It feels like it's still Phase 1. Same exploiters exploiting. Server performance problems that had been getting a lot better have actually been worse thanks to the population overload that actually exacerbated the known flaws in the design. Bugs seem more prevalent than before (but that's just how it feels, data may say otherwise). So Phase 2 has been very disappointing for a Phase Launch. A lot of the player population will depend on how/what they do in terms of exploiter discipline. The exploit from the start has had a very real and all encompassing (in terms of systems) effect on Vyra. A lot of guild things are waiting for the changes before moving forward, so to speak. The broken node XP stuff messed up a lot of things too. Now all that being said, we know it was the holidays, etc. So I fully expect things to get a lot of dev attention once they are back to work. Intrepid has done a lot of good things every time so far, so I'll be giving them the benefit of the doubt. The game stuff will get fixed, no doubt. The only real doubt will be the cheater discipline. If he doesn't bring the hammer down on the cheaters just because they include PI testers, it will tell us all a TON and have a massive and far reaching affect on the player base. Steven has been amazing over this holiday week, so I'm cautiously keeping the Copium on a low flow setting :)
I think it was a mistake to release this before the holidays. Too many people could get online, while too many devs were offline, and that's a horrible combo. Releasing P2 in January woulda gone way smoother.
Intrepid will never tell us concurrent player numbers. It would shock people too much to see how FEW people are actually playing; especially in retaining players after 1 week.
@@zenwilds2911 Can you pay for it and play it? Then it's "out", dumbass. It would be one thing if they offered a limited number of keys for free to people and content creators who have shown interest, it's another matter entirely when they take money to have people go through a dogshit alpha with this many issues and inaccuracies.
I can now understand why they reduced the srevers .they new that not much was actually added and players would get bored and the playerbase would die off until actual content gets put in to test .
As a security engineer, this is not a surprise. Corporate America does not care about security unless they get fined. Gaming companies are even worse because they just hope they get enough money coming in to keep people from quitting because of all of the cheats. They don't even have to deal with regulations. It's a cat and mouse game with exploiters considering the money involved in bots and everything else and then you have the "0-day" cheats that everyone uses to get ahead quickly in game that are fixed relatively quick. Gaming companies cringe at the myriad of cloud charges let alone the thought of having to pay an application security developer at a $150-160K starting salary for a senior level guy (because you don't hire anyone green for this type of work). Sad but true and it will never change.
Narc quitting is probably the most shocking news. The guy was making content when the game wasn't even out for years. And now the game finally releases and he can actually make realistic content, he decides to quit? What on earth happened these past few months of alpha LMAO
Narc is actually a really comfy guy. You can tell if you chat with him, especially on disc. It was no surprise hyper toxic players would Frick his anxiety and highlight the worst parts of this game. Poor guy
@@outforbeer might be even more. i predict people will going against this game and say its a scam and ask for refund. while the devs working their asses off. MMO's are not made in 4 years or even in 6 years.
Wanted to approach this one as balanced as possible. Please remember Phase 2 is 5 months and I expect things to ramp up as content is added and Intrepid gets in the office. This is solely covering Phase 2 launch . Subscribe for more
Phase 2 is 5 months with 5 days a week, compared to phase 1 at what, 2 months of 2.5 days a week?100+ test days compared to only 30 days or so total? So theres a whole lot more time to stress test and see how everything stretches and shakes out.
@@GameMusingsWithRaziel 120 dollars for a 9 years old dev game with not even 10% of content + 0 classes finished... 2 empty zones copy paste assets..Toxic pvp commu... we can clearly see that they are like 5 years to get something playable. 0 siege 0 naval combat 0 religion 0 classe archetype 0 economy 0 housing 10 nodes on 85 2 biomes not even finished and empty I will not even talk about cheaters, exploiters, bugs they have to fix before adding content ! bro wake up... this game went through a Battle royal, an alpha 1 ... look the state after 9 years and 120 millions dollars
Now I don't have a dog in this fight, but from my perspective, he couldn't handle heat and got out of the kitchen... sure, I would like to bet he got a lot of that vile hate like some of the other content creators... but when he almost lost his mayorship, he realized he was gonna be out matched in terms of numbers and intelligence. I think he is probably playing off stream and blending into the masses, which is probably the best idea to keep tabs on the game
so most of the issues are caused by mostly toxic players who don't understand what alpha actually means and are trying to treat it as an actual full release game
No the best testers are the people who notice it, report it and move on. Not the cunts who notice it do it over and over and over and then grief the fuck out of everyone else for shits and giggles. These people need to be IP banned and invited to play other games. @@Thomas-sv6jr
@@Thomas-sv6jrso while I kind of agree, going to such a level of toxicity doesn't help anything. Find the bug, report the bug, don't use that bug to get it max level and grief everyone around you. You're not testing at that point, you're just being an a-hole.
I’ve been enjoying phase 2 despite all the current issues. Vyra did hit very high toxicity and it definitely came from the Resna guilds that migrated. Training mobs through other grind groups is not peak PvP but they seem to think it’s a flex. The silver lining for me is that it’s made getting to 25 with some decent gear even more satisfying. The new dungeon is pretty cool when Bellowsmasher isn’t bugged out and camping at the entrance area making it annoying to get past. The marketplace was a good addition too as it’s made acquiring gear and resources you might have had trouble getting a bit easier. Freeholds are a let down for now but at least a placeholder is live. It’s a bit rough but still loving being a glorious tester!
Woah woah woah. It's not cause he can cut diamonds on that jawline. No one cares about it the crime cause Luigi sent waves into a industry that's been using people and discarding them by any means they can. And don't say this comment is to political if you are gonna feature the content in your videos. Even as a joke.
I cant tell if you didnt understand that this was a joke or if I cant just read the sarcasm here. Its a popular story and a common joke. apologies for the distraction
Tank now apart from PvE is mostly useless, I still have fun sure but damm I sure cant wait for that balance patch we need buff both in PvP and PvE, Steven needs to permaban people that exploit and ruin the economy...the same guilds that did it in phase1.
Did you watch the tank in the 1v1 tourney? Sun was cracked, think he came second overall and lost to bard which has a has a bug with wand where it can apply 39 stacks of shocked instantly and pop them all with the wand finisher, around 2k-3k damage with autos and a finisher, complete oversight with the design with bard and the wand.
@@brimstonevalar6053 yea but what do you want them to do? More damage than a dps? The damage is solid for being a tank, they are a cc bot and front line sponge in large scale that is the job of the tank. The tanks I play with seem great at their job, if they wanted to be the “main character” they would reroll a DPS
Deleting characters will literally do nothing. You don't think these dudes have already laundered like thousands of gold and gear sets to non exploiting accounts? Of course they have. If all they get is a delete they'll be back to 25 within a week still controlling everything with I'll gotten money and gear. They need to be perma banned and invited to play a different game. These people are disgusting. POLAR and ENVEOUS guild members should all be banned whole sale.
