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Shards Online: KickStarter Goal Met

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
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With over three weeks still to go, the Shards Online team has announced that its KickStarter funding goal of $50,000 has been met. With the initial goal met, the team can add stretch goals and get some new features added into the ongoing alpha, most notably fishing.

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  • ProxenetaProxeneta Member Posts: 6
    Nice! I will back it too, for sure!
  • Alka_SetzerAlka_Setzer Member UncommonPosts: 167

    Yay!

     

    Very glad to see they met the goal, but hopefully they can raise more money to get additional features added in too.

  • DelCabonDelCabon Member UncommonPosts: 258
    Congrats. This is one of the few games on my radar.

    Del Cabon
    A US Army ('Just Cause') Vet and MMORPG Native formerly of Trinsic, Norath and Dereth. Currently playing LOTRO. 

  • CrazKanukCrazKanuk Member EpicPosts: 6,130

    Yessssssssssssss, 53K incoming!! 

     

    Forget about Fishing, though, I'm more focused on the 80K milestone of Permadeath!!!! (Optional Ruleset) Would love to see the permadeath ruleset as an option for shards during Alpha/Launch. Any time I'm feeling particularly epic I like to log onto my Permadeath character and whack some rats just steps from town....... ahhhhhh, what a rush! 

     

    j/k, truly looking forward to some /cries when permadeath is in there though......and I lose my first player. 

    Crazkanuk

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    Azarelos - 90 Hunter - Emerald
    Durnzig - 90 Paladin - Emerald
    Demonicron - 90 Death Knight - Emerald Dream - US
    Tankinpain - 90 Monk - Azjol-Nerub - US
    Brindell - 90 Warrior - Emerald Dream - US
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  • ThebeastttThebeasttt Member RarePosts: 1,130

    50k?

     

    What's their stretch goal, 2 developers?

  • CrazKanukCrazKanuk Member EpicPosts: 6,130
    Originally posted by Thebeasttt

    50k?

     

    What's their stretch goal, 2 developers?

    Nah! The game's like pretty much already in Alpha. They're streaming playtests if that gives you any idea of their level of confidence. Actually, I can't say I've seen that done all that frequently. Streaming a playtest just seems like a recipe for badness in my books lol

    Crazkanuk

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    Azarelos - 90 Hunter - Emerald
    Durnzig - 90 Paladin - Emerald
    Demonicron - 90 Death Knight - Emerald Dream - US
    Tankinpain - 90 Monk - Azjol-Nerub - US
    Brindell - 90 Warrior - Emerald Dream - US
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  • ValentinelessValentineless Member Posts: 51
    congrats to Shards Online on hitting their current goal. must have some dedicated community established already. keep up the worth best of luck

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  • angerbeaverangerbeaver Member UncommonPosts: 1,273
    So what happens if you back them and the game never comes out. Do you just lose the money or you get it back? I assume you lose it, hence the risk but never looked into Kickstarter. This game looks fun though.
  • lufarilufari Member Posts: 2
    Really looking forward to Shards and what it can offer. Congrats to everyone involved.
  • NitthNitth Member UncommonPosts: 3,904

    Originally posted by angerbeaver
    So what happens if you back them and the game never comes out. Do you just lose the money or you get it back? I assume you lose it, hence the risk but never looked into Kickstarter. This game looks fun though.

    You lose your cash, hopes and dreams.

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  • CrazKanukCrazKanuk Member EpicPosts: 6,130
    Originally posted by angerbeaver
    So what happens if you back them and the game never comes out. Do you just lose the money or you get it back? I assume you lose it, hence the risk but never looked into Kickstarter. This game looks fun though.

    It gone!! 

     

    In this case, though, as I mentioned the game is already undergoing playtests and they're streaming them, so check it out. The game's already been under development for over a year now, so it's pretty low risk as far as crowd-funding goes. Alpha is supposed to be starting early 2015. 

     

    Hey, if you're an Ultima fan, you should probably give it a serious look. 

    Crazkanuk

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    Azarelos - 90 Hunter - Emerald
    Durnzig - 90 Paladin - Emerald
    Demonicron - 90 Death Knight - Emerald Dream - US
    Tankinpain - 90 Monk - Azjol-Nerub - US
    Brindell - 90 Warrior - Emerald Dream - US
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