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Post by sbef on Sept 16, 2021 22:10:52 GMT
 Anyone excited for this new MMORPG? Releases on September 28, 2021 and I'm looking forward to a triple-A MMO that goes for a more western, realistic look and an action-RPG feel instead of the classic tab targeting with three dozen abilities. It's developed by Amazon Game Studios, so they're certainly not short on cash and apparently Jeff Bezos needs even more of my money. |
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KD
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Post by KD on Sept 16, 2021 23:55:36 GMT
No monthly fee helps, may give it a try as the beta seemed unique enough.
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 17, 2021 8:38:13 GMT
Yeah, I ended up pre-ordering it after the last beta test a month or so ago. Felt fun and different enough from typically MMO fair, so fingers crossed.
I do have some concerns about how fleshed out the PvE content is going to be, given that they basically had to pivot from a PvP focus to PvE very late on in development (though certainly the correct decision if they want it to survive). Also not sold on the Dark Souls-lite combat they've ended up with after removing the stagger/flinch mechanic, which strikes me as fairly essential if you don't want your mass PvP wars to just turn into a blob of player spam with little to no nuance in the approach.
Guess we'll see. I usually find launch is where the most fun is to be had with MMOs these days, so still looking forward to it.
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sbef
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Post by sbef on Sept 17, 2021 8:45:43 GMT
I do have some concerns about how fleshed out the PvE content is going to be, given that they basically had to pivot from a PvP focus to PvE very late on in development (though certainly the correct decision if they want it to survive). Also not sold on the Dark Souls-lite combat they've ended up with after removing the stagger/flinch mechanic, which strikes me as fairly essential if you don't want your mass PvP wars to just turn into a blob of player spam with little to no nuance in the approach. I agree but I am optimistic, the issue with MMOs is that they're very costly to develop, and with Amazon's backing, money is the least of their problems. As far as I can tell they've listened to the community so far, sometimes a little too much I reckon, but there's some hope stagger or more DS-like mechanics return, and certainly PVE will be fleshed out. I bet there's a team right now modeling two dozen mobs from squirrels and foxes to harpies and fleshy abominations. Personally I would like the PVE to be more towards the skilling aspect of Runescape: more skills, more things to do, and player-driven economy needs to be central to it all. That said, it's my first MMO, everything else out there doesn't strike my fancy at all, so I see it more as spending $40 for an early-access MMO that's trying something different, or more modern, than anything else out there. Certainly they've nailed the social, or "massively multiplayer" aspect, and that's good enough to justify my preorder. |
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Post by gray on Sept 17, 2021 11:51:46 GMT
Enjoyed the beta enough to keep my pre-order, but I hope they increase the performance capability. The game ran like shit and we're not getting new GPUs anytime soon.
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Post by sbef on Sept 17, 2021 12:22:10 GMT
Enjoyed the beta enough to keep my pre-order, but I hope they increase the performance capability. The game ran like shit and we're not getting new GPUs anytime soon. Fair enough, it didn't run well for me either in the villages, but I'm told it was much smoother during the closed beta 2 months ago, so perhaps it's just a performance regression which hopefully they'll fix by launch. |
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 27, 2021 14:45:41 GMT
Pre-load should be available in about 15 mins for those wanting to get ready for tomorrow's launch.
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 27, 2021 18:56:12 GMT
Lol guessing not a lot on interest in this, then. It's a 37.3GB download/pre-load size via Steam if anyone was wondering.
Feels like quite a while since we've had a fresh MMO launch (I refuse to count Crowfall). Looking forward to enjoying it for at least two weeks before it inevitably tanks.
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Sept 27, 2021 21:29:02 GMT
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Post by Sharzam on Sept 27, 2021 21:29:02 GMT
Well I am excited. A new mmo which isn't terrible is always interesting, a very low bar to be fair.
Had no performance problems at all in the last beta so should run well for most. Ryzen 3800X and 5700XT here so not exactly amazing.
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 27, 2021 21:39:36 GMT
Yeah, my performance was actually pretty decent on a slightly aging machine. That being said, I've just fired up the pre-load, which only allows you to access the main menu (no servers or character creation available) and my resolution looks slightly fuzzy, despite being on 1440p ...
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Post by myk on Sept 28, 2021 8:21:09 GMT
some fairly crazy queues this morning, you know it's day one when there's 3000 people ahead of you.
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 28, 2021 8:22:22 GMT
Haha yeah, I'm 3746 atm. On Hades.
