Please tell me this is NOT an April Fools Joke.

[Vell]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Online

it had better not be. and if it isn't it had better be awesome. the hilarious thing is that just the other week me and Sal were talking about how awesome a DBZ MMO would be, and one of the ideas i had was amazingly similar to the one stated here. I'ma go check IGN.com - see if they have more to say on the matter. or anything.


Well, IGN's got a page, but info is lacking. http://pc.ign.com/objects/900/900636.html

[GAX]

looks legit to me, just a shame we can't have a Saiyan race...then again...do we really want over 9000 players with ungodly power at their disposal?

Dunno...and half-saiyans...well, anything that can go SSJ is pretty much god.

[Vell]

that'll prolly come in an expansion pack. though, it makes sense. it's 216 years later. the reason, Akira Toriyama said, that Pan couldn't SSJ was that her Saiyan DNA was too diluted. so Saiyans = Humans at that point, after 216 years of breeding. however, there may be a way to utilize SSJ. nothing's released yet: I have hopes.


EDIT: and I HAVE to say this. it's not that Namekians CANT keep up with Super Saiyans, it's that the only one we had was Piccolo, and he was a strong competitor right through the Cell saga. after that point: well, SSJ3 IS an after-life only technique.

Before the hyperbolic time chamber Piccolo WAS ridiculously more powerful than #17, who was stronger than #18, who made short work of Vegeta. who was a Super Saiyan.

[GAX]

Yeah, but Toriyama hit a major inconsistency in regards to Goku Jr. (Pan's grandson), who reached the level of Super Saiyan.

The way I see it, it could just be that she never found it useful and decided not to utilize it.  That or female saiyans may be incapable of using the Super Saiyan form (Bra never uses Super Saiyan form either (Even while controlled by Baby), and she's only half saiyan)

[Vell]

Ahem. that is in GT. GT is not Canon to the rest of the series. Akira Toriyama had no creative control over anything in GT. suffice to say: anything in GT can be completely ignored. though it probably won't, depending on whos doing the game-making...

and look at it from a genetic point of view.

Goku = 100% saiyan

Gohan = 50% saiyan

Pan = 25% saiyan.

Trunks = 50% saiyan

say Trunks marries and has a son with a human

Trunks's kid + Pan get married.

their kid: 25%. why? let's do a percentage. ok. they each have 25% add that together, you get 50%. nwo there's a whole 200% cuz we're counting both. 50 is, of 200, 25%. so the child would be 25%.

but, what if their 25% child married a person of 50% saiyan blood - say, Goten(eww, he'd be like, 60, though saiyans age slow)

25+50 = 75% of 200. that's roughly a combined total of 37.5% really, the highest they can reach is 50% saiyan, 50% human.


EDIT: also, it's highly improbable that anything GT will be involved, if Wikipedia can be trusted.

Dragon Ball Online takes place on Earth, 216 years after the events at the conclusion of the Dragon Ball manga series

as you shold know, GT was never part of the DB manga.

[GAX]

Hmm...alright, I guess that works actually.

Then again, there are still two pure-blood Saiyans if you count that little OVA thing involving Freeza's last minions, since Tarble and his wife are still alive.

We'll just have to see though, I guess after 216 years the saiyans could theoretically be null.

[Blizzard]

If they put together the game mechanics properly, SSJ is a good idea. It can be like a buff or power up. I think everybody would agree with me that it would be ok to bend the rules and past experiences slightly by giving the passed time as argument. i.e. SSJ is now much weaker due to diluted bloodline, but it's still possible to achieve. It could be some sort of special skill available as a certain level. From that point on the levels of the character should do a less significant impact on the stats so SSJ doesn't get overpowered and is necessary to be used. That way Saiyans would actually come over as a weaker race which would make playing for people who actually like the anime possible rather than (as Ulta said) having over 9000 overpowered Saiyans who nobody can match. There would still be over 9000, but they wouldn't be quite strong. >:3

[Sally]

Ahem. that is in GT. GT is not Canon to the rest of the series. Akira Toriyama had no creative control over anything in GT. suffice to say: anything in GT can be completely ignored. though it probably won't, depending on whos doing the game-making...

and look at it from a genetic point of view.

Goku = 100% saiyan

Gohan = 50% saiyan

Pan = 25% saiyan.

Trunks = 50% saiyan

say Trunks marries and has a son with a human

Trunks's kid + Pan get married.

their kid: 25%. why? let's do a percentage. ok. they each have 25% add that together, you get 50%. nwo there's a whole 200% cuz we're counting both. 50 is, of 200, 25%. so the child would be 25%.

but, what if their 25% child married a person of 50% saiyan blood - say, Goten(eww, he'd be like, 60, though saiyans age slow)

25+50 = 75% of 200. that's roughly a combined total of 37.5% really, the highest they can reach is 50% saiyan, 50% human.


