Curse

k-wix · May 18, 2005, 02:55 PM // 14:55

The game in its current form feels pretty broken to me.. there are SO many things that could be improved upon and fixed. I'm really starting to get tired of some of the issues plagueing this title that im about to just say 'screw it' and move on.

But.. i like to be constructive, what follows is a listing of issues that need to be addressed with this game. These seem to be the most official forums in existance, so i guess these will have to do. Who knows who is listening. At the very least, feel free to add your own.

Infact, feel encouraged to do-so

we need a rock-solid way to communicate our concearns to the devs of the game.. it could be so much better.. group up and post

together we'll make a difference! (maybe?)
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DESIGN ISSUE
Getting a group together is a painful task in this game. Seriously. I prefer to play solo when PvEing, and its becoming apparent to me that i bought the wrong game, because there is absolutely 0 solo content in this game, I dont MIND grouping when its required, the games grouping system is so simple its amazing. First and foremost.. PLEASE make an 'i want to be in a group' active toggle switch that puts me on a frikken list so people can SEE me, SEE where i am, and INVITE me. Or even better, why not have it assign RANDOM players together like it does for PvP missions? Im having trouble advancing the plot of the stupid game because NO one will party with me :\ its upsetting. (If any large guilds are looking for an intelligent, mature player, drop me a line.. because the not-being-able to mission because no one wants to is getting old quick)

DESIGN ISSUE
This kind've goes hand-in-hand with the above, but the lack of solo-able content in this game is very harsh. yea, i know.. the NPC characters.. i know.. but they are usually about 2-4 levels BELOW where they should be, and they are dumb as rocks. They have poor AI, bad pathfinding, and lack the skill and finesse of a real player and yet TAKE YOUR LOOT! .. what a bogus setup. you want a formula for frustration? you just found it :O Add a few areas where players can SOLO 1on1 enemies instead of groups of 30. Please.

DESIGN ISSUE
Has anyone else noticed that every single area ever is overpopulated with billions of merchants trying to pawn off there wares for about 10-5000+ more then what its actually worth? .. it'd be really nice to get a confined area for these people, maybe a global market place where players can go, and just chat/sell/whatever, but im really tired of seeing it Everywhere. The lack of a centralized market-place is upsetting, to say the least.

And before you even say it, don't even speak to me about the trade channel, god only knows how many people don't use it because its so spam-tastic that everyone turns it off except for the 'shoppers'

DESIGN ISSUE
Has anyone else noticed the whole 'unlocking skills' setup makes certain class combinations weaker then others? a good example is a warrior/elementalist. They really don't get any decent combination skills until atleast Lions Arch, maybe even further then that. warrior/monks are kind've in the opposite boat.. they get a lot of nice skills that compliment each other upfront.

Wouldn't it be a better setup to let players choose a few skills to start with, since there are 400+ of them or some crazy number? instead you force us to play 'gotta catch'm all' .. And here you were promising instant pvp goodness.

You really let me down here guys.

DESIGN ISSUE
The inability to kick group members during a mission is confoundingly distrubing. I can't possibly comprehend why you wouldn't add this feature, ESPECIALLY for NPC's .. lets say i have a healer and she drops but i live.. i can't raise her either.. because i've already done that once.. now im forced with a decision, Do i return to town and Start over because of the retarded NPC, or do i keep going and let her dead corpse steal half of my loot. awesome. Maybe i missed it? if i did, please make it more glaringly obvious for me.

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Thats all i got for now, the game is missing some fundamentals for me, to be honest.. feel free to post your own