Tabula Rasa 2

[Dinova]

Same for me, I made a thread like this in the german forum

Tabula Rasa had its problems. But it was special. I managed one of the biggest german fansites for that game and talked nearly daily to the community managers. They loved the game and the community, too.

I never played a MMOG again which was as awsome as Tabula Rasa for me. Till now. Defiance is much more action based, but I think thats better. In my opinion Defiance is something like a Tabula Rasa 3.0. I really, really love it!

Thats the whole thing with NCsoft, they have killed games (be it their or others fault) there never had any equaly matched alternative. Tabula and Dungeon Runners, but most of all City of Heroes.

I still have the CE of Tabula and tons of screenshots, it was when Firefall came out i first felt a 'true' succesor to TR finaly arrived. Though the settings were totaly different, thats where Defiance kicks in. Those 2 combined get pretty damn close to what TR2.0 could have been, though i still miss the extra 'magic' abilities.

Defiance got a damn good base to go the same way, if they expand the same way as for example GW1 did (in 3 expensions they added tons of stuff).

[Jeronan]

I have been with Tabula Rasa since early closed beta until the very end.

In many ways Tabula Rasa was a much better game compared to Defiance.

It was just a shame Richard Garriott botched it up so badly and then the Whole war in Court between RG and NCSoft, that seriously affected the game. It never got the chance and never properly patched up / completed. :-(

[Vilmu]

In many ways Tabula Rasa was a much better game compared to Defiance.

I've to agree with this. For example the taking or defending outposts against the Bane was thousand times more funnier than the 'Arkfalls' or what ever they are called. Tried few and thought 'meh' and continued doing quests.

I spent hours in TR defending outposts because it was just fun. And when there was not attack going on, i would just sit there and wait for one

But i'm not saying Defiance is bad either, it's fun game too (imho)

[Dinova]

In many ways Tabula Rasa was a much better game compared to Defiance.

What Defiance doesnt have yet, still can come.

Dont forget the huge difference between beta and 'final assault to earth', in between they did massive ammount of tweaking.

[durion]

Back then, a random joe didn't just casually hop up into orbit for a publicity stunt. That said, he DID get the opportunity, and he -- as any clever businessman would -- wanted to make sure it served the interests of the game as well. What he did with the opportunity was an interesting publicity stunt, but the actual trip itself wasn't.

I as well miss TR... it remains to this day my favorite MMO. The game was amazingly fun (altho as people mentioned, it had its problem). The cloning system was amazing, the gameplay mechanics were innovative, the GMs were simply outstanding (I don't think anyone who was not active in the game could comprehend how much they were an active, vibrant force in the game), they are the only game -- MMO or not -- that I think got the whole scifi concept of biotechnology down correctly, and the 'occupation battles' for the various forts and waystations were something I have never encountered in any game before or after. Only Rift's region-wide events even come close to that level of immersiveness for me.

And they actually got the mechanics of a sniper down properly. I will give props to Defiance, they got it down almost as well, and certainly better than any other MMO I've seen since TR.

But I think one of the best aspects of TR was its community. I have yet to encounter any MMO community that was that.... good. With precious few exceptions, they were legitimately helpful, friendly, non-insulting, mature... almost scary nice sometimes. As someone mentioned before, when the GMs were giving out freebies one time, the players actually organized themselves, unbidden, into a queue to receive their stuff in an orderly fashion.

And lastly, for those that might remember... "Jesus Beam? What's a Jesus Beam?" (moments later in chat) "Oh god no why did I ask ahhhhhh"

LOL I totally forgot the terror of the jesus beam

[durion]

I've to agree with this. For example the taking or defending outposts against the Bane was thousand times more funnier than the 'Arkfalls' or what ever they are called. Tried few and thought 'meh' and continued doing quests.

I spent hours in TR defending outposts because it was just fun. And when there was not attack going on, i would just sit there and wait for one

But i'm not saying Defiance is bad either, it's fun game too (imho)

If they think of a way to incorporate it in a more impressive way rather than the water down version with oth over run farm - it will prolong gamelife alot

[Saldrin]

I was a big TR fan, only thing I didn't like is all the enemies were basically the same, just re-skinned a different color. I loved the grenadier and guardian class, the guardian play style was just simply fun. I'm not seeing how defiance and TR are similar besides being a 3rd person shooter.

There were way more skills and class variety in TR. There is no noticeable difference between race/class (that I know of!!!!!) in defiance except cosmetic. I'm actually finding defiance kind of boring as there is very little difference. Defiance is screaming for more defined class combat, think of Quake Wars: Enemy Territory. Medic, officer, agent....

Defiance is a 3rd person shooter, which an special power on a timer. TR: class based with special powers that you used in every encounter.