What do you secretly hope to see the most from Alpha 1?

When I ask this question, I don't mean something you realistically expect to see. Something akin to a guilty pleasure, what would be the one thing you really hope to see during Alpha 1, within the bounds of still being possible (like not being confirmed to not be in Alpha 1 or things that don't seem to be possible until certain other things are implemented). Personally, I'm not really sure what I want to see the most, since I want to see it all, maybe the full size of one of the castles and how 250v250 combat can look like even in Alpha 1.

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maouw

Voidwalkers wrote: »

realKiza wrote: »

I don't mean something you realistically expect to see. Something akin to a guilty pleasure,

hilarious bugs & creative exploitations, condensed into an ultra funny youtube clip when NDA's over.

hey, the earlier you find the bugs, the better. that's what tests are for.

I would LOVE to see these shenanigans

realKiza

Voidwalkers wrote: »

realKiza wrote: »

I don't mean something you realistically expect to see. Something akin to a guilty pleasure,

hilarious bugs & creative exploitations, condensed into an ultra funny youtube clip when NDA's over.

hey, the earlier you find the bugs, the better. that's what tests are for.

Can't wait till someone trips over nothing and dies.

Noaani

The main thing I want to see in A1 is the basis for a solid and enjoyable combat system.

It doesn't need to be fully fleshed out, but if combat is not enjoyable in A1, it won't be enjoyable when the game goes live. And if the combat itself isn't enjoyable, what's the point in the game?

As far as I am concerned, everything else can wait until A2 - or even beta.

Maezriel

Lots of people here asking for things way beyond the goals of the A1.

I want to see stable servers capable of handling hundreds of players in small areas all blasting their spells.

Prove that the 250v250, or better the 500v500, combat is physically possible w/o it becoming a PowerPoint presentation or outright crashing and I'll consider the A1 an outstanding success.

Everything else can get built up during the A2 when we have even more players capable of testing things and giving nuanced feedback.

Noaani

Maezriel wrote: »

Lots of people here asking for things way beyond the goals of the A1.

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Prove that the 250v250, or better the 500v500, combat is physically possible w/o it becoming a PowerPoint presentation or outright crashing and I'll consider the A1 an outstanding success.

I would think that this was something to work towards, rather than being something ready to go for alpha 1.

I wouldn't expect any more than 40v40 to be viable in A1, but for Intrepid to work on improving itall during alpha and beta.

daveywavey

Maezriel wrote: »

Lots of people here asking for things way beyond the goals of the A1.

realKiza wrote: »

When I ask this question, I don't mean something you realistically expect to see.

Rayteku

What do I secretly hope to see in Alpha 1? I would have to say "Secrets"... hidden items or quests. A cave behind a waterfall that has a legendary sword in the stone? A simple peasant asks for help and if you provide aid he reveals himself to be a deity who will now help you on your journey? Or any other cool exploration type hidden gems.

Cold 0ne FTB

arsnn wrote: »

I hope the classes will be decently fleshed out, so that we can start to give more detailed feedback for those

Damokles wrote: »

Ranger, Fighter, Bard and Rogue gameplay.
No one likes Summoners. ;D

Nagash wrote: »

I would have to say the summoner class or monster coins

I just want to see the classes in a more developed state but know from the most recent Jahlon interview with Steven (highly recommend watching if you haven't) only certain ones will be present. We will likely have to wait for alpha 2 for the rest. I think for sure we are getting ranger, cleric, fighter, mage but can't remember for sure.

SerChubulas

Cold 0ne FTB wrote: »

arsnn wrote: »

I hope the classes will be decently fleshed out, so that we can start to give more detailed feedback for those

Damokles wrote: »

Ranger, Fighter, Bard and Rogue gameplay.
No one likes Summoners. ;D

Nagash wrote: »

I would have to say the summoner class or monster coins

I just want to see the classes in a more developed state but know from the most recent Jahlon interview with Steven (highly recommend watching if you haven't) only certain ones will be present. We will likely have to wait for alpha 2 for the rest. I think for sure we are getting ranger, cleric, fighter, mage but can't remember for sure.

This...was one of the most disappointing things to hear. I was really expecting the base classes to be released by alpha 1 (in its earliest iteration). The fact this was skimmed over was even more disappointing. It is a cop out to release the base classes in later stages of alpha 1. It was one of the main reasons why people were so hyped about seeing alpha 1 in December. It is now going to be many more months until we see anything especially since alpha 1 which was supposed to not have a nda now is under nda for the first couple of stages. Congratulations, you met your deadline I guess?

Magic Man

I hope to see some abilities from APOC like catfall and miasma/darkness. The current ones seem to be mostly tab targeted. Want to see some creativity basically d:

mcstackerson

Outside side of game performance, i think most of what i want to see is combat mechanics. It would be nice to see some progress on the hybrid system and some more ability mechanics.

Tyrantor

Set Chubulas wrote: »

This...was one of the most disappointing things to hear. I was really expecting the base classes to be released by alpha 1 (in its earliest iteration). The fact this was skimmed over was even more disappointing. It is a cop out to release the base classes in later stages of alpha 1. It was one of the main reasons why people were so hyped about seeing alpha 1 in December. It is now going to be many more months until we see anything especially since alpha 1 which was supposed to not have a nda now is under nda for the first couple of stages. Congratulations, you met your deadline I guess?

Seems like you wouldn't be content with anything short of a full release in December. They gave us what they could give us, no NDA for A1 is relatively unheard of and at least by the end of the (current) A1 cycle it will be lifted pending any major setbacks it appears. I'm stoked for the progress and would rather see them baby step through the beta process as they appear to be to avoid rushing this to appease the fanbase. Which is something Steven has probably said 1000x by now and it's infinitely more important than having more classes, augments or no NDA earlier in the process.

Exiled King

I would like to see some PvP action in the alpha....not sure if it will be implemented but that's what I want.

Vashramire

I'm curious to the amount of people who will be in the A1 and size of the unlocked map. At least the early ones. Like if you have 1000 people in a 5 node area for 4 days you can see some crazy stuff because of population density and everyone trying to run a non instanced dungeon or pvping on a caravan. Too dense and mob respawns will have to be raised. Unlikely to see any node advancement though unless it's really small like a camp. Maybe it would be funny to have world bosses show up and raid the town/camps at the end of each A1 phase.

Lore Dynamic

For it to end quickly, so I can get my grubby hands on Alpha 2!

^_^

HiddenDaggerInn

Progress, I honestly just want it to go well, I was very interested in being a part of Alpha 1, however the dates really turned me off. I will stick with my Alpha 2 as that will be persistent, those dates for Alpha 1 are giving me Camelot Unchained Flashbacks, and that's a road I don't want to travel again. The 1 month is ok, but the other's 3 days and right at the end of the year so they squeeze it in.

And make no mistake this "Alpha" is no where close to Camelot Unchained's Alpha. AoC is so far ahead of where they were it's silly. So again Hoping for progress.

Maezriel

daveywavey wrote: »

Maezriel wrote: »

Lots of people here asking for things way beyond the goals of the A1.

realKiza wrote: »

When I ask this question, I don't mean something you realistically expect to see.

Ah ha. I see my mistake...I forgot that I'm a flaming dumbass. lol

LieutenantToast

All of your lovely shining faces helping us smash the bugs

Damokles

LieutenantToast wrote: »

All of your lovely shining faces helping us smash the bugs

GET OUT THE HAMMERS BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IT TIME TO SMASH!

AndAfter

Seeing the game progress at all will be great, but Im just interested to see how the game operates under the stress of the testing.

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