Please follow me on other platforms as UA-cam is unreliable! linktr.ee/zybaktv 0:00 - Ashes of Creation makes you feel small 4:37 - I wasn't expecting Ashes of Creation to be fun 7:43 - WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU DID THIS IN AN MMORPG 8:39 - Ashes is still barebones 9:26 - The drama between guilds is already beginning and I'm here for it!! 10:56 - Resna is a sweaty tryhard server
This is like the only video I found that actually shows off the graphics of the game the best, especially being 1440p :) Do this more please. Great video!
Amazing video. You captured the charm and majesty of this game. It is bringing back the old magic of the old school MMOs for a new generation and hopefully has some new tricks to add to the tried and true formula that has long since been lost in the MMO genre for almost 2 decades.
I am always biased with AoC well coz I am a fan, but even I didn't aspect people to enjoy AoC so much in alpha phase. Now I will buy alpha key even if I have to play at high ping. Truly, a hope to revive mmorpg.
@@IzNebula I’m new on the block when it comes to Eph so I don’t know any of the back story. All I know is that apparently I’m a fucking casual gamer in comparison to most of those guys 😅
for sure. I was recently messing around in GW2 out of having a lack of things to play and their open world is just sooo damn carebear and you're so ridiculously overpowered. I couldn't help but think, mann this open world would actually be good if things were challenging, it would make the world feel bigger and so much more rewarding. Shame
low settings and video compression + graphics are toned down in a2 for performance purpose, theyll start to polish it more if servers and network are stable
That bard part @8:20 you speak of, that's some WoW Classic (if not Vanilla) vibes you cannot get in modern MMOs. In ESO I had played with how many people, none of which I kept in contact with outside of raid nights. Ashes does the social part right.
I had the same experience as a solo fighter. I met a random bard out in the world, we farmed together for hours and eventually added each other on discord.
8:30 yeah AoC is good for that. Proper old school. I met a random tank, I healed him. We hung out for hours griding mobs, good times. Both got DC'ed by the deathwall, searched for each other later and carried on. Friends now :)
I agree, i get old Ultima Online vibes even it just feels old-school but new, cant explain it, but i am so hooked and i cant wait to follow this journey as the game develops into its full potential.
The mmorpg i played the longest was gameplaywise shit. This game had no Servertransfer for example, leveling took years and even after you got maximum level you could do (a long grind) something which boosted your character immensely. There was also no way to change the name/race/class of your character. What that created was that every decision you made had an impact. You could not fuck with that Guild or that player, because if things get out of hand you maybe have nowhere do go, because Servers weren't that huge either. Items all were Unique (and ALWAYS upgradable) to the point where when i did see someone selling it i did know the History of the fucking Item. I played on a PVP Server, every item was sellable because you could force an item drop, which also means you could drop your gear which you had equiped! Since as i said the population of the Servers weren't that huge, Players/Guilds were able to hold monopoly of Items or could control the market. At some point we hired a PVP guild to protect us when fighting a Wold Boss who spawn´d only every 8h for the whole Server and drop´t some of the best gear. I hopes Ashes does give me the feeling back to be in another world, did not have the time to play it yet tho.
Im really curious about roleplaying an evil faction in Ashes that just wants to dominate everyone else and isnt afraid to go corrupt, in fact maybe they support their members who do. That'd be super interesting to see
The Game that will show you where you stand xD. Reporting Exploits before you exploit them shows just how strong you self are how much you really want the Game to Live and Thrive.
10:00 exploiting is not "shitty" btw. It's bannable. And from what I've heard from steven about their 0-tolerance policies regarding cheating, you are on extremely thin ice at that point. Granted, finding exploits in testing is fine.. as long as you report them and don't keep abusing them going forward. But post-launch, it's definitely going to be a f-around-and-find-out situation.
That hasn't been my experience at all. The only explanation I have for you experiencing this is "level of detail" optimization meaning that models and textures get downscaled for performance reasons if there's a lot of characters on screen or your performance is struggling.
@@harrypeener but based on what ? how can you know if you only know the server you play in ? just cuz a bunch of streamers and sheep are on the server ? asking for a friend
@@henrifortier8621 What? In the AoC discord, majority of the "hardcore" pvp guilds chose Resna to be the server for that. Most of the guilds he listed off are in that server for that specific reason. I am not in that server, for that very reason. Plus most of the "real/big" streamers are on the Lyneth server, which is the "streamer" server. If you're in the official AoC discord, and have access to the alpha channels, which he is, he would know which server is the sweaty hardcore one.
