It's been a few weeks since we've heard tell of any ArcheAge news, but fortunately our friends from AAportal have come through with a new article on XL Games' upcoming sandpark title.
Ordinarily we'd describe this sort of piece as a zone preview, but given that ArcheAge is an open world the phrase "location preview" seems more appropriate. The location in question is the Lillet Meadows, an area designed for players between levels 10 and 15 and situated near the Elven and Nuian starting areas. The meadows lie in a lush, fertile valley far from the hustle and bustle of the nearest city, and AAportal spends a good bit of virtual ink describing the natural surroundings.
Despite the tranquil setting, enemies abound in the area, most of them variations on undead that include wraiths, ghosts, and a new type of zombie that apparently features broken weapon fragments instead of limbs. Head to AAportal for all the details, and don't forget to click the image links to see all the Lillet Meadows screenshots.
Reader Comments (23)
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 12:00PM (Unverified) said
Cool location for a house with the trees like that. I'll be places like that will become highly contested at release. Also does anybody know if you can hire npc's to help run shops/guard your place when offline?
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 5:34PM Pars18 said
@(Unverified)
I think only certain locations are designated as housing areas- they wouldn't let you plant one in the starting zone.
Plus, other players cannot destroy houses or player-created buildings, from what i've read; they can only raze crops and things like that.
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I think only certain locations are designated as housing areas- they wouldn't let you plant one in the starting zone.
Plus, other players cannot destroy houses or player-created buildings, from what i've read; they can only raze crops and things like that.
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 8:03PM (Unverified) said
@Pars18
Thanks for the info. I was under the impression that even your home could be destroyed. That's good to know. I imagine launch will be big with land speculators rushing out to lay claim to the sweetest spots.
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Thanks for the info. I was under the impression that even your home could be destroyed. That's good to know. I imagine launch will be big with land speculators rushing out to lay claim to the sweetest spots.
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 11:22PM Pars18 said
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No problem!
Yes, during the beta phase, a lot of people would rush to claim many of the island territories as housing areas. (I think there may be some videos of some of this too)
The player-created aspects of the game seem very exciting, based on what ive read.
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No problem!
Yes, during the beta phase, a lot of people would rush to claim many of the island territories as housing areas. (I think there may be some videos of some of this too)
The player-created aspects of the game seem very exciting, based on what ive read.
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 12:14PM Grumms said
It's stupid how excited I am for this game.
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 12:24PM Silverangel said
"Meadows" sounds nice and pastoral, but this looks a little boring. In a fantasy world, there is no limit. Why would you want to see the same old European architecture and the same old pine trees.
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 1:43PM real65rcncom said
@Silverangel
European models/textures worked for RIFT so far. :p
But seriously, it's not only about how stuff looks, it's about what's IN the game to do and experience.
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European models/textures worked for RIFT so far. :p
But seriously, it's not only about how stuff looks, it's about what's IN the game to do and experience.
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 12:25PM (Unverified) said
AAportal articles in horrible broken English again? Yeah, no thanks.
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 12:27PM Space Cobra said
Ah...if this was only set on Mars or on some parallel steam-punk world or something totally different...
...maybe I can build a rocket-ship in ArcheAge? Well, one can hope! :P
...maybe I can build a rocket-ship in ArcheAge? Well, one can hope! :P
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 12:37PM (Unverified) said
@Space Cobra Funny you say Mars, because there's another MMO based on CryENGINE 2 that is Sci-Fi: Entropia Universe!
Unfortunately, it's crap.
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Unfortunately, it's crap.
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 12:56PM Saker said
Continues to look good to me! Bring it on! I need this game -now-!
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 1:37PM real65rcncom said
I hope this is the game I THOUGHT Rift was going to be.
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 4:04PM real65rcncom said
@Apakal
Yeah, I was hoping Rift would have a lot of the things like the housing, open exploration, ships.. you know, kind of next gen features Rift said it would have. I didnt see any next gen things in there, just WoW/Warhammer stuff.
Anyways, I hope that this game can give me more to do than just raid or kill 10 bugglebugs to help Farmer John as story.
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Yeah, I was hoping Rift would have a lot of the things like the housing, open exploration, ships.. you know, kind of next gen features Rift said it would have. I didnt see any next gen things in there, just WoW/Warhammer stuff.
Anyways, I hope that this game can give me more to do than just raid or kill 10 bugglebugs to help Farmer John as story.
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 7:53PM real65rcncom said
@Gaugamela
First grats.. 1 point for reading into things.
I never said Rift promised houses or anything. I said I HOPED that they would have that stuff in there as 'next gen' features, but they did not. They didn't do anything as next gen except a rift which you get bored of by level 50.
In fact, Rift has almost nothing in the way of normal features like housing, ships, pets, fishing, extensive crafting, etc.. Nothing.
You get a nice reputation currency grind, but that's not really next gen, is it?
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First grats.. 1 point for reading into things.
I never said Rift promised houses or anything. I said I HOPED that they would have that stuff in there as 'next gen' features, but they did not. They didn't do anything as next gen except a rift which you get bored of by level 50.
In fact, Rift has almost nothing in the way of normal features like housing, ships, pets, fishing, extensive crafting, etc.. Nothing.
You get a nice reputation currency grind, but that's not really next gen, is it?
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 3:36PM HokieKC said
ArcheAge looks awesome. When does it come to NA?
Posted: Jul 5th 2011 3:45PM dudes said
Nice 'scapes.









