LEGO MMO announced!

[Aganazer]

I *almost* deleted the email then I realized its not spam.

uh oh, please tell me it's not some obscurely named email......

No, I was just mass deleting a bunch of Amazon suggestions and Facebook notifications. I almost missed it in the mess.

[Daehawk]

I'm in too. Guess that's all I can say huh? 

[Aganazer]

If anyone ever gets a chance to be creative and actually stack legos into something of their own choosing then let me know and I'll spend more time on it.

/cry

I was expecting a Minecraft MMO and got another WoW formula rehash. How sad.

[EngineNo9]

If anyone ever gets a chance to be creative and actually stack legos into something of their own choosing then let me know and I'll spend more time on it.

/cry

I was expecting a Minecraft MMO and got another WoW formula rehash. How sad.

In this initial small roll-out for the beta you can do brick by brick building on your property if you get to the end of AG.  You will most definitely get to do more advanced things.  Trust me on that.   

For the most part, though, don't expect to build anything you want anywhere you want, as there are just too many griefing issues with that.

[Isgrimnur]

LEGO Griefing.... sheesh

[Daehawk]

Cant remap my keys

[CeeKay]

LEGO Griefing.... sheesh

LK'ing FTL.

[drifter]

My son and I are both in

[Teggy]

I'm wishing they had a better beta tester forum. I have a problem and all the posts on the forum have to be moderated. My question has been sitting unposted since last night.

[Razgon]

Its because its kids friendly - the same with the chat in-game.

I kinda like it, since this is something the very young may be playing.

[CeeKay]

Its because its kids friendly - the same with the chat in-game.

I kinda like it, since this is something the very young may be playing.

so no invoking of Jupiter's Cock allowed?

[happydog]

So I thought "I'll take a chance and try to sign up today."
Website replies "Sorry, every freaking username possible is taken."
So I guess I will have to be gW2A9zir-0dknes then.  

[Wargus]

Chat doesn't seem to work for me (down maybe?) and I can't figure out how to sell to vendors.

[CeeKay]

gW2A9zir-0dknes

you should make that your new xbox gamertag 

[drifter]

Yeah I cant figure out how to sell things and I think I "lost" my rocket for travel.  I tried to travel to "my property" at the end of the avant area and its now gone.  Had I thought about it I would have built all three rocket types before traveling to avant.  I have 2 pieces of 2 different rockets and would have to grind up 5000 tokens to buy the missing piece.

[Teggy]

Yeah I cant figure out how to sell things and I think I "lost" my rocket for travel.  I tried to travel to "my property" at the end of the avant area and its now gone.  Had I thought about it I would have built all three rocket types before traveling to avant.  I have 2 pieces of 2 different rockets and would have to grind up 5000 tokens to buy the missing piece.

the same thing happened to me! I lost my nose cone. Where can you buy a new one?

[drifter]

There is a vendor at the top of the mountain where the rocket launch sites are.  She sells rocket pieces for 5000 coins per, I have a little over 2000 coins from dong the missions and smashing things.  I dont know how to sell anything and i have a bunch of stuff I coud get rid of.

[Wargus]

I looked at their forums and the selling is an issue with multiple people - can only assume it was a bug. which brings me to my next issue, how the heck do you bug something? I couldn't get chat to work at all (kept getting a "we don't allow that kind of language" response to everything I typed.

On a side note, I'm impressed with what I did play & see.  The game is pretty simplistic - enough so that I'm not sure it will grab an adult audience, however it is interesting enough that those who have kids will be able to play with them and enjoy the game.

[drifter]

They have a note in game stating that they are currenlty doing support for the game via thier forums or e-mail to them.

[EngineNo9]

I looked at their forums and the selling is an issue with multiple people - can only assume it was a bug. which brings me to my next issue, how the heck do you bug something? I couldn't get chat to work at all (kept getting a "we don't allow that kind of language" response to everything I typed.

On a side note, I'm impressed with what I did play & see.  The game is pretty simplistic - enough so that I'm not sure it will grab an adult audience, however it is interesting enough that those who have kids will be able to play with them and enjoy the game.

You can submit bugs by clicking on the '?' help button in the bottom right and then the '!' icon in there for reporting issues.  Alternatively you can just do a '/bug blah blah blah' from the chat box but using the help menu allows you to select a category for bug/suggestion/etc. 

If all goes right there should be a new build out for the next session on Thursday, and that should fix several of the bugs, UI issues and some of the lag problems seen in the battle area of AG.  It should will also unlock the next area or two for people to explore.

[CeeKay]

pre-orders start Friday, May 14th.  sounds like it's due soon.

[EngineNo9]

pre-orders start Friday, May 14th.  sounds like it's due soon.

This is today.

[CeeKay]

pre-orders start Friday, May 14th.  sounds like it's due soon.

This is today.

I meant the game launch; for a moment there I was thinking they actually went live 

[kronovan]

4 words for sure fire success of this MMO -  'put it on consoles'
OK...nuff said.

[CeeKay]

subscription prices:

The monthly subscription with cost £7.49, $9.99 or €9.99. You can buy 6 months at the discounted rate of £39.99 ($49.99 / €49.99) or a full year for £69.99 ($89.99 / €89.99).

[CeeKay]

Flieplanet is giving away keys to subscribers.  I totally forgot I got in until I got an email about something from them.

[CeeKay]

whole bunch of stuff from E3.

[Isgrimnur]

Pre-order and get access two weeks early.

Release is Oct 26, early access on Oct 12.

Starting May 14th, preorder LEGO Universe and receive a free exclusive minifigure and in-game accessories while supplies last!

[CeeKay]

apparently they're making a CCG based off of this too 

[Blackjack]

Pre-order and get access two weeks early.

Release is Oct 26, early access on Oct 12.

Starting May 14th, preorder LEGO Universe and receive a free exclusive minifigure and in-game accessories while supplies last!

That's pretty long for early access (which more typically is 3 days to play before the non-pre order crowd gets to play). It reads more like the traditional "Two week open beta that doesn't give us time to fix anything you find seriously wrong in open beta but DOES give us a chance to goad you into a $300 lifetime subscription GIVEUSYOURMONEY YEAAAAAH!" offer...

[Isgrimnur]

I'm sensing you have some issues with lifetime sub offers.   

[Destructor]

So, has anybody here played this? What is it like?

[EngineNo9]

So, has anybody here played this? What is it like?

I have.   And I can get you into the beta if you want.  Just PM me your name and email address.

FYI, the beta is now available for Mac as well.

[EngineNo9]

I realize that most of us here may be more hardcore than the target market for this game, but there is a new video showcasing the levels of building and behaviors in the game. 

[jersoc]

I got a friend on the team, maybe I can ask him for a couple of keys for you guys? I make zero promises to whether he can even get any though.

[The Grue]

I got a friend on the team, maybe I can ask him for a couple of keys for you guys? I make zero promises to whether he can even get any though.

Hopefully so.  I would certainly love one.  I was in the Lego Store in Mall of America and they had some advertising around the game and it definitely piqued my interest.

[Arkon]

Hopefully the game turns out well, but my few weekends in the beta have left me very bored with the game.

[Blackjack]

Hopefully the game turns out well, but my few weekends in the beta have left me very bored with the game.

Why? Were there too many "Go Kill 10 Lego Men and bring me back their bricks" quests?  

Oh wait, you're not allowed to say yet. Never mind. 

[jersoc]

can i reserve the name micheal bricks now? he's going to be my lego dog fighting guy.

[CeeKay]

it just went gold!