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Re: Linux Support For Alpha2 (and possibly launch)
The ONLY time I fire up Windows is when I am gaming. I use Linux for everything else. If I could get the 'new' games to run on Linux (with the performance of running on Windows) then I would kick Windows to the curb once and for all. Would absolutely LOVE to see AoC run natively on Linux but I doubt it'll ever happen and that's a shame.
I agree - the thing is, you need to be saying this on the Linux developer forums, not here.
It isn't gaming companies that are just not supporting Linux, Linux is not supporting the gaming industry. There is more to this discussion than performance or how much work it takes, in regards to any game with a competitive element there is the integrety of the game itself at stake - and that is something Linux developers have simply put no effort in to providing.
If you can mostly prevent people cheating on one platform, but a platform that you are likely to see less than 2% of your users use offers no means at all to prevent even the most basic of cheats (and in fact provides users with ways to obfuscate their actions), then why would you release a competitive game on that second platform at all?
It is Linux developers that need to stand up here and do what is needed, not game developers.
Noaani
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Re: Investing In Intrepid Studios
If you are talking about the game being publicly traded on an exchange for dividend paying stock and investors being able to influence the game direction, then no. Intrepid is a private company, the owner of record is/was a successful businessman in MLM, then later real estate, so the need to capitalize through a public offering has not been indicated. The whole point of this exercise was to NOT make a game that was beholden to the bottom line. Look at EA or Tesla is you want to see the problems companies have with "vision" once they allow the unwashed masses to have a say in the companies direction. Publicly traded companies have a legal obligation to make as much money as possible for their investors, and can be sued when they don't do what as seen as doing their best to achieve that goal. Intrepid, if it stays true to its founding ideals will make buckets of money for Steven and anyone else that has a piece of the pie, but allowing others to stick their two cents in every quarter to yell "Take the game f2p, cause microtransaction p2w makes more money, look at EA's publicly released numbers!" would be the beginning of the end for this company.
Re: Is no one else disappointed that "Persistent Alpha" AKA 24/7 Alpha 2 access isn't until May 2025?
KingRajesh wrote: »I appreciate some good grey-area wordsmithing, but the definition of "Persistent Alpha" they gave today is not the same as they've given previously when a lot of people bought access.
Kickstarter FAQ: "Alpha phase 2 is planned as a persistent testing phase of the game, this means access to the testing server will remain open and available till launch."
From a 2018 Livestream:
- Steven: "Persistent for us means that we're going to keep those servers up all day and night until launch."
Feels like a bait and switch.
I was aware then that they wouldn't be able to have a persistent Alpha up when I bought the key. The fact that there will even be a persistent Alpha still is a shock to me.
Most alphas and betas are hardly ever persistent in my experience.
Solvryn
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Re: Which archetype will you play?
Ranger/Tank. Hm... I wonder if anyone has thought about renaming the "tank" archetype?
CROW3
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Re: Which archetype will you play?
(Followed game but my first post on forums).
I'm an "altaholic" so I will be technically trying all classes but my favorite class of all time was my EQ classic Bard, and I loved the video they showed on the Bard, so that's the class I am leaning on starting first and being my main.
I'm an "altaholic" so I will be technically trying all classes but my favorite class of all time was my EQ classic Bard, and I loved the video they showed on the Bard, so that's the class I am leaning on starting first and being my main.
Cidues
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Re: Which archetype will you play?
I want a dual wield melee so probably a Fighter or Rogue.
But Bard (a buffer is always nice in a group) and Ranger (for once they are real archer and not pet class) are very appealing too.
But Bard (a buffer is always nice in a group) and Ranger (for once they are real archer and not pet class) are very appealing too.
Jayma
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Re: will this game ever launch
Have realistic expectations and not latch onto Stevens every word.. for a lot of us supporting him, we already know nothing will be on time.
Most of what they're attempting the biggest studios have failed to pull off, let alone an indie one..
Just relax and understand the scope and magnitude of what they're trying to make Ashes.
Most of what they're attempting the biggest studios have failed to pull off, let alone an indie one..
Just relax and understand the scope and magnitude of what they're trying to make Ashes.
Solvryn
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Re: will this game ever launch
Methinks the experience with AoC is the journey rather than the destination. True for the developer as much as those who follow it.
Re: Which archetype will you play?
I'll likely fill in to whatever would suit my small group the most. Of course, no matter what that ends up being, I'll still play a Ranger like I have in every MMO beforehand, and try most of the secondary archetypes. Really curious just how rangey Ranger x Ranger will end up being. Hoping it will give a unique boost to the main archetype like increased range...
Dodoz
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Re: XP punishment
Have you been playing pre-Alpha2? Or are you talking about other games that had XP penalty on death?
Steven wants to have dangers related to pve. If death brings no risk - there's no danger.
Steven wants to have dangers related to pve. If death brings no risk - there's no danger.