Alpha First Look: Video 5 - Quests and Combat

[ZakarnRosewood]

To those complaining about "cookie cutter quests" and "Hand holding" I guess you all forgot about the other half of that acronym MMO-RPG, the last three letters denote that it is an Role Playing Game. I'm sorry you are off-put by having quests in this game, I'm actually excited that they will finally have more than just levequests. Sounds like what you want is FFXI's wonderful system of useless confusion regarding quests where even checking your quest log reveals nothing of what you need to know to complete the quest. IMHO no thanks.

it sounds like this game is shaping up nicely and I cant wait to try it out! Unfortunately there are a few with the whole elitist attitude who think the entire game needs to be tailored to their specific level of awesomeness in order to be successful, who cares if it excludes someone who might be trying this out as their first MMORPG. Screw the little guy.

I'm for whatever makes the game have more content and appeal to more people. If we never appeal to the newcomer, how do we get a next generation of elite? That's what this game needs to succeed, it needs to attract the Hardcore by having tantalizing and difficult end game but the early game needs to be able to ease newcomers into the different aspects of how these games work. If this bothers you then I guess this game just isn't for you. Sorry bout your luck.

(This post is after reading the long rants on the first few pages by some very entitled people.)

[Psykotsu]

To those complaining about "cookie cutter quests" and "Hand holding" I guess you all forgot about the other half of that acronym MMO-RPG, the last three letters denote that it is an Role Playing Game. I'm sorry you are off-put by having quests in this game, I'm actually excited that they will finally have more than just levequests. Sounds like what you want is FFXI's wonderful system of useless confusion regarding quests where even checking your quest log reveals nothing of what you need to know to complete the quest. IMHO no thanks.

it sounds like this game is shaping up nicely and I cant wait to try it out! Unfortunately there are a few with the whole elitist attitude who think the entire game needs to be tailored to their specific level of awesomeness in order to be successful, who cares if it excludes someone who might be trying this out as their first MMORPG. Screw the little guy.

I'm for whatever makes the game have more content and appeal to more people. If we never appeal to the newcomer, how do we get a next generation of elite? That's what this game needs to succeed, it needs to attract the Hardcore by having tantalizing and difficult end game but the early game needs to be able to ease newcomers into the different aspects of how these games work. If this bothers you then I guess this game just isn't for you. Sorry bout your luck.

(This post is after reading the long rants on the first few pages by some very entitled people.)

You've summed it up nicely.