Paragon PC

sweols · 28 Jan 2016 at 13:36

Hi,

Game looks really promising, 5v5 combat with different characters that seem customizable.

Beta due anytime now, main release due sometime in 2016. What's people's thoughts?

Anyone looking forward to it?

Sega Mega Dave · 28 Jan 2016 at 13:39

We seem to be drowning in MOBA's lately, most which will fail.

This though i feel will do well, visually it looks great and i like the 3rd person approach like Smite. Will be keeping an eye on it.

Ashley Jordan · 28 Jan 2016 at 13:52

Looks interesting

benny90125 · 28 Jan 2016 at 18:04

Got an invite to test it this weekend, looks promising.

Jongo · 28 Jan 2016 at 18:55

benny90125 said:
Got an invite to test it this weekend, looks promising.

Woke up to one too. Any idea how big the download is?

benny90125 · 28 Jan 2016 at 19:28

Jongo said:
Woke up to one too. Any idea how big the download is?

Was wondering this myself as I have pretty slow internet, can't even check until they bring the servers up which is apparently 12-24hrs before we can play.

Hybridtheory · 28 Feb 2016 at 21:12

Anyone got any beta keys i know there sending some out to invite friends etc

Would like to get involved in this

Cheers

Gze · 28 Feb 2016 at 21:36

Saw it on an advert and nothing looked too interesting, too many MOBAs anyways.

skiersteve12345 · 28 Feb 2016 at 22:04

personally find it really really boring, i know its alpha but the combat just feels horrible, although ranged is better than melee, graphics are nice though

llamadal · 28 Feb 2016 at 22:36

I like the limited range on ranged characters and yes it is only alpha, but damn this is dull. It looks great and plays smooth but other than that, I don't have anything good to say about it.

Classes are not balanced, games can take forever which is often made worse due to the high number of ####s that join then go afk - once a team or a particular character gets ahead then he can just destroy everyone (done this and been on the receiving end) some characters are poorly balanced and insanely dull to play as.

Most of the people playing seem beyond stupid, melee characters hitting thin air, running into the enemy team and dying instantly giving them loads of xp and killing any balance. This has a long long long way to go.

zangetsu19 · 28 Feb 2016 at 22:43

ive been playing it in alpha its fun for a while but gets boring fast

llamadal · 4 Mar 2016 at 09:08

From an email:

All Heroes Free, All Cards Earned
Paragon is designed so that all players can compete and win without ever having to spend money. All Heroes are free, and cards can only be earned by playing the game. The game will never be pay-to-win, meaning we will never sell gameplay-affecting items. We will sell cosmetic items (skins, emotes), boosts, other convenience items, as well as early access. We’re taking this approach because we believe that competitive games need to fair for all players.

Ashley Jordan · 4 Mar 2016 at 11:01

llamadal said:
From an email:

All Heroes Free, All Cards Earned
Paragon is designed so that all players can compete and win without ever having to spend money. All Heroes are free, and cards can only be earned by playing the game. The game will never be pay-to-win, meaning we will never sell gameplay-affecting items. We will sell cosmetic items (skins, emotes), boosts, other convenience items, as well as early access. We’re taking this approach because we believe that competitive games need to fair for all players.

That's a really good stance, fair play i'm looking forward to this.

24MARK24 · 19 Mar 2016 at 10:08

Early access starts tomorrow for anyone that bought a founders pack.

I'm not sure if anyone's played Vainglory on the iPad (which I'm addicted too

) but it reminds me of this in many ways.

Cromulent · 19 Mar 2016 at 10:29

Always been intrigued in MOBAs but never got into one. I always joined too late in the cycle. Not sure I'd be willing to spend any money on one though. They don't look that good.

H3RBSKI · 19 Mar 2016 at 15:31

played a few games on it yesterday, its no lol and team fights can be quite chaotic because of the third person view but it seems quite fun. the item upgrade thing is a bit rubbish though using the card system, swapping out builds late into a game is pretty much im possible if you dont own enough of the cards, should have been a shop system like lol has but its pretty fun none the less

GoogalyMoogaly · 19 Mar 2016 at 18:27

llamadal said:
From an email:

All Heroes Free, All Cards Earned
Paragon is designed so that all players can compete and win without ever having to spend money. All Heroes are free, and cards can only be earned by playing the game. The game will never be pay-to-win, meaning we will never sell gameplay-affecting items. We will sell cosmetic items (skins, emotes), boosts, other convenience items, as well as early access. We’re taking this approach because we believe that competitive games need to fair for all players.

It's nice the heroes are free, I'm put off by the cards thing though. It suggests to me that new players are at a disadvantage to veteran players. I think the thing that decides how well you do should be how good you are and not how long you've been playing and what advantages you've managed to acquire in that time.

Limpnoodle · 7 May 2016 at 03:28

im loving it, it is good

, from a lol player.

card stuff is beyond me but whatever...

llamadal · 7 May 2016 at 09:25

The card system is a bit daunting at first but it turns out to be very good and provides you with a lot of flexibility on how you build your character

dirtychinchilla · 28 Jul 2016 at 08:40

So is anyone playing this? I just got it yesterday and I've played 3 games, which have all been extremely long and seriously good fun.