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will you still play after the feb patch?
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Is that the patch that finalizes turning AC into every other MMO?
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I don't
What's the feb patch?
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Ibbeh posted:
I don't
What's the feb patch?
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that would be the one, the major char changes and stuff
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http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?&postid=615449#post615449
February: What You Need to Know
When you first log in you will notice a number of things have been changed about your character to match the new skills and systems we added to the game.
TLDR Version!
Here is a quick and dirty check list of the things you need to know when you log in after the February patch.
February Log In Checklist
~ Racial skills have been removed.
~ Arcane Lore is now trained on all characters as a racial skill.
~ If you used a racial weapon skill you will have to train or specialize a new weapon skill.
~ If you used a shield you will probably want to train or specialize the new Shield skill.
~ Some quest weapons might use different weapon skills.
~ Go get your free quest weapon in Arwic.
~ Go get your free weapon adjustment gems in Arwic.
Things You Need to Know
Weapon skills are reworked to use:
~ Heavy Weapons
~ Light Weapons
~ Finesse Weapons
~ Missile Weapons
~ Two Handed Combat.
(And there's much more... See link)
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Yeah, I had read about those changes.
I had considered resubbing, but I remember the article detailing the upcoming changes and changed my mind.
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Oh, I don't play anymore, by the way... I just keep tabs on old games to see how they've progressed...
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Oh wow. That's pretty... crazy
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i know ppl with multiple accts that have unsubbed all but one, with plans to unsub that one after the patch
was wondering what others that still play thought of it all
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That has stopped any desire I had to resub 
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i really dont play anymore but kinda of want too.
what i think about these changes that i have read are why ? anyone left playing AC is because its AC.
no one left playing AC wants to play WoW so for god sake leave it alone.
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ah wtf. I just dropped 13 bucks on it this month to just dick around in there with and then they pull THAT?
well trolled Turbine... well trolled. even after all these years
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Turbine Entertainment, Subsidiary of WB Games.
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Sounds to me like they wanted to kill it off.
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I plan to stick around for the most part, but am getting my little guy ready to be self buffing... I don't expect to see decal working for a few weeks at the very least if not months
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Turbine never did understand what made their game good, that's why they only had a few years of real success with AC and it's been down hill ever since.
but having said that, I feel like running down the beach of Mayoi again and killing some gromnies
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Turbine never did understand what made their game good, that's why they only had a few years of real success with AC and it's been down hill ever since.
yet 13 years later and they still make money off of it where other MMOs go free to play within a year or so
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That's nice but they're probably playing more for nostalgia reasons and could tell you a million ways how Turbine F'd up and how they wish it was like back when they first started.
Asheron's Call 2 is a perfect example how Turbine had no idea what their diehard customers actually wanted, which was AC1 with better graphics basically.
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fair enough... only cause I resemble that remark 
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Sgian_Dubh posted:
Is that the patch that finalizes turning AC into every other MMO?
no, you have it backwards
every other mmo tried to turn into AC
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My main basically doesn't change (martyr/xbow), except that he'll be specing Sneak Attack and his DPS will be equal to bow. Which is kind of cool. Anytime my freight train can deal more damage, I'm all for it. The fact that my FireR Undeadslayer 191% +16 +20%md Major BT Xbow (among my other near/perfect xbows) will still be uber makes me happy.
Then there's my alt.....
Void/UA. All of his weapons will be less than perfect, even the ones with Epic BT. Not that big of a deal with those transfer gems....I guess. His template basically stays the same with very minor changes. He'll still mostly be UA but will also have to use some other one handed quest weapons. Pretty meh but whatever.
I'm at least going to see how it all works out and decide from there. Besides, I've been hoarding MFK's and Mhoire Treasury keys like crazy, never know what I'm going to pull.
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i quit playing lotro because it got boring too...I played AC from 2000 to 2010 with like 2 years off in there in different short segments. and lotro I lasted a year and a half before I got bored...in that time, I never added a single person to my friend's list on Lotro.
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AC doesn't really bring in any new customers and this change is likely to push some of the old customers out who either can't or don't want to adapt the changes so while I like that they're shaking things up I can't imagine that it is good for the number of subscriptions. After 12 years people are so invested in the current system that any big changes are going to spark a backlash. Some people have multiple accounts with multiple main characters they don't want to readjust all their skills and items. I only have 3 main characters on one account and none of them are 1 hand melee so honestly the the patch is going to be only beneficial for me as far as I can tell.
