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I really wish they either made a new AO game or beefed the gently caress out of this one and make it more froob friendly.
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This one time when I played, I found a bunch of people roleplaying some trial was gonna happen and people were roleplaying they were news reporters. The guy like did some kind of murder, so having just completed a mission myself in the city. I started yelling "I just went in to that office building and killed everyone". I got some angry tells so I left. Roleplaying in the game was lame as hell, that's how you know there's nothing to do in a game, if the playerbase had to make a story.
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Jan 16, 2015 18:00
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Conskill posted:The Omni backyard was awesome. You start with Holodeck Shenanigans and then quickly transition to a highrise housing area where you can grab your apartment -- at the time AO released, this emphasized two of AO's unique and strong points. How about when an ARK (GM) would teleport to you within a few minutes of you creating a character just to ask if you needed any help? The game has a steep learning curve, but this alone made it refreshing to a new player. I loved the Backyards! For the most part I avoid the Shadowlands now, and never enjoyed them. Access quests and long runs across wide open land just got boring.
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Jan 16, 2015 18:26
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Tenzarin posted:This one time when I played, I found a bunch of people roleplaying some trial was gonna happen and people were roleplaying they were news reporters. The guy like did some kind of murder, so having just completed a mission myself in the city. I started yelling "I just went in to that office building and killed everyone". I got some angry tells so I left. Roleplaying in the game was lame as hell, that's how you know there's nothing to do in a game, if the playerbase had to make a story. The story may have gone to poo poo, but there was a time when it was amazing! Some of the high ranking officers would be in game and lead a protest, or maybe some mining accident would be in the news, so people would choose sides and fight for their sides stance. So many games today are just MMO's but Anarchy Online was truely a MMORPG, and it was amazing for it. I remember one time a member of an alliance went missing, and we spent a week solving what happened. Come to find out that the player switched to OT from clan and they turned it into this amazing event. Floob fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Jan 16, 2015 |
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Jan 16, 2015 18:32
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Conskill posted:The Omni backyard was awesome. You start with Holodeck Shenanigans and then quickly transition to a highrise housing area where you can grab your apartment -- at the time AO released, this emphasized two of AO's unique and strong points. I still remember the jazzy-y music playing right after I left the holo zone. It was awesome. And free instanced player housing was a good idea, even though it was buggy and didn't have much purpose. Of course I somehow lost the key I was given and had no way to get another, so gently caress that.
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Jan 16, 2015 18:39
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Floob posted:The story may have gone to poo poo, but there was a time when it was amazing! Some of the high ranking officers would be in game and lead a protest, or maybe some mining accident would be in the news, so people would choose sides and fight for their sides stance. So many games today are just MMO's but Anarchy Online was truely a MMORPG, and it was amazing for it. Even right after launch, there were GM roleplay events. You really don't see that in MMOs today. But then again, the client would puke if more than two dozen players were clustered in one place. Sigh.
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Jan 16, 2015 18:41
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mfcrocker posted:It was superb. I actually really liked the Netural backyard. You are not very helpful 
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Jan 16, 2015 19:04
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So I was smart, I decided to go to bed and read a book. Got up and patched it thinking I wouldn't give a poo poo once I got home and play something else. I was wrong... Maybe after dinner, I won't click it
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Gynovore posted:Even right after launch, there were GM roleplay events. You really don't see that in MMOs today. Well, launch is an entirely different thing  The fact that they survived that poo poo storm at all is remarkable... The game ran like absolute crap! And remember that team missions didn't exist back then either and you had to clone keys to allow a team into a mission.
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Jan 16, 2015 22:01
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Floob posted:How about when an ARK (GM) would teleport to you within a few minutes of you creating a character just to ask if you needed any help? The game has a steep learning curve, but this alone made it refreshing to a new player. I was an ARK for a while, some of the ARK zone was absolutely stunning (especially the church-like place they held ARK promotion ceremonies and in-game weddings). I also remember the RP trial.
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Jan 17, 2015 00:54
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Maybe a long shot, but any decent sites out there which are some what up to date so I can somewhat get some knowledge of the game again.
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Jan 17, 2015 21:36
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The forums were always the best source of info from what I remember. I also remember in my youth being excited about building a secondary lovely computer to browse them while that godawful mission roller ran its course. This loving game.