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Sept 28, 2021 9:11:56 GMT
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Post by Sharzam on Sept 28, 2021 9:11:56 GMT
Atleast you can make your characters before hitting the queues. So can achieve something.
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 28, 2021 9:17:23 GMT
Yeah, I'm getting no where tbh. Constant queue kicks, world maintenance notifications, what looks like momentary character creation roll backs (but which seem to correct themselves), and queue position fluctuating between c.3000-c.8000 lol
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 28, 2021 11:07:53 GMT
... still 2,500 in the queue lol
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Post by myk on Sept 28, 2021 11:48:41 GMT
yeah, it's crazy. There's a load of twitch drops from watching streams over the next couple of days, might be staring at a queue counter at this rate  |
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 28, 2021 11:52:46 GMT
Hehe reading some of the Steam comments, I suspect I may have made an error choosing one of the main EN servers from closed/open beta to play on. Ah well, might get to the starter beach by some time this evening, fingers crossed.
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 28, 2021 11:54:37 GMT
I will say, though, that my character's totally bitching electric red mohawk is adequately boss. I suspect I'm going to go hatchet/musket with her |
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Post by gray on Sept 28, 2021 13:51:06 GMT
The Americans hammering the EU servers all day today probably hasn't helped. Not that we were expecting anything different.
My 4 hour queue from 2500 this morning died around 500. I suspect us normal grown ups won't get to play it for a week or so.
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 28, 2021 13:53:33 GMT
Yeah, it's not looking good. I'm down to 1271, but I've been in the queue over a combined total of 6 hours now (taking into account server restarts and connection drops). Will see how it goes, but may just park it for a day or two until things calm down.
536k in-game according to Steam atm.
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Post by gray on Sept 28, 2021 14:01:56 GMT
Can't remember how cross realm or party play works but I'll be on Tir Na Nog as runako. If anyone is looking at what server to choose or wants to send a friends invite please do.
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Post by magicpanda on Sept 28, 2021 14:17:28 GMT
I've just put in an hour on Iroko which is part of Vanahiem Sigma cross realm group. The queues were insane on other realms.
Mortora is me.
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Sept 28, 2021 15:54:45 GMT
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Post by Sharzam on Sept 28, 2021 15:54:45 GMT
So iam guessing you can play with people in the same 'world set' but can you also be in the same companies/guilds? Or do you need to be on the same server for that?
I am guessing when the initial rush dies down there will be quite a few server merges. Because by god do they have alot at the moment.
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Sept 28, 2021 16:00:23 GMT
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Post by Sharzam on Sept 28, 2021 16:00:23 GMT
Re queues, not to bad here on Penglai (picked at random) was 10 around lunch time (so basically instant) and is currently 400 which looks to be about up to two hour queue.
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 28, 2021 17:52:55 GMT
Managed to get about an hour in on Hades (current queue: 11k lol), after about 7 hours wait. Soon realised I'd fucked up my player model in character creation (something I'm totally anal about) and discovered that whilst there is a grace period for logouts it doesn't apply to deleting and remaking your char Ah well, was going to watch the football tonight anyway, so will likely try again tomorrow. One thing I did notice that was that a lot of the in-game text seemed slightly fuzzy. Not too sure what that was all about, and not something I recall from beta. This was at 1440p. |
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Sept 28, 2021 18:12:53 GMT
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Post by Graxlar on Sept 28, 2021 18:12:53 GMT
Re queues, not to bad here on Penglai (picked at random) was 10 around lunch time (so basically instant) and is currently 400 which looks to be about up to two hour queue. 2 hours for a queue for 400 is not good. They need to up the server player count. |
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 28, 2021 18:19:13 GMT
Is it capped at 2k per server atm? I'm presuming the plan is to leave the door open for merging the various world sets down the line.
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Sept 28, 2021 18:23:08 GMT
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Post by Graxlar on Sept 28, 2021 18:23:08 GMT
Is it capped at 2k per server atm? I'm presuming the plan is to leave the door open for merging the various world sets down the line. Yeah capped at 2k. Currently they are looking at ways to increase servers but not looking to up the limit. |
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Post by gray on Sept 28, 2021 19:23:30 GMT
Apparently offering a server transfer "at some point after 2 weeks" to ease everyone joining the same server as their favourite twitch celeb. Unsure if that means you can transfer to a realm of your choosing once its enabled though.
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 28, 2021 19:30:26 GMT
Majority of Twitch streamers are presumably on NA server though, surely?
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