Hello there,
Not sure where to post this as I haven't seen any "comment" areas apart from here for the Free to Play. This is my initial impression based on admittingly only 2 days of play. Would wait but aware time to release is getting nearer..
Installation : Easy and fairly straightforward. Didn't like the default screen resolution and options so had to change them. I think most people will want the screen default to be the size of the screen but I could be wrong.
General Play: The flow of the game seems right and levelling at least up to level 15 seems to flow quite well. Haven't had much chance to play in groups whatever yet. Haven't been hampered by the idea of F2P which is good at these levels. Num-lock information would have been better earlier though.
The shop: Personally I find this confusing. Unless someone knows what each thing does and what they are looking for this is difficult to navigate. Especially as things are dependant on level and class. There is nothing worse than seeing the message "nothing available for level or class" having navigated through a menu system. At least have crossed out icons for the next things available, with "not yet available" for price, so you can plan ahead. This would encourage people to plan ahead and charge their accounts up.
When reaching a set level based as a dwarf and I assume other you get a message about mounts. This information does not seem to relate to the F2P model, at least to me it didn't. From simply playing the game I do not know how to ride on a personal mount. All I know are the stables which are fine enough at earlier levels. What is the riding skill for instance ? Ok some of this may be clearer later but for now I find it simply confusing. Confusion to me at an early stage frequently means me leaving. Same goes for virtue traits. Explanations should really be given when you start earning them, not when you can actually use them. OK maybe everyone else reads everything first but I normally simply dive in and learn by doing.
Finally problems with the shop. As you have been kind enough to donate some coin for the test I thought I'd use it. I decided after playing with a couple of chars to unlock the warden class. It was either that or another char slot. Seemed to go OK untill I had the message "only certain number of transactions allowed per day". Fine but the following day I seem to have lost these points with no unlock. Not sure if this is due to Beta closure due to transactions limit but in a F2P game people need to see transactions work 100%. Give "goods" and then take money rather than the other way around if you want to keep customers.
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Overall impression is good. It seems as though everything seems to have been designed for smaller resolutions which can be a pain if you have a larger resolution (mine's only 1680x1050) and cannot resize things like the shop window (people used to web browsers). Some of the text in relation to colours could be improved (traits yellow text on parchment for instance) but this could again be due to resolution.
Ok that's it... ramble over.
Not sure where to post this as I haven't seen any "comment" areas apart from here for the Free to Play. This is my initial impression based on admittingly only 2 days of play. Would wait but aware time to release is getting nearer..
Installation : Easy and fairly straightforward. Didn't like the default screen resolution and options so had to change them. I think most people will want the screen default to be the size of the screen but I could be wrong.
General Play: The flow of the game seems right and levelling at least up to level 15 seems to flow quite well. Haven't had much chance to play in groups whatever yet. Haven't been hampered by the idea of F2P which is good at these levels. Num-lock information would have been better earlier though.
The shop: Personally I find this confusing. Unless someone knows what each thing does and what they are looking for this is difficult to navigate. Especially as things are dependant on level and class. There is nothing worse than seeing the message "nothing available for level or class" having navigated through a menu system. At least have crossed out icons for the next things available, with "not yet available" for price, so you can plan ahead. This would encourage people to plan ahead and charge their accounts up.
When reaching a set level based as a dwarf and I assume other you get a message about mounts. This information does not seem to relate to the F2P model, at least to me it didn't. From simply playing the game I do not know how to ride on a personal mount. All I know are the stables which are fine enough at earlier levels. What is the riding skill for instance ? Ok some of this may be clearer later but for now I find it simply confusing. Confusion to me at an early stage frequently means me leaving. Same goes for virtue traits. Explanations should really be given when you start earning them, not when you can actually use them. OK maybe everyone else reads everything first but I normally simply dive in and learn by doing.
Finally problems with the shop. As you have been kind enough to donate some coin for the test I thought I'd use it. I decided after playing with a couple of chars to unlock the warden class. It was either that or another char slot. Seemed to go OK untill I had the message "only certain number of transactions allowed per day". Fine but the following day I seem to have lost these points with no unlock. Not sure if this is due to Beta closure due to transactions limit but in a F2P game people need to see transactions work 100%. Give "goods" and then take money rather than the other way around if you want to keep customers.
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Overall impression is good. It seems as though everything seems to have been designed for smaller resolutions which can be a pain if you have a larger resolution (mine's only 1680x1050) and cannot resize things like the shop window (people used to web browsers). Some of the text in relation to colours could be improved (traits yellow text on parchment for instance) but this could again be due to resolution.
Ok that's it... ramble over.