Albion Online is to get another impressive content update named 'Faye'

I've said it before and I will say it again, I think Albion Online [Official Site] is going to be amazing for Linux gamers in desperate need of an MMO.

To be honest and realistic - this won't be a cure for the complete lack of mainstream MMOs on Linux. It's a niche game for a niche audience. Some people might have fun with it, and that's great. But a replacement for a true AAA MMORPG, it ain't.

Personally, it's too heavy on PvP and guild content and too light on questing and appealing looks for me. It's quite an eyesore, actually. Ok, so is WoW, but still.

I've said it before and I will say it again, I think Albion Online [Official Site] is going to be amazing for Linux gamers in desperate need of an MMO.

To be honest and realistic - this won't be a cure for the complete lack of mainstream MMOs on Linux. It's a niche game for a niche audience. Some people might have fun with it, and that's great. But a replacement for a true AAA MMORPG, it ain't.

Personally, it's too heavy on PvP and guild content and too light on questing and appealing looks for me. It's quite an eyesore, actually. Ok, so is WoW, but still.

I totally agree. It's not going to cure anything, but it is a fun MMO game. I think once it's released and people properly try it, a lot of people are going to be surprised by it. My point is, we are so limited in our selection for games like this, that an entry in the genre (and quite a good one) is pleasing.

Great! Now if only this could be played without sudoing :/

What I find nice about Albion is, that apart from the zoning and rather small areas it does still feel like a MMORPG instead of all that "Massively Singleplayer Online Game" (No Multiplayer, no Role-playing) that has spread since a few years. I still remember the ol' times, when you actually cared for other players, your reputation etc. Fun times!

Of course today farming and preparing a few hours for a 5+ hour dungeon (!) (not raid!) would not fit into my work-schedule and other activities, but still, if I play a game I like the sandbox part way more than the themepark :)

Off-topic:

With my new Radeon 470, newest mesa, gallium-nine-git and some tweaks I can run Guild Wars 2 very nicely under Archlinux. It's not native, mind, but I can do RvR and pretty much everything, apart from Divinity's Reach where frames drop under 30 for some areas, it's constantly between 40-65 fps! (everything pretty much maxed out, apart from anti-aliasing)

That's nice for me as I still enjoy GW2, but don't really feel like booting Windows for any game.


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The first time someone mentioned me this game he told me "THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT ULTIMA ONLINE!!!" and in fact I saw a lot of people saying that on the net as well, I got pretty excited even before looking at it because I'm a huge UO fan, but then when I saw it I was kind of disappointed, surely it looks like a sandbox but as @Kimyrielle said it seems to be more based on PVP.

I didn't want to make a comparison expecting an UO successor because I've got too many dissapointments from that *coughs* Shroud Of The Avatar *coughs* so I decided to investigate further, the big turn off for me, among other things, was that you can buy in game gold with real money... mmm yeah... most of the times what kills a sandbox is the inflation of prices and in-game currencies (asides from cheaters etc etc etc) and don't get me wrong I'm ok with cosmetics items and other purchasable things and even xp boost potions to some extent, but this seems to be beyond that.

Also MMO's as we know them are a dying breed, newer generation of gamers are more interested into other genres of online gaming.


Last edited by Crystal Dagger on 16 Nov 2016 at 10:07 pm UTC

Also MMO's as we know them are a dying breed, newer generation of gamers are more interested into other genres of online gaming.

Camelot Unchained! But alas, no linux support :( Maybe it'll run with Wine, we shall see.

Very nice stuff in the update. I still just don't feel like hopping in again before the next wipe. I don't want to do the massive cloth farming for three times (not necessary, I just like doing it).

Very nice stuff in the update. I still just don't feel like hopping in again before the next wipe. I don't want to do the massive cloth farming for three times (not necessary, I just like doing it).

Nice cloth you got there, be a shame if someone where to...come along and take you down ;)

surely it looks like a sandbox but as @Kimyrielle said it seems to be more based on PVP.

Yep, it's the heavy emphasis on PVP which puts me off. Also they seem to be quite happy to let you buy stuff that other players can then loot. I'll probably buy it at some point just to show support but I doubt I'll put enough time into it to become a useful member of a guild.

I didn't want to make a comparison expecting an UO successor because I've got too many dissapointments from that *coughs* Shroud Of The Avatar *coughs*

If you've not checked it out for a while there are some big changes coming to Shroud with today's update (about 6 hours from now). The quest/story stuff is still not complete but a lot of positive feedback for the changes on the forums.

I am by nature an amiable loner, and so I tend to avoid most PvP gameplay and shy away from joining formal guilds, groups, and teams. I want to support Albion Online --- I've looked it over several times after Liam has written about it here --- but its focus on PvP and Guilds just doesn't sound like it's for me. I'm pinning most of my MMORPG hopes on either open-sourced Ryzom or Runescape, I'm afraid.


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I am by nature an amiable loner, and so I tend to avoid most PvP gameplay and shy away from joining formal guilds, groups, and teams. I want to support Albion Online --- I've looked it over several times after Liam has written about it here --- but its focus on PvP and Guilds just doesn't sound like it's for me. I'm pinning most of my MMORPG hopes on either open-sourced Ryzom or Runescape, I'm afraid.

