How Big Are The Alpha 2 Riverlands Compared to World of Warcraft? // Ashes of Creation

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  • @RitchieSH
    @RitchieSH  13 днів тому +2

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    • @davidpare8465
      @davidpare8465 11 днів тому +1

      AoC game crashes every time I am logging in to a realm even if I have a 10k$ expensive customized PC. It is impossible to play this game and the support team was totally useless in solving my problems while I can play any released game on Steam without crashing. AoC didn't want to give me free embers for having problems with their super expensive alpha keys, which I strongly not recommend to people since I cannot really play... All I can do is access the character creation.

    • @joezar33
      @joezar33 10 днів тому

      ​@@davidpare8465so not a novelty like vanilla WoW running on a potato ? Need a Cern nuclear reactor to run AoC ?

  • @vaidenkelsier7757
    @vaidenkelsier7757 13 днів тому +16

    I didn't level much during my time in the alpha test, because I was too busy just wandering around and feeling the world. Some of the vistas are just breathtaking. The kind of game where you literally can just get lost in it.

    • @SuperBlackatude
      @SuperBlackatude 13 днів тому +1

      it really is an amazing map. I found two high places in the north west and south west and you can see all the way to the opposite side of the Riverlands. My screenshot in the north west shows the tower of Carphin, Ursine cave, world tree and Citadel of Steel bloom all clearly

  • @ZombieBrainsDev
    @ZombieBrainsDev 13 днів тому +8

    At a relaxed pace it took me about half an hour to ride my horse from the south west node to the south east node. Travel feels like travel and I love that.

  • @Tahiti02
    @Tahiti02 13 днів тому +11

    The size is fantastic! Feels like an actual fantasy world.

    • @AszkalonOfVerra
      @AszkalonOfVerra 12 днів тому

      Verra is still so clunky around so many edges. Yet i feel already things inside of it which Worst of Warcraft doesn't have.
      Imagine they would now do something like in WoW with the *"Zones"* and how the Atmosphere changes in certain Places. Have the Sky always have this threatening, gloomy Red whetever it is Night- or Daytime -> around the Tower of Carphin Area for Example. *>;-)*

  • @veil1792
    @veil1792 13 днів тому +23

    *People greatly underestimate how big Ashes is.*

    • @iRavenTM
      @iRavenTM 12 днів тому +1

      Nah, we all experienced it, but it won't feel impressive until it's actually filled with content.

    • @dylanpayne1798
      @dylanpayne1798 7 днів тому +1

      a big world with nothing in it

  • @Davebd
    @Davebd 13 днів тому +4

    Wolfs in AoC are crazy! I've been dying to them a lot when exploring :D

    • @pix00l
      @pix00l 12 днів тому

      AoC is a dangerous world :D

  • @rooster1012
    @rooster1012 13 днів тому +6

    It has to be large as there is player housing and you don't want the map to be a city.

    • @nevrast-1
      @nevrast-1 11 днів тому

      there is no player housing in open world execpt for a few freeholds in each node. Most of the players will have instanced housing

    • @Dangerous1939
      @Dangerous1939 10 днів тому +1

      @@nevrast-1 We don't know how many freeholds plots are gonna exist though right? I reckon a lot of extra space will be used for player housing

    • @nevrast-1
      @nevrast-1 10 днів тому

      @@Dangerous1939 single digit number for a node.

    • @nathanlang9036
      @nathanlang9036 4 дні тому

      @@nevrast-1 the wiki says expected freehold numbers on servers at launch is in the low thousands so your math does not add up

    • @nevrast-1
      @nevrast-1 4 дні тому +1

      @@nathanlang9036 you are right I mixed freehold map with guild halls. So they gave an example with 6 guilds halls around miraleth node. And there is 4-6 freeholds per guild hall so 5 on average let's say times 85 nodes times 6 guild halls so that would be 2550.

  • @Ricmaniac
    @Ricmaniac 13 днів тому +1

    It's like i can't believe it untill i see it. the scope of this game is soooo insane! i just hope it will be good man when it fully launches

  • @shadowven9565
    @shadowven9565 13 днів тому

    Thanks for the comparison Ritchie!! I agree with you that 10k does seem a bit small now , not even accounting for the under realm as well. Great video.

  • @chips7
    @chips7 13 днів тому +3

    I wasn't expecting such a big map when I entered the Alpha. It was impressive, but also scary. I really hope they are able to fill all that with interesting vistas, level spots and nice quests. At the moment, not even the one zone is nearly finished. In my opinion, the map is a bit too large. But we will see.

