tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post8529249378450680974..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Out Of The Ashes Rises...A Lame Duck: Ashes of CreationBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-42911525576121141352019-09-28T08:09:19.307+01:002019-09-28T08:09:19.307+01:00I got an email from Intrepid this morning with cop...I got an email from Intrepid this morning with <a href="https://ashesofcreation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016316113-How-do-I-uninstall-the-old-version-of-Ashes-of-Creation-Apocalypse-" rel="nofollow">copious details about how to overcome login issues</a> so I guess it's even more of a common problem than I thought. I might see if I can get it running but i have a lot of more interesting things to occupy my time right now.<br /><br />Vanguard is my second-favorite MMORPG of all time after EverQuest, which is hardly surprising because it's the real sequel to that game. If they'd had maybe another 12-18 months to polish it before release (or a good project manager throughout instead of ideas man Brad trying to wear all the hats) it could have been a solid success. I'm hoping lessons have been learned and Pantheon avoids the disasters that befell Vanguard.<br /><br />There's <a href="https://www.vgoemulator.net/index.php" rel="nofollow">a really excellent emulator</a> for Vanguard if you want to take a look but it is stil a ghost town - usually 3-5 people on when I log in. The world is beautiful and strange enough to explore alone, though.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-27515288938370921162019-09-27T22:42:35.415+01:002019-09-27T22:42:35.415+01:00Count me amongst the crowd of people irritated by ...Count me amongst the crowd of people irritated by the amount of developer attention the BR is getting. And that was even before I knew about this thing carrying a big ol' cash shop with it. *sigh*<br /><br />AoC has been the last MMO I've got behind in crowdfunding. And I think it's likely to stay that way. I didn't jump in on the DAoC remake, or the Ultima thingo, or many of the others so I guess for me this became my learning one.<br /><br />I was gifted a backing slot on Crowfall though some years ago, so every so often I take a look at that. They also went the BR route, but it never seemed as fully fleshed out (nor intended to be) as what AoC are chasing here.<br /><br />Pantheon I'm certainly keeping my eye on though. Vanguard is probably one of the MMOs I'm most sad to have seen closed down that I played the least. During it's beta I didn't have a PC remotely capable of running it -- by the time I went back to try it again much later in its life, it was already a ghost town.Naithinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830174305806727004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-38214462061282747742019-09-27T16:21:07.824+01:002019-09-27T16:21:07.824+01:00Yes, I've stopped now. The main reason I did i...Yes, I've stopped now. The main reason I did it for the few I funded was as a kind of pre-order. I was happy to pay the price of the game for beta access and a copy of the game when it launched. I stil would be - if I believed the game's were ever going to get that far.<br /><br />Also, it's become apparent that if you do want to jump in when an actual, playable beta arrives, you'll be able to buy an Early Access Pack for a few dollars more than the Kickstar pledge you'd have taken for the same privelege. Makes a lot more sense just to wait for that and pay 10-20% more for something that's actually available and playable.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-72392898452528446462019-09-27T16:18:06.218+01:002019-09-27T16:18:06.218+01:00Hehe! Turned out I had more to say about it than I...Hehe! Turned out I had more to say about it than I thought I did. It is "short" by my standards, though. Just not "really short".Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-27726773177125266402019-09-27T15:00:22.432+01:002019-09-27T15:00:22.432+01:00Fortunately, for me at least, by the time Ashes of...Fortunately, for me at least, by the time Ashes of Creation rolled around I had decided that crowdfunding MMOPRGs was a suckers game. Star Citizen is a joke, Camelot Unchained might be in some sort of beta, Shroud of the Avatar ended up being so awkwardly cantankerous that I lost interest in what got delivered eventually, and I cannot really tell what state Pantheon really is. Project: Gorgon is playable I guess. Good on that one.<br /><br />So by the time Ashes showed up asking for money I was pretty sour on the idea. Crowd funding is good for some projects, but no MMORPGs. I'll pay when the projects are done and we can see what they really are. Because that is the real problem. I get that everything takes longer than expected. But the vision sold to people to get money out of them doesn't seem to quite align with what eventually gets delivered.<br /><br />Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-37559907449281474992019-09-27T14:43:04.100+01:002019-09-27T14:43:04.100+01:00Hm, this all doesn't sound very promising inde...Hm, this all doesn't sound very promising indeed.<br /><br />By now I'm really glad that I stopped supporting any kind of crowdfunding for MMORPGs after The Repopulation...happened...<br />When a game's done, or at least somewhat close to being done, and I like what I see, THEN I might take out my wallet.<br /><br />By the way, I don't think this post actually qualifies as "really short". ;-)Mailvaltarhttp://mailvaltar.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com