Archeage Alpha

[Aluvius]

Anyone else playing Archeage at the moment? I've been following it since its Korean release and I ended up buying the alpha package. Wow, I haven't been this hooked on a game since at least EQ2 (the last game I've played for any length of time). Its got a nice synergy with all of its systems and nothing really comes as quick or as easy as most games of the last few years. I'm addicted to its crafting which I've never really enjoyed before in another game. Beta weekends should be starting in a month or so.

[Dwaar]

Just purchased and installed this. Studying and enjoying it so far. Might need to upgrade my system a bit to run it at full capacity though. Beautiful scenery, and once I get the settings right (size all the windows/fading/etc.) think will be really smooth.

[Aluvius]

Yeah, its really tough on my system. I've had to turn everything down to normal, except for draw distance which I've kept at max. Most people have found that running it in dx9 seems to offer much better performance though its not quite as good looking.

There's a new alpha server opening within a couple of weeks (omega server). Both will be patched to the KR 1.2 version, after that a revised version is coming for NA/EU full of tweaks requested by Trion. I'm not playing much until then since it involves a big revamp of the skills across most classes.

[Dwaar]

Ya, I'm on high settings right now, but it's straining my system a bit. From what I've seen so far though, this would be a game I'd want to run at max settings if at all possible. That might mean some liquid cooling and a few upgrades. If its worth it, I'll definitely invest in those.

Thanks for the heads up on the patches. Guess I'll just keep doing my research till that big patch and beta hits. I do wish they had more race selections, but the customization of the races is really nice.

I ended up going with the Alpha package, as the rewards seemed worth it to me, especially since it's a one time thing (did the same with Rift and LOTRO). Keep in touch and let me know, be nice to have someone from the GS community to explore with.

[Aluvius]

Yeah the alpha package is definitely worth it if you plan to play for at least 3 months after release, I grabbed it as well. Its an incredibly good looking game with everything cranked up, some of the best visuals I've seen in an mmo ... maybe the best actually.

I have a few regulars that we usually hit mmo's together, one of them is an old GM from here named Issigri (always mess up the spelling heh). We'll probably hit it when it goes live, I know I will and at least another one who also bought the alpha package. We plan to join a guild at release on whatever server we choose. Half of the game really depends on you having a guild and I don't mean raiding. The ship based combat and trading really need the support of a guild to do correctly (although a small group can also do it at a smaller scale). But where it really shines is at the larger scale with tradeships with warship and clipper scouts/escorts.

Also the northern continent is all for guild use, building castles with associated guild housing and raiding them.

This isn't to say that you can't have a perfectly good time solo or with a small group though. I've been playing solo with a stealth build and I'm able to do a lot of stuff, even stealthy trade runs to the enemy continent.

There is also new content coming which will open up more of the continents and add a few more races, I think dwarf, fae and warborn.

My current main is on the Nui faction (West Continent) but I'm not in game much right now and I'll probably roll a new toon on the Omega server to check out the Haranyi faction (East continent).

[Dwaar]

Awesome. Well I hope we definitely keep in touch. I'm down to join a guild, but with work and my play style, I would be off an on. I love helping out, but do enjoy solo play myself. With my research on this game, see myself as a raiding mercenary sort of.

I would love if they put in the Dwarven race, I have always trended towards the sturdier races. I hope the changes they make are for the best, and they don't dumb it down to much. From what I've played so far, I like the intricacy of it all.

[Jarvan]

150$ is worth it for playing for 3 months?

Wait.. most of us easily spend that on GS.. so yeah, I guess.

[Aluvius]

Well you get $75 game store credit, 3 months of Patron status (essentially like having a sub that allows you to do a lot more like own land in the game .. all of which is not instanced woot) so that's around $30-45 wortth, plus a bunch of other really useful in game items. So with the credits and sub time you're basically paying $45 for a collector's edition game with alpha and beta access.

The best items you get are the glider, title and cloak which are quite useful in game. The glider is one you would have to pay gilda to get otherwise, I've only found 1 cloak quest so far and haven't achieved any titles (they both give +3 to all stats which is a nice boost in this game).

The flight from gliders is the best flight I've seen in a MMO, except maybe Shadowbane. You can stay up for a long time and some are weaponized and have special powers like stealth and such.

Another neat thing in game is you can build submarines, tractors, cars, etc besides just naval ships. Its high fantasy with steampunk and combustion technology all mixed together. It sounds crazy, but it works. :)

[Aluvius]

Awesome. Well I hope we definitely keep in touch. I'm down to join a guild, but with work and my play style, I would be off an on. I love helping out, but do enjoy solo play myself. With my research on this game, see myself as a raiding mercenary sort of.

I would love if they put in the Dwarven race, I have always trended towards the sturdier races. I hope the changes they make are for the best, and they don't dumb it down to much. From what I've played so far, I like the intricacy of it all.

I hear you, I don't have a lot of time either since I've gone back to college as an old person heh. Will definitely try to get together later on as things advance.

[Dendum]

I do want to play this game, but don't really like jumping into alpha's...in fact until any game declares no character wipes I normally stay away. It looks really nice...

meh...GSIV has most of my spare gaming time right now, I looked at some of the summer steam sales and realized I wouldn't have time to play any of it. Same with Wildstar which I would like to try out, and The Secret World, which has one of the coolest story lines in an MMO in my opinion, has a new area...damn that need to sleep and eat and socialize and stuff.

[Aluvius]

Yeah, just wait till the open beta stuff starts and try it out then. There's really no rush and everything will be wiped before release. It'll have F2P and subscription type options with a cash shop so you can try it cheap at release to decide if you want to spend money on it. The decision to go with the 1.2 update for release has pushed the beta events back, so probably closed beta july and open beta for august or later.

Its the first game that's had any sense of difficulty to it that I've played in years. Most of the information online is in Korean or Russian so there's not a massive spoiler database to access. Its been fun actually figuring shit out on my own. :)

[Aluvius]

The alpha servers are being patched to the Korean 1.2 version tomorrow and the patch notes are up. The Trion revised patch will come later and the closed beta should start mid-late July. I'll probably start a Haranyan (eastern continent) character, most likely named Aluv, on the Omega server. I think the servers are going down at 11a est and they predict up to a 12 hour downtime. Which probably means Thursday for me. :)

[SpiffyJr]

I put ArcheAge up on nerfed.gg last night. Trion said they were reviewing the feedback! So excited...

[Aluvius]

Yeah a lot of stuff was changed, but we knew it was coming and most of it was needed. My class, Spellsinger, was heavily nerfed but it should have been heh.

[Stretch]

Tried it out for a few hours -- not really my cup of tea, but neat looking game.

It seems like a waste not to use though, so if anyone I know is interested in taking over my account (Founder's Pack), PM me.

[Stretch]

No one? $149 founder's pack. Srsly.

[Warriorbird]

Does it have a monthly fee? That might put some people off. If not, seems like somebody should snatch it up.

[Stretch]

Sort of -- you basically need to sign up for "Patron" status, since you need points to do pretty much anything. But it comes with 90 days worth.

[Seran]

Can't help but notice in several of the gameplay videos out there that the same character model is used over and over, with different hair and clothing.

Honestly with the fact it was pre-released in various Asian markets, the fact the chat windows are constantly spammed with gold sellers just tells me this title has more akin to SecondLife than an actual MMO.

[JackWhisper]

Stretch I'd give it a go if you want. May like it, who knows!

[Aluvius]

Can't help but notice in several of the gameplay videos out there that the same character model is used over and over, with different hair and clothing.

Honestly with the fact it was pre-released in various Asian markets, the fact the chat windows are constantly spammed with gold sellers just tells me this title has more akin to SecondLife than an actual MMO.

