Steam-related everything

Masterkick · 02-28-2013, 11:18 PM

Hey guys!

Let's post every discussion about Steam, Steam's new player income, Steam's new players appreciation of the game, etc... here. Just to make a swift list of what the devs need to look at ASAP!

So, I think one big issue this people who come from the Steam community are having is a not-good-at-all disposition to try and learn a totally new game. What we're needing here is some kind of newbie-proof guide, then.

And, mostly, those guys that actually want to play a whole new game from scratch end up quitting because as this game wasn't commercially designed, the best part is its last part. An easy way out ( for the time being ) would be to give all newcomers a free lvl-45 scroll ( I know it's harder, but if you could make a special scroll that'd last for a week or so and then return the player to something like lvl 10, it'd be a lot better ).

What needs to be taken into account here is that whoever enters this game doesn't get to see what it's about and goes around spreading b***sh*t.

Regards!

List with everything taken from this and steam's forums. I'll try to update it regularly.

Code:

-- Newbie-proof guide
-- Free sample of nice RvR gameplay ( for the time being )
-- Realm Chat available everywhere ( for the time being )
-- Initiation Zone questing and bug-fixing improvements
-- Delete the free dual banners
-- City names/party/quest shown on map not active by default.
-- /Reset_powers button
-- Combat log not active by default
-- Combat log - skill level not active by default
-- Let noobies know they should save at the nearest altar
-- It's too dark at night
-- Typo's in quests/storyline
-- New players should get a free 30 days mount
or 
-- Reintroduce temporary mounts for in game gold
-- Some UI improvements, more flexibility
-- Improve OS X support / Linux ( Linux is just a little rusty )
-- Delete "click to move" or disable it by default
-- Improve Clan System
-- Simplify default keyboard layout and make it customisable

Cuchulainn · 03-01-2013, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Masterkick

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-- New players should get a free 30 days mount
[...]

perhaps someone should tell this new steam players, that they can use xfire and funimation to get free mounts for 2 month. Or are these redeem codes invalid already?

Pnarpa · 03-01-2013, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Cuchulainn

perhaps someone should tell this new steam players, that they can use xfire and funimation to get free mounts for 2 month. Or are these redeem codes invalid already?

It seems like the codes don't work for most.

An easier way would be to reintroduce temporary mounts for in game gold.

andres81 · 03-01-2013, 12:54 PM

The instances/Battle zones were supposed to offer attraction to low level players but this was just theory - although there is a complete lack of integration between war - battle zones - quests.

Since the warmasters/level 60 update the quests are completely messed up and don't match with the faster level up we have now at the beginning. And overall there is no story, mission texts are just random boring stuff without a general context.

Phlue4 · 03-01-2013, 01:33 PM

yeah since gamigo will need 3 more weeks

to report this problem to NGD:

the players from the German Steam community cannot create a gamigo account. There are some error messages... I'm not into it

kmdk · 03-02-2013, 02:34 PM

Steam realise....

There was a little too fast realise on steam.

I've read it a lots of post on steam ,all seems to be related to very ,very old posts on this forum.Most of time old players/bug reporting players were ignored 100%.

Now on steam seems ,most of new players rushed straight on NGD old bugs that never have been fixed.

Critical of them are related to stability of the game client as OS X client working on most mac only in force safe-mode or game is crashing under linux on weapon trails.

As i told before ,as a complaint this time ,stablity of main game is very important for me as for other players ,steam players are very radicals at this ,because they can chose between 234237846 games, ...whatever ,personaly i will keep going with ro ..when i have time ...because i am a fan of RO,but not new players....

Also seems ,personaly ,as a OS X user ,i'm very dissapointed about OS X support, on steam only Linux and general issues thread have been opened,even more that 10 steam users already reporting crash by default of os x client ,before cheack force-safe-mode.

Masterkick · 03-02-2013, 03:38 PM

One nice thing ( of many ) about this new players' invasion is that NGD might begin to answer some of our pretty ancient prayers. Most probably they will.

that was a huge sudden realisation

andres81 · 03-02-2013, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kmdk

Also seems ,personaly ,as a OS X user ,i'm very dissapointed about OS X support, on steam only Linux and general issues thread have been opened,even more that 10 steam users already reporting crash by default of os x client ,before cheack force-safe-mode.

We have the same problem with the Linux support, actually there is no support at all and the NGD developers said in the spanish forum that they don't have any Linux or Mac computers to test the Linux or Mac version. These are just autogenerated - no wonder that after every update the Linux and Mac clients are even more broken than before and this things are not likely to change because NGD appearently stopped to develop the OpenGL mode of it's graphic engine.
My personal guess is that if things keep developing in that way in 2014 there won't be any Mac and Linux version of this game.