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At first I was really pissed off about it. But then I realized all it's really doing is making it so melee toons can use a larger variety of weapons. Realistically if you were really good with a sword you'd probably be really good with a mace too. However!!! If it ain't broke, don't effing fix it. This isn't going to bring in new people, it will just distant the current customer base. So I have no idea WTF they are thinking...
I will be resubbing in February though because of the playable lugian. They did a great job with the playable tumerok race and I came back for that one for a couple months.
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these changes are for the better of AC, anyone who is raging over them should just quit and give me their stuff.
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Been playing that game since retail. Took a break for a few years came back game was better then ever. The feb change sort of took the wind out of my sails and have had no desire to even log in since then. Not sure to thank Turbine or curse them at this point. I'm about 99 percent sure I will quit once feb patch has happened.
Its not that I dont think it wouldnt work its just to generic. To Bland for me. Not to mention 12 years later the devs are still trying to balance a game on this level instead of making new quest to do and what not.
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up for ak and chance
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it seems to have worked for some
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hmm...wow thanks Foxy
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The_Town_Perv posted:
Sounds to me like they wanted to kill it off.
This -- they can't kill it until it starts losing money -- thing is, it has such a low cost to run and there were enough legacy accounts that kept running that it barely stays afloat.
It sounds like a method of giving them a reason to nail the stake in the coffin.
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rabbitslayer posted:
ikkoikki posted:
Turbine never did understand what made their game good, that's why they only had a few years of real success with AC and it's been down hill ever since.
yet 13 years later and they still make money off of it where other MMOs go free to play within a year or so
And make even more money off the free to play model. 
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Sounds to me like they wanted to kill it off.
This -- they can't kill it until it starts losing money -- thing is, it has such a low cost to run and there were enough legacy accounts that kept running that it barely stays afloat.
It sounds like a method of giving them a reason to nail the stake in the coffin.
its not that.
As the game got older the player base shifted to pk type game on dt. DT just has the most players because pk gives people stuff to do. You got pk wars and raids and what not. Anyways they are just catering to the DT crowd it seems.
Myself I think its a mistake because this move imo is making a lot of people on the white worlds quit.
Myself am sick of these major overhauls to the system and not putting together live events for us and making quest giving us stuff to do. The game is 12 years old now it should already be balanced for the most part.
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With all of the coding time that went into that they could have introduced a free to play model that
would make them far more money in the long run.
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i know ppl with multiple accts that have unsubbed all but one, with plans to unsub that one after the patch
was wondering what others that still play thought of it all
I was pretty cool with everything until they decided to arbitrarily send all of my quest weapons into different skills, and chose to not make complete quest suites of all 21 variations. We went through a lot of discussion to make sure people's loot weapons would retain the correct skill and even automatically upgrade with the patch (though they blew this too by deciding not to move them relative to the new max but a point or two below instead), and then they pull out this BS of "by the way 2/3s of your quest weapons are now set to the wrong skill" just a few weeks before live.
I'm still playing, but I've recently moved back to DT where I'm less invested in years of equipment accumulation, so it will be easier for me to adjust to the changes. This is a big blow to many people who have a lot more invested in the game than I.
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I wish they would consolidate the servers and offer a F2P model. I would like to check out the game again and may do so anyway to see these changes.
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They actually talked about taking AC to F2P before either LOTRO or DDO, but the framework for AC wouldn't support micro transactions. It's still theoretically possible, but I don't think they have the manpower to do something this big.
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How Is this change better for DT then white servers?
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DUH everything is about DT
hehe jk MT is the bestest server eveh!!!!
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I'm not really sure what to say about thees changes... I miss AC though.
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Pending Cancellation: February 17, 2012
But has nothing much to do with February's change, though, it doesn't help. Content has been slacking for a year or more. They JUST reintroduced Bael'zharon to Dereth only to have him die to Asheron in a written rollout fiction - that's it. Tou-Tou was destroyed in the process of the upbringing of Bael'zharon (a year), then, BZ dies in a fiction article (1 month) - *yawn*.
I'm sick of asking, begging the developers to create harder, unique content. They believe that story arcs should slowly introduced - meaning they don't have the manpower - and its all a load of BS. I'm just so bored to death. Turbine devotes 2 developers to Asheron's Call and calls it a day! Add insult to injury; they could EASILY utilize email notifications (free) to advertise the game, but they don't even do that! They barely update AC's Twitter or Facebook! R.I.P.
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