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Jan 17, 2015 23:20
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Running around (flying) in my Yalm utterly loving clueless
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Jan 18, 2015 02:33
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mfcrocker posted:
You fucker. The itch is stronger than ever now. Must... resist...
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Jan 18, 2015 03:48
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Tai posted:Running around (flying) in my Yalm utterly loving clueless Noo. I see it as my duty to subscribe and try to talk sense into you if I end up seeing you ingame  I won't let you relapse.
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Jan 18, 2015 08:32
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I didn't realise they merged all the servers into one. I was expecting a ghost town but there's people milling about in a regular basis. I'm still utterly clueless. Is 100m credits a lot? I seem to have that amount and doesn't strike me as something a level 71 would have earned.
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Jan 18, 2015 12:33
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Tai posted:I didn't realise they merged all the servers into one. I was expecting a ghost town but there's people milling about in a regular basis. I'm still utterly clueless. It's a good chunk. Not a "huge" amount, but it'll get you a nice bunch of decent mid level items. You're 71 MA? Could check what price predator set goes for nowadays. Was a few mil a piece when I last played. Except the sleeves, those were like 20m each. I don't know at all what weapon a MA of your level would use so can't recommend anything there. e: Prices definitely seem inflated... again. Checked and predator was about 10-11m a piece. (except arms) Fewd fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Jan 18, 2015 |
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Jan 18, 2015 14:36
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Running around with some ''Miy'' armour and other random stuff from ToTW. As for weapons, I've just been using my fists. No idea if it's optimal. I haven't fully subbed so still a froob.
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Jan 18, 2015 14:44
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Toss Grumps a tell if you need a hand with something. I don't think I have any chars in your grouping range though. Just rolled a new doctor. Trox of course, can't have life too easy 
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Jan 18, 2015 14:45
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Do I sense a mini goon Froob rush... I should be about later tonight. IGN is Taaiii or it could be Taiii. Can't remember which, either way, there's 3 'i's in there.
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Jan 18, 2015 16:39
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Tai posted:Running around (flying) in my Yalm utterly loving clueless What the hell, man. Fewd posted:Just rolled a new doctor. Trox of course, can't have life too easy What the hell, man. This isn't funny anymore.
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Jan 18, 2015 18:14
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What a coincidence that I had made an Atrox doctor a few days ago! But I got stuck on newbie island's quests since I don't remember the most efficient path and I lost all will to relapse and just downloaded SWTOR instead. I want to get back in, but I have this nagging feeling in the back of my head that 1) being a froob in a two-digit population wouldn't be any fun, and I don't want to sub again because 2) the whole thing is probably going come offline at any second.
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Jan 18, 2015 18:22
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Conskill posted:What the hell, man. At least you haven't cracked and played...yet. MrBims posted:What a coincidence that I had made an Atrox doctor a few days ago! But I got stuck on newbie island's quests since I don't remember the most efficient path and I lost all will to relapse and just downloaded SWTOR instead. Server seems fairly busy and the AOfroob forum has activity so I guess there are some froobs around. I doubt the server will shut down anytime soon. Dev's are far more active posting about updates on the official forums then I thought they would.
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Jan 18, 2015 18:42
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Tai posted:At least you haven't cracked and played...yet. I'm patching now you bastard. I blame you for everything. Going to go MP or Doc, probably MP. I love the concept of MP dearly, just the implementation has always sucked.
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Jan 18, 2015 18:56
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Conskill posted:Going to go MP or Doc, probably MP. I love the concept of MP dearly, just the implementation has always sucked. I was waffling between doc and mp also. Though I made the character mostly to dual box with fixer. Superior healing and UBT of a doc ended up winning that contest, even though it'll be more arsey to level up. I'll always have a pocket to heal him so I can mainly just skip all nanos and raise weapon skills for now. If I didn't have fixer to duo with, I'd have gone with mp for the pets.
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Jan 18, 2015 19:06
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Haha, look at the goons slowly breaking down to play.
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Trip report. Made level 72 I suck less Found another goon Next project is to learn what buffs I should be using that I can cast on myself.
