ArcheAge Beta

[Rust1d?]

Starts on the 14th...just got an invite...who is playing?

[Scrooge]

I'm having some trouble accessing their site, some pages time out, while others connect very slowly...and it shows me a "We ran into a bit of a problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later. " when trying to sign up for this beta.

[Rust1d?]

I signed up to the site and got a beta invite...downloading the client now for thursday...hopefully you can get it working

[Zadrian]

I used to have a RIFT account - so I logged back in and it signed me up for beta automagically. Hopefully I get an invite.

[Koota]

I bought the Archeum Founder's Pack to get access to the Alpha 24/7 yesterday. I'm enjoying it so far.

[India]

Installed and ready for the 14th

[Koota]

Ferel! It's Flashing. SEE YOU THERE.

[India]

WOOT!! I'll PM you my name as soon as I can log in and create it :)

[FoxxHound]

I has no beta :(

[Koota]

I has no beta :(

http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=34886


Partners of ArcheAge are giving away keys, hit them up.

[Koota]

http://na.alienwarearena.com/giveaways/archeage-closed-beta-event-3-blood-bounty

[Cecily]

Just got invite! Woo.

[Halius]

Got my invite like a week ago. I really want to try it out but not sure how well my laptop will handle it, still not sure if I am going to try it out or not. Only got like 40 FPS in FFXIV on low settings.

[FoxxHound]

http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=34886


Partners of ArcheAge are giving away keys, hit them up.

What is ZAM?

[FoxxHound]

No keys left anyways

[Koota]

No keys left anyways

http://na.alienwarearena.com/giveaways/archeage-closed-beta-event-3-blood-bounty

4900 keys left here.

[Rust1d?]

Ready to go for the 14th here...when you are ready lets all hook up..shit will be fun

[Koota]

Yeah im gonna re-roll on the Beta server when it opens up.

[FoxxHound]

Not showing up in Glyph client :/
Rift is though.

[triad]

ive been waiting on a key but havnt received one yet =/.


hopefully ill get a key for that site.. has me in a queue atm

[Zadrian]

Just got my key. Thanks for the Alienware link.

I'm ready!

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcpni0rXSy1qa7jbi.gif

[triad]

anyone getting error 1012 wile trying to patch ?

[Scrooge]

http://na.alienwarearena.com/giveaways/archeage-closed-beta-event-3-blood-bounty

4900 keys left here.

"All out! There are no more keys left in this giveaway!"

[Pokesan]

mmorpg.com still has ~4k keys

http://www.mmorpg.com/giveaways.cfm/offer/556

[Koota]

Not showing up in Glyph client :/
Rift is though.

It's a known issue with that happening, it will be fixed before Beta. (Edit: They are saying it's now fixed, so sign OUT of Glyph and back in and it should work)


http://forums.archeagegame.com/showthread.php?25867-Some-ArcheAge-Codes-Not-Granting-CBE3-Access

"Adventurers,

We're aware that some of the codes released in today's partner giveaways aren't adding ArcheAge to Glyph libraries as they should. Rest assured that we will be making sure that all codes applied from this week's giveaways will grant CBE3 access. We aim to have this issue resolved quickly.

Thanks for your patience and see you in-game!"

[Swish]

Just watch it on Twitch, if you can handle some of the morans that play

Any P99ers gonna stream? Are you allowed to stream? Post it up, would rather watch a 15 year old elf sim veteran play.

[Koota]

Just watch it on Twitch, if you can handle some of the morans that play

Any P99ers gonna stream? Are you allowed to stream? Post it up, would rather watch a 15 year old elf sim veteran play.

Yep, you can stream. There is no NDA for this open beta. I won't be streaming, though.

[Scrooge]

I signed up to the site and got a beta invite...downloading the client now for thursday...hopefully you can get it working

Alright I'm nearly done downloading now and got myself a key, trying to get a couple more friends interested. Let me know what server you'll be on.

[Rust1d?]

Let's coordinate a time to play on the 14th...server etc.

[Pullyn]

Downloading now. +1, let's coordinate and fuck some shit up.

[Rust1d?]

Gotta show these noob shits how pvp is done

[Grimjaw]

SHIT!! no key yet!! im signed up now via my old RIFT account, but all those giveaway sites are all out.. help!!!1

[Clark]

Gotta show these noob shits how pvp is done

Lol

[Koota]

SHIT!! no key yet!! im signed up now via my old RIFT account, but all those giveaway sites are all out.. help!!!1

http://www.pcgamesn.com/archeage/weve-got-beta-keys-archeage-mmo-more-interesting-one-youre-currently-playing-unless-thats-eve

[nilbog]

Congratulations, you’ve been invited to our third ArcheAge Closed Beta Event!

