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ILLISET

I'm assuming it's never at this point.  The footage released on YouTube looks worse than PvP MMOs that came out in 2013.  What in the world are these deva even doing?

Kyleran

Endlessly developing, it's just what they do.

Oh, and hour(s) long streams of information you don't really care much about....those too.

francis_baud

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Nanfoodle

francis_baud said:

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Best question on this. Is why is this the most recent showing of gameplay? Ashes of Creation shows off in game video every month. Pantheon does the same thing. What are they hiding? 

Sovrath

Nanfoodle said:

francis_baud said:

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Best question on this. Is why is this the most recent showing of gameplay? Ashes of Creation shows off in game video every month. Pantheon does the same thing. What are they hiding? 

But in fairness, they have their servers open to backers to what seems like every week at this point. So people who have given money can see exactly how the game plays.

They don't really owe any non-backers anything at this point.

I'll add, this was their e-mail for last weekend:

Folks,

It's that time again. Hawking is online this weekend with zones including The Deep, Dark Verdant Forest. Be sure to check it out!

When:
Friday, February 12th, 2021 - Monday, February 15th, 2021

Duration:
Continuous until Monday morning

Where:
Hawking (Build #114)

Who:
IT, Alpha, Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3 (All Backers)

Nanfoodle

Sovrath said:

Nanfoodle said:

francis_baud said:

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Best question on this. Is why is this the most recent showing of gameplay? Ashes of Creation shows off in game video every month. Pantheon does the same thing. What are they hiding? 

But in fairness, they have their servers open to backers to what seems like every week at this point. So people who have given money can see exactly how the game plays.

They don't really owe any non-backers anything at this point.

I'll add, this was their e-mail for last weekend:

Folks,

It's that time again. Hawking is online this weekend with zones including The Deep, Dark Verdant Forest. Be sure to check it out!

When:
Friday, February 12th, 2021 - Monday, February 15th, 2021

Duration:
Continuous until Monday morning

Where:
Hawking (Build #114)

Who:
IT, Alpha, Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3 (All Backers)

Are the players under NDA? Are the players permitted to share anything?

kitarad

So many of this crowd funding games have turned into that house in the money pit.

francis_baud

Nanfoodle said:

francis_baud said:

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Best question on this. Is why is this the most recent showing of gameplay? Ashes of Creation shows off in game video every month. Pantheon does the same thing. What are they hiding? 

Because from what I've understood they are not trying to show any material that hypes the game and increases the number of backers at this point. They still have their refund policy so the "tourists" who purchase the game, look at it and then ask for a refund is a real problem. At this point it seems they're just trying to keep their current backers and get additional money from investments.

On the forums (NDA), they sometimes show us some videos (the Cherry Keep sieges, the 1,000+ ARCs spell, etc.).

lahnmir

Nanfoodle said:

Sovrath said:

Nanfoodle said:

francis_baud said:

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Best question on this. Is why is this the most recent showing of gameplay? Ashes of Creation shows off in game video every month. Pantheon does the same thing. What are they hiding? 

But in fairness, they have their servers open to backers to what seems like every week at this point. So people who have given money can see exactly how the game plays.

They don't really owe any non-backers anything at this point.

I'll add, this was their e-mail for last weekend:

Folks,

It's that time again. Hawking is online this weekend with zones including The Deep, Dark Verdant Forest. Be sure to check it out!

When:
Friday, February 12th, 2021 - Monday, February 15th, 2021

Duration:
Continuous until Monday morning

Where:
Hawking (Build #114)

Who:
IT, Alpha, Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3 (All Backers)

Are the players under NDA? Are the players permitted to share anything?

Under NDA unfortunately (yes, I am too).

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

Sovrath

Nanfoodle said:

Sovrath said:

Nanfoodle said:

francis_baud said:

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Best question on this. Is why is this the most recent showing of gameplay? Ashes of Creation shows off in game video every month. Pantheon does the same thing. What are they hiding? 

