ArcheAge Chapter Closure

Good evening all,

I hope everyone is having a happy Thanksgiving!

I'm writing to you this evening to inform you that the Community Leadership and ArcheAge Chapter Officer teams have agreed to close down our ArcheAge chapter effective immediately. While the guild and the game started off strong very rapidly, by and large due to decisions made by XL Games and Trion we've seen a VERY VERY rapid decrease in population in the game that has impacted all guilds and the wider community. It is our view at this point there is no long term viable future for the game and for us in the game.

We are not recommending a destination guild for those that decide to stick to the game. We do not believe there is a guild of our level of standard left in the game and we cannot in good conscience make a recommendation.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the chapter and a special thanks to the chapter officer team who volunteered their time to make a go of it.

On behalf of the CLT,
-Ryan / RJO

It was Patron++, wasn't it?

So much I liked. I hope there is something similar soon, minus all the bullshit.

Everyone come play FFXIV with us! It's really good and there's so much more in store for it that it's mind-blowing. I think there is a sale currently on Amazon to pick up the game for just 10 dollars. That's a great deal for a month of trial free playage before you decide if you want to subscribe.

Never played it but I'm sorry to hear this for everyone :(

I didn't play the game past beta, but I know just from my daily conversations with the Officers just what a tremendous amount of love and effort went into this chapter. It's a shame things went as they did with the game, but you should all feel proud of what you accomplished there in spite of those problems.

Commendable decision; and I believe the officers have done their job in this chapter. The game and the companies managing it, however, have not.
Should maybe teach one or two lessons to Western publishers deciding to launch the game of another company on their own soil if they cannot get access to code base to perform required fixes.

In the end; those who (rage) quit very early and called it a 'cash grab' remain proven right...

I will be continuing to keep the AKS guild in AA for the foreseeable future. If you still wish to play under our banner then please do so. If not, I wish you luck in wherever you end up.

I plan to still play AA as well, so if you need anything, such as assistance, let me know. I have time left until january so.

Their marketplace bear that is basically a copy of the farmable bear shows how they only want to make as much money as possible. So much could of come out of this game if it wasn't from Trion :(

It was a good run, and it's a shame that the chapter died faster than my love for the game did. But I can understand why, it was so poorly managed. I will be playing with AKS in future games, I'm sure and can't wait. Until then I'm going to be in AA and you know where to find me.

I think any officers still playing should make sure the guild mansion in calmlands doesn't go to waste. Most, if not all, of the active members who lived in mumble have moved to IRONFIST. I think it would be logical for IF to own it if people are quitting AA. At the very least talk to IF officers, because they might demo it, and that seems a tremendous waste.

Will keep in touch for future games.

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Originally Posted by Kiylie

I will be continuing to keep the AKS guild in AA for the foreseeable future. If you still wish to play under our banner then please do so. If not, I wish you luck in wherever you end up.

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So which is it? Is the guild officially closed or not? I will continue to remain a member and will support who ever decides to keep it going.

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Originally Posted by Shadowmere

So which is it? Is the guild officially closed or not? I will continue to remain a member and will support who ever decides to keep it going.

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The guild isn't disbanding within the game, but it will no longer be considered a full chapter. The guild will still exist, but will essentially not have any concentrated officer support any more.

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Originally Posted by Bigcedric

The guild isn't disbanding within the game, but it will no longer be considered a full chapter. The guild will still exist, but will essentially not have any concentrated officer support any more.

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Can we get a comment on the guild mansion? Everyone who helped get the gilda stars, supply the stone, lumber, etc, are all in IRONFIST now, or at least 90% of them are. IRONFIST is about to demo it, and they don't want to, but basically nobody has access or is using it now. Can we please work this out?