The adventure begins at 10:00 AM PDT (GMT-7) on Thursday, August 14 and runs through 10:00 AM PDT (GMT-7) on Monday, August 18.

[Koota]

See you there goblin

[Grimjaw]

http://www.pcgamesn.com/archeage/weve-got-beta-keys-archeage-mmo-more-interesting-one-youre-currently-playing-unless-thats-eve

Thanks!!! I just got a key from them!!!

[Alarti0001]

Velious eta 2020

[nilbog]

Velious eta 2020

If you're implying I shouldn't play video games, the whole reason this project started was because I played video games.

I alpha and beta a lot of games, and sometimes play their release.

Velious looking nice imo. Few things to clean up, release mischiefplane, then overall testing of the expansion.

[Mac Drettj]

mewtwo

[Rust1d?]

One day away...shit is about to get serious

[Swish]

I hope to see some R99 style death screenshots with chat forcing people to ragequit the beta <3

[Rust1d?]

Only thing that bothers me is the UI...looks like shit.

[Pullyn]

So we trying to rally some p99 folks on any particular server or anything? I might have to work a 24hr shift tomorrow but should be off Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

[Rust1d?]

I would like to. I suggest we all meet up some time tomorrow and coordinate. Anybody have a TS or Vent we could use?

[Zadrian]

We should make a Skype clusterfuck imo

[Scrooge]

Can use our Uthgard channel on IRC, if you'd like, it's simple to connect/join (can be done anywhere) and gets the job done.

[FoxxHound]

We should make a Skype clusterfuck imo

haha

[Psionide]

Was looking at the purchase options on Steam. So apparently people who are paying for the game now are getting a plus 1-3 permanent boost to all their stats and a certain amount of in game currency plus a bunch of other stuff but those were the things that stood out to me. Having a permanent boost to all your stats and getting in game money for real money is a turn off. Still excited for this but I don't like the sound of that. Hopefully the game doesn't become pay to win.

[FoxxHound]

I would like to. I suggest we all meet up some time tomorrow and coordinate. Anybody have a TS or Vent we could use?

I 2nd this motion even though I will most likely be sleeping when everyone else is awake.

[Rust1d?]

I'm sure most here have TS or vent so if anybody has a server we could use, would be great!

What time is everybody thinking, 7 est?

[FoxxHound]

3:00 AM MDT would work perfectly...

[Zadrian]

I'm trying to get off of work early with the excuse of "I have furniture being delivered at 2 and my wife isn't going to be home"

[Rust1d?]

It starts at 1pm est, so I can log in and figure out what server etc and post it here. We need a time we can agree on...was thinking 7pm est?

[nilbog]

Gonna try it out. Made me super sad to see this though:


ArcheAge Credits may be used to purchase boosts, equipment, mounts, and tons of other items from the in-game ArcheAge Store. Visit the ArcheAge Free-to-Play page for more details.

[FoxxHound]

NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooo

[Grimjaw]

UNITE THE CLANS

[Grimjaw]

im up for joining. They are adding 2 new NA beta servers for this event. I suggest we start on 1 of those.

http://www.archeagegame.com/en/news/2014/08/archeage-closed-beta-event-3/

North America

• Aranzeb
• Naima
• Kyrios
• Ollo
• Tahyang (NEW)
• Salphira (NEW)


Lets hit-up Tahyang!!!

[Rust1d?]

Gonna try it out. Made me super sad to see this though:

Yea this kinda sucks. I really hate pay to win games. I can understand buying cosmetic stuff like marvel heroes does, but boosts and shit just give people an advantage. I'd rather have it be a good game and be sub based....

[Koota]

Gonna try it out. Made me super sad to see this though:

The boosts are pretty minimal, TBH. You can get mounts and gear for your mounts (that increase their move speed, HP, and defense) that you'd be able to get otherwise in the game without needing the credits. And the boosts are pretty dumb, too. (Like, you don't lose exp for an hour when you die. Stuff like that). The majority of the store stuff is cosmetic.

[Rust1d?]

The boosts are pretty minimal, TBH. You can get mounts and gear for your mounts (that increase their move speed, HP, and defense) that you'd be able to get otherwise in the game without needing the credits. And the boosts are pretty dumb, too. (Like, you don't lose exp for an hour when you die. Stuff like that). The majority of the store stuff is cosmetic.

