questions

[open elbow]

cant wait ... one of these daysss right right?

[mint citrus]

The first wave of emails already were sent out, so if you weren't selected already then you probably weren't included. There will be additional waves following though.

(If you have an A1 package)

[naive yew]

I have a question about the abilities, more specifically, will there be any divination (and anti-divination) abilities in game? Especially since one of the classes is Scryer (Cleric > Bard) and one of the gods being of fate.

[dark jungle]

this hasnt been mentioned so far

[naive yew]

Oo ok, hopefully they do have divination, more than abilities like sense invisibility but like seeing an area from far away like important trade routes to plan out caravan ganking

[runic whale]

Honestly I'd prefer having to do scouting in person

[graceful nimbus]

+1

[naive yew]

Idk, i just crave the idea of forming a divination specialized character

[clever ingot]

Is there any way to get access to the game and/or future Alpha/Beta sessions at this point?

[spiral pine]

Not at the moment

But they will sell A2 keys

[long trench]

No A2 & Beta keys stoped being on sale in Jan this year. Im sure they will be available in the future though

[clever ingot]

I know... 😄 While I was watching updates prepping to get my hands on keys and debating should it be Alpha or Beta or Both... they stopped the purchasing

I'm ashamed of myself that I've been following the development of Ashes for the past 4 years and yet didn't get around to getting the keys

[long trench]

I went for an Alpha2 key as it will be alpha for a good while, but the game is going to be persistant'ish, which means a lot of testing with our clan.

[icy torrent]

they said in the last stream that they will start selling alpha 2 keys soon since the infrastructure made it possible to have more players/testers

[timber prawn]

are the keys they going to sell just be for alpha2? or is it going to be like packs for a2 n betas n what not like before?

[cedar basin]

they said they're not going to selling packs like they used to but other than that no details have been given

maybe in the upcoming stream with the bard showcase and a2 date announcement

[still sleet]

If i buy a key for alpha 2, will I be able to play the game till the game launches or will they have a subscription fee like their pricing model is intended to be

Given that the alpha 2 is available till game launch, otherwise till whenever alpha 2 stays available

[mint citrus]

Subscriptions only apply after game release

If you buy an A2 key you will be able to ~~play ~~ test until release (aside from occasional downtime, etc)

[bitter ice]

i hope i can get an answer here - is it possible to work for intrepid as programmer fully remotely? i'm from europe (czechia) and due to personal stuff i can't move

[worldly hawk]

Seem to be missing my Alpha 1 tag? Not sure what happened to it, Could someone please tag me again

[tiny vine]

wont get answer here, you can however apply on their site and get a propper response there my hero

[tiny vine]

need to write a ticket for your tag on the forums

[glossy reef]

!cs

[potent thunder]

Include more keywords after this command to search for answers to some of our FAQ (ex. !cs password reset), or open a Customer Support ticket directly here if you are having account or technical issues: https://support.ashesofcreation.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[slate topaz]

make sure your discord is linked to your account.

https://ashesofcreation.com/

[glossy reef]

They'll reset your roles and it should apply again

[worldly hawk]

Gotcha. Thanks folks!

[weak fractal]

Once the purchase on market released, I would have guaranteed acces to alpha2?

[mint citrus]

If you are referring to once the alpha 2 sales come back, after you purchase one then yes.

[weak fractal]

Thanks

[steady wharf]

Do we know how frequent is spot testing going to be?

[desert ivy]

As and when it needs to be done

[mint citrus]

(short answer, no)

[steady wharf]

Thank ya

[keen mesa]

Have they said anything on when alpha 2 keys Will be for sale again?

[mint citrus]

Not yet

[abstract dagger]

they will announce the alpha 2 on their next livestream(probably next friday) and then the keys will be purchasable sometime before that date

nevermind, the livestream is going to be on the 31st

[keen mesa]

Alright ty!

[keen mesa]

When was the last time it was actually on the last friday xdd

[desert ivy]

When the last workday of the month was Friday

[near stump]

We don't know when the next livestream will be. They will announce it in #news when confirmed

[abstract dagger]

"Our next Development Livestream featuring an Alpha Two Bard Archetype Preview is coming to you LIVE on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 11am Pacific"

[mint citrus]

Its already posted to forums, its the 31st.

[abstract dagger]

and they just posted it in news

[near stump]

Bad timing on my part

[uneven plinth]

wen alpha keys.....who do i send feet pics to?

streamers not offering keys anymore

[mint citrus]

They haven't announced when sales will open back up yet (just that they are coming).

[crystal nest]

@idle siren Hi Steven, ive played many mmorpg's, and many of them kinda feel the same, the most fun ive had must have been with WoW and Archeage, how do you plan on keeping players interested and coming back to playing AoC and be different from other mmorpg's ?

[lusty kite]

I'd encourage you to read up on Ashes of Creation in the wiki. You will probably find at least some of your answers there; it is full of all the information we know currently. www.ashesofcreation.wiki

[crystal nest]

I see, thank you sir

[near stump]

Where Intrepid Studios drew inspiration for AoC and how they're trying to build the game:

1. Eve Online with its regionalized economy and risk vs reward in transportation.[1]
2. ArcheAge with its building systems, transportation and naval combat.[1]
3. Star Wars Galaxies with its crafting systems.[1]
4. Lineage II with its risk vs reward, castle sieges, flagging, open world PvP and guild progression.[2][3][4][1]
   https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Inspiration

[stark wave]

lambo when?

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Moons

Verra has three moons that rotate through the night sky of Verra.

The Shattered moon was impacted by one of the Harbingers on its way to Verra during The Apocalypse causing it to periodically erupt.
We have what are known as Harbingers that were the foretellers of the impending Apocalypse. Long before you have arrived back on Verra, one of which...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Moons

[regal steeple]

See above

[raven stream]

how do I buy Alpha 2 test

[silent plover]

they will inform us probably in the end of July about when Alpha 2 key will be available and its price

[timber valve]

I dont think you can anymore. Hopefully we get some info this month on when the alpha two will be out but the last day to pre purchase for alpha 2 access was aa few months ago

[glossy reef]

Please don't answer with speculation, especially if it's wrong. A2 keys are confirmed to be going on sale in the future.

It was stated on the most recent livestream.

[timber valve]

sorry was going off something they sent out when the the round of alpha 2 pre orders were ending. Didn't hear about them adding additional keys

[timber valve]

Keep looking through the shop and official channels for purchase options and giveaways https://support.ashesofcreation.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016314693-Can-I-get-a-tester-key

[kindred viper]

What email address will we who bought a bundle receive our alpha 2 access information from?

[glossy reef]

The one attached to your forum account

If you haven't attached one, I recommend doing so

[kindred viper]

Looking for the ashes of creation email to look out for in my email account. Not my email account

[glossy reef]

It'll show as Intrepid Studios.

[pallid bison]

the time is utc time?

[karmic snow]

That should actually be your local time. Though I can't say for certain without going to the actual post, and I don't have time right now.

Typically when you see a date and time in that grey box, they've used a script/bot/something (not 100% sure) to convert it to show a user's local time.

[pallid bison]

Ok, I see ty

[ruby swift]

Yes, Intrepid has been using the "show this in your local time" for announcement and email links for quite some time.

[karmic snow]

Out of curiosity, do you know how to do that? I have a server of my own where that would be handy, but I don't know how to activate it.

(I know, not a question about AoC, but it's still a question, so it still counts, right?)

[ruby swift]

Yeah, the question is fine, but I don't mess with Discord server commands. @dark jungle or one of the mods like @rigid rose who are in tech might be able to help you out.

[regal steeple]

Its a timestamp format you can use within discord, check https://discord.com/developers/docs/reference#message-formatting-timestamp-styles to learn more

"Timestamps are expressed in seconds and display the given timestamp in the user's timezone and locale."

[karmic snow]

Perfect, thanks. I'll read that when I get off work.

[jade rover]

For some reason, my password won't work to sign into the Ashes website.
Did something change in the last, idk, 2 weeks? Or have I been compromised...?

[glossy reef]

#web-maintenance message

[jade rover]

Thanks. I was scared for a second.

[glossy reef]

[silent plover]

if a non combatant player get attacked from a combatant and successfully defend himself by killing the combatant one, that makes him combatant too or there is no change in that situation?

[opaque pebble]

Will citizens of an entire Vassal Node Network be able to take part against a Node War between one of the Vassal Nodes in the Network, and another node that is not part of the network. In other words, do we know yet if its exactly one node versus exactly one node? I ask because im curious of the incentives to hold onto low level nodes in your network and how many citizens will actually hold citizenship in these lower level nodes to defend them in times of war. I had a read of the wiki about Nodes, Vassal Nodes, Citizenship & Node Wars and I either missed this information or it's not yet known.

[karmic snow]

Fighting a combatant marks you as a combatant, yes. Fighting a corrupted player does not mark you as a combatant.

If you do "/search flagging" it should pull up the wiki page for you. For some reason, it is only displaying it as a private one for me. Nevermind, I was just stupid.

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Player flagging

The open world PvP flagging system is designed to deter people from griefing other players without limiting opportunities for open conflict.

We do incentivize players to fight back, or to participate in PvP through the flagging system, but not to PK. Not to go corrupt. – Steven Sharif
Players can participate in open world PvP with one another wi...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Player_flagging

[silent plover]

i see but does it matter if you hit first or not that my real question. Another example you are red and a green player hit you, if you kill him your corruption increase or not cause you were the deffender?

[karmic snow]

As far as I'm aware, it makes no difference who starts the fight, except that a green player attacking a purple player would become purple.

[silent plover]

thank you

[ruby swift]

Yes, killing more greens would indeed increase your corruption score. There is no advantage to going red, just penalties.

[silent plover]

The no reward only penalties are understandable but that doesnt create a possible "infinite loop" for a red player who tries to become green again, if he gets attacked constantly by greens and deffends himself by killing them, now the game punish him more. Its intended to be like that?

[ruby swift]

Correct. You did not "innocently" become red. You attacked someone who didn't attack back. You evaluated that "risk" thinking it was worth the "reward" to kill them. You then have to die to cleanse that corruption or work it off through grinding exp. Thing is, everyone in the area is going to be coming for you. You may have looted a portion of that greens flowers, but you are going to drop even more when people find you and kill you. Every time you kill another green your corruption score is going to increase, requiring more deaths or more time to work off at 4x the normal rate. Go red, get dead.

Corruption only applies to open world flagging. If you are bloodthirsty, then take advantage of at the last count I remember, 9 different "sanctioned" pvp systems in Ashes. Including a majority of the map on open sea.

[silent plover]

ok but if you are green and you get attacked by purple and you kill him now you are purple too, that means purple and red can hit you freely, so the game now punish you for defending yourself. Am i right or do i miss something?

[ruby swift]

No, if you are attacked by someone, they automatically become purple. When you attack back, you also become purple. Has nothing to do with killing them.

And it is not a permanent state. Purple goes back to green in a short amount of time. It has varied in testing from 1 minute to around 30 seconds of being out of combat.

[silent plover]

Ok so the game gives you two options either you dont hit back and you lose more stuff or you hit back and you become purple for a short time and thats how enable pvp in some cases

[ruby swift]

Yep

[silent plover]

ok thank you sir

[quasi latch]

so i know they wont sell anymore skin packs but when game is out will they sell those kind of whole theme skin packs in game store?

like fire theme skin for armor skin pet skin boat and house etc?

[fading latch]

We know cosmetics will be sold in the in-game store post launch. We do not yet know what the specifics will be when to comes to "what" will be sold.
Stay tuned

[potent egret]

Will ashes have gamepad support in the future?

[slate topaz]

It's not currently be worked on, but they said maybe closer to launch.

[frank bridge]

While I understand cash shop cosmetics are the norm now and unavoidable, in other games they’ve made them so much better than the in-game armor sets that there was no reason to attempt the grind to stand out. Just stating my hope that along with the cash shop, they leave some dope sets to actually acquire through difficult content rather than swiping.

[mint citrus]

"I want to make sure that equitable cosmetics both from a quantity and quality standpoint are achievable through in-game achievements. Time, effort should let you be happy with what you can accomplish."[6] – Steven Sharif

In short they have stated they want to make in game achievable items equal to or greater than the cosmetics that are offered in the shop.

