Updated: Global Agenda adopting free-to-play model

@Tempes Magus. What makes your opinion more important than his? Considering your comment history its a bit hypocritical to berate someone for giving an opinion just because it is detrimental about a game you like.

@Tempes Magus

Posted: Apr 7th 2011 11:41AM
Tempes Magus said

@Snichy

1) He's saying the game isn't interesting at all like a thousand other people on every game before him, which is subjective.

As I said a couple of times it was my opinion, but please continue to state the obvious. I understand you are a fan of the game and there is nothing wrong with that in the same way as commenting on forum posts.

2) He's doing the standard "I want my money back" statement that has been overdone.
Also, it never had a subscription and people who already bought the game are grandfathered into the slightly new plan so he lost nothing.

Except for my money that I bought the game with.


It's an overdone "I don't care what the article said, I'll just spout the standard trolling response" post.

Dont understand how I am trolling, except if you count that I said I dont like the game, my opinion again, just so you dont get confused there Magi.


Maybe I'm in a rather "fed up" mood lately, but I'm not wrogn in my assessment.

Perhaps you could learn to spell and I might reconsider your ass-essment.

@Tempes Magus

people dont have to pay to download now

@Scott Ossington Hmm...by your idiotic logic, everyone who ever buys a game upfront loses 40$ cause the game will be available for 10$ max, 2 years after the release. I have to say I don't agree with your logic one bit.

@Jesse A I never really found it fun, but that is my opinion. Maybe it would have been more fun had I got into some groups more. Ask Tempus Magus he seems to be a fan.

@Jesse A I would *almost* compare it to Guild Wars or maybe even Phantasy Star Online in the sense that you meet up in a central hub and join parties to go out on instanced PVE or PVP missions. The missions are timed so they won't take you all day to complete.

There is a "dungeon finder" tool to find groups that actually works pretty well. I've never had to wait more than a few minutes in a queue to find a PVE party and I suspect that'll take even less time when it goes free to play. The basic classes are there - Tank, Healer, DPS etc.

Your character levels up and remains persistent.. there's also an overworld you can solo through with quests.

Oh.. and jet packs for everyone!

@InventionExchange
I completely agree with this post. I bought the game several months ago and have been playing since then. One of the first things that attracted me was how similar it works to Guild Wars. It is especially fun when you join an active Agency (this games term for Guild) and go into PvP missions with peeps you know.
I mainly use Medic, and believe me, compared to Team Fortress 2, the Medic has a lot more to consider when healing team members in both PvP and PvE, so it is more fun, also, you can equip weapons that cause debuffs on enemy players.
There's also a very competitive side to the game in the form of AvA (Alliance VS Alliance) that is very reminiscent of WoE in RO, but here it is taken to a whole new level.
So yeah, I would say I enjoy this game.

@InventionExchange

You mentioned that there is a soloable overworld/quest area.

I thought GA was pretty much all PvP/group content.

So, how soloable is this game (i.e., what % of it) ? I'm curious, since -- although I do group up occasionally -- my more usual playstyle is solo.

@Tom in VA

It's completely soloable. I've gone from 1 - 50 (the current level cap) on three characters and only one of them was ever in an agency/guild (and that was for a couple of weeks and mainly to grab some of the flair rewards).

The PvE and PvP matchmakers allow you to PUG pretty much whenever you want, and though you're not technically playing "solo," GA is the most commitment-free, friends-are-optional MMO that I've ever played.

@Alboreo

The queues can get pretty rough at times, but it's more to do with classes people select to play rather than population. There are plenty of people online to play with.