  • @TheToledoTrumpton
    @TheToledoTrumpton 13 днів тому +1

    That is one of the things where I think the feel of the game is going to be different on Live compared to Alpha2, particularly in the levelling experience. Right now we have over 400 players per node (theoretically). When the game goes live that will be less than 120 (again theoretically), and with that more POIs as well obviously.
    Competition for everything will decline and everything will be less intense and confused. At non-peak times, you are very likely going to get a grind spot to yourself, particularly in-node. And presumably the gatherers are going to be a lot happier. It is difficult to wrap your head around the more subtle changes however, maybe people are going to have to get a group in-node before setting out, instead of spamming global when you get where you want to be.

    • @HalIOfFamer
      @HalIOfFamer 13 днів тому

      Nah if density is 120 per node game will be empty as hell. Also Steven said that if their server tech is up to it they will increase server cap. I agree that 400 per node is a little bit cluttered but 120 is definitely not the call. Also right now servers are at capacity every weekend. Post launch servers might be empty for most of the week.

    • @TheToledoTrumpton
      @TheToledoTrumpton 13 днів тому

      @@HalIOfFamer I very much doubt that players will sort themselves equally into nodes. The plan is to raise that to about 300 per node concurrent.

    • @Dangerous1939
      @Dangerous1939 10 днів тому

      If you start a live server, you won't have 120 players on each node instantly. Most players will level equally fast and starting zones will be cluttered as hell for a long while, it's totally fine.

    • @HalIOfFamer
      @HalIOfFamer 10 днів тому

      @@TheToledoTrumpton it's guaranteed that players won't sort themselves equally into nodes since a lvl 5 node blocks all adjacent nodes from becoming lvl 5 and a lvl 4 blocks all adjacent ones from becoming lvl 4. It's called a vassal system. That makes it so a limited amount of lvl 5 and 4 nodes exist and highest uncapped node lvl is 3. And to ensure that all players don't just flock to the biggest trade hub nodes a housing system has been created and it's way more beneficial to own a house in a small node than to only be in instanced tavern housing in a lvl 5, or at least that's the intent.
      So a large node might have 160 players while a smaller one 80 and it's going to be an average of 120 per node if the increase in server cap it's possible due to performance.
      A way larger problem that is still largely unsolved is Zerg guilds owning the entire map. Pirate software essentially owns a whole server on release since he has 10k+ members in his guild on discord(most of them have not purchased phase 1)
      There is a big possiblity that zergs will with time own all the worthwhile content and kill the game.

    • @TheToledoTrumpton
      @TheToledoTrumpton 10 днів тому

      @@HalIOfFamer your point about players not sorting themselves equally was the one i was making.
      And I don't think zergs will work for the same reason Stephen believes they wont. The Zerg thing has been done to death.

  • @henrythegreatamerican8136
    @henrythegreatamerican8136 13 днів тому +1

    I don't expect it to have all that much content at launch.
    But even a third of it would be enough for players while Intrepid fills in the rest of the world. That is where I'm setting my expectations so I'm not disappointed.

  • @josv4n232
    @josv4n232 13 днів тому +4

    I was thinking 10k wasn't enough more like 20k will be needed. given there will be 85 nodes that's only 118 people per node.

    • @RitchieSH
      @RitchieSH  13 днів тому +4

      Not every node will be able to be fully leveled, there is 85 potential but some will lock each other out. But I do get what you’re saying haha

    • @Dustygoodz
      @Dustygoodz 13 днів тому

      Bartering/trade needs to be important so i feel this will play a huge part of the game and wont mind itif they so it right

    • @nevrast-1
      @nevrast-1 11 днів тому

      10k concurrent users but i agree. it feels like it should be 100k to fill the entire server

    • @Gamerznation704
      @Gamerznation704 11 днів тому

      I think to start and inorder for them to work out issues from a networking and gameplay perspective 10k is a good number. In a sense to me you do want the world to feel somewhat unalive until players do what they do. You imo need to leave room for migrations if nodes collapse and buffer regions to allow setups for different groups. Atleast from what I've seen with people playing and people previewing the map since this something that will be ever changing I dont think using conventional MMO logic really works here.
      Like in EVE it has close to 20k/30k users online (regardless if its bots or not) but only certain area's have concentrated players. Analyzing nullsec though, alot of those spaces are also condensed within their respective zones but the area's inbetween can feel *empty* because not alot of players are there. You can go maybe 15-20 mintues without seeing another player and you would think thats bad, until you see that exploration is apart of the gameplay loop in EVE and that empty space is needed.
      In ashes its different obviously, but if that *empty playerless space* is something that has content players can take advantage of, resources the players can I think 10k is a pretty good number.
      Granted the whole world isn't open yet, but thats why you want to start with a smallish number to really see what players can do with all of the systems. Too big and you kind of lose the plot in regards to testing (atleast in this early stage) maybe later once specific meta's are developed they can expand and see.

