@grizzled basin No mounted combat - if I'm not mistaken.
Edit: Yes mounted combat but limited actions. Sorry for any confusion.
#questions
magic cosmos
grizzled basin
<@&257269635559194625> Will there be a marriage system?
magic cosmos
@grizzled basin Yes! Come talk about it with us in #aoc-discussion we'll get you all caught up on the systems 😃
serene sparrow
<@&257269635559194625> Just curious, Do we know anything yet about people attacking mounted players? since they can't fight back .
shut kettle
I havent seen much about this but what is intrepid's take on hackers and exploiters? Is it going to be the typical turn a blind eye until the masses turn to the forums and wont shut up?
polar wyvern
@idle siren U guys going to be at gamescon ?
livid sierra
<@&257269635559194625> will u guys be at gamescom?
digital sequoia
@idle siren Hey can we have the image as high resolution please? 😗
silent cliff
<@&257269635559194625> when will the race pins go on sale?
fluid scroll
@grizzled basin Yes, there is a marriage system... any genders...any races.
compact violet
@grizzled basin @magic cosmos yes mounted combat but limited mounted skills that aren't class based
worthy flint
Is there a possibility that werewolves and vampires will be included into the game? Maybe even turn into them? Possibly as like a skill or class? <@&257269635559194625>
crude kelp
How are you guys <@&257269635559194625> going to accomodate the casual guilds who don't want to "be the best" so to speak?
fiery harbor
@crude kelp Although I'm not with IntrepidStudio I'd wager the answer would go something like 'Guilds of all sizes, focus and determination will have a place in the world. If your guild is content with daily leveling, housing and just simply enjoying the game, everything will be there for them like many other mmos. That stuff is ALL in the game. What the game is doing; is accomodating the hardcore guilds that want more, lots more! Rule a city, region and prosper or go to war. Their ADDING to the Guild system of other games, not creating something JUST for hardcore ones.'
Or that's what I understood through the Livestream and read between the lines (so far). Like you, I'm planning to go casual guild but perhaps align / alliance my self with a more hardcore one later on.
simple thunder
<@&257269635559194625> Hello i would like to ask when the game came out i know that it would be montly subscrision,but do i need to purchage game first or it would be free to download with montly sub?
crystal beacon
<@&257269635559194625> did you ever consider making that ranger icon an arrow to the knee, instead of to the foot. Honestly a little disappointed. 😉
verbal quiver
@simple thunder It will be a sub based game around $15usd a month with no box price meaning you won't have to pay a upfront cost 😃
fiery harbor
<@&257269635559194625> Lore wise, how long as it been since the races came back (approximately) to this region/ area of the world? We're talking years, a generation or two ago or like, last week!? 😉
winter bane
<@&257269635559194625> will some of the "Skill Names" of some classes be in a somewhat foreign language like Latin or something? it would be cool for clerics' or even bards' skills to be named after non-english names.. some examples I've seen: Magnificat, Renovatio, Assumptio, Aspersio, Lex Divina, Redemptio etc.)
simple thunder
<@&257269635559194625> Because u can make home and interact with players so much,can u get married with other player or with NPC because they will have high free will?
ruby pawn
@simple thunder There will be a marriage system. I don't think their will be with NPCs though.
crystal beacon
<@&257269635559194625> Will there be blood visible in the game?
empty fjord
<@&257269635559194625> when selecting a secondary class, will there be previews of the skills you can choose? or will it be an easy thing to regret that choice once made?
nimble wave
@crystal beacon Yes
http://i.imgur.com/x9iB9Mb.png
http://i.imgur.com/u38odQt.png
ruby pawn
@empty fjord I hope it shows a preview of the augmentations
brazen haven
<@&257269635559194625> will there be only 8 abilities per class? Or will there be more unlockable abilities
noble trellis
I know that there will be different weather along with different effects. Including varied weather intensities. But would there possibly be a monsoon, causing a massive flood, blocking all pathways and flooding extra lands? Then maybe having a massive winter and freezing all of the flood water causing almost a completely brand new designed zone?
magic cosmos
@noble trellis Not sure about monsoons, but there will be world bosses that drastically change the biome of an area - if I recall correctly.
noble trellis
@magic cosmos Okay, that's pretty cool then. So a boss could cause such a thing as a monsoon.
magic cosmos
@noble trellis Nothing speciffically about a monsoon has been talked about, but it could cause some crazy effects. We'll have to wait for more to be announced about the systems though 😃 I don't want to speculate too much. Feel free to drop into #aoc-discussion and we can talk about possibilities.
noble trellis
Alright. What should i put in the discussions chat? @magic cosmos
crystal beacon
@noble trellis Basically theory crafting, ideas for the weather types they could have etc.
