We Can Now Speak Freely About Ashes of Creation's Alpha 2

[@Narc]

Is the vibe in this video a little closer to what you guys wanted? I want to encourage you all to watch RitchieSH's NDA video as well as he has first hand experience: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rojdhJqajtGosNU follow the stream for our launch journey on the 25th: www.twitch.tv/Narciverse

[@Behague]

Keep doing your videos your own way. Here every time, because you give a different point of view, which is sorely missing.

[@Carsondaddy]

Copium's back on the menu boys

[@ronnienicholson2959]

Hey Narc, Long time viewer here. I think this was a much needed return to form. It was factual, critical, and somewhat opinionated. The main difference was the presentation and delivery and I think it was great.

[@RitchieSH]

❤

[@ozijak]

​@@ronnienicholson2959Completely agree with this take for an Ashes video.

[@Birgeyful]

amazing we still chasing a MMO at level with wow in 2004

[@SirGrizzzlY]

only problem is no one is comparing it to wow the are comparing it to their memories with wow 😅 same thing if ur grandmother cooked a special dish for you as a child. You will never taste that again as an adult.

[@DrakyHRT]

You will, if she cooks it again, but she needs to be alive to do that (it's an analogy)​@@SirGrizzzlY

[@wiliestrogue2924]

@@SirGrizzzlY The whole "It's nostalgia" thing is getting old. You do realize there was an actual game, with actual mechanics being played in 2004...not just memories. Was WoW perfect in 2004...no. Was it perfectly imperfect...yes. We didn't have chat censorship, DEI being shoved down our throats, exploits, bots, or goldselling being abused too horrifically, and IT WAS FUN due to GAMEPLAY...not some distant memory of gameplay. I was there. There's a reason people launch Vanilla servers all the time. The game was good and fun and didn't have the BS shoved into it we have nowadays. It's not fun now. WoW isn't even an MMO now. It was great in 2004. Truth not nostalgia.

[@VundalI]

On Questing : there was an early quest where the player is given an aid kit to take to town, In a previous state a few weeks back, you could actually take this to a different npc to "give it to those that actually need it." completing that had the npc state they would be in touch later on. Similarly, there was a quest to get your adventuring pack , and there was a few different ways to get that accomplished. These were super cool, as it gave your a nice amount of options on how to tackle the quest. I havent found more of these yet, but I am hoping we see more.

[@Cptraktorn]

Surely its just another 7 years and its finished

[@CCCPWarHammer]

It's still in ALPHA...after 14 years....sooo yahhhhh....we won't see this finish in the next 9years...SEND IT

[@philipschulenburg2056]

What a joker!

[@joaofernandes9458]

​@@CCCPWarHammer To try to be fair I think this version is the one they were working on for the last 4 years, but still in the true alpha

[@gpturismo]

​@joaofernandes9458 Well, Unreal Engine 6 will come out, and they will need five years to migrate then find areas to improve so another 3. 17 years. If... UE7 doesn't come out in that timeframe.

[@jamesonm.7925]

​@@gpturismoMade this same comment on another Narc Video, lol.

[@oobiies]

I thought this guy got fired

[@aronkovacs9604]

Perks of being selfemployed 😂

[@sunnun9203]

he can't be fired unless steven ban him from the game

[@Aciel_Yu]

thick enough to linger around.

[@EliYoung12]

69 likes, nice

[@CJonson234]

@@sunnun9203 >implying a ban will stop him ELEMAYOH

[@avroncarver15]

as soon as i saw him cracking that copacola i knew it was gunna be a banger

[@LovelyRising]

This video is a great step forward man. I think the main issue you’ve been running into is going overboard on opining about things you have no firsthand experience with, and then taking a really stubborn stance regarding the assumptions and unverified speculation you use for the foundations of those opinions. Content fodder has been a slow trickle the last few months, so I get it, but once we get into A2, I think you’ll find your step again. I would still suggest, however, that you try to open yourself up for debate and discussion with people you initially disagree with more often. I really don’t want to tell you how to run your business, or what’s best for you, but declining interviews with Steven was, by far, the biggest f-up in your career, and is exactly the sort of thing I’m talking about right now. We all have a great fondness for the videos of yours that led us to this point in ashes, and I hope we can take a more positive, civilized path back towards that content. You weren’t always the way you have been lately. You weren’t. Being positive doesn’t mean sacrificing the truth. It means offering helpful feedback and suggestions when things aren’t going well, rather than expletive laden insults over things you have no firsthand experience with.

