For honor perfected melee combat in almost every way imaginable sadly Ubisoft ruined it by forcing the devs to make it pay to win.

I've always found that people who prefer this level of PvP tend to be in a minority. The most controversial systems in games like OSRS or Elden Ring tend to be the systems that combine PvE and PvP. In OSRS the developers are trying to find ways to draw people back in to the wilderness and most people just consider it dead content because they don't want to deal with the risk associated with the forced PvP. Luckily the game has so much non-PvP content, that it doesn't matter. Elden Ring is another one. A very vocal minority of people talk about how popular ER is because of it's invasion system, yet complained when Seamless COOP came out because it effectively killed invasions. Guess it wasn't that popular. I wish the developers the best, but I do think they're going to miss out on a lot of potential players by not having something like PvE servers that do not have open world PvP, but might still leave in the PvP events like caravans and what not.

So much development time for a game that'll be lucky to survive a few months before inevitably being reduced to a single server with a couple hundred players. The life cycle of a forced pvp MMO that isn't EVE or to a lesser extent Albion. It's been a month and T&L has already lost half it's player-base.

No serious company would charge money to test an alpha version. I bet the high price is mainly to get KZbinrs to buy the game and people who are already very hyped and don't even realize what they are being promised and what is really there. I really wonder if people are incapable of comparing game developments.

Who pays for alpha access omg..

I played Tera online Alpha test 13 years ago, and looked so much better than AOC, it is unreal...

AoC charges you $120 for access to the start of alpha 2. Imagine developers wants you to try the game for possible feedbacks but charges you over 100usd for a game test

Hey man love your channel! Whens the next AoC video coming?

They dont care, even if Ashes does poorly. They are making a engine to sale to as many people as possible thats more important but a bonus if ashes does do well.

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it is my understanding that the spell effects can be turned down by each player as needed. so if you're not playing on a top end system, you don't have to have all the graphics at max.

- those are the rules, take it or leave it.

u pay 120 to help fund a game u have interest in and u get to test the game aswell :O

This is good as they eleminates many of the bad people that only after trolling and more. They get more serius people that care more on giving feedback.

the citadel seemed to have very little content ,i hope its just because of the event ?

Yeah the animations are too intense. That dragon entrance was epic.

This game already outdated, just go play black desert

What every content creator misses about this system is that no one will want to get corrupted or worse of all stay corrupted. In 99.99% of cases the preference would be that the non combatant would hit you back. Think of the risk outside starting zones before you have gear, you get corrupted for killing someone who was gathering, you got some wood for doing it. Now before you clear your corruption another player comes and kills you and you drop your weapon that took you weeks to get AND you drop the flipping wood you just got.

Amazing ❤❤❤❤ very very cool

lol what was great about it? nothing stop the worthless hype the game looks decent, visuals it lacks unique artstyle feels like a plastic clone same as NW, ESO, BDO.

I mean, it looked like a "dungeon" they had to get through. Which means this isn't an open world boss. This looked like a raid boss. An open world boss is something that you can do with a few people and it spawn every few hours in the open world and takes a few mins to finish it. Like you are running from A to B and you should see along the way a random boss just being there. Open world bosses are not "zergy" because if it's a proper game then it spawns every 2-4 hours, you go there and you call some people to take it out. And then you go to the next one. The drops aren't unique. Raid bosses must have unique drops and the respawn time of a raid boss should be much wider and longer, so that removes the "zerg" option again. -if the game fails at any point, then it's not a good design. So.. No. This is a raid. Not an open world boss. If you have to do anything to get it to spawn, that's not an open world boss. But the game looks nothing special so far.. Looks just old. TL so far looks and does everything just better. And "we" don't like that. I don't know why are "we" think this one is better when we already have a f. ton of videos showing that it is just worse. EDIT: Not alpha. We are talking about a game right now. Their greed and their wording won't make it less. If they release a "full" game after they collected over $1k from every single idiot out there for "testing", the game is going to be the exact same sh.t that you see right here. And by then, it will be totally outdated. If they would release it right now, it would be kinda outdated but would work for a lot of people. If they release is 5 years from now which they gonna do to fully get into your pockets, this sh.t gonna be total trash.

If you are looking for PvE, Ash of Creation is not the game. It is PvP-focused. Same thing that you can say for Throne and Liberty.

It just looks like World of warcraft but with way worse graphics. Neither the combat, UI or boss mechanics stand out from other MMORPGs.

Very cool, thanks for sharing the update!

Asmon was right this looks mid, final fantasy have better dragon fights they should take inspiration on that. This dragon feels like lacking animation and very generic its just like a big piñata, kind of booring ngl

I think it looks really great. Looking forward to the tests. Great vid as always.

Thanks for the video man! We appreciate you <3

I'm a computer science student and aspiring gamedev. I view it as 2 things: 1: playing the game early and getting to see the journey 2: an academic venture to get in the underbelly of an alpha and see how they handle it and how it goes.

