Ashes of Creation - Change Is Coming

[@AuxxiliaryATC]

I appreciate that you continue to be objective about the game. I imagine it’s hard to stay that way when you (obviously) want the game to succeed and have a genuine love for it. I’m sure people get annoyed by the constant prefaces but you know if you didn’t you’d have people on both sides talking about something you didn’t mention. “Guys the draw distance is terrible, I know this is alpha, see how bad this is guys, I know they are working on it and have been doing good but I have to point this out…” has to be exhausting. Thanks dude for the video. And keeping it real (you and no1)!

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@AuxxiliaryATC man you really get it. Truly appreciate this comment

[@apbgaming3544]

ashes is "objectively" a scam

[@AuxxiliaryATC]

@@apbgaming3544 “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means”

[@AszkalonOfVerra]

@@apbgaming3544 Thx God you lost the Election, lol.

[@DragonflyTodd]

The cake slider needs a boost

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@DragonflyTodd should be priority #1 on the road map

[@UncannySense]

As a kick start backer I am becoming more disgruntled/jaded with the development. I actually feel alpha 1 was better and Intrepid was taking on feedback. Now in Alpha 2 phase 2 I'm making like a front flipping dwarf jumping backwards and waiting till May. (i think the dwarf flip is trash in everyway) Grinding for what? how is this testing phase to features. Node sieges whats the point when the caravan system still doesn't make sense regarding attack and defence. Crafting and gathering isnt fun/ engaging /rewarding. Intrepid now seems to ignore feedback and Steven appears to be surrounded by yes men and avoids legitimate criticisms .

[@apbgaming3544]

you got scammed

[@mattmason8474]

I have serious concern about how relevant crafting and gathering is going to be. Obviously, we need people focused on that (especially gathering) to progress the node but PvP comes down to who has the higher levels 100% of the time. Crafting takes so long to level that it's almost impossible to keep up with the gear you can get from drops. I don't see how it would not make sense to just rush to max level before touching any crafting stations.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@mattmason8474 crafted weapons are the best but yea I could see players focusing on just leveling while using gear drops and gear purchased from stalls, then craft towards end game

[@mattmason8474]

@@Nyce-Gaming Yeah crafted items are better and you can get certain slots filled from crafting that you can't get from drops but when a level 25 can kill anyone a couple levels below them without issue I don't see people worrying about crafting in a world where nodes can be wiped out. I think this will honestly be less of an issue at full release but the testing phases are going to be madness. On release sieges will hopefully happen with reason and purpose. During Alpha, Sieges will be declared for the lulz.

[@fortigan2174]

@@Nyce-Gaming I feel like crafting gets shit on in this game. The degree of grind is unreal. And you can only tier up a limited number of artisan skills, so it's literally impossible to be self-suficient in any one craft. So not only do you have to rely on upgrades a node may never get, but you have to rely on supplies from other players on the open market. On top of that, gear doesn't go away and eventually the market will get saturated, so the value of anything you craft will be nothing. Then you add node sieges to the formula and it just gets worse. Crafting focused characters are the ones least interested in PVP and the ones most negatively impacted by it. This is not how you design a game with a player driven market. Nothing in the game should be permanent. If you can destroy a node, gear and mounts should expire as well. Back to the sieges though, what prevents a guild from just repeatedly smashing the same few nodes, forcing those players to abandon it? I fully expect this to get cancerous immediately.

[@manzell]

I love the Node Siege concept. I look forward to an era of strategic node warfare whereby there are a handful of rare resources that are critical to mounting a successful siege or defence (perhaps the best siege weapons require a rare wood type that's only available in a small part of the map; or the best wells are made from stones from certain types of quarries - fighting to control access to that area of the map, perhaps far away from the node being sieged - will be epic). I've always heard that the wars in that space MMO were epic, and I like that idea of having to plan and prepare for a successful high level node siege for months. And for "Thuycides Traps" to develop as well, I think that will be super cool - as long as there's an effective and concise way to relay this news to the players!

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@manzell I think the scale of the events and what’s at stake will make them go down in server history or possibly mmo history

[@ot23234]

None of that will happen. The game is intentionally designed such that guilds don't control nodes, instead individuals are temporary caretakers. PvP en masse only happens if there are rewards that make numbers on char sheet go up, and it is far easier to simply node-hop or pve grind as an individual some more than to siege a node as a massive coordinated group.

[@definitelynotadam]

4:50 mhhh, not sure if I want to invest my time in a game where hours of my time as a gatherer or crafter can be wiped by a big enough zerg of sweats. Especially now when with the game's constant half broken state and clearly broken power scaling in pvp.

[@ExploratorVie]

Hey bro, great content! I've been watching your stuff for a few weeks now and just got an alpha key. SUPER STOKED about AoC please keep the vids coming. One day, I too shall fight the pirate zerg. =D CHEERS

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@ExploratorVie that means a lot Hope to see you in Verra

[@CopperRavenProductions]

I am debating on getting an alpha key or not. But I am not sure how long it lasts. I know not all the game mechanics are not in. But I only play for the pvp of any game anyways.

