Skyforge - Action MMORPG

Jestahr · 4 Mar 2015 at 10:36

Skyforge is right around the comer. An unashamed theme park mmo with emphasis on flashy combat and graphics. The pvp features 100v100 guild vs guild style warfare and there is plenty of pve too. Being made by Allods team and the rpg veterans Obsidian.

From the wiki:

In Skyforge, player takes on a larger than life role as an immortal with incredible powers battling to protect his world from the armies of hostile gods, eventually becoming a god themselves.Character progression within the game is not level based.Instead of a traditional leveling format, Skyforge featuires a “prestige” system, which allows a player to advance based on the sum total of their stats and progression. This system allows Skyforge players to develop and switch to multiple classes, rather than being locked into an early game class choice like common MMOs. As a player gains more prestige, additional content, gear, and followers are unlocked.Once god mode is achieved Skyforge includes an additional progression system which allows users to manage their followers to increase their character's overall power.

Closed beta next week, £15 gets you in and some founder benefits. Anyone getting / got it?

agnes · 4 Mar 2015 at 10:39

It's another MMO that will likely fall flat on it's face. Nothing will beat WoW

At least not the old school WoW. Not what it's become these days.

Jestahr · 4 Mar 2015 at 10:44

I don't really think anyone expects anything to "beat" wow. I think most of us realize a game doesn't need wow numbers to be successful or sustainable. Even publicly perceived flops are still going strong for example swtor.

Personally I played so much wow it's impossible to find it fun. Will another mmo give the same feeling wow once gave? Unlikely. However if I can have fun that's good enough for me.

No FPS wil ever be as amazing as quake3 was for me, likewise no a-rpg will ever have the feeling diablo2 once did for me, however I won't ignore the whole genre as a result

Raumarik · 4 Mar 2015 at 11:41

agnes said:
It's another MMO that will likely fall flat on it's face. Nothing will beat WoW At least not the old school WoW. Not what it's become these days.

WoW was popular but frankly probably not the beat mmorpg, most people I know didn't play any mmo before it so had nothing to compare it to either.

xGBHxPegasus · 4 Mar 2015 at 12:13

Jestahr said:

Fixed

clartymarty · 4 Mar 2015 at 12:24

I am really tempted with some of the videos ive seen, abit sicjk of the usual wow debate

Sleepery · 4 Mar 2015 at 12:30

I'm sick of the "you are the most important person in the game! You will eventually become a GOD!" thing.

You and the other 100,000 people in their own little instances

cHk4 · 4 Mar 2015 at 12:51

So is this tab targeting or like TERA? Is there Open world PvP?

Haggisman · 4 Mar 2015 at 12:56

Halfmad said:
WoW was popular but frankly probably not the beat mmorpg, most people I know didn't play any mmo before it so had nothing to compare it to either.

I still reckon UO was the best MMO - nothing has ever come close!

WoW however was by far the most polished, both when it came out, and in fact still. It just "works", it plays well, the controls and UI are intuitive, it looks good (at least did when it came out), and had/has huge amounts of content, with (IMO) none of the annoying little quirks and bugs that the majority of MMOs both past and present had/have...

Raumarik · 4 Mar 2015 at 12:58

Sleepery said:
I'm sick of the "you are the most important person in the game! You will eventually become a GOD!" thing.

You and the other 100,000 people in their own little instances

and cash shop funding, tbh I've yet to find a good mmo with longevity that wasn't subscription base e.g. Ultima online, Dark age of camelot and begrudgingly WoW.

Sleepery · 4 Mar 2015 at 13:19

Within my first half hour in Ultima, I'd been dumped on the streets of Britain with nothing but the clothes on my back. Within a half hour I'd been tricked, blown up, and my naked corpse left to rot on the pavement.

That was a PROPER introduction to an MMO world

cHk4 · 4 Mar 2015 at 13:24

Sleepery said:
Within my first half hour in Ultima, I'd been dumped on the streets of Britain with nothing but the clothes on my back. Within a half hour I'd been tricked, blown up, and my naked corpse left to rot on the pavement.

That was a PROPER introduction to an MMO world

The good old golden age

Swifty55 · 4 Mar 2015 at 13:38

Casual care bearing has ruined the PC master-race of gaming!

mortals · 4 Mar 2015 at 13:41

Jestahr said:
Skyforge is right around the comer. An unashamed theme park mmo

What I am thinking after reading that (and not seeing video as seems broken)

MMO of this :confused:

agnes · 4 Mar 2015 at 14:40

Halfmad said:
WoW was popular but frankly probably not the beat mmorpg, most people I know didn't play any mmo before it so had nothing to compare it to either.

This is sadly true, I mainly played Lineage 2 before it. And nothing beat that in terms of PVP and proper grinding (my god, lv40 class quests! Easily 3 days of farming).

meldarthx · 4 Mar 2015 at 15:17

Sleepery said:
Within my first half hour in Ultima, I'd been dumped on the streets of Britain with nothing but the clothes on my back. Within a half hour I'd been tricked, blown up, and my naked corpse left to rot on the pavement.

That was a PROPER introduction to an MMO world

rotflmao you didn't play on Great Lakes did you?

loved UO; was one of the first grandmaster smiths on that shard; used to love to kill pkers in my kilt while I was mining with a halbert I made

2-4 hits and death....usually 2 hits....

then EA screwed crafters badly

Sleepery · 4 Mar 2015 at 15:50

I think it was Catskills, god it was a long time ago now.

Malevolence · 4 Mar 2015 at 17:17

Jestahr said:
In Skyforge, player takes on a larger than life role as an immortal with incredible powers battling to protect his world from the armies of hostile gods

To paraphrase Capt. Kirk, why would Gods need armies?

clartymarty · 6 Mar 2015 at 14:10

Well I have bought the founders pack and I am really looking forward to it with some of the videos that have been passed around.

See how it goes, they also have a live twitch stream tonight don't they?

Skyforge Livestream #2: Taking on the Thais Temple with the Berserker!
Immortals! The Skyforge dev team is inviting you to join them for another livestream adventure starting Friday, March 6th at 11:30 am PST!

Join Skyforge’s Community Manager Michael “Spunky” Dunaway, Development Director Eric DeMilt and Lead Community Manager Drew Hahn as they give you an early look at the Berserker class before exploring the Thais Temple. Constructed for the goddess of love, the Thais Temple has since been captured by the god of the sea known as Proteus, and his army of water creatures.

Where: http://www.twitch.tv/officialskyforge

When: March 6th at 11:30 am PST (GMT – 8)

Duration: ~1 hour

Raumarik · 6 Mar 2015 at 14:33

Sleepery said:
Within my first half hour in Ultima, I'd been dumped on the streets of Britain with nothing but the clothes on my back. Within a half hour I'd been tricked, blown up, and my naked corpse left to rot on the pavement.

That was a PROPER introduction to an MMO world

You didn't play DAOC did you Sleepery? Sure I use to be in a guild with someone using that name, or similar.

My first hour of UO was similar, figured out I could go mining near Vesper then ended up being attacked out of the blue by a random guy (Wasn't red). Went back to where I'd died and he's taken everything, including my one newbie pick. I did remember his name, took me almost 4 years to get my own back on him and I got far more than a newbie pick lol