Post by Morreion on Jan 30, 2012 15:51:58 GMT -5
AO was my 2nd MMO and my 1st sci-fi MMO as well. It had a very shaky release- for the first month debilitating lag was common- but once it was playable, it was a blast. Back then grouping was much more desirable, and grouping happened a lot in the first year of play.
This group portrait, taken after a successful hunt at sunrise or sunset (yes, that's 2 suns), shows off some of the classes of the game (as well as the variety of armor drops). From left to right: An Enforcer (think melee weapon tank), a Metaphysician (a pet class- that's his round finned pet floating behind the group), an Agent (a DPS sniper class, note the fancy long-range rifle), an Adventurer (that's me- a utility healer class dual-wielding pistols), and 2 Fixers (a utility DPS class). The Metaphysician has a small glowing ball hovering near his head- this was a high-tech light source similar to a torch.
A camp in the Varmint Woods- this was a swampy higher level zone near the lower level areas near Tir, the capital city for the Rebel faction. It was rather intimidating at the time. There's someone in a vehicle on the right- vehicles were expensive but increased one's movement speed dramatically.
An interesting mysterious incident that happened in a no-man's land area between all of the factions. Fighting was going on, and then the earth shook, and shortly thereafter a wall of light rolled across the landscape. I can't remember if it was a world event type of thing caused by the devs, or if it was a rare occurrence having to do with orbital bombardment...it was rather alarming at the time!
This group portrait, taken after a successful hunt at sunrise or sunset (yes, that's 2 suns), shows off some of the classes of the game (as well as the variety of armor drops). From left to right: An Enforcer (think melee weapon tank), a Metaphysician (a pet class- that's his round finned pet floating behind the group), an Agent (a DPS sniper class, note the fancy long-range rifle), an Adventurer (that's me- a utility healer class dual-wielding pistols), and 2 Fixers (a utility DPS class). The Metaphysician has a small glowing ball hovering near his head- this was a high-tech light source similar to a torch.
A camp in the Varmint Woods- this was a swampy higher level zone near the lower level areas near Tir, the capital city for the Rebel faction. It was rather intimidating at the time. There's someone in a vehicle on the right- vehicles were expensive but increased one's movement speed dramatically.
An interesting mysterious incident that happened in a no-man's land area between all of the factions. Fighting was going on, and then the earth shook, and shortly thereafter a wall of light rolled across the landscape. I can't remember if it was a world event type of thing caused by the devs, or if it was a rare occurrence having to do with orbital bombardment...it was rather alarming at the time!