Just game speculation!
noble trellis
neat lagoon
<@&257269635559194625> in the coming weeks (so sometime in Sept) can we have a Stream/Video on the Classes / Combos / anything else that will effect the "hero" like Religion please?
(NOTE: i dont mind if the first video is just Break down of the first complete class + second complete class just to show people how the Augments work & how many spells players have 8? or more?)
lusty shore
<@&257269635559194625> at the same development stage how different can 2 seperate nodes look?
gilded heart
<@&257269635559194625> When can we expect to see the PAX tickets if we bought the attendee/vip package from you? I figure a week or two before PAX itself but I figured I'd ask just to know.
verbal quiver
@gilded heart VIP tickets are picked up onsite personally greeted by the devs attendee tickets are picked up at registration 😃
ruby pawn
@lusty shore I believe nodes appearance are based off the primary race that built it. So depending if humans build one and elves build another they might look vastly different.
lusty shore
@ruby pawn i see thank you very much
true junco
<@&257269635559194625> are you testing the game on machines other then developement boxes ,because many people cant afford to upgrade to to of the line hardware(me persoanly mine is very up to date) but alot dont and can't ,and i really want to have alot fo people to play with , and steven as a gamer you know how this kind of thing feels to a player when his/her freinds cant join you in that shiny new game
smoky forum
<@&257269635559194625> how will divine nodes work? Are there any similarities to a scientific node besides the fast travel part?
gilded heart
@verbal quiver thank you very much, will people who bought said packages be emailed with info on such?
verbal quiver
@gilded heart emails should be getting sent out to coordinate onsite pickup 😃
fluid scroll
Since there will be blood, will there be a way to "turn it off"? <@&257269635559194625>
gilded heart
Alrighty cool
zealous ibex
@empty fjord If I'm not mistaken, they've mentioned that you can change your secondary class
magic cosmos
@zealous ibex They said you can but they haven't flushed out the details for it yet. They don't want you to just be switching classes for specific dungeons etc.
ocean forum
<@&257269635559194625> can you already tell me how the expected system requirements of ashes might be? I plan to buy a new pc but I wanna be sure that I can run it with the highest settings :/
magic cosmos
<@&257269635559194625> Is merch included for the 15% refferal money? 😃
@ocean forum It'll be similar to other UE4 games already out.
ocean forum
@magic cosmos thanks 😃 could you tell me some rough specs? like "gtx 1070 or 1080" and "i7-7700"?
magic cosmos
@ocean forum I'll DM you roughly what I believe it to be! Hope it helps 😃
ocean forum
@magic cosmos thx a lot 😃
brave tide
I just have one question ... I speak on behalf of all "AFROs" ..."In character creation, can we have African-American hairstyles please???!!!" Lol 😂 @everyone
ocean forum
@crystal beacon where did you get that info? 😮 is that for ashes? or for unreal engine 4 in general?
crystal beacon
@ocean forum Unreal Engine 4 in general I believe? I got it from another member of this discord so I can't say.
I hope that it still benefits you! 😊
ocean forum
it does ☺ thanks a lot!!
static current
<@&257269635559194625> For mages what elements can you choose from? Is it the basic Fire/Water/Earth/Air elements or maybe variations of these or what??
ruby pawn
@static current I don't think you can "choose" an element based off the mage icons for skills. But it looks like it uses fire, lightning, and ice related skills.
static current
@ruby pawn Alright thanks
static current
Also <@&257269635559194625> will there be a party system as well, sorry if it was already answered.
crystal beacon
@static current There will be, 8 people to a party
static current
Alright sweet can't wait 😄
static current
<@&257269635559194625> What is the max amount of people that can be brought to help protect a caravan?
prisma bobcat
<@&257269635559194625> Any news on the final User Interface?
