Vindictus

[Hymn]

For starters, you guys want to play this game, trust me. I'll link videos at the end.

Nexon's new free-to-play Bloody Action MMORPG is about to enter it's early-access beta test on sept 15th, you need a key to get in but can apply at their site or attempt to nab one through other sources (if anyone catches one of these sources with keys still avail PLEASE POST HERE), early-access characters will be able to keep their chars through open beta and eventually launch, so it's a great time to get in on it.

The game is essentially the most brutal action mmorpg to come out, with a very small static world you spend most of your time running instances which end in big scary bosses. The combat is bloody and god-of-war-like with lots of stuff for your to slaughter and ample use of strategy to down the later bosses. Nearly everything is destructible, and pretty much anything can be picked up and use as a weapon or thrown, from pots and vases to railings, to monster weapons, so you can be pretty positive you'll leave your mark on the dungeon. Currently there are only two classes, a sword and board character and a duel sword character, either in early access or open beta a mage will be added who can be a battle mage with giant scythe or more castery with a staff.

I can't say the game won't get boring but I can definitely say that Nexon has invested a lot of cash into this project and it will without a doubt be worth downloading and spending some time with because nothing in this genre has been executed this well so far.

http://vindictus.nexon.net/ Sign up here to get added to the key lottery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3TZv6040io The prologue to the game, you can't die during it so it functions like a brief tutorial, every char goes into it at the start but is able to leave if they wish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UavDNE5J4wg First impression video from MMOHUT, this guy is not exactly as mature as I am but he does a great job of narrating everything he's doing and he's got some good knowledge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKJkBXnwN4o&feature=related The mage class, wielding scythe, vs the biggest scariest polar bear I've ever seen.

Vindictus East Coast Server

Player names to add to your friend list (post here if you start or I missed you!)
Me: Harvey
Falaenx: Falaenx
Nazgrax: Basil
Dleri: Dleri
Adrem: Shayd
Raargh: Raargh

[Perinon]

So it's Dynasty warriors, the MMO?

Interesting.

[Hymn]

Just a cool tidbit about equipment durability

"Your armor has a durability overall and per dungeon run. In a run, your armor pieces can "break" after being hit enough, and thus you lose defense. You can repair this temporary damage with Armor Repair Kits and a Campfire anvil. Now you also have a durability overall that needs to be restored. A piece of armor with low overall durability will break faster in a dungeon then one with full durability.

Oh, and your armor will look dirtier the closer to 0 overall dura it gets, and you can not equip something with 0 dura. There's also a deterioration count which tracks the total dura loss (and I think it also accelerates dura loss)."

[Hymn]

If anyone's interested in obtaining a key, MMOhut is giving away 2,000 to anyone who registers an account. the link is below, you'll have to register on MMOhut to receive the key and then make a Nexon account to use the key.

http://mmohut.com/giveaways/vindictus-early-access-open-beta-key-giveaway

[Hymn]

MMOhut has already run out of keys, they are hopefully going to get more from Nexon, but if they don't, post here if you need a key and we can probably hook you up

[Hymn]

zero promises that this client will actually work since it was from the CB, but provided they switch to EA with just a patch it should work. http://vindictus.nexon.net/Support/Client.aspx to download the game! if it doesnt work on wed. then we'll just all have to download the hard way

[Hymn]

Good morning!

Right now, we are shooting for [launch to be] mid-afternoon Pacific, so between 3-5pm today. That's all for now. We will update as we go along.

 

Neural

[Nazgrax]

I'll download it as soon as I get home, maybe we can get some party action going tonight

[Hymn]

Sooo the eastern server was down most of the night, as a result Fal, Naz and myself are on the WESTERN server, I realize this makes little to no sense since most of us are on the east coast, but we weren't getting any lag and my guess is eastern's gonna be totally under populated

[Nazgrax]

I think I might start again on the eastern server once the first patch hits, though it's true, I haven't gotten much if any lag yesterday.

[Hymn]

So after a few hours last night I hit level 9, the level cap is 26 right now, I hope they come out with more content ASAP haha, I know its out there, i just don't know how close to translated it currently is lol

[Hymn]

Do we want to just roll on the eastern now? I feel like anybody else from plaguechill is going to be east coast anyway (sorry fal), lemmie know what you guys think

[Falaenx]

Easy enough to switch, I think I can gain those first few levels back this weekend.

[Amyliz]

Khymn's transferring his .exe to me now, dunno if I'll get around to playing it anytime soon but I'd like to at least install it.

[Hymn]

So... at this second I cannot connect to east again (I could later last night), and while it's letting me connect to west, none of the NPCs are loading for me and people kinda aren't here, so I think they are working on some problems haha!