Upcoming Sandbox MMOs (ArcheAge & The Repopulation)

**Blah64** · 07-18-14, 02:23 PM

Is anyone planning on playing any of the upcoming sandbox MMOs?

Close to release that I've tried are 'The Repopulation' (Alpha) & 'ArcheAge'(Beta).

**Tenrou** · 07-19-14, 07:46 PM

How was the beta for archeage that one looked neat.

**Blah64** · 07-25-14, 02:57 PM

It's kinda odd.

The game is PvP focused with groups: Pirate ships, naval warfare, castle sieges, controlling land with a guild, farming, crafting etc.

(You really need a group of friends or a guild to do most things)

However, the game doesn't tell you this, instead it plops you into the world with quests to follow. These quests are completely optional, and just help you learn controls, how to do stuff and for easy levels, but the game doesn't make it known that you can just completely skip these quests, instead it is just made to appear like a generic themepark MMO.

**DJ Ms. White** · 07-25-14, 03:54 PM

How significant are the stat boosts from having the titles for stuff like the silver pack (founder title: +1 all stats; +3 for getting the most expensive pack)? That is turning me off from the game.

**Blah64** · 07-25-14, 05:17 PM

I don't know... I can't say that I've ever noticed them, but I wasn't exactly looking out for it, and I haven't done all that much of the content since I don't have a group.

The biggest issue that players have with the f2p system is that it has a system like Eve's Plex thing, where you can buy some currency with in-game credits of real money, that you can buy a 'subscription' to. The subscription makes your 'labor points' regenerate faster so you can craft/farm more often, and it lets you personally own land, thus making the game 'Pay 2 win' in people's minds (however, I've gotten used to that sorta thing with World of Tanks).

**[CoFR]SirMoo** · 07-25-14, 05:41 PM

Yeah not sure how The Repopulation will attempt not to turn into another Entropia planet-like.

**Blah64** · 07-25-14, 05:50 PM

The Repopulation is more pre-cu SWG than Entropia (although, I've never played Entropia).

Still under NDA unfortunately, so I can't really discuss stuff that's not public (but I hope my interest in the game is obvious because I made this thread in the first place)

**DJ Ms. White** · 07-25-14, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by Blah64

I don't know... I can't say that I've ever noticed them, but I wasn't exactly looking out for it, and I haven't done all that much of the content since I don't have a group.

The biggest issue that players have with the f2p system is that it has a system like Eve's Plex thing, where you can buy some currency with in-game credits of real money, that you can buy a 'subscription' to. The subscription makes your 'labor points' regenerate faster so you can craft/farm more often, and it lets you personally own land, thus making the game 'Pay 2 win' in people's minds (however, I've gotten used to that sorta thing with World of Tanks).

I guess what I mean is: how big of a boost to stats is that? If this was something kind of like D&D where 18 is a "normal" max stat, a +1, +2, or +3 to all stats would be just unfair. If it's more like GW2, then it wouldn't be too bad especially in the late game.

Eve's currency buy is at least a little more balanced in terms of dependence on market values (I've seen from 200M-1B for a single PLEX) and how goddamn easy it is to lose what you've bought with that isk. (Assuming you make it to combat and don't just get popped in High Sec in a noob ship full of PLEX.) Nevermind that if you decided to buy and sell enough PLEX to be the richest person in EVE, everyone at CCP would retire (Richest EVE players are well into the trillions).