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Feb 11th UPDATE: Made a small video of the temple I am building. For some reason Youtube did not make
this in HD. Grr... Need to check out why. Hope you like it nonetheless:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0-3ymR_gpg
Alas, even for Alpha I feel the game wasn't ready for the unwashed masses. Still, I have the feeling Landmarks and EQN are going to be great games. For now though the frustration about bugs and issues dominate.
Still I thought to share some screenies for those of you not in Alpha. ^^
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I really like the Parkour system or whatever it's called. I spent about an hour just trying to do all the flips.
Awful lot of people playing. I guess they'll need to add a server.
"If the Damned gave you a roadmap, then you'd know just where to go"
They are adding some this week and will probably change the server setup too.
As for the OP, this alpha is less buggy than a lot of alpha I've seen. The majority of problem they are having is that too many people are trying to play it. See, they never tested multiple maps before and most of the issues are related to that.
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Personally going to wait for Beta, but thanks for showing the pics, looks like when they get all the bugs ironed out it is going to be a fantastic game.
There is a LOT of balancing to do, IMVPO. They have 2 servers with, I dunno, 2 dozen zones, each the size of an entire SWG planet, and after 3 days EVERY centimeter is taken by claims now. It took me about 10 hours just running over places to find a claimable spot. Oof. So I carved a platform and a cave into a mountainside.
I only liked the pictures, to show the full screen resolution. I can play at high settings with about 25-30 fps, there is ultra, but then it drops to 15 fps.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Elikal/Image32_zpscc9bb834.jpg~original
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Elikal/Image33_zps431f5972.jpg~original
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Elikal/Image35_zps03ed8fe9.jpg~original
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Elikal/Image36_zpse8ed8eb4.jpg~original
In the last pic you see some furniture I crafted and a door, which can already be used.
Oh since someone wanted to know my rig:
I7 Aspire V3-772G, 2.2 Ghz, Nvidia GTX 760M, Windows 8.1, 8 GB RAM
People don't ask questions to get answers - they ask questions to show how smart they are. - Dogbert
What DMKano says is true...
Sigh, the landscape reset itself, so my entire comfy home is gone.
Only the furniture remained, I had to dig it out of the mountain though.
People don't ask questions to get answers - they ask questions to show how smart they are. - Dogbert
Hehe, sorry for you, but that's kind of funny!
How big is the game client?
Can you give permissions to other people on your claim and start digging/building with friends right now or it's not in yet?
The client is currently 25 GB.
Yeah you can give permissions to use or not use anything on your claim. By default it is open to all, so you can usually craft on any station of any person's claim. I assume the same can be set with digging and building.
Lol, it was sad, I really liked how it had turned out. Funny was, that I dug myself into a giant hole I could not escape in the process of findig my door inside the mountain. XD
People don't ask questions to get answers - they ask questions to show how smart they are. - Dogbert
I bought the pack and am there to provide feedback, not play or test, although those are obviously part of the experience.
They've said that bug hunting and "testing" is more for beta and that alpha is only ~60% finished, so much more to add that any real "fixing" at this point will be followed by more problems after every patch.
I never signed up to be a "tester" and the idea that they or any company has to follow some unwritten playbook is a bit outdated. Same goes for people trying to define the concept of "sandbox", every company and player has their own view. While I'm sure most of us think our way is "best", I doubt the countless others agree.
Yeah I am there to try and break stuff if at all possible. I will send notes if I see stuff not working right, or if something about game play bothers me I will send feedback. To be fair though I have been to busy working to get in and mess around much,
I really like the visuals, I have not joined the alpha and probably will not as I do not have the time to run alpha level games right now (barely have time to play anything) but I do like how the visuals are shaping up despite the doom and gloom we heard a year ago.
I am looking forward to seeing other races in game.
I can't wait until EQN after seeing pics of Landmark!
A bit more stuff.
My "Chapel of Spirituality":
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Elikal/Image74_zpsb7198852.jpg~original
A castle built by my neighbour:
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Elikal/Image75_zpscf19b151.jpg~original
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Elikal/Image76_zps444ae460.jpg~original
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Elikal/Image77_zpsa50b4456.jpg~original
People don't ask questions to get answers - they ask questions to show how smart they are. - Dogbert
I am currently constructing my Chapel of Spirituality:
People don't ask questions to get answers - they ask questions to show how smart they are. - Dogbert