[icy torrent]

"The most grand looking cosmetics will be from in-game achievment only." – Steven Sharif

[icy torrent]

"The best skins will be in-game achievable (obviously “best” is subjective, so I’d say the most ornate and detailed/unique)."– Steven Sharif

[frank bridge]

Amazing thank you 🤙🏼🤙🏼 can’t wait!

[weary jolt]

I reaaaaaally hope this is the case

[spiral pine]

Yes you will be able to save your character preset

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Character creator

The character creator (or character customization system) allows players to define the look of their in-game characters, hired NPCs; and potentially creatures raised by the animal husbandry profession.

Character appearance can be adjusted through a wide range of presets and sliders.
Character blending provides easy to use customization by morphin...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Character_creator

[nocturne raft]

Will alpha 2 keys become available soon?

For purchase

[potent egret]

They have a stream Wed July 31st we expect they should announce when its available but this is just speculation

[glossy reef]

we do not currently have a date so keep an eye out

[twin holly]

[desert juniper]

sometime in this decade

[nocturne raft]

Thank you guys

[fading trout]

Hey can i still play the game?

[quasi latch]

will bard can do custom songs? like archage MML codes and if so will it still work if bard is a subclass lets say summoner bard can he still play music

[fresh urchin]

They considered something like MML briefly and decided against it, but left open the option for the future. It's currently not planned

[quasi latch]

got it, thanks!

[west meteor]

The game is currently in pre-alpha stage, with Alpha 2 (a paid access testing phase that lasts until the game launches) starting sometime from now to September 30th. We will get more info about when A2 starts on the next livestream held on July 31st.

[leaden nest]

Hello there, sorry i'm probably a very frequent question : What's the best place to keep an eye on to get a new alpha 2 key ?

[ancient egret]

#news it will be posted here and a lot of other places

[heavy silo]

When we can see the tulnars ?

[spiral pine]

We dont know

[flat cave]

How many items still need to be completed before the Alpha 2 can begin?

[mint citrus]

We don't necessarily know this, we do know that milestone 10 is focusing on bugs/performance/stability as we move closer to A2 launch in this quarter.

[solid aspen]

And the new server scalability

There is somewhere in the Wiki where I can information about "how to become a node mayor"?

I couldnt find about at Nodes page

[quick lion]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Node_elections

[opaque pebble]

So, do we know if you can have all weapon skill trees filled out at the same time or just one at a time?

[mint citrus]

They are independent of each other.

[opaque pebble]

So it'd be a standard thing to level up each weapon @ max level say so you can swap between any weapon and have full points in the tree?

[mint citrus]

I believe that is a possibility yes, but don't have a specific quote so can't say 100%.

[opaque pebble]

Ok cool, seems like one of those things we shouldn't be able to do but don't have concrete yes/no from them yet

Could be interesting, give certain pvp playstyles some flair depending on what weapon procs/synergies are available on each weapons

[dawn badge]

Block and dodge are used with the same key? Or are they 2 different keys? In some games like TL only 1 key is used

[glossy reef]

This isn't Throne and Liberty

[dark jungle]

blocking is right mouse, dodging is ctrl (both can be remapped)

[dawn badge]

thx lex

[potent egret]

Will we be able to buy keys for other people?

[spiral pine]

No

Only way is to give them the money to buy one themselves

[dawn badge]

Is it true that in Action mode some skills do more damage or have a higher CC to compensate for accuracy?

[desert ivy]

No

The "action mode" is the camera setting. Some abilities are action, some are tab.

[midnight dagger]

@mint citrus Is there a way to checkout these milestones

[west meteor]

Not really - they’re mentioned briefly during some streams but they are internal ways of tracking progress so they aren’t ever detailed beyond that

[celest hound]

guys can i join on ashes as 500$ pack ? as a tester ? 😄 or i need to be invited

[glossy reef]

Packs are no longer available

[celest hound]

i have it since 2021

[glossy reef]

Then you already had A1 access, why are you asking for permission lol

[celest hound]

cuz i heard people are already playing on daily bases helping to test stuff 😄

my bad

[plush hawk]

A2 isn't available to be tested yet. We will get a date next livestream

Only a select number of A1 testers got chosen to spot test A2 currently.

[celest hound]

understand

okey

[near stump]

They may be inviting more, keep an eye on the email your account is registered with for an invite. @celest hound

[dreamy kelp]

guys to ask is the ashes of creation will have sieges ? and guld vs guild ?

[spiral pine]

Yes

[dreamy kelp]

ah cant wait

and the sieges will you control the castle ? and the land around it ?

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Guild castles

Five guild castles exist in Ashes of Creation.

Each of the five castles has its own static layout. Castle siege defenses include deploying traps and blockades within the castle, as well as hiring mercenary NPCs to defend specific locations.
While the hard structural environment is static and not able to be- you're not building a castle if you own...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Guild_castles

[dreamy kelp]

nice

looks like lineage 2 castle siege but an updated version

far as i know the developers are inspired by lineage 2

and other games that is

[midnight dagger]

Love when people give praise to what inspired them. Might've been obvious to some but to be up front about It Is good.

[dreamy kelp]

watching this video i just cant wait

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEv6LWbvpuQ

[spiral pine]

#read-me-first to get access to the other channels

[dreamy kelp]

guys please we need the next big mmorpg 🙂

[weak fractal]

biggest question is, actually is alpha aoc somehow playable ?

[plush hawk]

There are PI and about 1000 a1 testers who have been chosen to participate in NDA spot testing for alpha 2. They will gradually allow more to spot test.

But A2 isn’t available for the masses to join yet

[weak fractal]

so people were chosen? not every person who purchased had acces to a1 ?

or it was only 1k ppl

[plush hawk]

For the initially pre-alpha2 spot testing, it was only for a limited amount of a1 participants that actively gave feedback on the forums and tested A1

[weak fractal]

ahh i see, and it will be the same now ?

i mean next alpha

or it will be open

[plush hawk]

There is no date for alpha2 yet except we know it’s during Q3 2024, but they are opening up a2 key sales soon. More info on this will be announced next dev livestream

[weak fractal]

ik there is no date. i wonder who will have acces to it

limited ammount of ppl or everyone who purchased one

[plush hawk]

A2 key holders will have access once alpha2 goes live

[weak fractal]

and that acces will last untill release ?

[plush hawk]

They are planning on keeping alpha2 up until release then it turns into the PTR

[weak fractal]

sounds fair

and do you have acces to it now ?

is it playable at this stage ?

[plush hawk]

Anyone who is spot testing prealpha2 currently can’t comment on the state of the game.

It’s under NDA

[weak fractal]

a oke

thanks for it anyway

[midnight dagger]

Please anyone what Is PTR, as wrote by brodie.

[toxic smelt]

public test realm

[ancient egret]

its where they pre test updates and such before it reaches the main game

[toxic smelt]

its where new patches get tested before they push to live

[midnight dagger]

Now a curiosity. Is that standard procedure to do that. If not did you see that wrote somewhere, please where? Thanks

[toxic smelt]

WOW has a ptr

cant speak for other mmos

[humble perch]

Yes it has been said the alpha will eventually be the ptr for PI and alpha one testers after the game launches

I don’t believe it will be public though

I might be wrong can’t remember for sure

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Persistent alpha

Alpha-2 is known as the persistent alpha. Persistent means that the Alpha-2 server realms will be kept up all day and night until launch.

I do want to be clear that our goal is to not have server wipes in Alpha-2. We want to have persistence. That is the point of the persistence. We may have times where we come down for updates and things like th...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Persistent_alpha

[uneven oasis]

6th line in there says A2 servers will become public test servers post-launch

[humble perch]

Cool, ty for clarification so much stuff in my head hard to keep up lol

[midnight dagger]

Yes thanks all. Thanks for the source data.

[humble perch]

Oh wow just saw the beta 1 and beta 2 not likely to be persistent

I didn’t expect that, but those most likely won’t last long

[toxic smelt]

betas are shorter testing windows close to launch for polish purposes. A2 will be live parallel to the betas

[humble perch]

Ya for sure, that part isn’t a surprise. I did think they would keep them up though and it sounds like they won’t

Maybe the beta will just a a even larger stress test

[toxic smelt]

i can respond to this but not in questions

[humble perch]

All good my friend

[naive yew]

Have the devs mentioned whether certain professions will provide combat benefits/augments?

Also whether alchemy will have throwables (considering they are removing potion launchers(iirc))

[untold gazelle]

id assume so i think i saw somewhere about splash zones but not sure if it would apply

[solid aspen]

After reading that other question arise: what do exactly will "trigger" the election type on a node at first? And the same method will prevail in the subsequent elections?

[desert ivy]

Node types are predefinied. Node A will always be Miltiary. Node B will always be Academic, etc.

The election type depends on node type

[hoary plover]

Vote for John Biderian

[hoary plover]

Is permanent capture of nodes possible?

One node capturing another and merging the territory

?

I just noticed that Steven is sleeping rn

[ruby swift]

No, in the case of a node siege where the defending node loses, it is blasted back to level 0, allowing the surrounding nodes to advance if it was locking any of them out. In the case of node wars, it is possible to temporarily take control of poi areas of a node and take the resulting resources and node exp that area would have generated. But there is no permanent shifting of a nodes predefined borders as of yet.

[hoary plover]

I see

[hoary plover]

Can u gift or trade Mounts ?

[ruby swift]

You can sell or give mounts. You cannot gift, trade, or sell cosmetics from the store.

[hoary plover]

Gonna catch 'em all

[hoary plover]

I see

[ruby swift]

At this point impossible to do. There are well close to a 100 mount skins that have been sold that will never appear again in that particular variation.

[hoary plover]

D:

Maybe some special event

Like aniversary

They can reintroduce it at that time

[hoary plover]

Btw it would be nice if they give a special skill to the alpha testers when the real version starts

[hoary plover]

What do u say ?

[hoary plover]

That's a lot of words

[uneven oasis]

I don't mean to be rude but you should consider moving to the discussion channel as you're no longer asking and answering questions, you're essentially having a discussion

[ruby swift]

They have given special cosmetics to testers in the past. There is no guarantee, but maybe.

[hoary plover]

I see

[ruby swift]

I am answering his questions.

[hoary plover]

Yup this guy is

[hoary plover]

I am sorry

[ruby swift]

It is ok to ask questions here. What the channel is for. When you start to devolve into "I think they should do this..." and theorycrafting as to your likes and wants, that is for the other channels.

[hoary plover]

That makes sense

[modern kite]

i cant find on which platform they will stream. any1 know?

thx

[median ferry]

Hey, I saw this comment on a 3y old thread on the ashes sub, but not sure if it's true / I'm reading it correctly.
"You can not transfer the order however you are able to purchase future cosmetics individually equal to or below the pack you own."

If I bought a pack in 2019 am I able to replace it with a pack (the cosmetics) that came after it?

[glossy portal]

Nope, you would've had to purchase those cosmetics during the month they were available. You can't anymore

[median ferry]

Damn sucks, ty tho

[glossy portal]

np ^^

[silent sentinel]

Im wondering if there are guild castles and only a limited amount, will only the biggest guilds have them?

[sterile flicker]

afaik there are only 5 of them.
these are high level raid zones and preoccupied by hostile NPCs.
players will have to clear the castle to lay claim. so for starters small guilds could have a hard time contesting this type of content if a large guild pulls up.
it's not mentioned specifically, but to me it sounds like this is going to be an open world zone (which means other groups can mess with you as your group is clearing the zone).

based on the available info I'd say these will belong to the strongest guilds (or powerful merchant guilds who struck trade deals with the biggest guilds).

but as with everything, large guilds have their weaknesses too: human elements including drama, internal/external conflicts, politics, espionage, etc.

[silent sentinel]

Yea i see! Makes sense and sounds great haha love this stuff love the politic oppertunities in this game

[meager yarrow]

I figured someone would warn you. The store only sells stuff once then it’s never gunna be sold again after that month. Everything sold to this point is mostly in game assets from what I understand. Also it isn’t the item or building your buying. You’ll still have to get the item or building in game to apply your store skin to it. I think the last pack they sold is still available to people who have backing packs already but not to new purchases. I know your answer was pretty much answered but I felt these details might help you down the line

[azure ibex]

Hi all is there a possibility to get Alpha acces? What do I have to do?

