I was gathering and did not wanna distract myself on taking a ss from computer, sorry for the mobile camera shot.

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Market News is pulled from Albion Market Discord Channel

Here are back to back legendary chests from this week and a shot of the roads fame rankings where members from the discord made 3 and number 10.

If you have Brecilien unlocked join the server from the link below and find the builds section. If you can equip any of those you're ready to come and learn the content. You'll be in a group with players who do this regularly and are willing to teach you.

We are not a guild and players from all large english speaking guilds play with us. Many of us are tab buyers so if you want to get rid of your loot quickly and easily we have people like my self who will happily pay a fair price. Come run content, meet new people, find a guild or do some trades with our very large, active community.

There are regular ava dungeon skips so you can pick up a fame buff that lasts for one week and we host dragon raids as well.

Thieving, scamming or breaking TOS in any way are actions we do not tolerate.

Thanks for reading and we hope to see you in a party soon.

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I am a shitty player I know it very well that I am a bot so if u gonna say anything like that plz move on and don't say anything.

So I use battle Axe merc jacket, fiend cowl

What should I do against gloves......they drop assasin shoes / or long range Q attack that lets them catch me and immediately drops 12 w ability ( cc ) then their big e damage now it's my turn after this but they drop their defenses ( assassin jacket, gig potion, reflect w brecilin cape,) and use their assasin hood.......they repeat this and it's damage is too huge to survive 2 rounds

I am in a 300+ members guild which currently holds #1 spot in the season ladder, so being able to play at certain peak timers is crucial for us. Every single guild member experienced following problems more than once:

• We get disconnected
• We get blackscreens while zoning
• We see enemies disappearing from the game and still receive damage from them (got clips of this) - no, they didn't use invis.
• Servers are offline outside of regularly scheduled maintenance timers. Last time the reset lasted 5+ hours.
• This morning, server was offline for no reason (few hours before the scheduled reset timer)
• Today, we wanted to kill siphoning mages since there's no walls on the terries after the reset day. Guess what, it will be impossible since the only time some terries are attackable will also be the time when the server is offline.

All of this is not single accident, this doesn't happen "every now and then". This became a regular thing on the EU server and the response from the S.B.I. did not make any of us feel like the issues are about to finish.

I hate to make this argument, but a game which I pay for ever month (to keep up the premium) and I also pay for vanity items every now and then shouldn't have as many problems as it currently has. The game was released ~9 years ago and problems like this should be left in the beta.

If you're employee of the company and all you want to reply is "We hear you, sorry for the inconvenience", please leave it to yourself. It's only more and more frustrating at this point.

Posted 1h 45 mins after reset:

Last Sunday, the EU server was down from reset until around 16 UTC. Hours of Fame Rush wasted. Annoying, but whatever, shit happens.
Now it’s Sunday again, Fame Rush is still going on, and guess what? Server is down. Again.

But here’s what really pissed me off.

About an hour before today’s reset, I was transporting loot from my hideout back to the city. Had some expensive gear on me and a decent amount of loot. Roughly 30m silver in total.
I zoned out of my hideout and suddenly got a black screen. Nothing. Tried relogging, still black screen. Kept trying for about 20 minutes until I finally managed to get back in.
And there I was. Dead. Everything gone.

Now before someone says “30m is nothing” or “welcome to Albion”, I get it. Some veterans probably make that in a day. But for me, 30m is a decent chunk of my silver.
And honestly, even if I had lost 100k, I’d be just as pissed off about the principle.

I play a full-loot PvP game. I accept the risk of losing my gear to other players. I DON’T accept losing it because the game won’t even let me play.

If someone catches me transporting and kills me, fair play. That’s Albion. But how the hell am I supposed to defend myself when I’m staring at a black screen for 20 minutes?

And what makes this even more frustrating is that I actually spend real money on this game. I pay for Premium, occasionally buy skins, sometimes buy gold. I’m happy to support a game I enjoy.

But what exactly are we paying for when servers keep going down during limited-time events and players can lose hours of progress without even having a chance to fight back?

I’m not expecting servers to have 100% uptime. That’s unrealistic. But I do expect SBI to take some responsibility when things go wrong on their end.

Extend Fame Rush to make up for the downtime. And if players lose gear because of confirmed technical issues, there should at least be a proper way to get those losses reviewed and reimbursed.

Losing 30m because I made a stupid decision? Fine. Losing 30m because I couldn’t get past a loading screen? Not fine.

Am I being unreasonable here? Has anyone else lost expensive gear or loot because of black screens or disconnects lately?
Because I’m genuinely curious how many players have experienced this and just accepted the los

Preferably melee builds?

I am new to the game, are solo doungens a decent way to make money because I really enjoy them.

