Shadowbane Emulator opening this weekend for a week
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This is a game I always wanted to play... but every time I tried, it ran like shit and crashed constantly. I know plenty of people who swear Shadowbane is the epitome of MMO PVP.
Cybsled
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I had a half-elf blademaster (ranger based). I put lots of points into the running/sprint skills (they stacked), so I could get the fuck outta dodge if the fight went south lol. It worked pretty well...only centaur rangers could catch me.
Only open for a week, though? Unless they ultra boost XP gains and make building cities EZ mode, I'm not sure what can be accomplished in a week besides camping the NPC spots of the world (since the rest is barren because it was intended to be where the cities went).
Only open for a week, though? Unless they ultra boost XP gains and make building cities EZ mode, I'm not sure what can be accomplished in a week besides camping the NPC spots of the world (since the rest is barren because it was intended to be where the cities went).
Barab
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I remember meeting the main dude from Wolfpack who was behind writing the lore at Gen Con back in the day. Very laid back cool guy.
McCheese
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Shadowbane was awesome until you logged in one afternoon to a burning, crumbling city with your guild mates being raped all around you.
That's what happened to me. My little guild decided not to go along with the resident zerg (LOD?) and instead grouped into an alliance with several other smaller guilds to try and compete. We managed to avoid notice for a while. But then I came home one day and got all comfortable at my pc, logged in ready to go kill some mobs for upkeep gold, and saw a burning city when I entered the game. It was terrible!
That's what happened to me. My little guild decided not to go along with the resident zerg (LOD?) and instead grouped into an alliance with several other smaller guilds to try and compete. We managed to avoid notice for a while. But then I came home one day and got all comfortable at my pc, logged in ready to go kill some mobs for upkeep gold, and saw a burning city when I entered the game. It was terrible!
Barab
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Were you on the Death server at the time ? We were on Ice Isle vs LoD as well if so. Brutal fighting...
McCheese
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Yep, Death. I remember participating in one last, giant attack on LoD's main city on the Ice Isle before they pretty much curbstomped the server. It was fun, but ultimately futile.
My guild's city was pretty far away, on the main forest continent. We have a pretty sweet position that gave us control of a couple good runes, although I can't remember what they were exactly. We used to spend our days patrolling our area and killing people trying to get the runes.
Barab
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Nod, we were a few clicks from LoD's main city on the Ice Island from the start. By far the most brutal month of pvp Ive ever experience in any mmorpg. The kick in the nuts was when we finally sacked their city only to have the GM's bring it back due to some bug / glitch they claimed occurred.
McCheese
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Yeah it had horrible performance but it was pretty cool to see. I felt like a rebel fighter assaulting the death star. Except we lost in the end.
This game was amazing back in the day, filled the void that UO left when it went to shit.
A SB emu a decade later tho? Doubtful.
A SB emu a decade later tho? Doubtful.
Back in the day I downloaded the free trial. Within 10 minutes got an SB.exe crash, then logged back in and fell under the world. Uninstalled.
Shadowbane had the best "design" of any video game I've played in the last 10 years. Too bad the actual implementation was crap.
I think I spent as much time trying to work out ideal character builds as I did actually playing the game. I'd love to see Shadowbane as re-imagined by Blizzard.
I think I spent as much time trying to work out ideal character builds as I did actually playing the game. I'd love to see Shadowbane as re-imagined by Blizzard.