There are 4 races, 1 is an animal type that runs on all 4's ... I guess you just happened to see a lot of gameplay videos of the same race? There are 4 more being worked on for the expansion, 1 is a dwarf and another is a construct type.

As for the gold sellers, I dunno its the same as I've seen in any game. I've never played SecondLife so all I know is from reading a few articles about it years ago, but offhand I'd just say no? :)

Trion gave away loads of beta keys for the event this last weekend, CBT2 will be coming up soon so I'm sure more keys will be released for it if you want to try it for free.

[Seran]

I was referring to an NPC, I see the differences with the PC models.

I did sign up for the Beta just to see what it is like, should I wind up with a key.

[Aluvius]

Hmm, yeah a lot of the quest NPC's are the Asian models but there is also a nonhuman race used extensively for the merchant/crafting related NPC's. The pets and mounts have some neat options that you usually don't see in Western games, too.

CBT2 starts this Wed 7/30. Should be a lot of keys going out for it. Also, Archeage is now on Steam which some people prefer.

[Aluvius]

Free keys just went up if any interest:

http://www.mmorpg.com/giveaways.cfm/offer/549/Archeage-Closed-Beta-Event-2-Setting-Sail.html

[Ashlander]

Grabbed a key so I guess I'll see what all the hype is about.

[Gelston]

So I'm about to get all up in this alpha. Who else playing alpha? Liking it?

[Aluvius]

I'm really enjoying this game, but I'm not playing much at the moment. I've figured out what class I'll likely play and my early gameplay. I'm just waiting on release. I and 2 of my usual gamer friends will be playing release on the Eastern faction. We're all older players so we'll be casual during the week and play more on the weekends. I think we're going to join a guild on whatever server we end up on, but you can do a lot with a small group as well. AA has a "family" setup that functions below the level of a guild so we'll be using that for the start.

The Omega server is the newer alpha server. CBE3 starts Aug 14th, you might want to check it out, too. It will give you more of a feel for a release server since the alpha servers have double labor regen and most of the land is taken already. You only have to download/install the game once though. You can either copy the alpha folder over to a beta folder or just rename it alpha/beta when you want to play either one (and select the alpha/beta drop down on the Glyph launcher).

[Gelston]

I'm really enjoying this game, but I'm not playing much at the moment. I've figured out what class I'll likely play and my early gameplay. I'm just waiting on release. I and 2 of my usual gamer friends will be playing release on the Eastern faction. We're all older players so we'll be casual during the week and play more on the weekends. I think we're going to join a guild on whatever server we end up on, but you can do a lot with a small group as well. AA has a "family" setup that functions below the level of a guild so we'll be using that for the start.

The Omega server is the newer alpha server. CBE3 starts Aug 14th, you might want to check it out, too. It will give you more of a feel for a release server since the alpha servers have double labor regen and most of the land is taken already. You only have to download/install the game once though. You can either copy the alpha folder over to a beta folder or just rename it alpha/beta when you want to play either one (and select the alpha/beta drop down on the Glyph launcher).

Meh, I'll be on a River in Arkansas during the next beta weekend. Most of the land is taken though? Hmm... How is that going to be handled when the game actually releases and has even more players? I guess more servers, but still.. TRICKY TRICKY

Also, holy crap at requiring 40+ gigs to be free.

[Aluvius]

Yeah, the final installation is smaller, around 22gb I think.

You can definitely still find land in non pvp areas for your first 8x8 scarecrow farm, but placing a 16x16 farm or larger structures will be tough even in an unrestricted pvp zone. This is only on the alpha servers where everyone has Patron status.

The beta servers are much more like a release server where most of the population is F2P, so there won't be a problem with land for awhile. Also there is an in game realty dealer where players can put up their land for sale, it transfers the structure as well. And if people don't pay their taxes then their structure is demolished (they get the plans back in the mail) and the land is opened up. The tax cost is escalating so it makes it tougher to hold a lot of land parcels, its also account wide so it definitely discourages land squatting.

[Gelston]

Yeah, it is halfway through 22 right now. Sucks though, I had like 30 open on my SSD, but it wouldn't let me install there so I had to put it on my regular HD.

[Warriorbird]

Good or crap? Me and the SO are considering it.

[Gelston]

I've been watching a bunch of the videos, seems pretty cool. It is an Asian game though, and I can definitely tell from the videos, so be prepared for that.

[Gelston]

So, this game is fun as hell. I'm only up to level 13.. I took the necromancer occupation. I just got my first glider, which is sweet.

I kinda hate that I'm playing it a bunch, because I just know I'll probably get burned out of it before the damn game even launches... But there seems to be so much to do in this game.

Some of the NPCs still speak korean or whatever when you click them, which is pretty funny.. But for the most part they seem to be nearly done with localization for English.

[Aluvius]

Yeah that's why I've stopped playing for now. I can't wait for release and didn't want to get burned out.

Its got that something that I've been missing from most mmo's in the last few years. If it helps anyone decide, my favorite ones have been EQ1/EQ2, Planetside, DAOC, Darkfall (the guild city building part at least, a lot of the rest of the game was tough to like), Pirates of the Burning Sea.

[Gelston]

I used to play me a lot of PotBS.

[Aluvius]

LOL, really? I was Jean Gris, played French on the umm, well I can't remember the servers offhand. We skipped around a bit anyway. I liked pvp, but mainly concentrated on ship building and all the shipping work that took.

[Gelston]

LOL, really? I was Jean Gris, played French on the umm, well I can't remember the servers offhand. We skipped around a bit anyway. I liked pvp, but mainly concentrated on ship building and all the shipping work that took.

I was James Darwin, British, in a guild called The Royal Guard. I was on Antigua server. Heh, there was a thread on their forums called "Who is James Darwin and why is he so important?" that went to 50 pages. I loved it.

[Aluvius]

Hehe, yeah I remember playing on Antigua at some point. We likely crossed paths. I ended up with a notorious former Brit society, wish I could remember the name. It was the one with a few members getting caught duping or some such, I wasn't a part of it and didn't even know about it until the news broke. I ran my shipbuilding the old fashioned way, by paying for 4 accounts lol. :)

[Ashlander]

I'm enjoying it. I'm mostly trying out different builds for when release gets here and messing around with farming.

Edit: Next beta is on the 16th I believe.

[Gelston]

Don't like the housing stuff. I think it should be instanced. It reminds me of UO when you couldn't place shit if you hadn't be around for years.

[Deadelf]

Been playing during Alpha and have also done the beta weekends. Really fun game over all. Some aspects need work but honestly I'm pretty certain once it goes live I'll be playing it as one of my main mmo-rpgs. Since the beta weekends started I've stopped playing Alpha, I didn't want to get burnt out.

[Aluvius]

Actually I think the next beta event starts on the 14th, there are 2 more after that then open beta starts.

The beta servers are nice for getting a feel for release, especially with the labor reduced to the normal 10/5 for Patrons.


p.s. Celtar, hey! :)

[Deadelf]

Actually I think the next beta event starts on the 14th, there are 2 more after that then open beta starts.

The beta servers are nice for getting a feel for release, especially with the labor reduced to the normal 10/5 for Patrons.


p.s. Celtar, hey! :)



Heyo Aluvius! :) Yupper, looking forward to continuing my beta play this week. I'd just decided to not do anymore in Alpha to reduce burnt out risk for me and only play on the Beta weekends. Part of me wishes they wouldn't do a wipe before they go live but I understand it.

[Gelston]

Heyo Aluvius! :) Yupper, looking forward to continuing my beta play this week. I'd just decided to not do anymore in Alpha to reduce burnt out risk for me and only play on the Beta weekends. Part of me wishes they wouldn't do a wipe before they go live but I understand it.

Well, the alpha mat or may not be wiped and turn into the PTS. They have said the alpha is liable to be wiped at any time though.