[@rory7466]

Ashes A2 is f'in garbage and dragging other people into your mentally ill cult of pretending development is going well won't change that, Narc's coping and trying to focus on the positive for the sake of his bank balance and mental health but the A2 NDA lifting has revealed how unbelievably f'd this game is and you writing parasocial essays trying to force content creators to follow the cult script isn't gonna change reality, in a few days time non cultists will start playing/seeing the game and you're not ready for the negativity coming your way, your dream mmo dies

[@Slippy82]

It's a video game guys. Go outside.... get laid... touch grass... its not healthy...

[@KaliMafiAuu]

If the narc wasn't such a clown, he would definitely get a "better" offer. The level of devotion was great, but unfortunately so was the presentation of the circus.

[@joaofernandes9458]

There are too many words, sorry, my two neurons don't make synapses

[@magnusleo572]

let him cook

[@lukefrederiks5906]

One small correction: I've been told by Pre-A2 testers that the quest givers are not the only quests that you can receive. They don't include commission quests, item pickup quests dropped by mobs, quest givers kind of "hidden" all over the place, events, etc. Apparently people have been able to level multiple nodes over the past few weeks, as the testing environment has actually not had any wipes in about a month. If having the large influx of players doesn't reveal a bunch of critical crash-type bugs (a long shot I know) then we might not have wipes every single weekend.

[@TMoney33]

My Grandkids are gonna love this game when it comes out in 2040!

[@adsglitch]

Imagine depending so much on gaming that you just write negative comment because you are so frustrated to not being able to escape your reality.

[@TMoney33]

@adsglitch imagine not being able to get when someone's joking here /s If you would like a picture drawn, i'll draw it in crayon just for you.

[@adsglitch]

@@TMoney33 This joke was made a thousand time. When I read this I assume people are serious. My bad.

[@Quix32]

Imagine having a shred of originality and a mind of your own

[@TMoney33]

@Quix32 imagine replying to a reply and bringing absoluty no substance or value to the comment. Pop a Copa Cola friendo

[@Zephyriia]

I rlly like how Narc just bounced back so casually, keep up ur freestyle my dood

[@CurvaceousCrow]

My name Jeff

[@oni-one574]

As a star citizen backer, I understand...

[@creatorman2]

Just 2 more years :)

[@tonythepaladin]

😂

[@blaxtopolition7140]

You sound really smart!

[@backseatdriver9576]

I'd rather have your HONEST opinion based on personal experience and what others have told you. It's never easy to hear harsh things but it serves us better in the end. Honesty has a way of providing value that lying simply does not. It's a valuable lesson Star Citizen learned and I think it's serving them and the community well.

[@MrKevlarkent]

well he hasnt tested the game so he cant give his own opinion

[@copeisadope]

​@@MrKevlarkent he actually was in testing idk why he's lying to everyone about it.

[@MrKevlarkent]

@@copeisadope i mean he said he was invited but he didnt play because he wanted his first impression to be on stream, but maybe that was a lie?

[@copeisadope]

@@MrKevlarkent he was in there even was dming some people about it. Idk why he's lying to his fans about it.

[@wiliestrogue2924]

@@MrKevlarkent Don't believe this jackass. He's been trying to trash Narc in the past couple of videos. He's part of the "Cult of Toxic Positivity".

[@nordy259]

It's going to be buggy, broken, and will have very little content but that's okay. I did a couple tests and what mattered to me was once a game breaking bug was found how quickly they took action. They kept us in the loop as to when the servers would come down, when they'd be back up, and if there was a delay from that timeline we were told. Launch of alpha 2 won't be pretty but I have faith the team is doing everything they can to improve the experience. Don't judge it by what you see on Oct 25, judge it on what you see from the updates going forward after that date.

