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Lineage Beta Released For Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the roleplaying-games-for-dummies dept.

wadeb writes: "NCSoft Austin is running a beta of Lineage (the popular MMORPG ? from Korea) for Mac OS X (10.1.2 required). Lineage is the world's most popular MMORPG, with over 2.7 million active subscribers worldside. The demo is available from the website as well as through Apple's iDisk."

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  1. Is it just me... by Rand+Race · · Score: 2
    ... or is this game deathly boring?


    I played it for a couple of days untill I got sick to death of losing my experience, equipment, and pets to server farts. Wander... wander... kill something... wander.... wander... kill something.... get healed... wander...wander...

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    Insanity is the last line of defence for the master diplomat. But you have to lay the groundwork early.
    1. Re:Is it just me... by angelo · · Score: 2, Informative

      Played it for two weeks. Hated it. Pined for Ultima of all things. At least people looked different there, and not everything would follow you for 15 screens to kill you.

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      Lowmag.net
    2. Re:Is it just me... by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 2

      I just have a problem with MMRPG's in general. Maybe it's because I have a 3 year old in the house, or that I'm leveling up without a real story, or that I'm antisocial.

      Either way, I prefer a game I can pause, a game that tells a story, and a game that makes me feel like I've done something other than gotten my Mage up to level 50.

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      52 Weeks, 52 Religions with John Hummel
  2. Evil Wizard... by Rura+Penthe · · Score: 2

    It seems an evil wizard has cursed the denizens of lineage with KNEECAPS OF STONE thus rendering my character unable to walk at a greater than 2 tiles per minute pace! Oh, and apparently blinded them so most non-magic attacks miss. Maybe I'll go to the focus group I was invited to in Austin and ask them why? :)

  3. Re:Old old news by Suppafly · · Score: 2

    give /. a break.. they are putting a lot of effort into trying to support the mac community..

  4. Re:Boring, and expensive! by Suppafly · · Score: 2

    Of course they need a credit card if you are buying the cd.. they need to be able to charge your for shipping..

    If you just click the download button, they dont collect any info from you at all.. not even email.

  5. Re:Boring, and expensive! by Suppafly · · Score: 2

    my bad.. i guess you need one to setup the actual account.. that sucks.. they are pulling an aol tactic.

  6. Crapy by theNeophile · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sure you can download it for free, but what you don't find out until you download 400 MB. and go through their slow-ass website, is that they want a friggen credit-card number to let you play. "30-day free trial (cancel anytime before trial expires and you won't be billed)" Yeah, right.