Free trial Apr 6-10 Shroud of the Avatar

[jim]

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We are excited to open up our second test of the Free Trial System! This latest trial begins now and will end on April 10. If you know anyone who would try the game for free, please send them to the Download Page. These tests are invaluable for us in order to improve the New User Experience (NUE) and the Free Trial System itself.

Free Trial access during the game’s current Early Access period allows you to play the entire game in any of the Online modes with a few key differences in game play:

Free Trial Current Time Period: April 6-10, 2017
The term (Visitor) is appended to your Character Name
Cannot give items to other players via Trade
Cannot purchase nor sell items via Player Vendors nor Public Vendors
No ownership of property nor use of lot signs
Cannot interact with public chests
Cannot move/interact with items on a plot even if they are given permissions
Cannot flag as Open PVP
Cannot gain nor do they create any ransom items when they kill or are killed in PVP (in Open PVP zones)
Character data may be deleted after Free Trial period is over if character is not upgraded to a paid account
Items purchased in the Add On Store cannot be accessed after the Free Trial Period is over unless you purchase Game Access
Cannot play in Offline Mode

You can still explore hundreds of scenes, talk with thousands of players, adventure through the opening quests, and gain experience and skills as you get used to the world of New Britannia! If you wish to continue playing after the free trial concludes, you can obtain an Early Access account here.

For those in the Free Trial, we would love your feedback! We have opened up of our Release 40 Feedback Forums. If you have a constructive comment about this release that will help the game to improve, please post it there. You can also say hello in the New Player Forum!

Have fun, and thanks for trying out Shroud of the Avatar in Early Access!

[Lastat]

lets see if i can run it. i meet the minimum specs, but i'm not running two video cards anymore since crossfire doesn't work in win x. i also don't spend as many hours gaming as i used to.

[Lastat]

I played the trial for an hour or so (less). My opinion, which I will assert has no value, If I want to to pay for a medieval style MMORPG, I would play WoW, or one of it's surviving clones. There is a reason it has so many clones and why it still has so many subscribers, they did so much correctly, or intuitively. If I wanted to play one that had so much more than WoW offered for crafting and non-combat roles, I would play SWGemu. The game play style is more similar to the latter and the appearance of the graphics.

I would not be interested, but I hope whomever finds it fun has a great time. It appears to have some great stories!

full disclosure: I play none of the games I previously listed

[jim]

I have been playing Shroud on and off for most of the developement. I enjoy a lot of it so far but I will admit that there is a bit of reading to do. I played computer games when the first Ultimas came out (I think I started on Ultima 3 and played all the rest). This reminds me of some the early Ultimas plus some online games. It isn't Ultima Online line but I think they tried to get some of the feel of it and it will be pretty cool once it goes live.

The first hours of any game can be difficult and I expect this is no different. I would guess the learning curve is about mid level or higher difficulty so it does take a bit of effort to get into the game. Once you get the mechanics down it starts to get fun.

I have been holding off getting too familiar with the game though so I can enjoy it more when it's finished. I've learned that beta testing games kind of takes the "wonder" out of new games. I'm hoping the final game matches my enthusiasm heh.