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I don't think that such model suits ashes too much with it's focus on community-dependance of you as a player.
But I do think that switching gender and even race should be allowed.
The good news is all three polls are still firmly saying No to all three questions. Rock on.
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Changing race, primary class and so on freely will cause technical issues and won't really solve anything.
Restricting an entire account to a single guild is a super bad decision considering they want there to be spying, politics and that sort of thing in the game that is player driven. Having to make an entirely new account and pay an additional subscription fee to do that will hinder the game and the mechanics and player interactions the developers want to see in the game.
If you hate leveling alts, if that discomfort is enough to dissuade you, then that's your choice. If you feel pressured to make an alt and don't think you can achieve your goals in game without one, well then again, it's up to you to do that or adjust your goals.
I'm not going to pretend social pressure isn't a thing, but acting like your agency is being taken away by not providing you every convenience isn't quite reasonable.
If you want a new experience, start a new character.
If you just want more without having to put in the effort... well, I'm sure you'll figure something out.
Ultimately, if you're not interested in a game where the choices you make have consequences... I mean, that's what Ashes is billed as. What you're asking for runs completely against that.
Is not being able to change your race going to ruin your experience of the game? Class? Gender? There are other titles out there that are all about making the experience of their players as homogeneous as possible.
I'm not saying you're wrong to want these things; I just think you're looking for them in the wrong place.
I must say, while I disagree with the OP on almost everything, I do agree with the idea of joining a guild as a person/account rather than each character. While I do understand the desire to have characters in multiple guilds for various reasons, I feel that it builds a stronger bond of community if you are always working for the betterment of one group. BDO has done a good job with this and it really helps guilds to rely on each other to fill certain roles and know that they have the people they need to do it.
It's easy to lose interest in a guild if you are in another one that is performing slightly better. So what happens? Maybe you spend more time in the "better" one and the other one suffers from your absence. Then maybe you leave it all together because you know there is better out there. I don't like this because it promotes shopping around for something better instead of working to make what you have better. There is no reason any guild should be "bad" if you work hard together to make it good! But that takes an investment!
Anyhow, that's just my opinion. Not a lot of votes on the polls but it is 50/50 as of my casting my vote so it seems there may be some merit to it. That being said I will reiterate that I very strongly disagree with the OP on everything else they said lol
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This, on top of a slew of other problems!
Was it mentioned that alts would count towards the guild cap? Wouldn't it be more reasonable to expect that when guilds are account wide, the account itself is what's counted towards the guild cap?
Is there a need to sensationalise something like this?
First it will make guild recruiting a lot more careful! Guilds who care about their status and posture will want to make sure they are keeping an eye on new recruits to try and avoid leaking info to those who might be spies! It will also mean that the spy will have to dedicate some time to it and there could be a system in place to reward such things, as opposed to many games that punish guild hopping.
Just sitting an alt in a guild and occasionally logging on to try and get info is lazy and boring...Spying should be something that takes dedication and effort but can have big rewards! It does seem to be a pretty damn complex game already though so maybe I am just adding unnecessary complication that might be too much to fit in at this point lol.
I agree 100%!!! If being in a guild is an account wide thing, then the account should count as 1 member...not every alt! simple as that!
I imaging you will know if you like a class by lvl 10 or 20.
Think about the people who had to make new characters in other games when they released a new race or class.
You.learn to play the character as you level so if you just change at 50 you won't know the abilities well.
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How broadminded.
Yes, IS said Alts attribute to the Guild Cap, if this is no longer the case I remove my objection, if Guild Buffs are related to the amount of members, do you think smaller buffed Guilds would enjoy their buffs being removed by non-active Alts?
to be fair this is not race as species. Orks and dwarfs are about the same as snakes and crocodiles yes both are reptiles but they are different in many ways
First, what does 2020 have to do with anything? This is a video game that does not take place in 2020 I'm pretty sure. Second, grouping class with gender as you have is really wrong because they are such vastly different things, in game and in real life.
I'm pretty sure no one cares about gender swapping...it has no affect on stats so whatever. My problem with it is that it will likely also allow a name change. In a game like this there should be some accountability. if you troll hard and get a bad rep you shouldn't just be allowed to gender/name change. Same goes for race change but that's even worse because races have different stats so you are gaining a possible advantage by race changing.
As for Class...absolutely not! If you are a level 50 master swordsman then one day you say to yourself, "Hey, I wanna be an archer now", you can't just pick up a bow and suddenly be a level 50 master of archery. What a ridiculous idea! Now maybe if they did it in a way that you were bumped down to level 10 or something, sure go for it. But no one can just suddenly change what they are a master of in real life and it would really screw up the meta in game if people could do it all willy-nilly.
To be fair, I think gaining buffs for filling your guild with useless alts would be crappy...alts shouldn't count toward the number of members if the number of members matters. Likewise I don't think they should count if there is a member limit, but this is easy to fix if every account is locked to a guild.
I know my posts above are long winded but I tried to explain my reasoning's well. Hope I did
The only case where i would agree to this is if the primary class swap needs a lot of effort to farm out an item in the game and has like a 3 month cooldown. Other than that, it is a pretty bad design decision and i don't really see it working.
If you must know, I made a Bounty Hunter Guild on my Alt, and then moved my Raid Tank. My other Guild wasn't PvP Focussed. You could say that I made a bad choice at first, but, we did PvP while levelling. At Max Level Guilds can switch focus. I did take all my Alts to my new Guild, I also had 8 level 80's in the new Guild at the end of it all. Yet, I do not think it would have happened at all had my options been narrowed in terms of Account Wide actions.
I can agree some actions should be account wide, but, I do not think Alts should be 100% be restricted in this way. I've seen posts from supporters of this Account Wide Idea which state Alts are bad in any way shape and form. I do not think therefore, that I can accept such a radical approach to Alts. You would effectively force everyone with Alts to be limited in actions and I believe such limitations would send people away from the game. Sometimes an Alt is an expression of a different stance - I play in terms of honour and dishonour, why would I want my Honourable Toons to be in the same situation as my Dishonourable Toons?
Yes, I'm an RP-PvPer, or would be an RP-PvPer if all servers weren't PvX.
Making changes to existing characters should not happen. Steven has said in the past that a character has a reputation. Changing class, name, possibly even race should not happen as it would defeat the purpose of a reputation.
You want a different class? Roll a new character. Want a new race, roll a new character. Let's put the RPG back in MMORPG. How many role playing games allow you to change the basics of your character?
If they do allow changes to race or class, the character should be reset to level 1 in all respects. If you have progression in anything, it gets reset with the rest. Since you are changing the absolute base of your character, everything else should be reset as well.
I heard you like necro so now you can necro while you necro
Why you would want a changeable primary class is baffling to me, adding that feature would make characters meaningless to me. If I could change everything about my character it would no longer be that character since I can be John on Monday and Bob on Sunday...