Ashes of Creation
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tower
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I'm not bothered with the graphics, I'm concerned with how clunky it plays. Which at times seems to be case and at others seems to not be (which, fair enough, if they're still pre-alpha I dont expect perfect. But I also remember Mist warning us about Warhammer's shitty client a year before it came out when no one wanted to hear it)
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Transcript of the last AMA
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7/25/20 Reddit AMA Transcript - The Ashes Post
July 25th Reddit AMA Transcript – Steven hops onto Reddit for an AMA with the community to discuss development progress. Q: When discussing the breakdown of rogue archetypes, you said only rogues will excel at delving the deepest dungeons, what else…
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Leibowitz
Trakanon Raider
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so looks like pre-ordering package can get you into alpha/beta? Have they put any timelines etc? Not looking to do alpha but beta seems like a good idea for a game with potential complexities as this.
Tearofsoul
Ancient MMO noob
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Dandai
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You’re technically correct (the best kind of correct) as there hasn’t been any “creep” of added features, but surely we can agree that the scope of features would be considered ambitious for a huge AAA dev studio... which this is not.
Daidraco
Golden Baronet of the Realm
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Long story short, yes. What's worse, is that items can be enchanted - ala Black Desert Online. Which was one of my chief complaints about that game. On the flip side though, I loved playing BDO up until I hit that specific grind wall. So maybe this will play out different?
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Cybsled
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Archeage had the “upgrade weapons to a certain point, then they have a chance of downgrading or blowing up”. The game maker sold charms and scrolls that slightly reduced the chance of failure, making it p2w RNG. It sounds like he wants the same bullshit, but without the p2w aspect. It’s like crafting with a titanforge mechanic, except if you fail it disenchants your epic sword into dust or turns it into a green or blue.
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TJT
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Never played BDO. Can you elaborate on this? I am expecting that the player interaction in terms of PVP and crafting are what will drive player interaction. However, does that mean that the average player will be spending their time hunting for crafting mats? Killing mobs to gain gold to buy crafted stuff? Or what?
I'll be a bit disappointed if that's all it ends up being.
Daidraco
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I dont believe Sharif is truly going to make drops from raid targets have "just" crafting materials. But even if he does it's going to work like every other game in this vein.
You get a rare .0105% drop crafting material to pair up with a less rare-common currency, along with disposable crafting materials to make a Sword. That sword by itself is strong of course, but to make it better - you have to get an exact copy of that sword to enchant it to that same Sword "+1". Repeat that process over and over again until you get to +4. After +4 you still have what appears to be a max of +10 you can go through. At +5, you start to have a rate of failure of something like 10% (example) and as the item gets to higher and higher ranks the chance of failure increases considerably. If the enchant fails, then the sword is destroyed or goes down one to three levels.
Not only do you have this grind with your weapon, but every single piece of gear you have. I dont think I ever saw anyone with +10 in every single slot, and usually when your upper echelon of people started getting +10 in several slots, thats when new content would be planned to come out with new items to start the treadmill all over again. It's just not my cup of tea, but I still plan on playing the game up till that system does influence me.
You get a rare .0105% drop crafting material to pair up with a less rare-common currency, along with disposable crafting materials to make a Sword. That sword by itself is strong of course, but to make it better - you have to get an exact copy of that sword to enchant it to that same Sword "+1". Repeat that process over and over again until you get to +4. After +4 you still have what appears to be a max of +10 you can go through. At +5, you start to have a rate of failure of something like 10% (example) and as the item gets to higher and higher ranks the chance of failure increases considerably. If the enchant fails, then the sword is destroyed or goes down one to three levels.
Not only do you have this grind with your weapon, but every single piece of gear you have. I dont think I ever saw anyone with +10 in every single slot, and usually when your upper echelon of people started getting +10 in several slots, thats when new content would be planned to come out with new items to start the treadmill all over again. It's just not my cup of tea, but I still plan on playing the game up till that system does influence me.
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