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Archeage Guild Recruiting - Debauchery Tea Party
Join us in playing one of the most innovative new mmos to come out in years. Debauchery Tea Party is a predominantly South African guild with a broad focus and interests in pvp, trading and crafting.

Guild Info
Interests: Battlegrounds; Arenas; Gear crafting efficiency; Speed levelling (at launch); Writing music; Trading.
Long Term: Prepare to claim a guild castle spot once this feature is re-introduced. We are also excited about getting involved in player-created factions and nation building when this is enabled in future updates.
Website: www.debaucheryguild.com
Teamspeak: debaucheryguild.com [default port; no pass]
Requirements: Over 18
Starting Faction: Haranya (Eastern Continent)
Server: Dahuta - EU.

If you're interested in joining us send me a pm or sign up directly on our site here. You'll find us in game on the EU Dahuta server.

Want to know more about Archeage? Read below for a description and short FAQ about the game.

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About Archeage

Currently in the launching, Archeage is a new MMO from Korean developer XL Games, who are known as the former developers of Lineage. It is being published in the west by Rift and Defiance publisher, Trion Worlds.

Archeage brings a breath of fresh air to the MMO market with its strong sandbox and crafting features, such as highly customizable open world housing, a very intricate crafting and economy system and 120 different character classes. The game also has very strong nautical elements with player-craftable ships and ship-based combat and trading. End game content includes player crafted guild castles and siege combat with future updates promising player created factions with faction v faction combat.

What does Archeage cost?
Archeage uses a variation of freemium called the Patron system. Patron status will need to be bought monthly for real cash or from other players with game gold via the auction house. It is possible to play without Patron status, but this does limit you quite a lot. It would certainly be possible to create a free account and then grind for the gold to buy Patron, but this would be a significant challenge at launch. We recommend buying at least one month's worth of Patron and then using game gold thereafter.

When can I play?
The official launch date is Tuesday the 16th of September at 7pm our time. There is also a 4 day headstart for those that have bought Founders packs. Headstart start on Friday the 12th at 7pm and runs until launch. Founders packs are still on sale, and likely will be until launch itself.

What are the Founders packs?
There are 3 different Founders packs, each with different benefits. All however include access to all of the beta events with Patron status included for their duration, and a four day head start at launch. They include varying amounts of cash shop gems and Patron status, and a title each. The highest tier pack also includes access to the ongoing Alpha server, which will become the test server after launch.

Are the Founders packs worth it?
The Silver tier pack costs $50 and includes a month of Patron status and $20 worth of cash shop gems. The gems should be able to get you at least one more month of Patron, so in all for $50 you get two months worth of Patron, access to all betas (with Patron), and the four day head start. After the first two months prices should have stabilized and it should be easy to maintain your Patron status with game gold. So in all the game need never cost more than this $50. So, yes it's worth it.

Where can I get a Founders pack?
They can be bought directly from the game site at http://www.archeagegame.com/en/shop/. Protip: The game is much cheaper if you pay in dollars. If you see prices in Euros or Pounds, try and clear your cache and refresh.

Is Archeage pay to win?
Nothing we've seen or heard about the game up to this point suggests any aspects of pay to win. Archeage is freemium however, and therefore not a free game. Purchasing Patron status, whether with real money or game gold, is definitely recommended in order to experience the game in full. The game does have a cash shop, but features primarily cosmetic items. The few non-cosmetic items are not bound and can therefore be bought from other players via the auction house.

Will there be server wipes?
There was a server wipe at the end of the beta events and everybody is starting fresh at launch.

How grindy is the game?
Being Korean, Archeage is definitely not free of grind, but the due to the broad sandboxy gameplay, the pain of the grind is vastly reduced and there are hordes of things to do. Max level though can be gained in under a week. The real challenge is crafting the end game gear, housing, ships and the guild castles.

Where can I find more info on the game?
Try the below sites for more Archeage info, or drop me a pm if there's something I can answer.

Official Website: http://www.archeagegame.com
Character Builder: http://arche-base.com/builds/generator
Game Info: http://archeagedatabase.net/us/
Game Wiki: http://archeage.gamepedia.com/ArcheAge_Wiki
Official Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/trionworlds/

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Hi Raedwulf,

Glad to finally see more interest from some local people. We are also a couple of saffers that are currently playing Beta and will obviously be playing once live. We are still deciding if we will start our own guild or join another guild, if I may ask is there a specific reason you guys are rolling Harani?
 
Looks like the third beta, CBE3, is starting next Thursday, Aug 14, and will be running for four days.

