Misbiopy posted:

Do you have a key from a starter/hero pack? After entering my closed beta key it just let me download the game, but since closed beta is down now I'm not entirely sure whether it will let you download it before the 1st. Basically I just redeemed my key, then went to Games>Swordsman>Play for Free.

EDIT: I mean the Beta Key that they e-mail you.

Misbiopy posted:

I don't think that's intended. I'd either check my email spam folder to make sure it didn't get sorted into that(mine did), or try opening a support ticket since they supposedly are actually in the office now.

Syndlig posted:

Oh god, this game looks like a Not poo poo Wushu. It's everything I've hoped for in a lovely asian MMO. The only tough choice is going to be deciding what class to play as, whether or not to stick to my horrible bug-infested roots and go Harmony or Sun & Moon.

Drinkfist posted:

Movies I have watched in that past 48 Hours.

13 Assassins
Mulan
Fearless
Ip Man

Nearly ready...

Absurd Revolver posted:

Y'know, I didn't play AoW, and my knowledge of Wuxia overall is fairly lacking, what exactly do Endo and Exo mean?

angerbot posted:

While I'm not like, pleased about not being able to get in, the sheer amount of pubbie rage on the forums is endlessly entertaining.

If a lot of people initiate Paypal chargebacks over this though, I can see some problems arising there.

jwang posted:

Hmmm... got a server is down error for Claymore. Am I missing a step or something? Or is this because of "MMO's First Day Rush" syndrome?

Haroshia posted:

Infinity seemed pretty drat good when I played them, you just need to have good fast decision making because their powerful abilities are tradeoffs. You need to decide if you're going to tap the button and do ranged damage with a low cooldown, or hold the button hoping your opponent hits you to set up a counter attack. If they don't hit you however, you just do the ranged attack but with something like a 30 second cooldown. You do have to get them to 40 to see them be really playable in 1v1 situations. They don't get a grab, acupuncture that isn't a counter, or any gap closer until 40. Their biggest issue is just straight up damage. Their burst is significantly less than Harmony, Sun Moon, or Splendor, which can suck because you want it to be more rewarding when you trick somebody into hitting your counter attack.

Bored Grunt posted:

Played a royal guard in wushu and tried sun & moon based on the op... not really feeling it though. Was thinking of rolling up a Wu-Tang just to try something different.

Not sure how I'd feel about tanking in PVE but in group PVP it sounds like it could be fun with all the charging and control skills. Any Wu-Tang players having class regrets yet?

Hy_C posted:

^^^^^Harmony/Splendor/S&M have thier roles in guild Pvp. A S&M can pull people out of the line into the group. From what I experienced I group arena, Splendors jump anyone out my themselves or pulled out incredibly fast. Basically if you find anyone out by themselves or pulled out, you can close the gap with one of your many charging moves and deal a lot of damage in a short amount of time. I suspect harmony would do the same since both classes have some of the highest single target damage.

Liberatore posted:

So I'd like to clarify something. Harmony is one of the least played classes in the guild and it's believed that this is attributed to the perception that they are easily defeated by staying in the air. This couldn't be further from the truth.

Yes, the main acupuncture skill for Harmony (Harmony gets two acupuncture skills!) will indeed whiff if you try to use it against a mid-air target. However, keep in mind we're talking about a fully targeted, medium range, incredibly fast acupuncture skill. Also, Harmony gets a charge skill that will momentarily root your target, in addition to breaking their block; It will hit mid-air targets, and if you root them mid-air, the acupuncture will work against them. It's also fully targeted and has a very long range. Missing the acupuncture usually happens only against opponents who won't leave you time to charge (.55 seconds)... the charge, which is something you can control yourself.

Nevermind that skills that can be used in the air are few and far between. The Harmony's acupuncture skill's speed and ease of application means you can frequently take opportunities to interrupt an opponent mid-animation with it.

Liberatore posted:

Oh, so that's what it means. So the Harmony's main acupuncture can't be countered or blocked.

aleksendr posted:

I decided to eliminate infinity from the running because "Dont hit me when i glow" is a nice concept for a final boss but not really feasible for a PVP heavy game.

Liberatore posted:

Weird. The acupuncture certainly can't be blocked, I know that much.

Liberatore posted:

The PvP combat in this game is awesome and insanely difficult (to master), which to me is the main appeal. I't pretty much on-rails and PvP free until a certain point, but new activities start showing up gradually. Some are PvE, some are PvP, some are PvE but incentive PvP. If Wushu was 50% sandbox, this is 25% sandbox. It has many, many features you would typically never see on a western theme park MMOG.

