Atlas My thoughts on Atlas at this point |
| My thoughts on Atlas at this point Posted: 22 Oct 2019 12:53 PM PDT Really enjoying the game so far but I wanted to share my concerns with current game as well as for the future. Also, please Grapeshot, always approach PvP and PvE as separately as possible. Claiming: Right now I think the claim system works pretty well; however there is one major issue. There's no safe way to allow others to build on your island which is going to lead to everyone locking their islands down. For example, if you allow everyone to build, your islands will be trashed with structures, bases, and traps etc... And if you add someone to an alliance they can use the declare war feature to destroy you. I believe that in PvE you should either be able to set different rules for different islands or be able to allow certain company ID's special building privileges. The base will always be the endgame. Everything you do in the game will be directly tied to upgrading your base because everything else is always at risk of being lost. Tread very carefully with this mechanic. If PvE players lose their islands for any reason the backlash will be severe. Sailing: Probably the best and most important part of the game. Lots of impressive things going on with this from a technical perspective but I want to address some of the very frustrating elements of it. I get the feeling that you guys are scared of ocean being empty and that's understandable. Yet, right now the ocean is filled with annoying disturbances. Sailing needs downtime, there should be activities on the ship to keep sailing entertaining. Not to mention, purely sailing a massive ship you built from head to toe is very rewarding in of itself. Ships of the damned are annoying, you pass them constantly throwing you massively off course, increasing the already lengthy journeys to even longer ones. Most of them are fairly easy to destroy or outrun but still they keep players from creating their own fun while at sea. Fog isn't really that bad on its own but paired with SotD it's just another layer of annoyance. Lastly, cyclones are just awful. Having skills based around render distance is not a good idea. The cyclones literally spawn on top of you and occur ridiculously too often. A lot of players focus on getting annoyed with the wind but I feel like that's only because of the annoyances they're trying to dodge while sailing. If you want to encourage sailing you need to reduce the stress of doing so. Add more optional and explorative activities like robbing an NPC ship, or things like the sunken ships. Problematic Design: I just want to quickly gloss over some big misc issues.
Taming: The process is infinitely less time consuming than Ark but I wish that taming methods were actively designed to be more fun over difficult. Think of breaking a horse in Red Dead Redemption over kiting an animal into a circle of billboards and subjecting it to BDSM until you tame it. Skills: Very convoluted and extremely annoying for a smaller company to work around. You guys really wanted to incorporate skills into every avenue of the game even in areas where it feels detrimental to the gameplay. Not everything needs to be allocated purely to skill points. Cooking recipes should be on the loot table for example. Final Thoughts: I would never write something like this for a game I didn't care about. I see crazy potential for this game but please talk with the community before making big changes so we can give our input ahead of time. There's massive investments involved from players, especially on official servers. [link] [comments]  |
| Argh! Royal Mobius Armada Be waitin Ya! PvP NA Posted: 22 Oct 2019 05:18 AM PDT Argh! Royal Mobius Armada Be waitin Ya! PvP NA We be a large, company numberin in the 10s. We be lookin for both seadogs and scurvvy dogs a like to come aboard and scuttle and plunder to ya hearts content. We have an Island in the Northern Tundra, a few ships, a growing base. Mature, friendly group, of both PC and Xbox players from Europe, the US and Australia. Discord or Xbox used for communication. Message Tmyers1759 on Xbox, message me on here or on discord Stinkeh #6378 if interested. We are in NA PvP We are in the process of creating a discord for the Company, and hope you join us and see how far we can go. [link] [comments]  |
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