Ah okay...makes it a bit better then.

[Koota]

Like, I am looking at the Marketplace in game right now, and most of it is costume related shit. Very little in-game perks, and the ones that are you can get by other means anyway - just generally more time consuming. (And they aren't pay-to-win style perks, either)

[nilbog]

The boosts are pretty minimal, TBH. You can get mounts and gear for your mounts (that increase their move speed, HP, and defense) that you'd be able to get otherwise in the game without needing the credits. And the boosts are pretty dumb, too. (Like, you don't lose exp for an hour when you die. Stuff like that). The majority of the store stuff is cosmetic.

That's good to hear.

I just hope that the true subscription model isn't extinct. I understand that the free to play model provides some instant return [microtransactions] on development costs for investors, but they need to realize that original mmorpg players are not 15 years old now. They are, by and large, 30-50 and have enough income to pay for a decent game. Thinking about it, I would pay upwards of $40/month for an evolving game I could look forward to playing every day.

Wow costed > $60 million to create and profited $8 billion (most of it from subscriptions).

Gimme some qualityyyyy.

[Grimjaw]

this game has subscription model, with very limited F2P. I hear that the F2P is so limited that you do infact need to pay in order to enjoy the game. If you are playing F2P you will be disappointed (from what I hear). But regardless i'll be F2P'ing the beta. Might buy access to live-alpha servers, depending on how this beta goes.

But it is also going to have the same concept as EVE Online, where you can pay for your subscription by in-game currency or item. (Just like EVE has in-game 30 day PLEX extensions)

[Leeyuuduu]

They are, by and large, 30-50 and have enough income to pay for a decent game. Thinking about it, I would pay upwards of $40/month for an evolving game I could look forward to playing every day.

Wow costed > $60 million to create and profited $8 billion (most of it from subscriptions).

Gimme some qualityyyyy.

It also doesn't make sense when people claim RMT is the future of business. To me, it actually seems like free download + monthly subscription is the future. Look at the huge amount of software now, such as Microsoft Office, and most cloud-based programs, that have become free to acquire but now require the user to pay monthly. This will be much more controversial with single-player games where people expect to own their game..just by looking at the botched launches of diablo 3 and the new simcity.

[Rust1d?]

Just made an elf on the Saplhira server. Other servers had a wait time on it. So I suggest we all go Salphira.

[Cecily]

I'm on Salphira as well. IGN: Wyntir.

[Rust1d?]

Name is Takenotes :)

[Grimjaw]

It also doesn't make sense when people claim RMT is the future of business. To me, it actually seems like free download + monthly subscription is the future. Look at the huge amount of software now, such as Microsoft Office, and most cloud-based programs, that have become free to acquire but now require the user to pay monthly. This will be much more controversial with single-player games where people expect to own their game..just by looking at the botched launches of diablo 3 and the new simcity.

SAAS (Software as a service)

[Grimjaw]

UPDATE: Salphira it is!!!

Originally Posted by Grimjaw View Post
im up for joining. They are adding 2 new NA beta servers for this event. I suggest we start on 1 of those.

http://www.archeagegame.com/en/news/...-beta-event-3/

North America

• Aranzeb
• Naima
• Kyrios
• Ollo
• Tahyang (NEW)
• Salphira (NEW)


Lets hit-up Salphira !!!




Also whos the guy who has a massive TeamSpeak community teamspeak server? Is that dood still around? Maybe he could set us up with a few channels

[Alarti0001]

If you're implying I shouldn't play video games, the whole reason this project started was because I played video games.

I alpha and beta a lot of games, and sometimes play their release.

Velious looking nice imo. Few things to clean up, release mischiefplane, then overall testing of the expansion.

LOL....heard this three years ago. I'm not implying you shouldn't play video games. I'm implying you should allow more devs to work. EQ is basics, nothing tough here(nothing that takes 5 years either)

[Koota]

That's good to hear.

I just hope that the true subscription model isn't extinct. I understand that the free to play model provides some instant return [microtransactions] on development costs for investors, but they need to realize that original mmorpg players are not 15 years old now. They are, by and large, 30-50 and have enough income to pay for a decent game. Thinking about it, I would pay upwards of $40/month for an evolving game I could look forward to playing every day.

Wow costed > $60 million to create and profited $8 billion (most of it from subscriptions).

Gimme some qualityyyyy.