[@ExploratorVie]

@@CopperRavenProductions IIRC the alpha key grants access to all future stages of alpha, beta, and one mo. play time upon release. if i am honest with you, it's still an alpha. the bones of a great game are there but i won't be putting in the time like Nyce and others. don't wanna spoil it!

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@ I think you’ll get at least 4-5 years out of that key at minimum personally

[@CopperRavenProductions]

@@Nyce-Gaming There are two options the 100 and the 110, does it matter?. What server are you on. I am not going into this thinking or feeling like it's a full fleshed out game. I play Star Citizen so... But I do hope dynamically the pvp is engaging enough at this early stage

[@vanitycrise358]

hopefully they distribute the nodes perfectly and strategically once we have the full map, what will happen if multiple node sieges happen all across the whole map, this might affect the zerging and the idea of no fast travel that much will determine the status of this game

[@apbgaming3544]

none of that will ever happen

[@charleswalker5849]

Hey Nyce been watching your videos for a few years now cant wait for future content on aoc i cant wait for the first seige in vyra going to be a monumental moment thats for sure lol

[@Nyce-Gaming]

Thank you Charles!!!

[@coadamolx0100]

wont play till they actually have quests instead of braindead grinding and they gotta fix the god awful character creator with its horrific ugly models

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@coadamolx0100 lol I agree that the leveling experience needs a huuuuge improvement. And yea the world looks good but the character models are bad imo. I’ll be working on a video further discussing the leveling experience soon

[@Tory-JJ]

western dev characters -shrug-

[@Infidel.]

Both character Models and the running animations are horrible.

[@joaaocaampos]

Quests = grinding

[@zepho100]

The whole game is boring as is and needs serious work. The open world dungeon design sucks too 😅

[@bminturn]

My one worry is that people who just gather and craft aren't going to have the stomach for this. So it will be interesting to see how that impacts - well, everything. Fewer materials at markets, fewer people who just want to craft, meaning that pvp guilds are going to either get backlogged or have more people split time to master different crafts, etc. I'm not saying it's good or bad, but the first node that loses a siege war is probably going to see a big drop in citizen-players logging in.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@bminturn very true. It’ll be a reality check and upset many

[@TheToledoTrumpton]

It isn't about stomach. You can't have an economy without security. No one is going to spend weeks or months building something, when it is a trivial matter to destroy it. Typically, you have to make it take weeks or months to destroy it. This is why no one has really been able to get PvX game working yet. This is why I think they are really going to have to tone down the destruction, and somehow make PvP losses only affect PvPers and not the gatherers and crafters themselves. If the defeated node citizens quit the game after their first defeat, the game obviously wont last very long. And it would be a shame for the game to take 10 years to build and have it only last 6 weeks. See what I did there?

[@tubesism]

Maybe I’m out of touch and playing the wrong games, but who tf are these gather and craft only players?

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@tubesism oh man, they exist. Artisanship focused players focused solely on gathering, crafting, trading, and economy. Entire big guilds dedicated to it to

[@tubesism]

@@Nyce-Gamingis this in ashes currently or some other game?

[@ZapatosVibes]

I think you only lose part of the node storage, not all. Also, Lionhold will be the safe storage since it'll always be the neutral NPC node.

[@MrTjaeden]

A little nervous - the thought of being a 'refugee' is a feeling I never thought I would experience in a video game. But the fact that this already invokes such strong feelings, make AoC come to life!

[@NicholasRose-wu8zl]

Man you are like the darthmicrotransaction for Ashes. Your content is really good, objective, balanced, and good. Please keep it up

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@NicholasRose-wu8zl haha thanks! means a lot as I try to keep things balanced

[@Papakakadu]

Yeah I play to forget about the drama and bs in every day life. Don’t need this in a game and planing my work life around the game rather than otherwise

[@Cimarb]

*final thoughts: "the world, not the player" (you said it backwards) Love the content!

[@Nyce-Gaming]

aaaand this is what editing and recording at 4 AM does to a guy haha

[@MidnightWaves-k7u]

They should make it similar to the death penalty. When a node is sieged, a random 50% of your storage is locked. If the siege wins, you lose 25% to the winners and the other 25% is destroyed. You still get to keep 50%

[@Frosty_Tips_]

So much told us in this video that I forgot much of it, but the one thing in the video that will stay in my mind is your direction to always kill RitchieSH mount.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@Frosty_Tips_ this is the way. Everyone must do their part

[@LuapSretsam]

If you are making a game where you can lose days or weeks of work gathering and building it has to be fairly easy to get those resources, otherwise the casuals will quit and your server pops will die...

[@joshofwar]

There are things you can do to prevent that from happening. You can store your materials in the npc starter zone. Which can be a pain, but atheist it's safe

[@blktauna]

@@joshofwar but it it actually?