[Aluvius]

I'm fairly sure alpha is definitely going to be wiped even if its used for a PTS. There's a lot of confusion about it though so who knows.

I wish they'd wiped them before the 1.2 patch, the economy there is crazy because they did not. I'm tired of the complain threads about it on the alpha boards. That being said, I'm looking forward to archeum drop rate adjustments. :)

[Gelston]

I managed to place a scarecrow in the second area!!!!

[Aluvius]

Nice! It'll probably be tougher though if you want to place a house or 16x16, but not as impossible as it used to be from what I've read.

The thing to do is to figure out long term where you might want to place your structures at release. I'm shooting for a temperate zone with water access but its not essential, pretty much anywhere will work since you craft your packs in each zone depending on which one you want to make. The special fellowship trade packs require you to own land in that zone though.

[Gelston]

I've already started making a road map on how to get land as fast as possible. Honestly, the first two zones I don't care about. The third one is where I want to place. This is as that Nuin race or whatever.

[Aluvius]

AKA, the non-Asian race. :)


I like elves the best for their swimming racial abilities, but my friends want to make Haranyi girls because they are strange. Their ability isn't bad either, can harvest quicker.

[Warriorbird]

The Warborn look neat.

[Aluvius]

Yeah, there are 4 more races coming in the expansion. The 1.7 Korean update has some neat stuff in it, too. There's a raid in it that requires use of ships to fight "ghost ships". :)

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/572/feature/8795/Looking-Forward-Korean-Patch-17.html

[Gelston]

WHAT! SKATEBOARDS!

[Warriorbird]

If it can combine skateboarding, piracy, and hang gliding this might be the ultimate game.

[Aluvius]

It also has cars and tractors. I also love its system that lets you import images to certain items, one guy had a Kim Jong Un cloak lol.

[Ashlander]

It also has cars and tractors. I also love its system that lets you import images to certain items, one guy had a Kim Jong Un cloak lol.

I saw that cloak it was awesome.

[Deadelf]

AKA, the non-Asian race. :)


I like elves the best for their swimming racial abilities, but my friends want to make Haranyi girls because they are strange. Their ability isn't bad either, can harvest quicker.


Going elf with Celtar as usual. I'm also trying to figure out where a good place for housing would be. I like your idea about being near water Aluvius, I'll have to keep that in mind.


Edit: Thanks for sharing the expansion link Aluvius. :) Oh and Warriorbird on the skateboarding, piracy and hang gliding... +1 man. LOL! :)

[Seran]

So far playing as an Arcanist build, I'm enjoying the explosive bits of burst though still a bit glass cannon. It's still rather disappointing seeing the same face general face model on all of the male and female NPCs, makes me worry about the longevity of the game.

[Jarvan]

This game seems to look like it's going to be F2P with an item mall.

Just wonder if it's worth paying to play a bit early.

[Aluvius]

There is a Closed Beta Test going on this weekend and another one in 1-2 weeks if you want to try it for free.

[Gelston]

Went to open up the AA Alpha, slammed by 8 gig patch. Maybe all the Asian spoken text is gone from NPCs now!?

[Gelston]

There is a Closed Beta Test going on this weekend and another one in 1-2 weeks if you want to try it for free.

Damn, the next one is a 5 day Beta. 22nd-27th.

[Stretch]

Still have a founder's pack for anyone that I know that wants to give it a shot.

(If I didn't respond to your PM or post, it's because I don't know you. Sorry).

[SpiffyJr]

Do I count? If so gimme gimme ;)

[Astray]

I'd give it a shot but man those pack prices are something that keeps putting me off. I'll wait until it goes public or until I've got a bit more money to toss into the Steam fire.

[Aluvius]

Went to open up the AA Alpha, slammed by 8 gig patch. Maybe all the Asian spoken text is gone from NPCs now!?

Yeah, the 8gb download is to streamline the patching process with Glyph. It'll mean much smaller downloads on all subsequent patches. The actual game patch is only 800mb for version 8.6.

The shader update on the last patch seemed to improve my performance, now all I really want is an increase in the archeum drop rate. :)

[Aluvius]

I'd give it a shot but man those pack prices are something that keeps putting me off. I'll wait until it goes public or until I've got a bit more money to toss into the Steam fire.

Oh sure, the closed beta tests are free. The next one starts this Friday, check the usual gaming sites for key giveaways and sign up on the AA website for beta as well.

There's no reason to buy a Founder's pack unless you are certain you plan to play after release for a few months, then its actually a great deal. However if you plan to play as a F2P player you won't be able to use the housing/farm/land part of the game and your labor regen will be lower.

[Astray]

Oh well that simplifies things. Thanks for telling me!

[Gelston]

Hmm.. I just got my closed beta invite for this next one, but it doesn't seem they give you a code. Looks like it is tied to my e-mail or something.

[Astray]

I tried to sign up and it doesn't look like I can.

[Gelston]

You could buy the $50 thing and play the beta and also get head start. Gets you patron status and head start at launch too. I'll say it is a fun game with a GTAV amount of stuff to do. It is tab combat, I prefer action based, but it is fun.

[Astray]

You could buy the $50 thing and play the beta and also get head start. Gets you patron status and head start at launch too. I'll say it is a fun game with a GTAV amount of stuff to do. It is tab combat, I prefer action based, but it is fun.

$50 is steep for an MMO I don't know much about...

[Androidpk]

The founders package for the WH40k mmo is like $150!

[SpiffyJr]

It will probably fail just like every mmo since wow has done. I am getting older and more bitter with every shitty mmo release. I hope I am wrong but I have been burned enough to know what is likely coming. I have decided to stop buying mmos until at least e minths have passed.

[Gelston]

It will probably fail just like every mmo since wow has done. I am getting older and more bitter with every shitty mmo release. I hope I am wrong but I have been burned enough to know what is likely coming. I have decided to stop buying mmos until at least e minths have passed.

This is already an established one though. The thing that will suck is we have to wait for Korean patches to be localized before we get them.

[SpiffyJr]

This is already an established one though. The thing that will suck is we have to wait for Korean patches to be localized before we get them.

That's promising at least. I really want a sandbox experience a la SWG. I'm hoping this one can deliver.

[Jarvan]

Is there a release date yet for this game?

Wondering how long I have to decide if I want to get one of the patron packages.

[Ashlander]

Sometime in October is the buzz but no official word.

[Gelston]

Popular word on the Alpha forums in September Open Beta will start, Head start will hit Sept 12th, Release on Sept 16th.

[Jarvan]

so maybe 3 weeks min to decide.

What servers and races are people playing? Just curious as I usually have a hard time finding good groups.

[JackWhisper]

Problem finding groups? Do the default.

Be a tank or a healer.

[Methais]

I'm about to check this shit out. Any general info I should know about? Otherwise I'm going in blind.

And dry.

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/34885624.jpg

[Methais]

So I just checked this game out for a little bit.

Only got to like level 3 because I'm about to crash. Picked a sorcerer.

Maybe I'm just jaded on WoW clones, but I didn't see anything particularly special about this game. Run around, cast fireballs, turn in quest, etc.

Granted I'm only level 3, but what makes this game so much different/better than other MMOs out there?

[Jarvan]

So I just checked this game out for a little bit.

Only got to like level 3 because I'm about to crash. Picked a sorcerer.

Maybe I'm just jaded on WoW clones, but I didn't see anything particularly special about this game. Run around, cast fireballs, turn in quest, etc.

Granted I'm only level 3, but what makes this game so much different/better than other MMOs out there?

Well, at level 4 aliens take you away to a different world and give you a space suit that lets you fly.

[Androidpk]

Well, at level 4 aliens take you away to a different world and give you a space suit that lets you fly.

I would play that MMO.

[Gelston]

So I just checked this game out for a little bit.

Only got to like level 3 because I'm about to crash. Picked a sorcerer.

