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Ashes of Creation's Creative Director Apologizes for 'Unprofessional Commentary' Over New World Paym

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edited May 2021 in News & Features Discussion

imageAshes of Creation's Creative Director Apologizes for 'Unprofessional Commentary' Over New World Payment Model | MMORPG.com

Creative Director of Ashes of Creation, Steven Sharif, may not be the most outspoken developers in the industry, but recently, his hot take on the upcoming Amazon Game Studios title, New World has made some waves. The Discord message in question hasn't been removed, but has been deemed "unprofessional" from Sharif himself earlier today on Reddit.

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  • MightyUncleanMightyUnclean Member EpicPosts: 3,531
    He got the publicity he wanted from his statement, now time for the PR apology.
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  • IceAgeIceAge Member EpicPosts: 3,200

    MightyUnclean said:

    He got the publicity he wanted from his statement, now time for the PR apology.



    Based on his comment, he didn't think it like that. Heck, this is not a PR move at all. The irony in this is high-sky.

    Waiting for them to add boosts and such in their ......upcoming ( when? ) game.
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,028
    edited May 2021
    Such items do not constitute p2w devoid of context, IMO.

    I define pay to win as paying to gain a performance advantage compared to other players at your level range. A level booster is not pay to win, unless you're dealing with a game with uncapped progression, like BDO, or open FFA PvP (and both of these things are bigger flaws in and of themselves than even P2W).
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  • darkheartsdarkhearts Member UncommonPosts: 159

    MightyUnclean said:

    He got the publicity he wanted from his statement, now time for the PR apology.



    I see it as he said his truth but then got slapped by his boss.
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  • ShutaraShutara Member UncommonPosts: 146

    darkhearts said:



    MightyUnclean said:


    He got the publicity he wanted from his statement, now time for the PR apology.






    I see it as he said his truth but then got slapped by his boss.



    But he is the boss.
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  • BrotherMaynardBrotherMaynard Member RarePosts: 647
    CEO drunk typing, eh?

    Had a nice lunch, a bit too much wine? I can totally understand that. Perhaps stay away from the keyboard until the next day, though...

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  • bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843
    Steve I'm your newest fan
  • TalemireTalemire Member UncommonPosts: 842
    Because we're all sick of the P2W garbage that just keeps coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming... Shall I continue?
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  • FalcomithFalcomith Member UncommonPosts: 831

    Talemire said:

    Because we're all sick of the P2W garbage that just keeps coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming... Shall I continue?



    Yes
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  • G3NexisG3Nexis Member UncommonPosts: 85
    edited May 2021

    Aeander said:

    Such items do not constitute p2w devoid of context, IMO.

    I define pay to win as paying to gain a performance advantage compared to other players at your level range. A level booster is not pay to win, unless you're dealing with a game with uncapped progression, like BDO, or open FFA PvP (and both of these things are bigger flaws in and of themselves than even P2W).



    How is paying to level your character / tradeskills faster not a huge advantage? Have you ever actually played an mmo? Leveling faster than others gives you a huge advantage when it comes to gearing and making money. Leveling tradeskills faster also gives you a huge advantage when it comes to gearing and making money. Having better gear and more money because of something you purchased on a cash shop literally is giving you a "performance advantage"... Really not sure how you don't view that as P2W?
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  • Haki88Haki88 Member UncommonPosts: 233
    Says the man who is selling atm 400+ costumes for alpha game and to "test" is you need to pay 500$. Steven -> Roberts brother!
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  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,585
    Haki88 said:
    Says the man who is selling atm 400+ costumes for alpha game and to "test" is you need to pay 500$. Steven -> Roberts brother!
    Not only that but his "tiers" include headstarts (more money = bigger headstart) for those that paid more money.  In an open world PvP game...

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  • goldboyy45goldboyy45 Member UncommonPosts: 308

    Slapshot1188 said:


    Haki88 said:

    Says the man who is selling atm 400+ costumes for alpha game and to "test" is you need to pay 500$. Steven -> Roberts brother!


    Not only that but his "tiers" include headstarts (more money = bigger headstart) for those that paid more money.  In an open world PvP game...




    The tiers don't include headstart but i wouldn't count on Slapshot doing any research whatsoever. Headstart was a Kickstarter exclusive, which means if you did not participate during that campaign then you can't obtain headstart access any more. I won't go into detail how this is not P2W because Steven has explained on numerous occasions the importance of headstart and how nodes are disabled yada yada, I suggest if you run your mouth with lies and hatred you at least do some research.

    There will be 1 OCE headstart server and like 2-3 other headstart servers in the rest of the regions. People who are competitive will just choose a non-headstart server, it's really not that big of a deal. Also Steven as a person became wiser through the years with Ashes, he admits he's made promises that he shouldn't have, he owns up to it.

    Do some research about the game next time before posting your false information.
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  • goldboyy45goldboyy45 Member UncommonPosts: 308

    Nyctelios said:

    Two faced pyramid schemer coward.

    If at least he owned his words. Everything that goes bonkers from their discord result in some vanilla bland nothing "apology".