[mint citrus]

Sales will re-open, but we don't have any idea on timing or price.

[final zinc]

they might do a new sale. but now you cant buy any. probably on july 31th

[azure ibex]

Ah okey, Thank you.

[near stump]

July 31st is when they might announce a date they’re opening sales again. They haven’t said they’re reopening sales on July 31st

[median ferry]

Ye kinda figured just sucks when I originally bought my pack in 2019 I didn’t realize the shop rotated and tbh the skins for the month I bought are a little disappointing and don’t include a ground mount lol. But it’s understandable.

[manic sentinel]

Does anyone know if they're planning to use Steam as well, or have an independent download site when game comes out?

[dark jungle]

they arent going to use steam

[manic sentinel]

Thank you for letting me know --

[prime kernel]

When is the realise guxs u think 2025 possible ?

[plush hawk]

This isnt the channel to post assumptions and guesses.

Head over to #aoc-discussion to discuss the possible release date

A2 has been confirmed for Q3 2024.

[night slate]

hey everyone, is there anywhere we can find high res images or models currently?

[plush hawk]

https://ashesofcreation.com/media or the wiki has good reference media and pictures of models and assets

[night slate]

ty 😄

[dark jungle]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Recent_media

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Wallpapers

[flint iron]

Is it possible to transport goods for gold from node a to node b without using caravan system? I get the risk Will be lower henceforth smaller rewards, but Will it be a possible way to earn gold?

[mint citrus]

You will be able to transport resources via something like: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Mules, or on your player character, in order to try selling things for higher prices where it may not be available. So yes in that regard.

If you are thinking about commodities, those need to be transported via caravan or merchant ship.

[flint iron]

Allright cool, thanks 🌼

[smoky rock]

Has it been said how far in advance before release we will have character creation?

[mint citrus]

They have not said, no.

[midnight dagger]

While on the topic. Did I see correctly that at some point character creation will be released as stand alone.

[west meteor]

That’s correct - you’ll be able to export characters and import them when the game is live

[dawn badge]

What is the maximum number of active skills and items that can be placed on the action bars? Some times we have seen 20 and others 24

[west meteor]

It’s planned for each archetype to have 30-40 spells, but not all of those spells can be learned at the same time. The only cap on how many slots your bars will have is how many bars they have enabled, which should be more than enough to hold anything you have available

[whole dawn]

i believe the highest amount of bars weve seen so far is 4

[timber valve]

Will there be any type of ui mods in game or that we will be able to add? Similar to something like ElvUI in wow or the ff ui?

[west meteor]

Addons won’t be allowed, but intrepid will try their best to give all of the UI wants we have in the game by default

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Addons

Addons, DPS meters, and threat meters will not be supported.

My decision is not to allow DPS meters nor add-ons. I feel we have adequate measures in place to prevent a majority of potential third party trackers. I know this subject has passionate voices on both sides and I respect the various opinions and positions many of you have expressed. – S...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Addons

[timber valve]

Awesome even better when it’s in game for sure. That was one of my worries because the size of monitor I have. It can be hard to keep track of stuff sometimes without being able to move or resize. Thanks for sharing this!

[regal lintel]

Is there anywhere in particular to sign up for alpha 2 access?

[dark jungle]

not yet

[regal lintel]

Ok cool thanks

[fresh urchin]

It's also not just a sign up, you'll have to pay for it. We don't know what the price will be this time yet

[regal lintel]

Very well, good to know thank you

[frosty vector]

When A2 announcement

[desert ivy]

Expected to be during this months stream which is July 31st

[open elbow]

Do they send email to people who got into the Pree-Alpha?

[desert ivy]

Yes

[solid aspen]

I'd read somewhere something someone say: "a game that need UI Addons is a game where the UX team failed to build it's UI." - or something like that

[timber valve]

dont disagree with that at all. FF honestly did a great job in that department and having it in game vs 3rd party just makes it so much smoother and not having to worry about updating or it resetting is so nice

[warm cove]

With the Tank archetype will there be need for multiple of them in raids like there is healers or is only one or maybe 2 going to be needed as if that's the case won't there be lots of tanks that can't find spots ?

[glossy reef]

We don't know

[ruby swift]

All they have said is that individual raid content will be encounter specific as to desired archetypes. Not every encounter is going to want/need 2 tanks, 2 clerics, 2 offheal support and 2 dps as an example for 8 man content. You will have to build out, gear out, spec out for the encounters planned for that particular activity.

[hoary plover]

Is our name visible to everyone?

Or we can choose to hide it?

I mean if I kill people and I don't want to be found

[hoary plover]

That would be very useful

[toxic smelt]

Your name isn’t hidden

[hoary plover]

D:

[toxic smelt]

Knowing who’s killing you is incredibly important for in game relations and politics

[hoary plover]

That makes sense

[hoary plover]

But that would be bad for assassins

[toxic smelt]

This is becoming a discussion, this Channel is reserved for questions

[hoary plover]

Ok

[toxic smelt]

#aoc-discussion is for discussion on game mechanics and systems

[hoary plover]

Let's talk in #aoc-discussion

[patent raft]

I lost my supporter discord channels how do i go about getting them back?

!cs

[potent thunder]

Include more keywords after this command to search for answers to some of our FAQ (ex. !cs password reset), or open a Customer Support ticket directly here if you are having account or technical issues: https://support.ashesofcreation.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[ruby swift]

If you are talking about your legacy tags, those are gone. If you have left the server and returned, then you should get any relevant tags within 24ish hours of coming back. If you believe you need access to the A1 spot testing channels, file a CS ticket.

[granite merlin]

Do players who attack player caravans get points towards being corrupted?

[ruby swift]

No

[patent raft]

Thanks yeah i origionally got channels when i got the $250 kickstarter pack A2 not A1 spot testing and acidently left the discord one day and lost channels but that was a few months back but that clears up alot thanks.

[ruby swift]

There are no "points" towards being corrupted. You kill a green in a place that has the open world flagging mechanics (caravans do not) and you become corrupted. You gain more corruption if you continue doing that (so points I guess as you understand it) and those points are reduced/removed on death or grinding of exp.

[ruby swift]

If you never had A1, then you have all the tags you need. There are no "A2" tags currently.

[patent raft]

Thanks

[granite merlin]

Ah okay instant corruption. Nice. Thanks

[tender hearth]

No matching results. Try something else.

Command cooldown is in effect. 1 seconds remaining

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Classes

Classes are the combination of a primary and a secondary archetype starting from level 25.

We have a specific terminology when referring to archetypes and classes. Classes are the combination of your secondary archetype with your primary archetype. – Steven Sharif
Prior to secondary archetype choice, players have the ability to customize their ba...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Classes

[subtle mango]

!cs

[potent thunder]

Include more keywords after this command to search for answers to some of our FAQ (ex. !cs password reset), or open a Customer Support ticket directly here if you are having account or technical issues: https://support.ashesofcreation.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[narrow fern]

Hello! Do world assets such as rocks/ground/trees, block attacks?/ can we run for cover and block by breaking the line of sight even if a skill was cast already?

[regal steeple]

Yes

[narrow fern]

Thanks!

[regal steeple]

Although in the mage showcase some spells bend around to hit their target

[ruby swift]

Not all projectiles can be body-blocked. Some potentially can, but there will be certain abilities and effects, like a shield wall, that can that can be brought up and that will obscure line-of-sight to the target as well; and it will restrict some of those attacks from occurring.[79] – Steven Sharif

[narrow fern]

Yeah, thay's why I ask. I wasnt sure.

[ruby swift]

If you have no line of sight, in most cases it won't go. Not all.

[narrow fern]

Right, as some bend I thought maybe if you run behind a rock, the projectiles would hit the rock as they bend.

Thanks for clarifying

[regal steeple]

Bow attacks for sure will hit a tree if your target moves behind while the arrows are in flight

https://youtu.be/9NdAdmJJkvA?si=K0SOeeCRK3idFO3Q

48:40, the series of attacks were blocked by the tree and then the ground when the target flees

54:50 his frostbolt is blocked by the ground

[narrow fern]

I see there is no visual indication of impact on the tree or ground (just didapears) but it is clearly not imapacting the target/no damage dealt. Thanks a lot Doozer!

[faint zodiac]

!cs

[potent thunder]

Include more keywords after this command to search for answers to some of our FAQ (ex. !cs password reset), or open a Customer Support ticket directly here if you are having account or technical issues: https://support.ashesofcreation.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[storm ice]

Hey guys!!! is there a plan to open the founder shop again before next alpha test ?

[desert ivy]

Yes, they plan to add A2 keys back to the shop at some point prior to A2. We don't know exactly when though

[storm ice]

thanks mate

[near stump]

Ask again on August 1st. We may have an update then from the July 31st livestream.

[tropic hill]

Will there be fsr or dlss support in alpha?

[plush hawk]

pretty sure there were DLSS enabled for the PI in the node wars tests, i cant recall correctly. Any PI able to confirm?

[tight gale]

Yes, it was enabled, but it only works for certain PC specs, so will depend on your spec if it is available. 😉

[finite wasp]

I’m homebound for several months due to a new diagnosis, I would like an opportunity to help out with the alpha if possible

Need a place to put my resources at the moment

[near stump]

Access to alpha 2 has to be won in rare giveaways or purchased. It currently isn't available for purchase, but may be reintroduced to their shop soon

[wind viper]

q3 2024 ends sept 30?

[near stump]

Yes

[pallid wolf]

is there any way to play this game?

[icy torrent]

not at the moment, but next wednesday we will get more info about the coming alpha 2

[leaden plume]

Oh we dont get info today @icy torrent ?

[nocturne stratus]

The livestream is the 31st which is next wednesday so we will learn more then

[vapid crown]

maybe if they did have that, it could have a little grey x appear to indicate it was blocked by world

[vapid crown]

you're a week early and probably $100 short

[vapid crown]

i feel like end of august alpha 2 release would be ideal but less likely due to the pacing of testing for this game
i wouldnt be shocked if it releases end of sept like the 23rd

[near stump]

Thanks for providing your input, but this channel is for factual responses. Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions over in the discussion channels #general-discussion #aoc-discussion

[charred olive]

do we know if there is 21:9 ultrawide support at A2 launch?

[vapid crown]

Sorry - The Alpha 2 release date has not been disclosed but will most likely be mentioned on July 31st during the livestream at 2PM EST.

[open elbow]

I heard they are planning to do a giveaway for the Alpha 2/Testing phase but would that be happening before people who bought them get access?

[mint citrus]

We don't have any specifics on upcoming giveaways, they will be sure to announce them in #news and on socials though.

[open elbow]

I'd take that the people who have bought for the Alpha 2 will be the one who will get in before the people who will be getting the giveaway, correct?

[mint citrus]

When alpha 2 launches, everyone with alpha 2 access will get in. Whether their access is from a giveaway or from a purchased pack doesn't matter.

[jovial elbow]

Good Morning quick question, are you anywhere near ready for Alpha 2??

[junior pasture]

Im sooo ready 👋

[jovial elbow]

you and me both, I've been ready...:D

[potent egret]

https://tenor.com/view/orc-lord-of-the-rings-gothmog-age-over-gif-16109424

[sturdy narwhal]

Last we heard on 7/3, they're still on track to be ready this quarter

[potent egret]

I think if all goes well we should be in the game end of september

[granite merlin]

Is being part of a guild from the get go imperative? Obviously want to be a part of one, but wanna get my bearings in A2 and how the game works on my own before joining one

[potent egret]

I feel that anyone should be able to enjoy the game in its state, guilds add flavor to content and a sense of comunity but you can become a "citizen" of any node without a guild.

[jovial elbow]

Jayco, the advantages of a good guild are immeasurable

[sturdy narwhal]

Probably not, but we don't have a lot of details on what guild features will be in start of A2

[potent egret]

Citizens contribute to the node just like any guild would

[granite merlin]

yeah ik, and been part of big guilds on other games, but I meant like the first week or two. Wanna get my own impression of the game and discover things naturally, but also don't want to miss out on any vital content

yes it's alpha but initial periods of mmo's are always important

[wet gale]

Wrong channel, #aoc-discussion

[glossy reef]

Don't treat alpha 2 like the launch of the game. Guilds are a highly important part of the game, by intent, but A2 is a testing environment and most content won't be ready at the start of it. You have time to learn and acclimate yourself to the environment before making lasting decisions like guild affiliation.

