Comments on: On the W101 Update http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/07/02/on-the-w101-update/ a group of adventurers on an epic quest Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:37:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Hess http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/07/02/on-the-w101-update/comment-page-1/#comment-32386 Hess Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:13:15 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=4316#comment-32386 I made myself a little mage, it's a fun game but really hard to get used to coming from LotRO and Eve. The UI doesn't feel intuitive, chat seems like an afterthought and the controls just feel...wierd, YET, I find myself loving it for reasons I can't at all nail down. I went with a Necromancer but at this early point I find myself relying on the 1-shot kills that the Storm cards provide. Being as a solid chunk of the early game is free I'll definitely give it a chance and play around with it. LotRO is over for me until they get out of Moria (praying that the Mirkwood update this fall does just that) so I'm looking for an interim game to play around with. I was excited for Aion but the beta has left me feeling a little dirty. This little wizard game might be just the thing I need. I made myself a little mage, it’s a fun game but really hard to get used to coming from LotRO and Eve.

The UI doesn’t feel intuitive, chat seems like an afterthought and the controls just feel…wierd, YET, I find myself loving it for reasons I can’t at all nail down.

I went with a Necromancer but at this early point I find myself relying on the 1-shot kills that the Storm cards provide. Being as a solid chunk of the early game is free I’ll definitely give it a chance and play around with it.

LotRO is over for me until they get out of Moria (praying that the Mirkwood update this fall does just that) so I’m looking for an interim game to play around with. I was excited for Aion but the beta has left me feeling a little dirty. This little wizard game might be just the thing I need.

]]> By: Ravious http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/07/02/on-the-w101-update/comment-page-1/#comment-32356 Ravious Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:44:23 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=4316#comment-32356 Definitely. In Kroktopia (the second world), doing solo fights I am definitely having to re-tool my deck every so often. Being a Storm wizard I am also constantly faced with the "play defensively" or "possibly one-shot them" scenario. Unfortunately, you really won't get much of the strategy until you buy zones or sub... golem tower might be the best free spot to learn strategy, but that pales in comparison to even the various side streets of Wizard City. Definitely. In Kroktopia (the second world), doing solo fights I am definitely having to re-tool my deck every so often. Being a Storm wizard I am also constantly faced with the “play defensively” or “possibly one-shot them” scenario. Unfortunately, you really won’t get much of the strategy until you buy zones or sub… golem tower might be the best free spot to learn strategy, but that pales in comparison to even the various side streets of Wizard City.

]]> By: Hess http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/07/02/on-the-w101-update/comment-page-1/#comment-32353 Hess Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:37:37 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=4316#comment-32353 I've been trolling KTR for a while now and I finally checked out the website for this game and it looks amusing (albeit really cartoony) which makes me curious about the overall game-play. I love the card-combat systems (call me crazy but I still think that Metal Gear Acid on PSP is tons of fun) but the look has me concerned about the actual meat of the game. It must be simplistic in a lot of ways but is there room for some thought and strategy? I’ve been trolling KTR for a while now and I finally checked out the website for this game and it looks amusing (albeit really cartoony) which makes me curious about the overall game-play. I love the card-combat systems (call me crazy but I still think that Metal Gear Acid on PSP is tons of fun) but the look has me concerned about the actual meat of the game.

It must be simplistic in a lot of ways but is there room for some thought and strategy?

]]> By: Ravious http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/07/02/on-the-w101-update/comment-page-1/#comment-32345 Ravious Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:11:10 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=4316#comment-32345 Yeah, I tried every trick I could think of... including that. I think it is beginning to work itself out, Mistwood and other mats are becoming more plentiful. I found that AH-camping was far better for getting Mistwood per time... people seemed to sell it that night. Yeah, I tried every trick I could think of… including that. I think it is beginning to work itself out, Mistwood and other mats are becoming more plentiful. I found that AH-camping was far better for getting Mistwood per time… people seemed to sell it that night.

]]> By: Bri http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/07/02/on-the-w101-update/comment-page-1/#comment-32344 Bri Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:44:14 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=4316#comment-32344 Once per minute you can switch servers. Find a good spot with several potential spawns (for Mistwood, it's around towers in Wizard City streets; for Cat Tails, the falls in Triton Avenue). Run a circuit looking for the spawns, then switch servers, run the circuit again, switch to the next server. Rinse and repeat. I've often found less spawns on the lightly populated servers, but I think that's probably a case of people targetting those servers more for mats farming than a case of spawns tied to population. Once per minute you can switch servers. Find a good spot with several potential spawns (for Mistwood, it’s around towers in Wizard City streets; for Cat Tails, the falls in Triton Avenue). Run a circuit looking for the spawns, then switch servers, run the circuit again, switch to the next server. Rinse and repeat.
I’ve often found less spawns on the lightly populated servers, but I think that’s probably a case of people targetting those servers more for mats farming than a case of spawns tied to population.

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