But in fairness, they have their servers open to backers to what seems like every week at this point. So people who have given money can see exactly how the game plays.

They don't really owe any non-backers anything at this point.

I'll add, this was their e-mail for last weekend:

Folks,

It's that time again. Hawking is online this weekend with zones including The Deep, Dark Verdant Forest. Be sure to check it out!

When:
Friday, February 12th, 2021 - Monday, February 15th, 2021

Duration:
Continuous until Monday morning

Where:
Hawking (Build #114)

Who:
IT, Alpha, Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3 (All Backers)

Are the players under NDA? Are the players permitted to share anything?

They probably are under NDA. It's still in development.

I haven't logged in simply because getting it set up originally seemed like a pain in the ass. I had to download a file and then it didn't work and then I found out i had to download more from a torrent and I thought screw it, I'll just wait.

Sovrath

kitarad said:

So many of this crowd funding games have turned into that house in the money pit.

I remember seeing that scene when I saw this in the theaters. I couldn't stop cracking up!

Nanfoodle

Sovrath said:

Nanfoodle said:

Sovrath said:

Nanfoodle said:

francis_baud said:

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Best question on this. Is why is this the most recent showing of gameplay? Ashes of Creation shows off in game video every month. Pantheon does the same thing. What are they hiding? 

But in fairness, they have their servers open to backers to what seems like every week at this point. So people who have given money can see exactly how the game plays.

They don't really owe any non-backers anything at this point.

I'll add, this was their e-mail for last weekend:

Folks,

It's that time again. Hawking is online this weekend with zones including The Deep, Dark Verdant Forest. Be sure to check it out!

When:
Friday, February 12th, 2021 - Monday, February 15th, 2021

Duration:
Continuous until Monday morning

Where:
Hawking (Build #114)

Who:
IT, Alpha, Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3 (All Backers)

Are the players under NDA? Are the players permitted to share anything?

They probably are under NDA. It's still in development.

I haven't logged in simply because getting it set up originally seemed like a pain in the ass. I had to download a file and then it didn't work and then I found out i had to download more from a torrent and I thought screw it, I'll just wait.

I miss DAoC so much. I just wish they would open the doors just a little to let us know whats going on. 

francis_baud

I forgot that they released a video in January showcasing the verdant forest:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/893063631

Nanfoodle

francis_baud said:

I forgot that they released a video in January showcasing the verdant forest:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/893063631

Too bad the quality was so bad on that video. I did like the art style. I would love to see a 4k video.

francis_baud

Yea the quality was bad, MJ said it wasn't laggy on his end (he had 60 fps), that it was because of Twitch compression.

ILLISET

Nanfoodle said:

Sovrath said:

Nanfoodle said:

francis_baud said:

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Best question on this. Is why is this the most recent showing of gameplay? Ashes of Creation shows off in game video every month. Pantheon does the same thing. What are they hiding? 

But in fairness, they have their servers open to backers to what seems like every week at this point. So people who have given money can see exactly how the game plays.

They don't really owe any non-backers anything at this point.

I'll add, this was their e-mail for last weekend:

Folks,

It's that time again. Hawking is online this weekend with zones including The Deep, Dark Verdant Forest. Be sure to check it out!

When:
Friday, February 12th, 2021 - Monday, February 15th, 2021

Duration:
Continuous until Monday morning

Where:
Hawking (Build #114)

Who:
IT, Alpha, Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3 (All Backers)

Are the players under NDA? Are the players permitted to share anything?

We are under NDA

Kyleran

francis_baud said:

Nanfoodle said:

francis_baud said:

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Best question on this. Is why is this the most recent showing of gameplay? Ashes of Creation shows off in game video every month. Pantheon does the same thing. What are they hiding? 

Because from what I've understood they are not trying to show any material that hypes the game and increases the number of backers at this point. They still have their refund policy so the "tourists" who purchase the game, look at it and then ask for a refund is a real problem. At this point it seems they're just trying to keep their current backers and get additional money from investments.