Can't wait to see how it looks!
simple thunder
<@&257269635559194625> Just to confirm game will be global right,not region locked ?
magic cosmos
@simple thunder No region locks, servers will be NA/EU/OCE - if I'm not mistaken.
lilac pivot
<@&257269635559194625> Most of this game will be player driven... So will some players be in lore books or mentioned by npcs?
ruby pawn
Add me into the lore, "The player that wanted a cowbell"
velvet fog
<@&257269635559194625> will the crafting be set like for a normal iron wapon you need 2 Iron ingots a strong stik and some deer lether. For a advance sword you need some stell ingots an cedar root and some lisard skinn. Ore wil it be mor like : to build a sword put fiting matirals in all the slots fore the sword like the blade wer you can put for acampel wood(wood blade ),mettel (metal blade) ore even cristal( cristal blade) in and than put materials in the second slot for the handel for ecampel and so on (maby also somthing to hold evry thing to getter and somthing to make it prity like in the game Thea: the Awakening ). And depending on wich material you use and how skillfull the person wehre that ther were made from. You can get difrent efects and properties from it. I would prefer that crafting sistem. (sory for my teribel english and writting mistaks got also dislexica so pls just ignor the mistaks
compact violet
@velvet fog they haven't released much on Crafting but they did say it would be more than the standard point and click. They are currently working on it though. I hope this helps
velvet fog
thx
hearty kelp
<@&257269635559194625> Ive been afk from the Internet for about 3/4 months, and apart from kickstarter, would someone please be able to give a little rundown on a few things that are deemed the big reveals if there have been any?
magic cosmos
@hearty kelp come talk in #aoc-discussion 😃
glass swallow
@hearty kelp #aoc-discussion or one of the Community maintained wikis would be the best option 
verbal quiver
@hearty kelp the best place to catch up on any new's is the #news and #game_information channels also there's been a few twitch streams that you might wanna catch up on 😃
verbal quiver
also there was a group blog post that you might of missed https://www.ashesofcreation.com/group-dynamics/
still rune
<@&257269635559194625> We've seen the climbing abilities of the rogue, but will there be a possibility to climb for every class when the land gets too steep? We all been annoyed by a walk in place when realistically a person could climb the incline... Thank you 😃
crystal beacon
May i get an idea of the specs required to run on the most 'ultra' of definitions for AOC?
ruby swift
<@&257269635559194625> Can't find this information anywhere. Will guildhalls be placed similar to freeholds or are they instanced? Are they account capped like the rest of housing? Is there a minimum number of guild members needed before the guild leader can place a guildhall? Are they the same size as freeholds or larger? Will taxes on guildhalls be higher than on freeholds? Since alts are a thing, what is to prevent me from having my main in my regular guild for play, then forming another guild with 10 friends alts to be able to place a guildhall, then rinse/repeating till we all have extra housing?
charred ridgeBOT
kind oasis
Could i donate and still get the backer rewards?
magic cosmos
@kind oasis nope! Crowdfunding is over. There will be key packs in the future however 😃 Hope this helps
kind oasis
@magic cosmos What do you mean by '' key packs ''
magic cosmos
@kind oasis beta/alpha keys
magic cosmos
Not a problem! Let me know if I can answer anything else for you!
magic cosmos
@kind oasis NA/EU/OCE un-region locked
kind oasis
So i could play in the middle east and i don't need to use a VPN?
magic cosmos
@kind oasis as far as I know, that is correct!
vocal ruin
kind oasis
That is great!
magic cosmos
I assumed they were lumped together considering I always see them listed like this:
wooden ingot
What is the AoC snapchat?
wooden ingot
@magic cosmos Thank you!
magic cosmos
Any time! Let me know if I can be more help @wooden ingot
glass swallow
rigid monolith
I'm confused...where does this chat fit in around #community_helpdesk and #intrepid_answers ? I don't recall seeing this here previously.
magic cosmos
@rigid monolith This is closer to #intrepid_answers, it's my understanding that since the community was answering questions in ask_intrepid, those questions are being delt with during livestream.
glass swallow
This is the former ask intrepid
rigid monolith
duh! gotcha
fresh grail
Any information on character customization when u first start
magic cosmos
@fresh grail Yep! It'll be similar to BDO's character customization. But they claim it'll be better 😃 Hope this helps
loud fable
yah true . but they won't lock some Selections in the customization like Bdo . and open them with shop !
