Valkayree wrote:
While I understand that if you jump through all the little loops and hoops, likely ping issues, and uncomfortable payment systems it can be perhaps enjoyable to a level kind of where it could be, I do not feel the need to give money to a company who wasn't even considerate enough of my needs as a U.S. player to tell me "Hey, you know that game you have been waiting for for months?.... Sorry we can't release it due to X, Y, Z". I didn't even get a "We're sorry".
Loops and hoops? There's just one, a japanese captcha for account creation, and even that is hiragana. 26 characters and you can use a handy chart to decypher them. Shouldnt take more than three tries.
Ping issues arent a problem either since monster locations are for you only. I play it with someone else with my laptop next to my computer, and monsters i see on my screen infront of me, she sees somewhere else. And it doesnt matter, because if i hit them, the damage is displayed on her screen as well. There's just no synchronization in -monster- locations, and you cant be hit by a beam you see on someone else's screen that would go through your position but that on your position misses you. Even the worst lagging person can play it since it's basicly like playing the single player game where only the monster's HP, damage and the timing of their abilities is synchronized, as well as player locations and player abilities. Makes for a perfectly playable game no matter how far you are from the server, smooth and everything.
Payment system, the game is free. 100% playable without paying. There is premium (for a larger room and selling to other people), but you wont need that, ever. You can just buy things from other people, just wont be able to sell or trade to other people without premium, and that's perfectly fine like that. Only thing this does is effectively eliminate RMT, i have not once seen a shout or tell from them.
Really, no issues at all that would prevent english people from playing it.
Edited, Jul 3rd 2014 7:05pm by KojiroSoma