[@Krunkeridleios]

Worth 120$? Lol

[@xlinnaeus]

that's so cool

[@nickstrampe3603]

Why would you not judge it? If you show showcases for 2 years and promise things then that isn't close I think that should be judgeable.

[@Erick-gx8qu]

You been scammed bud

[@jamesharoldsen1907]

​@CestPasFaux-kt9zq it isn't a game. You'd be paying to join a testing environment. If that isn't for you... Wait for release?

[@Erreth-Baragh]

Narc the Destroyer has spoken!

[@GS-fh5qu]

Worst thing is nobody mentioned the state of the b00b slider.

[@jassimsalam]

2056: Steven's son will be selling monthly B2 keys and cosmetics.

[@Zederok]

You do realize Steven is a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

[@T3FAT]

My understanding about the areas looking different is that they have different builds. So testers have explored areas, then next week that area is removed. I do not know the reason for this, but I assume they have a lot more in the back and it either just does not work with what they have (mby buggy etc?) or they hide it for a reason because they do not want to sell this as a game but to make you understand that it is a testing phase and things can change etc.

[@vrdynasty3896]

Spot tests are meant to test a very specific portion of the game(back end or otherwise)

[@Uncorrect-Tpyo]

Well done mate, we're almost there.

[@OriginallyG]

Narc youre great dude, commenting for the algorithm

[@boofie3378]

Riot mmo boutta come out before this!

[@rory7466]

You joke but I think that's legitimately very likely

[@TapTwoCounterspell]

Wake me up in 8 years when 1.0 releases.

[@Glundberg84]

Good video, mate. 😊 Well presented and with based takes.

[@xlinnaeus]

I think this is really really good news. The feedback they're getting through this is going to be HUGE. A year from today and the game'll feel amazing

[@kakeup]

I heard something vaguely negative towards the end there, have you thought about taking a break?

[@th0r_f1nn]

XD

[@PrimusValsar]

Come on you cultist... He is on copium and it's not enought for you ? Let the man talk and cook.

[@fatlenny9361]

Kek

[@xibbas7055]

NGL Throne and Liberty has kind of done most of what I expected AoC to bring to the table for me. Hope they can reach its level of polish with all the additional systems planned.

[@rory7466]

Don't worry with Intrepid's current progress they're on track to catch up with Throne and Liberty in 2035

[@MrKevlarkent]

TnL is nothing like ashes

[@rory7466]

@@MrKevlarkent that's true, right now T&L is about 100x better with 100x more content and that's despite it having pay to win 🤣

[@MrKevlarkent]

@@rory7466 sure, troll

[@wiliestrogue2924]

P2W = NO

[@thehalfginger-ux9yk]

really wish mmo would have an in game dps meter. its really the best way to see if you rotations and ability order is optimized

[@freshtendrills5969]

I can't wait for a release in 2030!!

[@Infidel.]

You will still be playing gta 6 at that point and won't play ashes

[@human_trash_dot_jpeg]

It got delayed to 2069

[@HeyHiHowdy6969]

@@Infidel.GTA is so overrated 🥱

[@Infidel.]

@@HeyHiHowdy6969 unfortunately for you that is not even remotely true

[@wiliestrogue2924]

@@Infidel. Whole new dev team. All the OG devs are gone. BTW...the new devs all have blue hair. It isn't looking good.

[@augustlewen]

I don't understand how the character creator has devolved?

[@piotrsitek818]

It didn't, it had bugs when they wanted to present it. For people to use it more polish is needed and they use older, cut-down version in A2 version of the game. It's in development.

[@therivalmob2289]

It was like any of the other showcases. Not real.

