Albion Online
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:08 am
Spent a few hours traveling with Stranger. He took me into the more dangerous parts of the world and we saw some good action.
He kept pressuring me into the PvP areas and I was reluctant. But when we won our first fight, I was ready for more. I think we ended the night 3:3.
The PvP we were doing was the safe PvP. You don't lose anything, and only the victors get to loot the dungeon chest. The first fight, I know I left a bunch of damage undone because I'm a newb. As we progressed, I got better, but still need to get better.
The PvP is legit. Very fast paced. Must use tactics, focus fire, manage energy and cool downs, etc. It seemed pretty good at pairing you with enemies. 1 out of the 6 fights was no contest with them hammering us. Other fights came down to 10% health buffers. Just barely winning or losing. We were often out classed as far as equipment (they had better stuff), but with our tactics and/or builds, we stayed competitive.
The PvE was standard hack n slash level fun with the fights going quick and lots of enemies to plow through to get to the chests. The dungeons were were in were easy for us. But they were profitable, for me at least. He let me loot 90% of the stuff. We even hooked up with a random large party and cleared a larger group dungeon with pretty good loot payout.
I liked the balance of action, risk, and reward. The risk was low. Worst thing that happened was our gear was damaged (but can't be destroyed), and/or we couldn't loot the chests at the end. Action was fun and felt balanced. 2 of the 3 fights we lost were so close and I would have been really happy with a rematch. 1 out of the 3, they were just way too strong. But it didn't bother me because it was still fun. There was one fight where we just couldn't take out their healer. So close a couple of times though. And eventually, they got stranger, so that left me in a 1 v 2 situation. That's when their brawler stopped fighting, and left me and the mage to 1 v 1. We went back and forth and I ended up getting him, but was so low that their brawler took me out with a hit or two. But I liked the sportsmanship, or maybe they were just toying with me and didn't expect my damage burst at the end. Don't know. But at least I was able to kill the mage!
I like that I've only got maybe 16 hours in the game, with a LOT of that just fishing and resource gathering, but I'm already competitive in some PvP scenarios. I would LOVE a stat breakdown after fights with damage dealt, etc, so I knew how effective I am. But for now, I'm just assuming that Stranger is doing most of the work.
For combat, there are 7 keys to manage. Q, W, D, R, D, F, 1 are mapped to your hot bar with your spells and potion. Just need more practice for the muscle memory to take hold. More practice for a better feel for cool downs and remembering to keep the spells rolling as soon as they are up.
Fun stuff so far. Including our trip through Satan's butt hole.
He kept pressuring me into the PvP areas and I was reluctant. But when we won our first fight, I was ready for more. I think we ended the night 3:3.
The PvP we were doing was the safe PvP. You don't lose anything, and only the victors get to loot the dungeon chest. The first fight, I know I left a bunch of damage undone because I'm a newb. As we progressed, I got better, but still need to get better.
The PvP is legit. Very fast paced. Must use tactics, focus fire, manage energy and cool downs, etc. It seemed pretty good at pairing you with enemies. 1 out of the 6 fights was no contest with them hammering us. Other fights came down to 10% health buffers. Just barely winning or losing. We were often out classed as far as equipment (they had better stuff), but with our tactics and/or builds, we stayed competitive.
The PvE was standard hack n slash level fun with the fights going quick and lots of enemies to plow through to get to the chests. The dungeons were were in were easy for us. But they were profitable, for me at least. He let me loot 90% of the stuff. We even hooked up with a random large party and cleared a larger group dungeon with pretty good loot payout.
I liked the balance of action, risk, and reward. The risk was low. Worst thing that happened was our gear was damaged (but can't be destroyed), and/or we couldn't loot the chests at the end. Action was fun and felt balanced. 2 of the 3 fights we lost were so close and I would have been really happy with a rematch. 1 out of the 3, they were just way too strong. But it didn't bother me because it was still fun. There was one fight where we just couldn't take out their healer. So close a couple of times though. And eventually, they got stranger, so that left me in a 1 v 2 situation. That's when their brawler stopped fighting, and left me and the mage to 1 v 1. We went back and forth and I ended up getting him, but was so low that their brawler took me out with a hit or two. But I liked the sportsmanship, or maybe they were just toying with me and didn't expect my damage burst at the end. Don't know. But at least I was able to kill the mage!
I like that I've only got maybe 16 hours in the game, with a LOT of that just fishing and resource gathering, but I'm already competitive in some PvP scenarios. I would LOVE a stat breakdown after fights with damage dealt, etc, so I knew how effective I am. But for now, I'm just assuming that Stranger is doing most of the work.
For combat, there are 7 keys to manage. Q, W, D, R, D, F, 1 are mapped to your hot bar with your spells and potion. Just need more practice for the muscle memory to take hold. More practice for a better feel for cool downs and remembering to keep the spells rolling as soon as they are up.
Fun stuff so far. Including our trip through Satan's butt hole.