fresh grail
like the premium things in bdo?
loud fable
everything is open for anyone . yes !
fresh grail
That's nice
proper elbow
is there already a sligthest idea from whenit is going to bereleased or at least an open beta or something??
magic cosmos
@proper elbow alpha 1 will be Q4 2018, betas will probably be in 2019 with full launch being before 2020. Hope that helps!
proper elbow
@magic cosmos it did thanks ^^
lusty shore
<@&257269635559194625> looks like we cant buy the packages now,when will we be able to buy packages?
lusty shore
thanks
neat lagoon
So in others words wait for Founders packs ?
neat lagoon
<@&257269635559194625> Between now and Xmas / Phase 1 is it at all possible to Each have a Class Highlight videos on Youtube?
(Hate to refer another game/company how ever it is my other Fav = Like EPICs - Paragon and their Hero video)
i dont mind if the Augmented / Adventurer class have their own videos over time i just know many are still confused (Best example is Summoner being compared to WOW/GW2 pet classes)
I know i ask this alot just think it would help having some small overview breakdowns of each class and aspect in the game (Dungeons / Raid / Siege / Farming / Caravans / PvP/etc)
mortal crescent
I want to ask to be sure. Do we need to wait to buy the packages? I mean will they become buyable in near future?
pastel cedar
@magic cosmos I searched the internet but couldnt understand the exact meaning of "crowdfunding". In this ss, do they say the they do offer alpha/beta keys but not they are not unlimited or something like that?
crystal beacon
@pastel cedar A crowdfunding is basically when a person/company or any organization goes to their community and asks for money to build their project or organization, such as ashes did
In return Intrepid would allow you to buy certain packages
In these packages you could get keys to attend the game
In a certain package for ex: they would offer you 1 alpha key and 1 beta key, and certain cosmetics
In return for that package they get the money
@pastel cedar
pastel cedar
thank you for the information
crystal beacon
❤
kind oasis
When will Alpha launch?
verbal quiver
fiery harbor
Q4 2017 was the word
ocean forum
even though I´ve already received some answers from some rlly helpful community members I´d really love to know (at least approximately) the official minimal system requirements for ashes as that´s rlly important for me :/
graceful thorn
until the game is live, there wont be "official" system requirements. they still got a lot t add into the game including general game optimization to make it run smoother. that being said, expect mid to high end pc's to be the ballpark for this game. (I know it isnt much, but its all we got right now.)
ocean forum
okay..then I really have to wait^^ but thx for your help 😃
graceful thorn
if i had to guess though, look at a game like Black Desert Online's system requirements. i would imagine that AoC would be no more than that when completed. i could be wrong but that might be a safe assumption
balmy tusk
I heard from a good friend that there will be an investment system in the game? If yes, will it involve investing into guilds, nodes, freeholds/buisnesses and are we able to say no to someone trying to invest?
I'd rather know just overall if the investment thing is true. its a huge idea.
magic cosmos
@balmy tusk it is true! There's lots of speculation about it, come talk with us in #aoc-discussion 😃
balmy tusk
Thanks and will do.
still rune
I got a question and a suggestion. I don't know if the dev team decided on such small detail yet. Would naming characters with first and last names be a problem? It would mitigate the problem with "name taken" reply from the server. First name could be the same if the last name is different. And if someone leaves the last name blank the first name will be checked for uniqueness with server, and if there's no match, just the first name will work. But if its taken you can keep the first name as it is but just add lastname to it...
magic cosmos
@still rune No need to worry, I'm sure the devs will do a great job with duplicate names - I don't think specifics were talked about yet but I could be wrong. Come speculate with us in #aoc-discussion
fiery harbor
@ocean forum You can have a look at other games using UE4 and their min-Rec specs. Should give you an idea.
still rune
Alright awesome! Thank you for an update then! 😃
mortal crescent
I want to ask a question. In the channel faq, it says that phase 2 alpha will start in 2018. However, according to the message that shunex has written up in this channel phase 1 alpha will start at december 2018. I don't think phase 2 alpha can start at that month as well and this is where I come to my question. Which information is true?
magic cosmos
@mortal crescent Alpha 1 is December 2018, Phase 2 will be after that, what will be happening this december is the NDA Alpha, hope this helps!
mortal crescent
I didn't mean this december. In faq channel, it says that both phase 1 and phase 2 alpha starts at 2018 and according to the information that Shunex has given alpha 1 starts at december 2018 and there is no time for alpha 2 to start since december is the last month of 2018. That was why I asked it that which one is true.
