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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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The thing with this is - no matter what Intrepid do, if you roll a tank, other players will call you a tank.
I can't see how you can say a term doesn't belong in a game when that is the only term 99% of players will refer to your class as.
So, from a suspension of disbelief perspective, you could easily "decide" that since that is what others in the world will call you, it is perfectly acceptable for the game to call you that as well.
I haven't seen anyone state here they aren't going to play the game if the name doesn't change.
That said, there is a myriad of reasons someone might get interested in AoC, then look at the wiki or watch some videos for 10 minutes and find something they don't like: world PvP, there is too much action combat, there isn't enough action combat, the game looks too hardcore, the game doesn't look hardcore enough, the animations are off, their favorite class isn't covered, their favorite class is covered but has a dumb name, etc.
All of those are perfectly valid reasons to decide how to spend your valuable free time, and Intrepid doesn't and shouldn't try to please everyone.
I apologize for my aggressive and cynical attitude towards the twists and turns in the thread you created.
And I have a lot of respect for your tolerance and positive attitude!
Let's continue to have free and lively discussions together, so that we can make Ashes great together.
you. cheeky. muffin.
(pout) There goes my idea of having two more classes named Healer and DPS.
Just because its common MMO jargo won't affect the quality of the name at all.
Names can have different meanings and while the tank archetype might lend itself to the tank role, it won't be the only thing the Archetype can do.
juggernaut and guardian are already class names and barbarian doesn't fit the theme
people did that for 3 years. Non stuck so tank must be good
But AoC is based on D&D/Pathfinder, how doesn't it fit the theme?
If you are a tank that reduces your incoming damage via avoidance rather than mitigation, being called a juggernaut isn't super appropriate. It only really fits in with a few of the possible tank variants in Ashes, as does guardian.
Tank fits all of them.
Because ashes is its own thing and its own world that how, Just because it takes influence from something does not mean it has to be the same so tank in ashes is fine
I swear I'll start having PTSD about this whole stupid ordeal
If it is their own thing, then why are you making into something else?
Im not the one wanting to change the name. I'm fine with tank as a name for a class
If you don't like it, don't read it.
Oh but I've read it and participated multiple times, across multiple servers. Nothing gets put forward beyond the "I don't like it cause vroom vroom tanks are a thing, please change it or I whine some more".
By now they are aware of the opinion, and I get the feeling they don't care.
So let's leave the front page of the forums (cause we know no one clicks to go to page 2, let's be honest), for newer and more constructive topics.
And if you don't like my complaining about this issue, don't read it. Sounds dumb doesn't it ya troll?
If you want a thread to disappear, the best thing to do is to not post in it.
Definitely don't start up a secondary debate in that thread about things like whether a thread should be shut down, that could see the thread stay on the front page for a while.
Wait... NOOOOO
Wait! name all tanks the Matilda
are you saying that the opinions of new people joining don't matter? Why shouldn't they be allowed to state their topic on an issue that is apparently large enough to spawn 24 pages. Or are you saying that you stated all your opinions on the topic, so nobody else should discuss it? Both seem very egocentric to me
In other threads people complain that existing threads aren't utilized and new ones are crrated every time. Here you state the exact opposite. You can't have it both ways @Asgerr
Also, i perceive that there are better options than tank, i just dont believe its a big deal