With the subscription you achieve what is known as Patron status. There are things exclusive to being a patron that don't make it so you can ONLY play the game this way, but it is incentive, for sure. One being, access to the Auction House, as well +labor regeneration. I know there are many more perks than that, but that's what is what I know of at this point. Latter parts of the game require that labor generation almost, so it definitely helps.

[Koota]

LOL....heard this three years ago. I'm not implying you shouldn't play video games. I'm implying you should allow more devs to work. EQ is basics, nothing tough here(nothing that takes 5 years either)

Move the fuck on, Alarti.

[Koota]

This might help for class selection:

http://www.tsmmo.com/index.php?/topic/10-classes-broken-down-by-tier/

[Koota]

Made a Selphira character to join you guys, name is Koota.

[FoxxHound]

Salphira

[FoxxHound]

Elf

[Zadrian]

Anyone on now? We have communication options?

[Pullyn]

Ugh. Stuck at work til tomorrow morning. Is it good so far? I'll have some catching up to do I suppose.

[Rust1d?]

We need some sort of communication options for tonight. Where to meet etc...never played so I have no clue where I will spawn etc

[Rust1d?]

Gonna be logging in around 5-6ish est..just need to grab something to eat and smoke up

[Zadrian]

Yeah - did we even pick a server? at server select now. Foxxhound said Salphira so I guess that's where im going

[Rust1d?]

Yes, Salphira...still stalled on communications. Would like TS or Vent. Anybody have?

[FoxxHound]

Foxhound. Elf. Shadowplay.

[Zadrian]

I'm confused, how come the skillsets look halved? I don't see auramancy or witchcraft or defense

[Koota]

They open to you as you progress. If you choose X initial skill set, not all skill sets are available once you are able to select your second.


Also, I chose the opposing faction that you guys are choosing with Elf.

[Alarti0001]

Move the fuck on, Alarti.

Haha I will be. In Archeage soon(tm). No hope here.

[Bamz4l]

WhiteBerry around and able to hook us up with a TS channel?

[Rust1d?]

Not going to be on for another hour or two but we still need some communication

[Zadrian]

I hate these types of storylines.. the "you're the one!" type shit.. It's me and the 100 other people standing around the quest npc that have the "special" birthmark

[Rust1d?]

I never pay attention to the story lines in mmos

[Zadrian]

iiii think i might go Harani. I kinda like some of the landscapes on their continent

[Koota]

iiii think i might go Harani. I kinda like some of the landscapes on their continent

Yep, I'm Harani.

[FoxxHound]

oookay :(

[Zadrian]

Hit me up - Zadrian, Harani, Archer... Foxxhound needs to come to the Asian side!

[Zadrian]

Oh and as far as comms goes - Scrooge offered us the irc for voice chat... I suggest we take it.

[FoxxHound]

Dunno what IRC is. I have Vent, TS, Mumble, Raidcall, Skype.
Also I don't plan to play that side unless they release that war/demon like race. Looks like it's bedtime for me.

[Grimjaw]

just created a Harani on that server that starts with an S

[India]

I'm getting some stupid ass dll error :(

[Rust1d?]

I played for about an hour (got to lv 6 and my mount) Game is okay but very quest based to start. How are you guys liking it?

[Scrooge]

What faction/realm are you all under?

[India]

Having to reinstall the game,,, so likely see you all tomorrow at this rate

[Rust1d?]

Elf/ Saphia or that one. Lv 6 now, just got my mount

[Rust1d?]

Ugh...cannot connect

[Zadrian]

I played for about an hour (got to lv 6 and my mount) Game is okay but very quest based to start. How are you guys liking it?

It's basic MMO startage atm. I think it definitely starts to pick up later on with the naval battles and the rvr stuff. Class system is keeping it fun

[Grimjaw]

pretty MEH atm. when can I start stealing peoples crops atleast

[Rust1d?]

Yeah I wanna get into stupid shit like stealing etc.

[Zadrian]

Those are all clearly men

[Zadrian]

Yeah I wanna get into stupid shit like stealing etc.

What you're saying is the goal will be to be pirates?

[FoxxHound]

Yay for butt pirates!

[Rust1d?]

Pirates are like discords on EQ I would assume...pretty much KoS all over etc. got to lv 10 :)

[Colgate]

played this shit for 5 minutes then uninstalled

[Rust1d?]

What didn't you like? I must say so far I am not impressed. Seems like every other MMO out there on the market...but I am hoping it gets better. seems like leveling is too easy and death means nothing.

[Pokesan]

Got glider at 12? I think

don't like the controls, can't really tell a difference in descent using the steering controls

playing elf; game looks and feels a lot like rift #2

[Scrooge]

Yay for butt pirates!

