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Any interest left in the SotA launch? - Poll
MightyUnclean
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I'm just curious if anyone on here has any interest in trying Shroud of the Avatar when it officially launches...soon?
SotA official launch interest
- Will you try SotA when it officially launches?136 votes
- I have never played it and will give it a try.6.62%
- I have never played it and will not give it a try.44.85%
- I have played it before and will give it another try.21.32%
- I have played it before and will not give it another try.27.21%
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Game launched in 2016 when it went full persistent. There's can be no denying it either when you have players with crafting skills and combat skills leveled so high that it will take new players years and years of dedicated grinding to get to where those players are right now. Kicker is these players in game now will never be caught. The skill system is capless so they will always have the advantage.
I don't know why people call this game a sandbox or a MMO. The adventure scenes are dedicated for grinding and the housing scenes are gated. You can buy deeds and houses from the cash shop or risk RMT and buy from another player with paypal or bitcoin or sthg like that. The MMO perception doesn't make sense because the game is so empty and the instanced scenes can only handle a few dozen players at a time and there will still be hitching and load screens.
Each to their own. It's pure sthg, and that's why I say people should try the F2P option first. If you buy it Steam only gives you a couple hours to try it out before you lose your chance for a refund. Try the F2P option first before you buy, there is so much confusion being propagated about this game from their developers.f Just yesterday Lord British wrote in a forum post that the game isn't a MMO, but that they call it a MMO for marketing. Read that to mean the guy that created the game doesn't even know if it's a MMO or not.
I have never played it nor will I give it a try at launch, but at post launch plus one year, perhaps.
All depends how well it is doing at the time.
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I have lol, EQ, Vanguard and pretty much every other non open world MMO
Yes. I think I might buy some, take it to China, get him cloned and see if a younger version of himself can dish out some decent games in a few years.
And silly me had already purchased it. Found out the first time I logged in how horrid the instancing was.
I really cannot begin to comprehend how or why anyone would think the world / instancing of this game was a good idea. It's just absolutely stupid.
"Official launch" with characters and progression and land plots that have been around for over a year sounds about right for this game.
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Try a MUD today at http://www.mudconnect.com/The game has *NOT* launched yet. It is still an early access game and is not finished. They have very set goals to reach before the game is actually released and they have been pouring in tons of content and updates to get to that point. You can visit their site and read all the stuff they put in every update, esp R41-R51
https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?p=80681#Schedule
It's a good game but seems the same trolls want to bash away here. It may not be the game for you but just because you played for a couple of hours back in R14 of the game in 2014 doesn't mean it hasn't vastly changed over the years to the state it is in now. They are constantly listening to the players and implementing new things as well as working on their backer promises to be ready in Episode 1 at launch.
There are tons of new players everyday. I've been seeing new faces and friending as many as I can as well as recruiting for new players. The game is not an easy hack n slash and has a learning curve, especially with changes occurring all the time as we get closer to launch, so it helps getting to know people in the community and joining friendly guilds to help you out as you start.
It's not you're typical mmo/single player/mp rpg type game. It's a hybrid and I believe that is one of the unique qualities they wanted to embrace in the game. If you want a world with thousands of people in one zone/instance. This is probably not the game for you. There are hundreds of players on at any given time. This is the current standard population. You can see everyone on your friend's list if they are on, in MP mode or single player mode and their locations. You can see all those around you as well, especially in the overworld map, if you have your "nearby players" list open as well.
For those that are mad about players having housing before you... really? That's what you're going to get mad at? Those spots change hands all the time. Sure, some for money. Some for better spots that pop up. People are always moving around and changing towns/cities, and will continue to do so as they continue to add content and new cities.
They keep upgrading the combat systems so it just gets better over time. The crafting systems is one of the better ones in MMO's atm. Sure, I still prefer old Star Wars Galaxies craft systems, but as it is with what's out there, this is pretty good. Very player economy focused and driven. The housing systems, decorations, ability to get loot or craft your own items to decorate your houses/towns is the best out there and it's been the best for a very long while. Graphics keep updating to look even better, esp if you can support 4K+ and turn on saturation for great lighting effects and colors. Default seems a bit muted to have a medieval story look, but turn up your settings and the game looks amazing. If you don't have the hardware to see it or cant run with specs turned up, that does not make the game bad or the graphics bad. That's a user issue.
The game has telethon events to win prizes and donate for store items all the time. Last one a few days ago raised over $110k. Players that donated at least $5 got all of the 13 stretch goal items (limited goods). Plenty of old school players from the days of Ultima Online and EQ are still playing in Shroud of the Avatar, even some of the old guilds and player towns from then are over there. They have events all the time and broadcast live. Plenty of life in the game if you know where to look.
If you don't like a game that constantly is changing prior to launch and has a long list of goals and layer input to add to the game, then by all means, carry on and march elsewhere. No need to try and bring your misery to everyone else because something "hurt your feelings". Let others give it a fair try and see for themselves.
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I will maybe try it again if it has a free trial, but from the time i did play it i was not very impressed at all, it was dull, boring and lacking in many ways. (that is without counting any of the bugs at the time as those were expected to be in game). Its just the game was boring and dull.
I would go so far as saying that not 1 but 2 deceased games were better but died due to lack of interest (Warhammer online and Tabula Rasa).
And so what if you play a game where others have had more time before you? That's like that with any game you decide to play after launch. What, you want to just play only at release with games so you can have that feeling of being the best at something for all of 10 minutes until someone surpasses you?
What exactly is game killing about those players that have been around a while?
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