What am I buying into?

some-clueless-guy

I've been checking on this game's progress for a while now, waiting for an official release to give it a try but since they are currently offering it on a discount I figured I would grab it while it's hot and eventually wait for it to be polished. However...

I'm trying to gather some knowledge about how the game will work but everything seems so nebulous: the steam page, their main page, their reddit, all I can find are vague teasing sentences.

How are they planning to monetize it, is it still B2P as it was planned a couple years ago?

What is the server(s) location, can someone provide an address so I can ping it?

Will private servers have complete freedom or is their existence tied to that of the base server?

Dan2607

Yeah i noted the discount and gave it a thought too.
Wondered at a 30% reduction so close to the steam release.
I'd also appreciated an update on current game position.

alkarionlog

what you are buying into? lies mostly

you guys should have learned by now, all b2p on launch (who later become early access) will become f2p, better wait and pay nothing, or you really belive a game like this will not be doing so?

delete5230

Not sure if this relates.  Also every game developer has their own rules anyway.

7 days to die,
Is a solo game, but also has private servers to play with friends just the same.  I purchased it in early access like 5 years ago for about $30, it was in ruff shape.... About 6 months ago RL Friends decided to play.  I downloaded it logged on to my friends server and bam !... I was playing.

Point being, no rules or disclaimers attached.  This seemed to mean play forever... Maybe LoA is the same ?..... But then, maybe not !  

Scot

You are buying into a game that is not a game yet.

delete5230

This morning I was getting slightly hyped for this game. Watched several reviews and game play.  This style of PvP open sandbox is not my style, but trying to reason in my mind of playing anyway and see what happened. 

Then the idea of FULL LOOT entered my mind and F#^& That !!!
I don't like being pissed off that way

Scorchien

                  Dont be fooled by imitations... 

    

            The only place to get a UO experience is.............https://uo.com/

lahnmir

You are buying into a game 3 years away from release. And as someone who has been with them since early Shards it pains me to say that it will probably never be ready. They simply don’t have the manpower or funding to take it all the way.

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

mcrippins

I've been playing on the Legends of Ultima community server of Legends of Aria, and I love it. Been on it for months, and the devs are awesome and doing a great job. I didn't care for the official game all that much. But LoU is quite different in a lot of ways.

delete5230

lahnmir said:

You are buying into a game 3 years away from release. And as someone who has been with them since early Shards it pains me to say that it will probably never be ready. They simply don’t have the manpower or funding to take it all the way.

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

This actually sounds good for the OP and somewhat answers his payment system question.

$29.99 on sale for $19.99 will be the price tag for at least three years.  From watching Youtubes, the game seems ready enough for what it is... But Full loot is not my style.

Don't forget games like Sub Nautica and 7 days to die were easily playable well before release.

Scorchien

Arterius said:

Scorchien said:

                  Dont be fooled by imitations... 

    

            The only place to get a UO experience is.............https://uo.com/

out of curiosity is Ultima Online worth checking out now a days

Absolutely , ive been playing all these 21 years , Server like Atlantic are still very active , im in a great guild that is very good , games like Albion and LoA are just shells of what UO offers its not even close ..

  There is a F2 P model for UO Now for anyone to check it out ......https://uo.com/client-download/

delete5230

Scorchien said:

Arterius said:

Scorchien said:

                  Dont be fooled by imitations... 

    

            The only place to get a UO experience is.............https://uo.com/

out of curiosity is Ultima Online worth checking out now a days

Absolutely , ive been playing all these 21 years , Server like Atlantic are still very active , im in a great guild that is very good , games like Albion and LoA are just shells of what UO offers its not even close ..

  There is a F2 P model for UO Now for anyone to check it out ......https://uo.com/client-download/

Ultima Online, "unrelated to game play" suffers from the same UI polish as EverQuest 1 and Project 1999.

Old outdated screen resolutions, user controls, drop down menus.... I'm sure their good games, but please !!!!!....Fix this !

It would appear extremely broken to the unaware.

some-clueless-guy

mcrippins said:

I've been playing on the Legends of Ultima community server of Legends of Aria, and I love it. Been on it for months, and the devs are awesome and doing a great job. I didn't care for the official game all that much. But LoU is quite different in a lot of ways.

Do you log in there through the official site? If the game flops and is shut down will there be a way to keep playing LOU?