Truffle is going to look into it and will respond in here later once he can get more information

I just wanted to thank the officers again for all their time and efforts, especially Nalani and Tokin. I'm a part time player, with a limited schedule, but I'll be hanging in AA a bit still until something else grabs my interest. I'll continue to wear the AKS title proudly. I'm sorry for everyone that it didn't work out, it does have a lot of potential built into the design, but the money grab aspects are just ridiculous. I'll be counting the days, waiting for my Camelot Unchained beta level to open up, and look forward to a huge AKS turnout when it goes live. Thanks again everyone!

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Originally Posted by TexRob

Can we get a comment on the guild mansion? Everyone who helped get the gilda stars, supply the stone, lumber, etc, are all in IRONFIST now, or at least 90% of them are. IRONFIST is about to demo it, and they don't want to, but basically nobody has access or is using it now. Can we please work this out?

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Everyone has access to the mansion that's supposed to. Only the one who placed the mansion can decorate (Bigcedric). It was never intended to be open to anyone but Aureus Knights guild members.

I'm grateful for the time and effort former guild members put into the AKS-built mansion. With that said, they really have no say in how the AKS-built mansion is used, in the same way that remaining Aureus Knights guild members have no say in how some AKS-built merchant ships (now gone) are used.

Best of luck in your new guild. :)

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Originally Posted by Nith

Everyone has access to the mansion that's supposed to. Only the one who placed the mansion can decorate (Bigcedric). It was never intended to be open to anyone but Aureus Knights guild members.

I'm grateful for the time and effort former guild members put into the AKS-built mansion. With that said, they really have no say in how the AKS-built mansion is used, in the same way that remaining Aureus Knights guild members have no say in how some AKS-built merchant ships (now gone) are used.

Best of luck in your new guild. :)

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You and the other officers abandoned us, what were we supposed to do? Mysiana was the only officer on more than an hour a day for weeks that I am aware of, and anytime any other officer logged in, it was to demand we all do something. That's fine, it is just going to get demo'd, so I guess if that is what you want, so be it, but it seems awfully childish to rather see it demo'd than get used.

Texrob, you're exaggerating and being a bit dramatic.

The mansion will remain with AKS for now. If Ironfist elects to demolish it, we will end up doing something with the design. We do not have any current plans to give to anyone else.

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Originally Posted by TexRob

You and the other officers abandoned us, what were we supposed to do? Mysiana was the only officer on more than an hour a day for weeks that I am aware of, and anytime any other officer logged in, it was to demand we all do something. That's fine, it is just going to get demo'd, so I guess if that is what you want, so be it, but it seems awfully childish to rather see it demo'd than get used.

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I've been on every night but one since launch. It's a shame that my efforts were beneath your notice. I hope you'll be better serviced in your new guild.

Thank you for your concern about the mansion Texrob. Best of luck in your new guild.

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Originally Posted by Bigcedric

Texrob, you're exaggerating and being a bit dramatic.

The mansion will remain with AKS for now. If Ironfist elects to demolish it, we will end up doing something with the design. We do not have any current plans to give to anyone else.

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I'm not really. Since day one I joined, when the officers were active, it was trade runs, and then you all dissappeared. I don't think I (and I'm not alone here, many others have voiced the same thing to me) ever grouped with an officer outside of a trade run. Even when you all were active, you all were often in a room together, not mingling with the AKS members. You all would go off and fish, or do GHA, the officers were their own clique. I enjoyed playing with other members, so it wasn't a big deal, but this is something many members, not just myself noticed. Then when you all stopped playing, we were left to just exist, with no recruitment, and no officer moderation or guidance. Numbers dwindled, and there was a week or more where we saw maybe one officer login. Then a few logged in and said, "We're doing a trade run for the guild mansion, everyone X up!", out of nowhere. Then it was the same thing a few days after to build it, then you all logged off.

In summary, officers were scarce my entire time in AKS, and then became non-existent over the last month or so, but I enjoyed the members of the guild and have moved to IF with most of them.

Anyhow, not trying to slam anyone, but think about how you interact with guild members in future games. We're not lemmings, we're equal members.

We will definitely take your comments under consideration.

In the future, if you bring the issues up to someone as they're happening, it makes it a lot easier to address them.