[slim steppe]

^ if u treat it like a game launch ur gonna be dissapointed

[delicate saffron]

!alpha2

[hoary plover]

Can I evade tax by making a freehold outside of city walls ?

[spiral pine]

freeholds are outside the city walls by default

[hoary plover]

Oh fk

[hoary plover]

How do I evade tax

[spiral pine]

by not owning one

[hoary plover]

D:

[hoary plover]

If I don't pay tax would they take my freehold?

[lusty kite]

Freeholds are subject to node taxes. If you do not pay your taxes, you will loose your freehold.

[hoary plover]

I see

:c

[empty vapor]

Is the world pvp or is pvp optional? I’m mainly a pve enjoyer but I like PvP as well, just curious at what the stakes are really

[spiral pine]

you cant opt out of pvp

however there are safeguards in place if you dont want to pvp

[granite merlin]

there's also serious downsides to players to kill players who choose not to fight back

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

PvP

PvP (Player versus player combat) is the catalyst for change in Ashes of Creation. Player combat is intended to be meaningful, ranging from Caravan battles to vast open world conflicts fought for the pride of Kings and Queens.

Because players are motivated by different things, because they want something from the game that other players don't wan...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/PvP

Command cooldown is in effect. 4 seconds remaining

[hoary plover]

Tho if u don't want to fight back I will take ur revenge

[daring warren]

Will we be able to see the four starting zones in alpha 2? I want to see the vek a dunir starting zones.

[cunning frigate]

i wanted to look how to be a tester and the article isnt existing error 404 can you fix it? https://support.ashesofcreation.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016315013-What-are-the-Alpha-Beta-Release-dates

https://support.ashesofcreation.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500009851702

[regal steeple]

Yes as a2 will be feature-complete by the time aoc releases

[spiral pine]

You buy access

[slim steppe]

A2 is q3, date announcement on the 31st and key sales are opening back up for them

[spiral pine]

which you cant do at the moment

[arctic sky]

They never said it would be content complete

[daring warren]

So will we be able to see the starting zones or not?

[desert ivy]

Yes

But not necessarily at the start

[daring warren]

Cool

[regal steeple]

Betas will open while a2 runs

[plush hawk]

I just noticed this isnt aoc discussion.

[slim steppe]

Hurry and run before someone does the ol' !topic to you

[vapid crown]

For those playing US East, and wanna be apart of a guild - DM me? (see its a question)

[vapid crown]

they said feature complete, not content - naval system wont be in A2 in the beginning nor will the Summoner class

[glossy reef]

Wrong place for that. If you want to recruit for a guild go to #na-oce-guild-recruitment and create a proper listing

[dull blaze]

is the naval system not being in a2 at the start official? That seems like a feature rather than content to me, but idk. I just assumed they wouldnt have all the ships or specific parts of naval combat/experience wouldnt be there.

[vapid crown]

I believe so!

[desert ivy]

There's a primitive form of sailing as seen in the Caravan vid in January, they use a raft which floats along the water, but it's obvious it's no where near done

There's just not gonna be naval battles with ships and stuff

[vapid crown]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Naval_combat

for your viewing pleasure

[dull blaze]

ohh, fair. Never saw that one before, thx

[frosty bramble]

Hi I’m new here. How do I link my intrepid account to my discord account?

[dull blaze]

if I want it hard enough will it be there at launch tho?

[vapid crown]

first part is incorrect, second part is correct ||(that it will be there at launch)||

[somber junco]

!support

[potent thunder]

Include more keywords after this command to search for answers to some of our FAQ (ex. !support password reset), or open a Customer Support ticket directly here if you are having account or technical issues: https://support.ashesofcreation.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[upper yew]

How do we make sure the game will survive? If pvp is the focus, we won't have casual players and the game will die?

[mint citrus]

Probably best to just review this: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/PvP

But they have systems in place like the corruption system to discourage random ganking and griefing

[daring warren]

Will be worth to train professions while you level up for equipment?

[mint citrus]

We don't have a whole lot of specifics but artisan classes (gathering, processing, crafting) is a big part of ashes so the answer is probably yes if that's something you are interested in.

You can read more here: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Artisan_classes

[daring warren]

Ok thanks

[hazy wyvern]

will you be able to see the massive world bosses from far away? thinking of some tall world boss u see peeking out from above the treeline and u find out the thing is like a few kms away across the sea or smth

[mint citrus]

Most likely this is something yet to be determined as we get further in development and they refine their performance with view distance. In A1 we were able to see things from very far away but TBD with A2.

[hazy wyvern]

yea i was thinking this wouldnt be that rough on resources as its 'if monster very big (or if is world boss) render to all (most) players'. the sight of a massive monsters moving around very far away would be insane

[charred olive]

do we know if there is 21:9 ultrawide support at A2 launch?

[mint citrus]

Steven has said he uses ultrawides in the past, so its probably something they want. But I don't believe they have come out and said yes or no.

[charred olive]

ok thanks!

[open elbow]

Will there be a limit for the zoom out camera option (like how far it goes)? I really dislike some games where we can zoom out so much that we are sometimes looking like we are in a world builder game instead of the smaller POV. I really dislike the fact that for some game that's not taken into consideration and more of a player convince so they can "see" the battle field better but isn't the awareness part be about communicating with your team and looking around more be part of the players skill

[near stump]

https://discord.ashesofcreation.com/

[frosty bramble]

Thanks! I guess it was already linked

[near stump]

This quote is from about 2 years ago. We'll have to wait and see what the exact settings are once we can get in there ourselves.

[open elbow]

I do hope they set a limit for everyone and it won't just be fully zoom out to optimize the battles, what's the point of having stealth when I can see you from 10 miles away 🤣

[near stump]

I wouldn't worry if I were you. Very few games have no zoom out limit. I personally have never played an MMO (or any game) that has that. If you're really worried, ask on the forum in the pre-stream thread for a chance for them to feature your question in the stream next Wednesday.

[midnight wagon]

I believe this forum discussion topic on camera perspectives is still active.
https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/59644/dev-discussion-65-camera-perspective/p1
I'd suggest adding your feedback in here as well for the dev team to see.

[open elbow]

Alright! Perfect

[pallid wolf]

How can i get access to next alpha?

[somber junco]

buy the pack that ended in january

they may also sell some keys to the alpha later

[formal elbow]

To clarify, they confirmed A2 access keys will be available for purchase though the date has not been announced. It may be before or after a2 launches.

[slim steppe]

in the stream announcing keys they said sometime before/on A2 launch "we will be reopening sales as we approach alpha 2 or along with alpha 2"

[spiral cape]

I know this question has probably been asked a lot recently and I’m sorry but do we have info on when A2 will begin? I know earlier this year they announced it will be in Q3, but haven’t heard any more precise dates since then. Wondering if I missed any updates. if not they’ll probably mention it in this month’s update in a week if I had to guess.

[glossy reef]

Next Wednesday will be the stream that should announce the specific date. Tune in.

[spiral cape]

Thanks yeah that what I assumed

[quasi latch]

did they said keys will be sold on a2 launch just as keys or new cosmetics as well?

[cyan hornet]

without new cosmetics

[quasi latch]

sadge

wanted to add more cosmetics to my collection

[icy hill]

Hey guys, is the game almost finished? I'm from Thailand and can't wait to play!

[sterile flicker]

Oh not really no. Alpha 2 is planned to release this quarter (quarter ends September 30th), the team is planning to share a date for it during this month's stream.

But even after A2 launches, the actual release of the game will be far away.

[icy hill]

Thx

[granite merlin]

Will I be able to change class on a character?

[spiral pine]

Main archetype no

but your second archetype yes

[icy hill]

Does the game allow players to trade items with each other? Is there a central marketplace for trading?

[quasi latch]

oh no i wont able to watch this stream as i will be having a surgery 😦

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Player to player trading

There is player-to-player trading in Ashes of Creation.

Q: Will Ashes of Creation have player-to-player trading? Will there be anything stopping me from gifting a friend that's fresh to the game a bunch of in-game money to help them get on their feet quickly?
A: There won't be anything to stop you from doing that. – Steven Sharif
Player to player...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Player_to_player_trading

[icy hill]

thx

Will there be a Southeast Asia server?

[quasi latch]

Is there any plans ahead of time on dealing with rmt so they won't ruin the game like any mmorpgs

[sterile flicker]

Steven has been quite vocal about RMT, they are planning to combat it yes. hopefully stays like this

[icy hill]

I think RMT is part of the charm of MMO

[lime flint]

Maybe in Asia not in the West my friend

[oblique steeple]

Is this still up to date?

[tranquil willow]

Yes

Bear in mind, they haven't made the class combinations yet
But those are planned

Unless we get told otherwise, in the future

[icy hill]

I understand, but it's hard to fix. There's no escaping it, my friend.

[oblique steeple]

I kinda doubt they'll be able to make the combos really feel like different classee.

[tranquil willow]

I see what you mean. Just that, we don't know if that is the intention. Maybe they're trying for different classes, maybe they're trying for different flavours of the same thing

It's kinda speculation at this point

[oblique steeple]

This sheet makes it look like it's their intention. However, I wouldn't mind if it'll be just 8 classes with small tweaks. Gotta ask Steven about their current plan with classes.

[hoary plover]

Does mayor pay tax ?

[hoary plover]

And what is RMT

RAT* (?)

[silent egret]

Real Money Trading

[hoary plover]

For in-game money ?

[silent egret]

yes and possibly items.

[hoary plover]

That's a bad idea

That's pay to win

[silent egret]

yep and that's the hope that the systems Ashes puts in place will be punishing enough to keep it out of the game as best possible.

[hoary plover]

Yup

[icy hill]

Buying in-game items outside the game to sell for real money (M)

[whole dawn]

RMT is against the games TOS

[hoary plover]

Ohh that sounds like something that can't be helped

I hope those who spend money regret it ( unless it's for cosmetics or something)

[fading latch]

It cant be fully mitigated correct, but Intrepid are devising tools and applications that will help mitigate that threat to the highest degree possible

[fleet oar]

How does name reservation work? Just one name or two or more? When can you reserv it? Only for one or more servers?

[hoary plover]

Can we change servers ?

[fading latch]

There is no server transfers. You will have to make a new character

[fading latch]

Name reservations will be in the future before launch.
They will go in priority to-

• Kickstarter highest to lowest
• Summer crowdfunding highest to lowest
• Pre order packs
• Everyone else

It is a first come first served basis and is one name

[covert zephyr]

is there a pre alpha for alpha 2

[vapid crown]

Is there any problem livestreaming their livestream as a watch party sort of deal?

[true finch]

There is

[true finch]

A lot of Content Creators do it

[covert zephyr]

cant be too far off then

[true finch]

I did not state whether there is an ongoing test.
What is publicly known is that there are pre alpha 2 test planned before alpha 2

[covert zephyr]

using the power of intuition i can make certain assumptions

[true finch]

Right it is also known that there is a group of people that were invited for these tests

[vapid crown]

it is known.

[hoary plover]

Know secret gathering

[midnight dagger]

Just curious. Is It typical to to have a controlled test ahead of public test.

I'd think the dev team does that. If not obvious I've little pre launch testing skill.

[formal elbow]

There are internal (dev and QA) tests, and semi internal (PI and alpha 1 players) who test under an NDA before a2 will begin.

[near stump]

Alpha 2 will have a million eyes on it to the point where it will feel like the launch of an actual game. They brought in a decent number of testers under NDA to make sure that the Alpha 2 launch is as smooth as possible.

[dusky dew]

They stopped cosmetic sales, for how long.. Did they specify?

I can't remember what they said.

[lusty kite]

The final Pre-Order Packs ended on January 17, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.

[dusky dew]

Yes but for how long will there be no packs

We already know they will sell A2 keys seperately in the future, but have they said cosmetics will eventually come back before launch?

[lusty kite]

no more packs will be sold as they had before

[dusky dew]

Until launch?

[icy torrent]

no, there wont be any packs anymore. after launch there will be a shop and skins. no packs

[dusky dew]

That's what i thought, just want to be sure

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[candid granite]

Am I the only one that can't view the forum while logged in?