[@MrKevlarkent]

it is something very few people know about, but in all software development, you have different versions/builds going at the same time. one of them is the presentation build, which is the build thats furthest along, but also the buggiest one, which you make a presentation from. one dev said that he has 7 different builds on his pc at the same time

[@augustlewen]

@@MrKevlarkent Right but this build was from 3 years ago. One would have hoped it made it into the final alpha 2 build or hopefully developed much further than back then

[@MrKevlarkent]

@@augustlewen yea, I'm sure there were a lot of things they wished were more done before alpha2 but some things happened that slowed things down

[@roanwa4712]

Solid video dude!

[@ThePlinto]

Im so happy seeing this video, keep good work man, I hope you will stay like that, not so toxic :3

[@AndrewVisse]

Thanks for the video narc! See you in game if the servers hold up! :3

[@Vertilgung]

current hunting: "you pet a docile mob and it becomes a corpse in your inventory" LMAO sounds like AAAAA lets go Steven!

[@thy_gloom581]

What a way to censor hunting and gathering pretty annoying having an unrealistic and sanitized method. Catering to an ideology of not trying to offend people ig vegans with not including animal slaughter when it's a natural consequence of life, the living need to feed on the living death is necessary.

[@MrKevlarkent]

@@thy_gloom581 are you mentally challenged? thats obviously a placeholder until they finish that mechanic 🤣

[@TheoreticalLaw]

So much info! My biggest concern is definitely the server stability. Didn't seem like the A1 testers had large enough numbers to test it properly

[@Dereliction2]

Just watched another A1 tester who said stability is 90% where we'd want it and is quite good, however, no one really knows how things will hold up when 100,000 players dump onto the servers and try to squirm their way out of starting areas all at once. Expect a circus for the first few weekends at least.

[@MrKevlarkent]

theyve had enough players to fully stress-test at least one server at a time with the A1 testers, but its hard to say how standing up many servers will affect that

[@zeridiusmagus1676]

I will agree with, how bad it was at the start of the test. They did some massive improvements within this short window.

[@King_of_Sofa]

Yes! More positivity :) That's better, Narc!

[@rory7466]

Delusional Cultist

[@LandonH4Ever]

Are you adding to the stress-test Oct 24 @ 11A Pacific time?

[@Janman1988]

liked it a lot, lets see what we get at the 25th.

[@rong6738]

Great coverage Narc!!

[@skippyzk]

I watch this channel because I trust that you're honest. I have that trust because you built authority over YEARS. I don't trust ANY of the other ashes channels.

[@TheToledoTrumpton]

With levelling, the word from some of the testers is that they think grinding levelling solo is slow, in order to encourage group play.

[@Steve-xh3by]

As someone who spent a career as a software engineer (some in game dev), I'll say this about variance in skills - Hardcore players often demand "balance" and also demand "variance." Unfortunately, these two concepts are impossible to maximize at the same time. For something to be truly "balanced", it MUST be mathematically equivalent. If it is NOT, then players will quickly find the optimal builds. There is absolutely no way around this. If you want asymmetry in skills, they will be unbalanced. This is at odds with variance. For example, if I want Frost Bolt, and Fire Bolt to be balanced, the following must be true - The DPS of both skills must be identical. The range of each skill must be identical. The number of fire resistant/vulnerable mobs and cold resistant/vulnerable mobs must be identical. If even ONE of these things varies from the other, then one skill will just be mathematically better. Let's say there are 10% more fire vulnerable mobs in the game than there are frost, and the rest of the parameters are mathematically equivalent between Fire Bolt and Frost Bolt. Well, then, Fire Bolt is just mathematically superior to Frost Bolt (because there are more cases it will be more effective). There is simply no way around this fundamental truth of design. You can't have both highly varied and interesting skills AND balance at the same time.