Wonder how long it'll take for those words to become someone's guild name...

[Rust1d?]

Never played Rift so I cannot comment. UI is not great and controls are a bit wonky

[Grimjaw]

can sum1 who has been playing alpha detail the steps required to lockdown/reserve a spot of land using a scarecrow? I hear that's a cheap way to claim land, until you can build a house

[FoxxHound]

but, but.

[FoxxHound]

Anyone on?

[Klapton]

I am interested in the importance of the "Toughness" stat. (The "I'm magically better than you at PvP stat). In every game I played where this has been implemented, the result was cookie cutter gear and character builds. If you don't have the PvP gear, you suck at PvP, even if you don't suck at PvP. So you MUST get the gear to not be gimp.

Can anyone playing this game tell me whether or not this "Toughness" stat gimps players who do not have it?

Question #2:

Is there a "Taunt" ability? If so, what does it do in PvP?

[FoxxHound]

I have yet to experience battle outside of PvE. Sorry.

[Rust1d?]

I am thinking the real game does not start till at least 30ish..like EQ classic.

[Pullyn]

Logging in now finally. The intro is pretty sick.

[Zadrian]

Im highly convinced the the early levels are just a big tutorial. Teach you how to get mounts, how to plant stuff, how to build stuff etc.

[FoxxHound]

Ye. I am on Saph or Salph or whatever server. The Elf/Human side. Foxhound is character name. Level 15~

[Rust1d?]

Lv 10 here..Takenotes. Anybody have a vent to use for tonight? or TS?

[FoxxHound]

I might, but I have to work tonight. I am generally on around this time every morning.

[Pullyn]

Trezz, so far lvl 7 elf archer.

[Zadrian]

Ugghhh damn Elves. Harani is where it's attt!

[Pullyn]

I wanna do pirate shit. Elves get a bonus to swimming or something like that.

[FoxxHound]

Fuck that shit~
I may make a Firran or whatever, but(t) fuck the Harani.

[Zadrian]

Fuck that shit~
I may make a Firran or whatever, but(t) fuck the Harani.

I'd fuck a Harani

[Grimjaw]

im a lvl 11 Harani Revenant (auramancy+occultism+sorcery) on the Salphira server.

I tried claiming a garden with a scarecrow, but it wouldn't let me do it on a free account.

[Zadrian]

im a lvl 11 Harani Revenant (auramancy+occultism+sorcery) on the Salphira server.

I tried claiming a garden with a scarecrow, but it wouldn't let me do it on a free account.

I'm Primeval (Archery, Auramancy and Shadowplay)

[Pullyn]

Lvl 10 elf warpriest here. Should we try to get some folks together for some fun?

[Grimjaw]

im up for it after work in 4 hrs

[Koota]

can sum1 who has been playing alpha detail the steps required to lockdown/reserve a spot of land using a scarecrow? I hear that's a cheap way to claim land, until you can build a house

You go through the Bluesalt Brotherhood quest line in Anvilton (will have a green leaf over his head). Do this quest line, and one of the rewards is a tax certificate (used to pay your weekly dues for a plot) as well as your first scarecrow. There are tons of public farming areas throughout the game usually noted on the map as such. Given that there are such a surplus of new players, most of the starting areas are crammed 100% with plots so that there is no room to put your own plot. You'll eventually find one.

At this point, I'd recommend planting quickly maturing plants of some sort as you can flip it pretty quickly on the AH. I'm still learning the finer details of crafting and the farm shit, but that should get you started, anyway.

[Koota]

I am thinking the real game does not start till at least 30ish..like EQ classic.

Correct.

[Koota]

im a lvl 11 Harani Revenant (auramancy+occultism+sorcery) on the Salphira server.

I tried claiming a garden with a scarecrow, but it wouldn't let me do it on a free account.

Yep, one of the perks of being a patron (monthly pay or purchasing a founder pack).

[Rust1d?]

Too much crafting and shit. Rather just quest and kill shit for stuff. I do not wanna sit around gathering then parked at some crafting station for hours.

[Koota]

You don't have to craft at all, if you don't want to. But there is no denying that utilizing all aspects of the game will yield you more money, more exp, better items, etc. But, to reiterate, you don't have to do any of that to progress.

Trade runs, where you craft something at a regional specialty workbench and export it to another region is the best source of getting money in game right now. It also makes for some of the best PvP opportunities, too. Because you can steal trade packs, or alternatively it can be stolen from you.

