If this had a PvE version/server then I'd already be playing & probably already tossing some cash at it, but not going to invest in a game to get "ganked" just to lose everything just not appealing to me. My gaming is meant to be a challenge & still have fun & that losing what I've played/worked for doesn't sound like fun to me. Best of luck to those that enjoy it though because it looks like a good game.
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Albion is one unforgiving game if you get a bad start, I run the biggest guild & alliance that recruits new players as we can, we help with learning the many nuances of the game, leveling and providing grouping content!
Don't be one of the many who will wander into a full loot zone, loose everything and ragequit, in-game press G and Join a good guild/alliance.
Don't try to solo this game unless you want self-punishment. Shameless ad but super relevant to this game's F2P
We are about casual players, no forced content, no forced taxes, donation quotas, etc... It's just a more social group playing together and doing content events for who wants, and it works very well.
Game is full of toxic elitism and that works fine for many people, as EvE shows, but to counter the coin places like us exist too
Can't wait to see how it turns out for SBI, these are stil lthe key problems with the game in my eyes compared to EVE, or other sandbox games.
- Not a true sandbox due to trade restrictions imposed by SBI.
- They allow Bank of Albion to breach own TOS making 3rd party investments.
- Devs seem to always have bugs, issues with exploits / cheaters, plus their own mistakes like laborer journals / blame customers who took advantage of patch notes.
- Can't wait to see their ban reports, and charge-back reports on their website / news on how the F2P launch made everything worse.
Though at first it may bloom with new players, but unless SBI can change their attitude to the players always being at fault for their own mistakes, undo past mistakes, and start getting good reviews as the game is Mostly Negative even on Steam right now the game really holds no chance, especially with upcoming games such as,
- Fractured
- Ashes OF Creation BR
- Battle Royale games holding many players.
^ Here's one of their current issues already people asking for roll-backs but they decline saying it's not a big issue, and basically no harm done, but users are not provided full logs or information.
Can't wait to see how it turns out for SBI, these are stil lthe key problems with the game in my eyes compared to EVE, or other sandbox games.
- Not a true sandbox due to trade restrictions imposed by SBI.
- They allow Bank of Albion to breach own TOS making 3rd party investments.
- Devs seem to always have bugs, issues with exploits / cheaters, plus their own mistakes like laborer journals / blame customers who took advantage of patch notes.
- Can't wait to see their ban reports, and charge-back reports on their website / news on how the F2P launch made everything worse.
Though at first it may bloom with new players, but unless SBI can change their attitude to the players always being at fault for their own mistakes, undo past mistakes, and start getting good reviews as the game is Mostly Negative even on Steam right now the game really holds no chance, especially with upcoming games such as,
- Fractured
- Ashes OF Creation BR
- Battle Royale games holding many players.
As I've gotten insanity of 376 Applications for The Bacons (guild cap is 300 and it was already full today), I am RIP; those who did apply just check in as print shows to apply to "Bacon Bits" that is the 2nd guild that will allow open spots ^-^
As I've gotten insanity of 376 Applications for The Bacons (guild cap is 300 and it was already full today), I am RIP; those who did apply just check in as print shows to apply to "Bacon Bits" that is the 2nd guild that will allow open spots ^-^
Albion is one unforgiving game if you get a bad start, I run the biggest guild & alliance that recruits new players as we can, we help with learning the many nuances of the game, leveling and providing grouping content!
Don't be one of the many who will wander into a full loot zone, loose everything and ragequit, in-game press G and Join a good guild/alliance.
Don't try to solo this game unless you want self-punishment. Shameless ad but super relevant to this game's F2P
How about casual players?
There is a reason why the game goes free to play. Not enough players and they need money to run the game and pay their employees. This game doesn't worth your time and it's not for casual players.
hardcore full-loot PvP. Nothing to see here, move along folks.
trust me, you can be geared in a matter of 10 minutes if you are skilled. u just need to grind the hell out of your talent tree to be able to wear better tier.
Game had tons of players before f2p..... I don't think the game is going away anytime soon. I joined a month ago and I am loving it. I wanted to buy some starter packs before they became obsolete. I am a casual player who likes to PvE but I am starting to really get into the PvP. You can play solo..... but grouping is important, too. If you want to do PvE and PvP, You just need to find the right guild.
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Ooof this game is just garbage on it's core design. They put elite bosses on low tier maps and only the person that hits first gets any reward - if you are not in groups.
....snip...
You're frackking kidding me? They put loot drop on first hit....geeze I thought we were past the era of KSing and the like ...lol
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
Ooof this game is just garbage on it's core design. They put elite bosses on low tier maps and only the person that hits first gets any reward - if you are not in groups.
....snip...
You're frackking kidding me? They put loot drop on first hit....geeze I thought we were past the era of KSing and the like ...lol
Maybe they are catering to a more competitive audience where someone wins while others lose rather than the everyone "deserves" a trophy?
Yeah, a foreign concept disliked by many but there are plenty of games for them already.
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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Ooof this game is just garbage on it's core design. They put elite bosses on low tier maps and only the person that hits first gets any reward - if you are not in groups.
Wait, wut? They designed an online MMORPG around the idea of encouraging and rewarding players for group play, and go so far as to punish solo play?
What hubris, the sheer audacity of it all, what ever were they thinking?
We don't really need better games, maybe we just need sturdier players.