@@harrypeener hardcore pvp guilds lmao this doesnt make any sense (and Im in the discord don't worry) streamer server lol plenty of streamers on any servers this is just some cringe take that one server is more sweaty than another
In MMOs you have a known quantity of tried sweaty pvp guilds that always show up to bang. This is a fact. To get offended by a fact because you chose a different server or your random guild that likes pvp didn't choose that server and clean up on your existing server is a bit cringe....Adversity and competition breed excellence. And when everyone wants to be the best and prove it they pick a server and they all go there to prove themselves. If you avoid where the best players go but think you're one of them, you will never know till you jump in that pool of players. Sometimes the little fish that out grows his pond needs to find a bigger pond to test his mettle. Resna has been the ocean in AoC since Alpha 1. The guilds on the other servers will tell you that who moved away to avoid said guilds/pvp/sweat fest.
LOL every MMO makes you feel like this when you start then it all becomes the same, after a year of AOC you will be running in on your mount smashing down everything with your AOE and looking at the next game making a video with the title XX Game makes you feel small.
the pulls should be more sensitiv e... at 1.42 you killed a mob BUT the other mob should have pulled they would see you attacking their mate afterall, you were like 5 yards away. Not harsh enough imo at a glance. Your analogy is just nonsense - it will always depend on your level mate as to whether an area is 'dangerous'. Wow would have seen you pull at least two mobs at the same time at the proximity you were hitting anyone of the mobs in this video - depending on your level is determinate to risk. From what i have seen in regards to ashes its care bear and scuffed at the moment.
wow ? lol no way portals everywhere, flying fast af mounts Yeah its big af but you can zoom through everything this is classic wow feeling without flight paths and 60 % mount at best feeling of big
trust me having played it myself, combat "feels" so good. It may "look" stale maybe because the augment system is not in place yet. A lot of room for improvement for sure
@@pancitnoodle here come the guys that paid 120$ with a standard talking points. if you don't like it don't play it, go watch something else, its alpha, bla bla. we are talking about this game, not bdo, not any other game. also archage looked like it had better combat, you know, the game they took inspiration from
Maybe hook up on the same server after next wipe? We got like 10 on AoC sitting right in the middle mix of Nova, Envous and EPH ...... Hopefully up to 20 this weekend
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0:00 - Ashes of Creation makes you feel small
4:37 - I wasn't expecting Ashes of Creation to be fun
7:43 - WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU DID THIS IN AN MMORPG
8:39 - Ashes is still barebones
9:26 - The drama between guilds is already beginning and I'm here for it!!
10:56 - Resna is a sweaty tryhard server
Join a guild like genesis if you want to reclaim your power
This is what changed WoW forever going from a small person in a massive world to the hero of that world surrounded by many other heroes.
I do believe that feeling small really is important. It's something that WoW has not been doing great lately.
Sadly it's most mmorpgs, not just WoW.
Being , feeling "small" is realistic .
Realistic is believable, it is immersive.
I miss that feeling
Thats the dumbest thing I have ever heard
I remember getting killed by murlocs while leveling in wow vanilla
This is like the only video I found that actually shows off the graphics of the game the best, especially being 1440p :) Do this more please. Great video!
Your guild is what you help make great! Teamwork!
This is what happens when you decouple game design from profit motive.
Amazing video. You captured the charm and majesty of this game. It is bringing back the old magic of the old school MMOs for a new generation and hopefully has some new tricks to add to the tried and true formula that has long since been lost in the MMO genre for almost 2 decades.
I am always biased with AoC well coz I am a fan, but even I didn't aspect people to enjoy AoC so much in alpha phase. Now I will buy alpha key even if I have to play at high ping. Truly, a hope to revive mmorpg.
This is such a good video, despite how I feel about EPH. Very accurate and I agree with pretty much everything. Cya on the battlefield buddy!
@@IzNebula I’m new on the block when it comes to Eph so I don’t know any of the back story. All I know is that apparently I’m a fucking casual gamer in comparison to most of those guys 😅
for sure. I was recently messing around in GW2 out of having a lack of things to play and their open world is just sooo damn carebear and you're so ridiculously overpowered. I couldn't help but think, mann this open world would actually be good if things were challenging, it would make the world feel bigger and so much more rewarding. Shame
Exactly, GW, Elders Scrolls, WoW. There is no sense of progression, the auto-niveling and lack of challenge is horrible
Well, to be fair expansion content might be challenging. But there so no spirit of adventure in gw2 anyway
GW2, WOW, T&L, and FF14 is a trash MMO now.. AOC will demolish them and set a new standard for upcoming MMOs!!