[@surma4620]

Still sucks that the showcases for the past two years were fake

[@Shadewalkin]

As someone that played the pre alpha tests... a lot more than the past two showcases are fake.... Remember the beautiful weather showcase they did? How gorgeous the game looked from that point to the more recent showcases? Yeah.... the game looks nothing like that. Ive been debating on if the game looks closer to alpha 1 quality or current dev showcases. As for the combat? My initial day of testing was for combat on a server meshing line. There were around 300 attendees split into 5 groups of 60 players. We were told to fight on server meshing lines. Mages were not supposed to cast. What i saw was players fully freezing in place.. spells lacking vfx effects resulting in grey pillars coming out of character models when said spells were cast and then the servers crashed within 2 minutes of mages casting when the time came. . . This was 60 people on my screen and 240 people in similar groups fighting in other areas simultaneously. So if 6 guilds are fighting all at once in different locations... expect the servers to crash.... unless of course they fixed it since i played (about a month ago)

[@joaofernandes9458]

​@@Shadewalkin As someone who doesn't have the courage to spend all that money, it would be great if the last two years weren't fake.

[@Saiphel]

I'm out of the loop, how were they fake?

[@stickyrubb]

@@Shadewalkin If I understand other testers correctly, they're constantly updating the live servers. If you last played a month ago, you have no idea how they progressed in that time.

[@rory7466]

​@@Saiphel most of the things shown aren't working in the actual game, they essentially made isolated dev clients that only had the showcase system in that way all the server clients resources were just running that system, but when you bring those systems all together in the mmo it crashes and is unplayable

[@chucknorris5476]

STEVEN I KNOW YOU’RE READING THIS - GIVE CLERIC A CRUSADER STRIKE!

[@uvveshlurvvesh6515]

Maybe he gets one with one of his speccs

[@Quix32]

Maybe when they add augments, the fighter augment on cleric for example.

[@chucknorris5476]

@@Quix32 Nah unfortunately steven said no new abilities will come from augments, only /augmenting/ your current ones, pun intended.

[@Quix32]

@@chucknorris5476 it might be a modifier on a damaging skill cleric has now instead of a new ability

[@chucknorris5476]

@@Quix32 Maybe, looking at the confirmed talents I feel like greatsword cleric with the flaming blade talent would play incredibly if it had a melee strike. Could proc burning then stun smite conflagration in the sickest combo. I’d love for Templar to play as a melee off-healer but who knows.

[@zporteso3493]

Will it be an open beta and how to get in it if so? And what's their timeline for that?

[@DrunkTalk]

Never been this early to a narc video before

[@spyrogt6900]

I think only being able to play on weekends sucks but at least it gives something to look forward to every weekend.

[@PashMorter]

So, all the spot tests were like that, but the last one ran over 2 weeks with no wipes. So expect only for the weekend, but I feel like that won't always be the case depending on the build.

[@tekisen8424]

they said that for the Pre Alpha as well, but we've actually been able to play all week, with some big dips for major updates that came almost daily.

[@MrKevlarkent]

this is great, i hope you keep up with this, i felt like it was a really balanced video, not being doomium while also not being optimistic just for the sake of being optimistic

[@gpturismo]

I can't wait to try it, when I can pay the promised $15 a month and not $100 for alpha or beta access.

[@wiliestrogue2924]

Never pre-order. NEVER.

[@user-pt1kj5uw3b]

Good balanced video Narc

[@chaoko954]

Appreciate the video narc! Now we just need some epic intros for when the alpha 2 starts. XD

[@Deimos866]

He’s unable. He fell off

[@saeravi]

Epic intros are time consuming and hes streaming now. I'd be okay if he reused some of the old ones, they're worth seeing again!

[@zeljakis817]

Lets see if this can be better than Throne of Liberty.

[@rory7466]

@@zeljakis817 i think if you look into what's actually releasing as A2 then you'd know this has absolutely no chance of even beginning to compete with Throne until 2035 at the earliest

[@XiLock_Alotx]

So testers should prolly have 4090’s and 7800x3d or higher for a decent experience! I’m guessing that’s what’s going to end up being the case

[@MrKevlarkent]

no, as long as your card has more than 8gb of vram and your pc have 16 or more gb of ram, you will can run it at 1440p high

[@CheckTheWiki]

I've quit so many MMOs day 1 because the jumping felt off. I'm glad to hear they got this right (at least I hope so) because as much as I like other aspects of the game I won't be able to stick around if jumping doesn't feel as good as it does in WoW. I wanted to swap to Final Fantasy but I got jump filtered.