To be fair, I'm not an enveus fan and I don't know about polar, but enveus leveled pretty legit, they grinded super hard, was no exploiting, I can't speak for polar though
No one cares about Luigi killing a CEO of a healthcare company because they fk over sick people all the time so he won’t be missed 😂 I get the joke though lol
You have to pay to test a game so in the hope that one day this game will become AWESOME. Ban every tester who abuses the system, hopefully this sends out a message to other testers. I have noticed the render distance to the mobs is much much shorter. I don't like it, gpu 7900XT EU is king of toxicity, must be something in the water.
@@12lippylucy the rendering seems to be based on population in the area, both npc and player population. I’m sure it’ll continually improve. As of rn even the best pc in the world won’t see ppl further than 15 feet 😅
@@rasmuserlandsson2204 Ngl I didn’t expect some people to actually hone in on that quick joke. I thought everyone was aware of the actual discourse around the situation. In all seriousness tho it’s my fault for not putting ‘jk’ Thoughts on the rest of video tho? 👀
I haven't been able to play P2 yet, not for lack of trying. I lose connection to server every time I try to connect. No amount of repairing or reinstalling has worked. Feels bad.
Im on Lyneth again for this phase and it definitely feels different than phase 1. More hostile at least just pvp wise not community wise id say so far. But I've seen the written they've been putting in a lot more fixes this time around for sure. I did think we would have more at the launch of phase 2 and depending how much during this phase gets updated is how I'm gauging thier development process
I am enjoying the game for what it is, but my issue is that there is so much false advertising with this game it's really frustrating, gathering is not as shown in the live streams, crafting is neither, character models are trash, weathering system is complete garbage compared to advertisement, and now they expect us to grind another 150 hours for 0 new content P2 delivered no new classes No new weapons No new zones No new races ( if you really think these new races are not just re coloured humans you are crazy ) dwarf looks meh but I guess it's okay I understand that all of this is suppose to be in by the end of 02 but releasing the new phase with literally nothing is wild to me, there open development is just marketing manipulation imo
I popped into a Narc stream and this dude was GOING OFF on the game, saying it was just another Star Citizen. He was absolutely FARMING the haters and his chat was just full of people talking trash about the game. I was really surprised how drastically the stream changed compared to when I watched him on Phase 1. I’m not sure what happened but he said he was taking a break from the game so hopefully it becomes better and he can come back and have fun.
As a KS backer I'm noticing Star Citizen like tropes. So Narc might have his echo chamber on Twitch but he's not entirely wrong with his criticism of Ashes and how Steven is handling it
Event Farming is not something new to MMOs. He should think "Why do players feel the need to do this?" and fix that... also people are getting sick of everything" outside of TOS" B.S .. Then he says go test this alpha, but nothing changed from Phase 1 to 2 in terms of lvling. Making gear Nerfs, adding HP to mobs, and throwing 3 times the amount of players to the same 4 to 5 leveling zones its not fun. I knew Phase 2 starting Dec 20 was a bad idea, but damn, I was not expecting such a shit show. BUT!!!! It's all ok guys, because guards have Santa hats.
LOL. Yea im really hoping to see the leveling experience change soon. Spoke about it in a previous video. I think a good temporary fix is to boost xp given to commissions and node buy orders
I could be wrong, but if i remember correctly last time there was mass exploiting that was intentional and harmful to the game they kicked them out of alpha. First day playing phase 2, and its way smoother than its ever been, and lynneth seems pretty chill right now. Also way more lively, 7am east coast and running into packs of players everywhere.
Lyneth Server has been pretty nyce. No outstanding toxicity, as far as I've seen, and the nodes are working together again to cover all artisan buildings. Thanks for the vid, hope your holidays have been well. Looking forward to the next upload!
great video glade to see honest feed back of the game. hopefully Intrepid punishes the exploiters but I also think they need to step back and look at there lvling and give us more viable options then standing at the same spot killing the same mobs over and over.
@@Eehooro thank you I agree and would like to see more leveling options. I’ve done more comissions this phase and they’re ‘ok’ but not worth going out your way to do it feels. They are just good to grab and completing in passing. Since questing isn’t super ready I’d love to see commissions boosted a lot more since grinding a location for hours isn’t peak modern gaming
It's been good for the most part, even on Vyra. Issues I've had are with griefers (Envious & the barcode guild), exploiters, and lack of resources due to population
Man I feel this way about fighter. Theres only a few classes that feel complete imo. Fighter feels like it was rushed and a mixture of leftover abilities from other classes.
testers ruin it for everyone when exploiting this test, it just slows things down. I would not have complainined when GM's got involved and started slaying everyone, im looking forward to Ashes of Creation going live sooooo much, its going to be worth the wait no matter how long it takes.
These „Tests“ are meaningless Anyway since theres ebdless obvious stuff left to be added and fixed, they don’t Need Feedback on what to fix tbh its too much for them already
@@wanderin_aimlessly I’ve seen this sentiment a lot. There is finding bugs and issues/flaws in systems. Then there’s abusing and exploiting those issues constantly for personal gain. Cheating and exploiting affects data and maybe most detrimental, the economy. Remember; the economy is the main thing being tested this phase and theee focus. Exploiting guild wars on this server has already made the economical data flawed and different than it’ll be had this not been the case. So yes we’re supposed to be finding things, but not exploiting them. There’s exploitation to bring attention to something and there’s outright cheating
The mob leash griefing is the worse thing currently in this phase. Sol deus on EU have been griefing for hours on end. they're all level 25 against level 10-20 and they hardly flag unless a caravan is involved.
also to note a common pvp strat I find is dps players flagging first and as soon as they're about to die their clerics will flag and mass heal this makes the clerics basically untargetable for the start of pvp. I think they should force a whole group to flag if they ingage in combat/pvp
Toxicity. Humans cant help themselves but bring their worst while hiding behind a screen. The mage effects look fancy, though I wish the class werent so focused on elemental stuff
I've played most MMO's ARPG's and MOBAs and the new Vyra server has had the most vile and toxic people I've ever experienced. It's nearly enough to make me quit. Nearly.
The phase 2 start was rushed and poorly thought out. The server pruning I understand as they want to test server support..but it really killed any enthusiasm I had for playing. I'm waiting for another server to get added , or at least more content. The lack of promised features for launch of phase 2, when it was shown a few days before, felt very disingenuous to me. Honestly the open dev was always going to bite Intrepid in the ass a bit but im hopeful the state of the alpha will be fixed on the 6th and Ill feel drawn back into the game.
@@veil1792 agreed I think long term, those people will weed themselves out and realize it’s not for them which is why I’m actually glad we have less servers for populations sake. Some people also feel like the term alpha makes a project or company void of being spoken about in any non hyping manner and need to go outside
Isn't most of this the point of an alpha though? Aren't you supposed to be finding things that need to be fixed and try to break the game so that the dev's can resolve these issues by launch?
