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I am considering buying Founder but i have few questions:
Hello,
I am one of the guys that like to backup good games so CEs were my thing. Now that Founder is available i want to buy it and i have few quick questions:
1: How long the Alpha will last from now on ?
2: Founder is eligible for english client?
3: How do you define the level of the bugs, exploits, hacks in this game so far ?
4: What you cant do in ArchAge and you can do in other 5 mmo ?
5: Whats the level of griefing so far ? I am ok with whatever the level is...i just want to know.
6: How big is the world? If you could travel around the world it will take aprox...how long ?
7: Any other things i need to know?
Thanks
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ArcheAge is not a new game, been out for over 2 years. so their founderpacks is only here right now to milk people of their Moneys, because they cannot wait any longer for playing the game, pretty sure it will be same on Beta - they will force people to spend Money to even be part of beta now.
it exist a RU/Korean version of this game, but the sad part is both those is running for a huge population of bots, economy etc is broken and so on, so if i were you i would first of play the game to see if trion truly will keep this game botting free and from being ruined as RU/Korean version.,
Join russian beta with EN patch to find out for yourself.
Most of your questions cannot be answere because you know...the game is in alpha...
When Trion moves the game to Beta...
Thanks. I thought it was announced.
Lets say you have no problem throwing the money for Alpha...will you buy the Apha considering you have nothing interesting to play and you want a new game?!?!?!
Different strokes for different folks, just because someone likes the game does not mean you will like it too.
Only thing I could recommend you is to what I already did - try out RU beta for yourself.
Also, do not expect much game changes from Trion, they will be minimal. Economy won't be any better either, it's how the game is designed.
Also there is no NDA on alpha so make as many questions as you want.
Why are you spreading misinformation Gdmami -.-
2)Not sure i understood the question, but the client is in english.
3)Bugs are mainly about translations and client issues as the game has been out for very long. Bots and hacks are bad news in Russia; we'll have to see fo NA.
4)Nothing?
5)It's ok-ish; but if you can't stand losing your trade packs or getting killed by same faction don't spend money on it or sit in safe areas all day long.
6)Very very big. You can use portals to travel faster; but they use stones that are not very cheap.
7) Visit the official forums
I am not spreading misinformation, you are spreading nonsense - simultanious alpha and beta. The development is in either alpha or beta phase, cannot be both.
I must admit it wasn't easy to find it again even for me
http://forums.archeagegame.com/showthread.php?4159-Founder-s-packs-prices&p=65713#post65713
"Alpha will last all the way through to launch later this year. It'll also be a 24/7 service (though may be brought down for CBEs)."
of course not. Supporting cash grabs of this magnitude (or any magnitude) only brings more ridiculous cash grabs down the road. If i have nothing to play i dig a bit deeper on google and im sure ill find something to wait for any launch.
1: How long the Alpha will last from now on ?
No one really knows
2: Founder is eligible for english client?
Yes
3: How do you define the level of the bugs, exploits, hacks in this game so far ?
The game is polished but also technically released for awhile now
4: What you cant do in ArchAge and you can do in other 5 mmo ?
It's more crafting centered which is rare these days, other then that it's mostly a WoW + Tera clone
5: Whats the level of griefing so far ? I am ok with whatever the level is...i just want to know.
Griefing is out of hand and Asians have a history of never attempting to balance games their MMO's so expect people to insta kill each other for a long long time
6: How big is the world? If you could travel around the world it will take aprox...how long ?
Bigger then most
7: Any other things i need to know?
You spam quests on a linear path and can hit max in a week. There's no endgame beyond crafting armor and pvp. Most the classes are useless and the ones that aren't are anti fun(spam a single ability 95% of the time, etc), Open world which feels more immersive, often ruined by cash shop race cars and other nonsensical items.
Ah, sounds fun so far.
Are there any keeps, castles to conquer?