What is the game monetization plan ?

[@Puretea4711]

Fomo Skins

[@andrewbako9494]

Looking forward to everyone's feedback and to see what intrepid is able to do to address comments concerns criticisms etc. Assuming they are able to hold to the current plan and things go reasonably well over these next several months I'm looking forward to jumping in during phase three.

[@imSkrap]

is there any info about if the game will have some sort of pet/companion system to help with auto looting? like if you pull a large group of enemies and instead of standing there to click anything you just kill and move on then the companion grabs the loot for you? also is this more of a 1on1 combat or is there a lot of aoe abilities to promote grouping up enemies?

[@trevormartin7740]

can you start making skits again? i miss them they were so dank

[@T3FAT]

My understanding about the tank is people expect tank to be like in WoW where you just sit down and press buttons to taunt. Here it actually comes down to CC, Pull and kiting strategies to make it work. So people who are used to being Tanks that just sit and do nothing like in WoW expect to do a lot more in this game. Personally I love this, feels as a tank you finally doing something. But the big issue is leveling as a tank... Pretty much impossible doing alone

[@skippyzk]

Never played ff11? You needed a party at all times and had to have the best equipment for each level

[@shippous]

Do you even tank in WoW? If you just sit down and press taunts, all your group dies lol You need to position mobs, interrupt, stun, use mitigation, there's lots to it. Have you ever tanked M+ or Heroic/Mythic Raids?

[@MrKevlarkent]

@@shippous you never kite in wow, if you die from normal mob dmg in wow its the healers fault, not the tanks

[@shippous]

@@MrKevlarkent Do you play M+ at all? lmao

[@bleus.]

@@MrKevlarkent Look at demon hunter tanks... you kite as a tank in wow. in higher m+ keys you have to kite because of un-healable dmg.

[@XiLock_Alotx]

So being real here. We have likely another 4-5 years before full release right? If I’m being optimistic i think based off what we know, we are looking at a 2028-2029 release. I’m keeping my expectations in check. Not at all annoyed by this. Will just let this all play out. I hope Alpha 2 is received well. I will be waiting until beta to finally drop before jumping into AoC. GLHF all!

[@rory7466]

@@XiLock_Alotx honestly 4-5 is not realistic for what Stevens vision is, it would take 10+ years for that, if I had to put money on it I'd say they will eventually abandon the scope and plan of the project and dial it back to a much smaller world and set of features, probably 4-5 biomes and then call it done

[@m1ndflux548]

@@rory7466 It can be a possiblity that they would dial-back a bit, but I think its out of the question, and 4-5 years its realistic as it is.

[@MB-em9ek]

The biggest mistake of Steven and Intrepid Studio was starting their adventure as game developpers with a MMO. Steven will be forced to release a half cooked MMO due to lack of funds.

[@Hisui1859]

The test which has been going on for awhile now has been progressing really well. I've wanted to like talk with people about it for awhile its really impressive if you've been apart of the NDA testing because they have been fixing bugs almost on an hourly basis and pretty large patches. The game state obviously won't be a playable state in terms of your gonna be experiencing everything that you wanted and its not early access quality. But they've been fixing a lot of game breaking bugs like money exploits and things which could ruin the gameplay if the game released. And the game has evolved a lot because a couple of weeks ago players all looked like one punch man walking through town and NPC's where clipping into buildings and now the game is feeling a lot better in towns and a lot of those bugs got stomped. I think at the very least getting into alpha will reignite the flames that people had for ashes while allowing them to provide feedback on how the classes can be further improved.

[@lip_736]

nice video important info

[@weirdoproductions6714]

To me it’s not a huge deal if the classes are lacking at the moment as we can provide that feedback (maybe more so in later phase) and j was expecting this concern in the alpha. from what I’ve heard and read the Mage fighter and ranger especially feel very good and are fun to play. I also have read that a few people say cleric needs improving but it is decent and you feel very important 😅 I agree that I am all for a 100 hour level curve but for the initial phase should be less, but I guess if anything I’ll wait to test higher levels in phase 2 or 3 as I’m also just very excited to explore the entirety of the map we have. But yea from what I’ve seen from people talking about it so far it overall seems quite promising (for an alpha) and people are enjoying it.