Got me with the random grouping with the Bard. I'm cautiously optimistic.
your graphics seems so much better than other content creator videos lol
low settings and video compression + graphics are toned down in a2 for performance purpose, theyll start to polish it more if servers and network are stable
Resna: The server you join if you want a second job.
@@fyrestorme The people on Resna don’t have jobs…🤣
@@ZybakTV That tracks
@@ZybakTV everyone will get an elon robot that will work for you so we can play mmorpgs all day
That bard part @8:20 you speak of, that's some WoW Classic (if not Vanilla) vibes you cannot get in modern MMOs.
In ESO I had played with how many people, none of which I kept in contact with outside of raid nights. Ashes does the social part right.
You can have fun without meta gaming? Damn, old school gaming IS back!
Meta is coming alright
2:20 that utlima online talk earned you a sub
Glad you're having fun! Thanks for the video and analysis
I had the same experience as a solo fighter. I met a random bard out in the world, we farmed together for hours and eventually added each other on discord.
8:30 yeah AoC is good for that. Proper old school.
I met a random tank, I healed him. We hung out for hours griding mobs, good times. Both got DC'ed by the deathwall, searched for each other later and carried on. Friends now :)
I agree, i get old Ultima Online vibes even it just feels old-school but new, cant explain it, but i am so hooked and i cant wait to follow this journey as the game develops into its full potential.
really fun video man - nice work
The mmorpg i played the longest was gameplaywise shit.
This game had no Servertransfer for example, leveling took years and even after you got maximum level you could do (a long grind) something which boosted your character immensely.
There was also no way to change the name/race/class of your character.
What that created was that every decision you made had an impact. You could not fuck with that Guild or that player, because if things get out of hand you maybe have nowhere do go, because Servers weren't that huge either. Items all were Unique (and ALWAYS upgradable) to the point where when i did see someone selling it i did know the History of the fucking Item. I played on a PVP Server, every item was sellable because you could force an item drop, which also means you could drop your gear which you had equiped!
Since as i said the population of the Servers weren't that huge, Players/Guilds were able to hold monopoly of Items or could control the market.
At some point we hired a PVP guild to protect us when fighting a Wold Boss who spawn´d only every 8h for the whole Server and drop´t some of the best gear.
I hopes Ashes does give me the feeling back to be in another world, did not have the time to play it yet tho.
Im really curious about roleplaying an evil faction in Ashes that just wants to dominate everyone else and isnt afraid to go corrupt, in fact maybe they support their members who do. That'd be super interesting to see
Rezna is gonna be wild as as it matures see where flags land :D
Smoothest Ashes video to date
I believe Resna was unofficially declared the PvP server so the guilds that want to seriously pvp are all there :P
Nailed it on the head with the social interactions and naking friends. My random group made a discord sonwe could stay in touch.
Ashes of Creation makes me feel like I'm playing an mmo that came out 15 years ago..
@@VRS- in a good way or bad way? 😅
The Game that will show you where you stand xD. Reporting Exploits before you exploit them shows just how strong you self are how much you really want the Game to Live and Thrive.
Im on that server too! im in the guild Nexus
You're not the hero. You're victim. Gosh darn, Wolves. lol
Those wolves do not fucking play. YOU ARE NOT SAFE ON A MOUNT!!
@ I swear those wolf packs are out get my ashes 😂
@@ZybakTV Worse off on a mount - Well, I say that as I Bard that runs around anyway - Seeing you on UA-cam takes me back 5 years Ago to CF
See you, Friday. I'll make sure to give you a friendly bonk from my wand if we cross paths.
Amazing
What made you go with Eph over Env?
I had some friends who played with them in New World.
@@ZybakTV Good experience I take it?
0:38 the z-fighting on the roof tops is a little distracting
How do we join your AoC guild brother?
Honestly I’m not 100% sure. I’d look up the Epherium guild post on the ashes forums and go from there. No idea what the recruitment status is.
Impressive you honestly 😮 .
GG Brasil!
Doesn't quite make you feel as small as a hamster with two pistols though.
I MISS IT! Although we do have Nikua coming to this game next phase.
10:00 exploiting is not "shitty" btw. It's bannable. And from what I've heard from steven about their 0-tolerance policies regarding cheating, you are on extremely thin ice at that point.
Granted, finding exploits in testing is fine.. as long as you report them and don't keep abusing them going forward. But post-launch, it's definitely going to be a f-around-and-find-out situation.