@@adigi229 I’ve seen this sentiment a lot. There is finding bugs and issues/flaws in systems. Then there’s abusing and exploiting those issues constantly for personal gain. Cheating and exploiting affects data and maybe most detrimental, the economy. Remember; the economy is the main thing being tested this phase and theee focus. Exploiting guild wars on this server has already made the economical data flawed and different than it’ll be had this not been the case. So yes we’re supposed to be finding things, but not exploiting them
@@Nyce-Gaming Just to play devil's advocate here: but doesn't exploiting them just make it even more glaring and obvious for the dev's to address? It seems to me like people are trying to play this like it's early access, when it's just a test that will eventually be wiped. Now is the time to run things into the ground and show the dev's what's broken, what can be exploited and how bad it'll be done.
@@adigi229 making something glaring is definitely a great way to get more attention on it for sure, but when it directly affects the testing experience of others or the main thing intrepid is testing especially for personal gain, I think it’s different. But you’re not wrong. However there’s a fine line to walk
I'm hoping on launch there will be an RP server. It seems to me the more toxic elements seem to gravitate towards wherever the biggest streamers are. So maybe that will give a place for some of us to go and actually have a fun and positive experience. Guess I'm just old but imo one should not say anything to another person in game you would not be willing to say in person. God knows there's already enough hate in the real world without having to deal with it in a setting that's supposed to be fun.
If this is a true alpha, as I repeatedly hear, then now is the time for exploiters and toxic people to go ham. Those are are the things that need fixing most.
@@FlyingWithFeathers I think you misunderstood what I meant here or rather I poorly conveyed it. I didn’t want to stream it as I didn’t feel I was providing anything by showing guilds constantly exploiting guild wars and me not having fun leveling to 10 again. It would just be a complaint fest without feedback. I felt it’ll be a better thing to wait for Intrepid’s response to what was going on and put tiger in this concise video which I think you’d agree is definitely not ‘crazy levels of unpaid pr’ . Providing or showing the negative aspects of the game without context or getting the full story wouldn’t have done anything for anyone unlike this video when addressing the state of a2. Hope you understand
@ I get waiting for a response but I don’t feel like complaining about something negative about something is somehow unproductive if it’s happening it should be called out if it’s fixed it should be praised i just thought it was funny how you phrased it
@ agreed. I phased it poorly. Should’ve elaborated more. I just like having answers to issues and dislike streaming mindless grinding 😅 if you watch my last stream I made sure to leave grind spots after a while just to switch it up haha. Figured negative rants with no answers plus grinding was not gonna be a good watch. Appreciate your feedback dude 🫡
Sorry to hear about your experience. I know you enjoy pvp, but check out Monsters & Memories sometime when they have another public test for a pve game. Enjoy your week,
People are playing the Alpha like a final game and it's leading to frustration. Big mistake! Exploits are great! Fix them as they are found so they will not be there at release. Someone exploited to top level. So what. Exploit ID'd and gets fixed. Play every class to at least level 10 to get a feel for how it plays. Try crafting and harvesting to figure out which you find has the best feel and return on effort for you. Explore the map. Go to areas you've never been and see what is there. Do not burn yourself out playing Alpha. Take breaks. Have the right mind set. You are a tester. The game is getting better with every patch.
I just hope the game gets actual content soon... currently it feels somehow lesser than A1, like the lack of quests and things to do other than grind and gather.
By the way, who cares about them being able to make 6k concurrent players in one biome when it will never happen in the real world when the game eventually launches? We will have like 10k+ players in 18 biomes where we gonna have 4 starting zones and probably queues so people got some time to leave starting zones and not bug out. Why we need to test 6k players in one zone without working quests or any other things to do other than grind? This is just bullshit. EDIT: How can we praise steven for talking on their discord or reddit? We do it all the time and it takes like a 20-30 minutes per day to answer like 10 topics posted there. It is not a huge work to do, let's be real...
This is a great telling of whats going on, imma just send people here when they ask about P2 lol. The situation with Ryve is crazy too, id be pissed. Wtf is wrong with people...
Not expecting it to be played as a game right now but as a true test. I enjoy it but the node system is what frightens me from day 1 of them telling us about it keeps being somewhat confirmed the more i see. I think it will be very toxic and also you can truelly be on a bad server where your nodes suck while on another server you see a lot of good shit on that specific village f.e.
i like how your not meant to be upset when you get killed by bugs but exploiting is this massive ban able Offence like afk farming in steel bloom is a bit f but if i get penalized dying to a mob that glitched on to me u can get f if you think im going to farm that off normally
Yall we cant beat Tank being ass allegations. New World killed melee again so I'm looking at this game. Thanks for your vids I'm probably gonna buy this game lol
Well hey… thanks for spending the time and money to test the game for all of us who are keeping an eye on the game from a distance. Seriously, whenever the game does officially launch, it will be leaps and bounds better because of the loyal fans of the game such as yourself! The last thing we want is another New World development flop 🤦🏼♂️
Gamers want to game, not to test, most people that bought the alpha key seems to not know that, and I feel 0 pity for them. I want to game, so, I don’t buy alpha keys. People seemed to expect a beta type of gameplay on an alpha. Alpha is for the most basic of the stuff. Is not wise to waste dev time on short term problems caused by people wanting to play this like a full game. Wasting time on alts and banning cheating players, when they could just fix the exploit and move on. There is something good about keeping cheaters around during testing, “THEY FIND WAYS TO CHEAT!”
I'm not very happy with the way the game exists now. Too many exploiters, too many mob trainers, bad respawn rates and too much griefing. Hopefulyl that will alter eventually. I think there's been a lot of good conversation about areas more balance is needed and ideas for that. There's way too much xp debt and too many bugs around said debt.The player toxicity and the lack of recourse for lowbies vs said griefers is not fun. I am giving props on the server meshing and capacity. I've had very few huge crashes but there's a lot of silent crashing. I'd really like so direction from Interpid on what they are looking for test wise, because I don't actually expect, "just playing the game" is a feasible thing to ask. So much is unsurprisingly incomplete that actual objectives might help those of us who don't spend out time griefing and exploiting to give them better and more useful information.
it seems like this game is not for the normal person. its not in a state to produce gameplay that will give me a good idea if this game is worth it. it seems like steven has given the players to much control and should be implementing systems that stomp out abuse. The current build could nuke the game and create industry image he cant escape.
Asmon should level off stream or have some protection groups set up prior to playing on stream. It would be cool to have an Asmon guild to rival the pirates
ive had more fun in phase 2 then phase 1 forsure. would love some more varity in content, questing ect... maybe knock down the grind. if your behind your guild and forced to play with PUGs it can get frusteraiting really quick. playing the same pulls in mob camp for days on end can get a bit boring. However! The combat CARRIES!!! Bard is so so much fun, spellweaving songs and movement is super engaging with a good tank. Really liking it so far. hopong for good things in the future of AOC
@@MyLifefunthingss I think this phase has been fun and will be even more fun as things are added (especially rogue) The grind is boring but yea the combat and mob difficulty keep my brain on during long grind sessions lol
The biggest problem this game will have will be the community. Being that it is so hyped, it is going to draw in the worst kinds of people. The vocal minority will be out in droves, and Content Creator/Streamer interest will be boon initially but as soon as they see the community becoming negative, they will also get negative for the clicks and views.