I'm not a fan of all the Farmville related shit of ArcheAge either, TBH. But I'm willing to give it a shot and understand that full circle, it only helps me in the end.

[Rust1d?]

I mean, I do not mind crafting if it were simple...but like you said, lots of farmville type stuff I do not care for.

[Koota]

I mean, I do not mind crafting if it were simple...but like you said, lots of farmville type stuff I do not care for.

The questing is stupid easy, and the crafting sort of makes up for that to an extent. It's not like "Combine items A, B, and C in to this kiln and get the end result". It's just more realistic (I guess) in that, you need to combine items Z, Y, and X in order to create item A. And item B requires you to plant a seed and water it, and it won't be ready for 3 hours, and item C is something you get from disenchanting items". So I dig it, and I don't at the same time.

[Scrooge]

Has anyone here done any actual PvP so far? And if so, can you post some screenies?

[Pullyn]

Hit Lvl 20 and do far the pvp has been minimal. Thst being said it seems like there is a ton of it once you get away from the areas that your faction controls. Hopefully will get into some of that today.

[Grimjaw]

so when can u start stealing crops etc? everytime I try it says "you are not high enough"

[Grimfan]

so when can u start stealing crops etc? everytime I try it says "you are not high enough"

You need to level your larceny, which you can do by opening the pouches you get off of killing mobs.

[Zadrian]

Level 15 you can start stealing

[Grimjaw]

ah nice, ya I've been opening all my pouches. almost 15 now (14.5)

[compulsion]

Just hit 23. Aiming for 35+ and PvP this beta. Will write up a comprehensive review of the game once this beta winds up.

[Grimjaw]

why 35 is that when the good pvp starts?

[Koota]

Found this video, and it pretty much summarizes the game in an unbiased stance.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G0hLWrLJy0

[India]

missed you Koota!!!

[Pullyn]

1.5 hours til my ship is completed. Fuck yeah.

[Erasong]

Im in the alpha so i can answer a few questions. my writing sucks so bare with me.


Leveling:
Its quest based. Follow the breadcrumbs etc etc with a few alternate means of gaining exp. tradeskills and gathering/farming are decent means of exp at lower levels. Running tradepacks ( ill go more into detail in a bit ) is also decent xp but not really viable for leveling unless youre in a guild and the designated turn in guy. One noteworthy thing tho about quests is there are hidden eq style quests. by eq style i mean these arent go from point A to point B and slay X amount of monsters. These are longer, more involved, might actually have to think about what to do or google it style quests. The rewards for which greatly vary.

Pirating and crime points:
This game is pretty open ended on griefing. You can steal from other folks if they plant anything on unprotected land. Unprotected land is basically anything that isnt a public farm or a player owned farm or house. You can pick crops or animals off of a public farm after a 24 hour period of the item being fully matured with ZERO punishment but should you steal crops that were planted off of a player owned farm you will leave footprints that can be clicked and reported for a 24 hour period. wrack up enough crime points and youll go to a player run court. These are hilarious because its what youd expect it to be. a shitshow with nearly every verdict a guilty and trolling. Once you hit 3000 infamy points you are immediately removed from any guild you are in and faction and branded a traitor and a pirate. Pirates are only allowed to group and guild with similarly branded folks and usually inhabit a place in the middle of the ocean between both continents known as pirate island. They are also KoS to both sides. This is a way for all 4 races to be in 1 guild tho.

PVP:
It happens but not till higher levels typically. Most of the pre 30 zones are protected. You can and will run into pvp situations pre 30 if you are doing tradepack runs. Tradepack running is the main source of income for most people and involves farming/gathering and moving specialty goods from 1 province to another. This is where most open world pvp happens. Moving a tradepack greatly reduces your speed and for the best results forces you to cross great stretches of land/sea. For the very best results you must cross the pirate infested oceans. There is an early quest that teaches you about tradepacking and will eventually require you to make one of these ocean trips. I recommend it. youll die but its a learning experience. There are also higher level zones that go into states of war where reds will vie for control of the zone along with PVP arena queuing. I cant comment much on these as I havent done them yet. Im level 33. Keep rerolling to find my niche.

If there are more questions post them here and ill see what I can do to answer them.

[Pullyn]

Stole enough shit to make a clipper and killed some folks in the process. Pirated for a bit and did hoodrat things. When I was finally killed by somebody I went to court where I basically told everybody I did it and to suck a fat dick resulting in a half an hour in jail. Great success.

