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[Phuketman]

I strongly believe the Guild name should have something to do with Thailand or the region, so that other potential  players can recognize us as being based in SEA, hence better chances to grow our guild.
Ok, here a quick brainstorm:

• Dark Siam
  
• Tom Yam Doom
  
• Siam Empire
  
• Tom Yam Empire
  
• Indosith
  
• Sith Satay (XD)
  
• Muay Sith
  
• Bangkok Baddies
  
• Bangkok Hunters (ref to BH)

I know some a crap but I just put them out there so that we can combine and brainstorm together. Was thinking we shouldn’t take ourselves too seriously. A funny name has better chances to attract new members.

Let me know you thoughts.

[MunterHunter]

Asian Tigers
Fa'lang
Dark Siam
Siam Empire

Just a few that popped to mind, or i liked from your list

[Phuketman]

Like "Asian Tigers" but it has nothing to do with the empire. hmm... in that case i prefer "Siam Tigers".

2 more popped in my head:

Sith East Asians
Singha Empire (haha)

Siam Empire is still on my favotrite list.

[Phuketman]

Whats your character name by the way? MunterHunter, is it?

[MunterHunter]

Emporer's Asian Tigers?

I also like Siam Empire and still like Dark Siam... Lets get input from others, at the end of the day i dont really care what the guild is called as long as there are people online and active aroudn the same times i play

I PM'd you with my character list.

[Ian_B]

I have a level 33 Jedi Sentinel and am on the "The Harbinger" Server

Let me know what server and which side everybody wants to be on and I'll re-roll for a Thai Guild. I guess I'll be switching to the Empire!

I have 2 kids so can only play from 8-10'ish (maybe later depending on what we're doing in-game)

[MunterHunter]

Ok Ian, will be nice to group up with you again... now if only we can convince Quiksilva to come join us

I will post up once i get the guild created, but the server is Beregen Colony (sp) - RP-PvE (although not much RP happens) and we are Empire side... none of this namby-pamby Jedi shmuck!

[MunterHunter]

Ok so we have an APAC guild created now "Siam Empire" - feel free to grab me for an Invite... Will try to expand the guild over the coming weeks and get more players from our timezone.

[griser]

I just went through the game. ran a character up to level 50. A smuggler. then after much thought. canceled the sub.
The reasons are mostly to do with it being too much like WoW. most of the game mechanics are direct ports from WoW.

1. Grey mobs attacking you. Hate that.
2. Cost of selling anything on the broker. 30k credits to sell something for 200k and this is done UP FRONT not after the sale.
3. ZERO customer service ... None I had a ticket up for over a week before I canceled it.
4. The broker using the mail system instead of money and gear going right into your inventory.
5. Little end game content... one raid zone? I realize its new but didn't they think people would get to end game quickly?

Greg

[Phuketman]

griser, on 2012-01-27 14:06:17, said:

I just went through the game. ran a character up to level 50. A smuggler. then after much thought. canceled the sub.
The reasons are mostly to do with it being too much like WoW. most of the game mechanics are direct ports from WoW.

1. Grey mobs attacking you. Hate that.
2. Cost of selling anything on the broker. 30k credits to sell something for 200k and this is done UP FRONT not after the sale.
3. ZERO customer service ... None I had a ticket up for over a week before I canceled it.
4. The broker using the mail system instead of money and gear going right into your inventory.
5. Little end game content... one raid zone? I realize its new but didn't they think people would get to end game quickly?

Greg

Too bad to here that Greg. Wished you could have joined our Thai guild on Bergeren.
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Edited by Phuketman, 2012-01-27 16:42:36.

[MunterHunter]

I've run through a bunch of grey mobs before, the only time i got attacked was when i ran 'through' one, running past them (very close) didnt seem to aggro them... admittedly they were lvl14 and i was 35... so i think their aggro range shrinks as the level difference grows.

The auction house broker, well i havent used the auction house at all so i couldnt comment.

End game content, i (partially) agree, having only 1 end game/raiding zone is a bit cr@p but i do tend to give new games a bit of lea-way in the first quarter... i've subbed for 6mths, if they have not added new high end content by then i will probably quit too.

Customer Service, thats a mixed bag actually, over xmas i tried to log in from a new pc and got the security questions again, of course they gave me the one question i had forgotten the answer too... i tried customer support during hte daytime (thai time) and was on hold forever before i gave up and hung up - this happened a number of times, in the end when i got back home and faced the same security question, i rang again, this time it was evening in thailand, i got through to a CS agent immediately and my problem solved within 5 minutes... so its down to the CS availability i think (not an excuse, just an explanation!)

So i understand your frustration, espcially about end-game content, this MMO i chose to approach things slightly differently, i am casually elvelling a number of characters instead of rushing one, knowing that the end-game isnt fully supported yet.

[quiksilva]

MunterHunter, on 2012-01-24 17:58:18, said:

Ok Ian, will be nice to group up with you again... now if only we can convince Quiksilva to come join us

I will post up once i get the guild created, but the server is Beregen Colony (sp) - RP-PvE (although not much RP happens) and we are Empire side... none of this namby-pamby Jedi shmuck!