Maybe I'm just jaded on WoW clones, but I didn't see anything particularly special about this game. Run around, cast fireballs, turn in quest, etc.

Granted I'm only level 3, but what makes this game so much different/better than other MMOs out there?
It gets unique around level 30.

[Methais]

It gets unique around level 30.

But like....HOW?!?!

[Gelston]

But like....HOW?!?!

Tradepacks, trade routes, shipping, pirates, airships, etc.

[Methais]

Tradepacks, trade routes, shipping, pirates, airships, etc.

It turns into Eve?

[Gelston]

It turns into Eve?

Eh, I didn't care for Eve but this game is fun. When it launches it'll be completely free to play so not a big deal.

[Aluvius]

Yeah, the quest system is for people that aren't familiar with the game. It eases you into it, starting around level 10 it introduces you to the crafting/farming/housing/tradepack part which leads into the shipbuilding part which leads to building tractors/cars/castles and all that. It also leads you around level 30 to pvp because at that point all your remaining quest/hunting content are in open world pvp zones. There are also rvr zones where guilds build castles and their own housing areas where they can set taxation levels and other guilds can siege them to take their castles. Underwater exploration and fishing, there's even a specific ship for open sea fishing, submarines and diving helmets and swimming fins and you can import your own images onto special items and clothing. Then there's the gliders which are fun and pvp useful.

I'm probably leaving stuff out. Its not that any one thing hasn't been done before or anything is really special, but that the whole game sorta comes together into something interesting. Right now at level 4 you're seeing the worst parts of the game which are the business as usual questing and tab targeting combat.

I wouldn't worry about buying any founder packs if you're unsure or on the fence about it. The only reason I bought one is that I've been following the game for a few years since its Korean release and I'm certain I want to play it for awhile after release.

That being said, if you do play after release I'd recommend planning on spending the money for Patron status if you have any interest in crafting and housing/farming. If not then F2P will be fine, you can do pretty much anything else at the reduced labor regen rate, even building ships with some planning. Also people can share property through the family and guild systems. Definitely try it out for free before spending any money though.

Myself and 2 friends are rolling Harani (eastern) faction, we're going healer/tank/dps. We'll be casual during the week and play more on the weekends, we'll probably end up joining a larger guild for the end game content which is more pvp/rvr/open sea warfare than raiding in this game. I despise pve raiding heh.

[Aluvius]

Release and open beta dates were announced tonight at PAX:

Open Beta 9/4-9/8

Headstart 9/12-9/15

Launch 9/16

http://www.archeagegame.com/en/news/2014/08/archeage-schedule-announcement/

[Gelston]

Haha, Steam said launch on the 16th all along too.

[Jarvan]

Release and open beta dates were announced tonight at PAX:

Open Beta 9/4-9/8

Headstart 9/12-9/15

Launch 9/16

http://www.archeagegame.com/en/news/2014/08/archeage-schedule-announcement/

so like 2 weeks to decide if I want to pay a bit extra for headstart.

[Aluvius]

Yeah, really no need unless you absolutely want to place farms/structures in a certain area. There'll be plenty of land around since founders will be spread out among the launch servers instead of crammed onto 2 servers with 100% Patron to 0% F2P ratios.

Play around in the open beta and then decide.

[Jarvan]

WTF is wrong with developers now a days.

Archeage just opened today, the open beta had ZERO queues and now today there is like an hour wait to get into the game. This is pretty bullshit if you ask me.

[Jarvan]

Got kicked from game... reconnected...

http://i58.tinypic.com/2pzxj84.png

Ok.. if they KNEW they sold x amount of early access accounts, why in gods name are the servers not robust enough to handle x amount of accounts.

Imagine the wait times come the 16th.

Queue came up as 2h 15 min, now is down to only 1 h 33 min.

[Taernath]

Because they designed the servers to handle the load when it stabilizes several months down the road, not at launch.

[Methais]

Does no one remember WoW having these same issues at launch and at every xpac's launch?

Speaking of WoW, has anyone been messing with the WoD beta? I'm kinda torn between reactivating for that and checking out this game. I know this game is F2P and all, but I can't handle more than one MMO at a time.

I'm just curious if WoD is more of the same with bigger numbers like most other WoW xpacs or what, and I'm too lazy to find that thread to ask about it.

[Androidpk]

You mean just about every MMO ever released?

[Jarvan]

My point is... an early access launch is stupid if you can't get into the game. Like in FF 14. Where there was so many bugs getting in, you were lucky yo get 1 hour of play a day first weekend.

How many decades will it take for these people to learn?

[Methais]

How many decades will it take for these people to learn?

All of them.

[JackWhisper]

Methais - Blizzard recently turned down the notion of squishing, for better immersion and a reset of skill and such. So yeah, it's just a bigger numbers game again. Lame, but is what it is.

[Methais]

Methais - Blizzard recently turned down the notion of squishing, for better immersion and a reset of skill and such. So yeah, it's just a bigger numbers game again. Lame, but is what it is.

Anything new with PvP or any meaningful non-instanced PvE outside of levelng? Or just more BG/Arena/Heroic/Raid grinding?

[Taernath]

Anything new with PvP or any meaningful non-instanced PvE outside of levelng?

Not that I've seen. They added something called 'bonus objectives' to areas, which are like objectives that just show up when you enter an area. So far it's just 'kill this, pick up that' kind of thing, and I think they only award xp.

[Aluvius]

AA is aiming for a higher density player population on its servers and will likely opt for more queues rather than opening new servers. Likely the caps are lower than they will be down the road to ensure the population spreads out amongst the servers. Likely a few new servers will be opened at launch day, too.

I wouldn't expect too many though because this isn't a game where you can just merge servers down the road (due to non instanced housing/farms). It also depends on high population density servers for the end game and economy to function well.

I have a house and farm down now and should have a large farm today if I can get back on lol. I and 2 friends are playing on the Naima (I think is the spelling) server on the East side, my character name is Aluv if anyone rolls over there. We're mostly older casual type players. So if you like to spew racial epithets and political opinions while teabagging your pvp kills we're probably not your best option. Although I do like pvp, I just don't get insane about my gaming anymore. We're not organized or anything, but if you just want some friends on a server you're welcome. :)

Its possible at some point we'll join a guild for larger organized stuff.

I'm surprised how quickly the housing areas filled up in the non-pvp temperate zones. Still plenty of open land though.

[Jarvan]

For some reason, I can't login to the NA servers, but I can to the EU ones.

So apparently I will be playing on EU.

[Aluvius]

In Glyph be sure up in the right hand corner that the pull down menu says North America instead of Europe. I think that may be what is happening. If you are US based you'll likely want to roll on their servers due to latency issues (tough to deal with in pvp in this game).

They just opened up 2 new servers today.

Inoch - NA

Aier - Europe

[Gelston]

So, what server/side are we playing on? Other than EU. Not doing EU.

[Deadelf]

This looks pretty damn impressive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQT8x-_amfM

I think I'd piss myself if something like that Leviathan leaped out near my boat.

[JackWhisper]

Video sort of loses it's appeal when the person who made the video said they already quit, and that it's going downhill already. =(

[Gelston]

Video sort of loses it's appeal when the person who made the video said they already quit, and that it's going downhill already. =(

Every MMO has that though.

[JackWhisper]

Yeah but... days after the release? I R Sad =(. The leviathan looked pretty snazzy though. THe ghost ship, not so much with the purple flaming skulls and the laser cannon in the front.

[Gelston]

Yeah but... days after the release? I R Sad =(. The leviathan looked pretty snazzy though. THe ghost ship, not so much with the purple flaming skulls and the laser cannon in the front.

To be fair, some people have been playing this game for months in Alpha already.

I got into Alpha about a month or two before it ended. It was packed even then with capped out characters. I think you'll get a good 6 months out of this game. More then we did with ESO.