[@micbln8967]

yeah, maybe true, if you make a game for casuals, but they don't

[@blktauna]

@ who do you think is supporting you with food, mounts and crafting stuff?

[@marshallvannice]

I hope we're not looking to make another mass consumer pos. Love everything I hear this game aims to be. Haven't played yet though

[@JohnPlace-qp3un]

Can the servers handle open world 100 vs. 100 without lagging.. I can see people quitting this game if progression is lost on the node due to crashes and rubber banding.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@JohnPlace-qp3un oh man I’d hope so. I hadn’t thought about that til this comment as far as having bad performance and losing ya node cause of it! 😟

[@apbgaming3544]

no they cant and never will

[@Johnggernaut]

This is all very exciting. I played aroudn a little bit, but I won't be fully jumping in until rogue is implemented. I'm very much hoping that stealth can play a role in sieges.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@Johnggernaut a rogue sneaking to the back lines to pick ppl off sounds epic

[@Johnggernaut]

@@Nyce-Gaming It was in DAoC. Let's hope it's the same vibe.

[@andrewglackin3852]

wow that was eye opening thank you, i can see how this game will tick off people at one point or other over and over..... good to have change.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

Thank you! Yea I’m curious as to what the community’s response will be after the first siege

[@ognano420]

The only things I do not like about this is not being able to take mats out of bank after siege declaration, that is ridiculous. People will need those mats to make items, weapons, gear, siege equipment to prepare. So what if they want to move stuff out, the attackers know it will happen and can ambush caravans on the way out. The other thing is the pre-selected 500v500, I mean I get it, but at least make dynamic open world events occurring that contribute to the war after the declaration but before the siege such as AI raid camps that pop up and can be raided, supply lines that can hit, stuff the rest of the non-sweaty citizens can participate in that make them important as well.

[@jonathanhaven1690]

Make a great game and people will play it. You can't just target the bottom 10% vocal minority with appeasement. That's how most of the other games on market came to suck. The systems in this game are really great. It's so much different than most other games that you kinda just have to play them to understand what's going on here. Destroying a node allows for fresh play throughs of the content in that zone and other races to contribute to architecture and a different node to become a metropolis, further changing the world and keeping it fresh. And on top of that, you might not even want to stay in the same node because the mayor may change and you don't like them and want move your citizenship elsewhere. This game is complex and the points of this game are very different from others you've played. Your character, level, gear, money, and personal items will be safe if your node goes down.

[@Cypher84X]

Losing all the items I spent days/weeks gathering because my node has some shitters when it comes to PvP sounds like something I don't want to get involved in. Hope they rethink this

[@azam4458]

Its really frustrating when I work hard and achieve something and then someone comes along and kills me and takes it away from me ,they need to remove this.

[@shanesimms3665]

What's the incentive to siege a node? It just seems like shooting oneself in the foot given how you're going to need dozens of nodes to unlock every building and upgrade.

[@ot23234]

prediction: People will realize node wars are mostly content for the sake of content, meaning the numbers on their char sheet don't go up as fast as if they node-hopped or just grinded more pve. So it will happen a handful of times on each server, then it will be abandoned content. What many miss is that nodes cannot be controlled by guilds, and the individual "in charge" of the node is mostly a caretaker. This isn't a territorial conquest game; if it was, it would be awesome. But it's not.

[@dailydistraction3793]

i think this will be a lot of fun. so tempted to pay for alpha now

[@NoahfromEarth]

Do we know when the next biome expansion is coming?

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@NoahfromEarth we do not. Desert getting expanded more in the southern peninsula then the tropics

[@Mr.Nubtastic]

At first I was stressing over the lack of cooperation between the mayors of Vyra when it came to artisan buildings. Then I remembered node sieges are coming soon (not ™). The drama over caravan attacks is nothing compared to what we're going to see with sieges and I'm all about it 🤣

[@sirlionheart4614]

Coming soon™

[@Lawligatur]

Great video! Thanks for your hard work. I'm excited for Ashes of Creation, but I'm worried about some systems being too exploitable, punishing, and time-gated and as a semi-casual player thereby becoming one of the players this game just isn't for. I'm hopeful because of the community engagement and developers listening to testers, but past new MMO experiences make me anxious about the game's long-term success.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@Lawligatur completely reasonable and understandable. I sometimes worry about casuals, but to be honest I feel this game will have a role or playstyle for everyone. Some of the core systems will push some casuals away, but as far as time gating; I think as long as you’re not trying to race against the hardcore sweats you’ll be fine playing at your own pace. For example this phase I tried to slow down, focus more on gathering and trying to play with PUGs more. I’m still not max level and the phase began Dec 20th 2024. As far as future pop, I’m confident AOC will carve out its niche on launch

[@keanu3260]

that's just the way mmo's work casual players will always be steps behind.

