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Alpha Two testing is currently taking place five days each week. More information about Phase II and Phase III testing schedule can be found here
If you have Alpha Two, you can download the game launcher here, and we encourage you to join us on our Official Discord Server for the most up to date testing news.
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They are in an advanced stage of undeath.
No bones about it!
Well then, just delay it, I'm sure that's fine.
I'm sure Intrepid have the money sitting there to pay their staff, lease, utilities etc for extended periods of time without an actual product on the market. Even if they didn't, I'm sure the staff would be happy working on the game without pay, as I'm sure they don't have a family to provide for at all.
These things are all ok, because YOU are willing to wait for the game to launch. You are mistaken, it is not *my* logic that I am using. It is direct quotes from Intrepid.
They have specifically said that if they had to hold back on some content, it would be kickstarter stretch goals. The reason this came in to play is because YOU said they should hold back other races, ones that were not a part of kickstarter.
For the record, if you actually bothered to read the thread rather than just immaturely rage about people saying you may not get the thing you want when you want it, I've actually said several times in this thread that the most logical thing for Intrepid to hold from the launch of Ashes is the naval content - as that is significantly more work than anything else from the kickstarter.
However, the point stands, if Intrepid decide they need to hold a race back, the Tulnar are the only candidate. Once again, you are wrong.
All we have seen of Tulnar at this stage is that one silhouette that is on the wiki. We haven't even seen actual concept art of them as yet, let alone a model of the race. Probably 2022-2023 realistically.
However, that doesn't mean they will have time to do everything they want to do for the game in that time.
And the fact still stands, if Intrepid decide they are best off leaving a race out at launch, for what ever reason, the Tulnar are the *ONLY* candidate of all announced races.
You whining about it (which is exactly what you are doing here) just makes you look like a 12 year old.
Once again, grow up.
to be fair a lot of bone are about
Fact: There are always more bones then people.
I'm not whining. I'm just not a selfish man-child, that talks about removing content some people are interested in playing from the start. For a game that is years from being released. You just can't stand that people have opposite view than you.
I did read about the naval combat part. I also recall hearing in a stream that it was something that could be postponed.
If you actualy bothered to read what I wrote, i said i recall seeing them in a video, but that i could also remember wrong.
You're welcome.
As to your claim of not being "a selfish man-child, that talks about removing content some people are interested in playing from the start", I'm fairly sure you suggested they could postpone one of the other races instead of the race you want.
That is the definition of selfish childlike behaviour. You don't want to even entertain the notion of the thing you want not being there, but are more than happy to suggest that a thing others want need not be there.
This in itself is bad, but you go further. Not only did you suggest that a thing others want should be delayed in order to ensure the thing you want isn't, but you made that suggestion knowing full well that it has already been outright stated that the thing you want may be delayed, if it turns out to be the best thing for the developers.
Just to be clear, not only did you whine like a child in the above two specific cases, but you then went even further still, stating that you think the entire game should be delayed for everyone in order to ensure the thing you want is ready for release.
Now, if a child had said the above and then been called out on it, they would apologize and probably feel a little stupid.
Not you though, you doubled down.
Grow up.
If something had to be delayed, to meet deadlines, especially financially, would I be okay with that?
Yes
I think development is bumpy, and anything could happen. I believe Intrepid will try their best to provide every feature promised to us some way some how at launch. Even if some stuff is missing, there'll be monthly/seasonal expansion content pushes. So customization options for races, naval combat expanded, a better marketing tool for auction houses. All totally possible.
However this is Intrepid we're talking about, Steven & Friend's baby. So it'll be in a presentable state before it launches. They learned alot about pushing incomplete projects.
So please don't nit-pick. ❤️
I haven't read all post, so if i say something someone else has said, so be it. That also just shows we share an oppinion.
To me, that something is further down the kickstarter list, is only a somewhat reason as to why it should be cut from release. A more logical look at it, would be to look at what is realistic to have at launch and what do people need. As mentioned earlyer, sailing. Depending on the mats needed and how big peoples storage capacity etc, people have, they could atleast still hoard the materials for the crafting. But you can't level a class/race that isn't in-game.
Just because we don't see/hear about some things, that dosen't mean they aren't working on those things. Plus we don't know how far they are with certain things. By the time it comes to leave things out, how far are they with the various things. Of course, some things you can proberly see early on, won't make it for launch and it is a good thing to think/plan ahead. But i would think they have a way more clear idea of, what is realistic is ready for launch and what isn't. Plus I have a feeling Steven/the team have things they want to have at lauch vs what they think can wait.
To me, various cosmetics can wait. "Endgame" content can wait. I know some will complain or say the game will lack endgame content, but i'll bet you, those are the same people that just rush to endgame and don't really experince the game. What i have to say to such people is, slow down, enjoy the experince. Plus i think Steven said reaching max level will take quite some time
I would agree that half of the end game content can be added post launch.
There does need to be some there though. If there is no end game content in place by the time players reach max level, the game will never have a thriving end game scene - something Steven has said he wants.
While some players will rush through leveling, the reason this content (half of what is intended before the first major DLC) needs to be in by launch is because even if players took 45 days to level to the cap, that isn't long enough to develop more than a handful of raid encounters - and definitely isn't long enough to also test them (which could take that 45 days in itself).
Also, those initial few months post launch of an MMO are spent giving staff a holiday (they will have just finished a massively intense pre-launch crunch), followed by several months of bug fixing. It will be at least three months after launch before developers get a reasonable amount of time to be able to start working on new content.
Basically, even if players level slowly, if end game isn't ready by launch, players will hit max level at even a leisurely pace and find nothing to do there - and Intrepid will have several months before they are even able to begin addressing that issue. If this happens, players will leave, and the end game scene will not be able to recover from that - launch is the period where a game is closest to guaranteed it will ever get to have a specific audience (raiding, solo, PvP, crafting, RP etc). If that audience doesn't like what they see in the first month, that game will then be generally considered as not suitable for that particular audience.
However, as I said above, there is no need to have all end game content ready for launch - just some.
It is worth noting that many MMO's (most, in fact) have added races to the game post launch. It isn't ideal having an announced race not be available at launch, but that is basically all it is - not ideal.
It is also worth noting that almost all MMO's (every one that I have played) have made leveling easier once the game is a little older - so if they do add a race post launch, the leveling process will be somewhat faster
All that said, I still think it would be a mistake to not have the Tulnar ready at launch - I just fully understand why that may actually end up being the case.
I agree that there should be some "endgame" content at launch. I think i also said that. I'm not saying they need to start making the new endgame content when the game is released. They just don't need to have finished it, when the game is released.
I was just looking on the wiki to see if there was anything new and to see what information there was about tulnar. And i found this: "The Tulnar race will be in place before Alpha-2. Concepts and early works are expected at that time." Of course this might change. But to me, that makes it sound like they are corrently working on the race or plan to start doing it soon