Alien Invasion!

[Mrevil]

Originally posted by Potter
I also hope that (unlike the SL-preorder apartments) this time a grid-exit to the guild houses is added so that you can get out of the grid into the house...

Amen....

[Engelen]

I said it! I said it from day one! The Enigma have been trying to contact Alien Forces, to invade us! But nobody wanted to listen to me, and look what`s happening now, the Aliens are coming, and they doesnt look very happy!

Thats why I have initiated my first line of defense, "Engelen`s Resistance Force", which will prepare and defend Rubi-Ka against the Alien attackers. Currently, all cooperation will be handled cross guilded, as its much more important to work together against the common threat, than against eachother.

When the day comes, look me up, because I will be standing there fighting the Alien Scum, defending our planet!

VIVA LA RESISTANCE!

[Unfitrider]

Engelen, when you die, can I have your stuff?

[Engelen]

At the moment MrEvil, My Resistance Force is not open for members, as its an independent One Man Army, which will opt for working together with other strong individuals and guilds(Like you) for a common goal, effectivly creating a common Resistance Force.

[Aerbax]

The expansion sounds like a great idea, I can't wait.

[Virre]

And I am probably just a mispleased grunt to mention this.. But as someone mentioned a few posts back, this would perhaps give a boost to those not so comitted to the leveling race.

I agree, it does look awesome and most likely will prove to be a good change for AO, but I am afraid that once again, it will prove to be only for the hard core gamers. Those who can spendt 15-18 hrs a day and do nothing but gain levels. Sure, the rest of us can build towns, socialize and skip the fighting, skip new cool gadgets.. And for the love of god, if your comment to this is "Quit whining and start lvling" , just move on.

I am just curious on how FC plan to do this so that it allowes, everyone a fair share at the fun? Of course the ones who are the highest lvl can fight the most mean ones, but don't make it into another "Halloween" killing event for the high level players again. They came, they saw, they conqured. I'd rather go to a good icehokey game then to see that. It should incorporate a good possibility for team work, where the lower leveled players are needed as well as the higher leveled players.

I find it fun to explore a bit and I find my self dying alot because of it, but I can hardly join in at all that much, sure certain things are within the reach but I guess you can all see my point. You don't need to share it, but I think you understand the underlying meaning.

Other than that, Aliens ROCK!!! (I do love'em.. I just want to be able to squish them too)

//Virre

[-Barg-]

I guess GA fixers get there life back.

[Zeylenne]

Yeah!!!!
Great news!!!

Im really looking forward to this!

any new alien breed, and new level cap as well?

[Adjuster]

CZ! Zign me up for beta ASAP

[Ulltima]

*Keanu Reeves voice* Woah.

So far, it looks good. I just hope that it isn't as buggy as SL was at release. I see that they're shooting for a release this summer... that gives them 4-6 months to iron out everything. I hope it's enough time to make sure everything makes it into the game.

I want one of those new Yalms! One of them reminds me of a ship design I saw in Babylon 5... very nice!

[____________Jeremiah]

Where do I pre-order?

[________________bufo]

I have a few concerns about it----
"Get access to alien perks and new special abilities". Preferably this is open to everyone, new and old toons alike, and not like how I heard it worked when SL came out, where pre-existing toons got gypped on the total number of perks due to their character not having been created after SL came out.

"Defend your cities against invading aliens"----
Also, this would need to be done correctly--not a bunch of say LVL 250 aliens attacking a city, where a bunch of gray players were (crafting, chatting, whatever) and they promptly get slaughtered. IOW, this aspect would need to be tuned in such a way that low levels could have a good chance to avoid high level aliens. And that the attacks are not constant (it would start getting old if you had to dodge aggro every time you wanted to go shop). Also, as said before, there need to be aliens of lowlevel as well as high level so it isn't all high-end battles.

The remaining concern, of course, is that FC gears this so that the casual/solo/duo players can participate too. I think a lot of people play this game because they are older and don't have so much time to give in one session, and don't want EQ-ish type content where you MUST camp/forced grouping/spend long hours in one block.

And perhaps they'll add more emotes

Sounds like it has potential to be fun!

[Darkbane]

Originally posted by bufo
I have a few concerns about it----
"Get access to alien perks and new special abilities". Preferably this is open to everyone, new and old toons alike, and not like how I heard it worked when SL came out, where pre-existing toons got gypped on the total number of perks due to their character not having been created after SL came out.

Everyone got exactly as many perks as they were supposed to have for their level... no idea where you got that from...

[________________bufo]

Ok, Darkbane, thanks for easing my mind I started AO in Nov. 03, so I had SL straight from the start. But I've seen people ask on OOC channels a few times, and swear I saw a few postings (either here or VNboards) where people asked what happened, if they have a preexisting high-lvl character, and just now bought SL--the reply was always that they only started getting perks at their current level, at the usual rate (that they were not suddenly given 12 perks or whatever for having a high-lvl char.)

[Mrevil]

Cant stop check the art from alien invasion site..

From what looks like an attack above Omni entertainment i wonder if it will be possible to attack from the new vehicles since it looks like they are doing that.. *hopes sooooo much*

And i love the art of the aliens (guess u not showing all yet tho) and i must say that im more than impressed. The one doing those concept art for you are doing a great job from what i can see...

[Jorji-]

I want.

It sounds awesome, and back to the reasons why I bought AO in the first place SCI FI!!!! *dances about*

Looks great Cz

*hands out cookies, pizza and beer to the devs and whispers a few ideas*

[Archelan]

Originally posted by Mrevil
It seems that no matter how many times FC states that they actually can both keep working on SL as well as doing next expansion there are several peeps that do not read it or understand they very meaning of those words..

The moon is made of cheese.

If I say that many times, does it make it true?

Anyway, I look forward to this expansion for what it promises, although I'm not bouncing up and down like many others, cause... well... history has a nasty habit of repeating itself.

But it sure looks good so far

[Fleat]

Where is teh Pre-Order Page!

[stormhat]

There are several thinks I like when reading this.

Sci Fi, Fast-Paced, Fun

Please be true to these words! Make big posters with these words and put them on all your walls

But for the love of everythying...Do not make this expansion unplayable for people that do not have 6-15 hours a day to play, like SL.

Make it possible to reach the end game within a reasonable time (about 4-5 months), even when "only" playing casualy (4 Hours a day)

Dont make us go insane with camping and Hecklers-Type mobs.

Make it possible to reach 220, fighting aliens, in stead of beeing bogged down in SL doing quests that require 20 people to acomplish.

[Xhairs]

I can´t stop grinning. I swear, i could not stop this stupid grin if my life depended on it.

I hope a 4th folder for social clothes and the ability to sheat/sling/holster your weapons is in this. Ooooh, and eyepatches, cigares and pets for appartments.

I just stubbed my already hurting toe and still i grin because this is just _too freaking cool!!!!!1one1!_

Three questions.

1: When can i sign up for Beat?

2: When is the estimated time you can pre-order, and what goodies will it contain this time?

3: How soon can we expect a more thurough briefing on what the expansion will contain? Such as the social aspects and how/where buildings can be built, can we hire NPC guards for our towns, can we steal the Alien ships?

Engelen, i bet they are in league with the Cyborgs too, we must prepare our defences!!

**Xhairs slams his foot down on the chest of a wounded Alien trooper and levels his Hellspinner at it´s head.**

"Welcome to Rubi-Ka, scum!"

**Xhairs empties the magazine.**