[JackWhisper]

DON'T MENTION THAT TRAVESTY OF A DISAPPOINTMENT WORSE THAN ANYONE WHO DIDN'T PLAY EBONHEART PACT!

[Gelston]

DON'T MENTION THAT TRAVESTY OF A DISAPPOINTMENT WORSE THAN ANYONE WHO DIDN'T PLAY EBONHEART PACT!

Hey pal, I took every alliance to vet levels.

[JackWhisper]

And they decided to scrap the vet system =P. Thank god, but too little too late.

[Gelston]

And they decided to scrap the vet system =P. Thank god, but too little too late.

I did like being the first from our little forum to hit V10. My closest competition, Anebriated, quit though. I was still 2 vet levels above him on his last day though.

[JackWhisper]

He quit because we went into a VR dungeon, and, even in dps spec, our tanks couldn't, even together, touch ONE pure dps. It sort of pissed him off to the ceiling. Me too, to be honest. We lost to a soft enrage timer like eight times before we called it. It wasn't even our fault either. We both had top shelf VR gear current with our rank. With full set bonuses. We still got screwed. And there was no way to fix it. Brift quit like a week prior because he was so fed up that rogues were so combo-based that if he missed a button, he died. Without fail. Sure, he could solo but damn, miss the third ability and start over? You end up toasted. I thought he was exaggerating... yeah he wasn't. It was crap.

There was a lot more wrong, but the game was so crap paired with how amazing it was. They just didn't bother trying to FIX the crap parts. They spent weeks to fix two random ass questlines that were non-zone integral for progression, leaving classes borked. UGH! Too much rage! Too early! I've got work in five hours! ARGHHHH!

[Gelston]

He quit because we went into a VR dungeon, and, even in dps spec, our tanks couldn't, even together, touch ONE pure dps. It sort of pissed him off to the ceiling. Me too, to be honest. We lost to a soft enrage timer like eight times before we called it. It wasn't even our fault either. We both had top shelf VR gear current with our rank. With full set bonuses. We still got screwed. And there was no way to fix it. Brift quit like a week prior because he was so fed up that rogues were so combo-based that if he missed a button, he died. Without fail. Sure, he could solo but damn, miss the third ability and start over? You end up toasted. I thought he was exaggerating... yeah he wasn't. It was crap.

There was a lot more wrong, but the game was so crap paired with how amazing it was. They just didn't bother trying to FIX the crap parts. They spent weeks to fix two random ass questlines that were non-zone integral for progression, leaving classes borked. UGH! Too much rage! Too early! I've got work in five hours! ARGHHHH!

Was it VR spindle?

There were a lot of broken VR dungeons too. And some of them, it is actually the point to stealth by mobs. You could farm them like craaaaazy though.

Don't remember the dungeon, it was full of dwaemer crap. Everything dropped either a soul gem or a soulbound purple that sold for 10k each. The respawn was so close, you could do it over and over until your inventory was full and make tons of money.

[Gelston]

Oh wait, don't tell me it was VR sewers. Because none of you should have been there at your VR levels

[JackWhisper]

We weren't doing anything that outleveled us. I was the one leading, and I kept a close eye on what we did because I didn't feel like getting stressed over it. So I mapped out what dungeons to do and not do without proper gear. It was a low VR dungeon, and we were above it by a rank or two.

It was just ridiculously stupid.

[Gelston]

We weren't doing anything that outleveled us. I was the one leading, and I kept a close eye on what we did because I didn't feel like getting stressed over it. So I mapped out what dungeons to do and not do without proper gear. It was a low VR dungeon, and we were above it by a rank or two.

It was just ridiculously stupid.

I never had problems with any... Except when they were broke. No idea guy.

[Gelston]

Spindle was marked as a vet 2 or 4, but it was a total DPS check. You needed a Vet 6 in there to make it.

At Vet 10 we just farmed sewers all the time. The only work Vet 10 dungeon at that point.

[JackWhisper]

We didn't do that one. It was just not something we got to before we quit. Plus, that one was annoying since we tried it on normal and it was broken to hell, couldn't finish the dungeon. Four times we tried ugh.

[Gelston]

We didn't do that one. It was just not something we got to before we quit. Plus, that one was annoying since we tried it on normal and it was broken to hell, couldn't finish the dungeon. Four times we tried ugh.

Yeah. That was annoying. Out of all the dungeons that existed there were like 4 working ones for vet content. A A won't be like that though. This game has been out for a while in Asia. The Alpha was just them localizing.

[Jarvan]

In Glyph be sure up in the right hand corner that the pull down menu says North America instead of Europe. I think that may be what is happening. If you are US based you'll likely want to roll on their servers due to latency issues (tough to deal with in pvp in this game).

They just opened up 2 new servers today.

Inoch - NA

Aier - Europe

Dont think you understand.

NA Servers whenever I logged in said - Login Failed - Please retype Account name and password.

EU servers. Fine.

So I am playing EU since the game doesn't want me on NA.

Not to mention EU Aier was practically empty. Even at this point, still decent amount of land for people. Friend on inoch said it was 90% claimed within 4 hours of opening. Not sure if it's true.. but the other NA servers certainly were.

[Jarvan]

I know this is a fairly big launch...

and it may be just my luck, or me..

But with is with all the log in failures?

2024, 2025, 2024, 2025.. for hours on end. Then when Glyph comes up... game won't load. Or says I cant log in to the NA servers.

Yes, most MMO's have launch problems... but WHY. Didn't we give Obamacare shit for a similar issue? It's 2014... shouldn't we have figured out the kinks in launching a game by now?

Exec A "We estimate 1 million people will try to log in when the servers go live"

Exec B "We are only prepared to handle 50k people at a time"

Exec C "What do we do?"

Exec A (what they should say) "Upgrade everything to handle 1 mill people" (what they likely say) "Fuck it, let them deal with error messages"

[Aluvius]

I'm not sure, our group hasn't had any problems since Saturday logging into the NA servers.

As for Inoch it may be that the non pvp zone land is largely claimed now, but the pvp areas even on our server (Naima) are still mostly open.

Heck, I was able to place 2 16x16 and a 8x8 in a row near an edge in an Arcum Iris housing zone on Sunday. I know its not an "optimal" zone but it was better than my alternate placement in Falcorth Plains (Villanelle was gone on Friday by the time I had 15 gilda for a small house, I was one of the people that didn't get any gilda in my daru chests lol). I decided to switch to jujube or yata packs.

Windscour and Perinoor were mostly open from what I saw through yesterday, I've been placing illegal tree farms in the pvp zones heh. About a 50% pickup rate, much better than the non-pvp zones.

[Jarvan]

I'm not sure, our group hasn't had any problems since Saturday logging into the NA servers.

As for Inoch it may be that the non pvp zone land is largely claimed now, but the pvp areas even on our server (Naima) are still mostly open.

Heck, I was able to place 2 16x16 and a 8x8 in a row near an edge in an Arcum Iris housing zone on Sunday. I know its not an "optimal" zone but it was better than my alternate placement in Falcorth Plains (Villanelle was gone on Friday by the time I had 15 gilda for a small house, I was one of the people that didn't get any gilda in my daru chests lol). I decided to switch to jujube or yata packs.

Windscour and Perinoor were mostly open from what I saw through yesterday, I've been placing illegal tree farms in the pvp zones heh. About a 50% pickup rate, much better than the non-pvp zones.

So thats how people got houses so fast.. gilda in their boxes. Some people had 5+ founders packs given to them, wonder if they got multiple boxes.

Around 3Pm est.. I was able to get in, and could get back on US servers. Started on Enla, and got my house and farm in a decent placement as of now. We will see later tho.

One thing I would like... the ability to delete a char WITHOUT having to sit 2.5 hours in queue to do so. Sucks that one of my slots is stuck on Kyrios now.

