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~Lubs

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Ooh, how are you liking it?
Do you like sandbox MMOs?
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I'm on the alpha as well as 'Pandayne', but I have not had time to play due to final papers~

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Ah, that makes sense. I like how it's constantly under development, and how they are really trying to be a sandbox with theme park elements to move things along. I was a really big fan of EVE in terms of the concept and the world, but it ended up feeling like a beautiful screensaver to me at times.

Then I look at TERA and I loved how action packed it was (especially the random skirmishes and user-stories that would occur) and how they implemented a political system, and how they constantly update with events.

I became really interested in archeage due to the potential for sandbox and the support they have (personal relationships/friendship referrals to me, fan base, developers in Trion and XL, international success) as opposed to something I was originally even more interested in (such as Mortal Online).

I think the attacking your own faction thing makes sense in terms of sandbox due to the freedom people have in terms of spying, killing, being a pirate, etc. Odder in terms of guild mates, but if I continue with my previous logic, it would still apply.

The faction locking does suck though if you want to be different races on different continents but want to party together, but wasn't it the same with WoW and Horde//Alliance anyway? I think even EVE had a similar limitation, although it was much easier to travel than WoW. What do you mean by create your own faction and be your faction versus everyone though? Do you mean like being a pirate or having your own guild?

In terms of land plots, I was reading about it as I was thinking a similar thing, and it seems that the "premium" plots such as those by the beach or those that would be safer / more profitable would be filled up for sure, but there were tons of other plots that likely would have space (e.g. northern continent, deserted islands, less profitable areas in the fields/mountain areas)

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I've only recently been looking at ArcheAge (~2 days).
There is one thing that might be a deal breaker for me but I'm not sure if it's true or not, so i was hoping you guys could share some light on it...
Is it true you can camp people and then steal the loot they are carrying?
Will there be a flag-system so that when you go into a pvp area, that has gathering resources or quests, you can't engage?


My friends had me join their WoW PvP server and yeah... as a result I can't even begin to describe how much I hate WoW. Proving first impressions matter. I'm not interested in a game where I can't gather a resource or do quests because some higher lvl douchebag keeps ganking me.

Don't remember the exact terms but I'll sum it up. Also the game has a crime system where thieves and murders when killed go to trial at a certain point a person gets moved to the pirate faction which is at odds with the other 2 factions.

Zones are broken into safe (level 30 and below zones) and conflict/war. 31 and higher zones have a war/peace cycle that means no ganking during peace but free during war. But if you attack someone of another faction in your safe zone, you become flagged and they can kill you.

There is no looting of players gear/loot but you will drop any Trade Packages you have and they can take those. Also anything you plant/build in those war/conflict zones can be destroyed or looted. You don't lose any of your gear, gold, or anything like that.



I have to say, you sound like a carebear player. AA most likely will not interest you because it is heavily focused on OWPvP.