[@CrixGuides]

ALPHA 2 HYPEEEE. It might be a shit show, but it will be a beautiful shit show.

[@me1134]

As someone who was actually in the tests...can't help but wonder if the people he's quoting were actually there...as it doesn't sound like it.

[@MrKevlarkent]

why would they lie when people can stream it on friday?

[@wiliestrogue2924]

@@MrKevlarkent He's just a Narc hater.

[@BSGNZ]

Honestly, the type of leveling experience you should have in a game like this for your first time through should be long enough to explore every zone. In a perfect world you should hit level cap in the last explored part of the last zone. Following alts can have some kind of bonus to the leveling experience. I'd imagine that they have a build system similar to WoW. They probably have an internal build 3 or 4 ahead of what the players are testing.

[@NuggetOfDino]

eq1 was made with crunch prelaunch was extremely rocky

[@wiliestrogue2924]

lol...every MMO back in the day started this way.

[@HaxzploiD]

Vibing.

[@mattvitalis789]

I just really hope the combat/gameplay is good in ashes or I will be quitting very early on.

[@Krieghandt]

The Ranger is in a good place? Better not mention that to any 5e players.

[@MrKevlarkent]

its damage is low, but im sure that will get a little help soonTM

[@tonythepaladin]

AoC in partnership with NerveGear

[@woozie4972]

Am I playing the wrong PTR realm then? It is a clunky stutter mess to me.

[@Hooch_is_crzy]

I don’t really agree that it’s not the same quality of the showcases.

[@wiliestrogue2924]

It isn't. Go back about 2yrs. The game looked amazing. Now it looks meh.

[@maxkortestappen4027]

im new into this game. Will this game uphold the holy trinity?

[@Alec8181HD]

Yes

[@7F0X7]

Is the community finally ready to admit they had to scrap just about everything when they moved to UE5? The only way this isn't true is if the older fleshed out biomes from the footage from years ago was a fat lie to begin with. So.... you all tell me which is the case....

[@Quix32]

No you nailed it dude, they probably flushed millions of dollars of man hours down the drain because UE5 doesn't import the same assets as UE4. It just makes total sense. See, why doesn't Steven hire commenters like you who clearly know better than him? Or better yet let them run the studio? Clearly we're all more experienced engineers than any of them

[@7F0X7]

@@Quix32 Your snark is meaningless in the fact that the current game is garbage, and the biomes are clearly not what was shown years ago. But keep thinking what you want, I'll stick to facts.

[@Quix32]

@@7F0X7 The current game in alpha is garbage?? Dude you don't say?! The assets used for the biomes definitely got deleted dude. They totally scrapped all of it just to make us feel worse about the game. It's definitely not cause they're waiting to fill it with content to add it to the live version of the alpha or something like that. 🤡

[@7F0X7]

@@Quix32 "or something like that"

[@crazyanimals3259]

Bro where i get the cola from gimme link

[@GhostGG2123]

NGL, kinda miss the old copa cola sound :(

[@MrArthys]

I got a inside information that they are waiting for UE6 so they could launch the game in a pristine new engine, in 10 years guys.

[@Ardie27]

The gathering looks like NEW WORLD, which is great. I know you have a hard time saying NEW WORLD when it's something positive lol

[@harkonan5913]

i have 0 interest in punching trees and clicking on flowers, i hope there is more to crafting that standard mmo tropes..

[@Nyce-Gaming]

Very glad Intrepid dropped this NDA. Shows their confidence. It’s our last chance as a community to set/subvert expectations for this test. Excited to share my thoughts after playing.

[@Nyce-Gaming]

@CestPasFaux-kt9zq so let me get this straight. You have 50+ hate comments on my channel. I’ve seen you comment on other creators videos as well. And now you comment under my comment on someone else’s video? Over a game you dislike and/or think is a scam? Bro you need to go outside and reset your KZbin algorithm so it suggest you something that you’re actually into. This can’t be healthy. This is like watching golf all day to complain about golf 🤡

[@boomcat1337]

no NDA shows confidence in there product.. i approve !