If they get even 1 million players Steve will get his money back in less than 4 months with just the monthly subs. If they are in debt for only 50 millions then the game is still safe.

why would the hardcore care if the casual catches up to them, cause the hardcore got to that point 2 1/2 years ago!!! that's why!!

Good video 😊

how can people fall for this? how dumb you have to be? this project is a scam, if it ever releases gonna be an atrocious trash

People who initially have keys paid for this. Imagine the outrage if they didn't charge people for these new alpha keys.

Intrepid are pushing the boundaries for mmo technology and im here for it. I do not regret funding this game!

I've been posting about Stephens affiliate scams he has been doing for 15+ years for 5+ years on their reddit and the copium overflowing fanbase downvotes EVERYTHING and refuses to see Ashes of Creation for what it is, its a MASSIVE moneygrab started by a business man who knew the mmorpg community very well and saw an opportunity to monetize the fomo of players who long for a good mmorpg.

"Forced" PvP is the unpredictable risk you need, maybe not want, for the immersive experience you want deep down

Question .. are we able to stream alpha 2? Oct25th? Like will we be able to watch people play this before purchasing keys.

Am I the only one who thinks that many people are making too much of a big deal out of this? First of all, it's just a game, there's no need for all that drama. And secondly, it's a game in ALPHA state. You literally just have to wait for it to be officially released if you want a complete experience. Also, no one is forcing you to buy alpha/beta keys...

or... hear me out. Just keep doing what they are doing and when A2 launches 95% of this goes away and a new *THING* will pop up for people to be upset about. Ultimately the people that are truly interested in this game will play it when it comes out, but ONLY if the game itself is a good game. (Good combat, good game loops, no PTW). If people are in game having fun when it actually launches and Intrepid keeps that going with their player base all this current "Doomium" goes away.

then a Chinese/korean made game comes out 2 wks before ashes releases XD

the narrative should be "we need this money to keep the alpha 2 servers up or we will be running at a deficit". Not 'funding the game'.

You’re spot on about this. Great video

Question, it sounded like you where trying to say that Steven lied to everyone about the game being fully funded unorder to gain support from people. That way they don't think the game is a scam since it came from GoFundMe. If that's the case that he actually lied to everyone it would look way worse than the key situation. since he has been a guy people have put their trust in. Now I know you did not actually say he lied but the way you made it sound could be interpreted in that way.

WRONG, all of the blame lies with intrepid.... imagine not charging for the alpha test and just allowing players to buy stuff ingame to speed up their progress instead, you get more people trying the alpha and some revenue from the people who wants to try more things faster.

Intrepid monthly capital burn rate with 200+ employees and overhead must be huge. They need help to get to the goal line. I fully expect there to be a box price for those who didn't buy alpha and also a monthly fee around $25.00. Quality cost money. Steven deserves a return on his investment.

Can you stop using Asmon in the thumbnails? It looks pathetic and it puts me off watching your videos because resorting to clickbait tells me you have no confidence in the content you've made, so why would I wanna watch something you've no confidence in?

its 100% on intrepid. if the only priority was having the game be tested, then the paywall would be unnecessary. regardless of whatever PR-speak there is, you ARE buying access to the alpha of the game. not holding them accountable is the fastest way to ensure that the game will be trash

Honest I feel like they are already saying this. All this payed access to Alpha tested of a 8 year old game reeks of complete desperation. They already screaming that they are out of money and the project is on the brink of failure. Thing is this is lose-lose for the consumer. Either the studio has no more money to continue the project and they will be forced to cut more and more features until they can release something that resembles a game. Or its a scam and this just them milking last bit of FOMO until all interest is lost or they get exposed in one way or another. If this wasn't the case then they would hire a full team of internal testers, release the game to great success, and make all that money based on the product they created. The direct implication is they seeking to make money before the release because they anticipate they might not make it after they release it.

Idk I still think people need to stop crying... if you can only afford a Ford escort but want to test drive a vett, but they require 10k down to drive it. Are you gonna complain? No.just don't pay the money when it's not yours anyway. I feel like the people complaining about the price would bitch about everything in the test anyway because they think they can play it like a released game.

This game suffers from Star Citizen syndrome. Also, no matter how you want to re-define it, you are testing the game and PAYING for the privilege's to do so. That's the reality. Your stuff gets wiped. Its really anti-consumer practice. Its not even early access, its merely you get to run around on X days for a bit, then you get locked out of your account until they decide to release the game officially. In a world where people shouldn't pre-order until a full review comes out, I am shocked they asked for 120 dollars in a economy this bad to "try" a demo of their game and then improve on said feedback. They want your wallet and your time. Its BS really. If they value player feed back, open the game up to everyone and let everyone have a say, not just the few who can pay. But this is about money, and hoping MANY will pay based on hype alone. Anything else is cope.