The Bloodsong Update Brings New Meaning to Killer K-Pop

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The Bloodsong Update Brings New Meaning to Killer K-Pop

ArcheAge NA is just about 100% caught up with its KR forebear, as today patch 2.5 launches on the Trion Worlds servers, bringing with it tons of new content. Not the least of which, the game’s hardest 5-man dungeon to date comes in the form of a deadly opera house with more than a few secrets and tough bosses to be conquered. Read on for the full details.

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Talonsin

This sounds like a step in the right direction. I dont know why they did not do this from the beginning in a gear-based game.

"there are now gear-balanced arenas to take part in where you select a class template and then duke it out on a normalized level with your opponent. If you want to PVP on a fair shake, these new arenas will finally give you the chance to do so. "

nimander99

This game would be the best game ever if the combat wasn't like WoW... instead it's just meh.


Good write up as usual though Bill :)

Albatroes

What is there to do at cap progression wise? Kinda stopped playing after I hit 50 and new stuff started coming out. Wondering if I should go back to finish or not if end game progression is worth the trouble

Vesavius

nimander99 said:
This game would be the best game ever if the combat wasn't like WoW... instead it's just meh.





Good write up as usual though Bill :)


The combat was not what ultimately killed AA.

Nevereverland

Wait this game still alive?

TheOctagon

And still being botted to oblivion. Land is still being bought by bots.

That's what killed this game. Well, that and the faceplant of a launch. It just never recovered.

rojoArcueid

i think more people would play the game and give trion a break if the business model was closer to Rift's model. Steam charts shows less than 2k people at all times. Outside of steam i dont know, but the game is not doing well. Pretty sure is the business model.

Myrcc

After trying to get some land for 5 weeks I just gave up. The whole game was botted into oblivion, and lack of land became the ultimate dealbreaker for me.

jesteralways

The real problem with AA is the players, they don't bother reporting bots claiming Trion doesn't do shit, yet when i reported that lands in gweonid were being held by bots in ollo, they sent gm to come and demolish the lands for buyers. But if i have to talk about biggest problem then it would be the cash shop, the half assed cash shop that trion gave us, it is about time trion realize no matter what they do they can not make the game any less pay2win, so they should just add the 2.5X regrade chance charm; breaking protection scrolls in cash shop. There is no point in denying that the game is designed heavily around cash shop and XLGames won't change the game how trion's customers want. Simple example : despite asking constantly they won't change how some people "pvp"; like attacking/killing someone and then running to safe zone.

Ridelynn

jesteralways said:

Boobs are LIFE, Boobs are LOVE, Boobs are JUSTICE, Boobs are mankind's HOPES and DREAMS. People who complain about boobs have lost their humanity.

Just a off topic side note about your sig @jesteralways ;

Seriously, who complains about boobs?

jesteralways

Ridelynn said:

jesteralways said:

Boobs are LIFE, Boobs are LOVE, Boobs are JUSTICE, Boobs are mankind's HOPES and DREAMS. People who complain about boobs have lost their humanity.

Just a off topic side note about your sig @jesteralways ;

Seriously, who complains about boobs?

Off topic answer : Many people here including one of the stuff members of mmorpg.com.

BalianWolfie

Albatroes said:

What is there to do at cap progression wise? Kinda stopped playing after I hit 50 and new stuff started coming out. Wondering if I should go back to finish or not if end game progression is worth the trouble

End game progression, you mean the action of swipe credit cards? Jokes aside, it's not like you can grind a week or two to finish end game progression, in any games' aspect.

Lahuzer

Im all over this. It keeps getting better and better. If they could only tackle the horrible LP system somehow, and take away LP potions from shop etc. It would finally be THE sandbox game to go to. Although I would like to have more incentives to PVP then honor points. But if they will start to listen to us maybe all these things will come through. ☺️

BartDaCat

I really wanted to like this game, and went so far as to purchase one of the Founder's Packs when they first went on sale. The marketing of an "ultimate sandbox", along with deceptive early beta footage showing castle structures that appeared to be player-made, piqued my interest. When TRIO picked it up, I felt even more hopeful that it might pan out into something.

Boy, was I ever wrong. Between the horrible design of the actual alleged "sandbox" space and the blatantly obvious trickle-down content paced to inspire use of a poorly (and greed-motivated) cash shop, this actually made me look at TRION in a whole new light, and I lost all respect for the brand.

This game is so far removed from an actual "sandbox" MMORPG that to see the term used as part of its marketing inspires a moment of bile at the back of the throat and a queasy feeling in the stomach as revulsion and disgust flood the senses.