    • @Dangerous1939
      @Dangerous1939 10 днів тому

      How many Nodes are the Riverlands, for comparison? Because 118 player per node doesn't seem too bad to me

  • @Pallywagz
    @Pallywagz 13 днів тому +1

    This dude just has a shelf of videos ready to post I think. 😂

  • @ZapatosVibes
    @ZapatosVibes 11 днів тому

    The last MMO I remember being this large was Asheron's Call

  • @baska-
    @baska- 13 днів тому +1

    If (at most) 10% of the intended landmass can hold 30% of the intended player cap, I wonder if 100% of the landmass (disregarding the oceans) can hold more than the intended player cap...

  • @geoxeph
    @geoxeph 7 днів тому

    think about how cool this will be with player housing too

  • @Phrame1
    @Phrame1 12 днів тому +1

    I don't think there will be 18 biomes at launch. I think they're probably going to launch just with the western continent. But what do I know, it's just a guess. Even still, the game would be more than large enough for an initial launch with just one continent

    • @Dangerous1939
      @Dangerous1939 10 днів тому +1

      That's what i keep thinking. It would make sense to have the first expansion 2 years after launch or something, to be naval content and sail to the other continent.
      For now they should focus on the west continent to make the core of the game great

  • @Wasthatrob
    @Wasthatrob 13 днів тому

    Finally a good explanation

  • @Drago-pf1xz
    @Drago-pf1xz 13 днів тому

    lets goo 5 hours of caraven non stop

  • @Vujkan
    @Vujkan 13 днів тому

    lets hope they improve more map marks,lvling zones(specifically what lvls are mobs),quest tracking also very bad,overall i really enjoy every week play it :D!

  • @diettrevor
    @diettrevor 13 днів тому

    I was just thinking yesterday that 10k might not be enough.

  • @HallyVee
    @HallyVee 13 днів тому

    I haven't played a new MMO since wow. Released. But this one is definitely ticking all the boxes. Other than the PVP aspect, I'm on board. Still concerned about controller support and APM requirements.

  • @HallyVee
    @HallyVee 13 днів тому +1

    Well done, I definitely predicted you would forget to account for movement speed. I stand corrected. And handsome.

  • @SuperBlackatude
    @SuperBlackatude 13 днів тому

    People are shocked Ashes could take so long even with the complete overhaul going with UE5 and its because the game is going to be 10x if not larger than almost any mmo people have played before. Most games with dreams like ashes would give us 1 biome at a time and make the rest DLC content that comes out 6 months to a year later

  • @Nick-sd7um
    @Nick-sd7um 12 днів тому

    Right.. well that's way way way bigger than i anticipated

  • @Camelotsmoon
    @Camelotsmoon 12 днів тому

    Compare it to the base new world map. I recall walking a ton in that game.

  • @DavidKarapetjan
    @DavidKarapetjan 12 днів тому

    does the 1.2km2 count in the underrealm as well ? would you know?

    • @RitchieSH
      @RitchieSH  12 днів тому +1

      I can’t recall if he has said if that’s included or not. I want to say it is, and we know the underrealm will be roughly 100Sqkm total

  • @mjhnstn
    @mjhnstn 13 днів тому +1

    My worry is how are they ever going to complete all these areas for a launch? Even if you said 2 years a biome or even just 1 thats over 10 years to complete, they are still atleast a year probably 2 from finishing this first one.

    • @Dustygoodz
      @Dustygoodz 13 днів тому +2

      No. Most if not all biomes are done. Just no content for it yet..They’re using this starter zone to implement things and work to stabilize them. Once they have all done in 1 zone they can easily implement that across the world

    • @ENGRtube
      @ENGRtube 13 днів тому +2

      Alpha 2 is not everything they've worked on... it's just a testing environment. A slice of the game. Nearly every MMO including WoW does it.
      Much more realistically is that the world itself is likely finished in design and now they are filling it in with content while the Alpha 2 is is being tested for systems and gameplay design.