I'm a lot like you, I always played WoW for the questing and tooling around different areas to check out the environments. PvP has never been an interest for me, I want to interact with a world while other people interact with the same world. It doesn't look like Albion is going to satisfy any of that.

Also MMO's as we know them are a dying breed, newer generation of gamers are more interested into other genres of online gaming.

Camelot Unchained! But alas, no linux support :( Maybe it'll run with Wine, we shall see.

DAOC was amazing didn't know they were releasing another game. DAOC/GW1/Warhammer Online were my favorite pvp systems in MMO's.

Problems with MMO's...

player gap (newer players are ever increasingly gaped from early adopters, GW capped items making it all about skins so that solved that mostly)

insane amounts of time needed to get anywhere (an adult with a job makes playing a grinding game a second job, this isn't acceptable for those of us with children (well attentive parents anyhow)).

monthly payments (GW again was great in this respect)



Games like this succeeded in giving us players false sense of achievement. Playing EQ when it originally came out was a game changer (3D!), people HAD to work together because everyone was weak as all hell. Whenever a raid went well, or a god fell, the whole server knew about it because it was such an amazing accomplishment. since then.. MMO's have been simplified further and further making them more accessible to those who many not want to live in a fantasy world but can follow simple arrows, like to harvest/craft (God this is so stupid, my warrior isn't a freaking master chef/tailor/armor I just want to adventure), and then you get an influx of young players who don't respect the world they're in and are just bored kids with no life.


A good MMO shouldn't try to be everything to everyone... it's why all the newer ones are too identical to each other (minecraft meets sims with a splash of D&D for fantasy settings)


I just hope Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is able to be ran in wine.

I am by nature an amiable loner, and so I tend to avoid most PvP gameplay and shy away from joining formal guilds, groups, and teams. I want to support Albion Online --- I've looked it over several times after Liam has written about it here --- but its focus on PvP and Guilds just doesn't sound like it's for me. I'm pinning most of my MMORPG hopes on either open-sourced Ryzom or Runescape, I'm afraid.

Mostly the same here. I am actually quite chatty and make friends easily in MMOs. I also actually group. But here comes the caveat - I only ever group with 1-2 others. Not 5. Not 15. Most group content in MMOs is aimed at -larger- groups, not husband-and-wife teams. But despite me being social, I am hyper-reluctant to join guilds and usually don't. Because while I have interest in chatting and making friends, I have zero interest in formal organization, hierarchies, rulebooks, politics and all the other drama that ALWAYS comes paired with guilds. But most group content in MMOs is made not only for guilds, but for LARGE guilds. Let's face it - guild content in MMOs is always about numbers. Biggest zerg guild wins. Many MMOs even actively discourage smaller guilds or unguilded play overall. I also don't have any interest in raiding and their gimmick boss mechanics. Scripted fights bore the hell out of me, particularly if they are as silly as most raid fights are.

I'm a huge UO fan, but then when I saw it I was kind of disappointed ... too many dissapointments from that *coughs* Shroud Of The Avatar *coughs*

I too have great fondness for old UO, in my case freeshards though, I couldn't stand OSI. I'm looking forward to trying this one because there's definitely similarities, however it's not a drop-in replacement for UO, for that you might want to check out 'Shards Online' ( http://shardsonline.com/video/ ), this is designed as a type of modern day freeshard uo, you could run your own rp-heavy shard, or a pure pvp shard, or, well, imagination's the limit I suppose. It's looking closer to pure UO than Shroud (though I'm hoping Shroud will eventually take its place as a fun game as well).

That said, Albion's looking like the first one out the door, so that's what I'll go with first =)

I am by nature an amiable loner, and so I tend to avoid most PvP gameplay and shy away from joining formal guilds, groups, and teams. I want to support Albion Online --- I've looked it over several times after Liam has written about it here --- but its focus on PvP and Guilds just doesn't sound like it's for me. I'm pinning most of my MMORPG hopes on either open-sourced Ryzom or Runescape, I'm afraid.

I loved Runescape, the only thing that put me a bit down is that it is super solo centered and there is not much to do if you want to play with friends or others, like Dungeoneering, raids or well... trading lol... Don't get me wrong I like to lone a lot on MMO's but I also like to group or join guilds once in a while.

EVE Online is pretty "loneable" specially if you are in HighSec and Ultima Online as well, they both run flawlessly with Wine.

How's ryzom like, I've never actually tried it.

Another MMO that is pretty good and it's out there for Linux is Wakfu, but the aesthetics of the game just killed it for me, but I must say that the gameplay is pretty solid.

I too have great fondness for old UO, in my case freeshards though, I couldn't stand OSI. I'm looking forward to trying this one because there's definitely similarities, however it's not a drop-in replacement for UO, for that you might want to check out 'Shards Online' ( http://shardsonline.com/video/ ), this is designed as a type of modern day freeshard uo, you could run your own rp-heavy shard, or a pure pvp shard, or, well, imagination's the limit I suppose. It's looking closer to pure UO than Shroud (though I'm hoping Shroud will eventually take its place as a fun game as well).

That said, Albion's looking like the first one out the door, so that's what I'll go with first =)

I didn't knew of the existence of Shards Online, I'll take a look at it definitely, thanks for the info! OSI is kind of MEH nowdays, as I said I loved T2A (mage-fighter template!) and AOS was nice as well...


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