Release Date Trailer: Eternal Alpha, Aug. 21st 2015

[Jackard]

Sure, there's probably a bunch of ad hoc rules we could tack on to alleviate that swarm problem, but I haven't been able to think of an elegant one.

remove collision

[Jackard]

You know I am amazed that so many ppl have a 'give up and die' attitude over the random spawning, to actually not play a game you enjoy because you can't start it with a friend seems totally alien to me ....

i pretty much only play multiplayer games, and those with RL friends and family out of state. this is the hill i die on

it's just not that big a deal, where is your sense of adventure!? :D

not a big deal to forumers are already invested in the game, but newcomers obviously dont have that !!

[Amanda44]

You know I am amazed that so many ppl have a 'give up and die' attitude over the random spawning, to actually not play a game you enjoy because you can't start it with a friend seems totally alien to me ....

i pretty much only play multiplayer games, and those with RL friends and family out of state. this is the hill i die on

But no-one is saying you can never play with your friends/family ever ...... if you had to go through the entire game without ever being able to meet up I could understand it better.

it's just not that big a deal, where is your sense of adventure!?

not a big deal to forumers are already invested in the game, but newcomers obviously dont have that

It's not just newcomers who are stamping their feet now though is it.

[Jackard]

if you had to go through the entire game without ever being able to meet up

that's what it amounts to. if friends cannot start together without jumping through countless number of hoops, they'll just pop in a better game. haven does not exist in a vacuum

[Amanda44]

if you had to go through the entire game without ever being able to meet up

that's what it amounts to. if friends cannot start together without jumping through countless number of hoops, they'll just pop in a better game.

There is no better game ....

[loftar]

remove interaction between players and you won't have problems with other players

Yeah.

[Jackard]

remove interaction between players and you won't have problems with other players

Yeah.

lol. as if impeding movement was the sum of all interaction. think outside the box

[Kaios]

remove collision

some sort of "push" attack might be an option as well, leaves an assault scent or something and you push a player one tile away from you, unless the direction you are pushing is blocked at which point they'd move a different way perhaps.

[Jackard]

There is no better game .... :)

http://www.playark.com/

[Jackard]

As for spawning together how about a group spawn option? Form up with friend in character creation and spawn together. It should be simple enough as a party system exists. Its just a matter of all involved being online together and then creating the mechanic to have them spawn in one location. Yes if all of a group cant be on it may have limitations but it is a reasonable compromise I think.

would be a step forward, but not a great direction