My Honest First Impression Review of Alpha 2

[@Narc]

The Combat Review will be out tomorrow where we'll deep dive the Difficulty, Combat and class design! I am trying to be live to react to all the A2 reviews but I'm finding myself a little overworked so going live is tentative, but follow the strim anyway: www.twitch.tv/Narciverse

[@MrHappyStoner]

New world combat is best in mmo. there is actual skill needed for action combat not remembering spells in order

[@JELKEK]

@@MrHappyStoner While that may be true, we just cant have it all. I wish ashes was action combat with healing specifically made tab target.

[@thunderboltvintage2084]

Am I retarded for being more interested in Pantheon than AoC lately?

[@uvveshlurvvesh6515]

@@MrHappyStoner yeah... Not Really 😅

[@ifreshplays]

yea ima need that video cuz hearing this combat is better than both NW & TL when all ive seen is mfs fighting trash mobs on repeat sounds like the fattest COPE ive ever heard, not saying the combat is bad but come on better than those two is wild statement but im willing to hold my judgment ttill the video.

[@lfk113]

man I'm so fucking glad you get to this point tho I'm kinda sad that there's no more content out of thin air

[@scythianking7315]

8:00 THANK YOU for bringing up this environmental design issue. No one else has articulated it properly. And you pointed out the problem perfecttly. Needs more Fantasy/Magical environments, atmospheric weather effects(like fog), and skybox/lighting. This is something many MMO's don't get right, it's something WoW was GREAT at

[@FriedChairs]

Yes, I want a modern MMO that nails fantasy like WoW does.

[@ThaNoizy]

That POI named gemspring is hella fking good tho! Perfect environment imo

[@zepho100]

Even New World is something they could model from.

[@LovelyRising]

I think it's mostly a matter of consistency. I think they were probably so focused on getting a 'workable' zone finished for the sake of implementing gameplay mechanics that they forgot about the world as its own character. Hopefully they'll be able to take a calmer, more focused approach with that mindset once this 'vertical slice' concept yields good results for them and they begin expanding the world more.

[@MATCHLESS789]

WoW was pretty fucking bad at it. You're in the red zone, take a few steps east and now you're in a blue zone which is in its own pocket dimension with it's own completely different sky, lighting, flora/fauna, etc. It's like taking a walk in a theme park and going from one IP's area and into another's.

[@Krunkeridleios]

Only guy i trust with an honest AoC video. Everyone has never anything to say that's negative. Love it man

[@MartinaBabic-es6bz]

Go see lucky ghost feedback then

[@Ghostplayer-nt7mo]

PirateSoftware has also a good point of view

[@ganjatrooper7193]

Most of you just don't agree with them which is fine but saying stuff like ''an honest AoC'' video is honestly hilarious.

[@Krunkeridleios]

@@MartinaBabic-es6bz will do

[@Krunkeridleios]

@@Ghostplayer-nt7mo haven't checked out his AoC video yet. Will do

[@finfen9730]

I really hope their questing isn't WoW based. I will instantly turn this game off the second I see exclamation points with uninteresting dialog behind it. Quests are supposed to be main elements of an area that create long term goals and reasons to explore it. If everything is explained to us by talking to random npcs creating a daisy chain of dialog boxes, then all the mystery and exploration is gone: "A lich is summoning the dead in all sorts of graveyards around our cities. We can't find his location." Party with the clerics to go on an adventure to cleanse those locations and triangulate the mysterious lich lair -> proceed to raid the lich dungeon, possibly alerting the area's adventurers for aid. "A dragon has been attacking caravans on our main roads which has been making us take detoured routes, which all have their own issues." The dragon has newborns and has been attacking caravans with food supplies. You have to set a trap by setting up a caravan loaded with food and bring the beast to you. If you miss your chance, you'll have to try again. That or if you have the means, can try to tail it back to its lair. "Stay away from the east wood. Settlements have gone dark and no traders that head out that way make it back. Rumors have it the forests are haunted." Although spooky, the areas don't like like undead or anything popped up. Traveling center to these abandoned towns, you are swarmed by goblins and have to fight your way out. Only way to end this all is to fight through all these locations and find where they're coming from to destroy their lair. All these are straight forward, they still require preparation. You can stumble into them and don't require some dude in town going "! Oi, dumby. Yeah you, with the mismatched attire and cat ears for some reason. I'm not saying it's goblins, eh... but it's goblins, yeah." Then slams some side bar on your screen with some purple pants and gold next to the accept button. It's lazy and braindead. Fetch quests should not exists. If you want to fetch stuff, it's because it's in your own personal interest to do so. "I'm going into the mountains where it's freezing... maybe I should hunt some wolves for pelts so I can properly bundle up...." Just... anything but the mindlessness of WoW.