I truly hope not to see any more streamers or community as a whole get negative. I think we should encourage feedback just like Intrepid wants but keep it reasonable
It’s a game that doesn’t need streamers- this is a old school PvP game and all the OGs are coming back for this one. Either streamers stop crying and learn to grow a pair or they will scream in shame everytime they loose a verbal argument in chat- telling people they make 10k a month on bots. People playing this game are mostly 30+ and educated or run their own business or are in the army or were. The shit talk will always been there, been there since 1994 UO
@@timfink7980 Already had my worth of fun for the 120bucks, for 2months, pvp, political drama and crazyness, despite stuttering, rubberbanding etc.. all that is just nostalgia at this point, could play this in black and white and still have fun
The big problem as I see it is that they have got the main adventuring/PvX part of the game enjoyable, absorbing and competitive. I have no doubt that node sieges, raid PvE content, open word PvP and so on will be very enjoyable. Unfortunately what goes with this, is that this content, in order to make it a challenge and non-trivial, is gated behind grinding, levelling, Node building, artisan skills, augments, and the economy. As of right now this is solo content, and just doesn't fit the group paradigm. Unless you are one of the solo-able classes, the game is practically unplayable, and even as a ranger or mage, it is more a case of levelling to max, and then going back to test the now trivialized content. For me, the problem is going to be how they make the open world content solo friendly, or if they can make individual levelling group friendly. I as a cleric say, want to level from 2-20, levelling religion, my node, mining and jewelry, all at the same time. Can I find a group that will fit those grinding goals, with a viable mix of classes, or do they have to make levelling solo friendly. I don't think the game will work, if everyone leaves levelling nodes to after they get to max-level adventuring. Overall, the non-adventuring/solo, levelling, building game, has to be as entertaining/rewarding as the stop-gap adventuring game was. However, building nodes and levelling skills seems to be viewed as an investment. Given that Group PvX, is going to be the focus of the endgame. It is really hard to get people to invest in Solo PvE building, when the entire Philosophy of the game, indicates that they are going to reward/encourage Group PvX; unless the builders can protect their creations, that investment isn't going to pay out at all. The warriors will just run a protection racket, which was the basis of the feudal system. It is really hard to understand what my motivation is to build nodes and artisan skills, instead of just waiting for someone else to do it. This may be an accurate modelling of the medieval high fantasy genre, with the aristocrat and his warriors lounging around all day eating bacon, while the majority serf population, builders and pig-farmers, do all the work, but getting people to play the game as serf pig-farmers and builders, just so that when they are finished, the warriors can steal it and rule, is going to be the trick.
Tank is trash? Did we not see the PVP tourney? Every class except Fighter and Ranger is OP in basically every scenario. But yes every class has bugged abilities which sucks I agree.
Yet another example why open world pvp games fail. Seriously, get rid of the entire convoluted flagging system in this game. Replace it with a simpler pvp area system. You enter the area and are automatically flagged for pvp. About 80% of the world should be made of pvp areas. The other 20% can be pure pve with nodes and resources that are limited to level 2 or 3. It's a much simpler system to program and less exploitable. I'm not saying it is exploit proof, but it's much easier to deal with.
In my opinion they need to stop the alpha 2 work for 2 more years on it to get atleast the current conent done and then open it up again its impossible to test the interessting features and the current situation of the test is really weird not gonna lie.
@@TwoBlink7 I feel people were warned it’s a work in progress and will be a long development. Being a live service will indeed slow development and content implementation, but it will also help find bugs and listen to player feedback. The pros and cons of open development
I also feel like them dropping the alpha this early is to also light the fire under thier ass get them to push everything out sooner than later now that there's public pressure plus having as many testers as they do help get things made faster as well
All i know is they need to fix the pvp system, or at least put one in place because the way it works now is so terrible it has made me and several others put the game down until they make some changes. So many griefers it's not even funny.
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It feels like it's still Phase 1. Same exploiters exploiting. Server performance problems that had been getting a lot better have actually been worse thanks to the population overload that actually exacerbated the known flaws in the design. Bugs seem more prevalent than before (but that's just how it feels, data may say otherwise). So Phase 2 has been very disappointing for a Phase Launch. A lot of the player population will depend on how/what they do in terms of exploiter discipline. The exploit from the start has had a very real and all encompassing (in terms of systems) effect on Vyra. A lot of guild things are waiting for the changes before moving forward, so to speak. The broken node XP stuff messed up a lot of things too. Now all that being said, we know it was the holidays, etc. So I fully expect things to get a lot of dev attention once they are back to work. Intrepid has done a lot of good things every time so far, so I'll be giving them the benefit of the doubt. The game stuff will get fixed, no doubt. The only real doubt will be the cheater discipline. If he doesn't bring the hammer down on the cheaters just because they include PI testers, it will tell us all a TON and have a massive and far reaching affect on the player base. Steven has been amazing over this holiday week, so I'm cautiously keeping the Copium on a low flow setting :)
When AoC turn away people like Narc, I get worried...
I think it was a mistake to release this before the holidays. Too many people could get online, while too many devs were offline, and that's a horrible combo.
Releasing P2 in January woulda gone way smoother.
Intrepid will never tell us concurrent player numbers. It would shock people too much to see how FEW people are actually playing; especially in retaining players after 1 week.
But the game isn't out yet?
@@zenwilds2911 Can you pay for it and play it? Then it's "out", dumbass. It would be one thing if they offered a limited number of keys for free to people and content creators who have shown interest, it's another matter entirely when they take money to have people go through a dogshit alpha with this many issues and inaccuracies.
@@zenwilds2911 Yeah, it seems that people can't understand that. This is why open development is a bad idea for an MMO.
@@zenwilds2911copium.
Paying to test a game? Really? No way JOSE.
I can now understand why they reduced the srevers .they new that not much was actually added and players would get bored and the playerbase would die off until actual content gets put in to test .
As a security engineer, this is not a surprise. Corporate America does not care about security unless they get fined. Gaming companies are even worse because they just hope they get enough money coming in to keep people from quitting because of all of the cheats. They don't even have to deal with regulations. It's a cat and mouse game with exploiters considering the money involved in bots and everything else and then you have the "0-day" cheats that everyone uses to get ahead quickly in game that are fixed relatively quick. Gaming companies cringe at the myriad of cloud charges let alone the thought of having to pay an application security developer at a $150-160K starting salary for a senior level guy (because you don't hire anyone green for this type of work). Sad but true and it will never change.
Intrepid currently has a job listing for Senior Anti-Cheat Engineer on their website.
Narc quitting is probably the most shocking news. The guy was making content when the game wasn't even out for years. And now the game finally releases and he can actually make realistic content, he decides to quit? What on earth happened these past few months of alpha LMAO
Narc is actually a really comfy guy. You can tell if you chat with him, especially on disc. It was no surprise hyper toxic players would Frick his anxiety and highlight the worst parts of this game. Poor guy
He’s the oldest aoc fan for 4 years but lost hope to the state of the game after 4 years. I predict game won’t be ready for another 2 years
@@outforbeer might be even more. i predict people will going against this game and say its a scam and ask for refund. while the devs working their asses off. MMO's are not made in 4 years or even in 6 years.
