As the question describes im mainly interested in the future of Archeage.
I know many people had bad experience with it, but its actually not the game itself you had that, but the hackshield and publisher.
Myself ,ive been banned from the Forum and Game 6 times now, yeah every time it resulted in them being wrong, and still i persevere.
Im yet to find a better f2p fantasy sandbox anywhere, and i dont keep high hopes for Black Desert, only for Star Citizen.
Archeage is still very active in NA especially now with upcomming merges, that could enchance population, becouse they offer a new start (new servers) ,transfer, and merge choices.It is still unclear ,the exact date, but its estimated it will hit by the end of august or somewhere mid autumn.
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Kyrios NA is fairly populated Server, well id say more than populated, since there is no free land on that server, and everywhere you go there are players, just like it was on the launch.
Though only one or two populated servers and many dead ones, doesnt make a title popular.
Do you have a suggestion on ,what could be the alternative to Archeage if it fails?
F2p Fantasy Hybrid or Sandbox MMORPG type of game with an open world is what i search for as alternative.
Also I started playing EVE again when AA tanked for me, and I've been playing over a year steady with no signs of letting up, so at least in my case, it's too little too late.
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Only bad thing to it is that Trion made Labor scarce to sell labor potions via cash shop, and therefore labor word became connected to repulsive.As said, that is a bit different now with double offline labor.
There will be new servers , and its a complex system, time will tell if they will do things properly this time.
Community is very agressive towards hackers, and reporting system points them out to GM's which in return perma ban them now.
For Black Desert ive heard many many things, some of them not positive, explaining its very grind heavy with p2w cash shop, so i hope theyr wrong, becouse that was my next best thing to try.
Havent seen one post from gold-sellers since i started playing again.
Only been banned couse i was confused for bot in auroria, and i guess thats glass half full. They compensate false bans, that are much rarer now with double the lost patron time now.
Archeage is no longer friendly enviroment for spammers and bots, as i said only hackers could try untill noticed by players.
Looking forward to: Crowfall / Lost Ark / Black Desert Mobile
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btw why you guys think hackshield, game guard, or any of these "tools" stop hacks? since any hack first thing they do is disable this? btw you can disable this hackshield and gameguard things by using space and slashes on a DLL file so what really is the point?
Could not disagree more. I LOVED this game and felt I finally found an MMO like the old days, one I could play for a long time. MMO's when we played them for years were more about community than the game itself, and AA had everything to live that old school experience again. Don't tell me why I quit, you are not in my head. Seriously tired of people on this forum telling people like me why I don't like certain MMO's, or why I think the old ones were better. No one knows my thoughts better than me, it is arrogant of you to think otherwise.
I quit AA because it became pay to win, because Trion ruined the economy with their cash shop decisions, because they introduced hasla weapons early which screwed weaponcrafting and forced a stupid grind when people rather be out in the world doing so many other cool things. I didn't give a crap about bots, I would go to the enemy island and kill them/report them, it was something to do. The hacking did not affect me, I got my land and was happy with it.
And yes I would have left eventually....everyone leaves eventually so this is not some genius thought on your part. My favorite MMO of all time was Daoc, it is still around yet I don't play it. But I did play it for years. So just stop trying to tell us all why we like or dislike something. I would come back to AA in a heartbeat if they opened a server that mirrored alpha with no cash shop.
The problem with Archeage is it's P2W. Little industry shills can come in and say different but the bottom line it's either going to be an extreme time sink or money sink to compete. The more money you have or time you have, the more you have to RNG gamble or straight out buy things off the AH.
Another problem is that there is a nasty stat increase once you start getting around the Epic < Mystic < Legendary levels. Most normal people who play working adult hours and are reasonable with their finances will never get passed the Celestial buff.
The game also started terribly. Head start debacle, Auroria debacle, Apex debacle, duping debacle... they were never addressed in a way that fixed the damage. There's still guilds and players reaping the benefits of those exploits.
People are leaving Archeage because of the large gaps in power that can't be overcome by just being good at the game.
The only reason why Archeage is still able to hold on ATM is there isn't anything else to do. Right now as much as I'd hate it, I'd drop Archeage for Blade & Soul, Black Desert, or Crowfall in a heart beat. Until then, *shrug*.
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XL games developed AND released the game as a subscription only game. That makes all you assumptions fail. RNG wasnt even in game during original XL manged official launch in Korea.
Its people hate Archeage and want to drag it through mud, thats all.
I play the game since launch day and have ever payed my montly patron subscription. AND THATS IT.
Happy subscriber playing the best game in the last decade since SWG PRE CU closed down 2005.
The crap business model (pay a sub equivalent and STILL have to use the cash shop or literally spend YEARS grinding/doing the crafting) and cash shop funneling game mechanics (full RNG crafting, labor points, etc.) were the killers of this title.
Had this title been released as a sub only, I predict it would have been more successful with Western audiences.
As it is, no.
Nothing will change, it will slowly die like all other tried and failed MMOs, and nothing can change that now.
Anyone saying different is deluded, or paid to say something else.
Simple as that; if I played since launch that's one thing. Getting into the game now? Forget it. There is the new launch server, so there's that. I am still willing to give this game a chance because I know it was designed well and only money and greed is the issue now.
Looking forward to: Crowfall / Lost Ark / Black Desert Mobile
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AA is one of the best MMORPG released in the last few years.
But its overdependence on the Cash Shop and the way people easily exploited it ruined the whole game experience.
I would only play it again if they scrap completely (Yes even the vanity items) that dreadful Cash Shop and make it subscription only.
Oh.....and drop the Labor mechanics, we are not in Korea, we don't need to be told how many hours per day we are supposed to play.