[@Guknowit]

​@@keanu3260It's okay to be behind, it's just not okay to be unenjoyable. This game will not be fun for casuals unfortunately. A casual will likely never be able to get a firm footing in the game due to griefers and node resets. As a casual myself that has already paid for the Alpha, I will play the first 30 days of the actual release as a casual griefers to get my money's worth. Griefing is probably the only real fun a casual can have in AOC.

[@MadManDan-MMD]

yeah this may be too chaotic for me... moreso than Lineage 2 - my favorite open world PVP game. Losing everything in a town storage randomly, nah?

[@brimstonevalar6053]

For now I quit playing Ashes, at first back in october the game was fun and with my guild I had a lot of great time but I started to play Pantheon and I like it more for now...will check back later to see how the game develops.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@brimstonevalar6053 very reasonable and good thing to do especially at this stage in development. Don’t forget to check in on AOC especially some months into p3

[@TheShatarEUisMyHome]

I know this whole thing probably sounded like a cool idea. And I get that this is supposed to give people an incentive to "protect their home" and stuff like that. But people are cowards by nature. In PVP videogames, people are afraid to risk their character dying, while in most games the biggest consequence of that "death" is respawning less than 30 seconds later with no lasting impact. What will happen here is that everyone joins the biggest alliance of guilds they can find. Because more people means more meatshields when a fight breaks out and less chance it'll be your guild being attacked. That's how these giant guilds become even bigger, untill an entire game is just 1 insane guild where no one actually knows eachother. And no PVP exists short of camping people who just started playing and haven't signed on to the guild yet. This game is being made by idiots, who keep promising stuff they either can't or shouldn't make. Remember when they were going to get all creative and make 64 classes? How each class combination created a whole new class with it's own flavour and mechanics? Remember how that same creative team named the tank class "tank" in a medieval fantasy setting? Clearly showcasing the creativity required for this promise as being wholly absent.

[@ot23234]

Agreed. A vast majority of people only play to make numbers on char sheet go up. This generally means grinding PvE, even in a PvP game. Albion Online being the best/ worst example of this. PvP is basically providing rewards for PvE players to venture out to let themselves get farmed by the small # of actual PvPers. Otherwise a vast majority of players simply don't do it. Node wars are a cool idea, but as currently planned it will result in a few siege attempts on each server, then people realize they don't gain much from it. Many miss the fact that by design players do not control nodes; mayors are just caretakers. AoC isn't a territorial conquest game as many seem to want to believe.

[@Gilz-ytgm]

Creativity of the devs is my biggest concern too. Everything feels generic and soy: story, lore/world building, art style. And to make milliards of systems they planned work together, it will take a very high level of programming skills, that I doubt can be found there.

[@BirthrightGaming]

Another Nyce dose of Ashes Content. Cheers as always bro 👍 Edit: I'm honestly excited for node sieges, as the idea of the risk vs reward balance being taken to a more macro level feels exciting. I love Ashes and it's vision, because it creates a unique environment that is ripe for rich story-telling, the stories that you and I as players get to make. Seeing how destruction works in the test environment will be very interesting! Same with siege weapons. I wonder if the ballistae and such will work similar to in ESO, or if they'll be mobile? Idk it all just sounds exciting

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@BirthrightGaming 🫡 thank ya thank ya

[@BirthrightGaming]

​@@Nyce-GamingOf course good sir! To answer your question on how I feel about node sieges, I'm honestly excited for them! As the idea of the risk vs reward balance being taken to a more macro level, instead of just the individual player level, feels exciting. I love Ashes and it's vision, because it creates a unique environment that is ripe for rich story-telling; the stories that you and I as players get to make. Seeing how destruction works in the test environment will be very interesting! Same with siege weapons. I wonder if the ballistae and such will work similar to in ESO, or if they'll be mobile? Idk it all just sounds exciting

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@ sweet. I’m truly excited to see how they’ve innovated with siege weapons. Will they have a cost? Need to gather materials mid battle to craft them? And most importantly how many players quit after the fist siege lol

[@henrythegreatamerican8136]

Glad I waited until at least phase 3 before potentially joining in.

[@Gilz-ytgm]

I'm afraid that's the only way to have 250vs250 battles, just hide everyone further than 10 meters. All their high-end server systems will end up empty promises imo.

[@radionut7808]

I see one problem here that we dont have enough nodes to feed all artisan buildings, ok with higher tier node you can build more buildings but Idk if more than is lvl 3 Node capable of and even now we cant have all journeyman buildings done so all major are talking together which buildings will be built to satisfy one branch of artisan skill. And if you will destroy one of the node you will cut yourself coz than not only other players cant do skills on higher lvl but your guild and your node wont be able to do it too... so why would you destroy it? if we have enough nodes for all buildings that you can see the same building in more nodes than you dont need to care

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@radionut7808 yep. It’s an interesting time to introduce sieges…

[@justjoe2371]

What mount are you riding?

