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An overall review of MMO Ashes of Creation Alpha 2 after 4 weeks and over 100 hours. Today we explore both the common complaints and praises of Phase 1 while focusing on the progress shown by Intrepid Studios thus far. Comment your thoughts below and keep in mind that this is an active work in progress alpha.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 PREFACE
0:57 PHASE 1 DETAILS
2:29 PROGRESSION AND BALDY
5:14 COMBAT AND LEVELING
9:44 A SOCIAL MMO
12:40 POI AND DESIGN
13:50 NODE SYSTEM
14:47 BUGS
16:03 CONCLUSION
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“iTs jUsT aN aLpha” this type of mentality is not productive nor does it make sense. This project is in open development seeking feedback and thus we should provide it IN THE PROPER FRAME OF REFERENCE that it is an alpha like I mentioned numerous times in this video. Please understand alpha ≠ development is void of criticism. Also a review on an alpha priced with quite with a high barrier of entry preventing a lot of people from experiencing it for themselves makes the review that much more needed
I crashed soooo many times yesterday in RoS. I played all day at HH, at Ersine Caverns…. no problems.. I spend a few hours in RoS … and it's crash city.
I have a 7950 cpu / 7800xtx gpu/ 16gb / 2TB SSD – all updated drivers… and crashed sooo many times yesterday I was getting pretty dam upset.
Other than that, This game has a ton of potential and I am excited to participate in the testing process.
I think questing should give more node experience and more gold than grinding mobs, but grinding should still be the optimal way as EXP/Hour goes.
The important part would be to have equal amounts of content for all level brackets, so where hitting max level as soon as possible doesn't really serve a purpose apart from resource gathering.
If the average level on your server is 25 and you are 60, nobody will group with you to do the actual content in the game because of nerfed rewards from boosting.
A2, Phase 1 is just the Stability and Performance phase of Alpha 2.
All the other stuff comes in Phase 2 and 3.
How do I tag steven on this? lol ggs Nyce
Skeptical but hope it works out so I have a new mmo
I've enjoyed playing the AoC Alpha a lot! I'm looking forward to this next weekend! Thank you for posting your videos.😄
In regards to the grind… some few people are straight not interested in being efficient. If your one of those then the questing to me felt interesting and varied. Lots of nifty lore if your a curious sort who enjoys that.
lol the NEW WORLD SAUSAGE chat, i remember that. Good take Nyce.
that man said more bugs then narcs pizza boxes.
the hardcore grind got me. I typically like to solo and do group content around 50/50. I had to do way too much group to get to level 10 efficiently. I ended up not playing as much as I would have if I had felt like the time I sunk in would get me somewhere. Edit: Not that i want instant gratification, I just think it needs to be tuned to be less grindy
See you guys in 4 years
Steven mentioned content, and has an interesting take: There are a LOT of level designers and content (game) creators in the market. There are even entire companies he can hire. So Intrepid's job is to get the systems and tools ready for the onslaught of contractors.
Caught in 4k with that interview about grinding 😂
Tank still needs a lot of work
Great review, thanks for putting in the time to create it!
It incentivizes people to play in groups because some classes genuinely cannot grind alone, and you forget how fun playing with other people can be because lately most mmorpgs feel like a single player game with other people around. I like it so far but the grind is insane. like 6 hours of killing the same mob over and over just to get 1 level. It makes every level an achievement but its surly not that fun. Though I personally don't mind that much since I can watch videos on the side.
I think they have something good here with the mob grinding (especially since the combat is so good), hopefully they find ways to make the grind more fun instead of just standing in 1 place all the time.
If this game becomes a solo quest spam game or even a group quest spam game i'm literally going to shoot myself in the face. Quests are so insanely boring.
I like how groups are 8.. making it cool to have more than 1 of each class /role is cool;
def gonna keep an eye on this game through your videos, thanks Nyce! looking forward to the next one
Instead of hiring a quality insurance team, a actual professional team, they forced their loyal fanbase to pay them to bug test the game. Worst part is, you ate it up and defended it.
NYCE FOR NPC V.A. PLEASE STEVEN
I really like the older mmo art style. Kinda reminds me of DAoC. The spell effects look overdone and confusing when you were in that big group. Best example would be 12:20 –12:28 (though this could just be the nature of that particular dark and closed dungeon making it look worse than it actually is). Game looks promising, but going to need to cook for at least another 5 years.
Combat is the best part of the game. I would really like to see them increase the speed of leveling, I feel like even doubling the speed would still feel slow. They also should increase the exp and rewards for questing, maybe a few quests that get you some decent starter gear and introduce you to the different systems.
Here's how I feel as an alpha player – when this game releases in 2037 it will be 20 years outdated by then. In my opinion, this game looks like something from early-mid 2010s – yes, they splash all kinds of effects on top of it, but base models for characters, creatures and buildings feel 10 years in the past.
But what seems to be more problematic is that the systems themselves are very archaic. It all sounded cool on paper, but after trying it out – I think much of that will quickly overstay its welcome. The death penalties, rough always-on PvP system, the slog and lack of even basic fast travel aside from death very quickly overstayed their welcome for me. I hope they will recognize that this ain't 2004 anymore and heck even back in 2004 we had flight paths at least as some sort of "fast" travel in that other game.
