Albion Online in 2024 | New Player, First Impressions

Albion Online is a Sandbox MMORPG with a heavy emphasis on full loot PVP throughout most of the map. PVE, PVP, and crafting/skilling are all viable ways to play this game. I've never tried a game quite like Albion.. ever.. So here's my thoughts on the game in 2024.
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[@Dominik-dw9mm]

Great Video! Just wanted to edit for Minute 10:40, that it's right that the loot system buys the items from the players, but not from the regular market. These quick sell options at the regular market in any royal city is a buy order made by a player. The market where the loot system gets its items is the black market in Caerleon.

[@Scaccia8]

If you want a little bit of insurance in rz/bz - whenever you do a dungeon, always sprint past the first 2-3 groups of mobs. If a pvper enters and sees nobody has killed them, they are more likely to leave the dungeon; compared to a situation where they see the first mobs are dead and then proceed to catch up to you while you’re killing other mobs along the way to the boss

[@deadlyton]

In rz just wait 60s / in bz wait 90s and no1 can enter behind you

[@Thelos90]

@@deadlyton ty!

[@JohnHandle-]

absolute goblin behavior.

[@ibnudermawan7232]

@@deadlyton or tbh just skip entire thing, and leave what u can leave. If u wanna know more check the albion vids about mob skipping in dungeon. because i ran thousand of t8.0 map dungeon with avarage 4-6 minutes per dungeon in Blackzone and its not with non optimized pve build, if i use 6.3 shapeshifter or ligthcrossbow i can ran it in 3-5 minutes.

[@CheshireSnake]

@@JohnHandle-womp womp.

[@clarynaa5360]

I LOVE how albion feels, but I'm just not a PVP'er and no friends will ever stay so I never end up enjoying it for long :(

[@robodude5124]

solo que just lets u meet new people ya know?

[@xirogs4234]

I'll be your friend u like to grind?

[@konodhayo]

I'll be your friend if you want, I do have the same feeling 🥺

[@kieranbrown236]

Loop into a guild called "twilight knights" very new player friendly and you'll definitely find people to play with

[@Artisticchaos]

Bruhhh ....same...add me ..let's do PVE. ...in group... Anyone interested please Reply 👍

[@pixuhl]

Its impressive how you actually dedicate yourself to the grind and immerse yourself before giving reviews of these last few MMOs. It definitely shows in your reviews as well.

[@aelion7761]

Whoever told you to run scholar robe for a normal bow trolled you hard. The robe gives you cast time reduction and there is not a single cast time ability on a normal bow.😂

[@Niraol]

I just use hellriser kit for bow, find attack speed to work nice as a beginner

[@pureplay7071]

I love your honesty and the way you tell your story makes you want to watch more. Great review.

[@danielhudy8560]

Naturally the one video i'm in is the one where we get our cheeks clapped in faction warfare. Not the countless arena wins we got lol. It was great getting to experience some of this with you. Absolutely agree having friends to play with greatly enhances the gameplay. Solo can be fun but I think a solo player will have a great time joining a guild and engaging even in small group content. Probably the one of the best sandbox-y MMOs I've encountered. Great video dots looking forward to the next one(s)!

[@Waydots]

Had an absolute blast getting our cheeks clapped brother 10/10 would do again

[@robodude5124]

games fun i like the dawn core a lot

[@ThatDudeWeird]

Been playing Albion on and off for a while, started about 5 years ago, but when I started I played like 12-14 hours per day for 6 months straight and kinda burnt myself out. One thing I gotta say though, I understand why you didn't join a guild in this video, but once you get involved in a guild, it changes the ENTIRE game, especially depending what guild you join. However, a lot of the higher up guilds that own certain black zone areas, won't let you join without a huge amount of fame. But dude it's so insanely fun when you're in a huge guild that owns a t8 black zone and you can store your items there, and for the most part walk around and do dungeons freely. It's insane fame. At the same time, a lot of really good PVP'ers will come and try to kill stragglers regardless of there being 100 of your guild members in the zone at all times. Then there's the medium scale (like 10v10) battles that end up happening with people risking 10m worth of gear and insane mounts, it gets crazy. There's just so much to do in this game. Anyway, I just felt like watching this to see how you liked it and now I really want to get back on and play a bit and I'm definitely going to lol

[@joshuan3426]

Really great video and it was a joy to watch an AO newcomer at his first steps in the game :) Your style to narate the journey is really interesting and well done!

