Best posts made by Logain

@finland said in Cosmetic cash shop, RMT and p2w.:

@logain rts is a different game based on match. All players joining that match will play the same time. You can't compare it to a mmo.

a) I'm not talking about RTS, there's plenty of games like that. I'm going to provide you a quick example: Tribal Wars 2
b) You are only partly correct, if you play an MMO as PvE only, yes, you can only compare that to an extent, but even then. Trivial example, it takes time to regenerate mana and health in a game, but you can purchase 'potions' to fill up either/both. Now the person who doesn't invest money has to wait for regeneration, whereas the person spending cash can simply swallow potion after potion, killing creatures at a much faster pace. If there's progression, that person has a considerable edge over you, or else why would people consider 'botting'/buying progress?
Now, if we're talking PvP, that is even more of an incredible advantage. You expressed and experienced it yourself, the more warriors you can keep constantly on the battlefield, the better your odds.

Congratulations to all winners!

@Jetah said in Week 102 - Weekly Drawing Winners:

oh! so few this week.. what happened?

My best guess would be that there are rather few 'entitled posts' and hence the potential list is too small to select more than a few winners. That should change again soon enough as the 'closed stress test', followed by the 'open stress test' are announced/happening.

*feels oddly watched by @Junkie *

@dybuk said in Cosmetic cash shop, RMT and p2w.:

(...)If what you wrote is about normal potions, that can be bought for in-game currency or even be crafted by yourself, then I wouldn't consider it p2w(...)

It's all about what you consider 'win'. Concrete example, this one guy and his league/guild A are playing Albion Online, they are fighting with another league/guild B for a respawn or territory. Both have 10 members online, both are roughly equal in skill and equipment, it's a fair fight and 5 of the members of A drop (being looted), 5 of B drop (being looted). Now the 5 members from league/guild A do not have spare equipment and hence can no longer return to the battlefield. Whereas the 5 members of B have a next to unlimited stockpile of spare equipment and instantly return on the field. At this point, the fight is 5 vs 10.

Who 'wins'?

Looking forward to the test and I wish you the best of luck on server stability and positive feedback! Make sure that people are aware that plenty of functionality is still missing and it is not really a 'playable game' yet, but rather a simple test instead.

@Junkie said in Daily Message posting:

@Logain nobody else to tell me about 'my size' KEKW(...)

You developed a wrong perception concerning size by listening to developers telling you it won't be 'long'

@jetah said in Cosmetic cash shop, RMT and p2w.:

(...)Catching up means they are equal to everyone(...)

No, you are equal to the one you are catching up with, because those who aren't paying to 'catch up' (, read the majority,) are staying behind. You are 'catching up' to the top, when you were at the lower end before, or in other terms, you bought your place in the top.

@Prometheus said in February 2020 Open Playtest:

(...)developed in parallel and will be ready right before the start of A2-T2 (...) mid-March. We wanted to drop the playtest ASAP to compensate for the previous one(...)

I understand the development process (in a general context, not this specific one ) and I can feel your urge to try and make up for the 'possibly bad perception' some people might have had with the previous stress test. I still think that, since it's already been more than a month, the impact of an additional month wouldn't have tilted much of the perception or attention in a negative way, but the added functionality might have had a significantly positive impact on first impression. But you're the boss!
So, I wish you simply the best with the test and it's results (and am going to enjoy it myself).

@Junkie said in Daily Message posting:

@Logain is it a coincidence i've heard this before in real life situation...

I don't know, but I did not have sexual relations with that woman!
Pinky promise!

Interesting heated discussion.
I could write up a long posting, but decided against it and just mention a few quick points.
If VIP is supposed to be a long term monetary support for the company (after the initial purchase), it would have to be a long term effect, else people would 'cancel it', hence defeating the 'but people are going to cap out fast anyway' response.
Another noteworthy point would be, that some people plan to play with different play-styles (different planets), so a short term advantage is still an advantage on a PvP planet, since you can't decide when you enter a fight (after reaching a 'cap') to these.
Last, but not least, nobody seems to ever mention the influence of knowledge on attribute gain and I wonder if people forget that, simply are unaware of that, or don't care for some strange reason.

Prometheus on Discord at roughly 12:20 CET: '(...)Client download will be available in 1h or so!'

@OlivePit said in Daily Message posting:

I take it that this is the hopium train?

More like the last known survivors shelter.
@Junkie is our 'hopium' specialist

You know how the saying goes... pictures or it didn't happen winks and teases

Are we allowed to know how many 'hundreds of players logged in the game at peak times' actually was? I just can't help my curiosity!
So basically, I wonder if you'd be willing to share the maximum number of players during peek time and the maximum number of players per minimal server unit/worker.

I am noise

@mazikar said in Haven't pledged? Want to upgrade, but not sure yet? Tell us why!:

(...)Activity on your kickstarter(...)

I agree there, but mainly on the developer side. The promised spotlights should have already been published instead of the 'cosmetics' updates. Because that gives people something to discuss and talk about and might even help convince one or two people.

@mazikar said in Haven't pledged? Want to upgrade, but not sure yet? Tell us why!:

(...)involve sharing on social media(...)

I wouldn't argue against the efficiency of social media, what I wasn't sure about is the effect of being on the front page of Kickstarter.

Congratulations to all winners!
Wow, what a massive list this week!

@Junkie said in Daily Message posting:

@Logain you are indeed

And proud of it?

@fibs said in Haven't pledged? Want to upgrade, but not sure yet? Tell us why!:

(...)as long as not every single last one does this the game makes a net profit(...)

You want to avoid refunds like the plague as a video game company. Not only does it cost you more to refund then you got from the customer (actually it can get worse then the 30% @Jetah mentioned), but your payment provider could decide to grant you worse conditions or even terminate your contract. Ad if that wouldn't be bad enough yet, the person asking the refund likely leaves a bad review and hence deters potential customers from a purchase.

@mazikar said in Haven't pledged? Want to upgrade, but not sure yet? Tell us why!:

(...)I think if we help push this game a bit harder its going to do well (...) if we simply start talking over on their main page of the kickstarter(...)

I'm all in for that, but I'd expect Dynamight Studios to release content more frequently as well. The spotlights on towns, buildings, sieges,... that's the activity the Kickstarter needs now (or actually would have needed in the first few days). If they provide the topic and information people are going to start discussing.

@Psymantis said in Roadmap To Alpha 2 - Test 3:

Having to recover your items from your body sounds frustrating as a solo player(...)

As @Mudz mentioned it at least adds a minimum amount of challenge, but even if you fail at recovering your items, unless you have a fully enchanted set, it should take less than 10 minutes to simply craft the same items again? You likely would even have a replacement set ready in your local bank account, as it is currently rather easy to craft the same set twice or thrice instead of once (ingredients are rather easy to gather).