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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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How does an RP server work in other games? if you dont RP, you are kicked out? who is the decider of these types of things?
I have never played on a specifically RP server.
Also an RP server does not require any change in coding? does it?
why? I am not sure i understand the reasoning?
well, I've never liked playing alts, and I hate it when you need to make alts for progression ughh.
in this case, 1 character per server might not be the best for the game, since people might want to play different classes or artisanship down the line and they probably won't want to delete their main or play in a different server to try a new class. it's just somethign I want so I don't feel like I have to make alts for crafting (I hate artisanship too). I guess just don't want the eso effect, where everybody has 495747 characters and people can craft everything by themselves.
but again, it's just a wish. I'm not opposed to the game allowing you to make alts to the point where I would start complaining about it. it will probably allow you to make alts anyways.
So...the players you say you want playing on your servers still won't be playing on your servers.
That being said.
Everything is subject to change and we haven't even started Alpha 2, yet.
And, then, there have to be staff who will investigate reports of RP griefers. And, yes, RP griefers might get temp bans or kicked from the server.
IS is not going to provide an official RP server.
It's just one ruleset for all servers.
but, you dont have an agenda and you are not trying to change anything.
You are not an honest man, imo. <sadface>
many people will try and realize the big ol boogie monster called pvp is not so scary and they will take actions to make the game work for them. Unlike you, people are willing to give the game a try with the hopes that intrepid can pull through on their promises.
I think this is where you have the biggest disconnect.
The idea here is that I, for example, am here because I think maybe Intrepid cares about potentially making adjustments to make the game more appealing or comfortable to players who play like me.
That doesn't really mean that I am trying to change something, it's moreso that I am providing information so that Intrepid can decide if they want to change something. In doing so, I sometimes have to speak and make repeated points on behalf of a small group of people.
If Intrepid were to say anything that basically amounted to 'no you're definitely not part of our target audience sorry' that was definite and not just 'could maybe be interpreted that way', then I'd leave because I don't want to change anything that they don't want to change.
Dygz goes further in this than me and is sometimes interestingly repetitive when met with certain types of pushback, but it's mostly the same.
I'm only calling you out here because you keep doing that 'not honest' thing and I figure there's a small chance you'll understand that at least for some people, that level of 'accusation' is going too far. If you care, then stop doing it, and if you don't, so be it.
It's the same thing, see?
You are delusional.
gonna enjoy the show in real time hahaha
It only gets worse from here. Right now it's just some goofballs, some alt accounts. It is going to get so much worse lol, yes even extending past launch into in game chat. It will essentially never end. It will also follow you to the next mmo that is made in the pvx style.
HOLD THE LINE BOYS
worse is better. tbh reading drama in game after pvp makes pvp even better hahaha, specially when you win
I don't think it's a good idea to start alt characters out of boredom or compulsion.
Spoiler alert: We lose eventually. Many games casualize themselves over time. Fortnite, WoW, even a game like BDO. It's natural.
If the people who want an actual good game stand up and fight, you just may have it for a number of years. But all things pass. And someone steps into the void to right the wrongs. Right now that's Steven. One day though, hopefully many years from now, the shine and newness of AoC will have faded, sub numbers drop, and funky decisions start getting made to try anything to bump it up. You can pretty much count on it. In the meantime, we fight. lol
My endgame L2 PvE exp is about using 6-9 characters at once. Not because I want it. It is the most rewarding way to farm. But it decreases the social aspect of the game. And even if I am not farming, to be 100% efficient I have to use alts like crafter to craft items, rogue to scout spots, summoners and doomcryer to freely teleport and so on. It feels that I'm playing not an MMORPG but some RTS like Starcraft. The characters become units and the only PvE metric that matters is adena per hour. And I've seen some private servers with "one character per player" rule but it is only creates more value for players who are able to use more then one PC with different VPNs to not get auto-caught.
I dont think you can open 2 clients of AoC at the same pc.
Yep. That's why I mentioned "to use more then one PC".
If they use more than one pc and they like to jump back and forth, let them.
Also, L2 had /follow and flat terrains. No jumping required.
Todays games are very different and I am sure that you wont be able to have trains of bots.
"Let them" => outfarmed => L.
"Very different" but AoC is partly Tab Target => marcos-able => train-able.
To discuss it more accurate I need the Spot Efficiency formula with all variables like spot' profit potential, group size, train' characters management difficulty, action skills factor, contest factor, binds and macroses restrictions, etc.
yeah but thats just becasue you are going in solo. ive played in priv servers and offi with a full cp. its so much better than opening 5 boxes lmao. thats why i wanna know if buffs in aoc will be as necessary as they are in l2.
also those servers of 1 char per pc are awesome. you make friends, level together, etc
this is incorrect, not everything is subject to change as steven explains in this clip
when he uses the "everything is subject to change" he is talking about a specific showcase, the visuals, skills, etc
I've played with full cp. It is fun until you realise that you are outfarmed.
The reason why I am "going in solo" is because it gives more adena/hour than default full cp (full cp = divide income by 9).
It is true that buffs is the root of that problem: 80% of support class value is included in their buffs that can be effectively used by pressing one button every 2, 5 or even 20+ minutes. I hope support classes in AoC would be more reactive to prevent this issue to some extent.
yeah gotta split the adena, thats true. but in a cp you also pool the adena together. the supports help the dps with shots and a weapon, the tank armor etc etc.
and yeah trying to get 8 more people to play with you, who are also willing to dual box pp, pony/cat, etc and basically needing 5 supports for 4 dps can be an issue. i like what they did in GOD, you basically just need one buffer (ignoring those specific farming strategies with 2 iss) and 1-2 healers, since its harder to find support players than to find dps players.
i hope ashes is similar, where you just need 1 bard and 1 healer per party (maybe 2 healers if you are very pvp focused, but maybe the bard or the summoner can play as a 2ndary healer)
A lot can change because they show things in a modular way, but when you have to put everything together, then the problems arise. But 1-2 streams that are less well thought out confuse people more. In principle, there was a large selection but you can use few skills, now we have 1 stream where 18 skill was laid out. We don't see a skill tree.let's not even talk about the fact that we haven't seen anything about the other 4 castes yet. The 4 basic castes aren't ready, the cleric just got a lot of skills.