Albion Online launches into Closed Beta next week, and with my copy secure and ready to go on the 25th for my backer level I couldn't be more excited. I am especially happy after seeing this video on the combat.
Update: I will now have access on the 24th as I upgraded to the Epic pack.
I am still concerned about how their free to play model will work, my thought pattern is basically "please don't suck, please don't suck" over and over.
They did state this about it recently:
To me that actually sounds okay, slightly better than just vanity items, but not giving a direct edge to people who don't pay up. A free player could easily still have better equipment than a paid player, so I'm fine with that.
The developers certainly seem likeable too, they were very charismatic I thought in this video.
It's going to be really good to have a proper MMORPG on Linux, and considering you don't have to do PVP it's going to be good to give it a go. I can't wait to build my house, ride around on my horse and annoy the heck out of people by attacking them whenever I feel like it. I will more than likely look to build a GOL guild, who's with me? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Update: I will now have access on the 24th as I upgraded to the Epic pack.
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I am still concerned about how their free to play model will work, my thought pattern is basically "please don't suck, please don't suck" over and over.
They did state this about it recently:
QuoteGold can be traded freely with other players and can be used to upgrade your character to Premium Status or to get some vanity items. The Premium Status, which can also be bought with the in-game currency Silver, will boost your character’s progress speed and loot, while not giving you any direct or combat related benefits.
To me that actually sounds okay, slightly better than just vanity items, but not giving a direct edge to people who don't pay up. A free player could easily still have better equipment than a paid player, so I'm fine with that.
The developers certainly seem likeable too, they were very charismatic I thought in this video.
It's going to be really good to have a proper MMORPG on Linux, and considering you don't have to do PVP it's going to be good to give it a go. I can't wait to build my house, ride around on my horse and annoy the heck out of people by attacking them whenever I feel like it. I will more than likely look to build a GOL guild, who's with me? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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If we do run a guild, it would be a super serious thing, just to get Linux gamers together to play and have fun.
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It works like in Ultima Online. In towns, you are protected by its guards, so you can't be attacked. Outside towns, it's another history :)
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Quoting: TheBossQuoting: KeyrockBut PvP can happen anywhere? If so, I'm out.
I believe it is PvP anywhere, as that's part of the point of territories and having to defend them.
Essentially there are PVP enabled zones and those which can be considered safe. Leave the latter at you own risk ;-)
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After reading the description of the zones I'm more confused than ever. So if you want to PvP you flag yourself, if you don't want to PvP you don't flag yourself, but you can be attacked by flagged players anyway. That seems weird to me.
Anyway, suffice to say I'll likely never play this. Not my jam. I'm not looking to get griefed in a game. It may be a cool game, but it's not for me.
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Anyway, suffice to say I'll likely never play this. Not my jam. I'm not looking to get griefed in a game. It may be a cool game, but it's not for me.
Last edited by Keyrock on 18 November 2015 at 5:06 am UTC
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I actually now have the "Epic" pack, so I will be getting access on the 24th instead of the 25th. Cost a little extra, but it will be worth it as I time free during the day on both, so should be worth it to help me cover it and give my impressions.
You flag if you want to attack, if you do you show up on the radar for non-pvp people to know round about where you are. It's quite simple really. The charging on it is to prevent someone standing right next to you suddenly going pvp and attacking you.
Sounds like quite a sane system really.
Quoting: KeyrockAfter reading the description of the zones I'm more confused than ever. So if you want to PvP you flag yourself, if you don't want to PvP you don't flag yourself, but you can be attacked by flagged players anyway. That seems weird to me.
Anyway, suffice to say I'll likely never play this. Not my jam. I'm not looking to get griefed in a game. It may be a cool game, but it's not for me.
You flag if you want to attack, if you do you show up on the radar for non-pvp people to know round about where you are. It's quite simple really. The charging on it is to prevent someone standing right next to you suddenly going pvp and attacking you.
Sounds like quite a sane system really.
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I'd be willing to give it a go, especially if it's F2P in a decent way. I've been playing a lot of oldschool WoW (WotLK) on a private server via Wine lately, and it really drives home my preference in MMOs. Solo questing, social guild chat, occasionally getting together for a party to do dungeons, and knowing if I have a tough quest to do or need advice, there's someone around willing to lend a hand. I'll do PVP if I have to, or occasionally dabble in it, but that's really not what I'm there for.
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oldrocker99 Nov 20, 2015
I have pretty studiously avoided MMO games over the years, with a bit of Guild Wars played before I went Linux, and I never played it again, even with wine.
This does look good, though, and PvE is my kind of play style; that's if I play a game like this. The devs do seem to be nice guys.
This does look good, though, and PvE is my kind of play style; that's if I play a game like this. The devs do seem to be nice guys.
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