I hope that u are rightOriginally Posted by Candyholic
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I hope that u are right
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Exactly, the people who like Archeage are a completely different crowd and most likely don't give a shit about wow.
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READ THIS THREAD
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THE CASH SHOP IS CHEAP AF
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Doesn't look too bad.
Still a little bummed at patron being $15 a month(unless there's been other news besides the patron announcement)
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There's the APEX system that's going to be in place to allow f2P users to earn Patron Status though so depending on how difficult it is to obtain those, it might not be too bad. And there is the option of buying that those off the auction once you get some money in game, since a good number of people will probably put them up there.
In theory it sounds good but we'll see. I'm looking forward to it though.
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I'm way more bummed that despite the game having a sub, we still have to pay extra cash to be at 100% efficiency. What happened to good old days of getting 100% out of the game with a sub? Now if I want to hardcore it, I have to spent extra money for labour pots and what else from the cash shop...
I'm not saying it's pay2win, but I am definitely implying that Trion/XL is greedy as hell.
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I'm going to wait for the actual release date. Going to be making a Blighter or a Darkrunner. If I was to heal I would be a Templar but healing seems so unappealing in this game since it's all open world pvp and being a healer makes it seem like you can't do anything on your own.
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Vitalism and songcraft do have the ability to dps and support at the same time. Depending how you use it you can do quite well and how you set your armor stats to accommodate your play style.
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The game is not balanced for 1v1 PvP though.
honestly? no, it's not cheap as ****.
it's decently priced, but they could go cheaper on expansion scrolls and alembics.
Right now it costs about $20 in alembics to skin all of your gear.
The rest is fine, though.
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It's called nickling and diming. They as for a nickle here, a dime there, and next thing you know you've somehow spent $100 in a single month without realizing it. It's a tactic to trick those with little-to-no control/money awareness into overspending. I mean, if you can spend just $2 to give yourself a decent advantage (or making things "more convenient"), why not do it? Heck you might find yourself doing it the next day, too. And your friend who doesn't have the best job in the world could use some love as well. Damn, they just released a new glider skin for just $8, that thing would look badass if you had it.
Not saying the prices for the items are to high or to low, just don't mistake a business model for being fair as it's aimed to make one side come out on top, and it isn't the consumer.
I miss the days of P2P :/
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Yeah, I know it's not. But from what I see, if you want to do something on your own, as a healer, like a Templar, you wouldn't have any offensive abilities to damage something, and all you have is a person beating up on you until they either give up, kill you, or have a friend come and help you. Just being a DPS sounds way more appealing. Though this is completely subjective because there are people out there who are OK with that lifestyle of a healer in a game that focuses on small to large scale PVP.
All hail P2P!
Also... I'm gonna be a pirate.
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Thats what i talked about game is p2p with cashshop back in the days it would be total bsYeah, I know it's not. But from what I see, if you want to do something on your own, as a healer, like a Templar, you wouldn't have any offensive abilities to damage something, and all you have is a person beating up on you until they either give up, kill you, or have a friend come and help you. Just being a DPS sounds way more appealing. Though this is completely subjective because there are people out there who are OK with that lifestyle of a healer in a game that focuses on small to large scale PVP.
All hail P2P!
Also... I'm gonna be a pirate.
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Ah.. well, that kind of makes sense. I would rather prefer it to be more like WoW (yeah, I know). Where the class has at least a couple offensive abilities. While they don't do much damage at all, at least it's something.
Also~ what are your thoughts on pirates? Sounds like a lot of fun to be one. When you're a pirate, does it mean that you are no longer allowed into the major cities? Like, the moment you get near there, the guards just maul you? It just sounds like a blast.
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yeah, pirates are literally pirates - you join a separate faction that are KOS to everyone.
but, later (probably when we get 1.7) you're able to create custom factions where pirates, west and east can all play together.
it's really difficult to just become a pirate right off the bat, though. you should play the game normally until you have house/boat atleast, otherwise you're kinda screwed.
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You might want to look into Paladin... It's not a dedicated healer but it's powerful solo with self heals. You'd use a club+board.
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I was convinced by my guild to buy into alpha and they were pirates. I hit 50 and rushed pirate by ************* infamy and played as a pirate for a good two months.
You're allowed into major cities, but you're KOS to all guards except pirate guards, even neutral guards (who will not attack either faction unless players start fighting each other, in which case both of them are killed). Pirates can commit crimes and never gain any crime points/infamy and are hostile to both east and west factions. Pirates cannot go to jail unless they step foot on Nuia or Haranya, the west and east continents. If they're on those continents and die to another PLAYER (npcs/guards will just make you respawn normally), you will go to jail for 40 minutes if you plead guilty or up to 48 minutes if you sit trial and are found guilty. Keep in mind that many people who are still east/west faction go to jail for like 300 minutes for the things that pirates could get away with for 40... That flat 40 minute sentence doesn't change regardless of your crimes. Again, you only go to jail on the east/west continents and you really don't need to be there that often. Some argue that there's no point in even going to those continents. However, I would always go ganking there with a pirate friend because the imminent jail time was a thrill that I wanted. As a pirate, you have several disadvantages. Your faction is probably so small that you can't go and do faction events.
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Can't you escape from jail though?
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That's why I'm a bit bummed with the $15(likely, anyways) tag on premium.
Though it is nice that some premium bonuses stay even when currently not subscribed.
You got a lot farther than i was able to in the RU beta, anything in the CS(trion's) that is p2w, or otherwise troublesome if i don't want to spend more than $15 a month?
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tried the game out in CBT2 (or was it CBT3?)
not a bad game~ but coming from an mmorpg player who likes simple setups and quick learning curve, the game was a turn-off. I mean I loved the sandbox theme and other minor details they put into the game to make it more enticing, but the fact that you have literally hundreds of different builds you can go? The fact that crafting/farming is pretty much mandatory at end-game? all epic end-game gear coming from farming/crafting and no end-game dungeons? (keep in mind this was CBT2-content)
I like MMOs where you need to defeat bosses or complete instances to obtain epic loot...farming and crafting doesn't fly well with me~ never did, never will. (The only game where I took up some serious crafting was Tera....and that was at the request of my guild leader...)
I'm not sure if Trion changed content to let people obtain good gear via other methods besides crafting/farming/trading...but if they didn't, I am going to sit this one out until they do.
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In RU the auction is free :3
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Is this true for later content? I tend to avoid crafting and let a guildy or friend do it.
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No its not true.
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How do you mean? Except for a few pieces of gear gained from certain activities (usually PVP), most of your gear (your armor) you'll want crafted.
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Do raids/dungeons provide mats or plans then that you need alongside farmed/crafted mats?(again, never got that far in RU)
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Here is a pretty good vid about the endgame crafting.
Sounds like a pain in the butt?
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yea ill pass on the game for the time being. I find a higher sense of accomplishment from clearing challenging/hard dungeons than crafting/farming.
heck, I wouldn't mind if you can just gather certain materials to turn into an NPC to obtain great gear (ie. FFXIV) - but straight up crafting? ain't no one got time fo' dat.
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