The Positive CU thread!!

Slapshot1188 · December 2017

Often we talk about game negatives and sometimes supporters feel that we leave out the positives. This is a chance to talk about those!

List the positives but include only things that actually exist (not promised to someday exist) and nothing related to stuff you can buy.

Here I will start you off:

They have a diehard and dedicated community base of a few thousand potential players.
The developers interact with the diehard community on their forums
They have demonstrated thousands of characters on screen at the same time
They have a REFUND policy for those who change their mind

Reserved for all the future positives supplied:

Regular Email updates each Friday and Newsletters each month. These updates detail what was accomplished and what they plan to work on (Meddyck)
3 Realms exist and are in game (Medyyck)
Players have been in the game's Alpha playing and testing for well over a year
Created their own engine to handle large scale battles
CUBE system useable by players which allows them to "test all aspects of the building system, including destructibility, physics, UI, etc. " Over 1 BILLION blocks have been played thus far.
Published Guiding Principles list
Crafting is in game in a testing form (Medyyck)
9 Classes currently in testing (Medyyck)

I will update this post with any positives that meet the above criteria.

Go!

Kyleran · December 2017

Off hand I've got nothing, but will update if I think of something.

Apparently the only positive thing is people have largely forgotten about it.

Come to think of it, I can't recall when I last recieved a news email from them, seem to have gone dark these days

meddyck · December 2017

Kyleran said:

Off hand I've got nothing, but will update if I think of something.

Apparently the only positive thing is people have largely forgotten about it.

Come to think of it, I can't recall when I last recieved a news email from them, seem to have gone dark these days

They send a weekly update email every Friday and a newsletter at the end of every month. If you aren't getting those emails, the email service they use (Mailchimp) may have auto-removed you for some reason. Others have had that happen. PM Mark or make a thread on the official forum and he'll take care of it.

meddyck · December 2017

No P2W cash shop.

No effort to raise 10s of millions of dollars selling mount skins or the likes. In fact they have stopped new stretch goals until Beta 1 begins.

No PvE level and raiding grind before you can be competitive in RvR.

3 realms with unique races and classes instead of 2 mirrored sides.

Plenty of character slots so you can try out all the classes in your realm without having to spend money in a cash shop to unlock more slots.

I guess some of those might not fully meet the OP's requirements, but I don't think there's any reason to worry that the game will be reduced to 2 mirrored realms for instance by launch.

Slapshot1188 · December 2017

Kyleran said:

Off hand I've got nothing, but will update if I think of something.

Apparently the only positive thing is people have largely forgotten about it.

Come to think of it, I can't recall when I last recieved a news email from them, seem to have gone dark these days

I get updates all the time. Sometimes multiples a day.

I don't READ them... but they come at least weekly.

Slapshot1188 · December 2017

meddyck said:

No P2W cash shop.

No effort to raise 10s of millions of dollars selling mount skins or the likes. In fact they have stopped new stretch goals until Beta 1 begins.

No PvE level and raiding grind before you can be competitive in RvR.

3 realms with unique races and classes instead of 2 mirrored sides.

Plenty of character slots so you can try out all the classes in your realm without having to spend money in a cash shop to unlock more slots.

I guess some of those might not fully meet the OP's requirements, but I don't think there's any reason to worry that the game will be reduced to 2 mirrored realms for instance by launch.

I haven't loaded it up in a long time. I think the classes were implemented in at least rough form. Is that correct? That reminds me... is the CUBE builder still around and what is it's ultimate purpose?

cameltosis · December 2017

Slapshot1188 said:

List the positives but include only things that actually exist (not promised to someday exist) and nothing related to stuff you can buy.

Game is still in alpha with an NDA, plus I'm not in the alpha anyway.

So, using your conditions, I can't talk about anything! Only thing I know for certain is Mark posts on these forums, which is great.

Slapshot1188 · December 2017

cameltosis said:

Slapshot1188 said:

List the positives but include only things that actually exist (not promised to someday exist) and nothing related to stuff you can buy.

Game is still in alpha with an NDA, plus I'm not in the alpha anyway.

So, using your conditions, I can't talk about anything! Only thing I know for certain is Mark posts on these forums, which is great.