P.S.: It's amazing how watchable the PvP in this game is. I've had such an incredible amount of fun spectating, commenting on and fighting in arena matches with goons. The King of Fighters mode is the loving best.

Boogaleeboo posted:

Is that dude high up in dynasty or something, when I did my roar he talked to me for a bit too.

Third World Reggin posted:

We own salt harbor. Our guild HQ is there.

You still enter the HQ the same way via cities.

We will have repeatable quests for unbound some time in the future.

EDIT: chat log, oh boy

http://i.imgur.com/S0fIP8Y.jpg

Bored Grunt posted:

How effective is the bot grinding for leveling at 45+ ? I'm tempted to purchase some funbucks and go crazy in an effort to play catch-up.

Curious if it's worth the hassle to babysit it.. I'll likely hit 50 by this weekend through normal play anyways.

Haroshia posted:

Run instances for crafting materials and hero tokens. Do the daily bounty board for hero tokens. Turn them in to exo/endo merchants for gear.

BERGfu posted:

treizebee posted:

Reminder for those who haven't placed bets yet on the Jianghu games.
The bet only costs 10 bound gold. You get something win or lose. The rewards are really good, so do it.


The table is split top half-bottom half.
My cheat sheet for best bets :

SupX (my bet) - One of the best Shaolins in our server. Can land every acupuncture. Dude's really aggressive though, which is risky in the initial single elimination games.

Chunkychen - Also one of the best Shaolins, and one of the 3 goons drawn. Known to kill everyone anywhere. Still can't use 3D mode.

Reithien - The best Splendor in the game. Extremely good at the ridiculous combo. Counterpoint : He's a splendor...That only gets you so far.

HiC - The SnM formerly known as Prince Best Goon Fighter. Known to 3-0 teams in KoF. However, is in the toughest quarter and table half. Tends to die to Martial Wutangs.

YouLose - A Martial Wutang. Plays like he knows what you are going to do before you do. Hasn't been around for a while and might even be afk during the tournament...

Dele rounds up the third goon present, but will have to face Reithien in the next round. So GL!
I wouldn't put any stake in Clare. Never impressed me, and doesn't have time to fight in Arenas due to all the level farming.

The games' standout players were luckily drawn in separate quarter, so any bet on those players is a decent chance of getting to the semis.

Starts in 4 days.

I may or may not be mad about getting skipped over during the draw.

Haroshia posted:

So a bit of the shine is coming off the game for me, unfortunately. The grind is more heinous than I thought, and after the event last night and seeing how gems are blowing up on Lash, I can see the p2w at the end of the tunnel. I find the arenas very fun, and like the idea of being in a tournament, but that can only carry things so far. Add to that my fiance bitching me out last night about gaming too much, and I've decided I'm going to take a brief break. I may come back if when I think about it the game seems worth coming back to, but for now feel free to demote me down to member and give somebody else Wushu goon leadership.

Liberatore posted:

The 'p2w' argument is coming from a position of poor understanding about things we haven't even seen yet. Haro was freaking out over lost arts being p2w when none of us has seen one yet and what the Chinese boards say about them doesn't indicate they are that powerful.

What we do know about the game is that in the Chinese servers, gear is cheap and easy to obtain. Most people stop at level 60 set gear because of its price and availability, which makes it easy to get good rolls on. Good rolled level 60 set gear at that level is better than average level 80+ legendaries.

The gem thing. Now that's a different matter entirely. Yes, gems are insanely powerful. Yes, someone who spends hundreds or thousands of dollars to get level 5/6 gems will indeed be ahead of everyone else for a while. But there are some facts to consider:

• Already are level 3 gems not too difficult to obtain.
  
• In the Chinese servers, level 4 gems are considered the most cost effective, and so the ones most commonly used. Level 5 gems are considered the 'last step', and level 6 gems are practically never used. Level 6 gems provide a 7% boost over level 5 gems. Some Chinese players actively complain that they can't buy power through level 6 gems when everyone has 4s and 5s in their gear, but c'est la vie.
  
• Again in the Chinese servers, one level 4 gem is a few gold. I've seen Amethyst IVs, one of the best Harmony gems, for as low as 5G. I saw someone advertising Thorn Coral IVs for 7.5G. Sadly, as most ads are for RMT, I can't be certain of these numbers.
  
• Gems are the most 'permanent' form of gear in the game. They do not bind (unless you chose to), they can be safely extracted from gear, and from level 2 and on they are not worth vendoring or destroying. It's absolutely inevitable that gems are going to continually drop in price. And each gem you purchase can be considered a long term investment; The gear you have may eventually be replaced, but that gem certainly won't.