@@outforbeerIts been over 8 years of development, if you think they get the rest done within 2 i got Bad News for you. Try 6 to endless years
@@machoalright lmao, its been a lot longer than 4 years my guy. Steven is an idiot tbh, he's kind of an ahole too.
Are people ust realizing this is a scam? it's like we're still in 2018
Wanted to approach this one as balanced as possible. Please remember Phase 2 is 5 months and I expect things to ramp up as content is added and Intrepid gets in the office. This is solely covering Phase 2 launch .
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Phase 2 is 5 months with 5 days a week, compared to phase 1 at what, 2 months of 2.5 days a week?100+ test days compared to only 30 days or so total? So theres a whole lot more time to stress test and see how everything stretches and shakes out.
Wait, what happened with Narc?
he realized that this game was just a scam since day 1 and was not at all what he was expected
@@Pygmalion1.6 How exactly is it a scam?
@@GameMusingsWithRaziel 120 dollars for a 9 years old dev game with not even 10% of content + 0 classes finished... 2 empty zones copy paste assets..Toxic pvp commu...
we can clearly see that they are like 5 years to get something playable.
0 siege
0 naval combat
0 religion
0 classe archetype
0 economy
0 housing
10 nodes on 85
2 biomes not even finished and empty
I will not even talk about cheaters, exploiters, bugs they have to fix before adding content !
bro wake up... this game went through a Battle royal, an alpha 1 ... look the state after 9 years and 120 millions dollars
@@Pygmalion1.6 It will Not be Done for 2 Years until then yes it's not done. But yes I want this Stuff
Now I don't have a dog in this fight, but from my perspective, he couldn't handle heat and got out of the kitchen... sure, I would like to bet he got a lot of that vile hate like some of the other content creators... but when he almost lost his mayorship, he realized he was gonna be out matched in terms of numbers and intelligence. I think he is probably playing off stream and blending into the masses, which is probably the best idea to keep tabs on the game
So, basically just phase 1?
*but worse
Listens to intro- “So you’re saying it’s going… great?”
What happen with Narc and Steven?
Narc said the game is shit, Steven got mad at him and told him to leave his game, Narc gave up on the game.
so most of the issues are caused by mostly toxic players who don't understand what alpha actually means and are trying to treat it as an actual full release game
AMEN IDDIOTTSSS
I think they are the best testers. I would want all that fixed before releasing
No the best testers are the people who notice it, report it and move on. Not the cunts who notice it do it over and over and over and then grief the fuck out of everyone else for shits and giggles. These people need to be IP banned and invited to play other games. @@Thomas-sv6jr
@@Thomas-sv6jrso while I kind of agree, going to such a level of toxicity doesn't help anything.
Find the bug, report the bug, don't use that bug to get it max level and grief everyone around you. You're not testing at that point, you're just being an a-hole.
Nahh it’s because nobody give a F about these streamers and they are getting shut down thinking they are real pvpers from TnL
I’ve been enjoying phase 2 despite all the current issues. Vyra did hit very high toxicity and it definitely came from the Resna guilds that migrated. Training mobs through other grind groups is not peak PvP but they seem to think it’s a flex. The silver lining for me is that it’s made getting to 25 with some decent gear even more satisfying. The new dungeon is pretty cool when Bellowsmasher isn’t bugged out and camping at the entrance area making it annoying to get past. The marketplace was a good addition too as it’s made acquiring gear and resources you might have had trouble getting a bit easier. Freeholds are a let down for now but at least a placeholder is live. It’s a bit rough but still loving being a glorious tester!
Nyce doing everyone a service by drowning that bot o7
Just doing my part :)
@@Nyce-Gamingwell played!
Great video. I’m having a fun time too despite the issues.
Thank you!
Woah woah woah. It's not cause he can cut diamonds on that jawline. No one cares about it the crime cause Luigi sent waves into a industry that's been using people and discarding them by any means they can. And don't say this comment is to political if you are gonna feature the content in your videos. Even as a joke.
I cant tell if you didnt understand that this was a joke or if I cant just read the sarcasm here. Its a popular story and a common joke. apologies for the distraction
@Nyce-Gaming yeah sarcasm. But really Luigi is a hero. Pouring one out for him, cause they never letting his ass out 😔🫗
@ lol yea definitely not
Tank now apart from PvE is mostly useless, I still have fun sure but damm I sure cant wait for that balance patch we need buff both in PvP and PvE, Steven needs to permaban people that exploit and ruin the economy...the same guilds that did it in phase1.
Surely soon right? 🥲
@@Nyce-Gamingone can dream
Did you watch the tank in the 1v1 tourney? Sun was cracked, think he came second overall and lost to bard which has a has a bug with wand where it can apply 39 stacks of shocked instantly and pop them all with the wand finisher, around 2k-3k damage with autos and a finisher, complete oversight with the design with bard and the wand.
@@TheHollowGloomI was not talking aboiut 1vs1 I don't care about that I was talking about group pvp as a tank.
@@brimstonevalar6053 yea but what do you want them to do? More damage than a dps? The damage is solid for being a tank, they are a cc bot and front line sponge in large scale that is the job of the tank. The tanks I play with seem great at their job, if they wanted to be the “main character” they would reroll a DPS
Thx for the video again sir
Deleting characters will literally do nothing. You don't think these dudes have already laundered like thousands of gold and gear sets to non exploiting accounts? Of course they have. If all they get is a delete they'll be back to 25 within a week still controlling everything with I'll gotten money and gear. They need to be perma banned and invited to play a different game. These people are disgusting. POLAR and ENVEOUS guild members should all be banned whole sale.
Facts
Just wipe their accounts. Looks like a no-brainer to me.
To be fair, I'm not an enveus fan and I don't know about polar, but enveus leveled pretty legit, they grinded super hard, was no exploiting, I can't speak for polar though
Enveus are mostly douche bags.
How come this game looks worse for every month?
Because their showcases were fake.
Hope someone can find Narc a nice home
He's fine, no need to worry
i stopped playing the test as a hardcore "tester" .. maybe will be more serious with content creation after may 1st 2025
No one cares about Luigi killing a CEO of a healthcare company because they fk over sick people all the time so he won’t be missed 😂 I get the joke though lol
I'm glad you got the joke lol
You have to pay to test a game so in the hope that one day this game will become AWESOME.
Ban every tester who abuses the system, hopefully this sends out a message to other testers.
I have noticed the render distance to the mobs is much much shorter. I don't like it, gpu 7900XT
EU is king of toxicity, must be something in the water.
