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DataMonkey · 04-20-2003, 09:00 PM

Shadowbane received only a week of my attention. I believe that it is a terrible design. Here's my extremely brief argument to support this.

1) After level 21, you are forced to hunt in PK zones. Okay, I can handle that. I'm not happy about it, but I can handle it.

2) Certain characters (thieves and assasins) can become invisible and sneak up on you when you are sitting (sitting chars take about triple normal damage). A quick slash or two and you may be back at your spawn point. That makes me angry, but still not enough for me to quit.

3) Thieves can rob you, while invisible, and you will not know about it. Okay, game fvking over. I can't handle a class so powerful that I am CONSTANTLY pk'd, but only after they rob me blind, wait for me to sit down (to recharge mana after a fight with some mob) and then pummel me to a quick death. I would love to give another character experience and everything that I have on me because they picked a character class that is pretty much god-like.

As an addition to item number 3, if you are in certain cities I have heard that you can be robbed in the cities between your bank and a merchant. I wonder how many invisible thieves are sitting in a bank waiting for you to withdraw your money...

That's shitty design. That's why I played for only a week. I won't become a grief player by using a thief, which appears to be the only way to get ahead in the game, short of starting your own guild... and I just don't have the time for that crap. Shadowbane is a game riddled with griefers. I don't see them nerfing the thieves either, as it states in huge letters on the back of the box, "Massively Merciless." I can't say that they didn't warn me.

I so despise giving UbiSoft money for that game.

If any others of you have played it or are playing it, please tell me what keeps you in the game and what you think that they are doing right or wrong.

04-20-2003, 09:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
DataMonkey Upright	Shadowbane, what are your thoughts on the game? Shadowbane received only a week of my attention. I believe that it is a terrible design. Here's my extremely brief argument to support this. 1) After level 21, you are forced to hunt in PK zones. Okay, I can handle that. I'm not happy about it, but I can handle it. 2) Certain characters (thieves and assasins) can become invisible and sneak up on you when you are sitting (sitting chars take about triple normal damage). A quick slash or two and you may be back at your spawn point. That makes me angry, but still not enough for me to quit. 3) Thieves can rob you, while invisible, and you will not know about it. Okay, game fvking over. I can't handle a class so powerful that I am CONSTANTLY pk'd, but only after they rob me blind, wait for me to sit down (to recharge mana after a fight with some mob) and then pummel me to a quick death. I would love to give another character experience and everything that I have on me because they picked a character class that is pretty much god-like. As an addition to item number 3, if you are in certain cities I have heard that you can be robbed in the cities between your bank and a merchant. I wonder how many invisible thieves are sitting in a bank waiting for you to withdraw your money... That's shitty design. That's why I played for only a week. I won't become a grief player by using a thief, which appears to be the only way to get ahead in the game, short of starting your own guild... and I just don't have the time for that crap. Shadowbane is a game riddled with griefers. I don't see them nerfing the thieves either, as it states in huge letters on the back of the box, "Massively Merciless." I can't say that they didn't warn me. I so despise giving UbiSoft money for that game. If any others of you have played it or are playing it, please tell me what keeps you in the game and what you think that they are doing right or wrong.