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Time to pony up I think. Thnking Freelancer.

If you check out their staff on LinkedIn two things quickly become clear : i) they are largely staffed by people for whom their current role is a step up and for which many don't have experience; ii) the only way they could deliver a game of this scope is by copy and pasting WoW then...

No one said the player base will shrink quickly. In fact the only thing that was said was that it wouldn't happen straight away. As for not paying attention I'd guess most if not nearly all of us have played Dayz. So we all know the strengths and short comings of this type of game. This is a...

Don't agree with a lot of this. There's a subset of people who just want a gankfest. Just like there is a subset of people on UO freeshards whose sole existence is spent lol'ing on the forums at people who don't like being griefed. They keep lol'ing while the player base disperses and then...

Sounds like they made a mistake playing it on a system it hadn't been tested on. Game looks good visually. Just took my first serious look at their sales page intending to pledge. Holy cash grabs. Couldn't even see packages to just buy the game.

Sinking in that there are no skills / builds and I am considerably less excited about this now. Smed really misled me with the SWG references.

WoD will turn it around for WoW. Housing. Seriously. (Not necessarily turn it around in the way that will appeal to a lot of our community.)

Presume you're aware of the guild rule about PRX members not posting shit on forums ? You might want to wind your neck in.

Holy shit ! That's great news. I was thinking it was still wayyyy off. Damn that's disappointing. No skill points or builds ? Not sure how far the comparison to SWG can go in that case.

Interesting tweet from him last night : So I just found out that you guys are going to find out what I've been working on really soon... 5-6pm tomorrowGame Talk Live GameTalk Live | GameTalk Live is a video game news show broadcast five days a week on Twitch. Same thing Smed was on about...

Next gen of MMOs ? Garriott - check. Chris Roberts - check. Smed - check. . .. .... Koster .. You know it's coming. Don't pretend you didn't. Won't be a popular opinion I expect but I'd welcome a Koster MMO after the stillbirths of the last nine years.

Ut pretty much did that when he bought the game. From the outside listening in they've done a good job.

As I said, I raised the question in the dev chat and their answer was as I've described. To be fair I did say in the last post that they've done a poor job of communicating the MMO aspects. Treesong is right in that the major disconnect is the overland map; it's essentially a gui for fast...

So as I outlined above it's an MMO a la UO but they're also releasing five RPG 'chapters' - one a year over the next five years - set within the MMO. It's the first game implementing this idea of 'an RPG series set within an MMO' and you're right they could do a better job of communicating...

I just bought it myself so I'm certainly not hating on it. Yeah first week sales are clearly okay here in the UK - entered the sales chart at no 6 Just a big drop for a Blizzard title to go down to 37 in only its second week.

Not sure how this is doing around the world but in the UK it barely hangs on in the top 40 best selling games, down from 6 to 37, in its second week. Its first week sales weren't brilliant. GFK Chart-Track From the look and sound of it it deserves better but it seems people are pissed at...

Noticed this which was s stretch goal: Also they spoke on one of the Dev Chats about how individuals and guilds can have their own coat of arms, which they can sketch out and give to crafters to put on armor etc Also found the following info amongst the FAQ in answer to the...

*********************************************OFFER ENDED********************************************* ***** That's all folks ! Any time mate, glad to help. All it meant for me was that they got a little more of my money sooner than I'd planned (I'm paing for the Knight tier monthly)...

If info you sent me was correct - and you only had $5 pledged on that account before - it's added the $40 to the initial pledge (now at Royal Artisan) and then listed it separately at the bottom. But yeah you look in good shape, just need to get them to append the [F]ounder status onto your...

Resent mate. Nothing to worry about, just their site getting hammered. Lots of people ponying up at the last minute by the looks. No worries. The +/- is the recruitment bonus. You can click it up to 1 because I've gifted the $25 bonus I receive for recruiting you to you. If it was still...

Sorted mate. Just click on the link in the email you've received. Then add the Alienware link :http://na.alienwarearena.com/news/ge...pledge-upgrade

Anomander I got your latest message. I notice you say you've got a SoTA account and you've pledged. To be clear let me underline that to receive the Founder gift and cost it needs to be an account with no pledges on it. If you have already pledged it should let you receive Founder status...

