real pike
My initial impressions will be listed here, and I may add to them as I see more in my first few hours of play. I get that it's still an early-access classification, but there are a few things that are broken, unreadable, or otherwise incorrect.
1 - Discord Join Link - The initial Discord join link on the Steam Store page is just plain broken. You can't use that link to join the Discord server, and doesn't leave a good first impression for new players. Create and replace the link with a permanent one where players/community members can join the Discord outside of searching for the official website (even if it's not a branded link). [Will post link for verification]
2 - Bug Reports Channel - I can't currently access this channel. I'm assuming, hopefully correctly, that this is granted after being given the "Community Member" Role after being in the server for 24+ hours. I get that it can avoid the potential of someone hopping in, reporting a bug that's already been discussed and then dipping out. Most people don't tend to report bugs, though. So this can actually lead to people just forgoing the report completely, having bugs remain for longer than realized by the team. [Screenshot Attached]
3 - Unreadable Vocation Text - While choosing your vocation, the text is highly unreadable in the descriptions along the top. Artwork is great and all, but we're playing an MMO where we're told that our vocation heavily affects gameplay. As a player investing my time, I need to be able to read the tooltips that are given to me during this selection in order to make an informed choice. I am admittedly somewhat colorblind, so this may be affecting my ability to read things. I'm all for the cool vocation artwork that is shown, but the color bleeds in over the text that seems to fade out in favor of the artwork. Either the text background needs to be less faded, or the text needs to be bolded/bordered for better visibility, like the Vocation Title is. [Screenshots Attached]
4 - Incorrect Wording or Spelling - Vocations > Fighter > Spellblade - The tooltip reads that this vocation uses a "duel-wield fighting style". This is either misleading info or incorrect spelling. I don't know the answer since my play hasn't actually started yet. Either this is a dueling focused class, which could be better stated, or this class uses a dual-wield fighting style. Either way, it likely needs updated to be clearer for new players. [Screenshot Attached]
5 - Text Colors - This is a minor gripe that would be much more development time spent without providing any meaningful benefit to most players, but adding a/some colorblind mode(s) would be awesome for those who do have various forms of colorblindness. This may already be a plan for the future, but had to mention it. If it's already here, it's not in a noticeable spot in the settings. My first big realization was due to the highlighted wording in the initial Journal pop-up, as I have trouble with yellow/green [Deuteranomaly] based coloring myself (skewing into orange in this case).
If I come across anything else, I'll add it to the list as I get more time to play. Thanks.
stark gazelle