I think the game has a lot to offer. I think the amount of stuff you can do in it is actually what throws people off.
I played for a while, quit, and then came back when I learned a group of old friends were playing. The second time around I got more involved with the community, groups, clans, etc.
It is awesome how you can go up in rank and actually be part or a universe, than just being a character who levels. One guy had so many Imp points that storm troopers would bow to him. He was able to place Imp posts, and really live up the part, and did a good job at it. The game allows people like this to exist.
Other games like EQ offer nothing when it comes to social ladders.
I never had crunch time while I worked in Japan for companies like Canon. Why? Everyone just worked extra hours anyway to impress the manager, so crunch time was just like any other day.
While I lived in Japan, it only costed me about $40US to get an 8 mega bit connection. I was connecting to US server based games with a lower ping than my friends could back in the states.
Almost everyone I knew had a connection, and 12mb were just starting to be advertised. Japan is wired and rocking.
The problem is, most people don't have time to play online games. Kids in school are usually taking after school courses prep'ing for college entrance exams, and salary men usually don't get home until 8 or so.
For those who have been to Japan, and heard drunken old men singing in the next section of the Korean Barb'q' palace, you will consider this a gift from God.
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I think the game has a lot to offer. I think the amount of stuff you can do in it is actually what throws people off. I played for a while, quit, and then came back when I learned a group of old friends were playing. The second time around I got more involved with the community, groups, clans, etc. It is awesome how you can go up in rank and actually be part or a universe, than just being a character who levels. One guy had so many Imp points that storm troopers would bow to him. He was able to place Imp posts, and really live up the part, and did a good job at it. The game allows people like this to exist. Other games like EQ offer nothing when it comes to social ladders.
I never had crunch time while I worked in Japan for companies like Canon. Why? Everyone just worked extra hours anyway to impress the manager, so crunch time was just like any other day.
I think this is some the greatest news I have heard in a while concerning games.
While I lived in Japan, it only costed me about $40US to get an 8 mega bit connection. I was connecting to US server based games with a lower ping than my friends could back in the states.
Almost everyone I knew had a connection, and 12mb were just starting to be advertised. Japan is wired and rocking.
The problem is, most people don't have time to play online games. Kids in school are usually taking after school courses prep'ing for college entrance exams, and salary men usually don't get home until 8 or so.
For those who have been to Japan, and heard drunken old men singing in the next section of the Korean Barb'q' palace, you will consider this a gift from God.