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canadiandiamondBeen meaning to share some pics here but keep forgetting, but not tonight. Here's a few pics from the most recent MMO I've been spending time with:
My first screenie! Took me awhile to figure out how to turn the UI off, so bear with me for these first several pictures. This is looking up at a water rift that's opened up, I love the look of the rifts themselves. Below it there's a bunch of water-related mobs to kill to close it. Each rift (there are 6 types, I think - death, life, air, fire, earth, and water) is like a mini instance in and of itself, and they spawn randomly - there are also 'tears' that you can open with a tool you have to bring a rift out. The goal is to defeat the waves to close it, and there's... 3 waves to each one, but if you clear the 3rd in a certain time limit (none on the first 2 I don't think) you get bonus rounds, up to 5 total, and better loot of course. There are minor and major rifts, too, minor are often soloable even, but the more the merrier!
A shot of my toon, a Rogue named Maddox. There's no cosmetic system yet so your appearance changes all the time, and I'm told the dye system (you can buy it from vendors and craft it too) allows you to dye multiple colours, not just one, so that's cool. Haven't played around with that yet though, probably won't until I'm higher up and my gear's more stable.
A shot of an earth rift from the top of a nearby hill, at night. You can note the 'Join Public Group' button above; it's how most rifts and such work, and loving that system. I could go into more detail but it's late and I need sleep and just want to post these. XD
Another water rift shot.
Look who figured out how to turn off the UI! Or rather was told by Brad. XD
On my mount by a pond. Love the graphics, should've taken more combat shots because the particle effects are amaaaazing, so so pretty. Also, I love the sound in this game. In WoW and LOTRO and other games I couldn't be bothered to wear my headphones unless I'm in Vent, but I love both the atmospheric and music in this game, so fitting for each area, it's great.
A shot of an earth rift in the distance without the UI.
A shot of the ingame map, showing Freemarch being invaded by death rifts and badguys. Aka just another day at the office. XDDDDDD Always so much going on in this game.
Fire rift is prettyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...
Maddox's first air rift spotting, too high for me to do. Have yet to really see a life one up close either, though they're around where I'm leveling now. Maybe later. :)
And lastly, this was me earlier today when going to a camp to turn in a quest, only to see it was occupied by NPC enemies, rarar. They can overrun places if you don't kick them out, and I helped clear it out with some others after this. Until then, though, no quest turn in for me because the NPCs were dead. XD They come back fast when you reclaim the area, but that whole feel of a war going on is always there, even without having to PvP, which I think is kinda cool. :)
Will make an actual post again some day soon, promise. :) Now, though, well past my bedtime!
My first screenie! Took me awhile to figure out how to turn the UI off, so bear with me for these first several pictures. This is looking up at a water rift that's opened up, I love the look of the rifts themselves. Below it there's a bunch of water-related mobs to kill to close it. Each rift (there are 6 types, I think - death, life, air, fire, earth, and water) is like a mini instance in and of itself, and they spawn randomly - there are also 'tears' that you can open with a tool you have to bring a rift out. The goal is to defeat the waves to close it, and there's... 3 waves to each one, but if you clear the 3rd in a certain time limit (none on the first 2 I don't think) you get bonus rounds, up to 5 total, and better loot of course. There are minor and major rifts, too, minor are often soloable even, but the more the merrier!
A shot of my toon, a Rogue named Maddox. There's no cosmetic system yet so your appearance changes all the time, and I'm told the dye system (you can buy it from vendors and craft it too) allows you to dye multiple colours, not just one, so that's cool. Haven't played around with that yet though, probably won't until I'm higher up and my gear's more stable.
A shot of an earth rift from the top of a nearby hill, at night. You can note the 'Join Public Group' button above; it's how most rifts and such work, and loving that system. I could go into more detail but it's late and I need sleep and just want to post these. XD
Another water rift shot.
Look who figured out how to turn off the UI! Or rather was told by Brad. XD
On my mount by a pond. Love the graphics, should've taken more combat shots because the particle effects are amaaaazing, so so pretty. Also, I love the sound in this game. In WoW and LOTRO and other games I couldn't be bothered to wear my headphones unless I'm in Vent, but I love both the atmospheric and music in this game, so fitting for each area, it's great.
A shot of an earth rift in the distance without the UI.
A shot of the ingame map, showing Freemarch being invaded by death rifts and badguys. Aka just another day at the office. XDDDDDD Always so much going on in this game.
Fire rift is prettyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...
Maddox's first air rift spotting, too high for me to do. Have yet to really see a life one up close either, though they're around where I'm leveling now. Maybe later. :)
And lastly, this was me earlier today when going to a camp to turn in a quest, only to see it was occupied by NPC enemies, rarar. They can overrun places if you don't kick them out, and I helped clear it out with some others after this. Until then, though, no quest turn in for me because the NPCs were dead. XD They come back fast when you reclaim the area, but that whole feel of a war going on is always there, even without having to PvP, which I think is kinda cool. :)
Will make an actual post again some day soon, promise. :) Now, though, well past my bedtime!
