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Phase I of Alpha Two testing will occur on weekends. Each weekend is scheduled to start on Fridays at 10 AM PT and end on Sundays at 10 PM PT. Find out more here.
Check out Alpha Two Announcements here to see the latest Alpha Two news and update notes.
Our quickest Alpha Two updates are in Discord. Testers with Alpha Two access can chat in Alpha Two channels by connecting your Discord and Intrepid accounts here.
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This is a huge red flag for me.
It does matter if my.com is only providing the storage of the servers. Steven already posted on Discord saying all Creative rights belong to Intrepid. Meaning my.com cannot put anything into the game. They can only store the servers that Intrepid buys, keep the power running to them. And *Maybe* customer support if it was neccessary.
Wait for details. Its not like My.Com cant run electricity to keep lights on for EU
Also, i don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but even if lag isn't an issue, playing a game like this on an NA server when you're in Europe would be a nightmare on the time difference alone. If raids and major events are organised at specific times, this becomes completely unworkable for most people if they're across the pond. I know this is all conjecture at this point, but one way round this would be if there are multiple servers within a particular region, that way large groups of people from Europe can populate a server and run on more convenient times for themselves.
That it the answer from @VolkerMyCom.
And idk I just can't trust them but well we will see in the upcoming days.
And @Steven 's answer "Guys, I expect the Ashes Community to show support for that statement.
The man is a very smart buisness man with a real
passion for this game. He's already proven that many times now. I have no doubt he's not going to leave the EU people dealing with out sources loot deals.
He will have to push for customer support ticketing and translator support staff though
That might not be too terrible; publishers don't have full control of the game (usually), so they can't make it inherently p2w as they don't have access to the code. And if they did add something like that AND we're region locked AND it's only in their region, then is it really a terrible tragedy?
Why My.com? They are such a greedy company with no interest in the community. It feels like for them it is all about money.
They have such a terrible reputation and I got to know them while playing RO.
Weren't there any other 'legitimate' publisher left?
I was so looking forward to the release of AoC with perhaps looking at it with rose-colored glasses. The progress has been incredible so far but now I have huge concerns about the release in the EU.
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The main issue is that the MMORPG genre is really on the brink of 'dying'. Over the last years it has been abused by certain companies and the players have been lied to many times.
There was/is so much disappointment among the players and with all the hype that was/is generated with every new title the players/customers are getting more and more sensitive to certain 'red flags'. Also little issues are then blown out of proportion because of those bad experiences. In some cases this is then not fair to the company.
It is becoming very hard to stay objective and as you can read from this comment, I am also not immune to that which leaves me very conflicted and sad at the moment.