[Aluvius]

Yeah, I think the extra founder packs weren't the ones with the daru chests though. My friends both got multiples of those while I didn't receive either of my founder pack emails until late in the afternoon lol. Its funny, but once I decided to move from Falcorth I ended up with the best spot (with room for expansion) of any of us. Bad luck brought me good luck. :)

The queue was pretty long tonight and my friends both had the bug where characters don't show, so they had to relog and get back in the queue. I crashed while in the queue and got the hackshield help page on the Trion site heh. After that it was good once we got in, though there's some lag noticeable on quest turn ins and crafting.

[Deadelf]

Today the server is really laggy, worse than I'd seen previously. Not sure what changed.

[Gelston]

Today the server is really laggy, worse than I'd seen previously. Not sure what changed.

Headstart ended.

[Astray]

Downloading now! I'll post up my name when I get in if anyone wants to party up or something.

[Jarvan]

Enla (the newest server) still has plenty of land even in the safer starting areas. I am actually amazed.

Not as much land tho if you want to build a 24x24 farm there tho.

[Gelston]

We've increased the total capacity of our #ArcheAge NA servers by 20% & the maximum capacity of Kyprosa (EU) by 10%! http://t.co/DOjAVCUdp1 - ArcheAge twittermajig

Really helpful site, btw - http://www.archeagestatus.com/

[Gelston]

290 person queue on a Thursday morning at 2AM for the RP server, lolz.

[TheEschaton]

I know this is a fairly big launch...

and it may be just my luck, or me..

But with is with all the log in failures?

2024, 2025, 2024, 2025.. for hours on end. Then when Glyph comes up... game won't load. Or says I cant log in to the NA servers.

Yes, most MMO's have launch problems... but WHY. Didn't we give Obamacare shit for a similar issue? It's 2014... shouldn't we have figured out the kinks in launching a game by now?

Exec A "We estimate 1 million people will try to log in when the servers go live"

Exec B "We are only prepared to handle 50k people at a time"

Exec C "What do we do?"

Exec A (what they should say) "Upgrade everything to handle 1 mill people" (what they likely say) "Fuck it, let them deal with error messages"

Or they say "In less than a month we'll be at 50k general capacity, why should we pay for supporting 1m people when most of them quit playing simultaneously within the first month? It's the same thing which happens to D3 every patch. You can't expect a business to set their server load goals at launch levels.

[Gelston]

I haven't noticed any bad queues since last night. They do daily servers restarts, which clears all the spammers and AFKers.

[Methais]

A Sonic Drive-In restaurant opened up somewhere in New York on Saturday.

The line was so long that cars were backed up down the road and around the block.

Clearly Sonic should have built a bigger parking lot to handle all that launch day madness. YOU'D THINK RESTAURANTS WOULD GET IT BY NOW OMG1!!!!!

[Gelston]

A Sonic Drive-In restaurant opened up somewhere in New York on Saturday.

The line was so long that cars were backed up down the road and around the block.

Clearly Sonic should have built a bigger parking lot to handle all that launch day madness. YOU'D THINK RESTAURANTS WOULD GET IT BY NOW OMG1!!!!!

Nobody wants to pull another SWTOR.

[Gelston]

So, Captained a Galleon around on Mirage Island today. Loved it. I want one. I especially love how it has different stations, like the pilot, the cannons, etc. I am so going to found a guild based around that ship.

[Androidpk]

Does it have a nova cannon and boarding torpedoes?

[Gelston]

Does it have a nova cannon and boarding torpedoes?

It has 8 cannons, 4 per side, masts that can be climbed for archers and glider born attackers, and a harpoon cannon.

I have like 70 Gilda Stars right now. The ship is 250 I think.... So time to start working.

Think we'll stay Privateers, though going pirate could be fun.

Pirate Guild on my server called Somali Coast Guard, heh

[Taernath]

Captain Gelston and his Salty Seamen

[Gelston]

Captain Gelston and his Salty Seamen

Maybe one day Commodore Gelston!

I just remember my favorite thing in UO was having a ship and just going off into the sea. And Pirates of the Burning Sea was one of my favorite MMOs ever, just very weak ground combat.

[Androidpk]

Captain Gelston and his Salty Seamen

Popcorn colonels are a real bitch to prick out of your teeth.

[JackWhisper]

Stop putting men in your mouth then.

[Gelston]

I don't suppose any of you have Westerner chars on the Tahyang server?

[Wrathbringer]

Stop putting men in your mouth then.

:puzzled:

[Androidpk]

Stop putting men in your mouth then.


https://i.imgflip.com/cdbki.jpg

[JackWhisper]

Mwahaha at least PK got the joke.

[Androidpk]

I don't suppose any of you have Westerner chars on the Tahyang server?

Just finished building my 7th galleon.

[JackWhisper]

And WTF Cthulhu speak? LOL.

[Androidpk]

Yeah, R'yleh.

[Gelston]

Just finished building my 7th galleon.

Such a liar.

[Aluvius]

Heh, the first time I sailed my new clipper on the Alpha server it was stolen by a level 50 Somali Coast Guard same faction player. I wasn't so clear on when you could engage and didn't realize that housing island off Dewstone was considered a pvp area. Thankfully he just sailed it over to Cinderstone and it despawned after 5 minutes. I was chasing it in my rowboat full of panic. :)

[Gelston]

Heh, the first time I sailed my new clipper on the Alpha server it was stolen by a level 50 Somali Coast Guard same faction player. I wasn't so clear on when you could engage and didn't realize that housing island off Dewstone was considered a pvp area. Thankfully he just sailed it over to Cinderstone and it despawned after 5 minutes. I was chasing it in my rowboat full of panic. :)

Hah, yeah you can't actually "lose" a ship.

[Gelston]

Hey did they have the Submarines in Alpha?

[JackWhisper]

I have this hilarious image of Gelston's avatar paddling in utter terror after a three mast warship screaming, "GIVE ME BACK MY BOAT YOU BASTARDS!!!!!!" and splashing water at it as he paddles furiously with a shitty half broken oar.

[Gelston]

I have this hilarious image of Gelston's avatar paddling in utter terror after a three mast warship screaming, "GIVE ME BACK MY BOAT YOU BASTARDS!!!!!!" and splashing water at it as he paddles furiously with a shitty half broken oar.

I assure you that when I am Captain, we will get all the plunder. I have been watching that show Black Sails.

[Androidpk]

I assure you that when I am Captain, we will get all the plunder. I have been watching that show Black Sails.

Good show.

[Gelston]

Good show.

I picked up Starz for it.

[Gelston]

And yes, I am on the RP server... So yeah... RP be happening on my boat.

[Androidpk]

And yes, I am on the RP server... So yeah... RP be happening on my boat.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBsgVq3TdBQ

[JackWhisper]

*Insert BITCHES LOVE RP gif*

[Gelston]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBsgVq3TdBQ

You're just jealous.

[Gelston]

*Insert BITCHES LOVE RP gif*

Hell, I think this may be one of the few graphical MMOs I could RP in. Nothing beats text, but damn, this comes close.

I usually roll on the RP servers in MMOs because it is generally a higher maturity level anyways.

[Androidpk]

Is there a first person view?

[Gelston]

Is there a first person view?

You can zoom in really close and pretend.

[Gelston]

Btw, this game is completely free to play.

And no, it isn't pay to win. Pay players will lever faster and get labor faster, and can use the auction house, but that is about it.

Free players can't get property either, but most pay players have none either.

[Androidpk]

It's still an MMO :/

[Gelston]

It's still an MMO :/

It is sandbox as hell though. Also, all the female characters look Asian. You'd love it.

[Androidpk]

:lol2:

[Gelston]

Seriously though. Starts off like any other random MMO, but then it just explodes with options.