Hey, I heard that, but only just now    

How's it going? Still enjoying the game?

I've kinda given up on MMO's. Been disappointed too often recently. So I've sworn to myself, no more until they are at least a year old. This gives them time to squash most of the bugs, get the balance right, and for the server populations to stabilise, if they are not still growing..!?

These days most of my game time now going to Skyrim, Civ 5 and BF3 which between them offer me pretty much all I ask for out of gaming, except the social side.

Interested to hear your thoughts on this.

[MunterHunter]

Its really good Quik, the story is really engaging, it doesnt demand days and days of time to be invested (quite casual friendly). The game feels well rounded and stable, but they are patching and fixing stuff right now... we expect the new legacy system and improved guild systems in the next patch or so...

I highly recommend the game, to hardcore and casual gamers alike... and i really think you should bite the bullet and go get yourself a copy... you can buy the key online then jsut download the client, let me know if you want to go that route and i will tell you which site i used

[Phuketman]

Regarding Asia Pacific Servers (launching on 1st March) I found out that the servers for all 4 countries (Australia, NZ, Hong Kong and Singapore) will all be located in Australia (Either Sydney or Melbourne)
Now i was wondering if the latency from Thailand is that much better to Australia rather than the US west coast?
Testing on speedtest.org I get an average of 190ms
An improvement from my current latency of 400ms but still not satisfactory for in depth pvp.
Does anyone know more about this? Is speedtest.org reliable?

[quiksilva]

That sounds about right, Australia is quite far away. For most games I find my ping there compares with West coast USA

[MunterHunter]

I've successfully PvP'd with a latency of 350-400 (with Quiksilva in other games) and whilst it does put you at a slight disadvantage its still manageable.

I currently get between 250-300ms at the moment for the west coast severs, so If moving to an AU server will give us around 200ms that's an improvement and should make PvP slightly better.

For PvE 350-400ms latency doesn't give any real disadvantage (that i have noticed) as a lot of PvE fights are just patterns (use skill A, followed by B, followed by C, use skill X when it procs) - half the time i don't even need to be looking at the screen for PvE

[Phuketman]

APAC servers up and running and ...... latency sucks big time. 420ms!!!! We drop this idea... too bad. I was excited

[MunterHunter]

Phuketman, on 2012-02-29 18:09:18, said:

APAC servers up and running and ...... latency sucks big time. 420ms!!!! We drop this idea... too bad. I was excited

You might wanna try again, i rolled a BH on the APAC PvP server and i was getting an average of 150ms, the max i saw was 200ms - this is a HUGE improvement over the US servers where the best i saw was 250ms but typically 300-350ms.

Try one of the tunneling programs, i think they have a 'free trial' on most of them, see if that helps... but a sub 200ms ping is possible on these servers!

[Phuketman]

MunterHunter, on 2012-03-01 08:33:24, said:

Phuketman, on 2012-02-29 18:09:18, said:

APAC servers up and running and ...... latency sucks big time. 420ms!!!! We drop this idea... too bad. I was excited

Try one of the tunneling programs, i think they have a 'free trial' on most of them, see if that helps... but a sub 200ms ping is possible on these servers!

Ok this sounds interesting. Found lots of info regarding tunneling and latency drop. I'll try this evening when i come home. Thanks for the hint

[MunterHunter]

I know Ian B uses one, WTFast i think it was... but there are several, i guess for the AU servers you will need one *to* AU not to the US - obviously

[Ian_B]

I have been using WTFast for nearly 18 months and it worked wonders on WOW and especially Rift

On Rift I nearly always had 190-210ms! WTFast and Rift worked together

With TOR I generally get 210-250, hopefully future versions of WTFast will improve this

WTFAst only tunnels to the US and Europe as far as I know.. will check when I get home

[MunterHunter]

The new SWTOR APAC servers are located in sydney, so i am not sure a USA centric tunnel will be helpful (Thailand - USA - Sydney - thats the long route)

are there any tunnels that go directly *to* australia?

[Ian_B]

Anybody else here waiting for "The Secret World"?

Right now am still really enjoying TOR but come June/July I will likely switch allegiance to the latest Funcom MMO

Sounds like a VERY different MMO as there as NO classes but 500+ skills to improve

The "real world" setting sounds very interesting.

[Tahmid]

Ian_B, on 2012-03-01 21:03:31, said:

Anybody else here waiting for "The Secret World"?

been waiting for Secret World for a while now...the concept sounds really awesome...like a serious Elder Scrolls type MMORPG but hope they live upto the hype they are building with it...EA's involved...so am a bit skeptic

and been meaning to ask, is there a to get my hands on TOR without online transactions?? Don't have access to credit/debit card yet =/

[Phuketman]

Tahmid, on 2012-03-02 04:51:53, said:

and been meaning to ask, is there a to get my hands on TOR without online transactions?? Don't have access to credit/debit card yet =/

Where are you living Tahmid? I live in Phuket and you can buy SW:TOR here in the game store (Central Festival).
It's not listed on the website but they have it.

Don't know about the rest of Thailand though.

Edited by Phuketman, 2012-03-02 14:06:15.