[Scrooge]

Is there a way to decrease your infamy points? This system of "crime points" reminds me of that karma system from Lineage 2, except the punishment could've resulted in you losing all your gear instead of being "banished."

[Erasong]

Is there a way to decrease your infamy points? This system of "crime points" reminds me of that karma system from Lineage 2, except the punishment could've resulted in you losing all your gear instead of being "banished."

Yes. You can do a quest in the capital cities that reduce crime points. you can also buy a potion using loyalty points gained at a rate of 5 per day and costing 15 or the RL money store. the potion have a 24 hour cooldown as does the quest.

[Zadrian]

Stole enough shit to make a clipper and killed some folks in the process. Pirated for a bit and did hoodrat things. When I was finally killed by somebody I went to court where I basically told everybody I did it and to suck a fat dick resulting in a half an hour in jail. Great success.

Trial chat is some of the funniest shit I've ever read.

I don't think I've ever seen so many Few Good Men references in one place.

Also, "Firran? GUILTY AS FUCK!"

[thugcruncher]

labor is fucking dumb

dumb enough to single-handedly make me uninstall and never consider playing again

keep your energy farmville bullshit on facebook you fucking tards

[Koota]

Closed Beta 4 8/22 - 8/27

http://www.archeagegame.com/en/news/2014/08/archeage-closed-beta-event-4/

[Cecily]

Got Wyntir, my Eidolon, to 27 and got killed a bunch in duels. Not sure if that class is gonna be practical, definitely not a killer, but warping around the field CC harassing people in group combat sounds like a blast.

In the last few hours I bought a black lilyut horse for 10 freaking GP from Mirage Island, raised it and was so happy with it. WAY faster than the elven elks and it's just beautiful.

The game feels so much like Lineage 2. I'm right at home.

[Zadrian]

The only downside I noticed to ArcheAge is the large amount of zerg-invite guilds. Guilds advertising for recruitment are boasting 200+ members and I think that's crazy. I found a nice little tight-knit guild called Ravens of the Veil which really reminds me of the old days of BDA

[Cecily]

The only downside I noticed to ArcheAge is the large amount of zerg-invite guilds. Guilds advertising for recruitment are boasting 200+ members and I think that's crazy.

Wow. Pretty hard to imagine guilds that big.

[Koota]

The only downside I noticed to ArcheAge is the large amount of zerg-invite guilds. Guilds advertising for recruitment are boasting 200+ members and I think that's crazy. I found a nice little tight-knit guild called Ravens of the Veil which really reminds me of the old days of BDA

Just a huge influx of people with beta and what not. Pretty common for (new) games upon release.

[Samsonite]

Got to level 21, spent most of the last day of CB3 on the feuille sound island inbetween cinderstone moor and the newbie zones, killing my own team mates, and even went to cinderstone moor and killed my own team there too. Level 21, killing level 30's. It was pretty bad ass.

[Erasong]

Got Wyntir, my Eidolon, to 27 and got killed a bunch in duels. Not sure if that class is gonna be practical, definitely not a killer, but warping around the field CC harassing people in group combat sounds like a blast.

In the last few hours I bought a black lilyut horse for 10 freaking GP from Mirage Island, raised it and was so happy with it. WAY faster than the elven elks and it's just beautiful.

The game feels so much like Lineage 2. I'm right at home.

since its admittedly not a killer, try switching out shadowplay for defense. go dreambreaker. i think youd be enjoy this a lot more.

[Grimjaw]

Wow. Pretty hard to imagine guilds that big.


yet here's half of Red99 raiding together under a single guild:

http://i.imgur.com/EuLUBSn.png

[Zadrian]

50 people is fine, but 200? that's crazy. at that point you're not in a guild, but a corporation.

[Cecily]

That's a healthy thing for a PvP centric game if population distribution is somewhat balanced between the factions. Mass PvP is pretty fun.

[Zadrian]

I'm not morally opposed to huge guilds or anything - I just can't imagine the logistics of such a congregation, and definitely wouldn't want to be in a guild where you're just a number.

I wholly expect the 20-30 of us to be wreck-itralphed by the uber huge guilds.

[Erasong]

PVP based games generally speaking have larger guild rosters. Completely different thing logistically then a pve loot distribution guild.

[Zadrian]

I shouldn't be surprised, I guess, if this is hailed as "Fantasy EVE"

[Koota]

Well were gonna try to unite the entire pirate faction into a single guild just to torture the larger zerg guilds.

I'm definitely down for this

[Erasong]

if i werent already in another guild >.<. but i can always make an alt if we wanna do a p99 guild in AA.