[@monocerotis6917]

Will be very interesting to see this game in 2 years? where are they then? =)

[@zenwilds2911]

I'm not into any game where I can lose my house. Or have to fight other players for a particular plot for housing. I'm not into scarcity. I have a life outside a video game. I'd rather prioritize my job and health. Video games are limited free time for me that is supposed to be relaxing and fun. A real shame because the game seems like it will be visually amazing. I haven't seen a single video about Ashes housing. Not one showcase of all the furniture available. The layout of homes inside. How many bedrooms there are. Etc.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

I have a video on housing. Though we are currently unaware on the furniture that will be available. During the freehold stream they gave some slight detail on furniture and utility that’ll eventually be available

[@thedaeron3877]

i'm afraid that the game\feature will scare a lot of people and will keep only hardcore and hardcore pvper... and will be so niche that the game will lack of players and all those system\sieges\dungeon aid\world boss won't fonction in the end

[@daledelatte9607]

Nearly a decade of Alpha hype, at least half a decade of testing to come.... no thanks

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@daledelatte9607 please group with me when it launches in 2030 🥺

[@sirlionheart4614]

Your comment has "i have absolutely zero understanding of video game production and how pipelines work." energy.

[@Guknowit]

​@@sirlionheart4614 We'll follow up in a decade and see where you stand with this comment.

[@daledelatte9607]

@@sirlionheart4614 your comment has "I'm desperately trying to fit in, and fanboy the current thing" energy...

[@eric8841]

Ayyeee yooo building a new PC next week, how do I apply to your guild??

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@eric8841 VoV discord linked in pinned comment

[@andrewglackin3852]

only the hardcore mmorpgrs will stick around, will be interesting to see people rage quit.... i did that with everquest a few times

[@MuslimGamerTV]

I see. So, AoC is essentially a blend of MMO + Roguelite + Battle Royale, incorporating some non-optional aspects - or at least repercussions - of both the roguelite elements and battle royale battles. They really should have summarized it like this a long time ago. And yes, this is [definitely] not for everyone, Nyce. The Battle Royale genre has been a pass for me since its inception, despite its immense popularity, especially during the early days of the phenomenon. Roguelite has also been largely uninteresting to me. Adding the grinding of an MMO on top of those two genres creates a concoction that's an easy pass for me. That said, I can already predict that a fair percentage of gamers with similar preferences will still "try" AoC out of curiosity, the hype, or even peer pressure. However, many of them might quickly quit once the hype fades and they fully grasp the formula I just described. I think Steven and the other decision-makers at Intrepid should seriously consider dividing the game's community into three global servers (or realms, or whatever they prefer to call them): one for the "default" formula of the game, one with reworked systems that eliminate the roguelite aspects of permanent resource loss, and one with the same reworked systems but no forced PvP ever (meaning no one can attack your town, house, or anything else). The last option would likely be immensely popular with roleplayers, particularly those accustomed to playing on RP realms in WoW (not RP PvP). I can almost guarantee its success.

[@andreipotato3828]

Social sandbox is not for eceryone. Most people would prefer a stability type of game and just a few prefer a dinamic type of game

[@apbgaming3544]

how is a circlejerk = a social sandbox? interesting bro

[@schlauchmeister234]

They seriously need to stop adding features that do little more than reward the mega-guilds for bullying everyone else.

[@apbgaming3544]

its not a game, its a scam and a cult circlejerk

[@ippothedestroyer]

This game reminds me alot of archeage.

[@lmfnatural]

It has alot of influence from archeage and lineage 2 since steven played those mmo alot back in the day.

[@Bigsmokin-tv7hs]

Just built a new pc, got a 4060 ti, it doesn’t run good at all,Any recommendations to get it to run better? Ryzen 5 7600 and 32gb ddr5

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@Bigsmokin-tv7hs hmm I’m not too tech savvy. May be an optimization issue, but simplest fix may be to just play on lower graphical settings or try a reinstall 🤔

[@Bigsmokin-tv7hs]

@ I could try that I just built it yesterday. I put on lower to medium graphics and get about 80 to 100 frames. But the game and the graphics get stuck and blurry on characters. Very weird. I’ll try a reinstall.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@ yea that’s really weird. Pretty obvious but make sure to update your drives. If that don’t fix then I’d check the known issues or bugs section of forums or discord

[@Bigsmokin-tv7hs]

@ will do 😁

[@krashsx]

Make sure all drivers are up to date, n you have display plugged into the actual GPU in the back.

[@zenopsy0149]

I used to be excited for this game. 8 fucking years ago.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@zenopsy0149 🥲

[@tubesism]

I kinda hate that this game is going to have traditional servers with player caps. Every mmo launch I have to keep up with the buzz around servers to make sure I’m on the right one. Then inevitably some of your friends are on the wrong server and you can’t play with each other. Imo every mmo should have 1 megaserver, or go the OSRS route and allow server hopping whenever you want. If that fucks up the node system then design the node system with server hops in mind.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@tubesism I feel that. AOC will have a very high population cap however and do server transfers. But yea it sucks to find out your buddy on a different server

[@mattmason8474]

Talk to your friends. Find out what server they're on. It's not that hard. Static servers are essential to an MMO like this as it makes your reputation matter. You see the same people again and again. You know who the good players are and who the trolls are.