There is an entire continent to conquer with castle sieges and all. The castle sieges ARE caped to, iirc, 70 players on each side...this stops zerging guilds from taking over everything.
There has been mention of creating your own faction sometime in the future. There is also an active pirate faction to join.
my comments in red.
Also if you join a guild your guild can save to make your own castle or lay siege to other castles. There are benefits to having a castle. It's on Northern continent which has a special crafting benefit since it's where you get Akhium water.
Where is the cash grab?
Cash grabs to me are reliant on the quality of the product and its ability to deliveron expectations. The three last games to come down the pike (soon to be four with Windstar) only this one is even close to fulfilling expectations and its free to play so the expectations are much much much less. Which is the best irony of all, this game is more deserving of a sub than the other two games were. But then again this IS actually a sub game with a free to play option, not a free to play game with a sub option. Because people playing it for free really wont be playing, they will just be sightseeing.
But the price tag of this game IS NOT for apha or beta access, it is for all the things they list. Two of which account for 115 buck of the 150. Now if you want to claim the 35 dollars is a cash grab sure go ahead I guess. But that would only be the case if you didnt value any of the cash store stuff or exclusives you got with the purchase.
These packages are pre order bonus packages no different than any other collectors edition pre order package we have seen in the past. Except the game is good enough to allow mass amounts of people to see it now. We all know its been released for 15 or 16 months, but it is still getting switched over and is not in full release with the same resources a fully released game has.
If the game was garbage (like the other two I alluded to) then sure feel free to bash it, but it is worth every penny of the free to play price tag it will have. It is also worthy of paying a subscription for. While it isnt perfect the base is there for a very good game. As long as Trion can have some influence and XL can rein in some of the overly western viewpoints Trion might have. It could make for a great balance. Not too Asian not too western. The best of both worlds, similar to how vanilla GW was when it first came out.
Bottomline is Archeage is the first game in a long time where you actually felt like you are IN the world of the game not just looking at a screen logging onto some random server. Had Lotro been able to capture that feeling it would have been a blockbuster. But Archeage actually does it. Not positive how, but it is all the little things I guess.
Probably reading a bit more in the archeagegame.com forums in general, but this toppic is specific.
Sounds like Archeage is a "sandbox" for cheater & exploiter.
http://forums.archeagegame.com/showthread.php?2772-Hacks-cheats-dupes-bots-exploits-Q-to-developers-%28Scapes%29&highlight=russia
Gdemani is incorrect OP. Alpha servers will co-exist during beta, and live release. They plan to keep the alpha server up all the time past launch. This is confirmed.
The game is supposedly going into closed beta during june.
Many people believe because the game is out in Korea, they can copy paste everything over here while they "milk" the founders packs. If you're in the alpha right now, you probably see why its in alpha still. Optimization, translation, bugs, siege fixes, all things needed to be worked out before release.
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Nothing above conflits with my statement, so no, I am not wrong.
as mentioned by other players, i'd say no try the RU version with ENG patch, did the same and well the game flopped for me
1)"Most of your questions cannot be answere because you know...the game is in alpha..."
Wrong, most questions already have an answer.
2)
"When Trion moves the game to Beta..."
Wrong, it will continue till launch
3)"Also, do not expect much game changes from Trion, they will be minimal."
Wrong, they already made changes like adding stuff that was released only after. And there are changes planned for 1.0
You're trolling but I will bite...
1) Most answers cannot really be answered since the game is not released yet, you do not know what will be added/removed, bugs and fixes inclused and population in closed tests is limited. It is too early to make any assumptions like that.
2) You still have no clue what Alpha means nor how development process work. Repeating same fallacy over won't make it true. The product cannot be in Alpha and Released status at the same time.
3) I said "much changes" which fully applies. Goes back to my point 1).
Have you even red the OP questions? No right you were busy trolling.
Also what Alpha means to you nobody really cares. OP made a question i provided an answer to it.
Yes, false answer.