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Hiya All,
My first post here, my first experience with the Pathfinder games, my first time truly feeling like I found a crowd that is as much as a dork as me since I was a kid...simply put I am gloriously excited about this game.
This all came to pass when I saw a post on Massively.com saying there were some alpha keys being given away in a thread. Now I had heard about Pathfinder's Kickstarter (actually it was the first mmorpg I had ever seen use Kickstarter)and always kinda kept a keen eye on it but it seemed like it would not be out till 2016, unsure of the devs, been burnt soooo many times before, we all know this story...there are lakes filled with our tears lol.
So some kind soul shot me his last key and off I went. At first I almost stopped playing because I thought all there was to play was this little starter town, perhaps I could travel a little out of the town but that was it. I would click the map and see where my character was then move for about a minute or two and my character seemed to be in the same place, or so I thought.
Well in actuality my character WAS MOVING it's just that the map was INSANELY LARGE!!! I quickly began running as fast as I could, past goblins, ogres and others of this ilk. I must of ran for about 5 minutes before I hastily looked at the map again. My little character STILL HAD ONLY MOVED A FRACTION. "What is going on here?!", I whispered to myself.
Immediately I begin to ask noob questions. Question, after question, after question (I still have tons of questions lol) and everyone answered AND answered politely!!! "So is this the entire map for the game at launch? It's huge!", I typed with reckless abandonment. "No this is just a quarter of the game," (the player may have said a third or half or some other mathematical configuration but I was so flabbergasted that this was just A PIECE of this world I quickly forgot).
So now I'm thinking I have to test this game. I have to try out combat, crafting, etc. I do and for an alpha state found them as a solid base but what was more impressive is I could see the DIRECTION of where this team wants to go. After further study I continue to see this sense of direction in almost all elements of the game coming from this mysterious GW's company...refreshing.
So now I'm thinking do I want to buy into this game? I do some more research and found Ryan Scott Dancey defending his position on GW's EE to the people commenting on an article on Massively. Ryan completely slays, debunks, mystifies and essentially owns every negative comment...I think he may be some kind of a wizard. Also through the course of reading these comments I learn that if we buy into EE we get to KEEP OUR CHARACTERS!!!
GW's I have a very aggressive wife, a three year old girl, a two year old girl, a 2 month old boy and a puppy that must of escaped from the hounds of hell pack. Do you understand what you are about to get me into??!!
So that's my story. I will be buying this game today and I hope this post catches the eyes of someone on GW's team because you truly are making something special. I'm 37 and have played all the games (mmo's and tabletop with an exception of Pathfinder which will be rectified this weekend!) and I truly feel as if I have found a diamond in the rough with Pathfinder Online.
Wishes
Goblin Squad Member
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Welcome to the dark side , we have cookies... err no?
In that case, welcome to PFO! Glad you found some of the key elements that many of us have been drawn to for years, feel free to ask questions here or in the forums, and don't forget to take a look at the many player resources available (insert links for Nihimonicon, Cal B's Spreadsheet, PFO wiki, List of "Guilds" and age/location survey...) :)
And let me be the very first to shamelessly offer you a home in Forgeholm if you are interested in playing a dwarf, future gnome or halfing, and if the life of mining, fighting, drinking and crafting amougst the proud dwarves sounds good to you!
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If you want to hook up with other players (aside from the forums) there are a number of resources in the publicly editable guilds spreadsheet. Note it has multiple tabs including historical data on the initial rush to acquire starting settlements..
@ Caldeathe Baequiannia that's exactly what I was looking for :)
@ Everyone else thanks for the warm welcome and ideas! I'm certainly looking forward to vagabonding around with ya.
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If you consider to focus on the PvP, Aragon is your place. We are the "bad guys" in game, but a fraternal and mature Settlement Out-Of-Character. There is a well rounded lore to hold our PvP decision, and a lot on planning ahead. We have a lot of specialized Companies.
Be my guest to join us if you please.
In-Character: Chosing Aragon or not, the pleasure for your choice is all ours. ;)
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First, welcome! We're (mostly) a nice bunch, so ask questions, poke around the forums, etc.
Second, if you're interested in playing tabletop Pathfindet, check out the Pathfinder Society organized play.. If there's a group near you, there is no better or friendlier way to get into the tabletop game. Like you, Pathfinder Online was my introduction to Pathfinder, and the Society was a great additional boon.
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Welcome, Russell; it might've been I who answered your question about map size :-). To use one of my brother's highest compliments about a game: "there's a lot of here here".
If you want to dig deeply into the design philosophy, don't hesitate to read the Goblinworks blogs and other yumminess you'll find in the Nihimonicon, a central repository for more than can be easily imagined.
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Hiya All,
My first post here, my first experience with the Pathfinder games, my first time truly feeling like I found a crowd that is as much as a dork as me since I was a kid...simply put I am gloriously excited about this game.
Howdy :)
You're definitely not the only one who's "gloriously excited" about PFO, and we're glad to have you in the community.
You'll find a lot of very knowledgeable folks here who are very eager to answer questions, so feel free to ask about anything.
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I was sold on the idea of PFO in part what I wanted in mmorpg "more freedom" from myself and in part from what Ryan demonstrated in design and again in engagement with interested people.
I was sold on the idea of EE despite limitations in part due to lack of alternatives and again because there's a chance a good quality community will harbour in EE, which adds a lot of value imo.
I did not realize Ryan had such a history in games previously but certainly did recognise the design idea was really great even if the implementation challenges still remained "staggering"!!!
