Glorious Alpha Two Testers!
Phase I of Alpha Two testing will occur on weekends. Each weekend is scheduled to start on Fridays at 10 AM PT and end on Sundays at 10 PM PT. Find out more here.
Check out Alpha Two Announcements here to see the latest Alpha Two news and update notes.
Our quickest Alpha Two updates are in Discord. Testers with Alpha Two access can chat in Alpha Two channels by connecting your Discord and Intrepid accounts here.
Phase I of Alpha Two testing will occur on weekends. Each weekend is scheduled to start on Fridays at 10 AM PT and end on Sundays at 10 PM PT. Find out more here.
Check out Alpha Two Announcements here to see the latest Alpha Two news and update notes.
Our quickest Alpha Two updates are in Discord. Testers with Alpha Two access can chat in Alpha Two channels by connecting your Discord and Intrepid accounts here.
Regarding the new node they showed today
Artharion
Member, Alpha Two
The node looked really good next to the river, but a bit too empty. One thing I loved in the node streaming was that it was full of NPCs doing their day-to-day and even with no player it felt like a living place. I know this is an alpha and probably this node is not finished, but just to point out that please keep NPCs in the nodes, not only for gameplay, but also for environment and feeling of a living place. Just like other games such as Throne and Liberty or Black Desert Online.
4
Comments
I think it just had to do with what was being highlighted.
well assuming the first node they showed was plenty of NPCs, I hope they haven't "down grade it" in this way. I hope it is just unfinished, but they should be able to have a lot of NPCs + players. Look at Throne and Libety.
That's not the point. It is possible and I hope they can.
Wonderful. I don't know if I'm the only one, but immersion is key in an MMORPG, and having social places such as villages, towns and city full of life it makes it more immersive. This is something that Asmongold always point out, and games like BDO, Throne and Liberty and even World of Warcraft despite its years, do vey weill. I know that having NPCs doing their business don't add much gameplay, but immersion is very important. Thanks for clarify this Vaknar.
@NiKr see? I told you. Don't have to be always that negative.
Here:
I'd assume it was more about optimization of a ton of players + npcs in one place. Though there's definitely a chance that it was just an unfinished node.
A staff member have already confirmed it wasn't about optimization, but an incomplete/unpolished node.
What exactly about what you bolded from @NiKr was negative? He gave two possible perspectives on why the npcs might not be so present:
- Optimisation
- Unfinished Node.
When Vaknar replied he confirmed it was the 2nd option. So actually one of the two suggestions he made would end up to be the case.
Are we now saying that people assuming something that might not turn out to be true BY DEFAULT is considered negative?
Even his tone was incredibly neutral.
"I'd assume it was more about optimization of a ton of players + npcs in one place. Though there's definitely a chance that it was just an unfinished node."
I think you're picking fights where fights don't need to be had.
He gave two possibilities but he was definitely more inclined towards one over the other, and the one he favored was based on not being possible for the sake of optimization. It's negative because the most common thought is the node isn't finished (like many other things) and since the first node they shown was full of npcs doing their business, there is no reason why the other doesn't have to follow the same guidelines (and I'm pretty sure they tested the first node with more people inside it to check optimization), yet he was betting more on the not being possible due to optimization issues with a lot of players, so we couldn't be able to have somethint that cool. Then a staff member came to confirm what I was asking and confirmed what I thought at first. He was negative (as many people are, there is nothing wrong with that, although I recommend to be more positive in life) to think it is not possible instead of thinking it is a WIP, and that's it.
Idk if he is your friend or something, but I think you don't need to jump into a 1-on-1 discussion and turn it into a 2-on-1, especially when the whole thing has ended. But, I know you will want to have the last word, so I'll give you that pleasure
And even if I did make that assumption, builds change throughout development. NPC behaviors might've gotten a tweak, so now server can't quite keep up. Mass PvP might've been overloading the current server structure, when combined with NPCs doing stuff rather than just standing in one place.
My supposition was based exactly on the fact that the game is a WIP. I was just supposing a more macro issue, rather than thinking it was a micro one of "they simply didn't place npcs there yet". If macro issues are seen as negative, then I sure hope Intrepid fix their entire damn alpha real quick, otherwise it's gonna be real negative, cause I'm sure that they have a shitton of macro issues (the tank feedback loop from Steven's anecdote seems like one, for example).
This isn't a one on one discussion. You created a thread which is a public discussion. If you would like a one on one discussion with someone then you should message them privately. When you put yourself out in the open you make yourself open to criticism.
I also like healthy discussion. Healthy discussion can have opposing views without making personal attacks on people - such as self-valuing their views as "negative". It's not about negative or positive views. There are just different views which you've associated your values. You're welcome to do that, but it's not objective and warrants itself to not be taken as seriously.
As an example, when we got the update from Vaknar, you followed with "see? I told you" - it comes across a little as rubbing it in his face. It was just (in my opinion) - a pointless thing to say that added nothing and served only to stir up.
I knew it. So predictable
I hope that you'll see a very livid Verra on the future.
You're unbelievably petty. Apparently if someone responds to the points you make it's "having the last word". It's not down to one person to dictate when a conversation ends. All it does is feed this complex you have in your head that you're above everyone around you.
The sarcastic smileys at the end of your points are pretty hollow too, because the way you actually compose yourself is black and white in the words that you write.
I suppose that you probably won't be replying to this comment though, because in doing so you would be having the last word; a pleasure only reserved for me?