neoyoshi
New Member
Howdy folks,
Firstly i'd like to preface with saying Thank you to the folks responsible for bringing all of this to life; i do not know what is in store for ArcheRages' future- but i'll get to that question further down in this topic.
I just discovered the ArcheRage server yesterday for the first time and it's brought back a lot of interesting memories of playing on the Live servers.
Those great memories were spent doing lots of things i love doing; like:
Spending lots of time on the Ocean floor.
A lot of time spent in a Clipper.
Meeting new boo..people.
And seeing interesting.... things... stuff....i have no idea.
The point is, i had- along with the community i played with- a blast when ArcheAge first came out; yes even after build 1.0 and 2.0, ArcheAge was a great experience for me personally, I've always loved the game world itself despite it's short-comings with it's Publisher and Developer.
Then there is the update of November 4th, 2014.
In some ways, this update- for those who remember it, re-contextualized how a player like myself thought of ArcheAge's future, especially after what happened and the subsequent updates. It was very disheartening to watch unfold and shortly after i left along with my gaming community and never looked back.
Even though i still mentally look back at that super expensive Villa i had just finished building before i left.
I still thought often about the Ocean environment that i loved so much in ArcheAge, i still remember the huge Sea battle with the Kraken- that was really more like a Guild-free-for-all at the time, because we were all fighting for server-first Kraken kill- but it was fun to watch play out.
These were things i felt were important at the time because there was a sense of something to look forward to everyday; i didn't have much worry about whether or not the game was going to get shut down due to financial issues- ArcheAge was explosively popular here in the West.
I kept on playing and financially supported ArcheAge back then because i sensed the game had a bright future within it's current market.
Which brings me to the question: What is the future for ArcheRage?
I do not want to sugarcoat this inquiry, but there isn't a heck of a lot i know about the longevity of these types of Projects these days- all i know is that there was a time when a Project of this size usually had a bullseye hanging somewhere; and that is really my only concern.
And before there is any confusion, my ideology on private online game projects is more in favor of the game itself; and not so much where that game is being housed. As far as i am concerned, i see this more of an act of doing right by the source material- where other publishers have done so much wrong by it.
I love ArcheAge and i want to invest in this project, i actually already have invested a little bit, but not as much as i am willing to; because i just want to know that ArcheRage- will have a bright tomorrow, and not be brought down by a technicality within a DRM (or whatever publishers use to enforce take-downs.)
Thank you for reading this, and i hope this is just the beginning of my new adventure.
Now if you'll excuse me, i need to get back to work. D:
- David ( Neoyoshi )
Firstly i'd like to preface with saying Thank you to the folks responsible for bringing all of this to life; i do not know what is in store for ArcheRages' future- but i'll get to that question further down in this topic.
I just discovered the ArcheRage server yesterday for the first time and it's brought back a lot of interesting memories of playing on the Live servers.
Those great memories were spent doing lots of things i love doing; like:
Spending lots of time on the Ocean floor.
A lot of time spent in a Clipper.
Meeting new boo..people.
And seeing interesting.... things... stuff....i have no idea.
The point is, i had- along with the community i played with- a blast when ArcheAge first came out; yes even after build 1.0 and 2.0, ArcheAge was a great experience for me personally, I've always loved the game world itself despite it's short-comings with it's Publisher and Developer.
Then there is the update of November 4th, 2014.
In some ways, this update- for those who remember it, re-contextualized how a player like myself thought of ArcheAge's future, especially after what happened and the subsequent updates. It was very disheartening to watch unfold and shortly after i left along with my gaming community and never looked back.
Even though i still mentally look back at that super expensive Villa i had just finished building before i left.
I still thought often about the Ocean environment that i loved so much in ArcheAge, i still remember the huge Sea battle with the Kraken- that was really more like a Guild-free-for-all at the time, because we were all fighting for server-first Kraken kill- but it was fun to watch play out.
These were things i felt were important at the time because there was a sense of something to look forward to everyday; i didn't have much worry about whether or not the game was going to get shut down due to financial issues- ArcheAge was explosively popular here in the West.
I kept on playing and financially supported ArcheAge back then because i sensed the game had a bright future within it's current market.
Which brings me to the question: What is the future for ArcheRage?
I do not want to sugarcoat this inquiry, but there isn't a heck of a lot i know about the longevity of these types of Projects these days- all i know is that there was a time when a Project of this size usually had a bullseye hanging somewhere; and that is really my only concern.
And before there is any confusion, my ideology on private online game projects is more in favor of the game itself; and not so much where that game is being housed. As far as i am concerned, i see this more of an act of doing right by the source material- where other publishers have done so much wrong by it.
I love ArcheAge and i want to invest in this project, i actually already have invested a little bit, but not as much as i am willing to; because i just want to know that ArcheRage- will have a bright tomorrow, and not be brought down by a technicality within a DRM (or whatever publishers use to enforce take-downs.)
Thank you for reading this, and i hope this is just the beginning of my new adventure.
Now if you'll excuse me, i need to get back to work. D:
- David ( Neoyoshi )