Unchained release date delayed, now targeting October 15th
- The F2P version will also get the Shadows Revealed update on October 15th
Land lock is currently set to open up on October 19th
PTS Available October 1st
- There will be a separate Unchained PTS and F2P ArcheAge PTS
Name reservations are current planned for October 1st as well
ArcheAge 5th Anniversary Contest is still going on for 3 more days
- Use tag #CelebrateArcheAge on Twitter on a video or post to enter
Diligence coins are replacing Loyalty Tokens
- Loyalty Tokens are totally gone
- Currently no login tracker planned at Launch
Carendash accidentally stated that Expansion Scrolls will be sold for Credits, then they clarified and said Expansion Scrolls will be Diligence Coins only.
Multiple Accounts
- Each person can have up to 3 accounts
- No way to police someone logging into accounts on multiple physically separate computers
  - However any sort of botting/automation/idling tactics with accounts will be a red flag and will be bannable
  - If for example 8 computers are connected from 1 house address/IP it will be a red flag and they will investigate to analyze whether it's separate people playing
Guild cap will be unchanged from the live servers
Likely not going to be a preload on launch
- You can start installing the game about halfway through their process of the servers coming online
  - If your internet is fast this will be enough time, slower internet speeds will be out of luck
XLGames committed last night to removing the pirate quests that give them rewards just for the Delphinad Ghost Ships (DGS) despawning, at least for the launch of Unchained to avoid that easy benefit
Cash Shop will be open on the PTS
Unchained will have a much more aggressive policy on 3rd party gold buying
- They will not only be banning gold sellers and removing the gold, but banning any players that are found to be buying gold as well
ArchePass will be 1500 credits - $10 in Credits
- 3 different version of the pass, Combat, Vocational, Equipment
- As with most Battle Pass systems, if you buy the premium track after having progressed through the entire free track, you will be granted all the premium rewards retroactively
All Unchained servers will have isolated Auction Houses
All mods including KR Font Mod, FoV Mod, etc. will be bannable.
- They're taking a much stronger stance on hacking and cheating and having these mods be allowed could make it harder to decipher which modified files are harmful
- There stance on this may change depending on how they're able to implement better anti-cheats

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AA:Unchained - ACTUAL Tier List as of September 2019 - KR 6.0.2

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 06:48 AM PDT

Hey everyone,

There's a very misinformed video circling the Archeage Discords and Subreddits that is taking old dynamics and meta and calling it a tier list for AA Unchained.

Update 6.0.2 has many skill changes that really have shifted the meta dynamic in both PvP and PvE. Given how misinformed the NA/EU community is, I decided to compile a Tier List from available korean data.

Methodology
AA Korea publishes the top 30 players of each class to their website, so regular players can see the builds and set up the best players are using. Starting with a sheet originally compiled by /u/exboyfriendd; I looked up this data for every class, and allocated 1 point if a player had a great score over 14,000; and 2 points if a player had a gear score over 16,000. The general idea is that if someone is spending money and time to get such a high gear score, they will most likely want to play a strong class. We then aggregated the scores by class and broke out each class into a Tier.

S = 45+
A = 30 to 44
B = 10 to 29
C = <10

Here's an image of the tier list: https://i.imgur.com/TriyDY8.jpg

And the underlying document: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mn7Q2js6M8QxHAE0XGT1y1st0pOFJUsRIkeKSXpLN9M/edit?usp=drivesdk

Foot Notes

Why so many Archers?
Part of the reason Archers are more prevalent in Korea is ping being less of an issue and archers scaling very well with high gear score.

Why is swiftblade not on there as much?
My friend who plays Archeage KR, said the reason Swiftblade isn't too popular is the lack of combo between other skilltrees. Swiftblade mainly combos with itself, which means it doesn't add much synergy as a 2nd or 3rd tree. He said most people prefer Auramancy or Shadowplay still.

Why are so many known RvR/Siege specs missing?
Korea doesn't capture this data on a Siege day, so this list doesn't reflect the meta used in RvR/Siege PvP unfortunately. This list captures "Day-To-Day" popular builds being used in Korea by high level players.

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PSA Gamigo Livestream for unchained on sep 20th, 1pm EST

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 08:12 AM PDT

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ArcheAge 101: Sorcery in a nutshell for both new and returning players.

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 09:19 AM PDT

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9/20 Gamigo Unchained Stream Notes

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 10:54 AM PDT

Edited and funneling people to the better formatted thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/archeage/comments/d6yfi2/archeage_unchained_920_stream_notes/

October 15, 2019 Release date
October 1-13 PTS
October 1st name reservation
Saturday the 19th land lock expires
Steam release October 15th
Release marketplace on PTS
NO loyalty store, replaced by diligence marketplace
Seasonal furniture on credit shop
NO login tracker
Labor potions/expansion/crest brainstorms/bound costumes scrolls in diligence marketplace
Cash shop items are bound
Changes to sieges
Multi-boxing is OK as long as it's does not involve scripting
No tax certificates in marketplace or diligence marketplace, only generated by labor
Unbound tax certificates at Max proficiency is being evaluated
Day before live you will be able to download the client
~~Delphinad Ghost Ship will be removed at release~~