[@tubesism]

@@mattmason8474except that it is. There’s always a couple friends who have other friends going on different servers and they gotta pick which group they’re rolling with. There’s also always a couple friends you didn’t realize were playing till a couple months in, or people you meet irl you find out play the game, but they’re on different servers. I put so much work into coordinating friends for 2019 classic wow. Did tons of research on what guilds/streamers were going where. Picked what I thought would be a great server. The server died like 3 months in. Alliance faction collapsed. Why can’t we all just be on 1 big server? Only answer I’ll accept is “technical limitations!” If it can’t be done it can’t be done. But if so, then make it so!

[@RussKarlberg]

Ugh, sounds awful! Imagine grinding for months to develop a node... then a new griefing guild wipes everything out in minutes?? No thanks.

[@alchapwn]

Early access be like that blud

[@cameronkozuki6454]

That's why you form alliances and get the even non guild affiliated players to push out these people from the community. The time of forming relationships with other players, helps immensely. Also the time of shit talking in anyway can be proven to make you hated across the realm so 🤷

[@Guknowit]

​@@cameronkozuki6454 You do realize griefers will out number the "buddy buddy" players like 5 to 1 come release?

[@Mayhem_uXa]

​@@GuknowitNot sure about that one..... Seems to ebb and flow in my experience Griefing in these games is subjective imo Seems like most start off with pushing the badies out per server and eventually the badies all grouping together and dominating each server one after another since UO/shadowbane days And the badies are pretty subjective of course Mega guilds like pirates will be new in the equation for me though

[@keyboardoracle1044]

Will keep it fresh, if you node doesn’t last, it obviously wasn’t good enough. History is full of civilisation that weren’t good enough. If you build good enough alliances and actually build you node, griefing nodes won’t last.

[@damienscott6537]

"My performance is phenomenal." maybe on Nvidia. i have a 7900xtx and the performance is TERRIBLE. i'll be in town and at 65% GPU, then in the middle of no where with 5 trees and it'll be at 100% usage. i had to cap my FPS at 60 @3440x1440 in spite of pulling 144+ in some areas. This is my biggest complaint about ppl streaming the game, no one talks about just how jankey the game is. my wife and i have game breaking desync issues 2-3 times an hour while playing together. sure it's an alpha, but creators are too afraid to lose access to devs, so they don't provide a full picture of the experience. I enjoy the core, and the crafting system seems great, i'm looking forward to their progress.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@damienscott6537 are you implying that I lied in this video to have access to devs? Have you not seen my criticism videos? Apologies if that wasn’t your intent. I have a barebones 5600 oldish pc and the game runs fine hardware wise. It’s networking issues for me (rubber banding, render distance, etc) Users sometimes have different experiences than you, doesn’t mean they’re being disingenuous. I know 2 buddies with super top of the line pcs and their game runs like crap. I’m starting to feel the game may not be properly optimized on the high end? I play on medium graphics and it’s smooth. Disappointed in your take, but hope this makes sense. Also try lower graphics or a reinstall and let me know if it helps

[@Elegancia95]

Im already grow up here after couple of years prob im having a kid and retire from my work as well while the game is done

[@Hatchet-w6x]

Do you HAVE to be involved in these sieges and loss of all your work?

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@Hatchet-w6x if you are a citizen of that defending node you will lose your materials. You don’t have to sign up to defend but are of course incentivized to

[@Hatchet-w6x]

@@Nyce-Gaming thanks for the reply!

[@lexsilver9098]

This game will be done and playde to its end before it even reaches beta. This will be a fantasy Stare Citizens 😅

[@bcristian4014]

This system seems to be an invitation to toxicity and it implies that you need to be in the game for those wars or you lose, problematic for the people that also got jobs and lives, I don t like the feel of obligation those nods bring, I want to play something cuz it's fun not cuz I feel obligated

[@BeastAF]

The pvp needs a major overhaul. Looks like a terrible version of GW2 Man i was so pumped for this game. RIP

[@Erumyr]

Lions hold will be busy

[@matthewsankey817]

I will defend Steven and Ashes of Creation with my life.

[@nicolasdavies4129]

the thumbnail, lol

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@nicolasdavies4129 Best armor in the game

[@P1DZz]

Can't wait to see the big EU zergs from Ark and new world jump on and find as many exploits they can and stuff up everyones fun

[@Jethro0815]

Can't wait to get dragged in to some petty guild drama and lose most if not all my shit. 🥹

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@Jethro0815 it’s inevitable. I’m already seeing the seeds being planted with how node wars are happening

[@KenRobertBusam]

Dude why du you whant more then 100 vs 100? What we need is more skill based pvp not a mass lagg without skills

[@quirklesspain7514]

There are not many massive pvp on the scale of hundreds. And if they can fix lag issues it will definitely lure more players.

