, once again, but after actually playing for a bit that sort of interface fits with the game play. RFO is a Diablo-esque game with guns, robots and lasers.
Pretty cool stuff right?
Yeah, for about an hour. After I realized that I was going to have to grind with the same couple of skills for hours and there isn't a talent/skill tree that allows for at least some character customization I lost a lot of steam. Maybe I am missing something but I am level 23 and still have the two buffs and one attack skill that I started with. Sure those skills have raised in effectiveness, how much I don't know because the tooltip doesn't say anything except that the duration on the buffs is longer, but they are the same. I am going to attempt to stick it out and see if the game opens up after I get out of the n00b area. Once that happens it's open season as far as PvP goes.
I have a sinking feeling that's just going to mean I will get one shot killed 87 times in a row until I get pissed, uninstall and come on here to rant and rave about people ganking lowbies and driving new players away from an otherwise decent game.
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