[@spacejam2316]

Why no DPS meter or healer addons is not fun without those.

[@mellifluousthoughts1395]

congratz narc, first video I gave a like to in like the last 7 videos. This felt informative, no constant talking about how the game is a scam, imagine putting your heart and soul into your business/passion project just for some guy online to constantly demean your work and call it fake in every video. Bread and butter info, neutral to slight foward thinking outlook for the 25th with some critical feedback as needed. A+

[@WildFyreAshes]

*slowly staggers in* .... sorry copium dealer... it's been many years....a...aaand...yo ..yo...you know im g...goo...ggood for it. * falls to a knee* i just wanted to let you know, I'll be getting the real thing come Friday... no more of your top shelf. So... * stands back up* just know, it's been real. 🥀😝

[@goodboy-vo5ju]

[@blackhorde22]

Yup better to wait for Beta then try it out, Alpha's are too limited.

[@kingkino2116]

Aint no way this game has been anticipated for a million years for the combat to be "basically WoW" lmao

[@sisterblissuk9253]

Will narc be a artisan level baker RP,ing in-game ? 🤔

[@TheoreticalLaw]

bakig 🍞👨‍🍳

[@BatzArk]

Crazy how people: Pay $ to be a tester and on top put in 100s of hours into it. If they actually worked as a tester it would be free and they’d get paid 1000s for those 100s hours.🤦

[@BaxxyNut]

Weird that people do what they think is fun. Very weird.

[@Momfasa]

That's how to build a cult following.

[@wiliestrogue2924]

@@Momfasa The "Cult of Toxic Positivity". Get them to invest time and money and they will gaslight themselves into thinking the game is good...or even close to finished.

[@harkonan5913]

QA is long way from 'fun' you wont be playing the game and offering feedback on important systems, mostly you are jumping into corners over and over to see if you fall through the geometry

[@Mixion72]

Camelot Unchained ahhhhh game

[@Ides385]

Nice to see you getting back to your bread and butter.

[@Schrumpel]

if they would add things fast, the game would not be in a state of working on it for half a year instead of 10 years

[@MasterMe1984]

I did hear it's only 25hours to get to 25 at the moment.. But we'll see i guess

[@24zer0nd]

nah they had a way higher estimate from Steven a few weeks ago

[@sevenddeadly]

Thanks Steven for all the promises you didnt kept!

[@marktackman2886]

They previously scrapped development and do not want to admit it.

[@Quix32]

Imagine having different versions of a software product so you can sufficiently isolate bugs and rule out externalities caused from other features you aren't testing. That would be smart right?

[@skippyzk]

How long have they been making this game? Steven should be embarrassed

[@harryhoudini4365]

By the time this is finished nobody will want to play it, already looks old. Time to move on

[@MrKevlarkent]

what other alpha game looks better?

[@wiliestrogue2924]

@@MrKevlarkent Ummm...the AoC Alpha from 2yrs ago...in the showcases. Oh...but they were a lie.

[@musiclayer5192]

Very little content, runs smoother than weeks ago, very grindy, if you have the fkn balls to craft at high level I salute you it's a slog, pop is pretty good, game feels good to move. Quest are basic as fk. Node system look great, it's gona be awesome. World is bigggggggg asks fkkkk Jesus it big, mounts are mandatory.

[@justroachbro]

awesome as always man keep up the great work! thank you it helps me get through a tough time man appreciate it

[@Reinhard_von_Lohengramm]

Wow, it sounds far, far worse than I expected. 8 years and they have even less content than Scam Citizen? How does anyone (reasonable) justify this? No wonder Steven lashed out on Narc. He's getting preemptively defensive because he knows he has backlash coming his way. So much for the last hope of mmos...

[@morganistelrooy]

This is the Narc we are here for. This is what we are talking about. This is it 👌🏽