[@jeffk2526]

Reminds me of Shadowbane

[@Ghaully]

Should I get ?

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@Ghaully I’m personally enjoying the alpha. However do keep in mind it’s a real alpha with bugs, missing content, and a poor leveling experience. Also it’s priced higher than fully released games on the market. So that’s a decision I can’t make for you. It’s the mmo I’m enjoying the most right now though

[@tinkerfailurecristianmaria6862]

So the siege "a mayor needs to take 100 people maybe chose whoever he wants" losing resources even tho I don t even participate.... does not sound fair Idk why not just make battlegrounds like in other games they are the best why reinvent the weel if something is great already, WOW has bg and they are very good even after 20 years, New World had sieges and they were fun for like 3 months then boring... something of this magnitude and preparation is to complicated unless ur like jobless and do nothing except playing games. Maybe streamers find them good for making content but most players idk they will not join this stuff

[@MrYourhelper]

Nyce is very Nice ^_^

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[@maximilianho8160]

the combat and movement System just looks very dull and has some very bad asia hack n slash vibes. Its hard to explain as a non native english speaker but it feels like to make the game a success they need to rework the hole movement/combat system and start from scratch and we all know that aint gonna happen

[@TheBedkow]

Excellent clickbait thumbnail, I'm proud of you Nyce

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@TheBedkow the people love Vaelune booty

[@BeastAF]

This game design looks genuinely worse than new world. Even the hype. New World had a wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy bigger hype. RIP AOC

[@GS-el8ll]

wake me up when theres an actual game to play (never its a scam lol)

[@snaykeyes313]

Dawg! You on Vyra so this is PHASE ONE footage against Actual Pirates. Please, please dont tell me you on that Narc BS!!!!

[@Nyce-Gaming]

‘narc bs’ woooow. I can’t tell if you’re kidding or not, but obviously that clip was from phase 1. It was the best showcase of the render distance WHICH LITERALLY IS STILL THE EXACT SAME. In my previous video ‘state of phase 2’ I showed render distance issues there as well. The render distance is still a problem and nothing has changed there. Steven himself even acknowledged this Sunday (day before this video was posted) in an interview with Pirate Software. Both him and Steven acknowledged this as a huge ongoing issue that will persists until dynamic gridding. I’m very disappointed and humored you thought this was some sort of ‘gotcha’ moment calling it narc bs

[@snaykeyes313]

@Nyce-Gaming I don't need a TLDR just use phase 2 clips cause if the best worst clip is from phase one then that should tell you something 😉

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@ no it doesn’t tell anything. I can use a clip of me discussing it on stream p1 if I want 😂 I showed a p2 clip in my previous vid and ain’t nothing changed lol. But it’s ok the devs will get it working after dynamic gridding 👍 it’s ok, you probably haven’t played much lately or seen the pirate software interview. Understandable

[@snaykeyes313]

@Nyce-Gaming hmm ok if it's still doing it like the clip you used then it should be no problem using phase 2 clips and fyi I'm not mad or angry to be honest I'm proud of you BUT I still wish you would use phase 2 clips to highlight your point. Ashes has a cloud over it and we need to but it in its best light while holding up our integrity ( in this case yours).

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@ you make no sense. Agree to disagree. Phase of the clip makes no difference to highlight the same issue with no changes. I still find your original comment very insulting and disingenuous. Ty for your feedback however.

[@bobbymustache666]

So stoked for this game to release, even if it isn't for another few years. Nodes and caravans have me looking forward to the pvp aspects of it as well as the dynamics of how it affects content.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

nothing like some good meaningful PvP

[@altriustv]

KZbin gang

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[@laffertyj55]

This test is trash, ill wait for actual content rather than mindless grinding over and over. Also pvp is trash

[@Krieghandt]

HOLY MOLY excuse my sarcasm, but I thought AoC was a complete game with unchanging game systems. Yeesh. Anyway, I am glad to see the game systems are still rolling out, and if the system is phhhht, it will be removed/rebuilt. Now, I don't like the all or nothing of Node Siege system, but would prefer the ability to knock off a level of a node. But that's just me, let's wait and see how the system as it is works out.

[@EisenEgon]

No Words to this boring af Combat System... Its designed for 80 year old 3 finger Jimmy

[@blktauna]

And where is the reward in all this loss? This is seriously not something I am interested in experiencing. 500 v 500 pvp, hell yeah. Losing my base, the town, all my stored items and everything else? Um no. I'd be ok with change in management on towns etc but months and months of work totaled in a few minutes. Eff No. If it takes months to build, it should take months to destroy. I mean we can't even decon yet so how are repairs and recycling going to be dealt with? Sharif seems only to think in terms of the winning pvp player not the rest of the players in the realm.

[@felinakats6716]

"Sharif seems only to think in terms of the winning pvp player" exactly this. many people do that, specially peopel who are attracted to open world pvp games. usually because they think they will be grouping up and ganking others. when a game makes sure you can not group up and you do not start next to your friends they often dont like it that much anymore.

