LEGO Universe Beta starts today!

[Tbone]

I hate you all...

Seriously Legos...my beta resume isn't good enough for LEGOS??

[likwidtek]

ROFL, sorry cap.  This happens every game for you doesn't it.  heh.  :/

I'll send you screenies like I normally do...

[Fuse]

Sorry, T. Just got my invite email on my phone...I'll be downloading tomorrow. I've been very busy with work and a few projects on the house so I may be able to let you jump on my acct when I'm not available.

[NoCry]

am in too.

[Fuse]

Just created my char and was able to get the name Fuse.

[Tbone]

Just got my invite bi know what I'm doing Saturday from 2-8.

[Fuse]

It's almost unplayable right now.

[Tbone]

Why?

[Fuse]

Laggy.

[Adad]

received my beta account. Will be gone all weekend though...anyone wanna borrow it? Let me know! if you can text/email me that would be easiest. Not sure if you can download the client or not but I can give you my login info.

[Anamodiel]

I can't remember if I signed up for this... I might just have to borrow Adad's account when he's not on.

[Tbone]

I played for a few minutes today. There was no lag and everything was pretty smooth. The stuff I did seemed pretty polished. I really didn't get past the tutorial stuff (had just gotten to the intro to combat really). It is definitely geared towards a younger crowd (you collect imagination points to build stuff an put on your thinking cap to go into build mode). Didn't get to the meat an potatoes of having your own territory to build on or anything, but I imagine that is where the good stuff begins. Unfortunately I have work all day tomorrow myself but when I do have time it'll be interesting to keep exploring.

[Manic Velocity]

I made it into the gameworld proper.  There are some elements that are standard to the MMO genre.  (One of your first missions is to kill 10 "Darklings")  Other missions have you constructing radio towers and gun turrets in defense of the "Maelstrom".  

You earn weapons and clothing to improve your stats.  You loot blocks, coins, and "imagination" from defeated enemies.  Your imagination adds up and is used as a type of currency when you build things.  You'll see a pile of bricks on the ground that you'll need to assemble in order to complete a mission, and you'll need to "use your imagination" to construct it.  Holding Shift or 'F' while standing next to the brick pile will assemble the bricks as your imagination bar drains.  Once the bricks are assembled, you'll have about ten to fifteen seconds before they disassemble.

As Tbone said, the "free build" mode is definitely going to be the meat and potatos of this game.  The newbie area gives you a very brief intro of this, though I couldn't find a way to access this build mode in the open game world.  The article I linked to a while back talked about having your own private building space to construct as you please, but it wasn't readily apparent how to access this.

For being in beta, the game ran surprisingly smoothly for me.  I only had about an hour and a half worth of game time, but it was a lot of fun.  The game has an obvious casual feel to it, and focuses on community and collaboration as opposed to combat and character progression.

My goal is to reconstruct scenes and locations from the Matrix and MxO once I figure out how to get to the free build mode.  Mara Central will probably be my first.  

[Eroz]

I got a key today, first person to PM me an email address gets it.