EDIT: also, it's highly improbable that anything GT will be involved, if Wikipedia can be trusted.

Dragon Ball Online takes place on Earth, 216 years after the events at the conclusion of the Dragon Ball manga series

as you shold know, GT was never part of the DB manga.

Vageta = 100%


im gonna go check the wiki thread. and ign.com

edit:

it looks promising, and yif you went to the official page, youd see screenshots,
http://www.ntl-kk.com/dbo.html

it looks very awsome, and i probly already know that it will not be free. im quessing...

[Blizzard]

Vageta = 100%

What is a "Vageta"? Does it have anything to do with "Vagina"?

[jcsnider]

It is old, I heard of it 2 years ago, I followed its slow progress for a month and gave up on waiting, as of now there is a beta out for certant countries. As far as I know it should be out this year or next in USA, and it will cost. IF you go to youtube you can look up gameplay videos, last I saw, they look nice.



@Blizz : Most likely

[Sally]

yeah i looked some up, they looks veryy awesome.

[Vell]

yeah, the wiki page said something to that effect. but I seriously can't wait.  and SRK, your right about Tarble. if I remember correctly, Akira Toriyama DID work on that. though the thing says After the manga, and he wasn't in that, but, ya know... we'll see. But Blizz. Super Saiyan Itself doesn't make the Saiyans overpowered. It was the fact that they trained nonstop, testing their limits incessantly, and constantly growing more powerful. I did state before that pretty far into the series Piccolo was stronger than all of them. at that point he probably could have killed Goku AND Vegeta at the same time. It's likely Piccolo didn't train as hard after the Cell Saga. as you remember, Vegeta was training under 300+% gravity and moving freely.

[Blizzard]

Yes, I remember that time Piccolo being stronger than Goku and Vegeta.

[Vell]

so you agree that SSJ isn't necessarily overpowered.

EDIT: and I'm happy.

Series creator Akira Toriyama has a great deal of creative control over the project, both contributing to and supervising the story and art design, including character and location arrangements.[5] It has been stated that Toriyama has been working on character designs for this project for the last five years.

[King Munkey]

This sounds awesome. I would give it a try. And SSJ is overrated so I can deal without that. Unless it was toned down

[Vell]

...SSJ1 isn't overpowered! Piccolo is an equal match for a SSJ. the only reason we don't see him much in Buu saga is cause he gets Stoned and then it's Buu time. and even Vegeta can't handle Buu, when in SSJ2 form + uber powered by Majinification.

[G_G]

Is this true or not?

[Vell]

general consensus: it's true. which means: EPIIIIC.

[GAX]

yeah, the wiki page said something to that effect. but I seriously can't wait.  and SRK, your right about Tarble. if I remember correctly, Akira Toriyama DID work on that. though the thing says After the manga, and he wasn't in that, but, ya know... we'll see. But Blizz. Super Saiyan Itself doesn't make the Saiyans overpowered. It was the fact that they trained nonstop, testing their limits incessantly, and constantly growing more powerful. I did state before that pretty far into the series Piccolo was stronger than all of them. at that point he probably could have killed Goku AND Vegeta at the same time. It's likely Piccolo didn't train as hard after the Cell Saga. as you remember, Vegeta was training under 300+% gravity and moving freely.

Erm...I'm not SRK

[Blizzard]

That's what YOU say.


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[impulszero]

Is this true or not?

yup its true... but... from what i saw (long ago) its nothing special. most annoying fact is difference in chars and map. chars are all cartoony but map is 3d so it not really harmonyc...

but who knows....

[fugibo]

No, I've seen this on Wikipedia for at least a year now. It's real

[Vell]

SORRY GAXXY!

anyway. Ima go check out some videos now.

[Starrodkirby86]

Erm...I'm not SRK

That's what YOU say.


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Oh, but you do know that I'm a dupe of everyone, right? 

I wonder how this will end up...If only Fantasist would just log on...:/

[G_G]

Its hard to take you serious anymore SRK. xD Because of your avvie and name. Both combined is just making you look silly.

[Starrodkirby86]

Oh, just wait. I'll get back to my more serious thing later. In the meantime, enjoy your ecchi.

Now, why not go back to being on-topic with this Dragon Ball Z thing?

[G_G]

Has anyony played it yet? If so where can we download it?

[Vell]

nah - it's not released in america. it might be released in Korea. but i know they have a closed beta.