[@ggNotSuree]

Dann. Not sure why this doesn’t have more upvotes yet. I agree dear sir. Those sound awesome. I was watching a stream and someone was complaining there wasn’t a symbol above someone’s head on where to turn a quest into. Like. I kinda get wanting to know where to turn a quest in, if one ever needs to. But idk. They don’t have that crap on single player RPGs I don’t think?

[@zepho100]

SWTOR had good quests and story. Had class specific stories which were fantastic and a masterclass in how questing should be done.

[@vitorac412]

I like It cause its very similar those mmo from early 2000. Grind, community, good impactfull progression, quests you have to explore and think, nothing like an endless work to clean the UI. Perfect.

[@HeberLopez]

I have mixed feelings with questing, on quest driven MMOs nothing feels like a black box since you end up exploring all maps in a kind of theme park way, while on the other side on games like the original lineage 2, people didn’t really explore all areas of all maps since they mostly spent it grinding, which allowed for undiscovered incredible leveling spots such as the hidden caves above the queen ant nest with the transforming ants, creating a much richer experience for exploration falks, I feel like there should be a point in the middle so that lore is more readily available for users while still not feeling like a theme park

[@MATCHLESS789]

L2 is the GOAT. Unfortunately, modern players couldn't handle a game like that.

[@HeberLopez]

@ I agree, but simultaneously funny enough I see a split where some streamers are loving the grinding aspect of AoC which is essentially based on L2, I hope we end in a middle ground and not on a theme park

[@s1zzl1n]

Agreed on all points. Lots of promise and good work so far, but equally lots that still need large improvements. Looking forward to the combat specific video coming up soon!

[@America_is_now_Mexico2.0]

I agree its like the garbage in your kitchen trashbin. Its garbage but it doesnt stink rotten like Pantheon

[@kooken58]

The world in general definitely needs more atmosphere to certain areas. Like you said, changing the skybox in certain areas or changing up the lighting to something more moody in a graveyard would go a long way.

[@WeallAreAdults]

its ALPHA dude

[@nquartuccio]

It will. It’s an alpha not an early access. There will be a lot more

[@PiriPiri_01]

Glad to hear you mention how important quests were for MMO's. Felt like I was going insane when everyone i asked said that grinding was fine (:

[@mxdusza]

Can't believe we made it here boys. I've been following this channel for like 3 years at this point and finally we get actual content that is not made out of thin air

[@RoyDurett]

Im not a fan of quest chains where everyone is the main character stopping the boss of the zone. Id rather have more dynamic events like if we dont hunt enough minotaurs then they overpopulate and start raiding the towns and the players band together to take them down.

[@jdbux]

nah uneeded stress on the players... everyone wants to do content they want at their own pace... imagine having to drop what youre doing to go kill some damn minotaurs like a chore... There is a reason why WoW has been king all these years.

[@Ragecon87]

People keep criticizing systems that aren’t even fully in, these first tests are about level progression and server stability

[@oommNG]

Love you narc continue onward to glory

[@privateuser3726]

I like that Narc gives his honest opinion about ashes. Because when he says positive things about it, because I know he's telling the truth

[@zacdudzik]

It’s good to see you (seemingly) working on bringing the positive, more upbeat Narc back in your content. I’m glad the callout by Steven and the extensive feedback in the KZbin comments about the negativity and cynicism seem to have struck a cord with you. Your content is great. Keep it up! ❤

[@kerrystapleton3482]

War is coming. Those guild may make an alliance, but it won't matter. Not allowed to say anything more.