It has full open world PVP too. You are never safe in the seas. Not even from your own faction. There is a justice system where players service as the jury and decide sentence though.

I originally thought I'd hate it, because I usually mostly do PvE in MMOs... It just works here.

Check it out though, you lose nothing.

[JackWhisper]

You lose time!

[Androidpk]

I sold my gaming rig.

[Gelston]

I sold my gaming rig.

This shit runs on DirectX9. It is an MMO. It is made to run on the most things possible.

[Androidpk]

This shit runs on DirectX9. It is an MMO. It is made to run on the most things possible.

I broke my laptop.

[Gelston]

I broke my laptop.
To take from Methais, you are a giant fag.

[JackWhisper]

What server are you on, Gelston? And faction and all that.

Me and Emily are installing it to play, to try it out. She has a weird fixation on you, because she digs your name. ROFL.

[Gelston]

What server are you on, Gelston? And faction and all that.

Me and Emily are installing it to play, to try it out. She has a weird fixation on you, because she digs your name. ROFL.

I'm on server: Tahyang. I am a Nuian, but Elf is also an ally. I think our server is currently closed to new folks, but transfers are coming soon so it should reopen.

[JackWhisper]

WTF Suck it! Closed. FEH.

I'll prolly be an Elf. Since they don't have dwarves.

[Gelston]

WTF Suck it! Closed. FEH.

I'll prolly be an Elf. Since they don't have dwarves.

Eh, yall could download it now and wait a couple days. It isn't a small download anyways.... And if you get on my server I can snatch you both up and we can totally go "privateering" from your first level.

The storyline actually ends at 30, but the levels go to 50. I'll give you a guess on how to reach 50 fastest.

[JackWhisper]

Is there raiding in the game?

[Gelston]

Is there raiding in the game?

Yes and no. There are random world bosses... There is even a Kraken at sea. Most folks use the term raid fir assaulting enemy holdings, such as farms. But yes, there are traditional raids.

Everything in this game is open word. There are no instances.

[JackWhisper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGhzcyZotWs

That isn't instanced?

[Gelston]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGhzcyZotWs

That isn't instanced?

Nope. Anyone could have walked into that. Even the other side.

[JackWhisper]

Hah. fun.

[Gelston]

Hah. fun.
I had misgivings about it at first, and it sucks sometimes, but it works and I think the game is better for it.

You want to make a trade pack in take it to the other continent? Well, you have to walk it to a port, take it on a ship, and hope pirates or the other faction don't attack you. Oh and by the way, all the pirates are other players that accrued enough infamy.

You can hire other players for protection and stuff. And that does happen.

[Gelston]

You don't realize how big the game is until level 30 though... If you are solo. Like I said though, when Tahyang opens, I'll snatch you guys up and you can get into the open world quick.

[JackWhisper]

Oh, I don't dislike the non-instanced shit. I played Everquest. Nothing in Everquest was instanced until like.... LDON. Which was like the seventh expansion or some such shit I can't remember.

Non-instanced shit means the community has to communicate and respect another.

I am thinking we become badass pirates and steal everyone's loot. Our flag will be a 4 year old mooning his pre-school teacher.

[Androidpk]

What server are you on, Gelston? And faction and all that.

Me and Emily are installing it to play, to try it out. She has a weird fixation on you, because she digs your name. ROFL.

Emily Blunt?

[Gelston]

Oh, I don't dislike the non-instanced shit. I played Everquest. Nothing in Everquest was instanced until like.... LDON. Which was like the seventh expansion or some such shit I can't remember.

Non-instanced shit means the community has to communicate and respect another.

I am thinking we become badass pirates and steal everyone's loot. Our flag will be a 4 year old mooning his pre-school teacher.

Omg, it could be so fun. There are two starting factions... then a pirate faction once you have gotten in trouble enough you are a pirate. They have their own little island.

[Gelston]

I am considering joining the guild Somali Coast Guard, but I'd prefer to make my own guild with my own ship. If we go pirate, well, it happens. Vote from the crew!

[Androidpk]

I'll be the cook.

[Gelston]

I'll be the cook.

Actually, that is valid.

[Androidpk]

I don't plan on buying a computer until next year. Maybe a bit sooner, hopefully, if I land one of these analyst jobs.

[Gelston]

I don't plan on buying a computer until next year. Maybe a bit sooner, hopefully, if I land one of these analyst jobs.

Well, when and if you do... I think this game will keep my attention.

[Androidpk]

When, not if!

[Gelston]

When, not if!

Never go off absolutes!

[Androidpk]

Never go off absolutes!

I usually don't, in fact hardly ever. But it has dawned on me recently that I am more than qualified for these kinds of jobs, given my experience, schooling, background, ect.

Someone write my resume ^~^

[JackWhisper]

I say we make Misanthrope. Perfect pirate-to-be name. We hate everyone. HAHAHAHA.

[Gelston]

The restrictions are down now, so you can create on Tahyang.

[JackWhisper]

Already did. I'm Battle.

[Gelston]

Guess you already logged. I'm building my boat now.

[Androidpk]

Can boats be stolen? I need an 8th to complete my strike force.

[Gelston]

Can boats be stolen? I need an 8th to complete my strike force.

No. And you have 0.

[Aluvius]

Yeah they had submarines in alpha, you could buy the plans on Mirage Isle where the underwater farm air generator is sold now (those 3 empty showcase areas). They were nerfed in 1.2 because they were essentially invincible superweapons heh. Now they're a lot slower, but still a great way to smuggle a tradepack into a port or salvage tradepacks on the deep ocean floor or search for treasure chests, etc.

They will be released along with other missing content in a release schedule that mirrors the original Korean patch/expansion releases, along with Auroria and the large farmwagons and such.

Patch 1.7 adds in a neat raid instance where a guild has to take in ships to fight ghost ships and stuff. :)

The game does have instanced dungeons but that's about it.

[Gelston]

Yeah they had submarines in alpha, you could buy the plans on Mirage Isle where the underwater farm air generator is sold now (those 3 empty showcase areas). They were nerfed in 1.2 because they were essentially invincible superweapons heh. Now they're a lot slower, but still a great way to smuggle a tradepack into a port or salvage tradepacks on the deep ocean floor or search for treasure chests, etc.

They will be released along with other missing content in a release schedule that mirrors the original Korean patch/expansion releases, along with Auroria and the large farmwagons and such.

Patch 1.7 adds in a neat raid instance where a guild has to take in ships to fight ghost ships and stuff. :)

The game does have instanced dungeons but that's about it.

Yeah, forgot about dungeons being instanced.

Also, I love doing ship acrobatics with my Harpoon Clipper.

[Kalishar]

Thinking about giving this a try.

In gameplay terms how much does it suck to be a non paying account versus a paying one? Does the labor point difference really affect you? My girlfriend is one of those people who could do gathering skills pretty much all day everyday (and actually like it) so I'm kind of worried she'll burn out fast.

[JackWhisper]

Well the gameplay so far *early levels* is a lot of tutorial click and learn crap. It's a bit wonky, I won't lie. But think WoW mechanics, and that'll get you far enough into the game that it starts diverging from that and lets you specify how YOU want to play.

BTW Gelston. Pure DPS leveling spec for a tank - Battlerager and....Wat/Wat?!

[TheEschaton]

So....I'm DLing this now...since I basically haven't played a sandbox type MMO since...well, basically Gemstone.

Where y'all at?

[JackWhisper]

Tahyang server. We play humans/elves faction side.

[TheEschaton]

K, I'm on Tahyang as a human person. Almost level 10. Do y'all have a guild or anything of sorts? Where are you guys building stuff?

[Gelston]

K, I'm on Tahyang as a human person. Almost level 10. Do y'all have a guild or anything of sorts? Where are you guys building stuff?

Not yet. Let's make one. I have a clipper and I want to make one based on sailing. We need 5 to start one and I can cover the gold cost.

