Albion Online's big final beta 'Hector' update has launched, it has issues on Linux

Hope they will get it fixed soon.

As always, I still think they need a ton more PvE content to keep people interested.

Yup, as a non PvP interested player , that's what I want :)

I still think the Destiny Board is a huge mess. I can't understand when the designer decided it was a good idea to have most of the screen uselessly empty, and to have to scroll the screen in many ways to simply see where are stuff. They totally failed it, in my opinion, and the new one is only like the old one with some shine on it.

I'll play at release, but not day 1, nor 2 or 3, as i believe it will be over crowded and unstable, but i'm not sure the game will keep me hooked very long, as they removed piece by piece the parts of "open sand box player driven do what you want". The latest was to add the big central city, with the black market and the portal on it. Death to every other "biome cities" now the "must be" city is that one.

Still want to see the final product, and the crowd mind.

As always, I still think they need a ton more PvE content to keep people interested.

Yup, as a non PvP interested player , that's what I want :)

I guess even if they'd add more PvE content, most non-hardcore PvP players are probably not very likely to touch a game having open world ganking and player-looting with the proverbial 10-foot pole. I am longing for a great Linux suppported MMORPG as much as anyone, but this game is simply not it. It will be a very small game appealing to a very small group of players. They might have some fun with it. But a big thing it will not become.

Note: The Launcher seems to be having issues right now. The game will only launch for me if I run the game directly, without the launcher. To even get that far I had to edit the preferences file to have my correct resolution which can be found here:
/home/liam/.config/unity3d/Sandbox Interactive GmbH/Albion Online Client/prefs
Seems like the launcher needs wider testing on Linux, if they want a smooth release next month. I've had it confirmed from others in our IRC and my emails that their launcher is having major issues. Some can't even update their game. I imagine this might be related to the Unity engine bug other developers had recently, which has been fixed in the latest version of Unity.

Unfortunately, a Unity bug is causing these issues ( https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/linux-input-dot-mouseposition-returns-infinity-or-nan-in-fullscreen-mode ). It was known shortly before the release but we decided to go with in since we found two rather simple workaround which were communicated to community via the forum I believe.

Either you can:
* Delete /home/liam/.config/unity3d/Sandbox Interactive GmbH/Albion Online Client/prefs before every start (but you'll loose all setting change you made in game)
* Select window mode (instead of fullscreen) before starting the game with the launcher (also every time unfortunately)

We understand it annoying and are sorry for that. If you find any other problems please let us/me know!

As always, I still think they need a ton more PvE content to keep people interested.

Yup, as a non PvP interested player , that's what I want :)

I guess even if they'd add more PvE content, most non-hardcore PvP players are probably not very likely to touch a game having open world ganking and player-looting with the proverbial 10-foot pole. I am longing for a great Linux suppported MMORPG as much as anyone, but this game is simply not it. It will be a very small game appealing to a very small group of players. They might have some fun with it. But a big thing it will not become.

I'm on board with that, the player-looting especially is a big turn-off since it encourages player-hunting even more.

But what do we have for MMOs with PvE content on Linux? All I can think of off the top of my head are Runequest, Ryzom, and I guess Wakfu, all of which have their problems.

Thanks for the heads up,I bought this game a while back and was waiting for it to be more completed before I played it again. Gonna check it out tonight. ^_^

As always, I still think they need a ton more PvE content to keep people interested.

Yup, as a non PvP interested player , that's what I want :)

I guess even if they'd add more PvE content, most non-hardcore PvP players are probably not very likely to touch a game having open world ganking and player-looting with the proverbial 10-foot pole. I am longing for a great Linux suppported MMORPG as much as anyone, but this game is simply not it. It will be a very small game appealing to a very small group of players. They might have some fun with it. But a big thing it will not become.

I'm on board with that, the player-looting especially is a big turn-off since it encourages player-hunting even more.

But what do we have for MMOs with PvE content on Linux? All I can think of off the top of my head are Runequest, Ryzom, and I guess Wakfu, all of which have their problems.

Runequest ?
Isn't that a board game.
I thought you mean Runescape , no ?

The full loot on PvP is devastating. I lost everything in the game when I was trying to race through a red zone to get to another yellow/blue zone when I was ambushed during some gathering en route. You live and learn, I suppose, but losing all my loot set me back, literally, days, in terms of how much it cost me to make.

That's a game decision, and good on them for sticking to it, but I'm there for the gathering and PvE, so I'll play this right up to the point I lose everything again, then I'll be out of the game forever, I suspect.

It wouldn't be a problem if you had some routes that simply kept you out of red/black zones, but the way they've mapped the world out, some zones are simply inaccessible unless you risk the sprint across a hostile zone.

But what do we have for MMOs with PvE content on Linux? All I can think of off the top of my head are Runequest, Ryzom, and I guess Wakfu, all of which have their problems.

Runequest ?
Isn't that a board game.
I thought you mean Runescape , no ?

I don't play either one, so close enough. :P

But really, is Runescape worth the trouble? It seems hard to find an accurate answer to that given how committed the die-hard fans seem to be.

Unfortunately, a Unity bug is causing these issues

Shroud of the Avatar is suffering from the same issue. Works fine if you happen to be using Ubuntu+Unity DE, but not for anyone else.

Delete /home/liam/.config/unity3d/Sandbox Interactive GmbH/Albion Online Client/prefs before every start (but you'll loose all setting change you made in game)

If you're happy to delete the prefs file then using a command line argument -screen-fullscreen 0 will probably work too (at least it does on Shroud).

