this one is from the PH board and is about a year old. it is an account of my first time playing AC, with pandy as my monarch:
i played AC for the first time this weekend. this was my first time playing any MMORPG, unless you count muds, and in all it was a good time. i guess i spent about 7 hours playing and/or getting set up. this sounds like a lot of time, but not when you break it down:
5-5:30 pm, try to load game on aging desktop computer:
loading game: 5 min.
signing up for accounts: 10 min
downloading patches: left to buy potato chips after 15 minutes.
6-7:30pm, beat on old desktop to get AC to work:
rearranging PCI cards so scavenged 3DFX card will fit in PC: 10 min
talking dirty to 3DFX card to let PC boot: 10 min
talking dirty to windows 2000 to load video drivers: 10 min
talking dirty to the internet to locate win2k drivers: 10 min
talking dirty to driverguide.com to download only living copy of win2k video driver on planet earth: 10 min
climbing to top of water tower with desktop PC in order to hurl it to it's death after video drivers fialed to load: 10 min
stand off with police: 20 min
7:30-8 pm, try to load game on laptop computer:
loading game: 5 min
sgning in with created accounts: 5 min
downloading patches: 25 freaking min
8-9pm, create new character:
build character from stock template: 5 min
run around in circles figuring out controls: 10 min
run around training thing doing stupid missions: 45 min
9pm-12am, play actual AC:
game time before first death: 15 min
total number of deaths: 14
time spent running from monsters: 1 hour
time spent running back to where i died: 1 hour
time spent waiting for girfriend's powerful character to come protect me: 30 minutes
number of deaths while waiting: 2
number of deaths while being actively protected by girlfriend: 4
time spend fighting to keep up with girlfriend's character who runs at mach jesus: 30 minutes
time spent on guided tour of girfriend's home town: 30 minutes
number of deaths on guided tour: 1