And yes, it's Alpha blah blah, but I'm playing and playtesting MMOs for more than 2 decades already to know that many times "it's just Alpha/Beta" somehow becomes "whoops it's live and too late to change". So, I'd rather put this out here now instead of regret I didn't later.
Action combat is also a option in game if you rather have Action over Tab Target
Asmongold was the only one who had a problem.
No other streamers.
0.
Maybe he's the problem
im sorry guys, AoC is a niche pvp 2007 graphics dad game which will have 4,000 players at launch. it is false prophet of mmo copium brains
I love that I can grind to level, I hate questing. The combat is really fun, best tanking experience for me also.
Solid initial review Nyce; very fair! The fact they are focusing on getting core systems and combat right first keeps me hopeful that we’ll see an uptick in content being released in the later phases.
So what they said they hate in 2017 they made ppl do now farm a mob 2909865458 times 😂
All I know is right now if it’s not the weekend and I can’t play AoC I am thinking about, anxiously waiting for Friday to come. I haven’t been this addicted to a game, let alone an MMO, in a very very long time.
"grab a vec by the pu**ie" came outta nowhere
All I know is right now if it’s not the weekend and I can’t play AoC I am thinking about, anxiously waiting for Friday to come. I haven’t been this addicted to a game, let alone an MMO, in a very very long time.
I wrote a somewhat negative comment stating im not a biggest fan of compounding effect that animations, combat pace have on me but I deleted it after hearing they've done something really well when it comes to bringing social aspect into this game. This is a thread of MMO that makes it truly great. Lets be honest – wow when it first launched was a TERRIBLE game when it comes to systems and combat and what not – but it was hella social and it made it worth nolifing for. I played tons of mmos since wow and I couldnt find what I found in wow anywhere else, even in universes I value more that wows like LOTRO – mmo games that don't pit people togather with all their might are just in a wrong business imo so im glad to hear Ashes is doing something right in this regard.
The biggest mistake of this entire project was to reveal the game so soon. It would be much, much wiser to show it to people at late beta stage or even later. The hype would be huge, and now people are already bored of Ashes and they didn't even play it.
It's going to be really hard for them to win big audience because of this.
A alpha review is idiotic, and asmondgold is a game killer. His rise is directly related to blizzards fall so not all promotion is equal. With asmondgold comes his community of hyper sensitive racists that he fostered who think what wow does is pvp, and hating the game you PvE in is edgy which probably isn't a good fit for any team. He keeps them in a mental prison with a narrative that there will never be a better game than one that no longer exists one built of youthful memories. He is a Balhannoth.
You're absolutely mental.
Lengthy grind for leveling isn't going to work in current Era. Casuals or people who have full time jobs won't be grinding enough to catch up. The solution is to find ways for both hardcore and others to enjoy the game. And no, telling non-hardcore to F off does not help the game financially. Unless the minority hardcore are able to pay/whale for the whole operation but then again that would shift to P2W mode.
I would prefer it be more like WOW than Albion. Controls kinda suck, especially for people with short fingers that cannot hit the shift key and the number keys constantly. Hope they work it out.
I find it highly unlikely that the game will be the grind that those that are in the test realms are experiencing . The world they're trying to create in my opinion is vast and meant to be explored which is the exact opposite of finding one spot with everyone else and grind for 8 hours. But even with the grindy nature that is the alpha im digging it. Can't wait for the Dec 20 wipe and the possible release of the rogue! Happy gaming all in whatever you decide to play. 👊😁
Open world pvp sandbox games are super niche. Everyone gets excited because they think they'll be the mayor, a bounty hunter, a whatever. But then reality comes crashing in and they realize that the average player has no chance at being a mayor, and that given the chance to grief, players will
It's hard to overstate how social this MMORPG is. I usually solo everything and although I do like participating in guild raids and group stuff, I usually do my own thing. But the one thing that really "forced" me to make friends is the Artisan system. I wanted to craft an epic level 10 bow, and despite the huge amount of time I put in my own harvesting/processing/crafting skills, I still needed to talk to a lot of people to bargain and meet to trade, and many other artisans to process materials I couldn't. And it was awesome 🙂
"Customizable chat box with no sausage allowed." New World out here catching strays xD
ashes is another obvious dead on arrival scam just like pax dei. any mmo that offers $500 founder packs and cosmetics FOMO, is an obvious scam. stop supporting scams. its disgusting behaviour.
People are allowed to kill who ever they want, it's a pvp game. People like almon getting but hurt because people kill him. It's pvp. 1 player v the community? 1 player won. I'm not playing this game because of bs like this.
Why did u show the grinding thing? It's an alpha not a game. Omg
I used to love games that when you hit your next level, you could get past the next obstacle . Final Fantasy 1 was the first time I scratched this itch. Playing the alpha 2 reminds me so much of this. 13 fighter and 12 bard. I can only imagine what its gonna be like when they add everything into this game. Holy Fn S^%t. I cant wait for Dec 20th.
I like the bug thast prevent me from open my storage now without crashing :p somethign i was doing kept adding more storage tabs and now im at the point game crashes everytime i open bank not just like 2nd or 3rd time haha 😀 playing the hardcore no bank run now 😀
Also means no more caravans runs for me now since commodity vendor/caravan guy open storage when u talk to them which result in the crash aswell