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 See this dude?  His name is Richard Garriott/Lord British and he finally put out a followup to his hit MMORPG Tabula Rasa and it's on Steam Early Access for $44.99, but there's no more progression wipes. Many of you already have it so if you do, check it out again. If you don't and you're reading this, you're probably the type that spent $50-100+ on ArcheAge/Black Desert/Albion Online so no excuses. Introduction to Shroud of the Avatar  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meuys4JZZxAquote:Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is a fantasy RPG that combines a single player narrative with a sandbox MMO created by a team that includes: Richard “Lord British” Garriott the creator of the Ultima series, Starr Long the Director of Ultima Online, and Tracy Hickman the author of Dragonlance quote:
quote:Newbie guide Join the main Something Awful Discord and read the auth instructions to join SotA VOIP/text-chat https://discord.gg/0blIq7586QA4EQhM This game is janky as hell, unfinished and primarily uses Unity Store assets despite receiving nearly 10 million in crowdfunding and cryptic to a fault where you'll spend a large amount of time googling mechanics only to find that the mechanic has since overhauled and the guide you just read is completely irrelevant. A couple of us are having a lot of fun with it and if LB's followers (pictured below) haven't left yet... I have a feeling they'll always be around so at least you can count on the excellent community to eRP with you. 
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Guild info: Add Dancing Shade or Alexander DeLarge or Node's character with the weird name, send a whisper to join the guild. We're located in Estgard.
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Second post, doubt I'll ever need it but better safe than sorry 
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Aug 2, 2016 15:14
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I've been playing this since release #1 and enjoy it thoroughly. Needs to be emphasised that it is not remotely finished and development is both active and ongoing. Unlike a lot of other "early access" games that are just scams (pick any fifty on Steam) that actually means something here and it's a proper example of it in action. However if you are planning on going into this blind expecting some kind of WoW clone, boy did you choose the wrong game. You're going to have a pretty bad time if you never played a game before everything had a quest marker and reading was required.
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Aug 2, 2016 15:21
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Down with the goon guild. let me know when its ready Alex.
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Aug 2, 2016 16:10
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Might be a bit longer than expected since everyone that's playing SotA is doing the first week of Albion.
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Aug 2, 2016 16:19
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Alexander DeLarge posted:Might be a bit longer than expected since everyone that's playing SotA is doing the first week of Albion. and then there is no man's sky.
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Aug 2, 2016 16:56
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The fact that MMO albatross Alexander DeLarge made the thread is all you really need to know about Shards of the Ancients or whatever this Game as a Service (GaaS) is called. e: Alex rules btw boho fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Aug 2, 2016 |
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Aug 2, 2016 17:34
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boho posted:Shards of the Ancients Never heard of that one. Will have to make a thread about it once they start selling founder's packs.
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Aug 2, 2016 18:00
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My mother in law is in town, but I will join up / contribute next week. Character is Ailde Bogle.
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Aug 2, 2016 21:48
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Someone want to take a stab at telling me how the crafting works in this game?
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Aug 2, 2016 22:37
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This entire game is one big wipe.
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Aug 2, 2016 22:43
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Texibus posted:Someone want to take a stab at telling me how the crafting works in this game? You gather materials, you refine materials, you craft components out of materials, you produce a finished something out of components. The materials you use affect the bonus stats on what you get. If you craft an exceptional item then it gets even more bonuses. Also everything degrades slowly with use so get used to crafting 
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Aug 3, 2016 00:07
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Pretty decent player economy or is mostly drops?
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Aug 3, 2016 00:26
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Texibus posted:Pretty decent player economy or is mostly drops? Drops will basically consist of a bit of gold and rusty/heavily damaged weapons. All entry level junk tier. You can buy entry level gear from NPCs like blacksmiths and so forth. That degrades over time too. If you want anything decent you'll be crafting it or buying it from someone that already did. Also you'll be replacing it eventually so wearing out your Meteroric Iron Epic Full Plate +whatever killing baby crocodiles in a swamp for their skins isn't a good idea. Save that for high loot / high risk areas. So yeah, player economy is everything. For now check out Owl's Head or Ardoris if you're looking to burn a few thousand gold on a sword, fancy hats or something. DancingShade fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Aug 3, 2016 |
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Aug 3, 2016 06:03
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Cool thanks for the info! I'm a bit of weirdo, love crafting and economy stuff. Weirdly some of the most fun I've had in MMO's was being a GM blacksmith and Tailor in UO making stuff, repairing, and shooting the breeze with other players while they anxiously handed over all their vanquishing weapons to be repaired, hoping I'd trade them back. I watched a really terrible Youtube video of a guy doing an hour and half long video on crafting, and the systems seems pretty good. I gathered (heh) that you hit some nodes, buy some recipes, refine materials, make parts, and then finish off a product. How much of the resource gathering is going to put you in danger? Like can you make fairly high end items by getting resources in relatively safe areas or are all the really good resources going to be pvp/dungeon areas? Texibus fucked around with this message at 06:36 on Aug 3, 2016 |
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Aug 3, 2016 06:33
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Texibus posted:Cool thanks, I'm a bit of weirdo, love crafting and economy stuff. Weirdly some of the most fun I've had in MMO's was being a GM blacksmith and Tailor in UO making stuff, repairing, and shooting the breeze with other players while they anxiously handed over all their vanquishing weapons to be repair, hoping I'd trade them back. The latter. But If all you want is basic iron/copper/raw cotton/skins then you can get those almost anywhere. (you'll understand once you delve into smelting or trying to make hardwoods)
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Aug 3, 2016 06:37
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DancingShade posted:You gather materials, you refine materials, you craft components out of materials, you produce a finished something out of components. Time to reopen Glug Bugaluglug's powerup shop.
