Quoting: Guest

Quoting: KelsHowever, all it does is dump me to my right monitor which is now in something like 640 x 480 mode and barely navigable. The left screen, where presumably TDM was running, remains black, and I need to log out and back in again to fix it all.

You might be able to get back your normal resolution by running "xrandr --auto".

Wow, that did some *really* weird stuff. Right monitor stayed the same, but left monitor came back with really weirdly sized windows. Mouse moved on both simultaneously, but wouldn't move off the terminal window until I closed it. Logging out and back in again reset everything to the way I had it originally, as before. Very strange. But at least I didn't need to reboot, that's progress.

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Ugh, all I'm getting is a black screen on one monitor and a hugely enlarged file browser on the other, with no visible cursor and no clear way to shut it off. I ended up having to reboot to get out of it. The FAQ on the site tells me nothing, and I'm not seeing anything on the forums either. Guess this is another impossible-to-play game for me.

Edited to add: Okay, if I hit ~ and type "quit" it exits. However, all it does is dump me to my right monitor which is now in something like 640 x 480 mode and barely navigable. The left screen, where presumably TDM was running, remains black, and I need to log out and back in again to fix it all. But at least if anyone else has the same issue, they now have a way to get out.

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Quoting: Kels

Quoting: XzylResource gather because Minecraft that's why. Craft armor and weapons because Minecraft that's why.

Those things were in WoW and other games years before Minecraft existed.

And those things were in warcraft before WoW ruined warcraft. I just think the popularity of Minecraft has made it so that even if a game wasn't to include crafting it's almost obligatory now to do so.

Maybe it was, but we're talking about MMOs. WoW is the one I'm familiar with but they weren't and still aren't unique in that regard. I doubt Minecraft has much to do with its inclusion here.

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Quoting: TheBossOh I agree, but I am hoping they put in some quality of life improvements in the UI for PC players like us, I've already reported a few to them and they are gaining agreement from people on their forum, so I'm doing my part.

I don't care about graphics, I care about style. The game looks good to me, I don't need ultra lifelike stuff to enjoy myself.

I'm with you on that. Hell, I prefer art that looks more cartoony, so long as they're placed in a world that's consistent with that style. Too-realistic styles actually kinda bore me after a while.

Edited to add: I find the top screenshot provided by Beamboom MUCH more appealing to the eye, and would rather play that than the photorealistic shot. So that's a thing.

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Warming up Samsai's death counter as we speak. :P

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Quoting: XzylResource gather because Minecraft that's why. Craft armor and weapons because Minecraft that's why.

Those things were in WoW and other games years before Minecraft existed.

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I suppose my big question about the game is, what's the variety of places you can go and things to do at any given point? One of the attractions of WoW to me, other than nostalgia of course, is that once you're done your tutorial stuff you can do all sorts of stuff. You can work your professions, you can farm, you can quest in a number of different locations, you can skip questing and do PvP or dungeons, there are seasonal events, and on and on.

So what I'd like to know is, how well does Albion stack up in terms of variety?

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I also have a life outside of this website during the day...

[citation needed]

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Quoting: GuestIt's brutally ironic that this game actually made it onto steam.

I wouldn't be surprised if whoever is responsible for deciding brought it to GabeN and he said "why the hell not?"

Either way, it's better than Yohji Simulator.

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I'd be willing to give it a go, especially if it's F2P in a decent way. I've been playing a lot of oldschool WoW (WotLK) on a private server via Wine lately, and it really drives home my preference in MMOs. Solo questing, social guild chat, occasionally getting together for a party to do dungeons, and knowing if I have a tough quest to do or need advice, there's someone around willing to lend a hand. I'll do PVP if I have to, or occasionally dabble in it, but that's really not what I'm there for.

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