[@jdbux]

yea ll it takes is the others to fade away a little bit in playtime and a mega guild will consolidate and form. Normal human behavior.

[@PawketsArt]

Genuinely a good video. I had fell off cause of the direction of info in your recent videos but this was actually a good video and sounds like the narc I used to love to listen to. I’m also glad you commented on the 1 single layer in the last portion because I feel that’s what people are over looking when it comes to the networking issues currently.

[@blahblahgdp]

Star citizen cope brother here wishing you guys best of luck

[@kasperbeach4323]

I'm one of those guys who absolutely hates questing and I want it to be purely optional. Having said that, I really hope they flesh it out and make the commissions more interesting. Quests really breath life into the world and give it meaning, currently I have no idea why undead come out at night and what the goblins/minotaurs are trying to do. Even if I hate questing I can slap a 10m youtube video explaining the zone lore to be more immersed.

[@-Nizzikef-]

The questing you describe is exactly how quests were in Lineage 2. The only real quests you did were directly related to your character's class change quests, upgrading from Dark Fighter > Palus Knight > Shillen Knight. But like I told my friends, quest polish and reward balancing will come much later

[@Woobieeee]

I rewind "shalllllll weeeeeeeeeeee" and listen to it like 15-20 times before the video.

[@invertedsponge55]

honestly it makes sense tthat dynamic gridding isn't turned on because regular gridding isn't even working properly right now. imagine if they were dynamically adding way more fucked up server boundaries to the game

[@iCantEditBro]

You're the only AoC creator who doesn't seem to have to problem pointing out the flaws and gems of the game. Looking forward to full release / open beta in the future

[@jamesharoldsen1907]

You obviously don't watch many others. I love Narc... But he isn't the 'only honest' creator talking about Ashes.

[@WeallAreAdults]

what ? I have literally a whole list a creators that are the same LOL

[@Wilkeral1102]

@@jamesharoldsen1907Exactly! I see a lot of creators talking about ALL the flaws and good parts as well.

[@HAYDS510]

I feel like i'm going crazy - I simply don't get the hype for this game. It's just like every other MMORPG sans a few novelties & gimmicks. It looks mid as hell. It's like when people call Lizzo beautiful.

[@danjoudrey335]

if you dont have experience with getting hook on Archeage when it launched, you wouldnt understand. Archeage now, or even a few months after its launch was ruined so playing it then wouldnt get you an understanding. but if youre an OG AA player, you know what it could of been. and what this can be, and thats where the hype comes from for me.

[@ProjectMusashi]

Saying this alpha is better than TnL is mega COPE, lmfao. If TnL was just a mobile game , AoC would still not even be close. even at its full release.

[@edu5250]

im not so sure about the combat, several times looked like character was sliding around the target but maybe its just lacking animation refinement

[@anthonyscott3659]

I want to like this game! But the combat just looks like spaming AOEs and blooms galore! Not my style but like the idea of open pvp

[@fyrestorme]

I don't have "full" confidence that they can get those things right.. probably about 50% confidence, honestly. I would be content and even happy if they could just fix 3 things during alpha: 1. mob's not responding 2. extreme lag 3. disconnects If they could fix those 3 things I think it would already be a much more pleasant experience

[@maxrusty3596]

I think theyll get it done in a couple weeks realistically. They genuinely listen to feedback and are aware of the problems and not wasting any time fixing things.

[@dante58]

i'm gonna have to hard disagree about the combat. I do feel like it has room to grow but it does not IMO feel good, polished, or anything of the sort. It feels floaty and frankly, weird. I can agree that it has a decent enough foundation and considering this is alpha I mean there's hardly cause for concern. I was just expecting it to feel better than it does. Right now if I compare early game throne and liberty combat to early game ashes combat even TL has it beat by a mile.