If yall wanna go pirate that is cool too... Just need to serve on jury one more time.

[Gelston]

This is the unofficial RP server, btw, so most people on it will be a little more mature. PVP won't be as competitive, so they say, but every server is the same as far as rules.

I always roll RP servers because the little kiddies usually don't.

[Gelston]

What's your name in the game? I am this bitch named Meka.

[JackWhisper]

Do you introduce yourself ingame like that?

Hello there! What's your name?

I AM THIS BITCH NAMED MEKA!!


And yes, we are going pirate. Because stealing everyone else's shit is so much better than playing by the rules!

WTB way to bribe player justice system so I can get out of murdering absolutely everyone.
Oooookay....Goodbye.

[Gelston]

Probably should have. Dudes hit on female characters like crazy. Even when I say I'm a guy.

BTW, I am on jury twice a day, I always vote innocent.

I couldn't give two fucks if you murder or uproot or whatever.

That could be a reason people love Meka..... Meh.

[JackWhisper]

Do you get free loot for having pixel bewbs?

[Gelston]

Do you get free loot for having pixel bewbs?

Hey pal, I earn all my loot. Pixilated titties or not.

[JackWhisper]

You are second rate cyber meat.

Tottianna works her boobies with WORDS. She don't NEED graphics to make you know she's on a pole!

BAM!

[JackWhisper]

Oh BTW can we name our ships? Like so other people can see it?

I want to paint mine with two giant eyeballs facing odd directions.
Name: The Sammy Davis.

[Gelston]

Yep. I named my the Skylark.

However, one person can't pilot a ship and work the weapons.

[TheEschaton]

I'm a buff brown man named Eschatological.

Also, I'm specced into Vitalism and Auramancy, probably gonna go Songcraft at level 10. Gotta love that healing/support role.

BTW, anyone have a good resource on the game?

Like, for example, my proficencies, it says I can have 7 novice, 6 apprentice, etc, etc to 2 master. Does the next tier have to choose from the previous? Like, if I want to be Master, say, Alchemist, I have to increase it through from Novice to Master? Or are the groups discrete, IE I can have 7 Novice things, 6 separate Apprentice level skills, etc?

[Androidpk]

>Eschatological

Is that your de facto MMO name?

[Johnny Five]

I was gonna check this game out. Are the queue times still terribad?

[TheEschaton]

>Eschatological

Is that your de facto MMO name?


It is now. I'm eschaton on battle.net, eschatological on some forums, and it all started with TheEschaton here on the PC. :P

[TheEschaton]

I was gonna check this game out. Are the queue times still terribad?

The queue was over an hour last night, but I just got in instantly this afternoon.

[Androidpk]

It is now. I'm eschaton on battle.net, eschatological on some forums, and it all started with TheEschaton here on the PC. :P

You used it in that horror MMO too!

[TheEschaton]

oh, the Secret World? I never even played that beyond the beta.

[Gelston]

I was gonna check this game out. Are the queue times still terribad?

They have improved a lot. During the day there usually isn't one. They reset the servers every morning to boot all the AFK botters.

[Aluvius]

I'm a buff brown man named Eschatological.

Also, I'm specced into Vitalism and Auramancy, probably gonna go Songcraft at level 10. Gotta love that healing/support role.

BTW, anyone have a good resource on the game?

Like, for example, my proficencies, it says I can have 7 novice, 6 apprentice, etc, etc to 2 master. Does the next tier have to choose from the previous? Like, if I want to be Master, say, Alchemist, I have to increase it through from Novice to Master? Or are the groups discrete, IE I can have 7 Novice things, 6 separate Apprentice level skills, etc?

They are tied together, so yeah you'd have to work up to master alchemist. You can buy items that allow you to max out every proficiency though. They cost a few hundred gold each, something license or something. Of course actually being able to do that is another thing.

I've got a nice little area built up with a connected thatched farmhouse, large farm and small farm and I'm running into labor problems keeping it all planted/harvested and working up a couple of proficiencies.

[Methais]

What do you actually get from building houses and stuff in this game? A vegetable garden?

[Gelston]

What do you actually get from building houses and stuff in this game? A vegetable garden?

Houses gives you protected storage and stuff, and you can stick crafting junk in there. Gardens you can grow stuff and raise livestock.

[Aluvius]

Houses/land can make the ingredients needed to support/skill up a trade profession and they can supply the items that make trade packs you trade for gold/gilda/stabilizers. You also need a home to place high level crafting tools. Rare materials can drop like thunderstruck logs.

[JackWhisper]

Week straight I've tried to log in, never under 500 queue. Has severely turned me off this =(.

[Gelston]

Week straight I've tried to log in, never under 500 queue. Has severely turned me off this =(.

It'll get better.

[Aluvius]

Naima is down to about 50-70 primetime queue thankfully.

[Gelston]

Naima is down to about 50-70 primetime queue thankfully.

That because no one wants to play on that stupid server! Also, you are probably seeing the patron queue... I don't think jack is a patron.

[TheEschaton]

It seems like this game requires Patron status to play seriously. I only get 5 labor per 5 minutes while online, and that's it. Can't own land, so if I want to craft, it has to be all in public farms/stables. And even if I do that, I'd be labor-stopped pretty hard.

Plus leveling as a support class in this game is a pain in the ass, but that's to be expected. I still haven't found a good resource for this game, the wiki is woefully incomplete.

[Kalishar]

It seems like this game requires Patron status to play seriously. I only get 5 labor per 5 minutes while online, and that's it. Can't own land, so if I want to craft, it has to be all in public farms/stables. And even if I do that, I'd be labor-stopped pretty hard.


That's pretty much what I am worried about while I still try to decide if I want to give this game a shot.

[Aluvius]

That because no one wants to play on that stupid server! Also, you are probably seeing the patron queue... I don't think jack is a patron.

Oh right, that would be the Patron queue heh.

[Aluvius]

Yeah if you want to craft I think you just have to spend the money for Patron.

I like that there's not much info out on the game, my group has had fun having to figure stuff out on our own. Its been a blast figuring out dungeons again. :)

[Gelston]

Well, there is a ton of info out on the game... If you can read Korean or Russian.

[Jarvan]

Nope. Anyone could have walked into that. Even the other side.

Late I know.. but Dungeons are Instanced.


On a side note, been playing on Enla.

Currently at 57k mining. Hit cap long ago from labor. Only got a clipper, but my guild has 7 galleons and 2 merch ships.

Rolling with a cottage and 3 large farms. We basically took over a small island and put our cottages there, in the middle of the sea. So fun to kill reds there.

This game really is immense tho, loving it.

[Gelston]

Late I know.. but Dungeons are Instanced.


On a side note, been playing on Enla.

Currently at 57k mining. Hit cap long ago from labor. Only got a clipper, but my guild has 7 galleons and 2 merch ships.

Rolling with a cottage and 3 large farms. We basically took over a small island and put our cottages there, in the middle of the sea. So fun to kill reds there.

This game really is immense tho, loving it.

Yeah, Dungeons are. I just forgot about those.

[Methais]

Do you get to fight that leviathan that was shown in some random YouTube clip earlier in this thread? It looked pretty epic, then nothing happened and it cut over to them fighting with another ship. :(

[Gelston]

Do you get to fight that leviathan that was shown in some random YouTube clip? It looked pretty epic, then nothing happened and it cut over to them fighting with another ship. :(

The dudes that did were a bunch of faggots from this guild on my server. They are so excited about killing a PvE creature in a PvP game. Woohoo.

[Methais]

The dudes that did were a bunch of faggots from this guild on my server. They are so excited about killing a PvE creature in a PvP game. Woohoo.

I wasn't even aware that Archeage is primarily a PvP game.

Tell me more. And did they get anything cool from the leviathan?