@@12lippylucy the rendering seems to be based on population in the area, both npc and player population. I’m sure it’ll continually improve. As of rn even the best pc in the world won’t see ppl further than 15 feet 😅
If theres a 100k players in alpha ill eat my pants
1:22 you missed the entire point of the luigi case if that's your take
@@rasmuserlandsson2204 😂😂😂 holyyy it was joke. No that’s my take. I have access to the same internet you do. Don’t overthink it
@@Nyce-Gaming 😂😂 enjoyers being defensive while telling ppl to chill at the same time never gets old
@@rasmuserlandsson2204 Ngl I didn’t expect some people to actually hone in on that quick joke. I thought everyone was aware of the actual discourse around the situation. In all seriousness tho it’s my fault for not putting ‘jk’
Thoughts on the rest of video tho? 👀
I haven't been able to play P2 yet, not for lack of trying. I lose connection to server every time I try to connect. No amount of repairing or reinstalling has worked. Feels bad.
That realllly sucks. And phase 1 worked fine?
5:35
YOU'LL NEVER GET ME STEVEN
Lool!
Looks like $100 well spent
Lol
That bot drowning was very encouraging for all of us real testers to see! Thanks!
Had to do it for the people!
I've yet to watch this video but I sure am glad everything is going great in phase 2 :D.
Love the last kill! Very smart.
This game will be a success, it will just take time. Thank you for bringing us an update and content. Happy holidays!
We must all do our part to bring down the afk'ers and botters. And happy holidays!!!
Im on Lyneth again for this phase and it definitely feels different than phase 1. More hostile at least just pvp wise not community wise id say so far. But I've seen the written they've been putting in a lot more fixes this time around for sure. I did think we would have more at the launch of phase 2 and depending how much during this phase gets updated is how I'm gauging thier development process
I am enjoying the game for what it is, but my issue is that there is so much false advertising with this game it's really frustrating, gathering is not as shown in the live streams, crafting is neither, character models are trash, weathering system is complete garbage compared to advertisement, and now they expect us to grind another 150 hours for 0 new content
P2 delivered no new classes
No new weapons
No new zones
No new races ( if you really think these new races are not just re coloured humans you are crazy ) dwarf looks meh but I guess it's okay
I understand that all of this is suppose to be in by the end of 02 but releasing the new phase with literally nothing is wild to me, there open development is just marketing manipulation imo
It'sn not open at all, we can't see what they are working on
I popped into a Narc stream and this dude was GOING OFF on the game, saying it was just another Star Citizen. He was absolutely FARMING the haters and his chat was just full of people talking trash about the game. I was really surprised how drastically the stream changed compared to when I watched him on Phase 1. I’m not sure what happened but he said he was taking a break from the game so hopefully it becomes better and he can come back and have fun.
because maybe the game is worse more we go ?
As a KS backer I'm noticing Star Citizen like tropes. So Narc might have his echo chamber on Twitch but he's not entirely wrong with his criticism of Ashes and how Steven is handling it
I wish we had the option of a PvE server.
And instanced housing with outdoor areas.
Polar guild needs a complete roll back to level 1 and perma bans for their leadership
That chainpull drown was epic lol
Legit thought this was an elder scrolls thumbnail
It is though, right?
Nope I took this picture outside of ROS near New Aela on Ashes of Creation
Event Farming is not something new to MMOs.
He should think "Why do players feel the need to do this?" and fix that... also people are getting sick of everything" outside of TOS" B.S .. Then he says go test this alpha, but nothing changed from Phase 1 to 2 in terms of lvling. Making gear Nerfs, adding HP to mobs, and throwing 3 times the amount of players to the same 4 to 5 leveling zones its not fun.
I knew Phase 2 starting Dec 20 was a bad idea, but damn, I was not expecting such a shit show. BUT!!!! It's all ok guys, because guards have Santa hats.
LOL. Yea im really hoping to see the leveling experience change soon. Spoke about it in a previous video. I think a good temporary fix is to boost xp given to commissions and node buy orders
I could be wrong, but if i remember correctly last time there was mass exploiting that was intentional and harmful to the game they kicked them out of alpha. First day playing phase 2, and its way smoother than its ever been, and lynneth seems pretty chill right now. Also way more lively, 7am east coast and running into packs of players everywhere.
Then you are wrong. Most of these guys did every exploit in previous phases.
I'm Wiz on the same server..... I've been havin a blast!!
"luigi was caught but noone cares because he's handsome"
bro did NOT understand what this was all about
I cant tell if you didnt understand that this was a joke or if I cant just read the sarcasm here
Lyneth Server has been pretty nyce. No outstanding toxicity, as far as I've seen, and the nodes are working together again to cover all artisan buildings.
Thanks for the vid, hope your holidays have been well. Looking forward to the next upload!
Was about to say basically the same thing. So happy I chose Lyneth.
Sounds boring
great video glade to see honest feed back of the game. hopefully Intrepid punishes the exploiters but I also think they need to step back and look at there lvling and give us more viable options then standing at the same spot killing the same mobs over and over.
@@Eehooro thank you I agree and would like to see more leveling options. I’ve done more comissions this phase and they’re ‘ok’ but not worth going out your way to do it feels. They are just good to grab and completing in passing. Since questing isn’t super ready I’d love to see commissions boosted a lot more since grinding a location for hours isn’t peak modern gaming
FREE LUIGI
It's been good for the most part, even on Vyra. Issues I've had are with griefers (Envious & the barcode guild), exploiters, and lack of resources due to population
At the end of the day you have to ask yourself, after 9 years of showcasing AoC, and this being the playtest. It is a bit odd.
Man I feel this way about fighter. Theres only a few classes that feel complete imo. Fighter feels like it was rushed and a mixture of leftover abilities from other classes.
testers ruin it for everyone when exploiting this test, it just slows things down. I would not have complainined when GM's got involved and started slaying everyone, im looking forward to Ashes of Creation going live sooooo much, its going to be worth the wait no matter how long it takes.
These „Tests“ are meaningless Anyway since theres ebdless obvious stuff left to be added and fixed, they don’t Need Feedback on what to fix tbh its too much for them already
Wow leaving the game running for christmas really panned out great! :D
Narc leaving is crazy.. I watched a lot of the subathon and honestly thought he was just trolling.
So it sounds like they are finding issues.. isn't that the point of Alpha?
@@wanderin_aimlessly I’ve seen this sentiment a lot. There is finding bugs and issues/flaws in systems. Then there’s abusing and exploiting those issues constantly for personal gain. Cheating and exploiting affects data and maybe most detrimental, the economy. Remember; the economy is the main thing being tested this phase and theee focus. Exploiting guild wars on this server has already made the economical data flawed and different than it’ll be had this not been the case.
So yes we’re supposed to be finding things, but not exploiting them. There’s exploitation to bring attention to something and there’s outright cheating
The mob leash griefing is the worse thing currently in this phase. Sol deus on EU have been griefing for hours on end. they're all level 25 against level 10-20 and they hardly flag unless a caravan is involved.
also to note a common pvp strat I find is dps players flagging first and as soon as they're about to die their clerics will flag and mass heal this makes the clerics basically untargetable for the start of pvp. I think they should force a whole group to flag if they ingage in combat/pvp
I'll be back for phase 3. Not feeling the grind this time of year
I wish my laptop could run it
Toxicity. Humans cant help themselves but bring their worst while hiding behind a screen. The mage effects look fancy, though I wish the class werent so focused on elemental stuff
The toxicity is very off-putting.
