Ashes of Creation
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Cinge
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That doesn't bother me, everyone does that and you learn to ignore it(and 40+ years over 12 people is pretty good, if it was all relevant experience). More of the specific experience and their new title/job.
Xaxius
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More specifically, I always hated developers touting their "MMO work experience." Unless you previously worked for Blizzard, that work experience just screams "Hey, I used to make shitty MMOs for a living."
It's not exactly something that inspires confidence when you're asking for a hand-out.
It's not exactly something that inspires confidence when you're asking for a hand-out.
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Oh man, the Pantheon fanboys would rip you apart for only saying Blizzard.
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Xaxius
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Mughal
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Having been through the process of creating an MMO from scratch I cannot understand how it can be done with less than $20m (production, servers, personnel, testing etc). So the moment anyone starts promising more than 1 race (unless they all look the same), multiple classes, multiple modes of play (PvE, PvP), bullshit mechanics that nobody asked (naval combat! resurrection!) you know you are going to lose your Kickstarter money. Even people like Brad that built this industry from scratch can't really budget honestly because there are no tools to build MMOs (like there are ten different engines to make mobile games and they are all awesome).
I'll still donate money to the cause, perhaps hoping that either I am wrong or that the next guy that tries doesn't find a landscape full of old cynic neckbeards. AoC raised enough money to pay for the art team for one year.
I'll still donate money to the cause, perhaps hoping that either I am wrong or that the next guy that tries doesn't find a landscape full of old cynic neckbeards. AoC raised enough money to pay for the art team for one year.
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Palum
what Suineg set it to
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Kriptini
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I'm calling bullshit on the "he hates P2W" thing. We're talking about Sorcerer from ArcheAge, right? This dude bought Thunderstruck Trees from my guild for $40 a pop... in ALPHA. You know, the stuff that was going to be wiped. The dude has zero problem with RMT. If it can't be done through the game's shop, he'll do it through PlayerAuctions.
Tauro
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So, new 1.75mio stretchgoal revealed. The Underrealm (expansive underground areas, underrealm node development, underrealm flora&fauna). I immediately was thinking about going underground with a dwarf char looking for riches and killing stuff. Couldnt help myself and pledged 140$. Dont disappoint me IntrepidStudios!
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Teekey
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Him being in MLM previously doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me personally, but maybe that's also because they aren't seeing a dime from me until they actually release the game.
It does make me question who the hell is funding them with him at the helm (and his rag tag team). Surely he can't fully fund the game himself, and they have probably 3+ years of development ahead of them.
Crowfall is the only Kickstarter I've ever backed, and it was primarily because the guys in charge have a good enough resume to reassure me that they know what they're doing.
It does make me question who the hell is funding them with him at the helm (and his rag tag team). Surely he can't fully fund the game himself, and they have probably 3+ years of development ahead of them.
Crowfall is the only Kickstarter I've ever backed, and it was primarily because the guys in charge have a good enough resume to reassure me that they know what they're doing.
Flipmode
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Reht
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I guess I'm glad people are throwing money at this because it (marginally) increases the odds something decent gets made. But those feel like shitty odds given how little we've seen and the promises made.
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Bondurant
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What a retarded opinion, it's like saying you're glad people buy gas because it (marginally) increases the odds something better gets made.
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If people wanna throw their hard-earned money at this game, then whatever. I wouldn't advise it, that being said I'm not mad they got funded. Genre could use any hope it can get. Although that's usually a really poor means for buying a product, when it's nearly purely on "hope".
Mughal
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that's the graphics engine. Unity does not have any decent networking stack, MMO servers, content management system, PvP, billing etc etc. Part of the huge cost of making an MMO is that you need to develop your own tools to create and manage the game. And because there are only few MMOs built every year there isn't really a software industry to support them like there is for mobile apps.
So when they "demo" something it's just that they built some assets and recorded a video moving around a scene. Means nothing as it's just days of work (ok maybe weeks if you built and animated all the 3d assets from scratch). The toolchain to make the game is what makes game companies unique.
xzi
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UE4 already has existing backend support for MMOs/large multiplayer games in general, they still have a gigantic mountain of work to climb to make it not shitty though. But there is some sort of base level for Ashes to build upon at least.
I'm not spending that much money on it, but I hope its funding does keep growing.
I'm not spending that much money on it, but I hope its funding does keep growing.