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Aug 3, 2016 16:41
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Checked it out last night for the first time in about a year, and they have made some awesome improvements. It still runs like rear end but the combat improvements are great.
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Aug 3, 2016 18:40
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I'm not shilling. This game is pretty solid even as a single player RPG.
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Aug 3, 2016 18:48
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I'd written this game off about 18 months ago but its actually looking really cool. I don't know if its the music, the runic alphabet or what but there's a real nice UO feel to it.
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Aug 3, 2016 19:30
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Don't make me buy this. If I grew up playing EQ, would I enjoy this?
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Aug 4, 2016 03:52
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Jebediah posted:Don't make me buy this. If I grew up playing EQ, would I enjoy this? My first instinct was to say "no". That said, if you grew up on strawberry how would you feel about vanilla malt?
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Aug 4, 2016 04:45
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DancingShade posted:My first instinct was to say "no". That said, if you grew up on strawberry how would you feel about vanilla malt? I...love all malts?
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Aug 4, 2016 05:51
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the other thread on th is game is people complaining that it sucks donkey dick and a dev that works on the game justifying everything because its alpha
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Aug 4, 2016 06:34
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Reverand maynard posted:the other thread on th is game is people complaining that it sucks donkey dick and a dev that works on the game justifying everything because its alpha If you were born after the 90s this isn't the game for you. Mind you if you never experienced the joys of 16 color EGA gaming then you never lived.
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Aug 4, 2016 06:44
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quote:Players will stake their claim to in-game lots and build dwellings ranging from humble cottages to towering island castles. Pre-release backers will have early access to lots as well as rewards for supporting the development.
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Aug 4, 2016 12:20
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It's only a disaster if you paid real money for the lot/house. Despite the poor reception, if I see it on sale for like $10, I'll pick it up.
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Aug 4, 2016 13:37
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Tempus had 16,000 gold removed from his account because he sold a book with a misleading title, if anyone has any spare gold, I could definitely use it towards starting the guild up. Only have about 6,000 out of the necessary 25,000
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Aug 4, 2016 18:54
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Alexander DeLarge posted:Tempus had 16,000 gold removed from his account because he sold a book with a misleading title, if anyone has any spare gold, I could definitely use it towards starting the guild up. Only have about 6,000 out of the necessary 25,000 Oh no you don't. Details please.
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Node posted:Oh no you don't. Details please. To make the long story short, see here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3582612&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=17#post462679823 Apparently the pubbie raised a report against me, and support kindly informed me that kind of aberrant behavior was not allowed on their game and that they had removed the funds from my account and given to the "victim" My account is suspended until next week. I still think the game paid for itself with the whole book thing and the pubbie buying it. Sample Book: 
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Alexander DeLarge posted:Tempus had 16,000 gold removed from his account because he sold a book with a misleading title, if anyone has any spare gold, I could definitely use it towards starting the guild up. Only have about 6,000 out of the necessary 25,000 Don't be a goon, if you can't do the time. I still have like 2000 gold on me.
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Tempus Thales posted:To make the long story short, see here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3582612&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=17#post462679823 Oh, that book? How the gently caress is it the fault of anyone but the moron that paid for it? Especially 15,000 gold? e: random edit. Is free targeting and charging your attacks worth it, or should I stick to auto targeting? Node fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Aug 4, 2016 |
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Aug 4, 2016 20:20
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I don't get it, what's the misleading title?
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Node posted:Oh, that book? How the gently caress is it the fault of anyone but the moron that paid for it? Especially 15,000 gold? Depends on your dexterity, can you guarantee a hit? If so, charge. If not, don't.
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Aug 4, 2016 21:20
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Alexander DeLarge posted:Depends on your dexterity, can you guarantee a hit? If so, charge. If not, don't. Why is dex behind that really terrible subterfuge skill? Some of the skill placement doesn't make sense.
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Alexander DeLarge posted:Tempus had 16,000 gold removed from his account because he sold a book with a misleading title, if anyone has any spare gold, I could definitely use it towards starting the guild up. Only have about 6,000 out of the necessary 25,000 I got like 5k sitting around doing nothing right now, ill pitch in 3k. Also: Have you thought of a guild name yet. Ye Olde Goonsquad sounds good..
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Aug 4, 2016 22:39
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iminers posted:I got like 5k sitting around doing nothing right now, ill pitch in 3k. <fethers>
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Aug 4, 2016 23:05
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Gonna reinstall. I assume archer nerds are still kinda lovely? Gotta sorta multiclass to do well if I remember right.
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Aug 4, 2016 23:35
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Dandywalken posted:Gonna reinstall. Archers are bretty good because you can AOE grind large red spideys without taking any damage.
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So I shall be then. So I shall be. An Archster.
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