[@mmuscat]

Dude your videos are always so good. Every time I watch one I always feel like playing whatever game you’re showcasing. A+ quality buddy. Also love how you brought your little guy into this one. As a soon to be dad gamer, this brought a huge smile to my face. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@yigitefealtunoz6339]

I've been watching since you first played RS3 and I'm so glad to see you branch out and improve. It's great to see the production value increase every time.

[@EliZ215]

giving the game a try again because of your review! well said and walked through perfectly, thanks man! I'm always in anticipation of your videos

[@winterhearted6780]

I absolutely love your "New Player, First Impressions" series, please keep up!

[@kpwpe]

This looks like a great game. Friends and I used to play Parallel Kingdom and we still miss it We are going to try this. Thank you!

[@Aokami11]

I have been watching ur videos these days and you really deserve more subs

[@user-xj8fy9gq7j]

man. i love this game. and liked your video. to whoever is watching, dont be scared to go into the lethal zones. its a huge learning experience and if you plan on keep playing and enjoy all the game has to offer you have to do this. you will die/ get ganked 100s-1000s of times. but this should not stop you. its so much better when you become comfortable and dont panic when you get chased by players. dont give up or say i cant do what i want because of the lethal zones being so lethal. you can. get comfy.

[@RyanRipka]

well made video man, subbed.

[@I_Am_Bricks]

Great job, you literally make me want to try every game you play xD

[@manic_miner]

You've sold me on trying Albion again. I tried it once and it didn't click but that was a few years ago. Am about to jump into Wayfinder and am addicted to RS3 currently. Let's see if Albion can grab me this time round! Great video and narration, much appreciated.

[@andrewpiron1472]

the parallels between Albion and Eve are very numerous, might have to give this a try.

[@danielhudy8560]

As a former avid Eve player I also felt this way. Eve is definitely slower paced given the scope & scale of things but the similarities are remarkable

[@fyiatflyta]

Fun fact there's a old Eve player in Albion and he's basically a tyrant. If you see anyone from POE alliance call them a dog

[@whiskizyo2067]

@@fyiatflyta yep definitely seems similar to EVE lmao

[@kevinz.9785]

10:43 The loot system is actually called the black market. Players buy from the safe cites and transport to the middle city through the red zone which is dangerous. Then sell to the game's black market that randomly assigns the loot. Another risk vs reward feature of the game.

[@calebmorrell4854]

Love your channel dude. I’ve been watching since the first couple of rs3 videos. Gzz on getting this far already. The MMO video’s are quite interesting and entertaining. If ya get a chance try out Path Of Exile, curious to see what you think of it

[@joecarlson699]

Yay finally my MMO of choice (and therefore obviously the best one of all time - lmao) makes an appearance on the channel!! I really enjoyed the vid, Waydot, and I appreciate that you gave the game a fair time investment to really get a feel for it. I play solo f2p and basically spend all of my time gathering, fishing, and transporting. The one reason I love this game is because at the end of the day what you choose to do is completely up to you, and you can easily make a build/strategy to make anything efficient and worthwhile. Keep up the great work, and hope to see you in-game some time!

[@Funnnyminnie]

Great video man! This was the next MMO on my list but sadly an old girlfriend from 2008 called Knight Online came knocking and I’m currently addicted.

[@ganderthepanda8146]

loving your vids. its been awhile since I found a decent mmo reviewer

[@Waydots]

Thanks man i really appreciate it, i hardly consider myself a good mmo reviewer just yet, but im getting better every video :)

[@chrisminepy]

Tip for encheanting its cheaper to just buy it from the market then enchanting it yourself

[@ethanshumard9768]

Me and my friends have always goofed at the "You are what you wear" and still kinda do. I played the game last In Apr 4 2023 but this video does make me want to get up my 6.4 hours. Only If I had friends that would play It lol.

[@jackalo34]

I just want to say your son is adorable. His short screen time made me smile. :)

[@geewivtheceedfs9955]

I've just started playin this today. I like it.

[@runescapejagex1417]

Great video!

[@NerdGlasses256]

Given that all the loot ingame is player crafted, I'd love if you could customize items to a forther extent, or if there was a way to look into a history of an item, so they would feel special, like an archeological artifact. It's kinda silly, but this detail really touched me for some reason.

[@steveheffner]

I personally don't like full loot pvp. Yes I am aware that it is cheap to buy replacement gear. I am just not fond of that sort of gameplay. It is a ME thing, and I recognize it. I also don't like that endzones are also pvp. I get the why, completely understand and wouldn't ask them to change it. Again it is a me thing. Overall I really do like seeing others play, and their enjoyment of this game. Recognizing that not all games are for everyone, I can vicariously watch others enjoyment.

