Another update has been released in the online game ArcheAge - to version 4.5. Players received another portion of content - starting with powerful new opponents and ending with the opportunity to grow their own dragon. But the most important thing is the start of a completely unique Haze server, Games.mail.ru writes.
New servers have appeared in ArcheAge before, but Haze differs in that on it players will see ArcheAge in a form close to the one in which it was released in February 2014. This is a great way to experience the game from scratch, and in many ways the new journey will even be better than the first... Today we will tell you why ArcheAge is good in principle and why the launch of Haze is a great reason to return to the game.
# The largest
Among the popular fantasy online games, ArcheAge has no equal in scale - in general, in the genre, only EVE Online can be compared with it, as well as some hardcore niche projects. You can list the activities available to players throughout a rather large text. ArcheAge is just starting as a regular online game - there are two opposing sides, each on its own continent, we create a hero where we liked it, and start pumping, completing quests and following the storyline.
After a while, craft is connected. In ArcheAge, you just need to get your own garden - crafts require a lot of resources, so the ability to independently obtain at least some of them is important. It is also not worth delaying with your own house - it is not only an expensive and beautiful toy, but also the place where the machines are located. For the home and garden, it is better to try to occupy plots closer to the main transport routes... ArcheAge has a very developed trade, goods are transported both by land transport and by ships, and the longer the distance, the better the profit.
The game introduces new activities at almost every level. Now players on both sides started swinging in the same location - and PvP without rules was added. Here are the first dungeons, sea voyages to explore the islands and search for treasures. The pumped characters can become pirates, explore small islands or go to conquer the northern continent, where the best guilds of the server are fighting for the right to own territories. This is already a classic mass PvP in the style of the best Korean games - with castle sieges, the development of controlled territories, where you can produce some of the best things on the server.
Don't like massive PvP? The range includes arenas for small teams scattered around the world, where battles are fought according to different rules - there is even a zone for sea battles. Or PvE: bosses on different continents and in the sea, dungeons that require a well-played and well-equipped group to complete, and an understanding of tactics. ArcheAge really has a place for anyone - even a lone artisan who is well versed in his profession can provide himself with a good home, a small ship and decent equipment.
# Easy to learn
Despite all the variety, ArcheAge is not a hardcore game. For four years, the developers have polished the balance and mechanics so that even casual players do not have problems. Leveling at the early levels became noticeably faster, a lot of unnecessary actions were removed from crafting, plus the class system was better tuned - a character in ArcheAge is created by "combining" three skill branches that the player chooses, and at first this approach led to problems in the balance. In addition, over the years, a huge number of guides have been written on all aspects of the game - on our site, for example, a selection of guides has just been released, useful topics who plans to start in version 4.5.
# Very social
Online games, which were once thought of as virtual worlds where players can chat and make friends, in Lately have become very antisocial. In a minute, the automatic search system will select a group for you to complete the next task, with the players in which you may not exchange even a few words. Well, if you don't want to play even in this way, then in many projects they are allowed to lower the difficulty, going through them alone almost entirely.
ArcheAge also has enough activities for singles, and there is an automatic search system, but there is much more to do here for lovers of communication. Small groups can be turned into families, gaining access to additional tasks, but in order to successfully fight for influence on the northern mainland, you will need a large and close-knit guild. Well, where the guild is, there is socialization - starting with gatherings on the forum and in Discord and ending with meetings in reality (in the largest, by the way, the project team also takes part).
# Fresh start
The Haze server will become a completely new experience not only for beginners, but also for experienced players. Indeed, in terms of content, the server will be closer to the game of the 2014 model - only 50 levels of pumping, a minimum of PvP on the northern continent, a smaller set of high-level activities. But at the same time, the mechanics are taken from the current version of ArcheAge - which means that pumping and crafts will be easier and more fun, and there will be much less problems with the balance. Moreover, new content on the "Haz" will appear much faster. Now the developers plan to release updates every month, but the schedule can be adjusted depending on how quickly the players pump and the server economy develops.
If you love really massive online games for hundreds of hours of time, then ArcheAge still has no competitors. It is perfectly balanced, packed to capacity with content and still looks very cool. Plus, right now there is a choice - to start right away in the current version of the game or go to the Haze to see how the project has developed over the course of four years.
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Very often, new players-explorers of the ArcheAge world have a question about choosing a server for the game. There are quite a lot of servers, and despite the fact that in the evening they all have a busy status [Average] - online is really different on them.
The official localizer answers evasively to all questions about the number of players on a particular server and never gives even approximate figures. The most common answer to this question is:
In this regard, I publish a small table with observations of several days (September 2017): checking the status of workload game worlds took place in different time days.
Unfortunately, there is no exact information about the capacity of this or that server - perhaps it differs, and the threshold for changing the load status will differ from this. Also there is no data on numerical value online: once there was information that the maximum of ArcheAge servers was 5,000 online players. If you have more accurate information about the quantitative capacity of the Archeid servers, write about it in the comments.
Online servers Archage (in descending order):
Top online - server Haze (opened last), even Lucius (the permanent leader of the past) and Aria in the early morning "slide" to the status of low workload.
There are several criteria by which you can select a server in Archeage
In many IMO one of the main questions that arises before novice players is the question of which server to choose. And here there are many criteria by which to choose. Moreover, the most difficult thing is that these criteria are mutually exclusive. But let's figure it out in order.
