mad briar

I have no interest in signing up for another account just to get another trial for a game that i've alredy explained isn't at it's best on my system. As I said to you AGAIN i don't dislike the game and that if i could get a better machine I would happily give it another try.

It is also impossible to connect to the non-eu site (i tried out of curiosity).

Next time read the bloody message don't be so rude to people. Yours is the attitude pal and the amount of abuse and crap i've had to put up with people after expressing my opinions in a reasoned and gracious messages is not representative of a community I want any part of. Grow up. I'm out.

And the attached tags only prove the point; how childish.

Extraordinary! How rude!

First people DEMAND i pay for and download an american client because doing anything else is unreasonable.

Now you sit there and tell me I'm flat wrong for saying there are no players when I connect locally. It's not bad luck at all; the game has no players. I've already told you you are looking at it from the perspective of a high ranking player. That's no good to me.

Charming. I didn't say I didn't like the game. It seems that there are too many overly defensive people here who didn't bother to read what I wrote correctly. I made it clear that I would consider playign the game under the right circumstances. I didn't dismiss it all at all. My comments about the gameplayer are entirely valid and i expect peopel to respect them. I am not going to install the US client for reasons already explained. I don't care how easy it is. It WILL lag to the US because every connection that distant does. Whether or not someone in Bulgaria plays on the US servers is utterly irrelevant, they don't have the same internet connection as me. Besides the time difference will make it rather hard to do anything properly and I do not want to start another character. Respect that. If no one is playing the game over here then that's too bad. It's not my fault the game has died in the UK, and given there are NO other players in the game it clearly has. I'm not waiting till 9pm every night on the off chance a bunch of players around my level will appear. What is needed is a busy server, and that isn't the case. There is nothing that anyone can show or do about any of these things. Complain to the people that have given up playing the game, not to me.

It's not the character or the low level that's the problem. I like the characters i've created. It's the fact the powers are largely samey and not terribly complimentary. There really is not much synergy and it's a little shallow. I have a Dominator with thorn plant powers and they don't really gel and some of them are jhust the same thing: two abilities that trap the opponent are pretty much identical. Furthermore, beyond enhancements (which only really give a little boost to your abilities), there is nothing else. There's no talent point system or means to further customise your stuff. Don't get me wrong; it's not bad by any means, it's just not terribly deep. This may well be mitigated when you are playing in a group, but without players that's not an option. The areas are totally devoid of other players. There's not a single other player character on screen. Now that may be because they are all higher level and engaged in high level gameplay, but that's not really any better. I'm not reainstalling and starting all over again just to play on US servers. If no one in the UK/EU is playing on local servers then that's just too bad. If the game is more popular in the states then fine. But i'm not mucking around on the offchance it won't have lag problems (because it will).

Ok, first off: thanks to all (well most) for the help. The good: the setting is excellent. The music and presentation are likewise excellent. The environment is engaging and I'm sure with a decent rig it looks even better. The bad: there's just no one playing this on the EU servers (I tried both). Obviously there are always going to be more in the US; that's just the way it is. But I won't be reinstalling a NA client, it's too much hassle and the connection will suck over that distance. In terms of gameplay I'm not yet convinced the powers offer enough depth to take a character through the game. The synergy of powers, the breadth of abilities and the ability to develop them, as you can in other games, doesn't seem to be present. That would be fine if there was more to it. The black market is done well as are the enhancement mechanisms - and I know you can craft them with recipes etc. But I don't see it as enough. I'm sure if a) there were more players and b) i had a really good pc those issues would probably be lessened. Grouping always makes a game more fun, all things considered. But for now, while the game is playable for me, I just can't see myself paying for it, and buying a new PC is out the question (I can't even find someone to buy my ps3, so it's just not going to happen). Really, though the game is more of a memory hog than it should be - my specs aside, it's not a new game by any means. If my trial character is kept on the server and if I can get a better set up then I would happily play for at least a month. But for now, while I ride out the rest of the trial (play at least to level 14), I don't see it happening. These games require a social element and when the game is just plain deserted there's really little point playing.

I live in the UK so that's why they are the Euro servers (i knew what region i was working with). Server just seems devoid of life. Not sure what I can do if I cant message or group with other people on the trial.

So far Defiant server seems empty. I've seen one other player.

I didn't say the game was crap. In fact I made it clear I have yet to form an opinion on the game.

Trial reminder windows or anythign like that aren't going to stop the sort of people who make a living trying to sell in game money in mmo's. I can deal with it, but it is a pointless inconvenience.

You can team with who you like; that's the beauty of these games. But I don't play using dial up speeds. If you dislike my pc then consider yourself lucky you have something better. Or better yet offer something more practical than reminding me how old my machine is. I know it's old, but it's the only one I have and the game will either prove unplayable or it won't.

Telling me my pc sucks gets noone anywhere.

Ok, thanks for the replies. It seems to be working now. Can't comment on game quality straight away, but the idea of having a permanent 'this is a trial' window in the centre of the screen is a bad idea. I'm aware my pc is old. I'm aware that i should upgrade it, but I would hope peopel respect that I don't have the knowledge or the money to do so, and I can't afford to buy a new machine either. It runs ok, for a trial at least, a little laggy around the Rogue Isles. I have the latest drivers from nvidia: 175.16_geforce_winxp_32bit_international_whql (that's the name of the exe from the website). if there are any better drivers I don't know where they are; it's like looking for a needle in a haystack and I would assume that nvidia make the best and most up to date ones. Thanks.