orcishgamer: I don't think it will be, I'm saying even if it was, it would still be worth it.
I had to use ROT13 ciphers and my knowledge of ancient Egypt to solve some quests the other day. How's your knowledge of composers? You need that. How much do you recall about classic lit? Yep, that too.
The game is fucking awesome.
nijuu: That really sounds quite interesting, a change from most MMO's ive played. :)...Any idea roughly how much time you may end up sinking into the game?.
Well, if you can "stop" playing when you want, I mean, it's not a grindy treadmill like most MMOs, you basically earn points which you can spend on skills, quests are repeatable and you can eventually max all skills, the trick is slotting the right ones, you get 7 Active skill slots and 7 passive (you get one more of each later in the game for something called Auxiliary weapons, considering these are Rocket Launchers, Chainsaws, and a Quantum device of some kind, they're hilariously fun). You can switch your build using a saved gear slot (or manually) as you like, allowing you to take on any role. I imagine gearing for end-game content will have you primarily selecting one role specifically for hardcore-raiding (providing you even choose to do that), but for everything else gearing can be done with less, ultra-difficult to get gear.
I'm not at end game, I'm about halfway through the content, but have 3 or so strong higher-end builds (and all the early game builds that would normally be possible). I'm also maxed in my faction rank.
I also love how you can get most of the way through a conversation with someone only to realize you've been speaking with an elder god the past few hours. In all fairness, they're sometimes wearing Hawaiian t-shirts and shit. The way this game presents situations like this is with a very different kind of... energy(?) than the pomp most games will present something so serious.
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Plugging this game again, you can do the single player thing in it if you wish. It's structured a lot like Guild Wars now.