Ald Demo

Full steam ahead in preparation for the beta event for the weekend of the 27th.

Since i haven't played Rift in 3 months now, i thought I'd gather all of our Hammerknell vids in one spot. Missing Rune Kind and Inwar somehow so I'll have to yell at someone to get me those. There's of course no Akylios vid since we stopped playing before we could kill, which is unfortunate since i hear it's nerfed to hell now and on farm. Such is life i suppose. Even though i really miss the game and i think Trion is rolling, it's full speed ahead into GW2.

Got a chance to try out TERA's beta this past weekend.  I'll start off by saying that i couldn't really get a fair assessment of the game because i had nothing but GW2 on my mind.  I also have no actual desire to purchase or pre-order due to GW2, so i was just playing to play and have fun.

The art style, graphics, and character models are fantastic and so is the game world.  I mean, it's freaking beautiful to look at.

The highly touted action combat is also really fun, with one exception.  I've made no qualms about not being a fan of animation locks.  I hate them with a passion.  I understand that it's supposed to make combat more dynamic but, for me it slows it down.

I made it to around level 10 before beta ended as i only played 1 day but i can say that if it were not for GW2, i could see myself playing this.  Oh, it's also a requisite to play a female character when playing a Korean MMO!

As a huge 80's fan and of course a huge 80's movie fan, I've come to the conclusion that 1985 was the greatest year of that entire decade.  What constitutes a great year in my book?  Well, a ridiculous amount of movies were released that year that captivated not only myself but I'm sure millions more.  Who can forget when Chevy Chase was the funniest man on the planet or the beginnings of what made John Cusack mah boy?  No these aren't works of art, but they are memorable and above all, fun.  Check this list out:

What the heck is RaiderZ and why does it have such a horrible spelling?  Well I'm glad you asked!  Well I'm not really since it's basically a cheap TERA knockoff free to play, but i digress.  Got a chance to fuck around in it during it's super secret only cool kids get in Alpha testing period, which anyone could get into.

It's really not a bad game in all honesty, but i can't really say since i was only able to make it to level 10.  What distinguishes it from other FTP's is of course the FPS targeting being used in TERA.  It's actually pretty fun once you get going but I'm not really a fan of how the controls actually work since I'm a mouse mover.

The other aspect that i really don't like is the lack of a leather/rogue class.  You're basically stuck with warrior(defender or berserker), mage, and cleric.  I'd kill to be able to play an Archer type and i think the game really does need that archetype.   Who am I kidding, it's only a time waster til GW2 anyways, right?