Albion Online
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I'm pretty sure they will. In one of the videos I've seen on steam there seem to be a map system. Don't see why fast travel wouldn't be implemented.
Tearofsoul
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Laura
Lord Nagafen Raider
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Playing guild-less seems challenging for finding T4+ buildings is not as easy.
You need to farm your ass off in order to build one T4 building and your plot can only hold a few at best. Though staying around a city that has all these T4 items does help.
I wonder if I should join an established guild.
You need to farm your ass off in order to build one T4 building and your plot can only hold a few at best. Though staying around a city that has all these T4 items does help.
I wonder if I should join an established guild.
I'll probably jump in when they hit beta phase. I wonder if they're going to add raid mobs and stuff. Would be interesting to watch a raid mob fuck up your player made village. Could really change raids from being "go here, do pattern, kill raid mob, get loot" into "OH SHIT ITS A RAID MOB OH NOES ITS EATING MAH HOUSE! CALL THE GUILD JESUS CHRIST CALL THE GUILD!"
Instead of killing this mob because its there, you kill it because it can eat your house.
Or you.
Instead of killing this mob because its there, you kill it because it can eat your house.
Or you.
I randomly got invited to a short alpha test week earlier in the year and had a blast. The core gameplay seems like the right evolution of old school UO - guild towns with more explicit functionality, wars with consequence, better diplomacy/politics.
As is always the way with any MMO that embraces interesting social mechanics, it's the superficial elements of the game that need serious work. Being so cross-platform is cool in theory, but as I imagine 80% of players will be on the PC, it could really use its own dedicated interface with more functionality and less of a mobile gaming vibe. The graphics are passable - not something I would worry too much about considering how rare the core mechanics are in games these days, but it could certainly do with a bit of character, as it all looks a bit generic at the moment.
Really liked the skill system, clearly inspired by path of exile where skill gems slotted into gear define what your character is capable of, and far more appropriate than a traditional level system that inevitably locks new players out of interesting content. If anything, Path of Exile's skill gems could be compared to fitting a ship in Eve, and so anything that follows that same rough design makes a lot of sense for a sandbox game. After all, being able to have a new guy join the game, find a guild and immediately be kitted out in cheap but functional gear that allows them to contribute in pvp (like any tackler can in eve) is exactly what these games need. But again, the flow of combat and the skills themselves felt a bit off, and need a lot of work to make pvp itself a satisfying experience.
As is always the way with any MMO that embraces interesting social mechanics, it's the superficial elements of the game that need serious work. Being so cross-platform is cool in theory, but as I imagine 80% of players will be on the PC, it could really use its own dedicated interface with more functionality and less of a mobile gaming vibe. The graphics are passable - not something I would worry too much about considering how rare the core mechanics are in games these days, but it could certainly do with a bit of character, as it all looks a bit generic at the moment.
Really liked the skill system, clearly inspired by path of exile where skill gems slotted into gear define what your character is capable of, and far more appropriate than a traditional level system that inevitably locks new players out of interesting content. If anything, Path of Exile's skill gems could be compared to fitting a ship in Eve, and so anything that follows that same rough design makes a lot of sense for a sandbox game. After all, being able to have a new guy join the game, find a guild and immediately be kitted out in cheap but functional gear that allows them to contribute in pvp (like any tackler can in eve) is exactly what these games need. But again, the flow of combat and the skills themselves felt a bit off, and need a lot of work to make pvp itself a satisfying experience.
That was my only real issue as well. I don't understand why the tablet and PC versions use the same UI. I'm sure there's a way to do a PC UI and a tablet one.
Balroc
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So, what are people saying about this game? Is it getting better or worse in this new alpha phase? From the streams I've watched it looks pretty boring. They basically implemented a farming simulator now and there's a lot of busywork to build and upkeep buildings. The game doesn't look solo friendly at all either.
Bondurant
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IMO interesting PvP features, hit or miss game design, Free2download business model, awful combat gameplay.
Awful combat is an understatement. A Diablo 1 Warrior has more interesting combat techniques than characters in this game.
Yeah, hopefully they flesh out combat way more. I feel like being on tablets is going to hold this back a bit.