XLGames committed last night to removing the pirate quests that give them rewards just for the Delphinad Ghost Ships (DGS) despawning, at least for the launch of Unchained to avoid that easy benefit (Paradox_Wolf's stream notes)

"Aggressive" against gold sellers. They will ban the buyers of gold as well
Arc pass 1500 credits, three versions for different play styles (farming/pvp/pve)
Free track of arc pass has: power items
Exclusive costume in the premium track
No steam preorder packs
Each region has it's own auction house
Succubus costume addressed, but won't be in game
Skrill is not a payment method
Payment issues could be due to the billing address
All arc pass rewards are retroactive
PTS fluffy is being fixed
FOV mod and fonts: no decision is being made yet

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Please add a separate inventory slot for quest items

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 10:59 AM PDT

I'm always having tons of useless quest items from past levels and i most of the time don't know what to throw out or what to keep, most quest items are not interactive.

This will save us tons of inventory slots, can you consider adding it into Unchained?

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What in your opinion made Archeage unplayable.

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 03:33 PM PDT

We all have quit this game for various reasons what in your opinion "killed" the game for you. Give examples not just p2w, was it thunderstruck trees for credits was it pay wall was it inventory etc.

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Is paladin going to be viable?

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 05:07 PM PDT

I played paladin for the entire time I played but when I cane back to the game a few months ago it wasn't viable. Anyone think this new update will make it okay to play?

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Is Reaper a bad call?( Non-meta classes open discussion)

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 12:44 PM PDT

I've a deep love on Reaper's playstile, and in every reset or server, I played with him... I tried other mage classes with the "same" mobility, but I never feel the same good vibe.... What do u guys think about this( feel free to expand to other unfavored(or off-meta) classes that u love)

Ps: should i drop my STAFF for a something like scepter with shield???

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When they say p2w in chat...

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 04:08 PM PDT

Ehi hold on really quick...

https://i.imgur.com/by2LS6B.jpg

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Something like using Noping going to br legal?

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 04:01 PM PDT

I occasionally have high ping and I'm just curious if using something like Noping will be legal to use to try and help with that?

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Will there be an East Coast/West Coast specific server?(Archeage Unchained)

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 03:33 PM PDT

I'm in the process of setting up a small guild and preparing for launch but I can't seem to find out if there will be an East Coast and West Coast specific server for the US. I know there are two NA specific servers. Still they don't appear to be marked by region.

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Trying to decide classes for small-scaled PvP.

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 03:30 PM PDT

We are 3 close friends which will play AAU as it launches. We mostly play together and PvP on DS or sometimes on sea or in halcy etc. We are trying to figure out what will be the best class combination for our group. For we now we have decided to go as:

1 Caster = Fanatic -> Sorcery + Malediction + Shadowplay 1 Tank = Mercenary -> Battlerage + Defense + Swiftblade 1 Healer = Confessor -> Vitalism + Songcraft + Shadowplay

Any advice about these choices will be appreciated.

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How many Keybinds do i need?

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 01:00 PM PDT

Hey,

i just installed ArcheAge to get used to the Movement and Keybind Setups. How many Keybinds do i have to realistically set? Just started the Game and there are already Skills for my Keybinds Shift 1-9 are they important? Shift 1-9 doesnt sound any comfortable for me. Are there any Keybinds i shouldn´t change? Like F to Loot all, so i dont Unbind something important.

I realised if i press Shift my Minimap gets a Black Background can i remove that?

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Classes

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 06:14 PM PDT

I know nothing about AA. I play most MMORPG that comes out but never touched AA for reasons...
I want to start getting into AAUC. Are the classes will be the same as AA? or the classes for AAUC will be some what different? I would like to do some research but I'm afraid that the classes might be different from the original AA.

I enjoy playing mage/sorc / big magic/CC type of class. Also, anything with Great sword or blade/sword. What do you guys recommend I should start my research on? thank you

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With pre orders not going to be available on steam, will I have to buy the game twice to get it on steam?

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 06:07 PM PDT

I want the pre order pack but I want my game on steam too

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PTS

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 04:38 PM PDT

How does one get involved in the PTS for AAU?

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What’s the reason behind everyone contesting for World Bosses?

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 04:38 PM PDT

I've always heard that there's a lot of PvP around world bosses, but never really understood why. Other than some achievements or glider skins, is there a point in doing them?

I am genuinely just curious and thus trying to gather as much info of the game as I can. Furthermore, even if they were just for achievements it wouldn't bother me!

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Can everyone join PTS? And where?

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 12:22 PM PDT

Heey,

so there will be an unchained PTS now on the first of october, can I play on it and give my feedback?

Or was it some highly restricted registration process that I missed?

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Archeage Water effect

Posted: 20 Sep 2019 03:08 AM PDT

I want to purchase AAU, in advance i wanted to see how the game look like, so i downloaded the f2p version. I have the max settings (i have rx580 8gb), the game runs nice, but the water effect of the ocean specifically the wave effect seems to go at 10 fps while the rest of the game at 60+fps, is that normal?

PS: It happens only with the ocean, because lakes and similar are smoothly.

https://reddit.com/link/d6sqxa/video/tm1ayqgieqn31/player

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AA:Unchained - Class tier list (pvp) YES i forgot spellsinger HA

Posted: 19 Sep 2019 05:36 PM PDT