Volatile Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 (edited) Runes of Magic is an MMORPG which is still in beta form and was first announced in December of '08. RoM plans its first release for March 19th of this year (in 2 days). I've played the game for about a month and love it. It has deemed the nickname "the World of Warcraft clone". The only thing is.. its free with no monthly subscriptions. Below is a screenshot and a link to their trailer. http://www.runesofmagic.com http://www.runesofmagic.com/us/videos,id10..._cinematic.html Maintenance Plan up to the 19th: The official Runes of Magic launch is closer than ever and a lot of things are still in the pipeline this week.Here's an overview what you have to endure and can look forward to: Server downtime for patching Today on March 16th, 2009 at app. 10pm PST the servers will be taken down for a small patch and update. We reckon that this might take no longer than the usual 3 hours. Server downtime for launch To prepare the launch properly, we will take down the Runes of Magic servers on March 18th, 2009 at 2am PST. We will do extensive maintenance and a lot of polishing to the website and the forums as well. So these will be shutting down at the same time and will be back when the servers are online. We would like to thank all of you for your continued support and hope to see you again when Runes of Magic goes live on March 19th, 2009! (Oh... and note: There will be no character wipe and you all get a complete TP reset and debt wipe.) Edited March 17, 2009 by Volatile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotdot Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Id rather pay my ?8 a month and play the real thing than what looks like a knock-off. If the game good it,ll be because they`ve ripped off most of what made wow good and ported it to there own universe. But hey if our a cheap bugger or are sick of wow then I guess playing a knock off version of it might be fun...... Had a look at the site, yeh its free to play and download but you have to buy "diamonds" to get in game items. Tbh this is looking like nothing more than a cheap rip to suck in a gullable player base, who imho be better pulling there fingers out and just playing wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ylcard Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Free games are cool. No reason to talk about ripping stuff from WoW as it took plenty of stuff from other "games". It's irrelevant, either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APH-Alex Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Meh, I'll stick with SilkRoad Online, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slane Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I'm downloading the beta, hoping the beta will work with the live version, but meh. Looks funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dance. Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 @Inclined : Like what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey B. Veteran Posted March 17, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 17, 2009 i played silkroad a while back i loved it *played it for a few months when the first beta started* i currently play wow and will continue to and as far as runes of magic goes i did the beta and i have to say that its not all that bad it just does not feel complete to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slane Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Downloaded and patched up. Just waiting on my account to become active. Anyone else wanna give it a shot? Figure if anything might be something fun to play around with. Thinking of being a S/R (Scout/Rogue) or maybe vice-versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamesupporter Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Welcome to Runes of the Magic Bot free Open Beta! We hope you enjoy the botting! Please post your feedback and discussion on our forum:www.botsmall.com/forum We are awaiting your participation and thank you for your attention. Rombot Version 1.0 features: 1.auto potion 2.auto target mobs 3.auto use skill 4.auto picking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted May 18, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted May 18, 2009 Yea I started playing it because I enjoy free games more, and was recommend this from the guys of TRS. For a free WOW, it's quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethere Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I've had it installed since the game came out, and I only end up playing it when Tuesday patch day comes around. Level 11 mage so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 absolutely love this game. Only been playing since Friday night, but its a great game so far. Even got a bunch of my wow buddies to come over and play it with me. 9 out of 10 of them were pleasantly surprised and continue to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I genuinely thought it was a World of Warcraft screenshot in the OP, what a striking resemblance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted June 20, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted June 20, 2009 I have uninstalled it already, not worth the time lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 For those of you playing. They are giving away Jade Warrior armor sets this weekend. Find your keys from a bunch of gaming sites. http://forum.us.runesofmagic.com/showthread.php?t=17683 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted June 21, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 21, 2009 I have uninstalled it already, not worth the time lol Yeah, there was no life to it. I played for an hour or two and didn't see a reason to keep going. I don't know what it is about WoW, but most other MMOs just feel lifeless and boring. I really would like to get away from it, but I can't find something good enough to switch to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted June 21, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted June 21, 2009 Yeah, there was no life to it. I played for an hour or two and didn't see a reason to keep going. I don't know what it is about WoW, but most other MMOs just feel lifeless and boring. I really would like to get away from it, but I can't find something good enough to switch to. Well, I don't play WOW either. I play LOTRO. So a bit different reason lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 well I hit level 20/20 last night. You can truely see how the game has alot of wow things, as after level 20, you are much more "on your own" in a much bigger environment, with alot more cool and scary looking baddies. I have to say I am really enjoying my experience, and honestly my biggest thing was, I was looking for a replacement for WoW until Star Wars comes out. Honestly I don't want to pay for another MMO, like Aion Online or something, because I know if I pay for it, I will have an investment in it, and will feel committed to continue to play it, and with ToR less than a year away, I don't want to miss out on that first awesome ride in ToR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volatile Posted July 10, 2009 Author Share Posted July 10, 2009 Glad to see my post kicked back off. Yea I'm 50/39 R/K now Artimes Server Chaotic Guild I just updated my computer and the graphics are excellent.. will post an updated screenshot sometime this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 *Kicks this back up to get some more exposure.* Phase One of Chapter III: The Elder Kingdoms! Phase One, also known as Patch 3.0.0, will include portions of the fantastic continent of Zandorya. Begins soonish. I just started replaying as a tithe over until Cataclysm. I'm now a 13 (almost 14) Elven Warden and I'll be going to get my Scout subclass soonish. I freaking love the Warden. I hated the scout as a primary class, but I'm really loving the Warden. Anyone still playing? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamzter Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 ROM is so very like WOW...and the good thing is that it's free to play... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Well got tired of Allod's Online at level 23 because of all the ganking. So decided I would give RoM another try. My Mage/Priest is at level 35/25. The latest expansion came out tuesday. Looks pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenom II Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Avira popped up a malware warning and deleted one of the install "Village" files for me.... thanks Avira Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 You know the graphics in Allod's looks so much better than RoM, but RoM feels more comfortable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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