[@Davidhenry1210]

Bruh what is your toon wearing 😂

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@Davidhenry1210 The BIS end game armor. 0 resistances, 3000 charisma

[@jmcroteau5027]

I disagree on render.distance. especially for PvP. I find it to be a very.good thing. Strategy. It all enable very strategic fight its amazing imo. It would be.the same thing for like let's say eve online or star citizen where you'd have ppl hiding behind astroid or whatever or just like in movies too really. It will make defending and attacking very strategic imo. Also not seeing. Caravans 2000000m away is also preferable to me. I hope it stays that way or atleast.doesnt get too much bigger than that

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@jmcroteau5027 this is the most insane take I’ve ever seen. You prefer your game not to work as intended and not see people 15 feet in front of you because how it can benefit you or allow for strategies based on unfinished tech? I don’t think 2000000m away is needed but surely the render distance displayed in this video is an issue ?

[@miragegaming984]

i'm still cautiously optimistic for this game. It gives off scam vibes but if they deliver what they claim they are going to them I will enjoy it.

[@TheNEPTY]

This man slid that chest slider ALLLLLL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT 😂… but the cake slider didn’t move lol

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@TheNEPTY please buff booty slider!!!

[@jordansteel3657]

it looks terrible.

[@warcraft3456]

there's some missing some information*. You might lose housing, but not furniture, and even get a blueprint send of your layout. Edit; I stand corrected, Node's do in fact revert back to stage 0. The housing thing still thands tho? 🤔

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@warcraft3456 how is that misleading information? I stated the node you were in will cease to exist. It literally will cease to exist as it once was. I highly doubt anyone thinks a node can just permanently disappear off the map. However yes I agree that I should have included the furniture thing 💯 I was focused on the losing of materials and housing . I don’t feel this warrants you saying this video has ‘misleading information’ maybe it’s just me but that’s quite strong wording. Ty for the feedback however

[@Cimarb]

Also all subject to change, so the "small nUAnced things" are not really all that important, actually.

[@warcraft3456]

​@@Nyce-Gaming You are correct, and i stand corrected on that.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@ appreciated as there’s definitely missing information with intricate this mmo is. Appreciated 🫡 Sidenote: could you imagine if you lost your furniture too?

[@warcraft3456]

@@Cimarb True, everything might change in the long haul. Will be interesting to see how it develops up to release. (I was just a bit peeved about the missing info on the housing, but i understand it wasn't the focus of the video. With that said, people not knowing anything about AoC, might be put off if they hear all their hard housing work can just go poof? 🤔. But ya, as i just mentioned, not the focus of the video, and those with actual interest will prob figure that out one way or another)

[@backstabber3537]

Ive been watching Nepo baby Piratehardware

[@thecreeker1917]

People can fight to keep those nodes alive. So, if you're going cry about losing your node. Well, where you the defense? No? Okay bye.

[@weilacadda9361]

lol 500vs500 graphic is trash as it is and fps are bad , we would play at screenshots not frame per seconds xD

[@PaulSmith-fd2gy]

I have no idea what game everyone else is playing maybe i need to be in a streamer guild or people funnel ppl stuff but i am lvl 11 all i been doing is killing mobs hoping for gear drops. None of the questing works my bank is full of mats but at this levei find one copper node every 3 days so you cant craft much low level gear unless u have other people giving u stuff. This view of the game is from a content creator which is very different from your every day player. the game isnt bad the combat is good graphics good but everything else is just like a hodge podge of stuff people literally starving to make stuff with the crafting system. Literally everyone needs copper it has nodes all over the game of other stones u can mine but no copper no zinc witch is need at lower levels. You also might be in a good guild but guild logs in sits in the city and sucks steven of for hours in discord and logs out lol

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@@PaulSmith-fd2gy hi let me provide clarity. Nothing I showed was funneled to me and I’ve worked hard to acquire my materials (mining focused). It is best to level with a group of friends or a guild or try to lfg around POIs in your area. I personally recommend on using gear dropped from mobs or sell your glint for gold so that you may purchase gear off market stalls in the nodes. At this point in the game u can find verrry cheap gear. I don’t run a streamer guild and decided on having a small guild where everyone does their part and not funneling things to me. I’m actually doing among the worst in my guild haha. Please don’t disassociate any of my experiences with that of any other player and perhaps seek assistance. The questing is very bugged and not worthwhile so I’d suggest just poi or solo grinding. Let me know in discord if u want assistance or need some tips

[@PaulSmith-fd2gy]

@@Nyce-Gaming i wasnt saying u personally i dont think i'm just saying im feeling like lost and everyone else is showing all this group stuff and all that i been in a field kiling mobs for 11 levels

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@ I get that. Definitely try to group up or consider revising your grind locations. When solo I like finding bears and otters to range down

[@Nyce-Gaming]

Join us on discord unless you’re a Dunir (jk lol) discord.gg/tNHaDmqgTz