Void wrote: » In 2018 Ashes of Creation was the most anticipated MMORPG. Things really went down hill with the whole BR thing, delays and 0 MMORPG footage. The trust of community in the project is gone. When someone asks for MMORPG release date, noone even remembers that the official statement is "delay is in months, not years" everyone expects the MMORPG to come out at least in 2021. In what ways do you think Intrepid could start winning back the trust of the community? I guess a way to do that would be to show more of MMORPG, but the fact that they are not willing to do that says a lot too.
Wololo wrote: » here is the problem i am having since over a year now that feels like a backstab: 2017 'Invite to Closed Alpha - Phase 1 (Earliest Access to Ashes!)' 2018 'we are going to divide alpha 1 into 2 phases' 2019 'Ashes of Creation Apocalypse is the standalone prequel to the upcoming epic MMORPG Ashes of Creation' now correct me if iam wrong but if ashes=AoC=apocalypse=alpha1phase1=all assets in apoc are for the mmo then where is my earliest access to ashes ? i think that is why alot of backers lost trust
noaani wrote: » This means that, to me, we can expect the MMO some time between late 2022 and early 2024, with testing of the actual MMO starting some time between late 2020 and mid 2021 (2 years of testing all up is about right).
Void wrote: » noaani wrote: » This means that, to me, we can expect the MMO some time between late 2022 and early 2024, with testing of the actual MMO starting some time between late 2020 and mid 2021 (2 years of testing all up is about right). See this is exactly what I mean. The problem is not that the community does exist. The problem is that they keep saying things which later just do not happen. So at this point noone believes what they say anymore, including you.
noaani wrote: » Void wrote: » noaani wrote: » This means that, to me, we can expect the MMO some time between late 2022 and early 2024, with testing of the actual MMO starting some time between late 2020 and mid 2021 (2 years of testing all up is about right). See this is exactly what I mean. The problem is not that the community does exist. The problem is that they keep saying things which later just do not happen. So at this point noone believes what they say anymore, including you. At the end of the day though, I want Steven and Intrepid to get their collective heads down and just make the damn game. I don't want them wasting time addressing a community that shouldn't even exist yet. I know full well that this kind of thing can be a massive distraction and can waste a lot of time that could be far more effectively spent actually developing the game.
Void wrote: » noaani wrote: » Void wrote: » noaani wrote: » This means that, to me, we can expect the MMO some time between late 2022 and early 2024, with testing of the actual MMO starting some time between late 2020 and mid 2021 (2 years of testing all up is about right). See this is exactly what I mean. The problem is not that the community does exist. The problem is that they keep saying things which later just do not happen. So at this point noone believes what they say anymore, including you. At the end of the day though, I want Steven and Intrepid to get their collective heads down and just make the damn game. I don't want them wasting time addressing a community that shouldn't even exist yet. I know full well that this kind of thing can be a massive distraction and can waste a lot of time that could be far more effectively spent actually developing the game. I do agree, they should just make the game. Also they should address the expectations they set and are not meeting, because it just keeps further destroying their image.
noaani wrote: » Void wrote: » noaani wrote: » Void wrote: » noaani wrote: » This means that, to me, we can expect the MMO some time between late 2022 and early 2024, with testing of the actual MMO starting some time between late 2020 and mid 2021 (2 years of testing all up is about right). See this is exactly what I mean. The problem is not that the community does exist. The problem is that they keep saying things which later just do not happen. So at this point noone believes what they say anymore, including you. At the end of the day though, I want Steven and Intrepid to get their collective heads down and just make the damn game. I don't want them wasting time addressing a community that shouldn't even exist yet. I know full well that this kind of thing can be a massive distraction and can waste a lot of time that could be far more effectively spent actually developing the game. I do agree, they should just make the game. Also they should address the expectations they set and are not meeting, because it just keeps further destroying their image. They said many months ago that the roadmaps they have released in the past are no longer accurate, and all such roadmaps going forward will be internal documents only. I believe that was January this year.
Void wrote: » noaani wrote: » Void wrote: » noaani wrote: » Void wrote: » noaani wrote: » This means that, to me, we can expect the MMO some time between late 2022 and early 2024, with testing of the actual MMO starting some time between late 2020 and mid 2021 (2 years of testing all up is about right). See this is exactly what I mean. The problem is not that the community does exist. The problem is that they keep saying things which later just do not happen. So at this point noone believes what they say anymore, including you. At the end of the day though, I want Steven and Intrepid to get their collective heads down and just make the damn game. I don't want them wasting time addressing a community that shouldn't even exist yet. I know full well that this kind of thing can be a massive distraction and can waste a lot of time that could be far more effectively spent actually developing the game. I do agree, they should just make the game. Also they should address the expectations they set and are not meeting, because it just keeps further destroying their image. They said many months ago that the roadmaps they have released in the past are no longer accurate, and all such roadmaps going forward will be internal documents only. I believe that was January this year. Roadmaps, yes. What I meant is the weekly updates which they promised, because updates we get are far from weekly.
Dygz wrote: » Wololo wrote: » here is the problem i am having since over a year now that feels like a backstab: 2017 'Invite to Closed Alpha - Phase 1 (Earliest Access to Ashes!)' 2018 'we are going to divide alpha 1 into 2 phases' 2019 'Ashes of Creation Apocalypse is the standalone prequel to the upcoming epic MMORPG Ashes of Creation' now correct me if iam wrong but if ashes=AoC=apocalypse=alpha1phase1=all assets in apoc are for the mmo then where is my earliest access to ashes ? i think that is why alot of backers lost trust You will still have exclusive, earliest access to MMORPG gameplay. Just because Apoc is using the same assests, that doesn't mean it's the same game as the MMORPG.
