April 30th post Livestream discussion

Reserving this space ahead of time to discuss the livestream.

What did you like? What didn't you like? Share your thoughts

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Recluse74

I did not like it was delayed ...

But I loved what they delivered in that video... OMG those dragons!

Khronus

Alpha 1 news will be 5/4/21 and you can purchase it starting 5/5/21 sometime (which is amazing). I absolutely LOVE that he keeps assuring us that alpha 1 will NOT be to play the game but to help test functions. I am so ready for this.

That raid looked really well done. Definitely an easy fight but obviously we aren't looking at other raiders trying to counter them during it. This will spice it up a bit : ).

I'm looking forward to not being able to drop items. Clears up a big issue before it could become an issue with corrupt people dropping loot to friends.

Vhaeyne

Excited about Alpha 1 sales.

The raid thing did not yield as much information as I had hoped.

Twitch chat seemed crazy when the 500$ price for a unfinished product that requires patience and work was brought up (Alpha 1). I hope none of those people buy the alpha 1 key. As Steven was explaining the reality of a true alpha people were saying bad things about charging for alpha... kind of annoying, but when is twitch chat not annoying?

Th3 m3n

will alpha 1 packages be limited? someone understood why I don't

ww4757

On May 06, A1 access for $500. On May.05, give more detail.

ww4757

Th3 m3n wrote: »

will alpha 1 packages be limited? someone understood why I don't

On May 06, A1 access for $500. On May.05, give more detail.

Asgerr

Ok so here are some of the interesting bits for me:

Raid bosses > look really cool but mechanics seem basic and they seemed to go down way too quick
Zones look stunning > that ice lair is quite photorealistic
Spells > they seem to be less overtly flashy, while retaining that high fantasy appeal. The mage's meteor drops creating these fiery portals in the sky looks particularly good.
Boats look nice > not much more to say
The sea shader could use more foam effects when closer to the shore
NPC mercs for caravans are only available for nodes under a castle's government > the players who own that castle must allocate resources for said NPCs to be hireable

As someone who likes the idea of being a mercenary to escort caravans, that last tidbit seems very intriguing.

In the event that no NPC mercs are allotted for by the castle ruler, I could see a revolt happening, and mercenary guilds joining in the defense of the castle so as to preserve the demand for their services.

Asgerr

Vhaeyne wrote: »

Excited about Alpha 1 sales.

The raid thing did not yield as much information as I had hoped.

Twitch chat seemed crazy when the 500$ price for a unfinished product that requires patonce and work was brought up (Alpha 1). I hope non of those people buy the alpha 1 key. As Steven was explaining the reality of a true alpha people were saying bad things about charging for alpha... kind of annoying, but when is twitch chat not annoying?

Yeah people were echoing some of my stances but in the stupidest ways.

Steven said it best, don't pay to test a game if what you're looking for is to play the game. The game is an alpha and will require the appropriate mindset. The world and character made might be deleted every other day. Mechanics may not be implemented. Archetypes will be missing etc etc.

I am a staunch believer in getting in for the beta at the earliest. But yeah, people in twitch chat were acting pretty dumb

Tyranthraxus

It was great to see the dragons in-action! The boat had the occasional, expected Alpha bug, in going below deck.

The custom lighting changes that Intrepid made to the UE4 environment really make a great visual difference!

maouw

I loved how territorial the fire dragon was!
He looked pretty mean too.

But I agree that the dragons seemed like pushovers.

Shoelid

Dragons looked dope! Can't wait for Alpha 1. Excited to meet you motherfuckers on the battlefield

Noaani

Vhaeyne wrote: »

The raid thing did not yield as much information as I had hoped.

Having not seen the livestream, this tells me I dont really need to.

Shoelid

Noaani wrote: »

Vhaeyne wrote: »

The raid thing did not yield as much information as I had hoped.

Having not seen the livestream, this tells me I dont really need to.

Yeah, nothing important in terms of gameplay/mechanics, just pretty cool visuals.

mcstackerson

I liked the mount info. I don't remember it being confirmed before but i like that mounts will be summoned into the world and then you can get on them. Sounds similar to how AA's mounts work. Only thing i'm a little curious about is if there will be any limitations around it.

Will you be able to have as many mounts on you at want at one time or will it be limited in some way? I kind of like the idea of it being limited in some way, like you can only have one mount equipped at a time and you can only equip mounts at a stables or warehouse.

Dygz

Well, we did learn that loss of a caravan is not 100% loss.

Dygz

Asgerr wrote: »

[*] Raid bosses > look really cool but mechanics seem basic and they seemed to go down way too quick

Seemed to me that the devs were using some god powers to hold aggro - not completely because Margaret was doing some healing.
Of course, Steven died a few times in the beginning, like he typically does before activating cheats.

Noaani

Shoelid wrote: »

Noaani wrote: »

Vhaeyne wrote: »

The raid thing did not yield as much information as I had hoped.

Having not seen the livestream, this tells me I dont really need to.

Yeah, nothing important in terms of gameplay/mechanics, just pretty cool visuals.

Cool, because raiders are well known for caring about visuals over gameplay.

Noaani

Dygz wrote: »

Well, we did learn that loss of a caravan is not 100% loss.

Got a time stamp?

Cambiguous

I think regarding caravans Steven said something along the lines of a portion is lost immediately, and the other portion becomes lootable. Starts at about 2:04:40 in the vod from todays stream.

Shoelid

Noaani wrote: »

Dygz wrote: »

Well, we did learn that loss of a caravan is not 100% loss.

Got a time stamp?

02:04:40 in the VOD.
Another bit of info that might (or might not) be of interest to you at 2:18:05; they talk about character progression vs account-wide progression. From the way they're talking it seems things like attunements (if they exist in AoC, I don't know if they do or not) will be character specific

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