OT: Morrowind?

[Alari]

Rasorow said:
I played Morrowind on a Athlon 1700XP with 512 megs of Ram... never had any speed, loading, or other issues so I dont know what the problem is with that but it never happened to me.

Well I guess it's processor speed then. ^.^ Basically, those brief pauses in the 14-minute demo thing are 10-15 seconds long for me.

Then again I can cover half a "zone" in a single jump so I'm seeing them every few seconds if I'm trying to travel fast. I'm also running a TON of mods, which doesn't help. :> (75 mods at last count, plus all three expansions)

[AgentZero]

deccan said:

Download for the client for free players is about 800 mb. The files are distributed via bit torrent.

Look out for in-game ads on billboards though. The first day I tried it, I saw billboards showing "PC Gamer: Galaxy's Greatest Magazine!".

If anyone wants to play AO, I'm "deccan" on Rimor server. Send me a tell, and I'll give you some starting capital and equipment.

Well, as a great man once said, "Resistance is futile!" Never played a true MMORPG, so I figure if I don't have to pay a thing, I may as well give it a go to see if I even like it. deccan, expect a request for funding soon.

[NullAshton]

Another person has joined us...

[deccan]

AgentZero said:
Well, as a great man once said, "Resistance is futile!" Never played a true MMORPG, so I figure if I don't have to pay a thing, I may as well give it a go to see if I even like it. deccan, expect a request for funding soon.

No problem, but since AO doesn't have an in-game mailing system like WOW, we'd have to meet up sometime. Also, my main is neutral so I can go anywhere, but if you choose a sided faction, there will be places you can't go too.

You'll start in Newbie Isle anyway, and once you leave you can't go back.

[deccan]

NullAshton said:
Another person has joined us...

Yeah, and if we get enough, we can start our own SEIV org in AO!

[CovertJaguar]

I've been thinking about giving AO a try as well. We'll see how it goes.

[kaekaze]

In order to really enjoy morrowind:
1. Learn all the features the map has
2. Do not rely on guilds/jobs for money(plenty of faqs on money pumps in game)
3. TRAIN YOUR SKILLS at the trainers
4. The designers did a horrible job of directing the player so get an online guide, pick a quest and complete it howver you want.
555555.......!!!!!!! The original morrowind IS DULL after about 20 hrs of play. Thats where mods come in There are a huge variety of mods including themed mods like AVP, gameplay mods like sri's alchemy, visual effects like BetterBodies and there are entire lists of mods online(some of the mods might even have QUESTS lol)

OH YES, if you do play morrowind at least, at the very least, i beg you to get the morrowind enhanced and combat enhanced mods. They make the game twice as enjoyable: www.freewebs.com/aerelorn

[Gandalf Parker]

OK since it was free I just took a stab at AO also. Interesting, but I think I will probably stick with UO

Gandalf Parker

[Caduceus]

I played it when it first came out on the PC and got the first expansion pack after I beat Morrowind. It was a great game, very immersive and quite a time hog. It probably took me ~100 hours to get through the main story with several added quests, restarts etc. Not a GREAT game, but quite good. There are aspects I would change (the magic system, for example), but worth the bargain bin dive, if you can allot the time.

[PTF]

I still like it. You can change almost every aspect of this easy customizable RPG. E.g. I prefer playing with an alternative levelling system (without caps), it is pretty new: http://uk.geocities.com/galsiah/

... and with economy revamp mods like:
economy adjuster modules

... and with children

The list goes on and on... I have got about 250 mods installed altogether. You have to love it, or you hate it. I am MW addicted.