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Jan 18, 2015 21:28
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Clicksaver and Mishbuddy don't work with multiboxing. Edit: Huh, I can get Mishbuddy to attach properly when opening it inbetween clients, but I can't get autorolling to work at all. MrBims fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Jan 19, 2015 |
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Regarding AO resources; Auno has not been updated in 2.5 years and most likely won't be. But it's up and a good place to look up stuff. Xyphos has died. Think the guy who owned the domain didn't want to keep it up any more or whatever, anyways, it's gone. AO-Universe is still being worked on. Great site for looking up info on pretty much everything, especially quests, dungeons and such. AODB is older site. I've not used it much but it has varying information on things. AOItems is new to me. Seems a sort of replacement for Xyphos. Has a good formatting for nanos, is now my favorite nano browsing site. I wouldn't put overly much weight on the guides on official forums any more. The forums are half-dead and most guides seem to be from a decade ago. Still, useful tidbits here and there. Can always get some basics from a guide even if it's older, just don't believe in anything regarding high end content that they might say. e: In other news, came across this thread about UBT and apparently Funcom is making GBS threads all over it in next patch. Welp. Gonna drop the new doc and roll an MP after all. Figures that they decide to wait 13 years or something with UBT nerf and do it right after I finally start a doc. Fewd fucked around with this message at 07:46 on Jan 19, 2015 |
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So what is good stuff to try roll for with clicksaver or mishbuddy? I doubt pillows and stuff are worth it these days?
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High end RK nanos are always something that ought to sell since people roll alts and they are castable at relatively low level. QL 200 NCUs and hardcore CPU upgrades are something that will always sell. QL 160 NCU belts (lowest 6 slot). Those are the only things I can think of. Making basic armor by doing social clothing quests might still be an okay way for a froob to make some cash. They're used in crafting AI armors. Unfortunately the reason you can make money doing them is that the quests are really tediously boring and repetitive and terrible. You'll want to kill yourself.
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I'm 72 so I take it QL 200 NCU's and160 NCU belts aren't going to appear on terminals for me. Which particular nanos are worth it or just anything with a high QL?
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Tai posted:Which particular nanos are worth it or just anything with a high QL? The highest and bestest RK version. Using Enf as example: https://aoitems.com/nano/prof/enforcer/ If you check out some QL's of their top RK nano lines; Behemoth 152 Infernal Rage 139 Behe Challenger 149 Coruscating Screen 149 etc... I can't remember exact QL range you need to have when rolling but if memory serves, it's +-10 QL for nanos. So you could roll a QL 129 mission to get Infernal Rage to pop up as reward. Then you just fill a long list into CS or whatever of the various top nanos you want and go fishing. A dedicated entrepreneurial person might blitz full nano sets and sell them as profession packs. Who knows, might rip off a little more money that way. But I dunno for MA really. Blitzing with a character that cannot self-grid or even better, fgrid... I'd put this method of making money firmly into the "Want to kill myself" category. Ymmv  Wonder how farming RK dynacamps is these days? Might be some sellable things there and it's actually not so horribly boring and bad.
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Your also forgetting that I'm not twinked and from what I remember, MA's aren't exactly powerhouses when it comes to smashing through missions much higher then their level. I went looking for something called 800x800 in lush something but it wasn't there 
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Yeah, but you're only running through them, not fighting anything. Pathing and npc AI in general in AO are so terrible that it's a non-issue. As long as no one lands a root or snare, that's panic time then. And spam of those antisnare first aid things combined with prayers.
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Or roll a fixer. How I miss my fixer. E: Holy gently caress, my last level-up was in 2009 
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I can confirm that playing a fixer is happy time brain porn. e: Changed my mind yet again, new alt is gonna be a Keeper. The auras would be a nice boost to fixers survivability and Keepers are a extremely passive and boring class so I can basically turn autoattack on and forget it when dual boxing. Fewd fucked around with this message at 12:27 on Jan 19, 2015 |
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Fewd posted:I can basically turn autoattack on and forget it when dual boxing. Pretty much like an MA then. So you just run through the mission, ignore all the NPC's, do the mission objective and run out again?
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Tai posted:So you just run through the mission, ignore all the NPC's, do the mission objective and run out again? Yeah, pretty much. By the way, couple things to add to any blitz list: http://auno.org/ao/db.php?cmd=search&name=nano-charged&pagesize=1000 Nano-charged rifle and assault rifle. They're used to make perennium weapons and are probably worth selling, check the market terminal first to verify that. I think they'd sell though. Big bonus if you can get an appealing QL like 125, 150 or something. Even bigger bonus for 200.
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