I've played most MMO's ARPG's and MOBAs and the new Vyra server has had the most vile and toxic people I've ever experienced. It's nearly enough to make me quit. Nearly.
The phase 2 start was rushed and poorly thought out. The server pruning I understand as they want to test server support..but it really killed any enthusiasm I had for playing. I'm waiting for another server to get added , or at least more content. The lack of promised features for launch of phase 2, when it was shown a few days before, felt very disingenuous to me. Honestly the open dev was always going to bite Intrepid in the ass a bit but im hopeful the state of the alpha will be fixed on the 6th and Ill feel drawn back into the game.
*Some people just aren't cut out for Alpha testing.*
@@veil1792 agreed I think long term, those people will weed themselves out and realize it’s not for them which is why I’m actually glad we have less servers for populations sake. Some people also feel like the term alpha makes a project or company void of being spoken about in any non hyping manner and need to go outside
$120* alpha test. If it was free to test then it'd be a different story. Mfers paying more than triple A game for basically nothing.
Is exaplotinng apart of ALFA? Show weaknesses in the system..
@@playlist233 i wish there was a some kind of demo to check game out. 120$ is a lot, you are right
I'm super interested in the game, but I think I might be better off waiting honestly. Looking forward to playing one day, though.
Smart choice! It's still a ways out but they are making progress and its fun with the right guild
Will this game be playable by 2030 or something?
On an optimistic side my guess is late 2027.
I think late 2026 or early 2027 release is pretty reasonable. 2 - 2 1/2 years.
Isn't most of this the point of an alpha though? Aren't you supposed to be finding things that need to be fixed and try to break the game so that the dev's can resolve these issues by launch?
@@adigi229 I’ve seen this sentiment a lot. There is finding bugs and issues/flaws in systems. Then there’s abusing and exploiting those issues constantly for personal gain. Cheating and exploiting affects data and maybe most detrimental, the economy. Remember; the economy is the main thing being tested this phase and theee focus. Exploiting guild wars on this server has already made the economical data flawed and different than it’ll be had this not been the case.
So yes we’re supposed to be finding things, but not exploiting them
@@Nyce-Gaming Just to play devil's advocate here: but doesn't exploiting them just make it even more glaring and obvious for the dev's to address? It seems to me like people are trying to play this like it's early access, when it's just a test that will eventually be wiped. Now is the time to run things into the ground and show the dev's what's broken, what can be exploited and how bad it'll be done.
@@adigi229 making something glaring is definitely a great way to get more attention on it for sure, but when it directly affects the testing experience of others or the main thing intrepid is testing especially for personal gain, I think it’s different. But you’re not wrong. However there’s a fine line to walk
I'm hoping on launch there will be an RP server. It seems to me the more toxic elements seem to gravitate towards wherever the biggest streamers are. So maybe that will give a place for some of us to go and actually have a fun and positive experience.
Guess I'm just old but imo one should not say anything to another person in game you would not be willing to say in person.
God knows there's already enough hate in the real world without having to deal with it in a setting that's supposed to be fun.
@@MrLouisianaHayride unironically, the ‘streamer server’ was the least toxic by farrrrr. By a huge margin
If this is a true alpha, as I repeatedly hear, then now is the time for exploiters and toxic people to go ham. Those are are the things that need fixing most.
Not making a video because it’s make intrepid look bad is crazy levels of unpaid pr
@@FlyingWithFeathers I think you misunderstood what I meant here or rather I poorly conveyed it. I didn’t want to stream it as I didn’t feel I was providing anything by showing guilds constantly exploiting guild wars and me not having fun leveling to 10 again. It would just be a complaint fest without feedback. I felt it’ll be a better thing to wait for Intrepid’s response to what was going on and put tiger in this concise video which I think you’d agree is definitely not ‘crazy levels of unpaid pr’ . Providing or showing the negative aspects of the game without context or getting the full story wouldn’t have done anything for anyone unlike this video when addressing the state of a2. Hope you understand
@ I get waiting for a response but I don’t feel like complaining about something negative about something is somehow unproductive if it’s happening it should be called out if it’s fixed it should be praised i just thought it was funny how you phrased it
@ agreed. I phased it poorly. Should’ve elaborated more. I just like having answers to issues and dislike streaming mindless grinding 😅 if you watch my last stream I made sure to leave grind spots after a while just to switch it up haha. Figured negative rants with no answers plus grinding was not gonna be a good watch. Appreciate your feedback dude 🫡
Sorry to hear about your experience. I know you enjoy pvp, but check out Monsters & Memories sometime when they have another public test for a pve game. Enjoy your week,
I'd like to check it out. I see Flynn talking about it a lot
People are playing the Alpha like a final game and it's leading to frustration. Big mistake! Exploits are great! Fix them as they are found so they will not be there at release. Someone exploited to top level. So what. Exploit ID'd and gets fixed.
Play every class to at least level 10 to get a feel for how it plays. Try crafting and harvesting to figure out which you find has the best feel and return on effort for you. Explore the map. Go to areas you've never been and see what is there.
Do not burn yourself out playing Alpha. Take breaks. Have the right mind set. You are a tester. The game is getting better with every patch.
I just hope the game gets actual content soon... currently it feels somehow lesser than A1, like the lack of quests and things to do other than grind and gather.
LMAO THE LUIGI COMMENT!
@@Raviis glad you didn’t take it too seriously unlike others
By the way, who cares about them being able to make 6k concurrent players in one biome when it will never happen in the real world when the game eventually launches? We will have like 10k+ players in 18 biomes where we gonna have 4 starting zones and probably queues so people got some time to leave starting zones and not bug out. Why we need to test 6k players in one zone without working quests or any other things to do other than grind? This is just bullshit.
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How can we praise steven for talking on their discord or reddit? We do it all the time and it takes like a 20-30 minutes per day to answer like 10 topics posted there. It is not a huge work to do, let's be real...
This is a great telling of whats going on, imma just send people here when they ask about P2 lol. The situation with Ryve is crazy too, id be pissed. Wtf is wrong with people...
“I will grief you for the next 5 hours” - hate
😂😂
lmao that shit needs to be lore
@ the sheer conviction 😂😂
Not expecting it to be played as a game right now but as a true test. I enjoy it but the node system is what frightens me from day 1 of them telling us about it keeps being somewhat confirmed the more i see. I think it will be very toxic and also you can truelly be on a bad server where your nodes suck while on another server you see a lot of good shit on that specific village f.e.
When you asked where are the jiggle physics i stopped whatching
I think you take yourself way to seriously.
i like how your not meant to be upset when you get killed by bugs but exploiting is this massive ban able Offence
like afk farming in steel bloom is a bit f but if i get penalized dying to a mob that glitched on to me u can get f if you think im going to farm that off normally
This is literally my last hope for MMO's. Hope they get it right!
Yall we cant beat Tank being ass allegations. New World killed melee again so I'm looking at this game. Thanks for your vids I'm probably gonna buy this game lol
Well hey… thanks for spending the time and money to test the game for all of us who are keeping an eye on the game from a distance. Seriously, whenever the game does officially launch, it will be leaps and bounds better because of the loyal fans of the game such as yourself!