At the moment, the game has 12 servers (at least the official ones, which are available to Russian-speaking players). And on all there is a certain advantage of the players who have chosen Western mainland... The biggest difference is now at Lucius- here 58% of players are "western". The smallest spread on Glenn- only 52% of users play here on the Western mainland. But this does not have much effect on the gameplay. Much more important is how full the server is (in terms of the number of players), as well as the date of its appearance.
Server selection criteria
A server with a huge number of players has its advantages: quick selection of a party and a guild; and cons: high ping ...
To begin with, we will deal with the features of those servers on which there are many players.
On the plus side, when playing on a densely populated server, it's always easier for you to find a group in a dungeon, in PvP, or somewhere else.
It also makes it easier to find the guild that's right for you.
But there is one drawback that is always associated with a large online - it is relatively frequent departures, high ping, and other problems that are created by a high load on the server.
One of these problems (perhaps the most unpleasant) - the more players, the more various "inadequate" (as they are often called) - those who create problems for others just for the sake of "fun".
A server with a small number of gamers in Archeage also has its advantages: stable connection without crashes, few PCs and enemies, more resources and rare mobs, lower competition; and disadvantages: long search party, few guilds
Sparsely populated servers have other advantages and other disadvantages.
Of the problems, it is more difficult for you to find a group here, and there are fewer guilds here, which is also not very pleasant.
But on the other hand, the connection is much more stable (since the server is not overloaded), the chances of stumbling upon a bored ganker (lover of free PvP) from the opposite faction are also less, in addition, it is easier to engage in resource extraction, hunting rare mobs and other similar things, since it is much lower competition.
Now let's talk about how the server opening date affects the choice of a server.
In general, everything is simple here. Older servers have a lot more experienced players who can create a lot of problems for newbies, even just out of boredom. On the other hand, there are more inexperienced players on the new servers, and the conditions are largely equal. But, another problem arises here. There are (almost always) a lot of players on the new server. So what to choose in the end.
conclusions
It is best for a beginner to choose a server from newer ones, with not the highest online - here the competition is not the highest, and there are fewer strong players with whom it would be more difficult to compete. In principle, for those who want to calmly get used to the game, we can recommend Ashyara, Gartarein or Kiproza. So, choose the one that you like best - and go!
So what is the gripe from the players and the constant departures from the servers?
Let's start from the beginning when only. As we remember, all the servers were blocked and closed, everyone tried to play this "miracle", the conquest of lands and seas, the first sieges began, everyone could find a place in the game. And now the servers were opened. Here I immediately remember how I was carried away by a crowd of shkoloty and cattle, which completely killed the atmosphere of the game. And these are not all the reasons.
Online began to fall, the forums were empty, the Maylovites decided to conduct polls about the game, everyone wanted to get "hardcore". My guess is that most hardcore gamers don't think of the term as a specific level of difficulty, but as a new level of humiliation for other players. That is, it is a very "pornographic" representation of this term, where the essence of arousal is not in overcoming difficult challenges, but the very fact of being on top and domination over newcomers. This untied the hands of the "indigenous people" and continued to kill the game.
After a while, all the normal players left, and the strong ones tried to restrain themselves, because many wanted to take the places of the "highest caste". But alas, noble guilds remain and now there are very few.
Another problem is Mail.ru itself. It was necessary to localize the game like that ?! Even updates do not save her (many will agree with this). There are few people on the servers, and why? Why Mail.ru is not liked? Right, donate... It limits the possibilities of the game. Here are some examples: Let's say you are playing without a premium account. At the same time, there is little you can do in the game without a house, a scarecrow, etc., and all this is possible only with a premium account. Is it fair? - no, as for me.
The next example: I think everyone has come across fishing in the game, crafting a fishing rod and clicking for hours, and so, in the donate store you can buy a fishing rod that will click for you. Now you tell "Why did you get to the bottom of the fishing rod? You can make a macro on the mouse too!"... So, on Korean servers, any fishing rod catches itself and does not need to be donated.
The next reason will be a "lone player" who does not understand the process of the game and constantly sits in a peaceful zone and "smears" the game for boring gameplay. But, dear friend, we play only 6 people, but we sail on the seas carrying cargo, looking for treasures near sinking ships, building castles ... We always had something to do. And you don't need to kill time stupidly completing quests and farming. It is now impossible to do anything, the monotony has killed the game.
In general, it was all about painful and related to the problems of the game.
Now let's move on to the news itself, a rather desperate step by Mail.ru regarding the server merger. December 3, 2014.
"My guild and I were not happy about this news, but still the developers warned us, and we began to prepare for this."
Small online servers forced the developers to combine the servers, they decided that it would be better and more economical for everyone, but it’s not there, you should have seen what was happening in the first days after the merger - complete CHAOS! Guilds disintegrated, the people from the fact that they had lost everything, it became unpleasant, people left the game. Whoever had time, he ate - all the land was occupied by development in the very first days, such was happening in the world that the developers themselves could shoot films for Hollywood.
What do I mean by this? Yes, that all this is useless. This will not save the game while it is in the hands of such greedy people, and if you decide to play, then only with a premium account and ONLY WITH FRIENDS! If you want to try your luck in the "new story", then welcome to new server ArcheAge... It was created just for this, there you will start on an equal footing with everyone, without wasting your nerves.