  • @Dedgeo
    @Dedgeo 12 днів тому

    i cant wait to be a pirate on the high seas

  • @DejvidR6
    @DejvidR6 12 днів тому

    before alpha2 i really though how they gonna fit 3k ppl in 1 biome if they plan to do 18bioms with 10k ppl when i first entered the game i understood how now i have the same question will 10k ppl be enough for whole map? i really like the vison of really big map with limited teleportation and stuff soo u dont really visit whole map very often.. soo map could really change on the other side where u usally play and u wont even notice haha i just really hope its not gonna take 5 years..

  • @iowkey_9339
    @iowkey_9339 12 днів тому

    size isnt everything, the game needs to be filled with more stuff to do.. more groups/small zones with enemies, more enemy types, a reason to kill different types of enemies, more quests, caves to explore, hidden things etc.. a reason to explore and go there.. right now theres just a lot of dead space that with zero substance.
    id rather keep this size and flesh it out than increase the size and make this problem worse

  • @xerosum4380
    @xerosum4380 7 днів тому

    Thanks!

  • @VoiceULove
    @VoiceULove 12 днів тому

    ESO is F2P, so that might be worth it, except that has zones, so maybe not quite as easy to make comparisons with

  • @uowebfoot
    @uowebfoot 12 днів тому

    It is odd for a PVP focused game be this large. Does it make sense?

    • @Xynth22
      @Xynth22 12 днів тому

      That's what I'm confused about. Seems like they are shooting themselves in the foot before the game even launches.
      Even if they manage to fill the game with tons of things to do to make the large map not fill empty, making it so large and then also not adding much, if any, fast travel just means that the player base is going to be spread thin, so spontaneous pvp battles will happen rarely, and when they do pop up they can't really grow into large scale battles, because it will take people too long to get to where the action is.

  • @aaronwhidden3885
    @aaronwhidden3885 13 днів тому

    This is both exciting and also concerning. I’m very much rooting for the game but it makes me worry how long it would take for Intrepid to fill out content the way they want to for the FULL map.

    • @henrythegreatamerican8136
      @henrythegreatamerican8136 13 днів тому

      The main thing is to get the pvp and node systems working so people can fill in their own content while Intrepid eventually fills in the rest.

  • @IloveDAGAMEZ
    @IloveDAGAMEZ 13 днів тому

    won't the 10k players be irrelevant with the server meshing tech? I thought it means each servers players are connect?

  • @OrcDeathKnight
    @OrcDeathKnight 11 днів тому

    Gotta wait for Hello Games new fantasy game, Light No Fire, they claim it's scaled to Earth's size.

    • @RitchieSH
      @RitchieSH  11 днів тому

      I’ll be running for months. I hope YT can handle that file size

  • @karolpiorun3337
    @karolpiorun3337 13 днів тому

    In WoW, why did you run in the water instead of following the terrain? I see you turning to avoid water and mountains on the AoC side.

    • @RitchieSH
      @RitchieSH  13 днів тому

      Because it is much harder to run in a straight line in classic WoW.. terrain is very jank so I thought path of frosting water would give the best visual (I’m not going in a straight line there either because the fatigue border is strange, just harder to notice on the ocean)

  • @KleverGuyy
    @KleverGuyy 13 днів тому

    I’m confused. Your WoW character only got to Tanaris. How is that 2/3 of Kalimdor?
    Edit: I missed the part where you said you started outside of Orgrimmar and went south. I thought you went North from the bottom.
    Still doesn’t excuse you from pronouncing it Kalmidor 😂

  • @chrispek3912
    @chrispek3912 13 днів тому

    I reckon Ashes land size would not be bigger than Lineage 2.

  • @MrWwoww123
    @MrWwoww123 13 днів тому

    What is the size of the game file?

    • @Greypelt7
      @Greypelt7 12 днів тому

      Around 54 gigs atm.

  • @Cypher84X
    @Cypher84X 12 днів тому

    Hmm...based on what I've seen from playing and video content and the fact they are trying for 18 biomes, I would say this game has another 5-7 years to go

  • @nonamenoname9079
    @nonamenoname9079 13 днів тому

    Do new world next Kekw

  • @xDrac
    @xDrac 13 днів тому +1

    I stand by my opinion that Verra is way too big and especially as populations on servers dwindle, biomes and the world as a whole will feel very empty.

  • @Xynth22
    @Xynth22 12 днів тому

    Given the game is pvp focused, isn't this just a bad thing in the end? Because large maps are pointless even in pve games, if there isn't a lot going on in all that space. And a large map, especially with no fast travel, or very little of it, means that the player base will be spread out and have very little way to get to the action. So spontaneous battles, especially large scale ones, will end up being rare, and will just get rarer as the game ages and gradually loses players.