[@achawnr.p.g.raccoonprinceg4997]

Thing is. It’s only going to get better. By the time phase 3 starts, people will be clamoring to play. Intrepid knows this, and that’s why there will still be a chance to purchase into that phase. See you in Vera haters!!

[@PeterPanbe]

This will never release.

[@achawnr.p.g.raccoonprinceg4997]

@ healthy skepticism is appreciated.

[@Fascism_Is_One_Helluva_Drug]

You were lied about the 500 vs 500 pvp, only Throne and Liberty delivers that with 0 server desync. Keep paying 250 for 2 weeks of QA testing, Steven comes from Archeage, he knows how to scam the fresh start player base from first hand experience

[@oogiewoogieboogie]

@@PeterPanbe i sure hope not, cause if it does itll shake the mmo genre

[@joshuawyatt4737]

I came, I saw, I concurred with Narc

[@kahpyvara]

Narc will finally have actual content

[@lukeit7949]

The hovering line of players is just the border to the next node, proving that server mesh is working

[@joeshingo1]

Cautiously optimistic 🙏🏻 PS we need a friends list in game before this weekend

[@HardDrumStep]

What for? There is gonna be quite a few wipes till Phase 3 and it seems pointless at this stage..

[@joeshingo1]

@ For keeping track of all the people I group with, but also because I think A2 is going to lose steam fast if testers don’t have an easy way to connect with the other players they meet. Consider that the in-game friends list is the only means of social organization in an MMO for most players, other than being in Discord or a guild. I mean, it is pretty immersive and IRL-like to just remember people’s names/faces though, so maybe I could get behind leaving it out lol

[@brainstormsurge154]

Say what you will about some thing about WoW but atmosphere was done really well in most places. Your mentioning Nagrand just reminded me of some of my favorite moments where I would just get up high and look around. That place is amazing.

[@mrburley]

Lmao. You must really want to get back in their good graces. Exceeded what expectations? Eight years for a game that looks like it's out of 2010. By the time AOC comes out it'll be DOA. This is truly the copium.

[@JakeyEX]

the skybox point is an important one, hoping to see that evolve with future updates

[@Eli_Someone]

Honestly it makes sense to trim back systems to focus on the systems you're trying to test. They did say that if what you're looking for is a more finished product it would be better to wait until it's closer to launch or until launch.

[@richarddavies7540]

I still hope that the different races will have their own starting zone. This will help one zone being overwhelmed.

[@Xcyper33]

Shout out to Narc revealing his love for black queens. They are so insanely thicc naturally!

[@VictoryOrValhalla14]

Beastiality

[@Vertilgung]

ok oil drilling gooner

[@scythianking7315]

Cringe AF

[@moiseskilp]

to me and my guild, the memorable moments are fighting for grinding spots

[@broskee7665]

FULLY AGREE with buildings looking way to clean. HOWEVER! the map design for riverlands is devine in my book. (Maybe minus the north west portion) the center & east has a rolling jaggedy rolling hills that feels that makes each new valley unique.

[@szihu]

Looking forward for the Early Impressions of the Third Wave in early June! Hopefully it's going to be polished/content-rich enough to make the jump and enjoy this supposedly over a year worth of gametime for that one hunna.

[@LlewdLloyd]

This is an amazing video with great feedback, especially with the criticism towards style of the Aelan ruins and the distortion due to essence was a really good note I'd never realized before :). Quests do need work and to feel compelling even for a grinder like me.

[@derekepperson2448]

it's wild how much nagrand is a staple for what fantasy games maps should model

[@Camerooonify]

Love this content 😍 Narc seems so much more balanced on fair critiques and positive vibes ❤️

[@WasabithePom]

Have you stopped to check out the trees? Every variety of tree has a unique look; some of the detail already in is quite amazing! Yes, lots of bugs, lots to improve

[@ZapatosVibes]

Narc is back bois, glad to see it

[@lukeit7949]

Narc I agree 1000% with the grind statement. Doing grinding for hundreds of hours I could've had 20 years ago in any dull Asia grinder.

