Please don't put anachronistic items in the game

anachronistic - belonging to a period other than that being portrayed.

I hope there won't be sunglasses, baseball caps, etc. It just really breaks the immersion for me. However, I'm less bothered about adaptations to Halloween, Christmas, and such (for holiday events, I don't mean I want a Santa Clause cosmetic).

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Damokles

I will be the inventor of Ray-bans in Ashes, watch me closely

Karthos

This was always a gripe for me in Archeage. We had horse, sail driven ships and ... Cars.

Viymjr

Anachronistic, nice word something new I have learnt today

T Elf

Well in some games there are inventor races who introduce items that aren't usually found during the medieval time period. If there is some reason for something to be in the game, then it's not anachronistic, because it is a made up world and they can have anything in it but hopefully there will be a "reason" attached to it.

Nagash

you will never take my steam!

Dayuhan

Okay no killer steam-driven robots. Back to Iron Golems we go - now where did I put that Manual of Golems tome. . . .

Damokles

Nagash wrote: »

you will never take my steam!

Makinoji

It's a place of unknown magic and science. Who's to say what could appear and I don't know anyone who wants to impede the imagination of the devs

George_Black

I hope they dont add such features. They are terrible

Shoklen

Like motorcycles in wow?

EvoW

Makinoji wrote: »

It's a place of unknown magic and science. Who's to say what could appear and I don't know anyone who wants to impede the imagination of the devs

They could go for the overdone By the Waters of Babylon trope, as it does kind of fit with the theme of civilization being destroyed and rising from the ashes. I wouldn't mind that as much I think

NoeSparks

I agree. I didnt even know archage had cars till karthos said so. And they look horribly out of place. Glasses i would be ok with. But baseball caps and such things are a bit off imo aswell.

If we get a vehicle id like to see it be powered by magic and not resemble rl transportation vehicles. Like how in the movie atlantis they have flying fish. Would def fit more into a mmorpg than a car.

I guess sometimes there are goblin races who make mechanical things. But they gotta look like that stupid race made some jankety thing. Not some shiny ass car.

OrcLuck

I don't think your hearts in the wrong place. I just think the team has good taste so far in what we've seen.

Some of the monsters were alien and maybe they're going to redesign the element of what corruption is, or maybe they won't, but I'm sure it'll serve the game.

Nagash

Damokles wrote: »

Nagash wrote: »

you will never take my steam!

You can mix high fantasy and steampunk really well

Atama

Viymir wrote: »

Anachronistic, nice word something new I have learnt today

Look up defenestration if you’re not familiar with that word. I use it as often as possible (which isn’t often).

Nagash

Atama wrote: »

Viymir wrote: »

Anachronistic, nice word something new I have learnt today

Look up defenestration if you’re not familiar with that word. I use it as often as possible (which isn’t often).

I can see why

Damokles

Atama wrote: »

Viymir wrote: »

Anachronistic, nice word something new I have learnt today

Look up defenestration if you’re not familiar with that word. I use it as often as possible (which isn’t often).

I once googled: "rare english words that no one ever uses"
I was not disappointed! xD
- Kerfluffle
- Hullaballoo
- Ragamuffin
- Gobbledygook
- Poppycock
- Lackadaisical
- Lollygag
- Flink
- Aglet

Viymjr

Atama wrote: »

Viymir wrote: »

Anachronistic, nice word something new I have learnt today

Look up defenestration if you’re not familiar with that word. I use it as often as possible (which isn’t often).

I guess if Intrepid are anachronistic with Ashes of Creation they will be defenestrating the game.

Viymjr

Damokles wrote: »

Atama wrote: »

Viymir wrote: »

Anachronistic, nice word something new I have learnt today

Look up defenestration if you’re not familiar with that word. I use it as often as possible (which isn’t often).

I once googled: "rare english words that no one ever uses"
I was not disappointed! xD
- Kerfluffle
- Hullaballoo
- Ragamuffin
- Gobbledygook
- Poppycock
- Lackadaisical
- Lollygag
- Flink
- Aglet

I use Kerfuffle (not Kerfluffle) and it is not uncommon word to hear used either. I would not go as far to call it rare for sure. Same with some of the other words. I think a lot depends on your local dialect in the UK. They are certainly words that are starting to disappear from the English vocabulary.

unknownsystemerror

Hell, I had a rousing debate with someone about a month ago about kerfuffle (google ftw) in Discord. Every generation gets to an age where they bemoan the loss of familiar things, thing is, they rarely go away. Some do die a natural death over time. You use once, twice probably daily, but when was the last time you used thrice that you were not trying to make some vague point about language with.

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