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Microsoft from French
Microsoft from French
I'm not an absolute fan of high-end graphics. What attracts me is the content often more than the container. And content, there are some in Alganon.
This game is not a bad game, far from it. But I would lie in you stating that currently I recommend it. The game is so full of bugs and problems of intense lags that it is practically unplayable itself. If there is a comparison to be made with WoW I would rather do it with private servers stuffed with bugs.
I encounter the same problems on Alganon as I met on private servers of WoW. Disconnections, often deadly battle lags, invincible enemies that follow you over very long distances and shoot you through walls. And the famous bug that puts you in combat mode even if you are in town which forces you to Deco-Reco.
One of the weakest points of the game are the classes. None of them except can be warden (paying class that comes with the rise of the Ourobani DLC) are not viable solo. You can not "kiter" with the Ranger who is decked out of care spell that empty a focus bar and the soldier can do better than "off-tank" a bit like the warrior on wow. The problem that I get tired the most is that skills are twice too expensive in focus to play. Moreover the interface does not help the healers at all. In the urgency it is difficult to react in time to save someone.
When you wear light and you can't handle more than 2-3 shots, if you need your focus/rage bar to be empty before the enemy is back on you, you're done, add a lag and... The healer's skills are far too expensive to launch and those used to protect it are inadequate, one of which only blocks one shot.
If this is a problem it is because the pool of player is very restricted. If you are not viable solo when there is no one, good luck. Unless you pay for a mercenary related to the character and not the user's account (such as mounts). As I am someone who makes and defeats characters constantly, the stuff related to the characters is of no interest to me or usefulness. Linked to the account and here you interest me!
There are two obvious classes missing, Paladin (a real tank that can heal and ressuck) and possibly a necromancer, a real dot class with a fart to protect. The Ranger is useless next to a warden who does what the Ranger should do logically.
I still like the game because the community is great. She is taking initiatives to try to improve the game. And I continue to hope that they end up with the most frustrating problems.
By the way I bought the DLC and removed the restrictions. So I do not write this to type on the developer. I want the game to work. And for now I don't feel like I have any for what I've spent. I feel like I have half a broken product.
So in all conscience I can not recommend it in its present form. I would have no credibility in that.
If they ever came to solve all these problems and adjusted the difficulties of fighting by taking into account that there are not many players, I will do another criticism taking into account.
Added November 2016: the game is completely abandoned. The server is empty and no problems mentioned in this review have been corrected.
Verdict: stand away from this game like black plague.