Trion is a triple A company with a sterling reputation.  I honestly would not have asked for a different publisher, were the decision mine to make.

This bodes well for the future of this game, and I for one am far more excited now than I was when I heard the game was going to release stateside.

Great news all around.

Im very happy that AA finaly come to west, Trion or not.

Now, i just hope they dont start with that bull**** of "westernizing" (whatever is spelled) and keep the game like it is (good or bad, no idea atm but have some hope for good)

I happy now but im guessing others have seen that its not pure sandox (which i'm glad for), but this seem (so far) to have the right blend/mixture)...  

Seeing as this is still in beta and alot of mmo coming out this year, I think its best to position this to launch early next year.  No need to rush and that 30 lv tutorial can be over maybe within a day or two, depending on pacing (which i think is critical)...

Actually Torvaldr does play Rift and is very active on the Rift Forums and is known for his thoughtful and constructive posts there.

As for TRION, they are going through a period of upheaval at the moment with major changes to their customer service team. Extensive staff lay offs and Scott Hartsman (Original Executive Producer of Rift) leaving the company.

Originally posted by firefly2003

Originally posted by vtravi
Hmm 30 levels of tutorial. How many players are gonna quite before they get through the tutorial. I only need about an hour to figure out how a game works. This seems excessive

May seem excessive to some but remember there are plenty of people that will probably need it since the MMORPG genre went down hill since WoW there aren't that many bright players these days.

It's nearly 4AM here and I literally  laughed out loud at this.  Sad but so true.  And too many of those "bright ones" are focused on getting to max level like yesterday.

"Flowers?  Chill and smell the flowers?  I DUN CARE bout no F'in flowers!!"  LOL

This is very good news, however I REALLY hope they don't "westernize" the game any further than translations. Pretty much all western (typically American) MMOs are aimed towards impatient little punters who want everything instanced and fed to them on a plate with as little player interaction as possible.

ArcheAge seems to be an MMO that is based around player interaction, which is what an MMO should be. Please don't cater the English version towards American players. If so, many gamers won't end up staying subscribed for longer than a month.

i liked archeage since i saw the first beta videos. i thought it will be a nice surprise.

now with trion involved? its my new mmo hope.

i may played no more than 6 months rift but it was well enough to realise how serious they take their games and their player base.

now i m really on about it :)