On the forums (NDA), they sometimes show us some videos (the Cherry Keep sieges, the 1,000+ ARCs spell, etc.).

Uff, understandable they wouldn't want any more folks requesting refunds, Mark's already now a year behind on honoring them after admittedly taking a break the past few weeks which he's supposed to resume working on now.

Presumably he'll continue to do a small handful every Sunday which is the only day he feels comfortable going into the office which is the only way he can access the PC which has the ability to give refunds.

Before anyone asks, no, said PC has no remote access, Mark isn't willing to move it to his home, nor will he give anyone else in the company access to do refunds on his behalf.

Last anyone could tell he was working on requests sent in the third week of February, 2020 before he took his short hiatus.

Scot

lahnmir said:

Nanfoodle said:

Sovrath said:

Nanfoodle said:

francis_baud said:

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Best question on this. Is why is this the most recent showing of gameplay? Ashes of Creation shows off in game video every month. Pantheon does the same thing. What are they hiding? 

But in fairness, they have their servers open to backers to what seems like every week at this point. So people who have given money can see exactly how the game plays.

They don't really owe any non-backers anything at this point.

I'll add, this was their e-mail for last weekend:

Folks,

It's that time again. Hawking is online this weekend with zones including The Deep, Dark Verdant Forest. Be sure to check it out!

When:
Friday, February 12th, 2021 - Monday, February 15th, 2021

Duration:
Continuous until Monday morning

Where:
Hawking (Build #114)

Who:
IT, Alpha, Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3 (All Backers)

Are the players under NDA? Are the players permitted to share anything?

Under NDA unfortunately (yes, I am too).

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

Yeah but a wolf in sheep's clothing like you could give us a hint or two, maybe using Bowie lyrics which have nothing to do with how the game is going.

joshisanonymous

francis_baud said:

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Erm, below is actually the most recent publicly released video footage. What you're showing is a very, very old build that's not at all representative of the game's current form.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/893063631?t=00h17m25s

Slapshot1188

Nanfoodle said:

Sovrath said:

Nanfoodle said:

Sovrath said:

Nanfoodle said:

francis_baud said:

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Best question on this. Is why is this the most recent showing of gameplay? Ashes of Creation shows off in game video every month. Pantheon does the same thing. What are they hiding? 

But in fairness, they have their servers open to backers to what seems like every week at this point. So people who have given money can see exactly how the game plays.

They don't really owe any non-backers anything at this point.

I'll add, this was their e-mail for last weekend:

Folks,

It's that time again. Hawking is online this weekend with zones including The Deep, Dark Verdant Forest. Be sure to check it out!

When:
Friday, February 12th, 2021 - Monday, February 15th, 2021

Duration:
Continuous until Monday morning

Where:
Hawking (Build #114)

Who:
IT, Alpha, Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3 (All Backers)

Are the players under NDA? Are the players permitted to share anything?

They probably are under NDA. It's still in development.

I haven't logged in simply because getting it set up originally seemed like a pain in the ass. I had to download a file and then it didn't work and then I found out i had to download more from a torrent and I thought screw it, I'll just wait.

I miss DAoC so much. I just wish they would open the doors just a little to let us know whats going on. 

That which is seen... cannot be unseen.
Careful what you wish for.

francis_baud

joshisanonymous said:

francis_baud said:

Have you seen this video from 2018 (I know it's old but that's the most recent one):



I think it's encouraging and if I'm correct they're still improving the visuals. Like the trees, they're recreating them so they make it look more like a modern MMO.

Erm, below is actually the most recent publicly released video footage. What you're showing is a very, very old build that's not at all representative of the game's current form.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/893063631?t=00h17m25s

It may not be representative of the game's current form, but it's more representative of CU's projected gameplay (RvR, hundreds of players, fight over a keep, etc.) than walking in a forest.

And I think it still looks great (yea the trees are kind of dated) 2-3 years later.