Put together a little article making an argument for realistic expections when it comes to ArcheAge. There's a lot of speculation going on, a lot of fantasizing that this is some 'saviour' and a game like that is going to have to be one hell of a game at release.

Have a read see what you think.

Servers will likely be stable, since the West is not going to be it's first release location.

As for players, I expect a lot of themepark game-shifters that are dissatisfied with the lack of endless quest hubs at end-game.  Many complaints also about how there is a need to interact with other players & do that mysterious thing called grouping.  Maybe even more so, the need to work for what you have.  "I paid money and I can't have a yacht?  I can't even buy a shack, let alone a mansion .. I need to join a guild in order to afford a castle? WTF" .. "I actually have to wait for crops to grow, how lame." .. "I can't just queue for instant PVP, I actually have to explore?"

I will just smile.

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Unless, of course the game gets monetized, P2W, and "Westernized" to dumb down content, like every crappy release recently.  If EA gets the publishing contract I'm going to throw a hissy fit :-) [just one publishing example, there are more]

EDIT: added more to the list.

add the following to your list.

• guilds(expeditionary force) that can be turned into a faction, after claiming a certain amount of areas on the northern continent. allowing to invite all races in to your player created faction.
• sieges with player created castles.
• i'd expect at least 2 new races till the western release.
• over- or underachive quest system
• deep mount system
• treasure hunting on land, with treasure map and player crafted tool, to show your coordinates.
• instances (dungeons)

Originally posted by Sygris

add the following to your list.

• guilds(expeditionary force) that can be turned into a faction, after claiming a certain amount of areas on the northern continent. allowing to invite all races in to your player created faction.
• sieges with player created castles.
• i'd expect at least 2 new races till the western release.

 

 

btw. nice idea. very helpful for those asking for the feature list.

I think you posted that in the wrong thread.  2 new races though?  There were 4 speculated, I wonder which 2.

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by Sygris

add the following to your list.

• guilds(expeditionary force) that can be turned into a faction, after claiming a certain amount of areas on the northern continent. allowing to invite all races in to your player created faction.
• sieges with player created castles.
• i'd expect at least 2 new races till the western release.

 

 

btw. nice idea. very helpful for those asking for the feature list.

I think you posted that in the wrong thread.  2 new races though?  There were 4 speculated, I wonder which 2.

the article says, what to expect on the western release, and i'm saying that xlgames probably will add at least, 2 new races till then.

yes, xlgames will add 4 more races with patches, which are the dwarves, fairies, warborn and the returned.

Originally posted by Sygris

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by Sygris

add the following to your list.

• guilds(expeditionary force) that can be turned into a faction, after claiming a certain amount of areas on the northern continent. allowing to invite all races in to your player created faction.
• sieges with player created castles.
• i'd expect at least 2 new races till the western release.

 

 

btw. nice idea. very helpful for those asking for the feature list.

I think you posted that in the wrong thread.  2 new races though?  There were 4 speculated, I wonder which 2.

the article says, what to expect on the western release, and i'm saying that xlgames probably will add at least, 2 new races till then.

yes, xlgames will add 4 more races with patches, which are the dwarves, fairies, warborn and the returned.

Ohh sorry.  When you said, "add to your list" .. there wasn't a list, or at least not a list directly at any particular response.

Other stuff then:  Guilds turned into factions? yeah.  Sieges with player built castles? yeah.

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Originally posted by Karteli

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Originally posted by Sygris

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Originally posted by Karteli

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Originally posted by Sygris add the following to your list.

• guilds(expeditionary force) that can be turned into a faction, after claiming a certain amount of areas on the northern continent. allowing to invite all races in to your player created faction. sieges with player created castles. i'd expect at least 2 new races till the western release.

    btw. nice idea. very helpful for those asking for the feature list.

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I think you posted that in the wrong thread.  2 new races though?  There were 4 speculated, I wonder which 2.

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the article says, what to expect on the western release, and i'm saying that xlgames probably will add at least, 2 new races till then. yes, xlgames will add 4 more races with patches, which are the dwarves, fairies, warborn and the returned.

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Ohh sorry.  When you said, "add to your list" .. there wasn't a list, or at least not a list directly at any particular response.

 

Other stuff then:  Guilds turned into factions? yeah.  Sieges with player built castles? yeah.

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Siege Battles

http://youtu.be/Bs4VWg2PjpE

http://youtu.be/WvLFr-vgxkU

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Originally posted by Sygris

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Originally posted by Karteli

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Originally posted by Sygris add the following to your list.

• guilds(expeditionary force) that can be turned into a faction, after claiming a certain amount of areas on the northern continent. allowing to invite all races in to your player created faction.
• sieges with player created castles. i'd expect at least 2 new races till the western release.

    btw. nice idea. very helpful for those asking for the feature list.

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I think you posted that in the wrong thread.  2 new races though?  There were 4 speculated, I wonder which 2.

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the article says, what to expect on the western release, and i'm saying that xlgames probably will add at least, 2 new races till then.

yes, xlgames will add 4 more races with patches, which are the dwarves, fairies, warborn and the returned.

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There was a video that came out last summer that hinted at there was 2 new races coming. Dwarf and Warborn, and other stuff.

http://youtu.be/YuLJeyNYpf4

Pp, thnk you very much for the breakdown..just an epic article..

Way to go!

By the way Mr.Pigeon sir, ( :) ), myself and a few of my friends appreciate all the posts you put up here and at Source.

Personally, I don't have a lot of time to surf and gather info regarding this game, and posts like this and others help tremendously.

Please keep up the good work. Perhaps one day in AA ill be able to give something back to you....Ya never know aye?