Incognito works fine

[desert ivy]

Works for me atm

[rigid rose]

The team is aware of the issue, and are working to resolve. You can view the forums if you're signed out. We know this impacts people's ability to post at this time

[candid granite]

Could be a western europe problem

[rigid rose]

[whole dawn]

not working for me (in florida)

[quick lion]

nope, working here in ger

[candid granite]

Viewing a forum post doesn't work, viewing forum listing works

[whole dawn]

click the AMA/QnA

[rigid rose]

Will work for some and not others... is being worked on.. lets move to discussion channel if looking to talk about it as a discussion please.

❤️

[compact vessel]

If I have a T2 tier Pegasus mount skin, do I need to first obtain a Pegasus in the game to use this skin, or can I use this skin as long as I have any T2 tier mount?

[mint citrus]

Any t2 mount will work.

[candid granite]

It's fixed! Thank you

[compact vessel]

ty

[dense drum]

When the game launches, will there be EU, SA servers or just NA?

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Regions

Ashes of Creation will launch in the following regions:

North America (NA).
Europe (EU).
Asia/Pacific (SEA).
Oceania (OCE) (Australia).
The likelihood is very high for Sydney or Melbourne based OCE servers.
OCE servers may not be provisioned until Beta for Ashes of Creation (the MMO) and live launch for Ashes of Creation Apocalypse.
At this stage...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Regions

[dense drum]

I thought SA would be there for sure, sad for the big player base. But I hope these considerations come true.

[worthy topaz]

anyone else get an email like this? i was completely unaware that i was even banned?

[junior patrol]

yeah i got it after the 1st post

[worthy topaz]

huh wierd, and slightly concerning

when i click the link from #a2-ptr-news message it doesnt let me login, but if i click on the "sign up" it signs me in automagically, and i already did the "cant sign in" to reset my passwords.

[worn wagon]

That's a known bug - the SSO bans you when you change your account settings and then unbans you immediately

[worthy topaz]

oh ha alright, thatd be it then

[worthy topaz]

after i try signing in it gives this little message at the bottom, so tried that but still gives it to me

[desert ivy]

https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/54949/error-signing-into-forums-contact-email#latest

[worthy topaz]

awesome, thank you!

definitely havent logged into the forums in like 3 years lol

[slim steppe]

more info on the 31st 🤞

[icy torrent]

okay so joining a node and getting a citizenship is required for you to own property or rent a flat or etc.
whats the point of that? what bonuses do i get from joining a node and paying taxes? is it only that ill be eligible for housing? if yes then whats the plus side of renting a room in an inn or an apartment?

[rigid rose]

You must gain housing of some sort first before you are able to become a citizen of the node that housing is in.. you have that part backwards. ❤️ https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Citizenship

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Player_housing

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Citizenship_benefits

[neon aspen]

Can you only be a citizen of one node at a time?

[rigid rose]

correct

[neon aspen]

Intarastang

[vital jay]

If you are legit asking what's the point of joining a node, than I HIGHLY recommend looking at the information that's out there about the Node system. I'm not going to post it here because it, well, a LOT. It's not just about housing 😉

[neon aspen]

With the Vassal System between Nodes, as I understand it a level 5 node can control at most 1 Level 3 and 1 Level 4 node.

And those Level 3 / Level 4 Nodes can't advance to a Level 4 / 5 until something happens to the Level 5 node? Like it's attacked and goes down a level or something?

Or can they rebel from their parent node?

I'm just not entirely following what the wiki says, still confused on how the chain works exactly.

[dark jungle]

currently vassals cant rebel against their parent node

this will hopefully change

[neon aspen]

I see cheers

[narrow wharf]

I have seen that characters cannot have apostrophes and hyphens in their name, but how is it with spaces?

ESO, for example, allows them; GuildWars too (example Aragonian name: "Smells of Peanuts")

[ruby swift]

Not a space to be seen in this image.

[narrow wharf]

I feel ashamed, I watched that video like three times over... could have figured that out

Thanks!

[hazy wyvern]

if a corrupted player dies he loses a large portion of the corruption, so couldnt u just have a green mate kill u a few times to reset ur corruption to overcome the risk of losing gear/loot from kills? this way the only pain is the xp loss. or is there smth im missing?

[spiral pine]

Stat loss from dying

[narrow wharf]

Technically speaking, yes, you can, however, as Arc mentioned, you will suffer the death penalties (4x as much as green player would), which will reduce your stats

[hazy wyvern]

so a minmaxer could just plan to go for some PKs for loot the next time he lvls up so the xp loss is negligible and the stat loss is minor, then after 5 or smth kills, he brings back the loot to his mate who kills him 2-3 times and he gets back to business 😁

5 or more kills considering most ppl would probs fight back and not give more corruption*

[narrow wharf]

the important part is that as your PKs increase, so does your corruption gain, meaning you will have to die more and more with each kill. Moreover, Bounty Hunters will lock onto your location; if you are corrupt, there is no "somewhere secluded"

[hazy wyvern]

being that BHs only come online after a military T4 comes around ppl will have some time at the start to mess around with this :D

[narrow wharf]

naturally, yeah. But in the long run, it won't be worth it. With enough PKs, killing a single player will give so much corruption the corrupt won't be useful in combat at all, leading to any single person being able to kill them, resulting in quite a loot pinata

[meager gazelle]

so the corruption gained from a PK scales with the total number of PK's you have on your account? or just the temporary count that you have since youve gone corrupt

[hazy wyvern]

Reaching maximum experience debt for a level can result in roughly 20% stat dampening for that character. (from wiki/Player_corruption)
lets say i just hit lv15 and im at 1% xp to next lvl, dont think the first corruption kill i get (which will push me down to max xp debt will give me all 20% stat damp, which also isnt effective against BHs as these dont exist when fighting BHs

[narrow wharf]

scales with the total PKs

[meager gazelle]

ohhh that makes choosing your PKs a lot harder then

[narrow wharf]

As I understand it, it's "XP debt", not "XP loss", meaning you can go into negative numbers, so 100% would mean 100% of xp required to reach the level

[narrow wharf]

Here a quote from the wiki:

The wider the level disparity between the players, and the higher the attacker's PK value, the more corruption they gain.

• wiki/Player_corruption

[ruby swift]

You have to remember that there are two different systems in play also. There is a player corruption value that is decreased by deaths or exp grinding, and a PK count that is decreased only through a possible quest. The higher your unresolved PK count also contributes to corruption value gained.

[granite merlin]

Wouldn’t the xp debt also impact your ability to level artisanal skills or is it just player level based?

[narrow wharf]

That I don't know. (After all, all my knowledge comes from the wiki and a short test back in 2021 which is barely relevant now .-.)

[granite merlin]

Ah ty

[ruby swift]

Artisan progression does not directly relate to progression in a character's adventuring class, but there are requirements that take into account dangers, locations, toolsets, and surveying options that are level dependent.[12][13][14]
Characters gain XP as they progress their artisan professions, but it should be expected that some artisans will have significantly higher artisan level than their adventuring level.[15][16][12]
Choice of profession does not affect a player's stats.[17]
Artisan classes and their professions are not affected by a character's religion, or class.[18][19]

[mint temple]

Could someone from Intrepid Studios give me the role of "Alpha One" on Discord? I actively participated in these tests as the owner of the most expensive package for $500, and this role is missing. Thanks in advance.

[worthy verge]

i also wondered if i get alpha two tag since i own the pack

[ruby swift]

From you tags you have one that is of a higher tier than that that gives you access to everything you need. There is a limit on how many tags you can have. For example, I also do not have A1 in mine.

[ruby swift]

There are no A2 tags atm

Tags are given to allow permissions to see certain channels that you have access to.

[fallen hawk]

checking my roles

[uneven oasis]

Things to keep in mind:

1. Skill and Stat dampening does not state that it has a cut-off limit for corruption, only XP debt.
2. You will take significant penalties for death while corrupted, such as gear degradation and reduced loot drop rates (for an undetermined amount of time)
3. Your original idea of killing a bunch of people to go red and then getting a friend to wipe the corruption away for you requires you to survive all those encounters and get back to your friend alive. There's an inherent risk that any of those fights could go badly and you lose gear/spoils as a result.

[fading latch]

Even if you a friend killing you to clear your corruption, you will still accrue xp debt you will need to work off, this could amount to alot of xp to work off dependant the level disparity and the amount of kills

There is no inherent gain by going corrupted.

This is intended by design.

[ruby swift]

When you gain that corruption you have the potential of losing your completed items, your weapon, your armor, stuff that is very difficult to achieve; and then the other aspect of that is, that in order to deter basically players taking alternate characters and saying this is my PK alt, the more players you kill, the more corruption you gain, the higher your combat efficacy in PVP diminishes. If you're out there and you killed 20 players... **you will not be able to perform in PVP any longer. **You will need to take that character and go work off that corruption. The other aspect of corruption is that if you kill another player, who is a non-combatant and the level disparity between you and that player is great, you will gain a higher amount of corruption from that single kill. To the point where you should not be killing a level one character.[2] – Steven Sharif

[icy torrent]

this only applies when you kill greens? so if the other person fights back, and you kill them, then you wont get any corruption, correct?

[fading latch]

Correct, you become a combatant (purple) and suffer the default losses upon death

[spiral pine]

reduced not default

[fading latch]

ah yes half the rate ty

[quartz haven]

Is there a set amount of times or number of greens you can tag before going red?

Also does pve death count toward corruption of the instigator?

A popular thing in BDO was to get a player low enough, cc them so that pve mobs could kill them and you wouldn't lose much karma

[near stump]

Tagging a player doesn't cause corruption (red). Killing them does. The feature that prevents BDO thing you mentioned is enemies won't be able to see your exact health

[quartz haven]

Tagging a player flags you, tagging an entire field of greens just to troll them and try to get them low enough that they do get killed by mobs is an exploit.

It will happen and I will make sure to test it.

The obfuscation of player health unless random won't last long. Especially when you can tell what type of gear, what tier and things they have on through the icon.

[near stump]

It's how they currently plan to have it work. Testing will show if it's viable.

[quartz haven]

I ask because I don't want it to be a thing.

[mint citrus]

Also, as long as you are green you can't be hard CCed by another player.

[quartz haven]

Did they say that or did they say the initial attacks won't hard cc?

[near stump]

The forums is a good place for suggestions to the developers. We are just community members in here like you.

[pallid current]

Hello everyone! When is the alpha test of the game? Access only by key?

[quartz haven]

For sure, just thought I would bounce it around incase it was brought up already

[near stump]

They are likely announcing the date the test starts on July 31st during their livestream. They have stated in the past it will start sometime before the end of September. Access is by purchasing or winning a key only

[mint citrus]

CC effects do not apply to Non-combatant (green) players. The target of a CC ability must be flagged in order to suffer the CC effects. This prevents players from opening attacks that stun non-combatant players during a pull for example.[3]

[pallid current]

Got it. Is there a moderator we can talk to?

[quartz haven]

Okay cool. Do you know if there will be a check box for attacks or heals? So you don't accidentally tag a player?

[near stump]

For what type of need?

[mint citrus]

Yes, by default you will not be able to hit other players. Its a button press to remove this safety.

[pallid current]

Maybe there's a way to get keys for my guild, on mutual terms.

[tulip hatch]

Yes~ if you want to discuss something in private you are always welcome to DM any of us and we'll get to you

[near stump]

There's currently no way to acquire keys. The content creator program is still open to new applicants if you're one of those.

[tulip hatch]

That is not something Intrepid offers, youre welcome to DM a Community Manager if you still wish to discuss it but a moderator can not assist with that. Only a CM

[pallid current]

Yes, I want to discuss. write to me in private, or even better if it will be done by a Russian-speaking moderator (but it does not matter).

[tulip hatch]

Oh you can DM @viscid basin for Russian
or you can contact @digital sonnet the Community Manager

[pallid current]

thank, bro

[tulip hatch]

youre welcome

[pallid current]

wrote to her in private, tell her I'm waiting for her reply, thanks

[viscid basin]

I have been summoned outside of my domain 🫣

[quartz haven]

Hmm, wonder if they would be willing for a multi step toggle like no healing combatants or corrupted outside of your party. So you can still heal randos

[tulip hatch]

your assistance has been requested of you! but should be in dms now

[viscid basin]

I have found the dm and shall proceed in there ~

[hoary plover]

When the question is out of syllabus

[fiery trench]

In action mode, how do basic attacks work? Do we left click once to perform the whole combo automatically or do we have to click multiple times to perform the whole combo?

