Archeage

[citizen1080]

Game is open world PVP. However, at least half the world does not allow pvp. And even the pvp zones rotate between pvp and safe zones. If you dont wanna pvp you can just wait for peace time and then do your questing. The Ocean is always at war however so if you want to cross the sea to trade you need numbers or an escort.

As for it failing, it wont fail due to mechanics, it will be something trion does to piss off the user base. The game has been going strong in korea and russia for years.

The some of the best money in the game requires crossing the open sea. It just comes down to risk vs reward. If you dont wanna pvp you can avoid it the entire game. You can craft from lvl 1-50 and never kill a single mob or person if you want.

But if you want to make money faster by fishing or running trade packs across the ocean there is risk for that reward.

[AnOldEnemy]

Nuian Archemaester here from Tahyang. Looks like OT crumbled that's pretty funny. Game is fun it is pay to win but you really don't need to. I love making solo trade missions from the east to the west. Stealthing all the way to the ocean then crossing the ocean by yourself is a lot of fun I love the tension. 18 charcoal stabilizers from rookborne to ezna!

[citizen1080]

OT was a cancer =p We were at war with them pretty much from launch lol.

Yea, the great thing about EQ was the risk involved. Dying at the bottom of old seb and facing hours of CR time. AA brings some of that back in the sense that there are dangers and repercussions for your choices. Makes victory that much sweeter

[Mandalore93]

How bad is this for a free player to try out?

[citizen1080]

Its fine for free players. You cant own land but you can use friends or guildies land or the public farm areas. And you can buy patron status (sub) with in game gold.

[Taiku]

That feel when you spend 400 gold to try to craft a chest plate and it rolls STR / INT, fml. The game is full of huge disappointments, failing item regrades, rolling the wrong stats on crafted gear (cutting them off from being able to be crafted to a higher tier) but when you beat the odds and actually get the thing you were after or accomplish something it's a pretty amazing feeling. This game really tests your patience but every time something minor goes my way it makes me want to keep going.

Also this APEX dupe exploit and being able to exploit the Flashy Racing Kit boxes you can buy off the marketplace to give a 100% chance to contain a rumbling sapling (most valuable item in the chest) are pretty hilarious, really hope that gets fixed, but I think the damage to the economy is already done and we'll just have to deal with it till it evens back out. Though with all the bad decisions from Trion I don't see that happening for a while.

[citizen1080]

Yea, perfect it is not. But its still a hell of a lot of fun

[Kraftwerk]

Originally Posted by Taiku [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That feel when you spend 400 gold to try to craft a chest plate and it rolls STR / INT, fml. The game is full of huge disappointments, failing item regrades, rolling the wrong stats on crafted gear (cutting them off from being able to be crafted to a higher tier) but when you beat the odds and actually get the thing you were after or accomplish something it's a pretty amazing feeling. This game really tests your patience but every time something minor goes my way it makes me want to keep going.

Also this APEX dupe exploit and being able to exploit the Flashy Racing Kit boxes you can buy off the marketplace to give a 100% chance to contain a rumbling sapling (most valuable item in the chest) are pretty hilarious, really hope that gets fixed, but I think the damage to the economy is already done and we'll just have to deal with it till it evens back out. Though with all the bad decisions from Trion I don't see that happening for a while.

I made 3k gold today off the RNG box exploit. Good stuff.

[Hailto]

I was about to get my farm wagon and then they removed the rng boxes and the prices on TS trees skyrocketed again. Fuck trion. Still playing though cause game is fun.

[Hailto]

Just had my first real taste of ocean pvp, fucking amazing, like 30 guildies on a galleon defending from reds. I've been mainly playing the game as farmville, shits sweet.