    You can't make this shit up, this is why mmorpg.com is kind of a joke, fairly certain even the staff here would agree the cesspool mmorpg.com can sometimes be. Close to 4,000 posts on this board and this clueless hater still has a voice here? Lol come on now, literally this is too easy, thank you for the laugh...imagine having so much hate in your heart...you're literally a complete joke.....2 faced pyramid schemer? Vanilla bland apology? I honestly think you couldn't name the planet you are living on. I'll give you free advice, if you're going to post misinformation like this at least write you have no idea about anything related to Ashes.

    Thanks for the laugh
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  • rawriorrrawriorr Member UncommonPosts: 1
    I dont see anything wrong with this whatsoever. but also i find it a little ironic when the greed on Ashes payment model is high asf.
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  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,585



    Haki88 said:

    Says the man who is selling atm 400+ costumes for alpha game and to "test" is you need to pay 500$. Steven -> Roberts brother!


    Not only that but his "tiers" include headstarts (more money = bigger headstart) for those that paid more money.  In an open world PvP game...




    The tiers don't include headstart but i wouldn't count on Slapshot doing any research whatsoever. Headstart was a Kickstarter exclusive, which means if you did not participate during that campaign then you can't obtain headstart access any more. I won't go into detail how this is not P2W because Steven has explained on numerous occasions the importance of headstart and how nodes are disabled yada yada, I suggest if you run your mouth with lies and hatred you at least do some research.

    There will be 1 OCE headstart server and like 2-3 other headstart servers in the rest of the regions. People who are competitive will just choose a non-headstart server, it's really not that big of a deal. Also Steven as a person became wiser through the years with Ashes, he admits he's made promises that he shouldn't have, he owns up to it.

    Do some research about the game next time before posting your false information.
    Umm... the tiers literally included head starts. You could literally buy them.   


    Talk about false information.   The fact that he is not CURRENTLY selling headstarts does not negate the fact that he did.  In fact it makes them even more valuable (exclusive) to those that bout them.

    You can argue whether they are a big edge or not.  What you cannot argue is that he sold tiers with head starts based on how much you paid.

    It also comes back to not throwing stones when you live in glass houses.

    Stephen should be quiet and focus on his own massively delayed game and worry less about Amazon's massively delayed game.
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    rawriorr said:
    I dont see anything wrong with this whatsoever. but also i find it a little ironic when the greed on Ashes payment model is high asf.
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  • anemoanemo Member RarePosts: 1,903
    This is from the team that thought monster coins were not pay to win. Essentially you get the ability to: Attack a settlement, risk none of your game resources to do so, hide your name, and hide the settlement behind the player.
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  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,585
    goldboyy45 said:

    Slapshot1188 said:


    Haki88 said:

    Says the man who is selling atm 400+ costumes for alpha game and to "test" is you need to pay 500$. Steven -> Roberts brother!


    Not only that but his "tiers" include headstarts (more money = bigger headstart) for those that paid more money.  In an open world PvP game...




    Also Steven as a person became wiser through the years with Ashes
    The irony of this being said in a thread that is literally him apologizing for saying dumb stuff a day ago... after yet another apology for delaying the Alpha... again.

    We have very different definitions of wiser.
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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    He was likely sipping a bit too much Wine or having some beers while BBQing.


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  • mbrodiembrodie Member RarePosts: 1,504
    This comment isn't going to age well 3 months into ashes life when they start offering "convienience" items on the cash shop due to not making enough money to sustain.
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  • GrindcoreTHRALLGrindcoreTHRALL Member UncommonPosts: 332
    Well hopefully this draws attention to AoC cash shop, for a game that will have a monthly sub fee of $15 per month too. I, just like him, want new blood in the MMO genre but its funny that they think they will be successful where others have failed when both companies have scary potential monetization schemes.

    B2P with cash shop selling boosts and a battlepass.
    B2P, Monthly sub $15, plus cash shop.

    IDK I will gladly spend money on both games but I think games like warzone, pathofexile, fortnite, and even ESO(some aspects are trash but overall acceptable) have the right idea on monetization.
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  • goldboyy45goldboyy45 Member UncommonPosts: 308

    anemo said:

    This is from the team that thought monster coins were not pay to win. Essentially you get the ability to: Attack a settlement, risk none of your game resources to do so, hide your name, and hide the settlement behind the player.



    IT's not P2W and the way you described it is wrong, did you take any time at all to research the topic before making this post? If anyone wants the actual info on the monster coin system, here you go.

    https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Monster_coins
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Not a fan of either, but...

    AoC: pay to alpha
    New World: free. invitation only alpha

    STFU Steven.
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  • ILLISETILLISET Member UncommonPosts: 123
    Aeander said:
    Such items do not constitute p2w devoid of context, IMO.

    I define pay to win as paying to gain a performance advantage compared to other players at your level range. A level booster is not pay to win, unless you're dealing with a game with uncapped progression, like BDO, or open FFA PvP (and both of these things are bigger flaws in and of themselves than even P2W).
    Part of the problem you are. 
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