[Tavrin]

I played the last beta, it was quite fun once I got the hang of the various builds.

You can make some totally odd combo's that don't play the way you think.

I didn't get a chance to PvP in beta 3, but will definitely sink my teeth in during this weekends beta.

One thing I did see though, was it appeared most of the PvP was same faction ganking, which seems boring. More fun to play it as east v west v pirate.

[Champion_Standing]

Another terrible korean MMO, toss it on the heap of F2P garbage.

[Champion_Standing]

I can't believe that bitches dog treat kickstarter is more important to you nerds than this game. Everyone still think it sucks?

I'm coming around a little. I would still say the basic MMO elements of questing/exping are just as lame as every other mmorpg out there but all the other added features make it acceptable overall.

[Erasong]

games legit. the pirating is real.

[Zadrian]

Ok I hate when this happens. I was all about ArcheAge in Beta 3 and the Alpha. I spent the $150 for the Archeum Pack (obviously if I'm playing Alpha). Then I wasn't able to play this weekend (beta 4) because I had friends over.

I tried getting back on after company left on Sunday and I was just bored. I don't really want to play anymore, lol. Booourns

[Pullyn]

I did some stupid quest to find grim jaw island or whatever. Upon finding it the game stomped my dick in with a hail of cannon fire, sinking my clipper and killing me immediately. Upon respawning I was in pirate jail and had to recall. Now I need an item from a 10k alchemist to fix my ship. Won't be doing that quest come live lol.

[Samsonite]

I played a level 30 Infiltrator, destroying my faction in Cinderstone Moor for all 5 days of the beta.

I went to jail atleast 17 times. almost 3k infamy, bout to be a pirate.

[Weekapaug]

Did you guys pay for beta access or just sign up?

I signed up but never heard anything.

[georgie]

I signed up but its 22-27 so fuk that didn't bother

[Champion_Standing]

Did you guys pay for beta access or just sign up?

I signed up but never heard anything.

I just signed up, fuck that founders pack bullshit. Signed up probably 3 months ago, got into the last two betas. They do have a "surprise announcement" from PAX on friday, thinking its gonna be the release date or an open beta date but who knows.

[Swish]

Paying to play betas and getting "early access" benefits... crazy shit.

[Champion_Standing]

Paying to play betas and getting "early access" benefits... crazy shit.

Archeage makes SOE founders packs look like a good deal.

[Champion_Standing]

Well open beta runs from Sept 4-8 and launch date is Sept 16.

http://www.archeagegame.com/en/news/2014/08/archeage-schedule-announcement/

[Swish]

Archeage makes SOE founders packs look like a good deal.

Whatever happened to Day Z by the way? Did it ever make it out of "beta"/"early access"?

Seems like the hype for it died before it was even released.

[Champion_Standing]

Whatever happened to Day Z by the way? Did it ever make it out of "beta"/"early access"?

Seems like the hype for it died before it was even released.

It's still in "early access" and has been for nearly a year now, I'm really not sure how these guys are getting away with selling "Early access" to a game that is a year away from being released. Actually I think these guys milk it so they can always throw up that disclaimer.

If they couldn't make money until it was done that shit would be released already.

[Nips]

It's still in "early access" and has been for nearly a year now, I'm really not sure how these guys are getting away with selling "Early access" to a game that is a year away from being released. Actually I think these guys milk it so they can always throw up that disclaimer.

If they couldn't make money until it was done that shit would be released already.

Hopefully h1z1 motivates them or just blows the game away entirely

[Cecily]

PvE is pretty bad. I was super excited about the game and after one terrible dungeon run my opinion kinda 180ed. Game balance is kinda shit. FoTM classes are gonna run the server and people who try to play around with the really diverse combinations are gonna get stomped. Labor meh... If you wanna get serious with this game, you're gonna have to shell out a 15 / month sub fee for LP advantages, along with house building.

Also, fuck them for charging for beta access. Double triple fuck them for the 150, 100, 50 price options for that access.

That being said I'll probably be playing it.

[Champion_Standing]

loling at the people who paid $150 to play the alpha, I didn't buy anything and I got into the last two betas though.

Their methods are already a little shady IMO, they invite people to a "closed beta" that is already trying to push a purchase on you. Everyone should have gotten full subscriber access in the betas as well as some store cash if they were really testing. I know other games do the same kind of shit but it still says a lot about them.

[Erasong]

money grab for sure but hey, if your product is worth it.. and this game is fun as shit for me atm.