Dygz wrote: » Can't please all of the people all of the time, but... Apoc is not the MMORPG, so you should not be feeling like you won't be among the first to test the MMORPG just because a different game shares assets.
Wololo wrote: » well yeah before 2020 was clearly marketing. they never promised it though. and since we are backers/funders and NOT investors all we can do is wait and accept a MMO takes long to make. as long follower of AoC i putted money in to be part of the first group to experience AoC.... to look back in a few years and talk about how i seen the game being build up from the ground.... it is totally normal that there was a alpha0/friendsandfamily before alpha 1 starts. ofcource you cant blindly throw hunders of ppl that backed in a alpha 1 world and hope for the best. i was jelours for not winning a alpha0 key but was excited af to go into alpha 1 and run around in any sort of world. i am satisfied with the things they showed us so far. they got a amazing team i mean just look at the extra life livestream they did! full of energy. amazing vision on how a mmo should be and projected solutions for problems like gold sellers/server layering/optimization. great art work! they seem to work in a structured way and found a balance in what to share and not to share with the cummunity in terms of info. i am still 100% behind them on this!! but here is the problem iam having since over a year now that feels like a backstab: 2017 'Invite to Closed Alpha - Phase 1 (Earliest Access to Ashes!)' 2018 'we are going to divide alpha 1 into 2 phases' 2019 'Ashes of Creation Apocalypse is the standalone prequel to the upcoming epic MMORPG Ashes of Creation' now correct me if iam wrong but if ashes=AoC=apocalypse=alpha1phase1=all assets in apoc are for the mmo then where is my eariest access to ashes ? i think that is why alot of backers lost trust
atroxus wrote: » Wololo wrote: » well yeah before 2020 was clearly marketing. they never promised it though. and since we are backers/funders and NOT investors all we can do is wait and accept a MMO takes long to make. as long follower of AoC i putted money in to be part of the first group to experience AoC.... to look back in a few years and talk about how i seen the game being build up from the ground.... it is totally normal that there was a alpha0/friendsandfamily before alpha 1 starts. ofcource you cant blindly throw hunders of ppl that backed in a alpha 1 world and hope for the best. i was jelours for not winning a alpha0 key but was excited af to go into alpha 1 and run around in any sort of world. i am satisfied with the things they showed us so far. they got a amazing team i mean just look at the extra life livestream they did! full of energy. amazing vision on how a mmo should be and projected solutions for problems like gold sellers/server layering/optimization. great art work! they seem to work in a structured way and found a balance in what to share and not to share with the cummunity in terms of info. i am still 100% behind them on this!! but here is the problem iam having since over a year now that feels like a backstab: 2017 'Invite to Closed Alpha - Phase 1 (Earliest Access to Ashes!)' 2018 'we are going to divide alpha 1 into 2 phases' 2019 'Ashes of Creation Apocalypse is the standalone prequel to the upcoming epic MMORPG Ashes of Creation' now correct me if iam wrong but if ashes=AoC=apocalypse=alpha1phase1=all assets in apoc are for the mmo then where is my eariest access to ashes ? i think that is why alot of backers lost trust In my opinion this all amounts to a bait and switch against the original kickstarter backers. We were hyped about an epic MMORPG, with the afore-mentioned levels of early access but instead, the money we provided has been used to build a pubg/fortnite clone. Meanwhile we are told "But the MMO will be using the same assets, so it's technically still development of the MMO.", but it isn't! Apoc is a completely separate game and play style, yet us original kickstarter backers are expected to to meekly accept that development of the project we actually backed, appears to be stalled in favor of the pubg/fortnite clone.
mcstackerson wrote: » That is false, it isn't a completely separate game. Yes, from a game design stand point it plays differently but the systems the BR was designed to test will be the same. I'd understand this argument if they added a bunch of unique BR features that wont transfer over but they haven't. As far as BRs go, they have implemented the bare minimum they could to have a free for all game with a proper game loop. Design isn't everything that creates a game. Saying APOC and MMO are completely separate games shows a lack of understanding you have for how games work.
atroxus wrote: » mcstackerson wrote: » That is false, it isn't a completely separate game. Yes, from a game design stand point it plays differently but the systems the BR was designed to test will be the same. I'd understand this argument if they added a bunch of unique BR features that wont transfer over but they haven't. As far as BRs go, they have implemented the bare minimum they could to have a free for all game with a proper game loop. Design isn't everything that creates a game. Saying APOC and MMO are completely separate games shows a lack of understanding you have for how games work. The intrepid AoC web site indicates I am correct. "Apocalypse is the standalone prequel to the upcoming epic MMORPG Ashes of Creation."https://ashesofcreation.com/apocalypse Please note the word "standalone" and the following definition. stand-alone[ stand-uh-lohn ] adjective 1 self-contained and able to operate without other hardware or software. noun 2 a device or program with these characteristics.https://www.dictionary.com/browse/standalone
atroxus wrote: » If it makes you feel better to look at it that way cool. Personally though I don't believe it is any different than to receive a hamburger when I order meatloaf at a restaurant on the basis that both are made from ground beef, bread and ketchup.