Interesing idea Treesong and I'll probably do a couple of accounts to sell. What prompted me to do this is realizing that the $25 recruit bonus just goes towards the $750 cost of my Knight pledge. I'm not gaining or losing anything while I do it so why not help a few folk out at the same...

BREAKING NEWS - $60 SoTAFounderaccount for $15 It's occurred to me that if I keep the $25 recruitment bonus instead of passing it on I can give folks the $40 for $15 and not lose out. So for a limited number of folk (no more than a half dozen or so) you can have a $60 founder account...

Yes mate that it's. You're all set with the $85 pledged. From now on you can move to a higher tier and you will get all the Founder bonuses. PM'ed Anomander Rake and rmack. Yes, feel free to use this guy - it was me that linked this and recommended him earlier. He got me set up and I believe...

OUAriakas Check your email mate. Once on the SoTA page go to your account page to claim the $25 recruit bonus which I've gifted to you. Once you've done that stay logged in on that SoTA account and click on the following for the freebie Alienware $20 bonus pledge to your...

For the one year anniversary of their KS they're doing a week long series of dev diaries called Deep Dive that gives the latest info on plans for the game. Last nights was on 'Multiplayer and Instancing'. It's over an hour long but you pretty much get the idea in the first 5 or 10 minutes...

Done Ryanz. Check your email. Just click on the link in that and you're set. Once you've done that stay logged in on that SoTA account and click on the following for the freebie Alienware $20 bonus pledge to your account:http://na.alienwarearena.com/news/ge...pledge-upgrade Anyone else...

Ryanz check your PMs mate. Goiing to bed in a couple minutes but will wait to see if you want to sort out Founder status now. For anyone else how it works is this : 1. Any present Founder status member can buy you a $40 Founder status account by paying the $40 themselves 2. The buying...

Love this. Snakes need to kick but apart from that, A+.

Time will tell. Citz did you play UO and the Ultima series ? If not I suspect you are in for a surprising treat. My answer that you quoted only describes housing, which is one aspect of the foundations of the game. There is a whole host of content and class choices beyond that. Lots of...

No more or less than UO was. But it's the first MMO since UO to have meaningful 'real world' housing. Priority placement is significant. If you've played EQN:L imagine the priority system in that in something like WoW or EQ1, with the housing in cities/towns/villages and with the player...

Vvoid, I did monthly on the Knight deal. Came out to $129 monthly BUT they make clear it's basically a direct debit and they can't cancel it - you have to. So if you don't remember to you'll keep adding money to your account. No mate I've never done sales but some years ago my boss at the time...

I suck.

1. It's clear from Garriott talking in a couple of those interviews above that the prices are set knowing that they are still going to resell on ebay etc for multiples of those numbers. 2. I struggled with the cost but it isn't actually a $720 add just for the Knights Keep. You're actually...

How does Collector = Royal Founder please Treesong ? Is that something I can or have qualified for or is it out of my reach ? edit : Oh wow ! nm just realized it's at artisan level for founders and I do get that horn, I'm pumped for that. I think Iolos Lute and that Horn are the two things I...

Interesting fact number (1) for non-oldies : Chris Roberts (of Roberts Space Industries - Star Citizen Online) first major job was working for Garriotts Origin systems, leaving after 10 years to Microsoft after he had put out Wing Commander. Roberts was the designer Garriott referred to in his...

Ah yes I think you're right Treesong. Important thing is to make sure you have founder status. If you have that now you're probably (bit convoluted but looks like) just getting a discount (eg Knight is $750 instead of $800). Mad Hermit did a good set of walkthroughs of the different homes...

Did you see their response to the player feedback on that Treesong ? World Maps: The Minimum Expectations of 21st Century RPGS | Shroud of the Avatar Forum As for not buying in now that may be a mistake. 1. Priority choice of lot placement; 2. Both lot and houses/buildings...

Do you mean Tabula Rasa Gecko ? I thought that was awful. I remember how for a number of years it was basically going to be UO2 - fantasy based; I remember reading about evolving weapons in it and that sort of thing. Interesting vid I just found and started watching a few mins ago from 2011 -...