Lakshmi.Aurilius said:
Well to be fair, I wasn't really planning to play it anyway. I gave it a try in hopes that maybe it would sway me, but it did not.
NDAs are jokes. Any company that expects a mass player base of testers to not say anything is naive at best. Also anyone who bases their purchase of the game on my opinion is equally as naive.
I will say this though. I enjoy character customization as much as the next guy. It however should not take 30 minutes to make a character. There comes a point when enough is enough, and if the actual game includes even more customization than the beta; you guys will have a great time spending an hour creating a character.
I believe lag might have played a role in my dislike as well. The battle interface was pissing me off, but I think it was due to the huge amount of lag with all the people all over the starter area.
NDAs are jokes. Any company that expects a mass player base of testers to not say anything is naive at best. Also anyone who bases their purchase of the game on my opinion is equally as naive.
I will say this though. I enjoy character customization as much as the next guy. It however should not take 30 minutes to make a character. There comes a point when enough is enough, and if the actual game includes even more customization than the beta; you guys will have a great time spending an hour creating a character.
I believe lag might have played a role in my dislike as well. The battle interface was pissing me off, but I think it was due to the huge amount of lag with all the people all over the starter area.
I personally wasn't getting any lag even in the Adventurer's Guild, which was swamped, sure it wasn't your PC? I liked the battle interface as it is very engaging, and it's slightly button mashy.. Which I sorta like, it is definately quicker than the Alpha Battle system, and quicker than FFXI's, and makes me really wanna DD, not just stand there waiting to WS.
(Hence there is a reason I use a Soboro for most of my endevours that aren't serious, I like doing something ^^)
My only complaint was the controls for the keyboard, I find them awkward, but I'm sure we'll be allowed to map our own keys soon.. Might even try with a gamepad actually.
Also, you are only making that character once, it isn't like you'll have to sit through that 30 minutes again, unless you make another character, I'd rather have a character I think looks awesome for the next so many years I play a game rather than regret how they look later on.
