THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Brehvolution on August 11, 2009, 10:04:57 AM
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http://kokugamer.com/2009/08/11/turbine-secures-millions-in-funding-in-wake-of-free-dd-online/
The news comes via this SEC filing and the money comes as part of a planned series D $50 million investment run. Many of the names investing are return investors from last year’s series C $40 million takings.
This comes in the wake of the developer planning to release Dungeons & Dragons Online as a free-to-play MMO
:omg
I played this a ton when it first launched a couple years ago. Will definitely hop on board when it becomes free.
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Yeah, it's going for a free-to-play + microtransaction model.
My wife and I are playing Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online together and really digging it. Terrific MMO for people wanting to play casually.
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It's free, but the free version is SUPER limited. The Free version limits the classes/races you can play and you can't leave Stormreach at all.
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Why play this weak online version when I can play with my group and do more? :smug
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Why play this weak online version when I can play with my group and do more? :smug
because then we don't have to smell you. :yuck
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It's free, but the free version is SUPER limited. The Free version limits the classes/races you can play and you can't leave Stormreach at all.
wat1!! fuck it then.
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My wife and I are playing Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online together and really digging it. Terrific MMO for people wanting to play casually.
D&DO did nothing for me. :(
I've actually been looking for a casual MMO since I put a hold on the WoW account (will be back for expansion!). I played LOTORO around a month after launch, and it seemed like a decent WoW clone...but I only played maybe 6 or seven levels between various alts. Is the game pretty solo friendly? Pretty sure the Mines content won't be, but it would be cool. I love MMO's but tend to play odd hours or infrequent times, so I'm not as social as maybe I should be. Being totally OP and blasting thru instances is my idea of fun!
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I loved D&D online. A lack of weapon variety and effectiveness really kills the game from level 8-14. Then you have to grind like crazy to get the really good stuff thereafter.
I would highly recommend you try it out. The instanced adventures are really good and well done. Feels a lot like the old table top game.
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Yeah, DDO was great in the beginning. Some of the quests were hard as hell. My only issue was that I never got any of the really good loot. I always had to sell off my mediocre shit and save up to buy the good weapons.
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Why play this weak online version when I can play with my group and do more? :smug
because then we don't have to smell you. :yuck
I smell good mang
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I thought it was due to be both micro-transaction/free, and then the "VIP subscriber" model for peeps who like it as it is right now.
Here's the table:
http://www.ddo.com/vip