ArcheAge is pure garbage that should be relegated to the same waste basket as all of the other no-name cash-grab titles seeping out of Korea.

jesteralways

Lahuzer said:

Im all over this. It keeps getting better and better. If they could only tackle the horrible LP system somehow, and take away LP potions from shop etc. It would finally be THE sandbox game to go to. Although I would like to have more incentives to PVP then honor points. But if they will start to listen to us maybe all these things will come through. ☺️

They need to put LP pots in general merchant for flat 100G per 1000 LP unbound pot. Then they need to removed all regrade charms and gems from cash shop(and loyalty shop too) and put them in game as crafting recipe in a way that 1.2X charm has to be crafted, then 1.5X charm would require 1.2X plus mats, 1.75X needs 1.5X+mats vice verse; lucky star/moon/sun points need basic ones + mats, above lucky points need lucky ones + mats. Depending on which grade charm or gem we are making it should require up to 2K labor to craft. In my opinion LP+RNG regrade is a far better substitute for gear degrade and destruction. If they remove LP crafting and gathering will become just like any other wow clones and also encourage more botting for afk gathering and crafting.

Lahuzer

jesteralways said:

Lahuzer said:

Im all over this. It keeps getting better and better. If they could only tackle the horrible LP system somehow, and take away LP potions from shop etc. It would finally be THE sandbox game to go to. Although I would like to have more incentives to PVP then honor points. But if they will start to listen to us maybe all these things will come through. ☺️

They need to put LP pots in general merchant for flat 100G per 1000 LP unbound pot. Then they need to removed all regrade charms and gems from cash shop(and loyalty shop too) and put them in game as crafting recipe in a way that 1.2X charm has to be crafted, then 1.5X charm would require 1.2X plus mats, 1.75X needs 1.5X+mats vice verse; lucky star/moon/sun points need basic ones + mats, above lucky points need lucky ones + mats. Depending on which grade charm or gem we are making it should require up to 2K labor to craft. In my opinion LP+RNG regrade is a far better substitute for gear degrade and destruction. If they remove LP crafting and gathering will become just like any other wow clones and also encourage more botting for afk gathering and crafting.

That's more or less what I ment with tackling the horrible LP system that is P2W atm with all those things you brought up availabke in stoire. Dunno why they wont fix that. Peeps would come running to the game if they implemented what you wrote there. I hope your vocal at their forums.

jesteralways

Lahuzer said:

jesteralways said:

Lahuzer said:

Im all over this. It keeps getting better and better. If they could only tackle the horrible LP system somehow, and take away LP potions from shop etc. It would finally be THE sandbox game to go to. Although I would like to have more incentives to PVP then honor points. But if they will start to listen to us maybe all these things will come through. ☺️

They need to put LP pots in general merchant for flat 100G per 1000 LP unbound pot. Then they need to removed all regrade charms and gems from cash shop(and loyalty shop too) and put them in game as crafting recipe in a way that 1.2X charm has to be crafted, then 1.5X charm would require 1.2X plus mats, 1.75X needs 1.5X+mats vice verse; lucky star/moon/sun points need basic ones + mats, above lucky points need lucky ones + mats. Depending on which grade charm or gem we are making it should require up to 2K labor to craft. In my opinion LP+RNG regrade is a far better substitute for gear degrade and destruction. If they remove LP crafting and gathering will become just like any other wow clones and also encourage more botting for afk gathering and crafting.

That's more or less what I ment with tackling the horrible LP system that is P2W atm with all those things you brought up availabke in stoire. Dunno why they wont fix that. Peeps would come running to the game if they implemented what you wrote there. I hope your vocal at their forums.

I try but the major vocal populace wants LP gone completely, they want crafting to be like WoW and WoW clones, they bury my posts and threads with their trolling. For the moment i decided not create anymore threads in official forums.

Fallen5

Nevereverland said:

Wait this game still alive?

very much so. its a great game

Fallen5

i play this game free only. i have patron and i can buy anything in the cash shop with gold. its too easy for mmo scrubs to understand. i play gw2 and b&s and am able to progress easy in archeage with little time. its easy to play the game for free. theres no way anyone spending money on this game can get more than i can as a free player. scrubs everywhere.. and the servers are fine. yes, us mmo players are still playing archeage

Fallen5

Lahuzer said:

Im all over this. It keeps getting better and better. If they could only tackle the horrible LP system somehow, and take away LP potions from shop etc. It would finally be THE sandbox game to go to. Although I would like to have more incentives to PVP then honor points. But if they will start to listen to us maybe all these things will come through. ☺️

dont worry. LP's dont mean much honestly. i have 2 property and use about 2-2.5k LP a day. i have never lost patron as a free player and still have plenty gold any time i want. i play 3 mmo's and can still make gold easy in archeage as a casual player.

kitarad

I love your reference to K-Pop got to agree the editing on the trailer could pass.

I do not play Archeage but these are some good K-Pop I would like to share. I also am a huge Korean drama fan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i32ANEa5mk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6QA3m58DQw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofwFr8o8p0Y