I am really keen on joining you guys. I dont have access to beta so come live i'll come round and give you a shout

There should be some key giveaways on the big mmo sites (Curse, MMORPG, etc), and they're increasing the numbers drawn from the people who signed up on the Trion site (so make you're signed up.) Either way, you'll definitely be able to try out the game during open beta, so you won't have to wait all the way until launch. If you do get into the CB, give me a shout. I'm Raedwulfr in game.

Hi Raedwulf,

Glad to finally see more interest from some local people. We are also a couple of saffers that are currently playing Beta and will obviously be playing once live. We are still deciding if we will start our own guild or join another guild, if I may ask is there a specific reason you guys are rolling Harani?

Are you guys currently on west? We played east when we were on the Russian beta for a while, but then actually went west when CB started. Got to around lvl 30 and then tried east again, and honestly I just feel like the devs put a lot more effort into east. The production quality seems to be higher, and the zones feel more detailed and aesthetically pleasing.
 
Hi,

Yeah we tried west, but will try east during the 3rd Beta next week, just not to keen on the cats or the little peeps :), kinda like the elves. But like i said will give it go next week. On which server are you guys on in the Beta?
 
Lol I'm a little peep. Any mmo I play though - If I can't have a big beard, I go with a female character. I'm pretty happy with what I ended up with though.

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I'd say it takes a bit more effort to get a decent looking cat, but they're pretty cool once you get a nice one. Run animations are awesome.

We're on Shatigon. I'm busy setting up a big TS, but in case I don't get that running by next week I'll PM you my skype name. See you in game.
 
I've got a couple of spare keys for the beta weekend this weekend. PM me if anyone wants.

Also, have updated the OP with the TS and site details. See you in all in-game.
 
Raedwulf did you have any issues launching the game? I fought with it the entire weekend and eventually gave up. mine opens Hackshield the loads then a window opens to a black screen and it doesnt go any further. I tried uninstall Avast as some folks online said it was that but no luck, my graphics drivers are up to date as well.
 
Raedwulf did you have any issues launching the game? I fought with it the entire weekend and eventually gave up. mine opens Hackshield the loads then a window opens to a black screen and it doesnt go any further. I tried uninstall Avast as some folks online said it was that but no luck, my graphics drivers are up to date as well.


Damn, sorry to hear you struggled so much. I haven't had an issue since the first beta. There was a problem with the game crashing after the splash screens, but that was apparently fixed in the last patch.

There are a few things you could possibly try though. First, trying to launch the game in windowed mode helped with the previous issue. You can try and hit alt+enter as soon as it starts up.

Next, take a look in your documents folder for archeage/system.cfg.

I haven't tried editing it myself, but it's the game's graphics settings. Change the r_driver line to = "DX9". Or if it already says that, try "DX11". I've seen the game work alternatively better with 9 or 11 on different machines.

Finally, I did see some issues this past weekend on another pc where there were several graphical issues. It turns out DirectX wasn't fully installed. I grabbed the full installer off of the microsoft site and it worked fine after that.

Also, post up your PC specs. Might be something in there that could point to the issue.
 
Sounds standard enough. The only thing in there that sounds like it might cause an issue is your gpu. I've seen quite a few issues with flagship gpus over the years. They're often not as well supported as the more common cards.

The game also claims to need 50 gigs of free hard drive space. So check your drives aren't too full.

But yeah I'd still bet on switching DX modes. Found the below.


"The game is freezing and stuttering very often"
This problem is caused by DX11 and antialiasing.
Some things you can try:
ATI: open Catalyst Control Center -> Gaming -> 3D application settings -> lower your antialiasing start ArcheAge -> Game setting -> Display settings -> DX9 -> Apply -> Restart the game!
Nvidia: Nvidia Control Panel."Click "Manage 3D Settings." Click "Antialiasing - Mode" to "Off." Click "Apply" then "OK."start ArcheAge -> Game setting -> Display settings -> DX9 -> Apply -> Restart the game!

If this doesn't work, try running the game in DX9. CryEngine is known to sometimes have issues with certain graphic cards when running DX11.

It is also a possibility that you may not have your swap file set to be big enough, especially if you have more than 4GB of RAM. Try increasing your swap file. Instructions for how to do this on windows machines can be found here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...#1TC=windows-7
 
The game has gone through quite a lot of updates recently, and so I've made some updates to the OP as well.

We've also settled on our server choice - Dahuta. See you all in game.
 
I didn't even know there was a SA guild till now.
Welp, time to sign up i guess.
 
Sign me up, will look for you guys online! well that is WHEN we get online :whistle:
 
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lol yeah the queues are a bit brutal still. Anyone who'd like an invite can message me, Raedwulf, in game. See you all in game.
 
Lol yeah that's one of the new servers. Guessing the rush was pretty bad.
 
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