[spiral pine]

You have to click multiple times

[fiery trench]

perfect, thank you

[rich stream]

Do we have a "suggestions" channel? 🙂

[mint citrus]

Forums is a better place for that.

[rich stream]

So that is a no, we don't have such a channel?

[mint citrus]

Correct, feel free to have discussions in #aoc-discussion but no specific channel for suggestions.

[tulip hatch]

If your questions are related to any spot testing please head to the NDA channels.
Asking outside of those channels is breaking NDA

For non NDA related suggestions the forums are the best place.

[granite merlin]

Will the stats we have need to reflect the main archetype and secondary or just main?

[dark jungle]

main only

[granite merlin]

Ah nice, so if I’m a martial main but cleric second, the cleric augments don’t change with increase magical power?

[plush hawk]

The augments change the main archetype skills in a certain way. We aren't sure how they change them but theres some examples steven gives in relation to how augments will change a skill

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Augments

Ashes of Creation hosts a wide array of progression paths that offer augments to a character's active skills.

Secondary archetypes.
Social organization augments.
Religious augments.
Racial augments.
Q: There are 32 augment schools, not including racial/social/religious augments, meaning a total of 8960 (280 spells * 32 augment schools) different...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Augments

[full scroll]

I heard A2's been teased . And that keys might/will go up for sale. Any other info, time periods, anything?

Haven't been reading every single fb, twitter, discord message.

[hazy wyvern]

i know theres been some talk in the community about megaservers, but have any of the devs ever talked about it?

[dawn badge]

How many maximum action bars can be set?

[dark jungle]

servers will have 8-10k players online at a time. no megaservers

[dark jungle]

we dont have an exact number, but they have said about 20 active skills at a time

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Active skills

Players can build their characters with the active skills they want on their action bar (hotbar).

The maximum number of skills a player can have on their action bar will be around 15-20.
Each archetype will have roughly 35-40 skills to choose from on average.
There will be an option to include multiple action bars (hotbars) on a player's UI. For...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Active_skills

[hazy wyvern]

have devs said it somewhere?

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Server population

Population limits will be enforced on each server realm.

Around 8-10k concurrent users per realm is projected.
Initially there will be a limited number of registered accounts (approximately 15,000) per realm to help mitigate login queues.
This limit will increase over time to around 50,000 registered accounts per realm.
There may be queues to get...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Server_population

[hazy wyvern]

im not asking about the 8-10k, ofc i know that :D theres nothing about megaservers in there, u could just say no dev has mentioned megaservers so probably not :)

[dark jungle]

8-10k is not a megaserver bro

all they have to say is the number

[hazy wyvern]

bro i said i know about the server pop being planned for 8-10k, just like i mentioned in the first question, i just dont know why u keep bringing it up :)

[dark jungle]

then why are you wasting our time asking about something you already know?

[hazy wyvern]

cuz i dont know whether megaservers r gonna be a thing as i havent found any dev talking about it :)

or what the devs even think about it

[dark jungle]

you know the answer already. 8-10k is NOT a megaserver

[hazy wyvern]

that isnt the question

[dark jungle]

you have your answer

[hazy wyvern]

maybe u misread the question :) check it again?

[stable plover]

The devs have not talked about having a megaserver and have talked about having multiple servers per region with game design decisions based around having multiple servers like letting servers have different content available from each other. I think there was some slight confusion based on the wording of 'one realm' when talking about multiple physical computer servers making up a single realm, but that's almost definitely not meant to imply that there will only be a single realm.

[hazy wyvern]

gotcha, thanks :)

[icy torrent]

next weeks livestream on wednesday they will give a date for when alpha 2 starts. they initially said it will start in 2024 Q3 so lets hope for the best

[full scroll]

Oh, awesome. Thanks for the info!

[quasi latch]

will there going to be story to the game like narrative with lore maybe even cinematics etc?

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Narrative

Narratives (Meta-stories) that play out on a particular server realm are driven by various story arcs.

There is of course a meta-story. That meta-story gets informed by regional stories and regional outcomes; and depending on how players progress within their personal stories, that could be either racially based or could be their class-based. The...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Narrative

[quasi latch]

wait i don't get it so story quests will be only on specific server?

[uneven oasis]

No, they will be on all servers, there will be different story arcs triggered though depending on the overarching choices of each server

Each server will have its own narrative that is fueled by the story arcs unlocked by the actions that server has taken

[quasi latch]

oh i see

so there isn't per say actual lore like final fantasy or warcraft

but multi story arcs that triggered per decisions

[spiral pine]

There is an over arching story

[hazy wyvern]

will a crossroads (stage 1 node) have storage? was thinking starting out, the small inventories could fill up quick

[smoky rock]

I believe “housing” has storage. Not the node itself.

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Warehouses

Warehouses are default service buildings that come pre-built with nodes. Their function is to provide storage points within nodes.

Cargo for shipment by caravan is stored at the caravansary not in a player's inventory. Stored cargo is visible via the warehouse UI.
Completed items can be accessed by players in warehouses at any node regardless of...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Warehouses

[hazy wyvern]

ok so hidden deep within that its Steven saying npcs that appear within the stage 1 node will have banking/warehousing, incase someone wondered what the answer was and didnt want to read the entire wiki page 🙂

[narrow wharf]

When it comes to professions, every gathering profession seems to directly link to one or more processing professions, and those link to crafting professions. However, when it comes to Scribing, I feel like it is a bit out of place and none of the other professions seem to have much relation to it. What type of resources do you need for it? Will Lumber Milling / Tanning produce paper/parchment? Or do scribes just tap into the Essence to conjure the scrolls?

[last osprey]

hello, are they gonna have any secondary classes in a2 or only the primaries?

[hazy wyvern]

in wiki/Alpha-2;

Bard, Cleric, Fighter, Mage, Ranger, and Tank primary archetypes are expected to be present at the beginning of Alpha-2, along with some secondary classes and augments.[23][24][25][26][CORE 1][3][27][10][28][29][30] Rogue and Summoner are intended to be included in the first update to Alpha-2.[23]

    Secondary selections will be released individually, rather than all at once.[26]

[last osprey]

so they will come as an update later on, not at launch

[leaden plume]

Hey, do we have any clues on A2 date ?

I know it's in Q3 but no month specified yet ?

[near stump]

Since he was so adamant he answered your questions, can you please define what you mean by megaserver? Seems like you could’ve avoided a lot of headache by doing so as you two obviously had different thoughts on what it meant. I’m also asking you to do this because I’m curious what it means because the internet isn’t very clear.

[near stump]

We might have an exact date during the livestream on Wednesday July 31st

[last osprey]

at 31/7, there will be a stream showcasing bard and revealing the date a2

[hazy wyvern]

meant a server with 2x (or larger) the normal concurrent server pop

[vital jay]

So you mean where the wiki reference that was posted in response to your quesition that said initially 15k registered accounts per server that would evnetaully expand to 50k wasn't enough of an answer for you? They gave you actual numbers so that should overrule any difference in opinions about what consititutes a "megaserver". So the real question is: Do you think 50k qualifies as a megaserver? If yes, then the answer is: There will EVENTUALLY be megaservers. If no, then the answer is: There will not be megaservers in the future. If that doesn't answer your question, then please be more specific than "2x (or larger) than the normal server pop".

[spiral pine]

50k is registered accounts on the server

8-10k is concurrent players

[midnight dagger]

Does It matter If mega server. If not server meshing.

I guess In the end they'll mesh the mega's If need be yes.

[hazy wyvern]

sorry, meant concurrent :) (ill add it to the original)

[near stump]

Your responses to Lex imply your question about a mega server wasn’t about pop and now you’re bringing pop as the sole definition for what you were asking… please ask more direct questions if you’re going to pester the person who has volunteered hundreds of hours working on the wiki (and knows more than 99.9% of us).

[vital jay]

Ah okay. So Steven has said in a live stream or 2 (maybe it was in the AMA, but not sure I just know he has said it verbally) - that he is anticipating a certain percentage of total possible as his concurrent during peak times for his server load plan. I don't recall exactly that percentage off the top of my head, but if we use the 10k/15k math, than we'd be looking at roughly 33.5k as an eventual max anticipated server load. That's about as accurate as we can get for an answer to your question. I see it being rather far down the line before anything larger than 15k accounts with 10k concurrent happens though.

[frigid helm]

i cant figure it out who makes the f.e. gathering tools or in general tools for profession ? Wiki says "Artisans will not need to rely on other trees in order to make their tools" but in Livestream November 2023 a weaponsmith was needed for creating a herbalism sickle ? Anybody can tell me whats right ? I like the idea in the wiki where i dont have to rely on other professions - especially when making the "master toolsets"

[ruby swift]

A gatherer at maximum proficiency will **unlock master toolsets **that will grant them access to the highest quality gatherables.[14]

Artisans will not need to rely on other trees in order to** make their tools**.[5]

If you look at the artisan preview you can see that various starter gear/tools were available from the initial trainer. Then later as he leveled, Steven went back and got the next tier from the trainer. Whether they allow you to craft your own tools with better stats was not shown, but I believe is planned.

The term "unlocking" used vs "crafted" may be indicative. "Gatherers who are more advanced in their artisan tree will** unlock higher level **harvesting tools that have a greater chance of collecting higher quality resources or proccing a greater quantity."[17][13][19]

But the "make" conflicts.

[frigid helm]

thx for the fast answer, so if i understood it right each profession can "make (craft)" their own toolset. I just was confused cause there was profession "weaponsmith" when he crafted the sickle

[ruby swift]

Could be that the crafting of those toolsets reside in the Novice tier that is accessible to everyone regardless of specialization.

All 22 professions, the players get to be novice of; and then it starts narrowing from there. So, after that you'll only be able to be apprentice of five things. You can be a journeyman in four things. You can be a master in three things; and you can be a grandmaster in two things. So you'll need to narrow, but you can also diversify to support the professions that you want to first push further in.[109] – Kory Rice

[flint reef]

It better not be late september

[thorny pulsar]

I hope they take as much time as possible

[spark holly]

Hey everyone, question regarding classes, from what I understand Cleric is the only healing class and other classes may get some sort of bonus healing from augments, is that so? If so, how will that work in terms of versatily both pvp and pve?

[ruby swift]

There are other archetypes planned that have lesser healing instead of a "primary" role, there are consumables and other abilities that lead to "self-sustain" in all archetypes. So while Clerics role for heals is singular, they are not the only option.

[dark jungle]

note that Cleric is an archetype. there are 8 healing classes under the cleric archetype.

[spark holly]

Thank you both for your answers, I understand how archetypes work, it's just that, since I don't really know what different Cleric based archetype classes will look and feel like that it remains confusing to me. Will it make that much of a difference if you are a Cleric/Cleric compared to being Cleric/Fighter or Cleric/Bart because from what I understand there won't be any new abilities or skills just changes in the way the function. So for some people who are used to having a choice of multiple healing classes I am curiours to how that will play out. I mean sure, I've seen the Paladin class in the AOC list but idk..until I experience it myself. I do hope the difference is major even tho' I don't play healer ever, I am thinking of the whole thing as a whole.

Oh, and are there going to be armor restrictions based on what class you play? As for ex: if you are a Cleric/Cleric can you wear heavy armor?

[dark jungle]

no armor restrictions

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Class weapons and armor

Weapons and armor are not class locked, but certain archetypes or classes are more synergistic with certain types of weapons or armor.

This also applies to weapon skills.
Weapons are intended to be somewhat agnostic in the sense that you can find a way for a weapon to be utilized by different classes. Not just the rogue is going to be able to use...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Class_weapons_and_armor

[spark holly]

Interesting, thanks Lex, I was scowering AOC wiki actually but haven't stumbled upon this section yet. I'm curious about the armor penalty to speed as I think there was a hint about that.

[narrow wharf]

As I got no reaction before, I'll ask my question from earlier again

When it comes to professions, every gathering profession seems to directly link to one or more processing professions, and those link to crafting professions. However, when it comes to Scribing, I feel like it is a bit out of place and none of the other professions seem to have much relation to it. What type of resources do you need for it? Will Lumber Milling / Tanning produce paper/parchment? Or do scribes just tap into the Essence to conjure the scrolls?

