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DATE: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:09:43 
> From: "Bear Powell" <replicant@northstate.net>
To: <tenchi@usagi.org>
Cc: 

>----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "^_^x Kenshin-dono"
>> At 08:56 AM 2/27/2004 -0800, Joseph Riggs wrote:
>> >The biggest problem I've experienced in the game to date (besides the
>> >inability to get groups at times, particularly starting in the late 30's)
>is
>> >the utter incompetence of some of the people in the game.  I've run into
>bad
>> >players in Everquest, but I've never run into so many people who are
>horrible
>> >at their jobs as I have in this game.
>>
>> im pretty sure this is largely caused by the fact that the interface is
>the
>> most horrible interface used on any game, ever. Its been proven to cause
>> cancer in lab rats
>>
>> that, and most of the good players realized how bad the game is and left
>=P
>
>The interface does suck balls, but once you realize that the mouse is your
>enemy
>it becomes a bit easier. You should become best friends with your macros and
>learn all of those keyboard shortcuts. Once you have those it's a lot
>smoother.

Any time I'm in combat, I use macros and keyboard commands for pretty much 
everything.  I only use the mouse when there's nothing important going on, 
and I'm feeling too lazy to type things in.  There are also some people in my 
LS that picked up a gamepad for the game, and swear that its much, much 
better than using a mouse.
 

>Also, the new chase cam is pretty good. Also, top players didn't play FFXI
>mainly
>because it doesn't support a PvP environment which is the big draw for uber
>guilds and moneymakers. Although, with over 300k players it's not hurting at
>all
>and this month those numbers will grow since the PS2 version is being
>released
>and many of the EQOA guilds are moving over. I'm still kicking myself for
>not
>playing EQOA more. Some of those guys are making some serious bank. I saw
>1 item the other day sell for almost $2000.00 on a player auction. o_O!
>

Actually, I think last I'd heard was that the number was 500,000 players.  
The only game currently with more people playing is Everquest.
 

>When WoW comes out you will see uber gaming at it's finest. PvP, loot drops,
>and Blizzard equal a fun time with the potential for a fat bank account. :-)
>


I signed up for the beta for that, although I doubt I'll get in.  I seem to 
have the worst luck getting into betas...
 


junior