In short, does alpha 2 come up in 2019 ?
magic cosmos
@mortal crescent Yep, what's true is Alpha 1 : December 2018, Alpha 2: After Alpha 1, NDA is December 2017
No date for Alpha 2
mortal crescent
So, formally there is no date for alpha 2. Then the part in faq should be fixed since it can result in some misunderstandings. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/331939052376948741/344671562932158465/unknown.png
hushed haven
If you send two caravans at the same time or so, if one caravan is attacked will both sets of guards defend or one set just keep marching by?
magic cosmos
@mortal crescent I just checked, that information is correct, it seems as if both are going to occur during aprox Q4 2018.
In short: there's no error with the FAQ 😃 hope this helps
kind oasis
Hey i am trying to buy a Summer Crowdfunding package and it seems i can't get it and it sends me to a 404 Error
Never mind relized it ended in Junly
hushed haven
When your guild takes a castle, can you share permissions for the flying mount with guild members? I want to reward members
zenith heron
can u give a list of professions currently planed for the game please? <@&257269635559194625>
neat lagoon
Individual class flavor:
<@&257269635559194625> Can we have everyday things we do in game like Fishing / cooking / smithing / famring / etc have its own class twist like a mage / cleric / bard using magic and a Summoner summoning things / Rangers and rogues being careful while Fighters and Tank are rough and to the point!?!?!
empty fjord
@neat lagoon without reaching too far into the depths of my memory, yes to all your questions there
while I have not specifically heard about fishing, I don't see why that wouldn't be a thing
neat lagoon
ok cause others have said the flavor is combat only @empty fjord and i would love this in game it will make me really feel like a summoner !
empty fjord
Oh I'm sorry, I misread your questions. I do hope they at least make cosmetic flavors depending on class when doing life activities
neat lagoon
yes that was the Question 😉
smoky forum
<@&257269635559194625> How will the player choose what specific node type he/she wants?
subtle bluff
They don't. Node types are fixed
crystal beacon
@smoky forum The nodes are already set, you level them to level 1 and the node type will be revealed
subtle bluff
You'll have to work to level up the one you want
smoky forum
So in general you can't choose what type you want yourto node to be?
subtle bluff
You need to relocate
crisp agate
Players don't own nodes, they're more the environment responding the player activity and then players can govern/change those nodes.
subtle bluff
I don't think we know if we can know what z developed node type is from a didtance
smoky forum
So in the beginning we should figure out how each node type works and how we unlock them before which one is which
subtle bluff
I'm guessing we will be able to know tho
smoky forum
Ok that makes sense
crystal beacon
And try to build one up in game
And if it isn't the one you want, you will have to move
crisp agate
Granted you unlock them just by doing stuff in the general area of the node. Questing, gathering, killing enemies, etc.
smoky forum
But correct me if im wrong steven said that there will be an indication or hint to show what type of node your progressing like more scholars equals to scientific node
midnight wolf
that's once the node is in the 1st stage of developement
crystal beacon
No class or specific artisan will contribute to what node type you have
Your node type is set before revealing
subtle bluff
Race contributes to the architecture tho
midnight wolf
You won't be able to tell until the first stage. The first stage is unlocked pretty quickly^
crystal beacon
But you have no control on which node type is which
smoky forum
Ok thanks for the info
crystal beacon
Anytime
subtle bluff
Man we ganged up on him real good
brittle crystal
I thought players could change the type of node it was by doing different stuff in it. For example the node has alot of resources and it turns out to be a gathering type node cause thats what people do around that node while another node may turn out military cause there are alot of monsters around and people are mainly hunting down the monsters in that area
obsidian fractal
@brittle crystal nope, the node type is preset, you can just pick a node you want to work on, but cant change the direction it develops into ,(
brittle crystal
Awe ok. So alot of people will be hoarding the military nodes... and they will be the metropolis nodes..
