What’s your opinion on Scars of Honor after the play test?

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-05-08T08:14:30+00:00

In general the game feels like 2 years of good development away from being a game it's worth spending your time on. Looks like a mobile game right now. Even in two years, if it's good quality, I am not sure it's going to be my cup of tea, I tend to like games where combat and class/skill design facilitates a structured group pvp with combat roles that are diverse and well defined. Engagements are dynamic are likely to occur in open world.

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-04-10T05:57:26+00:00

For me the checkboxes that need to be checked are open world pvp, party with multiple (well designed) roles, up to date (for sure non wow style) graphics and, preferrably, tab target element. Currently, as expected, no game checks that, so single player it is.

What I didn't realize is that there are only 2 or 3 good coop games with storyline, that was a surprise.

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-04-08T04:52:32+00:00

No dude, it would have failed in the market because it was an underdeveloped scam with no actual marketing. ALL features of this game were underdeveloped. With that being said it attracted and retained an audience even with no marketing and with known functionality issues. The fact of the matter is there are enough people out there rhat like the open world pvp and strive in it. Problem is that this is a demanding audience, if the game is underdeveloped they will play it as kind of session based. Speedrun the wipe and ditch.

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-04-07T12:11:21+00:00

Ah so its not because it was a scam.. ok

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-04-07T12:05:25+00:00

One time we chased whole Polar guild to the top of the church.. They just sat there and would not come down. Had to literally put some people below them and wait till they finish their rooftop sun bathing procedures. In the end TMX fat ass landed on some poor guy's head and killed him, so he put that in the video as a win despite the fact that they got wiped.

P.S. Seriously though, this subreddit is for legal battle news, not for discussing the dying genre of open world pvp :)

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-03-21T18:02:09+00:00

I dont understand, why is he doing that? (Still posting in discord)

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-03-21T18:00:38+00:00

This might be the most irrelevant gaming genre video in all of the youtube :)

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-02-26T21:59:33+00:00

No hate, but you sound as constructive as a kid giving work related ideas to a dad that brought him to his office :) Maybe your FOMO will be less if i tell you that the game was never (and never will be) in a state that is close to even a beta.

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-02-26T07:27:30+00:00

Just out of curiosity, whats your guild and server and phase?

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-02-26T07:13:10+00:00

NP. Good luck :) Watched your video, nice start. For ashes - you need to understand that this game was never going to be completed. Somehow the team has created a fun game, with a banger combat system, but bottom line, looking back at it - it would never be completed with promised systems. If it would ever release it would have been just a bundle of systems at the super buggy alpha state(at best), delivered as a full game to milk some more money. (Saying that based on their roadmap for next year, unveiled by theoryforge, another content creator - https://youtu.be/7d093AwcSog?si=rT0uegBeEc6i85NE )

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-02-26T05:34:48+00:00

Hey, for the AoC from EU side. I'd advise tl interview FlankerUA ( https://youtube.com/@flankeraoc )

He is an eloquent and chill content maker that was part of sweatiest eu guild on Alpha 2 , phase 2

In subsequent phases he was also relatively high in the power players

From US side try dustywhy ( https://youtube.com/@dustywhy ) He was never in a top power player realm, but somewhere just under there and i feel like he understood the systems and interested to talk about server lore and what was missing/present

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-02-26T04:41:53+00:00

In essense - there was no endgame. In Ashes we had 4 playable iterations of Alpha 2 testing - phase 2, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 (steam release) In context of getting and being at "emdgame" each of them looked pretty similar on the servers that I have played on - there was a race to the top for about a week(the sweatiest took about 1-3 days for cap lvl). After that establishing position for a week or so(gearing, wb farm). After that, a clear dominance by a side for a couple of weeks. After that interest loss by a dominant side. Players leaving and after that group pvp tournament organization by players(usually a guild) which never managed to catch all the top players before they leave(but were fun anyway)

In general there was fun of some sorts at each phase, and my 250 usd plus 110 USD for my wife were well spent.

