What We Like And Dislike MOST about AOC

Hello All,
Just wanted to start a discussion out of curiosity and hopefully this doubles as feedback. What do you like the most about Ashes Of Creation and/or what first inspired you to look into it, but an alpha key, or just become a fan?
Also if you have a dislike or change (even if small in nature) you want to see; what is it?
Thank You

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Kilion

So far I am very satisfied with what I've seen.

There isn't anything I can definitely say I dislike because I have yet to play anything close to the final product to make such a decision.
The only worries that I have revolve around the depth that each of these systems will actually reach - especially exploration. I would love for some game to finally bring back discovery and Ashes in theory has the chance to do so. The story arch system can create circumstances that make guides utterly useless beyond general advice and force people back into actually playing rather than copying what someone told them. You want that epic pickaxe from Mine XYZ? To get it one of these Nodes has to be T3, that story arch decision has to be made in this way and there has to be a Dünir Node nearby - and none of this will be told to players.

Solvryn

Vaknar wrote: »

Like: The Community c:
Dislike:
The comm...
Hahaha almost had ya there, didn't I?.

Dislike: Solvryn

George_Black

I also dislike pseudo-intelectualls and I dislike their empty posts.

CROW3 wrote: »

When it’s out as a game, I’ll edit this post with my thoughts. Everything you may like today might change next year. Everything you may hate today, you may love after testing.

Why the rush to judge?

Dygz wrote: »

CROW3 wrote: »

Everything you may like today might change next year. Everything you may hate today, you may love after testing.

Why the rush to judge?

Yep. Everything is subject to change... and we can discuss it here.
Especially while we are waiting to test and later to play.

Noaani wrote: »

The thing I like most about the game is the potential.

The thing I dislike the most is the parts of that potential left on the floor.

Raven016

Noaani

George_Black wrote: »

I also dislike pseudo-intelectualls and I dislike their empty posts.

Noaani wrote: »

The thing I like most about the game is the potential.

The thing I dislike the most is the parts of that potential left on the floor.

There was nothing "intelectual" - pseudo or otherwise - about my post. It was the sort of post my 4 year old nephew could understand just fine.

It was fairly straight forward, and was basically a summary of my feelings on the game as a whole - the game is shaping up to be a shadow of what it could be.

George_Black

Time to get a child of your own.

daveywavey

Sounds like someone's already run out of ideas for their stream...

Myosotys

NyceGaming wrote: »

Hello All,
Just wanted to start a discussion out of curiosity and hopefully this doubles as feedback. What do you like the most about Ashes Of Creation and/or what first inspired you to look into it, but an alpha key, or just become a fan?
Also if you have a dislike or change (even if small in nature) you want to see; what is it?
Thank You

DISLIKE
I don't like the fact that gear can be equiped according to your level and not to statistics and the fact that loots you will get buy killing mobs will also depend on your level.

It means that when you get something super rare, it becomes crap on the next level. It push players to rush max level without enjoying the game at every levels. Also it's bad for business/trade, as in other MMO, I liked to camp some mobs hours to get rare items only to sell it and make money (Even If I was low level, I could sell these items to HLVL players).

I don't like the archetype "Tank" that seems ridiculous.

LIKE
PvP Oriented game, huge world, freedom, events, mounts, no instance.
Most of the other mechanics, I like it.

Depraved

i like that aoc is like l2

i dislike that i cant play yet T_T

OlympusBurns

daveywavey wrote: »

Sounds like someone's already run out of ideas for their stream...

Haha pretty sure you’re joking. I couldn’t believe 2.5 hours had passed during that last one.

Krakhun

There is so much I like about AOC, that's is easier to pick what I don't like.
Dislike: No corruption on the ocean content. I think this will only allow for the creation of PK guilds in the coastal nodes. These will likely become PK controlled areas, and I don't believe that is what the developers are trying to encourage with this system.
Like: The lack of instances.

Balanz

LIKES:

For me, it is a combination of the scope, ambition, design, and developer discipline.

The evolution the Nodes, the tightness of the markets as the best gear is crafted, and most drops, especially PvP, are materials.

The opportunity to be a meaningful trader and crafter. To make a name for oneself.

A dangerous world to explore, a sense of place, of being somewhere else. People to meet, befriend, or worse.

Returning to a challenging and satisfying MMO after almost two decades away from the genre.

Open Sea PvP, even though I have never embraced PvP before.

CONCERNS:

If the combat always requires constant movement and rapid button presses to be viable. My aging hands won't be able to keep that up for hours, and it's only going to get worse over the years.

If Hoards of Locusts descend upon the servers and make them into a living hell, just for the lols, and to prove they can.

If Big Guilds monopolize all the servers.

If Server mergers are poorly handled, throwing players together in an immersion breaking mess, rather than using weather and story events to cut servers into geographic chunks and recombine them into a single server in a way that makes shared history instead of breaking it.