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Why is everything far away stunning but when you actually go there everything around you look like a demo with UE3
That hasn't been my experience at all. The only explanation I have for you experiencing this is "level of detail" optimization meaning that models and textures get downscaled for performance reasons if there's a lot of characters on screen or your performance is struggling.
Looks freaking great.
you should play elden ring, you feel like an ant in a world of giants
Is foxhole considered an mmorpg?
makes your wallet even smaller
You could just take a play out of your wildstar handbook and use hacks in pvp to feel bigger? Maybe this time around you won't get banned!
I Hope when launch exploiters gets permanent ban If they abuse It
Not sure Zybak would approve of this considering he was banned in wildstar for using hacks in arena pvp 😅
I find it funny how ppl say their server is the sweatiest lmfao how would you even know how it compares to other servers ??
He is on the "unofficial" pvp server for NA. Most in the AoC discord would agree, that is the sweatiest server...
@@harrypeener but based on what ? how can you know if you only know the server you play in ? just cuz a bunch of streamers and sheep are on the server ? asking for a friend
@@henrifortier8621 What? In the AoC discord, majority of the "hardcore" pvp guilds chose Resna to be the server for that. Most of the guilds he listed off are in that server for that specific reason. I am not in that server, for that very reason. Plus most of the "real/big" streamers are on the Lyneth server, which is the "streamer" server. If you're in the official AoC discord, and have access to the alpha channels, which he is, he would know which server is the sweaty hardcore one.
@@harrypeener hardcore pvp guilds lmao this doesnt make any sense (and Im in the discord don't worry) streamer server lol plenty of streamers on any servers this is just some cringe take that one server is more sweaty than another
In MMOs you have a known quantity of tried sweaty pvp guilds that always show up to bang. This is a fact. To get offended by a fact because you chose a different server or your random guild that likes pvp didn't choose that server and clean up on your existing server is a bit cringe....Adversity and competition breed excellence. And when everyone wants to be the best and prove it they pick a server and they all go there to prove themselves. If you avoid where the best players go but think you're one of them, you will never know till you jump in that pool of players. Sometimes the little fish that out grows his pond needs to find a bigger pond to test his mettle. Resna has been the ocean in AoC since Alpha 1. The guilds on the other servers will tell you that who moved away to avoid said guilds/pvp/sweat fest.
bro you gotta make a video about the election results lmao
LOL every MMO makes you feel like this when you start then it all becomes the same, after a year of AOC you will be running in on your mount smashing down everything with your AOE and looking at the next game making a video with the title XX Game makes you feel small.
Can anyone play this game right now
only on weekends for backers right now
First!
the pulls should be more sensitiv e... at 1.42 you killed a mob BUT the other mob should have pulled they would see you attacking their mate afterall, you were like 5 yards away. Not harsh enough imo at a glance. Your analogy is just nonsense - it will always depend on your level mate as to whether an area is 'dangerous'. Wow would have seen you pull at least two mobs at the same time at the proximity you were hitting anyone of the mobs in this video - depending on your level is determinate to risk. From what i have seen in regards to ashes its care bear and scuffed at the moment.
Trump won, rip Wildstar, so sad about that game...
I think most MMOs make you feel small, including WOW
wow ? lol no way portals everywhere, flying fast af mounts Yeah its big af but you can zoom through everything this is classic wow feeling without flight paths and 60 % mount at best feeling of big
WoW? Naaah
@pix00l ? U feel u r like a super hero in WOW?
It does make you feel small when you pay 120 Dollars to Alpha Test for them.
The combat still looks so stale
literally looks like combat from 2004, 20 years later there is zero innovation
trust me having played it myself, combat "feels" so good. It may "look" stale maybe because the augment system is not in place yet. A lot of room for improvement for sure
i thought thats what they aiming for the old school vibe. if you looking for crazy combat play BDO
@@pancitnoodle here come the guys that paid 120$ with a standard talking points. if you don't like it don't play it, go watch something else, its alpha, bla bla. we are talking about this game, not bdo, not any other game. also archage looked like it had better combat, you know, the game they took inspiration from
@@hmp01 Cry harder mate, it might validate your point.
120$ for an alpha is just too steep sorry
Then don't buy it lol
Wanker! Come to Vyra! - Srathor
Maybe hook up on the same server after next wipe? We got like 10 on AoC sitting right in the middle mix of Nova, Envous and EPH ...... Hopefully up to 20 this weekend
the game is TRASH it looks rubbish and this is just a cash grab and this game will NEVER go to live service
Steven burnt through 30 million bucks and now is asking us to pay him to Alpha and Beta test his game. 😂😂😂 See ya at full release in 2030! 😂😂😂