UOKR Picture and general discussion

[Zoie Hayden]

I'm optimistic. After a good bit of work I think it'll be reasonably good. Give it a few more months and stuff'll be ironed out.

It needs a lot more than ironing out of some bugs. The thing is clearly only half-finished and needs a lot more work to even be passable; let alone compete with the 2D client.

[Arma Renox]

The thing people have to bear in mind is that it IS half finished, no one's claiming otherwise. It's a Beta, what do you expect?

[Garak Nightchill]

I've just got a new computer and have been trying out KR.  It performs well on my new system though I cant really judge it until I've set up my macros etc and done some combat.  

I'm not sure how it will work out pvp-wise.  It's kinda clunky for a mage, if you select yourself or a target all spells automatically gfo for the target rather than give you a target reticle.  I prefer the 2D way of casting a spell and using target-self and last-target.  Hopefully this can still be done in KR.  

Recent patches have given KR some 2D features i.e you can now have the old style inventory though it can be resized I believe.  Also there is a legacy chat option i.e you can type without having to hit enter first now.

[Hoagie]

It can be done in KR. Right click the icon on the hotbar, and you can choose between reticle, last target, etc.

[Kas Valentine]

The thing people have to bear in mind is that it IS half finished, no one's claiming otherwise. It's a Beta, what do you expect?

S'fair play Arma but 2D and Third Dawn only changed slightly between beta and live, hence why I'm so confident the live version of KR will incite my hatred as much as the beta.

[Hoagie]

Uhhh. It is live. It's been live for a while. >_>

[Kas Valentine]

Is it? I thought they'd stopped Stygian Abyss to concentrate on ironing out the bugs and what not? So it's not public beta anymore....?

[Hoagie]

They did do that, but it's not been public beta for some time. They did admit it still needs a lot of work, but I think publicly "unreleasing" a game would be the last thing they'd want to do.

[Kas Valentine]

Awwwww my bad !

I shall commence live bashing mode pronto.

[Hoagie]

I forgive you!

Not for all the horse and beard bashing though. Big doody head. 

[Krieger]

It needs a lot more than ironing out of some bugs. The thing is clearly only half-finished and needs a lot more work to even be passable; let alone compete with the 2D client.

I also said:
 

After a good bit of work I think it'll be reasonably good.

Not simply, "Achh, get a few more bugs ironed out and it'll be great." However, given some more months, stuff will be ironed out - not that it makes KR satisfactory.

[Zoie Hayden]

I don't think it's still in Beta. Didn't they declare it gold and are having all new players download it instead of the 2D? I know I've recruited a couple who didn't even know there was a 2D client.

Even if it is beta, it's still far too unfinished to even be called that in my opinion.

[Kas Valentine]

Oooh oooh can I say s'poo again....?

[Amelia Cane]

KR went gold end of June, and has had a couple of major patches since.  This took many people by surprise (even the fanbois) who kept saying things like "but its just beta", "what do you expect from beta testing", "when its launched it will be better than 2D".

I really had high hopes for KR myself.  I'm very disappointed with it.  If I released software that full of bugs at work I would be fired.  What worries me most is people who are trying UO out for the first time are trying to play the game with KR.  Its not a good advertisement for the UO universe, and I think it will put many newcomers right off, and chase them away to an unealthy, addictive grinding MMO.

[Farfar]

Read about KR in this weeks FoF, promising something spectacular good for miners.
  "I got to have it", I said to myself!
So im trying to downloading it one more time, and if it f***s up again, i probably go rabid...
*Pushes the download button*

7 Hours!?  Oooohhh!!! *holds head in hands*