  • @Dannnneh
    @Dannnneh 11 днів тому

    "Kalmador" kek

  • @robindammer
    @robindammer 13 днів тому +1

    Vera is simply too big. In theory, it sounds impressive, but in practice, it results in a lot of empty or generic content, with too much space for too few players to create the community feel that people want to get out of AoC.

  • @henrythegreatamerican8136
    @henrythegreatamerican8136 13 днів тому

    "I had to pay $15 to Blizzard to make this content for you guys"
    /bow
    Since quitting WoW in May, I'm done with Blizzard products because they are no longer created with the gamer in mind. Everything is designed with an "investor first" mentality that sucks too much joy from the game. I know every game needs to rake in some profits, but Blizzard is taking it to the extreme and it's killing their company in the long run.

  • @alexkompare-pavlic3935
    @alexkompare-pavlic3935 12 днів тому

    10k is way to low

  • @GabriielPiinto
    @GabriielPiinto 13 днів тому

    a think lineage 2 map its bigger than this two....

  • @damnsurfer522
    @damnsurfer522 13 днів тому +3

    No, seriously flawed video. (main point many more) Water walking the map is a fair comparison. What?

    • @RitchieSH
      @RitchieSH  12 днів тому

      @@damnsurfer522 water walking gives the straightest line possible, where as walking the old world is miserable because each biome is surrounded by mountains and such. In the case of the riverlands I can walk mostly straight except for a few spots. Doing a north to south walk in zone would cause it to be much more flawed and have the numbers be way off

  • @clarkkent7973
    @clarkkent7973 13 днів тому +3

    No wonder that Ashes of Creation feels so empty! They are never going to have enough developers to fill up such a huge world.

    • @henrifortier8621
      @henrifortier8621 13 днів тому +3

      aoc feels empty ?? tf

    • @FinnDeJong
      @FinnDeJong 13 днів тому +2

      Have you played it? It doesn't feel empty at all

    • @damnsurfer522
      @damnsurfer522 13 днів тому

      @@henrifortier8621 very empty you can travel and not encounter any mobs for a long time. Have you not explored?

    • @henrifortier8621
      @henrifortier8621 13 днів тому

      @@damnsurfer522 wtf are you blind lol there are plenty mobs haha didnt explore the whole map yet Im only lvl 20 so I cant say about lawless zone yet

    • @HalIOfFamer
      @HalIOfFamer 13 днів тому

      ​@@damnsurfer522those empty areas without mobs are intended for freeholds if they ever come to the game.

  • @MartinaBabic-es6bz
    @MartinaBabic-es6bz 13 днів тому

    I to samo pokazuje kako AOC je propala igra već od starta. Samo prvu zonu su radili tri godine i ima 20% sadržaja, što jasno kaže, da za 100% sadržaja u prvoj zoni neće biti za pet godina napravljeno, što drugim riječima kaže, ne znači da će igra biti dobra ako ima veliku mapu, jer će večina te mape biti prazna, i to samo za ovu prvu zonu a di su još ostalih 17 zona? Ta igra neće biti za 50 godina gotova! A za 50 godina od danas, WOW će i dalje biti najbolji MMO ikada i ljudi će ga igrati, dok za AOC nisam siguran da će izdržati prvu godinu poslije official izlaska igre. AOC će dožijeti istu sudbinu kao i Warhamer online. Dead game! Da bi se kvalitetno popunio prostor koji će AOC davati, tu bi trebalo igrati 10 miliona ljudi, a to će dobiti nikada! Kladim se 101% od official izlaska igre, da u narednih 3 godine, AOC neće igrati 100 000 ljudi!

  • @pvprangergod4024
    @pvprangergod4024 12 днів тому

    wow dude they found the UE5 automatic terrain generator tool, grats

    • @RitchieSH
      @RitchieSH  12 днів тому +1

      @@pvprangergod4024 except it’s all hand crafted but cool story bro

    • @pvprangergod4024
      @pvprangergod4024 12 днів тому

      @@RitchieSH really because 3 of the towns are identical, but cool story bro. im sure you arent just another ashes propagandist youtuber who spreads bullshit for clicks.

  • @BeastAF
    @BeastAF 13 днів тому +1

    the pvp looks really bad compared to WOW pvp

    • @henrifortier8621
      @henrifortier8621 13 днів тому +1

      as a wow pvper since 2005 I can assure you its not lol modern wow pvp is dogshit anyway