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
hardcore full-loot PvP. Nothing to see here, move along folks.
trust me, you can be geared in a matter of 10 minutes if you are skilled. u just need to grind the hell out of your talent tree to be able to wear better tier.
It took me a few t4 random dungeons to hit all t5. Did it all one sitting of about 4-5 hours using learning points for specific skill lines I knew I wanted. Without premium I'd imagine it would take double or triple that time so depending on how much you play.
Ooof this game is just garbage on it's core design. They put elite bosses on low tier maps and only the person that hits first gets any reward - if you are not in groups.
So instead of building a sense of community and a chance to people learn the interaction between classes (and meet new people, form bonds) what happens is mage-ish characters camps near them, but quite far so a melee won't suspect and as soon a tanks approach he hits it, fights it, get's all the rewards and goes with his life while someone else didn't have a chance for having the melee range to hit and thus start the fight.
Other players who would even think about stop to help someone dealing with an enemy clearly designed for group, engaging in low tier maps where you don't even have contacts or guilds yet, won't get anything - no fame, no xp, no silver, nothing. What is the point? That's pure exploitable.
It's absurd we are in 2019 and this type of game design exists.
And don't even let me start on the tutorial zone that is not instanced so you have to spam click on resources because there are over 30 players there doing the same quest as you but there is only 4 rocks to click on, and you need more rocks than that to complete the quest.
Holy fuck this game man;
In another post you said this game has pets which it does not and now you are complaining about low tier open world mini bosses and the tutorial zone... Those three things prove your lack of knowledge about Albion and that you haven't even spent more than a few minutes in the game. Why are you trying so hard to attack this game that you know so little about?
This game was released 2 years ago, summer 2017. There was a good start, but servers were overcrowded with players and bugs. They did not fixed this in time, neither listed to community, that asked for more game world space (or more servers), and a little less "hardcore" in some aspects. As a result a few months later majority of server population left the game. I don't think this game worth your time, since dev's are very stubborn and are not going to fix any of major flaws, that prevent enjoyable gameplay. Albion RIP.
I am a huge PvP fan in MMORPG's, find it hard to see myself in a MMO without PvP and want to see MMOs that are harder and more competitive. But full loot just goes too far, there is a huge middle ground between walkover DING! MMOs and full loot, that's where MMOs need to be heading.
I am a huge PvP fan in MMORPG's, find it hard to see myself in a MMO without PvP and want to see MMOs that are harder and more competitive. But full loot just goes too far, there is a huge middle ground between walkover DING! MMOs and full loot, that's where MMOs need to be heading.
ever hear of a "warehouse" . Place to story secondary gear for when you get kapow'd ? "You people" are so linear in thinking because of w//w and games like it, you can't even use basic strategy to solve issues like getting looted.
Chicken little chicken little lost his loot, the sky is falling the sky is falling~ Chicken little chicken little lost his loot, the sky is falling the sky is falling~
"imho"
I like full loot, but it's completely understandable because it comes a burden, a task to continually manage your inventory and move items around to make sure you are prepared all the time. It's not like the loss is really a big deal.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
How about casual players?
Game is full of toxic elitism and that works fine for many people, as EvE shows, but to counter the coin places like us exist too
- Not a true sandbox due to trade restrictions imposed by SBI.
- They allow Bank of Albion to breach own TOS making 3rd party investments.
- Devs seem to always have bugs, issues with exploits / cheaters, plus their own mistakes like laborer journals / blame customers who took advantage of patch notes.
- Can't wait to see their ban reports, and charge-back reports on their website / news on how the F2P launch made everything worse.
Though at first it may bloom with new players, but unless SBI can change their attitude to the players always being at fault for their own mistakes, undo past mistakes, and start getting good reviews as the game is Mostly Negative even on Steam right now the game really holds no chance, especially with upcoming games such as,
- Fractured
- Ashes OF Creation BR
- Battle Royale games holding many players.
https://forum.albiononline.com/index.php/Thread/106408-April-10-Gold-Market-Issue/?postID=872685#post872685
^ Here's one of their current issues already people asking for roll-backs but they decline saying it's not a big issue, and basically no harm done, but users are not provided full logs or information.
https://i.imgur.com/QHg6Lop.png
There is a reason why the game goes free to play. Not enough players and they need money to run the game and pay their employees. This game doesn't worth your time and it's not for casual players.
trust me, you can be geared in a matter of 10 minutes if you are skilled. u just need to grind the hell out of your talent tree to be able to wear better tier.
So What Now?
Proud MMORPG.com member since March 2004! Make PvE GREAT Again!
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
Yeah, a foreign concept disliked by many but there are plenty of games for them already.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
What hubris, the sheer audacity of it all, what ever were they thinking?
We don't really need better games, maybe we just need sturdier players.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
It took me a few t4 random dungeons to hit all t5. Did it all one sitting of about 4-5 hours using learning points for specific skill lines I knew I wanted. Without premium I'd imagine it would take double or triple that time so depending on how much you play.
In another post you said this game has pets which it does not and now you are complaining about low tier open world mini bosses and the tutorial zone... Those three things prove your lack of knowledge about Albion and that you haven't even spent more than a few minutes in the game. Why are you trying so hard to attack this game that you know so little about?
That would actually make me want to play it. Sweet
Queue? Lol! You hardly find alive players in many zones, and queue is totally empty more then for a year.