[@Waydots]

That's an excellent way to look at it!

[@snowranger19]

Would be curious to see what you think of Entropia Universe!

[@111boyke]

Hey man, loved the video! I have been playing Albion for some years now. I'm still having a blast with currently having 2034 ip on my highest gear set. It nice to see some fresh perspective on it so If you ever feel like playing and need help. i'm willing to help :)

[@mosesthealien]

I think m willing to try it

[@LrdGranticus]

At 10:40 you made a bit of a mistake. The quick sell sells your items to people that have set up a buy order. Only the middle city will buy items for you and use them for loot.

[@Majael]

So, you showed the game from the bright side. You could add your solo experience with the Black Zones, where tryharding on that game starts. For me as a solo player that game lost its fun when I got my T5 items and wanted to expand my journeys to the outer lands.

[@warfighterarmy]

I am an OG Albion and RS player. LP is not needed for character progression. I do not even use LP.

[@oduco5348]

Hadron is recruiting on Americas Server :D

[@Haaskeer]

Albion will always have a special place in my heart. Its the reason im a main healer now in all mmos ive played after it and i have some fond memories of the time playing with my friends. Im also really proud that its such a good mmos from germany :)

[@elie207]

As a veteran I saw some spot on explaination for somethings, but some just very very far off, the most painfullest thing I saw was u not switching ur chest skill.

[@nezzysan]

Amazing video.. and though it pained me to see you not watching a few guides on the game but i can respect that you want to kearn the game through experiences, fyi you can kill players and even kill t7-8 mobs in a 4.1 set, its cheap and extremely efficient being around only 35k silver including t3 mount. You would want to use a 4.1 set over a 7.0 set because it's going to be 10x cheaper and will give the same stat values if you have spec (spec: specialization in that armor/weapons, if you just have a ton of fame using that set) you can get around 1000 item power with a 4.1 which is the same as t7.0 gear with zero spec

[@darkstorm496]

Hey, you just setup a gathering bot for yourself. Love the video. However, you are wrong about the market a little. The quick sell also goes to players. There is a special redzone market called the black market where you sell things to the game for loot drops. Keep up the good work!

[@scottmenace1]

I don't know why i enjoy watching this kind of albion content.

[@lovesmrjarrett]

This video was awesome man!

[@user-sz4bd9qk2v]

if only i tried albion before, i didnt know this would be addicting for me

[@youtubezaccount]

Wish i could find a fun pve like this on mobile but so hard to find something good

[@Magnus_Strand84]

Can you use a gamepad woth this game?

[@BrandonSmith-yu3is]

This was a really nice video man

[@parrots4life74]

I was interested in the game based off of the pleasant graphics and progression style (Similar to other games I have played) but I'm sad to see that this game is heavily based on pvp and having in game friends. Non of my friends play these types of games and I hate interacting with strangers online so I cant see myself enjoying this game.

[@Wrath0fGods]

The game is nice and has good potential to be very good. I just started playing it like 3 days but i play casual and its really nice. Also to new players the system is easy to level up stuff or gather or whatever. Just look the talent skill tree and check what you need to do. thats it

[@piedra13]

the mule, best mount ever created

[@Poopcopy]

I got an Albion ad while watching this video 😂😂

[@aapduenas123]

I loved the game and played for a long time, just hate that half the game is locked behind needing a guild and big team of players to explore content

[@robertgibson5475]

Seems super fun

[@kubafraszczyk7517]

What is the song in outro called?

[@jayus666]

Finally, a new waydot video. Great content man (btw DO NOT CHOOSE THE EAST SERVER ITS ECONOMY IS BROKEN AND IT'S WORSE IN EVERY WAY)

[@SarpyGla]

Offt which fire staff?

[@profsoak]

I tried albion but quit for the same reasons I quit eft (i know they are not alike but the full loot) this is not a game you can play if you are a casual player

[@chaoticdesire2661]

What I found fun and impressive in this game was how cutthroat it was. From scammers that can scam you in outlandish ways. Mafias that manipulate either the market price or city crafting and refining fees. Spies in guilds that would snitch when your guild is planning content with high-end gears. Guildmasters that basically enslave unsuspecting new players with 100% tax. I even remember that 1 time I partied up with someone in the blackzone while I was still new, and they executed me when I got knocked down.

[@looseunit4211]

New subscriber here only found your channel a few days ago but loving your content mate hope you stick with the new stuff your doing, keep up the great work mate😊

[@Waydots]

Thanks man I appreciate it :)

[@leowilliam5578]

Well done but try not to pvp with that q use the single target one for fire staff.....