But what do we have for MMOs with PvE content on Linux? All I can think of off the top of my head are Runequest, Ryzom, and I guess Wakfu, all of which have their problems.

Runequest ?
Isn't that a board game.
I thought you mean Runescape , no ?

I don't play either one, so close enough. :P

But really, is Runescape worth the trouble? It seems hard to find an accurate answer to that given how committed the die-hard fans seem to be.

Not sure really....
I played a little bit , and it seemed fine in the beginning , tutorial and a few quests.
Your corpse has a cool down so passers by cannot loot it immediately after a mob kills you.
I think the a**hole concentration is on the old Runescape game version , at least as far as I heard.

The full loot on PvP is devastating. I lost everything in the game when I was trying to race through a red zone to get to another yellow/blue zone when I was ambushed during some gathering en route. You live and learn, I suppose, but losing all my loot set me back, literally, days, in terms of how much it cost me to make.

That's a game decision, and good on them for sticking to it, but I'm there for the gathering and PvE, so I'll play this right up to the point I lose everything again, then I'll be out of the game forever, I suspect.

It wouldn't be a problem if you had some routes that simply kept you out of red/black zones, but the way they've mapped the world out, some zones are simply inaccessible unless you risk the sprint across a hostile zone.

Ah, this brings back memories of Ultima Online.

Put everything in the bank, run to the next town, take everything out of the bank.

Good times.

The full loot on PvP is devastating. I lost everything in the game when I was trying to race through a red zone to get to another yellow/blue zone when I was ambushed during some gathering en route. You live and learn, I suppose, but losing all my loot set me back, literally, days, in terms of how much it cost me to make.

That's a game decision, and good on them for sticking to it, but I'm there for the gathering and PvE, so I'll play this right up to the point I lose everything again, then I'll be out of the game forever, I suspect.

It wouldn't be a problem if you had some routes that simply kept you out of red/black zones, but the way they've mapped the world out, some zones are simply inaccessible unless you risk the sprint across a hostile zone.

Ah, this brings back memories of Ultima Online.

Put everything in the bank, run to the next town, take everything out of the bank.

Good times.

Except that in Albion, all the banks are local to the zone in which they are located... so not really a "bank" as such. Just a chest in which you can put stuff.

Of course, that gets incredibly messy, with bits of wood in one chest, old armour in another, etc, etc. Even worse, if you want to fast-travel via the ships then you're in for a shock - it's insanely expensive AND you have to travel, effectively, naked. Can't carry anything on a ship but yourself.

They're trying to protect the local markets from abuse, but it's frustrating nonetheless.

I dunno. What's the point of getting nice stuff if you can't dare to take it out of town? That...doesn't make any sense. I realize that this game deliberately wanted to be "old school", but sometimes old school things have died for a reason. *shrug*

The full loot on PvP is devastating...
It wouldn't be a problem if you had some routes that simply kept you out of red/black zones, but the way they've mapped the world out, some zones are simply inaccessible unless you risk the sprint across a hostile zone.

EVE online is similar in the loot drop aspect but different in the zones. There are outer zones that are more deadly yet more lucrative, while the safer zones can still be fun enough... until you feel ready for the wild. :)

I think it's fair enough that they focus on PVP with this title - it just unfortunately renders me uninterested.

But too many MMORPGs over the history has flopped and gotten broken cause the devs tried too hard to cater to BOTH crowds. It is very, very VERY complicated cause the requirements are often fundamentally different and even work against each other.

Like, balancing. In a PVE game you want to become one powerful mother of a beast with area effects and shitloads of damage and madness. Unfair fights against a mob is just never an issue.
In PVP however, these things have to be meticulously balanced down to the single damage VS cost point. And that - often - leaves PVE gamers feel "gimped".

It really is a tricky balance because it's a balance between to quite different things.

So if they want to focus on PVP, then good for them - let's hope they make a great pvp experience out of it.
As for me, my wait for my kind of MMORPG on Linux continues...

The full loot on PvP is devastating. I lost everything in the game when I was trying to race through a red zone to get to another yellow/blue zone when I was ambushed during some gathering en route. You live and learn, I suppose, but losing all my loot set me back, literally, days, in terms of how much it cost me to make.

That's a game decision, and good on them for sticking to it, but I'm there for the gathering and PvE, so I'll play this right up to the point I lose everything again, then I'll be out of the game forever, I suspect.

It wouldn't be a problem if you had some routes that simply kept you out of red/black zones, but the way they've mapped the world out, some zones are simply inaccessible unless you risk the sprint across a hostile zone.

That might not be an issue with the world re-design now though. I think the layout is almost entirely different.

Thing is, I wouldn't mind playing this as a more "support" type character, where I'm going off into the non-PvP wilds, exploring and gathering materials while fending off mostly hostile wildlife/monsters, while still playing a role in the larger player base. That kind of thing appeals to me more than going head-to-head in hostile zones.But there'd need to be stuff to do, interesting things to find when exploring, world lore to provide immersion, etc.

Thing is, I wouldn't mind playing this as a more "support" type character, where I'm going off into the non-PvP wilds, exploring and gathering materials while fending off mostly hostile wildlife/monsters, while still playing a role in the larger player base. That kind of thing appeals to me more than going head-to-head in hostile zones.But there'd need to be stuff to do, interesting things to find when exploring, world lore to provide immersion, etc.

Sounds like you're describing an Elder Scrolls game :D