Best posts made by Woode

Wow, I won something. All the way to Envoy! Also now downloading the game via the G.Round promo.

I'll be playing a Nheedra, who is somewhat perverse. He likes working with metals. So as I understand it, he'll have to go to Syndesia to at least get metals, take the metals back to Arboreus to work with them. Or if it is impossible to have some of the necessary crafting tables on Arboreus, then work with a town on Syndesia to get access to the blacksmith tables.

I would like my home to be on Arboreus, but would have to travel frequently to Syndesia because of my unusual (blasphemous?) interest in metals.

So looking for a Beastman guild that would have such a Nheedra. I would usually have some kind of tank build. I could also work as a go between, (diplomat?) between the Beastman guild and a town/guild on Syndesia.

I usually have my windows volume all the way up and turn down the volume in each application as necessary. While this ensures that I can hear things if an application has a low volume, it means that my ears get blasted occasionally. Fractured blasts my ears unnecessarily.

When I start Fractured, the sound in the settings is NOT applied even after the character screen is shown. One must select a character (or go though the long process of creating one) while the sound (in my case) blasts away. It isn't until after you begin to enter the game with your selected character that the sound setting is applied.

Please apply the sound setting before the character selection screen is shown, and as early as possible before that.

I am new to Fractured, but have read all the news. I am sure there are old threads I have missed so some of my comments/questions may need to be corrected. Also, the game looks great for an Alpha build.

But as someone brand new to the game, I think my concerns might be of interest. Here they are.

1 - Design Journals started July 2017 then ended July 2018. There was no post nor news that explained the reason for stopping the Journals. If the need for the Journals went away, or they took too much developer time, it would have been nice to post the reasons you were stopping them.

2 - A play testing/release road map was released in the news July 2018. I am guessing that we are about 7-8 months behind that schedule? Perhaps when the results of the current Alpha have been evaluated we could get a playtest/release schedule update? Are the economic costs of the delay going to cause problems? Will more money be needed?

3 - I'm not sure what kind of Endgame there is. I can see many players building the character they want, then exploring all the current maps, doing the Vale of Shadows, in 2 months or so (maybe less)? Then would they get bored with the game and leave? What plans are there to keep players in the game for the long term? I tend to be a completionist myself, so I see myself playing the game for a longer time, but I'm not sure that there are enough people like myself to keep the game going. Hopefully the developers have indicated some plans for continued content, and I just haven't found them.

I have not bought any package. For the most part because I do not like things given to me. I don't want to be given a wagon/mule, I want to do whatever is necessary in the game to buy/make them. When Beta 2 is announced, I see myself finally buying the Adept package.

Thank you for reading this somewhat long post, I look forward to any comments and info.

Is there any guide to help the player name their character? Have the developers released any list of npc names for the different races?

I always like to create realistic rp names, even if I don't roleplay. But I have no idea what kind of name beastmen or demons use.