[@jazzochannel]

why would i wonder "how you got there". I'm here to see what the game is like.

[@yooxmusic_]

final fantasy 14 next?

[@BlueShadesX]

Albion Online would be nice if you would not drop your equipement everytime you die. Thats what completely killed the game for me

[@fyiatflyta]

Full loot mmorpg, it's what gives the risk vs reward

[@BlueShadesX]

@@fyiatflyta Thats where you are wrong. Full Loot PvP Games are getting exploited by big guilds. There is no high risk vs high reward. All you maybe win today, you loose tomorrow. Its annoying and exhausting.

[@itsTakadi]

I lose items all the time and feels good ganking people Xd

[@Spherac]

@@BlueShadesX You sound like one of those guys who takes all of your net worth to a lethal zone, dies and then complains. The only place you might get "exploited by big guilds" is if you go to a high value black zone that is owned by big guilds. Besides, there's plenty of players who just do safe zone faction warfare with their 8.4 sets they bought with their credit card and they seem to never get tired of it.

[@BlueShadesX]

@@Spherac Albion will forever stay a niche mmorpg cause of these crappy systems

[@xujal69]

Who made you wear a scholar robe with normal bow xD i m crying 🤣🤣

[@TrailBlazedIM]

Another great video! I really enjoyed Albion when I played but unfortunately couldn't convince any of the boys to play with me. I wonder if you would enjoy playing Mortal Online 2, it's another sandbox mmorpg

[@fabriciolbr]

I wish Albion had no full loot, but PvP toggle (like WoW's warmode) with a drop chance multiplier for everything, to incentivize ppl to pvp if they like. It'd be the PERFECT mmo. I would play it in a heartbeat.

[@hugojozwicki]

My complain and problem with AO is that in order to get into PVP you need to do lots of PVE. And PVE becomes very boring in my opinion where every zone look the same. There is nothing much to "discover", "visit". It's all trees and rocks, and that makes the explorations in this game not rewarding. Also all mobs look the same, there is no diversity in the bestiary, it gets again...boring. I wish the devs were putting efforts in those areas, because if so, i'd be playing all day :)

[@bankaiiibankaaa4573]

Not true, you need a 4.1 set and you are good to go doing pvp. You literally can do pvp right after the tutorial quests.

[@hugojozwicki]

@@bankaiiibankaaa4573 try to 1vs1 4.1 vs 8.3 and tell me how that goes. We all know the super upper players that claim “you can do whatever”…that’s bullshit. Game is fun but really boring in terms of biomes, exploration and mobs. All same copy paste all over the zones, it’s a fact.

[@bankaiiibankaaa4573]

@@hugojozwicki with 4.1 you can do faction warfare, corrupted dungeons, open world pvp and you can rat these nasty 8.3 players in mists. Your set is worth 50k, while this nasty 8.3 player is worth millions, if you manage to 🐀 him you will be rich💰

[@tjpaiva3296]

Exactly i play Albion but that is its biggest isuue. The dungeons are basically mobile dungeons and arr exactly the same no variety

[@ftw2011fyi]

Albion was the runescape new version that I wanted that never was

[@jazzochannel]

25:59 such happy! very satisfy :D

[@LazyVic]

do u have list of your top mmo?

[@Waydots]

Not yet, but it's something i might do in the future. (I would just like to make it a little more creative than your typical "TOP MMOS of 2024 TIER LIST" that everyone seems to do.)

[@LazyVic]

@@Waydots yeah you making this Albion video made me wanna try this game out haha I have two game for other first play threw one is tibia and the other is ravendawn. Tibia is old school mmo and not to sure how it would do for a totally new player cause not really new player friendly game and ravendawn is new game over all so yeah just suggestion to have a look no presssure love the video

[@AVGblaze13]

Wooaahhh did you not have an osrs ironman playthrough?

[@Waydots]

I did ! Once upon a time

[@AVGblaze13]

@Waydots i thought so! I was watching it and then it disappeared 😂 i havent played albion in a few years thought about getting back into it and found this lol good vid though!

[@Jaemy_art]

Fun video bro

[@MrCantBeArsed1]

Put it on old gen and new gen consoles and it will blow up even more

[@lostdaze1145]

We shall raise our King as they shall bring their Demons

[@bankaiiibankaaa4573]

This reminds me of myself two years ago when I started. I was the same noob as you, now I'm a gucci min/max player that dominate hard. It's enjoyable when you are weak and everyone stomp on you and when you are op as fk. Albion is an awesome game.

