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Check this, TLDR is that CU will have PvE, and it will naturally grow after launch.

A couple of selected quotes:

• ...the PVE in this game looks more innovative and challenging than the "PVE" games.

• ...what they call PvE is really just bad game mechanics in WoW and its subsequent clones.

In comments here: http://www.mmorpg.com/mobile/features.cfm?read=11629&game=926&ismb=1

We'll give out the official date once the animation system is in its Beta 1 shape (code-wise) and our improved VFX system is in. Both are WIPs right now but I expect that will change next month.(meaning April)

I am pretty sure that the first Beta will not have what you are wanting. May want to wait for a couple of betas if you are looking for a more fleshed out experience.

MJ: Like our Alpha, our Beta 1 is not like people have come to expect in modern MMORPGs. Our Beta 1 Backers will start with three classes per Realm (fighter, archer and healer) and a pretty bare-bones world.

http://www.mmorpg.com/mobile/features.cfm?read=10639&page=2

Yes we will offer more payment options, though still through PayPal's system which should be transparent and not require a PayPal account. I just looked into what we are offering and although our account is setup to allow payments without a PayPal account, according to our PayPal settings, the checkout system we are using does not. So we are now starting on the path to get PayPal Payments Pro setup for our store. Can't say right now how long this change will take, but it will be "SOON^TM".

With PayPal Payments Pro there will be several more payment options available. I am not an expert on the system, so can't say if we'll be able to support them all, but it will be more than what we have now with a PayPal account required payment option only.

After playing PlaneShift for significant number of years, I'm very sick of overly simplistic, low graphic/polygon count MMOs. I want something that looks like a game that was made this decade.

My biggest concern for the game itself is that it will look like an extremely dated game. There's no reason for it to, and I'm not asking for this to look like the next Transformer's movie, full of scantly clad women and explosions. Keep spell effects gorgeous and minimal, and make it look like it was actually made in 2015.

Here's my reasoning, outside of my own preferences--graphical fidelity is like the cover to a book. As much as you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, the cover is the first thing that will catch your eye. As a sub based MMO it needs to be able to grab the attention of potential new players in a glance. As it stands, most would laugh at it if it looked like what you think is perfect. And while it could be argued that WoW still gets subs with a very low graphical fidelity, it has over ten years of millions of people who loved that game and could see it do no evil. That's all the publicity it needs.

Now, personally I want it to look great because my PC could run it at 60+ FPS with much better graphics, even if it ends up looking better than in this video at 50:30. Thanks /u/SkulkiBones for this video.

Thanks for the quick answer, additional question if you don't mind. Is there any plans to offer different payment methods than paypal before you remove the builder tiers, or atleast turn on the account optional feature for payments, as described here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/mer/WAX_landing-outside

Aww sad we mean the same comment :(

http://www.mmorpg.com/camelot-unchained/columns/a-thirst-quenching-mmorpg-1000011629

Here is the reddit thread talking about it

https://www.reddit.com/r/CamelotUnchained/comments/614g0t/beta_1_date_next_month_probably_according_to_mj/

Since then silence.. so i would not expect beta in the near future. And it was about announcing the beta 1 date not about launching it. If they cant even announce it right now it wont go live this year i guess.

As usual, Massively remembered us - http://massivelyop.com/2016/03/26/camelot-unchaineds-weekly-update-focuses-on-lighting-armor-and-clutter/ same as MMORPG.com - "First Crafted Sword Created In Game".

Hey, you are welcome =)

PS here is Massively OP's article and also MMORPG.com's one on this "facelift".

"The Camelot Unchained team has big news for fans and backers with a special live stream event to be held on Tuesday, December 22nd where crafting will finally be revealed along with a look at live extended alpha gameplay. The event will be held in the Camelot Unchained Twitch.tv channel at ~12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern."

Source - http://www.mmorpg.com/newsroom.cfm/read/37603/Big-Crafting-Reveal-the-Year-in-Review-Alpha-Gameplay.html

Sounds like you would be more interested in elder scrolls online. The lore is deep. Quests are good. Story is decent.

