They're interesting, but I'm trying to complete all three orgs archive missions so I can get the special effects from the collectors. It's good to see the story from three different perspectives, but the difficulty is getting considerably ramped up by putting me in more hostile neighborhoods with tougher enemies and such.

I like seeing the different parts of the story, but missioning can get quite stressful under these conditions and it's hard to get on with the flow unless I'm very close to a gaining a new level and I want to finish it right away.

Is using Archive Missions a good way to level?

It seems quite slow to me, as it takes quite a few individual missions to level. Would it be better to take the standard missions (fast length and hard difficulty) from your organizations contact? I haven't got a chance to compare XP gain.

So you mean to tell me that the 12 people standing at Mara C is the 'playerbase'... and the two people messing around in PvP mode is the 'end-game'... oi...

Now I'm really wondering if it's worth the grind of getting to 50... spending my lifetime sitting on a park bench. I figured the 40-50 construct was populated with fighters.

I haven't played in quite awhile...

Where is most of the PvP found on Syntax? In the Constructs?

I'm coming back to try out the game again. I've heard Rarebit left (hopefully they're going to supply a new Dev and not kill the game entirely), though I do miss the subject matter and atmosphere that this game presented. I also don't know of many other MMO's that incorporate Martial Arts in the way that this one presents itself.

I couldn't get very far the last time I tried the game out a few years ago. I was playing on a very old computer and was having loading problems the whole time. I do think I made it to the 20-30 level range before giving up, though. The interiors in the buildings weren't so bad for playing on that old rig, but the outside murdered me.

I've completely forgotten how to play, and most of the guides I've read are pretty out-dated.

If I remember correctly, though... you can pretty much buy all of the skills and change your loadout any time you want. Freedom like that is what brings me to games. I don't want to be stuck in some archetype/profession and not be able to change what my character can learn. At least this system fits into the theme of the Matrix easily. It also makes it easier not to really screw up anything... so many games force people to restart if they mess up their stats or skills.

I guess I'll see you guys over on Syntax. Not sure if I'll keep my old character (if he's still around). I may just start over to re-learn the ropes or whatever...

I doubt this crackhead will be able to even play the game with such a small harddrive, his computer probably sucks as well. I came standard with a 40 gig and I even just put another 40 gig in and my computer would barely run it, I had to put another 150 bucks in for a 128 mb video card and a gig of ram. He posted in the Redpill Rescue forum saying he doesn't want to delete his 4 megabyte drug farming game to get space for this, heh.

*looks at the empty bucket of popcorn*

Man... This soap Opera is long... I need more popcorn. So many threads.. such a convoluted story. Seems to be headed towards some sort of climactic moment in the plot.

This plot is pretty muddled though. Hard to say what's going to happen. Awful lot of stuff gets bleeped out too.

Not sure who is having which aliens baby even. And what's with the evil twin? And why is it in spanish? Ah well ... popcorn is ready. Back in a bit.

I know some people like the smaller events, but I have to participate in one of these newer style ones because the developer refuses to put up a schedule.  I have a family, and while I enjoy playing MxO, I'm not going to ignore my wife and two children to wait in hope for an event to come on.   Now, if it there was something more concrete ("Syntax, on Thursday, around 8pm EST, give or take an hour, there should be an event)", that would be great.  I could schedule my time and participate, and enjoy one of the primary reasons why I signed on for this game.

As it stands now, I don't see how I could ever wind up falling into one of these.  And that's very, very frustrating.

Let me guess... live events don't happen on weekends because the staff doesn't work on them?

Sheesh, one of the things I subscribed to play for and I don't think they even have them on the only time I'm able to play because of work.

Or how about Matrix Revolutions

http://matrix3mxo.ytmnd.com/

Not sure if anyone's familiar with YTMND but I just stumbled upon a nice lengthly little one that you guys might find funny and interesting:

The Matrix Reloaded According to the Matrix Online

http://matrix2mxo.ytmnd.com/

Well, I have my graphics card and I have the RAM on order. I guess it was good to spend a little extra money, since I did get a little extra. I was in a bad car accident and I was on medical leave so I got 100% of my wages from work plus 60% of my wages from the insurance company. I guess 140 bucks wasn't that much of a dent

Now I have.

P4 1.7 Ghz Processor (never changed, doubt i really need much more just yet)

1 GB of  PC2100 DDR Ram (upped from 512, was originally 256,)

ATI Radeon 9550 128 mb graphics card (upped from a 64 mb geforce 2, it ran the game fine but it just wouldn't load any colors besides black and white, i could only see white people with white hair too.)

I know there's still room for improvement but hey, why spend a bunch of money when it isn't really needed.

When I get my graphics card, I'm considering making a primary Martial Artist, most likely using Kung Fu and I want to be secondary as a duelist. I know you can change around but this is what I want my first go to be at, any abilities I should be looking for in both? I could probably load all for both when I get to max level.. best I've got is level 4 though on my trial account and I'm not sticking with that character when I really subscribe, heh.

What's a good idea for 'well placed' stats? I was considering being a devoted ascetic, but I'm going to need to up that Vitality eventually.

What do I do with all of those code bits that I keep uploading to hardlines?

 Last question: When you get all of the abilities, can you switch from being an aikido grandmaster to kung fu grandmaster etc. and back.

Is it possible to change your stats from leveling up? If so then the personality types (Detached Spectator, etc.) are just a basis right?

What would be a good starting personality type for someone who wants to be a Martial Artist/Duelist? I was looking at Devoted Ascetic but the vitality for that is pretty low. Unsure what a good stat build would be in the end, the guides I read don't really say much.

I started out on Recursion, I see a lot of zionites but that's probably just the area I'm in. Is Recursion really the best place to find a mix of all the factions? I would play the PvP server since it seems more realistic but it seems overly biased towards the Zionites in numbers. I'm going to restart after I get my card and trial a bit more, so I really want to find the best server for me. I'm a little confused with how things work still, I read quite a few guides but I'm unsure what I'm doing. I keep putting points into the awakened skill each level like it showed me in the tutorial. To get other skills you can just simply purchase them with your Info at any time, but there's a level req to use them? Shouldn't I be able to raise skills as well?

Another question might I add, since I don't want to make too many threads.. what does the combat look like against a bunch of level 50's is it basically just the luck of the roll since they're all pretty much evenly matched? It seems like whoever has the best status effects on will win.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...5&CatId=880

Will that run the game, I guess it's considerably better than the 9200. It has the shader and crap everyones talking about. My *CENSORED* posts keep getting deleted, so yeah.

Still can't reply to my own topics..

Well will a Radeon 9200 play it, I found one for $40? Next thing I know you guys will tell me I need to go from 512 mb of RAM to 1000 MB of RAM, honestly it's not worth doing all this stuff to play a game I probably won't like, all I wanted to do was trial it. Maybe I should go play SWG.