[@Braven-j7m]

my biggest worry is still the art style looking generic, I just hope they have plans to give the game a unique look once everything else is done

[@Ranziel1]

They won't. MMOs look either cartoony like WoW, Tarisland, Wildstar etc., anime, or realistic. AoC is realistic.

[@kellywilson137]

Agreed, I saw Vlhadus saying he doesn't think its a problem because Korean MMOs all look the same in his opinion. It needs a timeless artstyle, even OSRS has an artstyle and you can count the polygons on two hands for some facemodels.

[@TheHighborn]

I like this look tbh. Each their own

[@rafaeldossantos3409]

@@Ranziel1 true

[@VictoryOrValhalla14]

@@Ranziel1realistic? It looks worse than wizards 101. It’s only a notch better than UO, it’s terrible in every single way.

[@nullx2368]

Steven might dislike you, but this is the real "open development" that he loves to talk about. "hate" or "disliking" features or direction should be also heard. Thanks for also focusing on the important parts and not drama bait, now that you can make real content and not just clickbait since u had nothing to cover.

[@scythianking7315]

Steven has a problem with Naarc??

[@XiLock_Alotx]

3:06 i have flashbacks to Asmongold giving pre raid motivational speeches

[@mojojojo11811]

OG Runescape still has the best questing system I have ever experienced in a MMORPG. Change my mind!

[@LordBattleSmurf]

You lost me at "Ashes combat is way better than New World but not as good as WoW". New World combat is vastly superior to tab target combat games like WoW/ GW2. New Worods combat is literally the only good thing it has going for it

[@MrJonHimself]

Its not. And more importantly it doesn't work at all in the MMO genre which relies heavily on large scale PvE content. I would agree that it is better than Ashes though, which is very bland.

[@R.Mcarthur]

100% correct. the ONLY good thing about new world was the combat. the class system was terrible but the combat itself was great

[@jakubpelikan2393]

No it really wasnt superior. I am seriously tired of people what think that tab targeting < action combat. No it just different combat not superior. Action combat doesnt work in game with holy trinity a turn mmo more into aprg garbage then into an actual DnD mmo whats more about strategi then action.

[@R.Mcarthur]

@@jakubpelikan2393 yes, it does, see darkfall1. just because new world was trash doesnt mean the manually aimed combat wasnt much better than autoaim nonsense. wake up.

[@marktackman2886]

Looking forward to your combat video.

[@Gapsoj]

ayo saying combat is better than ToL is maddening. Ashes should learn from throne as shroud new world in many aspects.

[@blyatt]

I could see how having NO compelling quests could be a mood killer. But coming from FFXI, there was literally zero quests you used to level. All leveling was grinding and I have tons of amazing memories from different level groups and camping spots. Having some quests that are interesting would definitely add to the pull of the world though!

[@xStillborn]

I hope they keep quests limited in scope w/ major ones being compelling only (node expansion/world changing/etc); things like EQ epic quests. I grew tired of WoW's quest system a long time ago. It's always chasing the quest, never spending much time in one place. go go go go next quest next quest next quest go go go don't stop to read the quest just go to the marker

[@jamesharoldsen1907]

Mostly agree. I do think though that stuffing (what will be an incredibly large world) full of 'interesting terrain' will actually make it less interesting. What makes interesting areas interesting... Is comparative rarity. If everywhere is just blue energy and floating terrain... Then blue energy and floating terrain becomes just as boreing as normal grasslands. Have cool things, points of interest, and fun environments. But keep it balanced with a higher overall percentage of more 'normal' terrain.

[@Dedgeo]

steven said its next gen server meshing desgined by their engineers, where the hell is that?? i sure as shit didnt see it

[@kakeup]

LET ME IN!!

[@TheHighborn]

Let me iiiiin

[@yayotone3252]

Been waiting for your take!

[@annekekramer3835]

Agreed on quests: lore through quests is what keeps me playing.

[@richardgray9284]

Good quests are a must. For sure.