[@aneeshxlr10]

Looks like a lot of work

[@DivinionFaith]

Love your videos, just started seeing them yesterday in recommended. With that said, Albion had me excited but ended up getting all of my loathing. You absolutely can't PvE or Craft in this game to your hearts content, you are forced to PvP after Tier 3. Huge let down imo. Mind you, I like PvP in MMOs, but there are times where I just want to do mindless gathering or NPC nuking without always watching my back. I have PTSD in real life, and dont need to experience the same crap constantly in a game lol.

[@whiskizyo2067]

i guess thats where yellow zones comes in

we are in 2024,we don't beg for subcription anymore

[@seiv16]

great game

[@GrandFactor]

Everything changed when the fire nation attacked.

[@modeluffy5700]

is this new runescape 🥺

[@HaveButOneLife]

RuneScape perfected its leveling system, so much so that it ruined other MMO's for me. Albion is very similar to it but I couldn't go back to it because it doesn't have that leveling system, its skill tree is complicated, and there is a meta for early game fast leveling for player efficiency. It's not bad by any means, but it feels like a downgrade of RuneScape in scope, so why should I play it?

[@HaveButOneLife]

Was I brought down by a video I watched showing early game player efficiency? Probably. This game is fun nonetheless.

[@GOKU-gq8cj]

You should try aion classic next time!

[@aliabdelhamid8058]

the problem with full loot pvp is that it is a like very abussive relationship where people that are the most skilled (minority) farm the majority for self validation,actual fame not albion fame or simply in game currency and gear in the case of albion it is mostly silver and pvp gear due to the nature of the economy

[@daffar4164]

PLEASE TRY PSO2: NGS

[@adamt7057]

I think this video would have done better as a reactions and adventure and less of a tutorial. I have played and know they game. But I like these videos to relive all the first moments. Apprehension of a yellow zone and heart pounding black zone gathering runs as a noob. That’s what this video should be about. Fun of being new and progressing. Less of a walkthrough. IMO still fun video thank you.

[@Waydots]

Thats fair i changed the format to a bit more explanatory in this one, especially since much of how this game works is foreign to people who have never seen a game like albion before, as it was very foreign to me as well.

[@xKumei]

As someone who hasn't played the game, this video made me significantly more likely to try it. It's coverage did a great job especially compared to other MMO channels.

[@JohnHandle-]

'non mandatory premium' yeah sure, uhuh.

[@KYRT-AO]

Good!

[@tyuk17]

Me listening to all his doos and don'ts to prepare for the game only to do opposite anyways 😂

[@wilvenlloydgaviola8194]

Try blackzone content.. the politics between zones and territory and guild drama is the bomb of this game😂

[@Tattle-by-Tale]

This game would be almost perfect for me if it weren't top down and looked less like a mobile game.

[@xKumei]

Pax Dei waiting room

[@RuhuttaDwarf]

Ah the scene with your kiddo, adorable. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Albion, and I'm incredibly surprised they haven't put this game on console yet because everything about it from the UI to just how you move about and interact with the world SCREAMS console game.

[@Wayhoo]

I dont understand this game at ALL

[@BottomGonTop]

That’s what i used to think.years later u will know how beautiful this game is.

[@alwaysabiggafish3305]

"Just play it fot a few years before it goods good bro​" @BottomGonTop

[@BottomGonTop]

@@alwaysabiggafish3305 wydm

[@cahapezihniyeti2422]

If you are gonna play more pls use shift and left click ıt hurts me physically

[@N7sensei]

I'm sad to report that even 4 year olds are generally too useless for MMO gathering :( I tried.. Those freeloading little bastards... Hoping that 5 will be the magic number!

[@gilbertescalante4976]

Due to toxic nature of the game it's going to die out. People that just want to play solo won't be able to because in order to progress you have to move to zones that you will get ganked and lose everything

[@Waydots]

The same has been said for almost every full loot pvp game, yet a consistent audience always seems to remain for this type of content, sure it's a smaller audience than your typical pve focused MMO but, people love competition and risk.

[@HugoThomas-bh3kc]

That’s why the mists exists, they are made for solo players. That’s not to say you will never die inside the mists, but at least it won’t be a 10 man ganking squad. And before you start about you won’t be able to get the highest tier resources etc. Wrong, you can find every tier of resource in the mists up to 8.3. The only tier that’s locked behind black zone (full loot) guild warfare is .4

[@burgascity908]

basically albion still AION gameplay lol..

[@N7sensei]

Ok, I was always interested in some aspects of the game, but it feels like it's a bullying simulator for psychopaths and school shooters and if you do not enjoy getting your work ruined by others or you know, school shooing, then it is not a game for you.