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Also, the way bases work makes the quitting process happen very quickly. If you're not willing to log into a game you're not actively playing for 20 minutes to keep it running, well, you're basically saying fuck it. I know personally, it made it much easier to just quit cold turkey. I'm not...

The first 100 hours were fantastic. They just changed the game from PVE focused to whatever the fuck that is. I think they might've been better off not having the DD at release at all. Release it later with whatever the PVE endgame is going to be.

I like that he called out FoH. Look, I had a really great time playing it. Made it to level 12 on a fighter. Did Wyrmsbane a couple times. Crafted my own set of copper armor and a backpack. There's just some glaring issues that I can see becoming a massive issue. Maybe they get fixed, maybe...

PVP is only shipwrecks and even at the start I never ran into anyone in one. From what I've read, private servers share the public Deep Desert, so you don't actually get to avoid the shitty PVP area.

That's what I'm getting at with MnM though. What are the actual racial differences? It seems like there are none, and that'd be super easy to implement. 6 or less months from EA and that feature isn't in tells me there is no plan for it. Everyone starts with 18 across all stats or whatever it...

I don't know how someone could play this at all without having played EQ. The barrier to entry is so ridiculous, it's incredibly off-putting. I tried playing it in two open tests before and I just couldn't do it. Not being able to see at night, find anything in the city, running like a slug...

It'll be out before, and the graphics are a lot more appealing than the voxel shit. Honestly, I think they have a really good game, but they're dead set on implementing a lot of retarded shit for the sake of being retarded. I really enjoy the game, but I think a lot of those things will keep me...

Was it actually fun because of that or in spite of it though, that's the question it seems like the developers aren't asking. Hell, even EverQuest got rid of a lot of it. We've talked a lot on this board about some of the unique aspects of EQ were things that were either programmed poorly or...

I just don't understand defending the tedium aspects. There's a reason literally zero other games included them after EQ. It's because they're stupid and their inclusion only stands as an annoyance to the playerbase.

Copper is actually kind of ridiculous. In full plate I'm almost 100 weight. And my carrying capacity is like 124. An hour or two at a camp and I'm overweight just from copper. Forget about actually looting any items.

The rent vs buy prospect looks a lot worse with 6% interest rates. Take your Chicago down payment and put it into equities, make 10%, and call it a day.

I may end up treating this one like Dune, where I play to a certain point and call it good enough. I think my major problem at this point is that grouping is basically required, and at this point in my life, it's hard to just sit there for a gaming session for hours without interruption. And...

Yeah, in all the groups I've been in, I end up cleaning the corpses up. I destroy 90% of what drops.

It got updated, this test now ends Monday at 12pm EST.

I mean, I get that. But playing this and it definitely feels like an alpha. For instance, the main city is 90% empty buildings. Are they going to fill them up over the next 6 months before EA? I doubt it, cause that seems like a massive waste of time. If you're going to make me run through a...

This is a pretty cool take on survival games. Grounded is probably the most out of the box one I can think of, but that's still almost identical in concept. This one takes it to a whole different world. Not super far into it, think we're probably nearing the end of the 2nd "area." To me, this...

Been enjoying it so far. It definitely has figured out how to get people in parties to talk to each other. Which is honestly something I haven't seen since EQ, over tons of MMOs. And that community aspect is what made EQ work. Still not sure if I'm willing to pay a monthly sub for an EA game...

I'm guessing you must be playing a character that's been through a few tests at this point? Otherwise you've been flying through the content. When did the 2nd pve server get added?

Really? I haven't been afk a ton. Just spent like 3 or 4 hours in Wyrmsbane. Got the sword on my fighter. It's pretty sweet, although I imagine I'll drop it once I hit 10 for dual wield. I probably spent too much time crafting copper armor. Went and said fuck it and bought a bronze BP. Was a...

That was probably me. How in the fuck are you at steel smithing? I can't even find enough copper to level. No clue where tin or higher is.

I'm not really sure it's worth the risk/reward. People say the bosses drop good loot, but when we finally settled in we never had one spawn. Seems like it'd be way better to just farm Shaded Dunes.

I'm fine with it. I've never seen so many trains in a zone before. It's worse than anything I ever saw in Everquest.

Finally went into Wyrmsbane. We wiped. Having everyone drop all their shit is fucking stupid. It also means you're now stuck with a group who just wiped, for potentially way longer than you wanted to. If you needed to log off, tough shit.

Oh, and as much as people bitch about the WoW questing system of exclamation marks, I've gotta be honest, I don't really understand the appeal of how original EQ did it. For instance, a ton of bandit pages or some shit dropped. I 100% know they're for some kind of quest, but unless I can look...

So this game really shines in the grouping part. Which is kind of how AoA was for me too. Found a group at crocs which was really good, but then found another at the Ashira camp next to the bandits, and holy fuck that was great exp. Halfway through 6 now. Still can't figure out how to actually...

Is there a way to put the abilities bar horizontal? It seems retarded that it's basically like the EQ1 spellbook, but all your default shit is on a vertical bar. Super annoying to look at.

Man, my childhood is dying this week.

And yet, maps exist in the real world because "just memorizing everything" doesn't actually work.

I don't believe they do. I think they made a decent game on a fluke.

Well another one is I got a medium quality pelt or some shit, and it said I could process it at a tannery it on the description. Okay, cool. Luckily I had you map which labels it tannery, otherwise I'd never have found that fucking place and would've just trashed it. Even still, it wasn't until...

Holy shit, thanks. That's helpful. I saw a whole long convo on the Discord the other day about why not having maps in games now is retarded. Basically everyone is going to look one up anyway, so why waste time?

Not to only complain, but holy shit the "only sell items to certain vendors" system is also AIDS. It'd be one thing if the vendors were actually easy to find, but it seems like they're hidden in a sea of empty buildings. Like I've got a bunch of fire beetle parts that no one wants. And with like...

Man, that was fast. Was going to Pensacola and this was already there at the Graffiti Bridge.

Man, it's no wonder I never got into this. Started a shaman. Read the guild note and it gives me some vague directions. Cool, into the city I go (should also mention it's night so I can't see shit). Oh, there's a sign with landmarks. Well fuck, the vague direction I was given isn't on the sign...

They have a name for people like you, too. Mary Sue. Just because you think things are looking up doesn't mean they are. It just means you're unwilling to acknowledge reality. That's not healthy either.

It's because consumers are fucking idiots and enable it though. Look at the people who paid hundreds of dollars to test AoC for them. It's been over a decade of companies releasing unfinished games in EA and then just never really getting around to finishing them, because they already got your...

Literally no fucking clue who that is. Awesome post.

For some reason when we got to Florida my wife really wanted donuts on the beach. I have no idea why, maybe something from her childhood? We saw that a dozen donuts at Krispy Kreme were like $15 and she's like "fuck that, nevermind, that's retarded." I don't know when donuts became so...

And yet, Taylor Swift did the same thing (kind of) and everyone loved her for it. I went to the Metal thread earlier and saw the lineup for his farewell concert. I had seen some clips of it not even realizing that's what it was, but holy shit that lineup was insane.

You look at that video, and everyone basically says A15 to 16 was the peak of the game. It was where basically base building was up to the player's imagination, and they had the learn by doing system. Everything they've done since then is turning a sandbox game into more and more of an on-rails...