Releasedate on Shadowlands.
When is "Shadowlands" supposed to be released?
This expansion seems like a good idea to the everyday life of every AO player =) Some destic change would suit me perfectly as i have played over 1.5 years now.. Don't get me wrong, i'm far from tired of AO, but some change would not hurt..
Can't wait =)
just had to 2 cent this one...
Shadowlands should be interesting, from all I have been reading and seeing it will not totally turn this game into a EQ type game, tho it may take it a bit more into the fantasy aspect and less of the science... Still this game has done a fair job of playing the razor's edge of both already honestly. Really this expansion is just sounding like a dip into the metaphysicist side of the game. All I can say is even if it does EQ the game a bit, hopefully they will notice the negatives this could bring quickly and will come out with the next expansion strengthening the science aspect of the game all over again.
Bottom line there is alot that this game has potential to play in, I just hope they attempt as much as possible prior to fallout!... (not that this game is even looking like that time will come anytime soon)....
Now as for the SWG mentions herein?...
come on people this is AO not the SWG anticipation post. Go talk bout that somewhere where they want to discuss such... Admittedly I myself know I will be torn when SWG is released, still I dont post here whining about it or about my plans on how to approach whether I will or won't play that game. Fact is, as stated earlier, every online game is gonna suffer for SWG being released and evidently all kinds of expansions/upgrades are scheduled for around the same time to try and keep what few they can wrestle from the ravages such a release will have on each mmorpg. I mean they are even finally allowing necromancy in UO! my god that has been talked about in that game since 1999!!! and now finally it is being opened up to that community. All I can say is I think funcom might be wiser to release shadowlands sometime after swg has been about for a bit, just because alot of games are releasing updates around then and alot of mmorpg changes will probably take place after the SWG affect on each.
So I think that if Funcom has their head on straight, they will ride on the faith of their true fans (how it should be) and will try strengthening the current NW and regular gameplay with patches and updates to the story etc. Meanwhile allowing SWG to prove itself a fool's pit of eternal struggle as it works to build the economy etc. and then when time has proven who will land where in the worlds of MMORPG's, release the shadowlands and watch as many of those realizing what they left behind in this MMORPG come flocking back.
But then I haven't been around too long now, still Im noticing from the posts here there and everywhere funcom may not have much of a head to keep straight let alone visible and not in a hole (we all know which one)...
So chances are shadowlands will come out bugged as hell and slapped together and just in time to try and keep any AO'ers they might lose to SWG especially due to posts like those above raving about how they will be leaving this game to head to some lame, over-hyped, sony/lucasArts based, MMORPG. (and for those of you not aware we have sony to thank for the joys EQ brought to the MMORPG world (camping, farming, nerfing, buffbegging,....need i continue?) And lucas arts to thank for overly difficult games resulting in little storyline and even less excitement in comparison to games actually having more substance than a shafty film that would have been much better had all 6 been done when actiing was something actors did in movies...)
Finally for those not paying attention, I think enough people have demonstrated an equivalent feeling of animosity over the recent movies enough to keep them from even experimenting with a game that is so far promising ONE character per server... YOU READ RIGHT ONE!!!! So those of you thinkin of twinkin a jedi or two, forget it, not unless you wanna purchase multiple accounts...
Now please... AO players, posters, and anyone else that might stumble into our forums.. keep our posts on AO pertaining to AO and lets leave the SWG posts to the SWG site. As if that game is gonna need any more hype building it up...