If I suck so badly at PvP that I really don't enjoy the game.

Solmyr

I like the vision for dynamic node wars and large-scale PvP conflict.

I dislike tab targeting as a combat system, though I'll admit that's mostly for aesthetic reasons.

Fiddlez

Possibly concerned about the limited fast travel. I am not sure, I understand the logic so we will see how it plays out. I really don't want my time to be wasted if it's not necessary. Long as it feels organic and not just content filler.

Myosotys

DISLIKE

Fiddlez wrote: »

Possibly concerned about the limited fast travel. I am not sure, I understand the logic so we will see how it plays out. I really don't want my time to be wasted if it's not necessary. Long as it feels organic and not just content filler.

In a PvP MMO the fast travel MUST be limited otherwise all the PvP suffers.

Solvryn

Fantmx wrote: »

Why are all these discord people here?

Because I am everywhere.

Sweatycup

Like:
Class Variation and choices from weapons/armor allowed to be used to the amount of class combination
Node Warfare
Node Development
Unique Events & Server Unique Developments
No player limit node warfare (Reminds me of Planetside)
Animal/Mount/Pet Gene Manipulation
Open seas and ships that actually have multiple usable function
Weather and Seasonal effects (Especially how ships will need to learn to traverse changes by sea.)
Extreme rare/server limited items/mounts
Mounted combat

Dislike:
The lack of actual individual variation between the 64 classes. Seems like pouring more water into your flavored kool-aid and calling it a mix of two classes when it's really just one. (Speculation for now)

PvP being allowed in cities when a siege/node war is inactive

A lack of explanation of how it won't just end up being a pvp game/lack of faith in corruption system doing much if anything

The choice of intrepid to disable siege of a coastal node by boat. I understand the issues but I'm sure it could be designed around.

Weapon choices are very generic not many choices like whips or flails... also have not seen a halberd
No crossbows but you made a skin for one -1

The choice to use skills to augment damage type instead of just allowing people to enchant/tinker or w/e to physically change the damage type or add the damage type effect. This seriously limits in the field use of being able to change before a fight, "Hold on bro, let me switch my damage type skills before we engage each other.." Instead of, "Let me just hotkey swap my weapon out for a certain type of damage type, Click, immediately engage."

The lack of any explained or described back-end for server stats so we can make a more valued choice in who or what type of server we are joining. Is this server extremely violent and dangerous? Has this server completed a certain unique event already? How many active guilds? How many guild wars have taken place? Average player level? *Basic server stat tracking*

Castle sieges being instanced and player limited instead of just incorporating it along into node warfare as a complete system

The choice to remove the ship builder profession for a choice to just collect things and put them together by unknown means

JackTrader

To start, just subbed to your YouTube, good stuff.

First and foremost, I love what Intrepid is doing. The openness of this journey, never done b4, I don't think. That Steven, and Intrepid themselves are gamers. They understand us better than some board of a corpo. Does everyone get everything they want in Ashes? Nah. But don't in sound and actually look promising? Sure does to me. I love the 64 Classes. Why? Wanna see all the ways augments are gonna augment. Simple. I love the fact that I can be a Pirate. Why? One Piece and Black Sails, the Showtimes series not Assassin's Creed. Oh and the dynamic world change. Why? Something spawned because I was taming all the bunnies and I killed a butterfly by accident, that's why. There's more but ill keep it short.

What I dislike is personal. Pretty much I won't be able to play as much as id like and definitely won't be n alpha 2 early, maybe later if it opens back up. The game thus far is still in active development and people are gonna judge regardless, but with the time and open development that Intrepid is displaying it feels nice. In a genre that gets misused so often, I
think not giving Intrepid a decent amout of kudos thus far isn't fair. But also postive crits too. There shall always exist the negative. With or without the positive lol. I'm glad Steven made this life changing decision. Can't wait for it to drop. Honestly no real dislike currently only bcus this has to be a hands-on experience for me to say that. I played new world around launch, didn't like it but I had to play to know. Haven't tried recently and im not piqued to go back. Vanilla WoW, played it, 5+ year addition lol. Same with Ashes. I may love what others hate and visa versa. I still want Anthem to reboot. Can't stand Fortnite. Im sure they'll be something i encounter that i dislike. Will that deter me from continuing? Nah.

PlasticLemons

Fantmx wrote: »

Why are all these discord people here?

He made me reply

Balrog21

Like = The ever evolving world.
Dislike = I guess we have to wait and see how this plays out, but I don't really like the idea of PVP in a major city. I'm strolling through town and all of a sudden this huge fight breaks out, where are the town guards? They just let them fight it out or will they stop the infraction? I do know if you're corrupted town guards will try to kill you on sight once you step into the city, but I guess I'm waiting to see how this tests out in Alpha2.

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