Celtic Heroes

Hi all,

Been playing for three days and, if I may be so bold, thought I might post a few early general impressions of CH to give an outsider's perspective of the game. I'll try and avoid obvious comments relating to aspects that I simply haven't yet experienced or haven't figured out - I'll probably fail. FWIW my MMORPG experience is primarily from Order and Chaos.

Community: based on forum lurking and a few in-game encounters, the community is great with a refreshing mature (ito mental rather than chronological age) outlook. Personally I find that forums are a huge part of an MMO, particularly where the in-game chat system is not exactly conducive to conversation.

Developers: the quantity and quality of developer involvement here is a huge bonus for this game. The interaction with the community is among the best I've seen - advantage of an indy game company. The fact that they're increasing focus on CH and able to expand is surely a good sign for the future.

UI: some obvious shortcomings, but the composite compass - thumbstick - POI indicator is absolutely fantastic. I haven't seen its equivalent in any iOS game (and I've played lots) and it suits this genre so well. Quest management UI is also nice. The hand drawn maps are super.

Gameplay: the one thing I can say, given my inexperience, is that I love the way mobs of different difficulty levels are mixed in the same areas. Lots of great game mechanics flow from that.

Lore: I simply enjoy the fact that this game has some soul

Graphics: plenty that could be said but I think its pretty obvious and would be unnecessarily critical. From my perspective I really don't mind some of the graphical shortcomings, in fact I think the artistic feel has some real charm. The two main issues I can see is: (1) it lacks the polish which will stop many from even trying out the game, and (2) it doesn't quite manage to hit the all important suspension of disbelief needed for full immersion. It is certain to improve.

Missing Core Features: IMHO, there are 3 missing aspects before CH is a fully rounded game. These are (i) PvP, (ii) AH-driven market economy, and (iii) crafting. It sounds like these will all receive some love in the forthcoming update. I've probably started the game at a good time from that perspective.

Profile: I don't think CH has anywhere near the recognition it deserves, there is obvious potential to grow the player base. I'm glad that the Massively Portable podcast is giving some coverage (good timing with an increasingly disaffected O&C player base). The screenshot comp is also a great (and necessary) move - plenty of potential players will or won't download a free game based purely on the App Store screenshots.

The Future: looks extremely promising

If you read this far then thanks for listening to my rambling. Looking forward to getting involved in the game.

Welcome to the forums!

Its great to see the feedback. Your points are very valid, and many of the same points are reasons that keep me playing this game. We have PvP coming in update 3, and Auction House/Crafting are marked for later update (I believe update 4). The admin literally reads just about every post, so as you said, the developers are very good at interacting with the community. You did join at a good time because the community actually plays a big role in shaping the future of Celtic Heroes, in many ways. The developers often respond with the yay or nay to suggestions posed by creative thinkers, and hopefully you stick around on the forums to see what I mean.

This game definitely has a bright future, and I believe in the forthcoming year the community and profits of the game will grow exponentially. I was with Pocket Legends the day it came out and that game started small and then skyrocketed. This game will hit that point after the foundation is firmly in place, I'm sure of it. Now I seem to be the one rambling on, but anyways, I agree with many of your points and hope to see you on the forums in the future.

OxyDonald!!

Brother I have been looking for you. I got my entire clan looking for you now, I feel like I'm putting up "LOST-DOG" pictures up to my clan mates, like "hey you seen this do- I mean player???"

I firmly agree with all of your comments. I think the forthcoming update is promising enough and the community on our server cool enough that I still am in my honeymoon phase with this game. That said, I understand the voiced frustrations of longtime players feeling that they are getting lapped by players who have put 1/10 the effort and still have gotten everything and more than they have...

But such is what happpens when new content redefines "what it takes" to get to a certain lvl. Right now 90+ is a big deal, when this new update releases it will be nothing and easy grinding. It's just a matter of perspective, and you got that in spades.

Still looking for OxfordDon, his name is on his collar.

Hey dont know if im the one that recomended this game to you but im a mage xNODNARBx i refered alot of people

Any ways you make some valid points and the game has a bright future i play alot of mmorpg's and plan to beta this one and hope hat alot of the issues stated here can be looked at and fixedin the upcoming update. Hope you enjoy this game as much as the rest of us hit me up in Rosmerta if you want or on O+C. I think the server is American-Arcadian Forest not sure if thats what the server is called.

@Death, @Nodnarb

Thanks for the welcome

Teaweasel & the Massively Portable podcast strongly influenced me to check CH out. I've played O&C since day 1, originally on AF server but I've found a much more suitable home on the WI server.

@Tea

I'll make myself more easily found. I'm the scottish looking druid wandering around in the starter zone wielding a twiggy staff As our timezones are out of step I'll just have to goof off during the working day to catch you during your evening.

Hi OxfordDon, those are some very nice things that you said about the game - thank you, and I hope that we meet your expectations. In the meantime, welcome to the game and have fun playing!