LOVED IT - Great start

[00Chaos]

Hey thanks for playtest, whilst things were a little rough round the edges the game itself is a very solid start I really enjoyed it, and I'm kinda upset I can't play it for the rest of the weekend.

With a game of this type i'd highly encourage you to follow the Ashes of Creation playbook - just let people play continuously and you can instant feedback to any change you make! If you don't you'll end up guessing what people want(which is not how you're supposed to develop software).

I'm 4K hours into Albion and I'd switch in an instant because of the way this game appears to work - in that I can level very fast, you only lose 1 item of equipment on death and you can get high tier gear in a reasonable amount of time and just go and have fun.

Pro's:

I get my own base
I love the simplicity but still enough variety in equipment/progression
I love deployable weapons/equipment
I love the fact I make stuff in my own base
I love the fact I can auto harvest things, albeit at a reduced rate than manually.

I'm probably missing loads of cool stuff because I only got 24 hours playing, positive feedback below.

Feedback:
Combat feels a bit clunky(which is totally understandable)
UI Needs works work.(again totally understandable)
Really needs more tutorial or a wiki, a lot of players myself included weren't clear on zone objectives.

[Lucilius]

Only fear is how bad the P2W will be. Hopefully they don't go too over the top or it will be DoA for the masses.

[Realtoltek]

I hope only cosmetics we can buy ingame :O) or it will be pay for win :O)

[00Chaos]

Yeah, although I have no problem with being people being able to buy some good gear, these games have to make money to pay for servers and future development. Just because people buy gear doesn't mean they're going to good at the game.

[Cheshire]

That doesn't matter. The first moment your wallet is more important than skill or fair play - I'm out.

I'm already doubtful about amount of Drifter Scars that are supposed to be transfered between seasons. We're talking about some crazy advantage of early players over new comers into future season. All that without even considering the possible p2w aspects.