[dark jungle]

we dont know much about scribing. all the official info we know has been captured on the wiki

[narrow wharf]

I was afraid so. Thank you, much appreciated!

[spark holly]

Why did I look up this game...now I don't want to play anything else =), sorry for the non game related question post, I'll shut up now 😄

[west meteor]

If you go to #read-me-first and select a language role, you’ll be able to see the rest of the server

There’s a lot more discussion channels

[sterile herald]

Are all the 8 A2 races in the character creator yet?

[plush hawk]

We don't know that yet

[spark holly]

Thanks Enveus, thought you were trolling me there for a sec, guild recruitments already 😮 , how does one get access to alpha key?

[ruby swift]

You wait for them to possibly open sales again in the future. They are closed atm.

[spark holly]

I see, and what price are we roughly talking about?

[ruby swift]

That is unknown atm. Previous prices for A2 access were 250 usd and 325 for those packages. But they have said they are changing how that access is sold for future sales.

[dense spoke]

something about performance? would a rtx 4070ti super enough to handle this game? intrepid is probably testing/captured the gameplay on a 4090 or?

[ruby swift]

They have not released a current spec. There are older ones on the wiki. But they have not been updated by Intrepid in a long while. One thing they have said repeatedly is they plan for a 5 year "legacy" window. Meaning that if the tech is less than 5 years old, it should run on it. Play on a potato, get potato results.

[ruby swift]

Steven has used a 3090 in past streams.

[midnight wagon]

https://support.ashesofcreation.com/hc/en-us/articles/26658550834835-What-are-the-minimum-and-recommend-computer-specifications-for-Alpha-Two

[dense spoke]

im just sacred to many players/effects in your view and you stay there with 20 fps ^^

but thanks to you!

[midnight dagger]

Thinking about node wars. Will the act of conquering a node. Advancing a node give exp outside defeating pc or npc's.

Such an act would surely spur growth.

[spark holly]

I see, that's a bit much for my pokets. But we'll see maybe I can make them laugh 🙂 haha

[regal steeple]

Node wars are structured into phases, and each phase consists of events. Winning phases and events offer long-term and short-term rewards.[20]

A war contains phases and phases contain events. So, there are conditions to win a phase and then there are conditions to win a war. Winning a phase gets you some amount of in-the-moment rewards and some more long-term rewards. Winning events gets you some amount of in-the-moment rewards and long-term rewards. And then the war is the massive objective that you're competing to towards

[rustic portal]

They will almost 100% be cheaper, in those packages were also cosmetics and extra things if i remember correctly wich wont be sold again as far as i know

[regal steeple]

it doesn't specifically say that at the time a node advances to the next stage that players receive an exp bump or reward, but advancing a node to the next stage requires a lot of questing and gathering which in turn gives you exp and rewards

[midnight dagger]

Actually that might be for the best. That way once won you must still invest time and effort.

Not simply win an move on.

[regal steeple]

destruction of a node is a whole other thing

node wars are to advance your nodes zone of influence against rival nodes, node sieges are to destroy the node itself

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Nodes

Encompassing each server realm are carefully placed points of development called Nodes. There will be 85 regular node locations at launch with 15 additional castle nodes (5 castles x 3 castle nodes each) for a total of 100 nodes.

Previously the developers estimated 103 regular node locations with 15 additional castle nodes for a total of 118 node...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Nodes

[hardy turret]

Will there be key drops for Alpha 2?

[glossy reef]

They will be selling keys again

[hardy turret]

Nice ty

[steel dragon]

I’m
Hoping soon I’m ready to get this A2 testing started

[quasi latch]

So I know combat pets will be a thing how strong will they be compared to summoners summons

[toxic smelt]

combat pets will be weaker

combat pets require a sacrifice from the player to use, and are designed to only have horizontal progression. Summoner summons can add power to the summoner

[quasi latch]

So what happen if summoner use them with summons hmm

[plush hawk]

You're asking speculatory questions as we don't have any idea on the summoner class yet, probably best to go to #aoc-discussion to see if you can get some opinions on it.

[midnight dagger]

Have they given anything solid on # of character slots yet.

[west meteor]

Just that it would be a "comfortable" amount

[iron ermine]

a friend of mine used a referral code last night and it never registered as going through. Does it sometimes take more than a day to activate?

[west meteor]

I believe it should be instant - they created a new account and entered your referal as it was created right?

[iron ermine]

well that is what they said lol

[west meteor]

Betrayal is a feature in AoC! Get ready for lots of political drama

[iron ermine]

looking so foward to it 🫠

[ruby swift]

Summoners can indeed use a combat pet with their summons. It does the same to them as it does to anyone else. Two different systems. They do not get an "extra summon"

[void sleet]

anyone know if key sale will be announced in the coming week

[spiral pine]

We dont know

[rotund aspen]

Do we possibly know what classes will be available for alpha 2? So excited for the announcement date

[west meteor]

Cleric, Ranger, Mage, Tank, Fighter - with Rogue and Summoner being added in one of if not the first patch after A2 starts

[rotund aspen]

Nice i want to give the summoner a run always enjoyed a necromancer class in old mmos

Will likely run a mage or ranger off the start until that patch though lol

Always my dilemma in mmos is picking a class i enjoy every aspect of the game, tanking, healing and heavy deeps lol

[desert ivy]

Bard will also be at the start

[rotund aspen]

Thanks guys appreciate that info

[narrow wharf]

I really hope we get a Nekomancer like in Lineage. Tho, the dwarves summoning tiny golems or the elven ponymancers weren't too bad either.

[rain imp]

https://tenor.com/view/eric-andre-controversial-yet-so-brave-controversial-brave-gif-12046682

[midnight dagger]

Will node battles consist of just attacker and defender.

Can npcs join. I'm referring to such as a powerful church or trade guild field supporting defensive forces.

Possibly only defending a Point of interest. Possibly free It from current node holder as they desire to be nuetral.

[ruby ingot]

https://tenor.com/view/we-dont-know-dont-know-bird-clueless-gif-12587825

[sour plaza]

So now that Intrepid has server meshing, and dynamic gridding. Is 8 to 10k concurrent per server going to change?

[whole dawn]

they said 8-10k is still the plan

[sour plaza]

ahh cool ty. still a lot of players

[tulip egret]

lots of players, but its still a huge landscape

[narrow wharf]

It was said that you can't CC a non-combatant. But what about a forced AoE? Will you hit all of them?

[west meteor]

There will be a setting in the game that you can enable to have aoes hit non combatants

[narrow wharf]

I know about the setting for the AoE when you are hitting a combatant, whether it should hit non-combatants. What I mean is targetting a single non-combattant and force-attacking them using an AoE (kind of an edgecase)

[west meteor]

Aoes will always hit combatants - there is no setting to disable that.

The setting is to enable non combatants to be hit by your AoEs

[narrow wharf]

I think I am not explaining properly. Let me describe the situation:

You are running around questing; next, you need to talk to an NPC out in the wild, but there is 20 non-combatant players surrounding it, so you can't click the NPC. You are frustrated, had a bad day, so your brightest idea is select one person at random and force-attack using an AoE.
There are no combatants in the area. The question is, do you only hit the initial target, or do you tag all of them? (Or perhaps this would fall under the "hit non-combatants" setting too?)

[west meteor]

It would depend on how the skill works I suppose.

If the skill is a ground target AoE - then you wouldn’t target the player at all to cast it. If you cast it on the ground beneath them and you have the “AoEs effect non-combatants” setting turned on then any non-combatant in the area would be damaged by your spell and you would turn purple.

If the AoE is an effect like say lava blast where you cast it on a target and then an AoE surrounds the targeted player, the same rules apply. You would be able to target the non-combatant with the spell if you enabled force combat toggle and then the resulting AoE would hit every other non-combatant if you have that setting enabled

[narrow wharf]

Thank you, exactly what I wanted to hear

[rotund dagger]

Will other classes be available in alpha that haven't been announced with its own video

[slim steppe]

i believe the last one they are showing off is bard this wednesdays stream before a2 launch, A2 will have cleric, bard, fighter, mage , ranger and tank at launch. Rogue and Summoner will follow in one of the first content updates

[rotund dagger]

I want rogue 😦

[worthy verge]

it just gonna come later during A2 like summoner i guess

[slim steppe]

same its my main typically in games but ill live without it for a lil.

[potent egret]

It'll be fine. At least ranger has camouflage so you get a little bit of that itch

[ruby swift]

@narrow wharf Aoes are not force attacks. A force attack is a single target ability and will only hit the target that you have selected.

[narrow wharf]

that says that non-forced attacks, which can include AoE or statuses; doesn't say that AoE attacks are non-forced

[ruby swift]

Read it as you like. You won't be aoe opening on greens.

A forced attack in Ashes of Creation is when a player presses Ctrl+F before they attack, or they hold Alt while they attack another non-corrupt player. This allows their attacks to be registered against that player. If the attacker is flagged as a non-combatant (green), they will become a combatant (purple) when their attack hits the other player.[1][2]

In your previous example of people standing in a group. You would target someone, hit CtrlF, and then launch your aoe. It would hit the person you targeted, anyone else that is ALREADY purple in the AOE, but would not hit anyone standing there that is green. You would also have to have toggled on AoE hitting non targeted purples. If you go back and look at the various combat livestreams in the last 6 months you might be able to find an example in the showcases. The node war testing is not a good example, as everyone was flagged for either side already.

[inner plank]

Are death penalties still an intended feature in the game? What’s the general consensus on this? https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Death_penalties

[desert ivy]

They're still intended

[toxic smelt]

Everything on that page should be the most up to date information we have

[ornate merlin]

ima play wizard

[silent plover]

https://tenor.com/view/approved-pc-kid-thumbs-up-cool-okay-gif-15264652

[muted ember]

can any node level declare war on any other node level? Because if so, what is preveneting a metro node just decalring node war on every low level node around it and just take all of them over

[ruby swift]

Declaring wars and other actions in the node take points from the mayors pool. They will have to weigh which options for mandates they want to pursue. Also, whether their citizens want to support those actions. The showcase did not show the effort, resources, and input from multiple parties that needs to occur for a war dec to actually happen. They will have plenty of other things on their plate towards the development of their node besides bloodlust. And node wars only "take over" a contested section of a node to channel resources and exp for a limited time, not the node itself. And finally, a metro would have those nodes closest to it under their vassal network, and would be receiving more benefits from them being healthy and generating exp that is funnelled up to them along with taxes, rather than "picking on the small guys around me"

[muted ember]

ok, i guess, can a regent node decalre war on a node far away from it? becuase it remains to be seen what's the best course of action for a node? maybe the best way to develop a node strength is just to go to war with another node every time. Can a node be at war with several nodes at a time?

[ruby swift]

Again, these are all situation dependent outcomes based on the individual server situation at the time. Is the far away node impacting your network in some way that it is worth the time and effort to rally the troops, put forth a mandate, gather the resources and go to war. Is the "risk" of running out of mayoral mandate points that you might need to build a new apartment block or upgrade your crafting stations worth it for something that has limited gains. Is the "reward" worth it, not just to you, but the probable hundreds of citizens that a metro node will have? They have put a system in place that allows people to make bad decisions as well as good. You get a mayor that is in it for "shits and giggles" they probably won't be mayor for long.

[muted ember]

a mayor gets a month to be mayor and can destroy the node within a month with enough bad decisions

[twin holly]

with the way elections works for all the different types theres always a chance for a bad mayor and then if there is a bad mayor that keeps getting in everyone will just leave that node except for the people ( streamer simps / large guilds) voting them in which in turn stalls their own progress.

[quasi latch]

as a mage will i able to focus on 1 element or i have to mix? like can i go frost mage?

[arctic swift]

It will almost certainly be worse to only have 1 element due to the nature of them interacting with eachother with the debuffs they apply. For example if you use ice magic on them you'd first apply chilled, and then frozen. And if you use lightning magic that applies volatile, then the frozen status effect is ''shattered'' dealing a chunk of damage to them.

[quasi latch]

i mean can you just go full ice and just have lightning to basically burst the ice

[arctic swift]

Whether or not you would have enough ice spells to use up all your skill points we dont know. But for rp purposes you can do whatever you want, no one is gonna stop you from refraining to use spells from elements other than ice.