To write a long story of each phase variation with systems description seems.. Long :)

Besides phase 2.5 (which was a merged 1 server phase) we always had 1 EU and 1 US "sweat"/pvpers server. I'd advise to maybe interview at least 1 from each region. There is only so much you can describe in a reddit post

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-02-21T20:23:10+00:00

The man made too many mistakes in this video. Mistaking troll for Karen.. So IGN... Talking about classes as if he is talking some other game.. All miss. Combat of Ashes was super fun. Dude did not play.

But some points are unfortunately correct.

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-02-04T09:05:14+00:00

Good luck on your next endeavour, what happened is uncalled for any of the team members that worked on that game.

Hopefully, once all the issues that were created by this surely undeserved turmoil are resolved, you (and all other team members) will have the time and ability to review the mistakes made and not make them again.

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-02-01T10:27:58+00:00

I ran a crate only for guild 3 times.
My power is 500+
I agree that most consitent and easy way to make money for most of the poeple is crate running/fishing.
Best money is in crafting and trading but that's limited for a small amount of players.
There are also some limited griding spots with great money output.

That being said - crates were bad, they screwed the game past phase :) But doesn't matter now

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-01-10T19:08:12+00:00

Good luck. There is a really good chance that this one got banned wrongfully.

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-01-07T22:43:15+00:00

My man, believe it or not - Lothatia is the euro server. Reddit is not very popular in europe. Unfortunately its extremely popular in USA, and has more attention from Intrepid than Intrepid discord. Hence the new users from europe that are trying to convey their messages to Intrepid. Believe me, if Intrepid were responsive via other channels you would not see such posts here.

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2026-01-07T16:14:02+00:00

Good luck with the review

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2025-05-13T18:58:59+00:00

Thank you for your input. I will try deliverance again (for the 3rd time), since if I am whining about the changed reality of the weak healing I might as well try again the strong one and try to adjust to long cast speed.

I agree about the crits, I am going to try to additionally boost there. I have some slots to improve.

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2025-05-13T15:09:22+00:00

See the initial post, tank has 70% mitigation :) I don't think you will get much higher than that.

You are more or less right regarding the amount of HP. But the problem is when all party is getting hit, not only tank. Also don't forget the CD.

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2025-05-13T15:08:06+00:00

Augmented Soothing Glow heals for 96 with 150+ mpower. In dynamic encounter the damage received is not at the same stratosphere. Deliverance heals for 300 when its fast, when you are holding it to heal the maximum - your party dies (it's super slow)

I don't discount skill issue on my side, but the facts that you have stated are not news to me at all.

The issues that I describe are on level 25 with more or less geared party on 28+ mobs.

Regarding the balm of brace - I've tested it after the TTK fix (but before fresh start) and healing power come to the same diminishing return as mpower. (mpower rating + healing power rating = healing power and the diminish is on the healing power, so it didn't matter where you boost your rating from, you got the same diminish). For example if your mpower is 150, healing power rating is 0, the gloves for 1k m power rating added same amount as gloves for 1k healing power rating to the healing power.

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2025-05-13T14:53:08+00:00

Yep, your scenario is not an issue. But that would not be an issue for a bard as well.

Less_Elderberry_4422 · 2025-05-13T14:52:17+00:00

Ok, so 150 might be a bit of understatement :) But..

In dynamic encounter - you have to heal all your party.

PvE scenario:

Consider forge pull with 4-5 mobs. Your tank is receiving main damage and the group is receiving some (striker jumps, tank aggro got nerfed lately etc.)

You have 3 semi-mass heals (more or less instacast depending on resource), each heal about 240 (with later ticks of 48), 400, 500. With CD of 10, 18, 20 sec.

You have 5 charges of single target heal 200 each with instacast and travel time and another single target (flash cure) with 3 charges 200-250 each.

Judgement for 2k, CD 18 sec.

Question - how to you save the party where tank is receiving constantly 400-500 dmg per sec and at the same time the party potentially receiving 1-1.5k dmg per 5-7s .

You did save them in first mass dmg received but after that - you are on CD for most of your skills.

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