[@magicofgaia]

Quests are awesome, but they shouldn't replace working with others and gaining experience as the primary form of leveling. When you can nearly solo to max level from a ton of quest grinding with a few dungeons - there's a lot of social impact that is lost. Efficiency is important to gaining XP with others. Reminds me of grinding with friends in FFXI.

[@_faythene]

Narc I think you should still do quests and specifically anything which may seem broken in concept/incomplete/bugged so you can report them, and they can be fixed or improved.

[@Tory-JJ]

Will there be name wipes before launch or should I make my character finally? thats what I want to know.

[@xStillborn]

It's alpha, there might be wipes. However, considering launch is in at least 2 years you should make a character if you want to help test for bugs.

[@Frisia-]

the characters look very old

[@zeridiusmagus1676]

One thing I hope everyone will keep in the back of thier minds is, player housing. A lot of these big wide open areas could be set as player housing. In the future.

[@ikeaira8701]

you do not want community housing, I promise. Which is what you're asking for, not player housing. Just look at FFXIV's housing as an example..it's nice at first, but then you run into the issue that a lot of players can not own a home because there is a finite amount of houses. It would be better to go along the lines of Instanced Player Housing similar to FFXI or dare I say White Knight Chronicles where you can add npc vendors, different buildings/items set in the house ward/instance can provide different beneficial buffs anywhere from exp boosts, more storage space, to a variety of other buffs. Again, You're asking for Community Housing and even if they went the route of say Pax Dei, there are finite space/plots that not everyone will be able to enjoy said housing experience. Instance Player Housing is what would be best as everyone would have a chance at acquiring a house whether that be given off the bat, or earned through rep then a in-game currency purchase. Please do not beg the devs for Community Housing, please I promise you do not want that sort of system in the game!(A message to everyone reading this)

[@MRDaved]

Ah yes, node system and mayors forming an alliance, surely this won't go wrong like T&L at all

[@pascaldota]

NW is action combat this is tab target it's not rly comparable. How is it compared to a real mmo like wow😮

[@nanchoparty]

You know what? You're right. The Riverlands felt too "normal."

[@davidhenning9527]

I would recommend that the color palate is brightened or made more vivid

[@ugriDnuub]

I was browsing through a lot of streamers during the weekend and my key takeaways are: 1. Combat is awesome. 2. Intrepid are very quick to correct game/test breaking issues. 3. Very few people understand the concept of a technical alpha. 4. WoW and gacha MMOs cause severe brainrot.

[@TheUnseenPath]

If it’s been 2500 years since that world has been ravaged by enemies of course it’s going to look clean it’s been 2500 years to repair. It didn’t just happen like two months ago.

[@tearsien]

You're very intelligent Narc, I agree with everything and I'm a genius.

[@JEROBI37]

………

[@jamesonm.7925]

I like the critique on giving the world some degradation look. I would love to come across an ancient civilization, half ruined by thousands of years while exploring AoC.

[@ZenPaladin]

I may be a weirdo but I like a more low fantasy world with more of a natural vibe. Use the magical elements sparingly and they will be more striking.

[@AidanNaut0]

8:00 i think we're forgetting something when it comes to the current world. These are spaces that are going to be filled with freeholds. There will be player run outposts and villages filling these spaces.

[@ohwespicy7270]

People like to shot on T&L and I get why, and they are all valid points. But the work to incorporate unreal 5 in an mmo. Shit is gorgeous

[@veil1792]

*All the Doomers look pretty stupid right now.* *Everything went better than we hoped for, we broke it, they fixed it, we broke it, they fixed it.* *People were having so much fun, it even drew a DDOS attack! That will help them even more!* *Bottom line: Ashes will be very, very good.*

[@tim5589]

It's not that dynamic gridding is being added IN Phase 2, it's that it will already be online BEFORE Phase 2, specifically that it's intended to be online by about the third weekend of Phase 1. Is it really a meme that an alpha is a state in which the game needs work? The game is in alpha BECAUSE it needs work, and this is how the data is gathered to find out exactly how they need to be worked on.