Free-to-play this weekend: http://www.mmorpg.com/giveaways.cfm/offer/669/Elder-Scrolls-Online-Free-Play-Weekend-Key-Giveaway.html

or use a browser solution with regarding GIF creation/manipulation e.g.

https://ezgif.com/maker

[from gifs/multiple still images done elsewhere]

personally i prefer paint.net (https://www.getpaint.net/index.html) over GIMP as a free image editor

paint.net is not as powerful compared to GIMP [techincally - not practically] - but does have plug ins to make it more flexible - just easier to pick up and use and more pleasent too. way faster performance too. lacks indirect GIF power but can do it via paint.net + online example site]

There is a Q&A in 35 minutes (Piercing the Veil), so if you want more solid information nows the time. :) https://www.twitch.tv/citystategames

Streaming Schedule

There seem to be a lot of questions here that would be great for one of our Q&A livestreams, which we have a lot. Reddit is not an ideal platform for the kind of complete and in-depth answers I would like to give to some of these concerns. However, we are always open to talking about our ideas and listening to our backer's feedback. This is why the forums are a great place to talk as well. Here is our Twitch! channel and I would invite those who want to learn more to come and talk to us!

> The website FAQ confused me with "Transaction ID" stuff. I backed the game in Late April 2013 thru kickstarter, with a now dead email address.

From https://pay.amazon.com/help/6709

> To find a transaction ID, go to the Your Account Overview page, search for specific transaction by setting the appropriate date range, and then click View.

> To view details of a transaction, click the Details link. The transaction ID is the string of numbers next to the label "Transaction ID." You can copy that transaction ID and then paste where you need it.

MMORPG.com on "crunch" - especially check the comments below the article xD

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/926/view/news/read/38436/Camelot-Unchained-12-Hours-a-Day-5-Days-A-Week-Crunch-Mode-Begins.html

Earlier today, Massively OP also did a light prelude to today's stream - http://massivelyop.com/2015/12/22/watch-camelot-unchaineds-crafting-reveal-live-today-at-3-p-m-est/

Edit: MMORPG.com also did a crafting interview with Mark today - http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/926/feature/10421/All-About-Crafting-with-Mark-Jacobs.html/page/1

MMORPG.com just mentioned this reveal, also Massively OP wrote about it.

There are also CCP's experiments with UE4 and Aether Engine ... but also without physics, AFAIK.

Also, as I understand it, Dual Universe is more of an MMO-mix between No Man's Sky and Space Engineers.

If you are struggling to find negative feedback (that`s what I would look for when discussing controversial stuff) you can check comments below the interview (MMORPG.com is always good source for that :)

(Un)fortunately, even there vast majority was supportive (which speaks volumes), but one guy accused CSE of cash shop (!? - there is MJ response inside) and couple others were negative about KS/crowdfunding in general, practically equalising CU with some other KS projects. I guess most of refund requests came from folks with such PoWs, say after reading one of "CU Beta Delayed" articles, anyway the refunds were both minor and expected.

Speaking of hiring, here is what one of ex-candidates for CU senior programmer had to say about the hiring process. I guess CSE will have to somehow find extra cash and offer more, or else we`ll wait till 2016 :(

I think eve is the titan of MMOS tbh iam playing it off and on over the years. Alwaysw 20k people online. Eve will live longer than any other mmo imho.

Well technicaly you can login to daoc without a sub because you get 1 or 2 week of free game time where you can reach 50. Some would see this as free to play.

SWO i cant tell you the player numbers but its still getting updates and whatnot. I tried it recently but they dont let you equip good dungeon gear for example without a sub. Just to be sure i mean this one : https://www.swtor.com/de ( or like US link but it redirects me to the german site from here )

My confidence stems mainly from two things:

1. They have a clear vision for what they want their game to be and have never wavered from it. When discussing other games with people, I often ask, “What’s the elevator speech for that?” In other words, can you describe in a few sentences what the game is supposed to be? Camelot Unchained’s elevator pitch is simple—“Tri-Realm warfare on a massive scale never before achievable.” Everything they’ve done has, in some way, been in furtherance of that goal. They’ve never had “scope creep” or “feature creep”. Conversely, they’ve never had to say, “X was part of our original vision for this game, but it turns out that it won’t be possible.” I haven’t seen any watering-down of their feature list at all.
2. Again, they’ve been consistently transparent in their reporting of their progress and setbacks. And yes, we all agree that the progress has not been as swift as anyone has hoped—including CSE, I’m sure. But it’s been there and it’s been steady. The only time I know of where they actually had to scrap work that they’d done was the “re-abilitation” that happened in 2015 or 2016 I believe—their method of coding abilities turned out to have been much clunkier and resource-intensive than they’d expected; they came up with a more efficient method, but then had to rewrite the ability system from scratch. There’s some discussion about it here on this subreddit, but I’m on mobile right now and can’t find it to link it.

Have a great day!