Rift: Planes of Telara

**Kuya** · 2011-01-26 19:02

There's no lockon feature in this game?

**Eanae** · 2011-01-26 19:36

There's one under interface options I think.

**Lucavi** · 2011-01-26 19:36

There's sticky targeting and smart targeting (auto-selects a close target of your attack if no one is currently targeted), but I don't think there's ever been a "We'll constantly turn your screen so that you always face the mob" button, like in XI or XIV, or even feature in any game with this setup. Correct me if I'm wrong.

**Kuya** · 2011-01-26 19:40

Yea i tried sticky targeting but it's not really a lock on. It's a bit difficult to keep a mob or a player in sights when they are hoping around everywhere. Especially in rifts when there is a lot of people.

**Gryffes** · 2011-01-26 20:40

Played more, did the first instance.
This game is going to DOA about as fast as AOC.

**izembo** · 2011-01-26 20:46

dont know why your feeling that way, im seeing the opposite. its not new and revolutionary, but its going to be a finished product at launch, and pulls a lot of things that people like from different mmos together into one.

**Lucavi** · 2011-01-26 20:49

Dunno how it could possibly AoC, considering that the single largest reason why AOC failed was a complete lack of polish at launch, with the secondary being the extreme lack of promises kept. Rift, so far, has shown a substantial amount of polish - more than any other MMORPG I've ever seen at this stage of beta - and has kept every promise laid out and we're not even at launch yet. I see this game holding a million steady, give or take.

Obviously the game is not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but there are more than a few lovers of the WoW-style of MMO that are just sick of WoW. Rift is actively catering to them, and I believe that some of the skeptics are going to be surprised at just how many Rift will manage to capture and hold onto.

**Gryffes** · 2011-01-26 20:50

Everything about it is below average to something else in the mmo market.

You could list every single thing about it and the most fitting comment would be "dull and insipid"

questing
combat
instances
pvp
animation
sound

all come under dull, boring, seen it before.

It's just not FUN in any way shape or form.

**Shnaklaha** · 2011-01-26 20:50

did they fix warfronts yet =/

**Lucavi** · 2011-01-26 20:52

To you. Just like XIV is not fun to many, but is still fun to others. Apparently WoW isn't fun to many either, yet it has 13 million subs. I have no idea how anyone could still argue that there's some correlation between subjective "fun" and subs in this day and age.

If the formula works and the content is there, people will play the game. WoW has easily shown that. I don't see much room for debate, if your main point is simply targeting the most subjective "concept" on the planet.

**izembo** · 2011-01-26 20:56

whats wrong with warfronts? theyve worked fine for me all day. no lag, no teleporting. been fine

**Gryffes** · 2011-01-26 20:58

You're the games biggest nuthugger on these forums lucavi so it seems a little pointless to argue.

From an objective view a lot of the games aspects are F2P quality, the instances are truly truly truly dire to almost a comical level of holy shit.
It's like the work experience guys who did the character models and animation did the instances as well.

Every MMO I've bought, even the ones that have tanked ( Warhammer ) have at some level just been fun to play, even AOC was a more satisfying experience. ( And I played that 1-20+ in beta and cancelled pre-order ).

This game is just bland.

**Jintu** · 2011-01-26 21:01

Originally Posted by Gryffes

You're the games biggest nuthugger on these forums lucavi so it seems a little pointless to argue.

From an objective view a lot of the games aspects are F2P quality, the instances are truly truly truly dire to almost a comical level of holy shit.
It's like the work experience guys who did the character models and animation did the instances as well.

Every MMO I've bought, even the ones that have tanked ( Warhammer ) have at some level just been fun to play, even AOC was a more satisfying experience. ( And I played that 1-20+ in beta and cancelled pre-order ).

This game is just bland.

So you've played everything the game has to offer, eh? How's alpha. I don't see how you can hate everything the game has and then say AOC was better, Trion has never stated they are making something new, just simliar content to other mmo's. Have fun in Aion?

The beta's thus far have been excellent in regards to dev notifications and willingness to change; ie: public groups. They really are taking feedback and making solid changes.

**Gryffes** · 2011-01-26 21:11

Originally Posted by Jintu

So you've played everything the game has to offer, eh? How's alpha. I don't see how you can hate everything the game has and then say AOC was better, Trion has never stated they are making something new, just simliar content to other mmo's. Have fun in Aion?

I've done everything the game has to offer, I made pug raid groups to do the biggest zone invasions, I've done some world pvp, warfronts, levelled 3 different classes to 20+, done instances, basically everything the game has to offer I've tried.

What can you think of that I might have missed? I've given this game every chance and made an effort to try and like it but I just can't.

I'm not really hating on it, looking at it from any perspective it's just boring ( the only reason I say AOC was a better experience was the storyline aspect which was pretty enjoyable, even if I cancelled my pre-order 20 mins after getting to the first town ).

Yes I had some fun with Aion, I cancelled that ~14 months ago or so though.

**Lucavi** · 2011-01-26 21:46

Originally Posted by Gryffes

You're the games biggest nuthugger on these forums lucavi so it seems a little pointless to argue.

From an objective view a lot of the games aspects are F2P quality, the instances are truly truly truly dire to almost a comical level of holy shit.
It's like the work experience guys who did the character models and animation did the instances as well.

Every MMO I've bought, even the ones that have tanked ( Warhammer ) have at some level just been fun to play, even AOC was a more satisfying experience. ( And I played that 1-20+ in beta and cancelled pre-order ).

This game is just bland.

Sorry bro, just like the title, its cold logic. For WoW's lack of "fun", the game has 13 mil subs. Rift largely gets what WoW did right right (whoa), and as a result, will see good sales and subs. That's just the way it is, no matter how "bland" you think it is.

Also, thanks for the compliment. When someone like you makes a cash-grab attempt at an insult on me, its a good day.

**Falisa** · 2011-01-26 22:07

I have to agree that this game is nothing new and exciting, everything its doing has been done before. But the more I play it, the more I want to play.. though I can't give a good reason behind it. I think I just want something new to play thats not complete crap. The animations are still terrible, theres nothing exciting to the game other than the newness factor.

**Lucavi** · 2011-01-26 22:16

Sounds like Tera will be a good fit. I'll still play that as I never got into PSO and it feels like a distant relative to it.

**Eanae** · 2011-01-26 22:25

TERA is the main reason I'm skeptical about buying this game.

**Weltall** · 2011-01-26 23:58

After playing the Beta, waiting on TERA myself. The motion and look of this game is just...ugly.

**Cichy** · 2011-01-27 00:02

I agree with the graphic's and stuff but the game grew on me, I think it's a decent game to play till TERA, way better than DC online.

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