Masterkick · 03-02-2013, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andres81

We have the same problem with the Linux support, actually there is no support at all and the NGD developers said in the spanish forum that they don't have any Linux or Mac computers to test the Linux or Mac version. These are just autogenerated - no wonder that after every update the Linux and Mac clients are even more broken than before and this things are not likely to change because NGD appearently stopped to develop the OpenGL mode of it's graphic engine.
My personal guess is that if things keep developing in that way in 2014 there won't be any Mac and Linux version of this game.

If I am not mistaken, Surak is in charge of mainteinance for both Linux / OS X support. And they must have, at least, Linux computers ( there are Linux distros available even for washing-machines / toasters ). You can expect this game to keep supporting both those OSs as they are a reliable source of income for NGD.

PS: Added to the list.

andres81 · 03-02-2013, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Masterkick

If I am not mistaken, Surak is in charge of mainteinance for both Linux / OS X support. And they must have, at least, Linux computers ( there are Linux distros available even for washing-machines / toasters ).

this should be clear enough as an answer:
http://regnumonline.com.ar/forum/sho...8&postcount=46

02-28-2013, 11:18 PM	#1
Masterkick Baron Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 718	Steam-related everything Hey guys! Let's post every discussion about Steam, Steam's new player income, Steam's new players appreciation of the game, etc... here. Just to make a swift list of what the devs need to look at ASAP! So, I think one big issue this people who come from the Steam community are having is a not-good-at-all disposition to try and learn a totally new game. What we're needing here is some kind of newbie-proof guide, then. And, mostly, those guys that actually want to play a whole new game from scratch end up quitting because as this game wasn't commercially designed, the best part is its last part. An easy way out ( for the time being ) would be to give all newcomers a free lvl-45 scroll ( I know it's harder, but if you could make a special scroll that'd last for a week or so and then return the player to something like lvl 10, it'd be a lot better ). What needs to be taken into account here is that whoever enters this game doesn't get to see what it's about and goes around spreading b**sht. Regards! List with everything taken from this and steam's forums. I'll try to update it regularly. Code: -- Newbie-proof guide -- Free sample of nice RvR gameplay ( for the time being ) -- Realm Chat available everywhere ( for the time being ) -- Initiation Zone questing and bug-fixing improvements -- Delete the free dual banners -- City names/party/quest shown on map not active by default. -- /Reset_powers button -- Combat log not active by default -- Combat log - skill level not active by default -- Let noobies know they should save at the nearest altar -- It's too dark at night -- Typo's in quests/storyline -- New players should get a free 30 days mount or -- Reintroduce temporary mounts for in game gold -- Some UI improvements, more flexibility -- Improve OS X support / Linux ( Linux is just a little rusty ) -- Delete "click to move" or disable it by default -- Improve Clan System -- Simplify default keyboard layout and make it customisable __________________ Runi Last edited by Masterkick; 03-06-2013 at 03:39 PM. Reason: added more stuff

03-01-2013, 01:33 PM	#5
Phlue4 Master Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 322	yeah since gamigo will need 3 more weeks to report this problem to NGD: the players from the German Steam community cannot create a gamigo account. There are some error messages... I'm not into it __________________ Keep goin

03-02-2013, 02:34 PM	#6
kmdk Master Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 395	Steam realise.... There was a little too fast realise on steam. I've read it a lots of post on steam ,all seems to be related to very ,very old posts on this forum.Most of time old players/bug reporting players were ignored 100%. Now on steam seems ,most of new players rushed straight on NGD old bugs that never have been fixed. Critical of them are related to stability of the game client as OS X client working on most mac only in force safe-mode or game is crashing under linux on weapon trails. As i told before ,as a complaint this time ,stablity of main game is very important for me as for other players ,steam players are very radicals at this ,because they can chose between 234237846 games, ...whatever ,personaly i will keep going with ro ..when i have time ...because i am a fan of RO,but not new players.... Also seems ,personaly ,as a OS X user ,i'm very dissapointed about OS X support, on steam only Linux and general issues thread have been opened,even more that 10 steam users already reporting crash by default of os x client ,before cheack force-safe-mode. __________________ Blue Angel lvl 60 lock,Red Devil lvl 52 conjurer, The-End lvl 60 barb,The End lvl 60 marks ,Sir Doran- Knight Last edited by kmdk; 03-02-2013 at 02:49 PM.

03-02-2013, 03:38 PM	#7
Masterkick Baron Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 718	One nice thing ( of many ) about this new players' invasion is that NGD might begin to answer some of our pretty ancient prayers. Most probably they will. that was a huge sudden realisation __________________ Runi

03-01-2013, 12:54 PM	#4
andres81 Count Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,690	The instances/Battle zones were supposed to offer attraction to low level players but this was just theory - although there is a complete lack of integration between war - battle zones - quests. Since the warmasters/level 60 update the quests are completely messed up and don't match with the faster level up we have now at the beginning. And overall there is no story, mission texts are just random boring stuff without a general context.