The last thing we want is another New World development flop 🤦🏼♂️
Yup. I'm glad they are listening to feedback
Ashes of Creation = Chronicles of Elyria (Same shite, different colour)
Gamers want to game, not to test, most people that bought the alpha key seems to not know that, and I feel 0 pity for them.
I want to game, so, I don’t buy alpha keys.
People seemed to expect a beta type of gameplay on an alpha.
Alpha is for the most basic of the stuff.
Is not wise to waste dev time on short term problems caused by people wanting to play this like a full game.
Wasting time on alts and banning cheating players, when they could just fix the exploit and move on.
There is something good about keeping cheaters around during testing, “THEY FIND WAYS TO CHEAT!”
This game will never come out, the company is incapable of finishing it, and its management is even worse.
I'm not very happy with the way the game exists now. Too many exploiters, too many mob trainers, bad respawn rates and too much griefing. Hopefulyl that will alter eventually. I think there's been a lot of good conversation about areas more balance is needed and ideas for that. There's way too much xp debt and too many bugs around said debt.The player toxicity and the lack of recourse for lowbies vs said griefers is not fun. I am giving props on the server meshing and capacity. I've had very few huge crashes but there's a lot of silent crashing. I'd really like so direction from Interpid on what they are looking for test wise, because I don't actually expect, "just playing the game" is a feasible thing to ask. So much is unsurprisingly incomplete that actual objectives might help those of us who don't spend out time griefing and exploiting to give them better and more useful information.
Been loving phase two honestly. But playing as someone who focuses on artisan, the scarcity of willow ruby and copper is really hindering
it seems like this game is not for the normal person. its not in a state to produce gameplay that will give me a good idea if this game is worth it. it seems like steven has given the players to much control and should be implementing systems that stomp out abuse. The current build could nuke the game and create industry image he cant escape.
Asmon should level off stream or have some protection groups set up prior to playing on stream. It would be cool to have an Asmon guild to rival the pirates
ive had more fun in phase 2 then phase 1 forsure. would love some more varity in content, questing ect... maybe knock down the grind. if your behind your guild and forced to play with PUGs it can get frusteraiting really quick. playing the same pulls in mob camp for days on end can get a bit boring. However! The combat CARRIES!!! Bard is so so much fun, spellweaving songs and movement is super engaging with a good tank. Really liking it so far. hopong for good things in the future of AOC
@@MyLifefunthingss I think this phase has been fun and will be even more fun as things are added (especially rogue)
The grind is boring but yea the combat and mob difficulty keep my brain on during long grind sessions lol
@@Nyce-Gaming rouge is funna be a good time! Stabby stab!
Server Wipe incoming!
The biggest problem this game will have will be the community. Being that it is so hyped, it is going to draw in the worst kinds of people. The vocal minority will be out in droves, and Content Creator/Streamer interest will be boon initially but as soon as they see the community becoming negative, they will also get negative for the clicks and views.
I truly hope not to see any more streamers or community as a whole get negative. I think we should encourage feedback just like Intrepid wants but keep it reasonable
It’s a game that doesn’t need streamers- this is a old school PvP game and all the OGs are coming back for this one. Either streamers stop crying and learn to grow a pair or they will scream in shame everytime they loose a verbal argument in chat- telling people they make 10k a month on bots. People playing this game are mostly 30+ and educated or run their own business or are in the army or were. The shit talk will always been there, been there since 1994 UO
@@Erumyrall the OGs can smell that this is a Scam and will Never Release
@@timfink7980 Already had my worth of fun for the 120bucks, for 2months, pvp, political drama and crazyness, despite stuttering, rubberbanding etc.. all that is just nostalgia at this point, could play this in black and white and still have fun
The big problem as I see it is that they have got the main adventuring/PvX part of the game enjoyable, absorbing and competitive. I have no doubt that node sieges, raid PvE content, open word PvP and so on will be very enjoyable.
Unfortunately what goes with this, is that this content, in order to make it a challenge and non-trivial, is gated behind grinding, levelling, Node building, artisan skills, augments, and the economy. As of right now this is solo content, and just doesn't fit the group paradigm. Unless you are one of the solo-able classes, the game is practically unplayable, and even as a ranger or mage, it is more a case of levelling to max, and then going back to test the now trivialized content.
For me, the problem is going to be how they make the open world content solo friendly, or if they can make individual levelling group friendly. I as a cleric say, want to level from 2-20, levelling religion, my node, mining and jewelry, all at the same time. Can I find a group that will fit those grinding goals, with a viable mix of classes, or do they have to make levelling solo friendly. I don't think the game will work, if everyone leaves levelling nodes to after they get to max-level adventuring.
Overall, the non-adventuring/solo, levelling, building game, has to be as entertaining/rewarding as the stop-gap adventuring game was. However, building nodes and levelling skills seems to be viewed as an investment. Given that Group PvX, is going to be the focus of the endgame. It is really hard to get people to invest in Solo PvE building, when the entire Philosophy of the game, indicates that they are going to reward/encourage Group PvX; unless the builders can protect their creations, that investment isn't going to pay out at all. The warriors will just run a protection racket, which was the basis of the feudal system.
It is really hard to understand what my motivation is to build nodes and artisan skills, instead of just waiting for someone else to do it. This may be an accurate modelling of the medieval high fantasy genre, with the aristocrat and his warriors lounging around all day eating bacon, while the majority serf population, builders and pig-farmers, do all the work, but getting people to play the game as serf pig-farmers and builders, just so that when they are finished, the warriors can steal it and rule, is going to be the trick.
Tank is trash? Did we not see the PVP tourney? Every class except Fighter and Ranger is OP in basically every scenario. But yes every class has bugged abilities which sucks I agree.
@@Rasmanit it’s hyperbole. Just buggy and needs some work like each archetype does
Who is he anyways??? Mr largest content creator
Yet another example why open world pvp games fail. Seriously, get rid of the entire convoluted flagging system in this game.
Replace it with a simpler pvp area system. You enter the area and are automatically flagged for pvp. About 80% of the world should be made of pvp areas.
The other 20% can be pure pve with nodes and resources that are limited to level 2 or 3.
It's a much simpler system to program and less exploitable. I'm not saying it is exploit proof, but it's much easier to deal with.
In my opinion they need to stop the alpha 2 work for 2 more years on it to get atleast the current conent done and then open it up again its impossible to test the interessting features and the current situation of the test is really weird not gonna lie.
@@TwoBlink7 I feel people were warned it’s a work in progress and will be a long development. Being a live service will indeed slow development and content implementation, but it will also help find bugs and listen to player feedback. The pros and cons of open development
I also feel like them dropping the alpha this early is to also light the fire under thier ass get them to push everything out sooner than later now that there's public pressure plus having as many testers as they do help get things made faster as well
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Ok im guilty, I did that one..
Lol!
All i know is they need to fix the pvp system, or at least put one in place because the way it works now is so terrible it has made me and several others put the game down until they make some changes. So many griefers it's not even funny.