[arctic swift]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Elements You can find a list of the elemental skills we know of so far here, aswell as additional info on how the elements interact with one another.
The info is from the mage showcase livestream if you prefer to listen and watch rather than read

[ornate merlin]

interested in this as well

i imagine while there will be benefits to speccing and using multiple...there may also be some benefits to speccing deep into 1 tree, if that is possible

[spare fog]

Would it be possible that on release it's also supported in Cloud Gaming for those that do not own a Windows PC?

[west meteor]

They haven’t outright said no to this idea but they haven’t… said anything on it truthfully. It’s possible but we don’t know.

[rain imp]

the support would largely depend on the cloud provider and their setup now wouldnt it?

correct me if i'm mistaken but i believe the devs previously stated there would not be any linux native support for the game, but has anybody for A1 looked into how that build of the game worked with proton?

[rain imp]

looking around and reading the forums, @fallen thistle did you ever wind up getting an answer about this? your thread seemed to be the biggest discussion on it in recent memory.

[west meteor]

Discussion like this is best suited for #aoc-discussion

[hoary plover]

I think we should spec according to our play style

Like we choose items in Moba games

Someone can take all damage with no boots

[hoary plover]

But he is going to have no mobility

[hoary plover]

He will hide and use strategy for that lack of mobility

[torpid bough]

do you own that nick across all servers or just one server?

I assume only 1 server

[spiral pine]

one server

[split pivot]

Will we see this on GeForce Now?

[west meteor]

They haven’t outright said no to this idea but they haven’t… said anything on it truthfully. It’s possible but we don’t know.

[ruby swift]

@west meteor They have indeed said something about it, but it is vague as you expressed.

[solid aspen]

I believe that's only a matter to the studio to make the integration with GeForce Now network as same as BNet did with WOW recently.

[ruby swift]

That is the best answer given so far from Intrepid. There are a few different GEForce Now posts on the forums if you would like to leave your opinion/input on how they should go about it.

[digital haven]

How will water mounts not make ships redundant for traveling across large bodies of water?

So far, I'm not liking the idea of water mounts

[dark jungle]

water mounts are extremely slow compared to ships. players on mounts are also vulnerable to enemies in the sea, whether they be PvP or PvE.

also ships and caravans are the only vehicles that can transport large crated cargo

[digital haven]

Do we know yet what sizes/classes of ships there will be yet?

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Ships

Ships are vehicles in Ashes of Creation. Ships are owned by the player who has the ship item in their inventory. Only that player can summon the ship.

Ship creation is generally delegated to players. There won't be many non-player-owned ships.
Quest lines may have NPC driven ships.
NPC ships will be present on the ocean that are adversaries or mo...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Ships

[dark jungle]

^ all the info we have been given

[humble trail]

will rogue have a backstab mechanic?

[dark jungle]

we dont know for sure

[humble trail]

will this game be subscription based?

[dark jungle]

id guess yes

yes its subscription based

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Subscription model

Ashes of Creation (the MMORPG) is a subscription-only game with no box cost.

The monthly subscription fee is USD $14.99.
There will be no region locking, but certain regions will have "harmonized" subscription prices that better reflect their local economies. Harmonized regions will be segregated from other regions.
Certain regions will have "har...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Subscription_model

[humble trail]

release date?

[dark jungle]

there is no release date yet

[humble trail]

any guess? sometime this year?

[dark jungle]

cant guess in this channel

go to #aoc-discussion for speculation

[humble trail]

dont have access

[dark jungle]

go to #read-me-first and select a language

[magic relic]

Hi guys, been excited to play this game ever since it was announced sadly though i have aged and i'm not the fighter i once was do to arthritis mostly. would i be able to take up a primarily crafting role and enjoy the game accumulating things like epic tools and stuff or will i have to progress in raids and dungeons to get anywhere, thanx your pal Hakka.

[dark jungle]

yes this game has many artisan professions

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Artisan classes

Artisan classes (also referred to as Artisan branches) allow a player to specialize in one or more of the three artisan skill trees: Gathering, Processing, and Crafting.

We want players to interact with each other. We want the professions to make stuff for the other professions that are useful. I am influenced quite a bit by the Star Wars Galaxie...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Artisan_classes

[humble trail]

will the alpha 2 test be up for while?

[dark jungle]

yes it will be up until launch

[abstract dagger]

it will be up until launch

[humble trail]

ohhh

i just got into wow yesterday, and im debating on waiting to subscribe to aoc instead of wow

idk what to doooo

[spiral depot]

@humble trail Enjoy every game as much as you can

if it's fun for you, get the most out of it

[humble trail]

if the alpha 2 comes in the next month, id rather save money

[spiral depot]

Why don't play the trial version

you can lvl up relatively far

[abstract dagger]

well you wont be able to "subscribe" to aoc for quite a few years

[humble trail]

so alpha 2 is free for awhile?

[spiral depot]

nope

[abstract dagger]

no, you buy an alpha 2 key when they start selling them again

there is no sub

[humble trail]

how much u think?

[spiral depot]

P2P (Pay to play)

should be around 50 - 75

[sterile flicker]

Guys this is a channel for questions. For discussions go to #aoc-discussion

[humble trail]

will alpha 2 be available for everyone?

[abstract dagger]

for everyone who buys a key

[spiral depot]

Just for ppl with enough money to purcharse the key

[humble trail]

gotcha

so unlimited keys? not limited. correct?

not like a closed/private beta

[spiral depot]

not sure

[abstract dagger]

technically it is a closed alpha, because it isnt an open one(you need the key to get in) but we dont know if there will be a limit on keys

they probably wont sell a bunch, or they might not sell them for long

[primal steeple]

I wonder if the alpha 2 keys will also grant beta access

[glossy reef]

They won't

[abstract dagger]

there is a 99.9% chance it wont

[humble trail]

so if u get alpha 2 key, u get the whole game til release?

[primal steeple]

those founder packs or whatever was the name, those included the beta access right? I guess some will regret not buying those 😄

[glossy reef]

You get to play the alpha two test

[abstract dagger]

you get aaccess to whatever is on the alpha 2 servers

[humble trail]

will there be a alpha 3 key? lol

im new to all of this stuff

[abstract dagger]

alpha 2 is running until the game launches

so an alpha 3 would be pointless

[humble trail]

ok so u get alpha 2.... wait til the game launches and pay for sub... correct?

[glossy reef]

The packs included keys from the cheaper options. The pack containing an alpha 2 key included a beta 1 and 2 key. The upcoming sale is not a pack, just the key.

[primal steeple]

ok, thanks for clarifying.

[uneven oasis]

Correct, if you buy an Alpha 2 key you will get access to the persistent alpha until release and then need to pay a monthly sub to play on the live servers.

[humble trail]

thank u

[desert ivy]

0% chance. Also 0% chance of next year

[humble trail]

but alpha 2 for sure in the next month or 2?

[spiral depot]

yes

[humble trail]

i hope its unlimited keys, i need my hands on this game

[glossy reef]

You still need to pay for the key.

[humble trail]

i know

[desert ivy]

Alpha 2 is also a testing phase. At A2s launch Most content will be missing. Most of the world will be missing. Most systems will be fully incomplete and buggy. Almost everything will be unfinished

[primal steeple]

yea, do not rush in buying a key if your main purpose isn't to test and help the game

[humble trail]

will aoc have controller support? for alpha 2?

[spiral depot]

it's not a console mmo

[abstract dagger]

some people have managed to map keys to a controller, but there havent been any plans to officially support it

so probably not

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Controller support

The Ashes of Creation MMO is not designed around controller support.

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse may have controller support.
Controller support will likely be something we work on closer to launch. – Steven Sharif

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Controller_support

[mild copper]

Quick question: As a Tank, will i be able to distribute stats into full offensive stats for faster leveling process and can reset it when i reached max level or will i be stuck with the offensive stats then? The gear stats beside obviously

[desert ivy]

Allocating stats as you level isn't a thing

You get skill points to put into your skills which you can reset

But not "you levelled and get 3 points to put into strength/dex/int/wisdom/Con etc."

[mild copper]

Aaaah alright so i could just go full offensive while leveling and respec everything at maxlevel and will still be able to go full tank for example?

I hope the gear stats let me do this as the tank class

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki

Skill points

Players receive skill points at specific points as they level. These can be used to level up skills (increase their rank) within their active, passive or combat/weapon skill trees.

Making active skills capable of receiving additional skill point allocations and unlocking additional features so that from a player agency standpoint it's going to be...

Learn more here

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Skill_points

[abstract dagger]

afaik the only way to "go full offensive"(and not even FULL offensive) is to spec into an offensive secondary archetype, and then to go FULL defensive, respec into a secondary tank archetype(which is supposed to take a bit of effort)

[uneven oasis]

While it may not be a simple button push, yes, you can re-spec your skill points later down the track

[abstract dagger]

so tank/fighter for some more offensive, and then for full defense tank/tank

[mild copper]

Yeah alright but can't find something about gear stats, will it be flexible for every class? Or will there be limits?

[uneven oasis]

There won't be hard caps on stats but there will be diminishing returns on certain stats. Weapons and armor aren't class locked.

[tender hearth]

Ashes of Creation Wiki search results

1: <https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Stats#Stats_on_gear>

...waterfall stat: the critical rate. – Steven Sharif Primary attributes are also referred to as Core stats, Primary stats, and Base stats. Base stats are defined...

2: <https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Gear_sets#List_of_gear_sets>

...Gear sets (also known as tier sets) are a part of Ashes of Creation. In general, higher tier gear will be from gear sets. Q: How often will armor be part...

3: <https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Crafting#Skills_and_stats_on_gear>

...skills/abilities and stats on gear. Master crafters will be able to influence several (but not all) stats on their crafted items. Crafted gear in the game is...

[spring dagger]

we didnt get an alpha 2 release date this dev update right?

did we get any info on that?

[ruby swift]

You mean the last one, or the one that happens tomorrow?

[spring dagger]

oh i got mixed up on the dates

thought it happened this morning lol

[spring dagger]

do we have confirmation it'll be announced tomorrow?

[spring dagger]

thank you!

[hoary plover]

The guy sacrificed himself for that info

[shy kernel]

Sorry if it's already been asked before. Will this game have an initial price to buy on full release. Or is the game available as long as the subscription is paid?

[frigid helm]

no initial price - only subscription

[west meteor]

You can go to #read-me-first and select language roles to unlock the rest of the server. There’s other discussion channels you can use once you get your language role.

[shy kernel]

Cheers 👍

[void sleet]

How long will alpha 2 last?

[spiral pine]

Until launch

[gritty atlas]

Anyone heard any rumors about start date? Hate to spoil the surprise but I really want to know man

[digital yacht]

Alpha 2 will run until launch and then turn into the PTR

[plush hawk]

There has been no confirmed date for a release. We get a date tomorrow during the livestream for the Alpha2.

[arctic sky]

This area is not for speculation

[weary jolt]

yeah whatever anyway, I cant wait to judge this game as a final product when A2 starts and have so much fun!!!

[solid aspen]

A2 will not be "the final product". "The final product" will be what else Devs have done when they're ready to launch the last Betas preceding the official launch.

[weary jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/joke-gif-19322803

[covert zephyr]

if alpha 2 doesn't have underwater crafting node religion society raids i will hate this game !!!!

everyone on r/mmorpg

[granite merlin]

Are there any plans to introduce more weapon types, or transmogs of current ones?

[lament delta]

Due to the high pk penalty (corruption system) does the game plan to have an area with mobs that if killed repeatedly for hours reduce the duration of the corruption? (Like previous games did when the PK punishment is relatively high)

[covert zephyr]

experience in general will reduce corruption

so yes you can grind mobs or do any activity

[ruby swift]

Probably not, and yes. Intrepid has removed some weapon types in the past (crossbows being the latest example), so adding more after the backlash of previously removing some would be weird and they have plenty of other things to worry about. A transmog system has been promised, but details are light beyond that it will be there.

[jolly edge]

Anyone know the specific start time for the stream tomorrow?

[desert ivy]

Says your local time in #news

[jolly edge]

Got it, just saw :P.. thanks

[novel meadow]

are they talking about alpha 2 or just bard tomorrow???

[near stump]

both

[novel meadow]

both?? Yes!!

Alpha 2!!!

I want my key