I finally got the download done and the update which took a good few hours. The char creation was fun. It didn't wow me but there was enough there to keep me occupied for a while.
There are two races to choose from, human and Daevi.
Humans
Once a servitor race to the Vhelgar, humans are a versatile and resilient race. They are hard workers and great thinkers but were forced to live in the shadows of their masters being used as a cheap labour force. In time more and more humans started to oppose the rule of their masters and formed a rebellion to stop their oppression. After a valiant battle with the Vhelgar Queen and guardian of the Altar of the Undying - Satanamura - the humans succeeded in destroying the altar and thus freeing themselves from Vhelgar rule. Humans are however prone to act before thinking and as such did not foresee the cataclysm unleashed by the destruction of the Altar and the subsequent storm of spells that froze all living beings in ice and tore apart the Empire of the Eight Demons and the world with it.
Daevi
The daevi, like the humans, were a servitor race, created by the Vhelgar to oversee the humans and act as enforcers. Being different in many ways the daevi found themselves subject to the same treatment as humans and in time found them to be intelligent and forthcoming. Later an unofficial alliance was formed between the two races, turning yet another race against the Vhelgar and their iron rule. The daevi joined the battle in which the Altar of the Undying was destroyed and felt the trembling of ancient forces. But once the Altar shattered, they too were frozen in place for centuries. Born as a hybrid race, the daevi bloodline consists of human and Vhelgar blood. This mixture is the main reason for their differences in appearance. The most telltale difference between humans and daevi are their legs and feet. Where humans have a knee and a heel, daevi walk on their toes and use their heel as a second knee. Their feet are extremely large and angled differently which makes it impossible for them to wear boots or sandals. Instead, they protect their knees and shins with a different kind of armour.
After you have created your char and messed about with the colours and stuff you then enter the game and a short tutorial. I don't think there is an option to skip it but I'd do it anyway as moving around is a bit on the wired side. You move around with the mouse button but move forward and backwards with the W and S. After playing wow for a few years you do kinda trip up over your own fingers lol. Once you have mastered the moving around, which took me probably half way threw the tutorial, the rest is pretty easy.
The combat system is fun. You get to place your skills on a rotating drum.
Its a good idea to make sure you know what your spells/skills do as some work well with others. You can only use one skill from the front most selection then the drum rotates. At present I only have 3 skills on 2 rows so it just goes from one to the other. I think as you move on the drum keeps rotating threw 1 to 6. As you lvl up you get more slots and more rows, till its full... .like the image above.
Im busy running round and exploring Hawksmouth (that's the town) and doing noobie quests. I haven't figured out the attributes just yet or the pep points but I will. Iv managed to print screen then paste a few screen shots as I haven't figured out any other way to do it.
Information on Attributes and Stats can be found here
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Information on PEP (personal experience points) can be found here
lol think I better toddle off and read them myself.
So my first impressions are... yes I like it, no so far it has not lived up to all the hype and I doubt it will pull me away from wow BUT I will enjoy playing it as its good to play more than one thing... helps with the obsessions!!
First Impressions
Linear Mode
