Feb
27
2009
5:24 pm

How’s the PVP like in Imagine?

3 words: Broken and Buggy.

Written by 守護霊母Finella in: SMT Online: Imagine | Tags: ,

13 Comments »

  • Hinano says:
    February 28, 2009 at 4:53 am

    Wow sounds like the half of the game currently in the US server :P

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    • 守護霊母Finella says:
      February 28, 2009 at 5:20 pm

      That would actually imply the game is bug free over at Area 11…

      Most of the major bugs over on the US server still exist on the JP ones. e.g. movement issues.

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  • Anna says:
    March 1, 2009 at 12:11 am

    Hamster wont let me back in, so I’m posting this regarding CAVE’s professionalisms:
    http://www.megatenonline.com/news/archive/maintenance1673.html

    3月1日0時25分よりケルベロスワールド に
    ログインできない現象が発生しております。
    現在、原因の調査及び障害復旧に向けての作業を行っております。
    障害が復旧いたしましたら、公式サイトのメンテナンス情報にて
    改めて告知を行わせていただきます。

    会員の皆様には大変ご迷惑をお掛けいたしますが、
    復旧までしばらくお待ち頂けます様お願い申し上げます。

    since March 1st 10.05pm JST, a phenomenon of some users unable to log in to Kerberos server has happened.
    now, we are checking the cause of this error and working to rectify the problem.
    If the error have been rectified, we’ll put a notice on official site’s maintenance info board.
    For the users whom were greatly inconvenienced by this, please wait until the rectification was done.

    another one:
    http://www.megatenonline.com/news/archive/news1668.html

    A news post about CAVE banning some accounts for unsolicited behaviours of some users
    funny part is on this:(too lazy to translate this, have to ask the great Ｍトロル for his vast knowledge of japanese)
    真・女神転生IMAGINEでは、会員様自身が操作していない状態で
    キャラクターを動かす行為、不正プログラムの使用、
    クライアントの改変、意図的に不具合を利用して利益を得る行為、
    イマジンIDやアイテムおよびゲーム内通貨を現金や現物で取引する行為 (DUH, makka is worthless okay?)、
    またそれを示唆する行為は、本来のゲームバランスを損ない (what game balance? they have any?)
    ゲーム内の流通経済に悪影響を与える(well hello, economy was broken beyond repair long ago)もの(farmers actually help making your game playable okay?)として
    “今後も継続的に対応を進めてまいります”-> I give them at most a week for them to maintain this。

    I’m going to sleep now. Thanks for the great weekend CAVE.

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    • Anna says:
      March 1, 2009 at 12:17 am

      3月1日0時25分より-> I meant 00.05pm JST> means maintenance process will be finished like no one knows….
      ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

      goodnight

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    • 守護霊母Finella says:
      March 1, 2009 at 12:35 am

      Obviously Cave is stupid and Michael and co are right.

      A game with no money sink being ruined by RMT? Ohnoes, can’t be true. Makka is used for EVERYTHING and barter trading won’t take place.

      Cave’s server are obviously working properly too. Lag/disconnection issues are clearly the fault of our ISPs!

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  • jpmeyer says:
    March 5, 2009 at 11:57 pm

    So basically, PVP is a backhanded way of getting people to blow money on Lethe Water to remove and incense to relevel skills which are disabled in PVP?

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    • 守護霊母Finella says:
      March 6, 2009 at 1:55 am

      I haven’t saw any skill that don’t work there, but my time there is pretty short since PVP was fairly boring.

      The problem is more of a balance issue. e.g. Mages/gunners with mothman enchanted have a base 50% chance to land amnesia using the AE curse/amnesia shot. Things like this are okay in PVE but fail horrible in PVP.

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    • Anna says:
      March 6, 2009 at 2:16 am

      Dear jpmeyer:
      What you expected is partially true, but see the bigger picture (a.k.a PVP armors lottery evilness fest).
      More CP lottery armors are now having a very huge leap in terms of damage boost, skill cooldown/cast time reduction, etc, etc. The significant example of those is the 3 kingdoms china robes sets which have LNC based boosts (VERSUS in megaten is LNC grouped btw)->http://www.megatenonline.com/campaign/card090212.html
      These sets alone have +15% magic, r.atk, p.atk which are the best damage boost type available in the game compared to element/movement type damage boost. Moreover the robes also have -11% cast and -9% cooldown time reduction. A week after, they then released eye patches with 3% damage boost for face, then 2 weeks later they released Big Yin lottery with 16% all damage type boost and will became 20% on FULL/NEW moon phase.->http://www.megatenonline.com/campaign/card090305.html

      Not only that, Finella (aka Hamster Prophet/Offline Seer) also saw in client files about 10% damage boost capes which are the best pieces for back slots.

      CAVE also did surprise lottery (known via email only) for 4% all damage type boosts neck pieces like Roping Muffler, Black Fur Erimaki etc.

      Oh, and did I mention about Procyon Soul Stone (魂合石 南河) which are ony available through lottery? that stone adds 10% ranged damage for gunners. Sirius (天狼) and Betelgeuse　（参宿四） sucks though since they break orthrus kero and 4 kings/tanki bonuses.

      To put it short, they made another CP trap with PVP, more powerful gears = the better you’ll fare on PVP (btw, in VERSUS, damage boost CP incense are allowed.)
      CAVE will release more and more powerful armors and make each armors released now obsolete in terms of damage tier. I never played PVP but I’m pretty sure this game is heading this way…..

      PS. (pssst, but dont believe my words on CP things overpowered, since someone said modding fire 3 boost on weapons is EASY and CP items are not overpowered and have equal non-CP alternatives ones, and that someone also said IMAGINE’s economy is bazaar-based! How smart! Why I never search bazaar to get that Abyss Skirt?! Obviously 25-35mils makka skirt can be obtained in 2.5 mils of liquid-makka limit bazaar! Our klan is the dumbest klan ever ; ; right fifi?)

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  • jpmeyer says:
    March 6, 2009 at 3:55 am

    ::makes mental note to self to read Aeria Games’s forum a year from now when they get PVP to LOL at the forthcoming complaints about how ridiculous that system is::

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