[@Gejeeto]

finally

[@1aatlas]

Lol, Became mayor. Immediately forms a cartel xD

[@America_is_now_Mexico2.0]

Its TOO zoomed out for me

[@danjoudrey335]

then zoon in a bit? lol

[@ImStupidButFunny]

Mate, just zoom in? I'm hoping they let me zoom out MORE for my ultrawide! It'll get better over time for us :)

[@hellzak8348]

The game released in Alpha, many years before launch, and already has more content and feels 10x better than New Worlds official release. Base of the game is incredible, just gotta figure out the networking. Was awesome to see you running around in game, and you even came up and chatted to us a bit. Pleasure to be a citizen on Winstead.

[@qvick3280]

there was a PTR test last night where we helped devs to figure out some bugs with the server boundaries and networking. those 2:50 human walls between server boundaries should be gone in a week or 2 since they figured out what causes them.

[@bens4441]

What? Most people were just grinding mob packs and for most of the weekend the mobs didn't even fight back. Quests might as well be placeholders. Most NPCs had 0 interactions with them. New World 1-60 was extremely enjoyable; its failure lied with lack of content after hitting max level. What content are you talking about in this alpha that New World didn't have at launch? FWIW - I enjoyed playing the alpha at 1:30am - 3:30am CST when the servers were extremely responsive and there weren't packs of players just grinding mobs.

[@VictoryOrValhalla14]

@@bens4441you can’t tell these people anything because they just white knight for this garbage. Nothing about this “alpha” is defensible. 8 years for a 20 year old game. I’d fire everyone involved including myself if this is what I had to show for 8 years.

[@StrifeZGaming]

@@VictoryOrValhalla14 I don't think you fully understand what goes into a mmorpg. Plus features that haven't really been used before that need time to flesh out fully. But this is in a alpha state so expecting a sheep load of content in the alpha testing phase is just ridiculous....but that being said I do understand your point and respect it.

[@Vertilgung]

not even Narc who ruined his IRL Life for AoC is this level of delusional

[@___IG]

The characters and animations look poo poo

[@iMiyake]

Definitely!

[@danjoudrey335]

they dont play bad at all, but still... thank god its an alpha then huh? lol

[@thunderboltvintage2084]

Im more interested in Pantheon than i am AoC lately....i gotta get off of FFXI Classic servers

[@gamesandstuffs]

8:45 - I can see every mayor being a streamer lol

[@dandegr]

I hope everything goes well and we get a nice game to play in the future. Star citizen and AoC are games waiting

[@Zanduras1]

Intrepid needs to hire a few quest writers and designers it seems

[@uhoh1321]

In all fairness im more or less surprised that questing was even released in alpha. I figured that would be added much later on.

[@Jonkahafifteen]

This is the Narc I know and love 🥲 he's back (or has he never left?)

[@johnbradley8901]

Makes me hopeful that phase 3 key was not a bad choice. Figured I would just be raging at an unfinished game...like it was some kind of alpha test.

[@adhenyx]

❤ it was great watching you play

[@Mortuum]

Im fine with grinding, I hate wow questing

[@brimstonevalar6053]

Mindless mob grinding simulator

[@DanielAnderssson]

That’s what mmos are. There’s something satisfying with it if there’s a good community aspect and living world behind it

[@brimstonevalar6053]

@DanielAnderssson sure np but give me quests all so, give me aventure, give me a journey...epic quests and typical quests not only "stay here and grind mobs untill you lvl"

[@jdbux]

Nodes will do what every mmo has ever done that attempts open world social constructs - One mega guild of sweaties on the server that control everything.

[@gamingmalaum]

Excellent analysis mr narc ^^

[@Dr.Don.Cornelius]

Saturday I woke up at 7am to hop in queue and didn't actually play until 7pm. I got 2 hours in before servers went down again. The first few days this is expected, but if I have this experience again this weekend I'm going to be very annoyed.

[@timewarrenergaming8928]

Give me RuneScape Quest - Look into it if you haven't