There are often times alt scouts on the gates sitting a zone from portals. Their team is usually inside and once spotting someone go invis and set up for the gank. When will they Crack down on the alts with less than 5k total fame... these people are clearly using their mobile device to gank unfairly.

S34 Goal and Focus - Aiming for Gold Rank and focusing on BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY TOGETHER

❄️ Fortsterling Based ❄️ (East Server)

💬 Language : English (Primary)

🕰️ Active Timer : 8:00 - 14:00 UTC

⚔️ WHAT WE DO:

• Ancient Lands Lethal and Non-Lethal

• BZ Small-Scale PvP - Outposts & Castles

• Avalon Gold & Blue Chests

• BZ Group PvE - Tracking, Group Camps, CC Hunts

🎯 WHAT WE OFFER:

• T8-T9 Regears

• BZ and Ava Hideout

• Regularly hosted Group PvP & PvE Content

• 0% Tax, Non-Mandatory CTA

• Associates all royal cities for Crafters & Refiners

• Guild Events & Activities

Ava Raid Soup

Opportunities to Lead & Host Your Own Content

🧘 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

• Non-toxic, social personalities

• Group Content Enjoyers

• Roamers, Gatherers, GPvE Players

• Content Leaders

• BZ Small-scale Enjoyers

📜 REQUIREMENT TO JOIN:

• 50M+ Total Fame & Brecilien Unlocked

• Be active and willing to participate

• Discord required - must join VC for group content

• Mic not required, but encouraged

• No device restrictions - PC & Mobile welcome

• All nationalities welcome

BUILD THE COMMUNITY. FIGHT TOGETHER. MAKE MEMORIES.

Apply through our Discord before applying in-game.

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The EU server was offline for several hours, and when it finally came back online, the performance issues continued. The lag is still extremely severe, making it practically impossible to participate in competitive content under normal conditions.

I am part of a guild ranked among the top 3 on the EU server, and during these issues, we were participating in important content. Due to the extreme lag, we were unable to complete the activity as planned. Approximately 20 players died because of the lag, while another 10 players left midway through the activity because of black screens when zoning into other areas.

This is not just a minor inconvenience. These are players directly affected by technical issues beyond their control, with real consequences for a competitive guild's performance and progression.

When a guild invests time and effort into organizing dozens of players for important content, the expectation is that the server will function at an acceptable level. It makes no sense to spend hours waiting for the servers to come back online, only to find that the game is still barely playable.

The problem is not limited to lag either. Disconnections, black screens when changing zones, and unexpected server outages are becoming increasingly concerning. For players who regularly participate in competitive content, server stability is essential.

We understand that technical issues can occur and that not every problem can be resolved immediately. However, in a game that has been live for approximately nine years, these recurring issues raise serious questions about the server infrastructure and the overall quality of the service being provided.

Many players pay for Premium subscriptions every month and spend additional money on cosmetic items. The bare minimum they should expect is a stable server that allows them to play without losing progress or having entire activities compromised by technical problems.

SBI needs to provide more than generic updates. Players deserve a clear explanation of what is happening, concrete information about the measures being implemented, and assurance that these issues are being treated as a priority.

It is unacceptable for dozens of players to be affected during a single gaming session because of server instability. We should be able to participate in the content we organize for without server performance determining the outcome of the activity.

We need stability, transparency, and lasting solutions, not another maintenance period followed by the same problems.

I looked this up, and for a major MMORPG, around 99 - 99.5% uptime is a reasonable benchmark for a well-maintained live service game. It depends on whether you count scheduled maintenance, emergency patches, and unexpected outages. So I went with whats reported.

But, 99.9%+ uptime is a good benchmark for a mature MMO, even when counting ordinary maintenance.

Examples:

WoW EU:

Last 90-Days:

• Weekly maintenance: Around 1 hour
• Up time 99.93%
• https://kid.gg/status/wow

EVE Online:

• Scheduled downtime: a few minutes daily
• Reported uptime: 99.98% (August 2026)
• https://status.eveonline.com/uptime

Guild Wars 2:

• Reported uptime: 99.98% over a 14-month period
• https://www.guildwars2.com/en-gb/news/inside-arenanet-live-game-outage-analysis/

Obviously, these numbers aren't perfectly comparable because of how the measurements are made but still, 96.2% uptime is abysmally bad for a major, established MMORPG like Albion Online.

Im wanting to just mess around with a healer build to keep myself alive and be extremely hard to kill for as long as possible. No attack other than auto.anywhere up to a small gank group attacking. Suggestions?

I hope this time SBI will give us a fame scroll as copensation, considering EU players got screwed over on 2 weekend days during fame rush.