I remember seeing so much fanart and bloomposting on this reddit daily like half a year ago and now the previous post before mine is 8 days old.
Damn :/
I wish things turned out differently bros...
it's actually very possible for this game to open again, since the drama of lawsuit may end by Jason & steven being friends again ?
there is discord with 150k members, and reddit with thousands of players.. so this isn't very impossible, so from your experience in early access game, what did you want from Devs to do next ?
is there any bug, or any complains so far? and how did you see the future of the game?
is it possible for them to come back ? it's weird thing that after 10 years of working on the game, and pretty sure they were excited and trying to make this game in good position, maybe talked about it with their families and friends and thought they will be succuss project of their lives, so what did you think ? or did you think the a whole drama break them down
people hoping for a glitch or something to open and go in-game.. did you think Ashes of Creation is gone for ever, or maybe possible of come back?
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Creating an MMORPG is a dream for many indie developers; many of us wish for the perfect MMO game, but...
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Unfortunately, the sad truth is that modern MMO development is not working with a budget of 10 million dollars, or even 20 million dollars.. and that is why many companies have abandoned this industry.. because the budget for this type of game can reach 500 million dollars. if they want stable game, And hundreds of working developers
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I have followed gameplay of this game.. and the level it has reached seems expected.. it could have been worse.. achieving the goals they planned for the game may take another 6 or 7 years.. Steven Sharif Over the years, it seems that many behind-the-scenes dramas have been affecting the developers' mental health.. and the proof is Steven's hair turning white in his latest interview compared to his first interview in 2017.. and his face say it all, red face, dark eye, unhealthy face, and massy hair, It seems that game development turned suddenly from a 'dream' to a 'nightmare' that must be gotten rid of... ( and maybe it will come back ) ?
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The frightening thing is that this drama has shifted from being about the game to the law and judiciary, as well as planning to imprison people involved in this project, and this matter is dangerous and threatens all independent developers, making them give up on realizing their dream game.. Perhaps 2D or pixel games will be the refuge for independent developers forever. thoughts?
i noticed a lot of people who get mentally ill or damage feeling because of what happen to AOC, because some people actually waited 10 years for this game to come out.. and we human have at least 60 years of our time to live, which is mean anyone who waited for that game.. is actually wasted 17% of their lives... i can understand this part.. but you guys really need to calm down and relax..
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we are humans, we don't need to sit in negative circle, i'm talking about the people, LazyPeon, Steven.. everyone has suffered from this experience.. steven has dream of making his own MMO, when he was actually working for other huge companies and having decent salary.. LazyPeon, he waited 10 years, and spend thousands to support this project and have a lot of videos and time to spread and hype the game, and the people who also suffer from exact same problem, money spends, and unknown future.... and, some people feels the needs for quitting MMO or gaming after what happen to them..
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i hope everyone can forget about what's happen, you don't need to think in that way.. and i'm know that people actually give up about MMO as a whole after this, or play old MMO games cuz there is no recent MMO at the moment at all.... and me my self, didn't know about the drama until now.. and i didn't know that AOC is actually exist, because i'm actually give up playing MMO since a long time ago... because i know these type of games suck up a lot of your time..