Is there a chance... Client Download and Character Creator
Taiisien
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Hello All,
As my anticipation and the hype train builds for Alpha Two to go live, I wondered if there is a chance that Intrepid Studios would allow the game client to be downloaded and maybe give us access to the character creator a couple of days prior to the Alpha going live.
Currently I live in a rural part of my state, and while I do have high speed internet I also know that there will be people all over the world that are all going to be attempting to download the client which will stress the servers. I also believe that not all of these people will have 1Gb/s or better internet connection. If we get the ability to download the client starting on say Monday vice Friday then it gives people with slower connections time to get it downloaded and it should help to reduce the instant load on Intrepid's servers.
Access to the character creator starting on say Wednesday allows people like me who can spend hours and hours just in the creator a chance to do so and still be able to be active in the game once the servers go live. I know that the servers will wipe and that characters will have to be remade, but for many of us who have waited literal years for this access, I want to dive in but I also want to read and take my time in the character creator.
Now, I know that there are some people out there that would use an opportunity like this to start data mining and looking under the hood of the game files and while yes this could and probably will happen, the NDA would still not be lifted until the servers go live, hopefully preventing a release of information prior to the Alpha actually starting.
What do you all think, do you like the idea of being able to download the client over the course of a few days, what about the ability to access the character creator a couple days early, I'd like to hear your thoughts.
As my anticipation and the hype train builds for Alpha Two to go live, I wondered if there is a chance that Intrepid Studios would allow the game client to be downloaded and maybe give us access to the character creator a couple of days prior to the Alpha going live.
Currently I live in a rural part of my state, and while I do have high speed internet I also know that there will be people all over the world that are all going to be attempting to download the client which will stress the servers. I also believe that not all of these people will have 1Gb/s or better internet connection. If we get the ability to download the client starting on say Monday vice Friday then it gives people with slower connections time to get it downloaded and it should help to reduce the instant load on Intrepid's servers.
Access to the character creator starting on say Wednesday allows people like me who can spend hours and hours just in the creator a chance to do so and still be able to be active in the game once the servers go live. I know that the servers will wipe and that characters will have to be remade, but for many of us who have waited literal years for this access, I want to dive in but I also want to read and take my time in the character creator.
Now, I know that there are some people out there that would use an opportunity like this to start data mining and looking under the hood of the game files and while yes this could and probably will happen, the NDA would still not be lifted until the servers go live, hopefully preventing a release of information prior to the Alpha actually starting.
What do you all think, do you like the idea of being able to download the client over the course of a few days, what about the ability to access the character creator a couple days early, I'd like to hear your thoughts.
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Ya I Alpha it's not uncommon to need to re-downlaod a whole new client. Last game I tested in a month that happened more then a few times. I am sure every weekend we will have patching as well. None the less. If it's what ya want to do. I hope it works out for ya. Just know what your getting into.
That'd be ideal, but screenshot your sliders and options selected for char creation anyway in case it doesn't pan out that way. It'll save a lot of time in the long run.
I am not concerned about my internet connection where I live now, but it has not always been that way for me, and I am sure that there are others that want to be a part of this and dont have the best connection. Additionally, I have done many alpha and beta tests in the past, I would say it is less common to have to do a full client download, normally as they modify things or new content is released it is sent out as a patch that updates what changed / adds what is missing. Now I am not saying that a full client sized download is not going to happen, just that I dont think it will be frequent.
Exactly one of the things I hope to avoid. I have, in past testing / games, gotten to start my access when I feel the server load would probably been light, but spent so much time in the character creator that by the time I was actually ready to enter the game, then I was in a que.
Me too.
As Hinotori said, the character creator won’t be separated from the game until midway through Phase I portion of Alpha 2 (late autumn 2024).
Until then, everyone will be using the creator upon logging in for Alpha 2.
It might be good to reiterate that Phase I of Alpha 2 is heavy on testing and Intrepid fully plans to meet their concurrent player targets.
Which means players aren’t missing out on anything by spending the first few hours of Alpha 2 making their best character.
EDIT: Rewatched the AMA and it appears the character creator will be available midway through Phase I and not Phase III.
I normally don't really care about character creation much because the character is going to be covering everything with armor. I think it would be a time saver in the future if I could save a preset for several different characters ahead of time. That would make things easy at the start of each phase and after any wipes.
This is even more of a reason to have an offline character creation functionality (even if it's in the same client). Create what I want once to reuse for each wipe.
I get this is definitely too late to change now if it's not already planned.
This isn't so bad, thanks for sharing.