Not true... plenty of stuff that can be listed in the OP and I'm sure there is plenty more to come!

some-clueless-guy · December 2017

The Devs seem to me the most coherent bunch in this industry. They set down the principles for the game and are following them thoroughly.

Also, unless I am mistaken, it seems to be the only MMO on the horizon where you pay X every month are guaranteed to have access to all content in game. No buying gold with real money, no cosmetics or convenience on a cash shop. THIS is what you pay and THIS is what you get.

Kyleran · December 2017

Slapshot1188 said:

Kyleran said:

Off hand I've got nothing, but will update if I think of something.

Apparently the only positive thing is people have largely forgotten about it.

Come to think of it, I can't recall when I last recieved a news email from them, seem to have gone dark these days

I get updates all the time. Sometimes multiples a day.

I don't READ them... but they come at least weekly.

Hmm....maybe I did get dropped as someone else suggested.

ZoeMcCloskey · December 2017

I can't wait to be a Pict or a Hamadryad or a umm something else. Also the classes have unique names and the artwork so far is nice, imo.

Nilden · December 2017

No cash shop.

Also they are building an in house custom engine and it can not be over stated how much that will do for the game.

Other than that I hope it's a lot like DAoC I played that for over a year and had multiple end game characters.

meddyck · December 2017

Slapshot1188 said:

meddyck said:

No P2W cash shop.

No effort to raise 10s of millions of dollars selling mount skins or the likes. In fact they have stopped new stretch goals until Beta 1 begins.

No PvE level and raiding grind before you can be competitive in RvR.

3 realms with unique races and classes instead of 2 mirrored sides.

Plenty of character slots so you can try out all the classes in your realm without having to spend money in a cash shop to unlock more slots.

I guess some of those might not fully meet the OP's requirements, but I don't think there's any reason to worry that the game will be reduced to 2 mirrored realms for instance by launch.

I haven't loaded it up in a long time. I think the classes were implemented in at least rough form. Is that correct? That reminds me... is the CUBE builder still around and what is it's ultimate purpose?

Only the 9 classes (3 archers, 3 heavy fighters, and 3 pure healers) that are planned for the start of Beta 1 are in testing so far. For now you can also craft on any class although later there will be 3 distinct crafter classes.

CUBE is still around AFAIK. I don't spend any time in it, so I can't say for sure. That's not part of the game that interests me. I guess the main purpose of CUBE is to thoroughly test the building system. It can take a long time to create a good looking building so testers would not really be able to do that during a 1-2 hour planned Alpha test. Also it gives Alpha and Beta 1 testers some access to the game during the long stretches of time when there aren't any tests.

Shinimas · December 2017

The only positive thing I can think of is that the game stopped being a joke of the industry... after all, a joke can only be funny if told so many times.

Shadanwolf · December 2017

For me a key element id the fighting is based on a struggle between three factions. This means that a player always has people will fight along side them and support them in a pvp driven world. There is NO player looting.Almost everything in the game is created by the players.Crafters have a key role in the game.I can build and have my own house. Realm pride ....a belonging to something bigger than yourself, are key elements in the game.

JamesGoblin · December 2017

Here's another one - they know when to keep low profile.

You know, like keeping their mouth shut when they have nothing to say - a skill unknown to many on MMORPG.com

Onodrim · January 2018

After wasting months playing that POS ESO ... this game is giving me one positive thing already... hope that a good game is coming eventually

Aragon100 · April 2018

some-clueless-guy said:

The Devs seem to me the most coherent bunch in this industry. They set down the principles for the game and are following them thoroughly.

Also, unless I am mistaken, it seems to be the only MMO on the horizon where you pay X every month are guaranteed to have access to all content in game. No buying gold with real money, no cosmetics or convenience on a cash shop. THIS is what you pay and THIS is what you get.

As it should be.

Kyleran · April 2018

JamesGoblin said:

Here's another one - they know when to keep low profile.

You know, like keeping their mouth shut when they have nothing to say - a skill unknown to many on MMORPG.com

Especially when they can't begin to provide a planned release schedule after 5 yrs in Dev.

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