obsidian fractal
@brittle crystal not nessesarily, for example economical node Metropolis is great too, since it links marketplace for all lower nodes under its zone of influence, and then not everyone is into pvp, so i wouldnt count on military nodes too much 😃
neat lagoon
@empty fjord
OK So basic Example: Cutting a Tree
Mage - uses a kinetic magic to smash it
Fighter - uses a Axe to cut
Rogue - uses a Saw to cut
Ranger - uses their Bow
Bard - uses Sound
Tank - Charges the tree
Summoner - summons a creature to do it
Cleric - Ask the tree nicely
😛
smoky forum
I thought steven said that there will be a grouo of people during the first stage of the node like you see a group of soldiers indicating that there going for a military one or a group of priests going for a divine one like there will be a group of people that will be there for you
crystal beacon
@smoky forum Do you mean npcs?
magic cosmos
@mortal sail it's not really a secret, they said it'll only be about 20% done for pax in which there will be gameplay videos released and streamed. Hope this helps!
mortal sail
Have they discussed the style at all or is the first info coming from pax? @magic cosmos
magic cosmos
@mortal sail combat will be a mixture between tab-target and action combat if I'm not mistaken. PAX is just going to have some basic classes ready to show off 😃 it'll be more cookie-cutter at PAX than at official release.
mortal sail
@gray otter got some combat infor here for ya
real horizon
PAX in general? Or pax West?
magic cosmos
Let's head into #aoc-discussion and we can talk about it 😃 but PAX being the one that they're setting up for in September.
smoky forum
@crystal beacon well yes like they will support your development of the node of your choosing that's what he said, correct me if im wrong
subtle bluff
Yes that's how you can tell what type of node it is going to become
smoky forum
Then I was right from the beginning but how is it that a node is going to bechoose preset that's the thing im bothered at and confused
subtle bluff
So stage 0 you can't tell what the node is t
Yet it's already been defined
The info is just hidden until you hit node stage 1
It's like opening a box. You don't know what's in it, yet the elements within cannot be chosen or changed
crystal beacon
He's confused, he means if there a majority of scholars it'll be a scientific node, or if it's a majority of soldiers it'll be military (NPCS) I'm not too sure, I'm not on my comp so I can't find the answer for you
smoky forum
Ok thanks for the info
viral silo
will there be druidic or shamanic classes in the game?
upper turtle
@viral silo There is no confirmed druid/shamanic class but steven has said there might be a class with a naturey feel
viral silo
Thank you
crystal beacon
There could be, depending on certain class combinations, such as a ranger rogue is called a predator, so we look forward to hearing all augmentation names! @real horizon
@viral silo
real horizon
yea it'll be interesting to see everything that comes out!
crystal beacon
🤔 Will I be able to change my characters undergarments? Or will he/she be doomed to forever one pair of underwear?!?
cinder gyro
I don't think that was ever discussed. But I would imagine it would indeed be an option considering the monetazation model
crystal beacon
what will be the harware requirements for the ultra grapic settings ?
tribal lava
That's a question for 2 years from now, @crystal beacon
languid marten
@crystal beacon it has not yet been confirmed on what it will be, but what zara posted should give you an idea on what it could be.
vague tendon
Will be sold again before alpha/release? because i wans't aware of the game when it was sold
vague tendon
wow that was fast, thanks
balmy carbon
Any idea when the next live QnA is? They really need to post a schedule. 
magic cosmos
@balmy carbon Speculation is on the 16th, keep an eye on #news for the announcement 😃
EDIT: Aug 23 😃
balmy carbon
I'll keep an eye out, thanks. I know they've said they try to do it on every 15th/(last day of the month) but I understand how things can turn out some times, lol.
pulsar turret
any speculation wen beta is out?
magic cosmos
@pulsar turret Some time 2019 is the ETA
royal ice
<@&257269635559194625> Death penalty. If you die from fall damage a few times, how many times do you need to die before it effects your stats and xp.
pulsar turret
mfw the beta comes out the year after its expected launch
magic cosmos
@pulsar turret NDA Alpha is December this year, Alpha 1 is Q4 2018, Launch is Q4 2019
pulsar turret
rip i'll just play bad games til then
loud fable
@magic cosmos & the alpha/beta will be open till the game launch . so i think it's nice . 
hushed pebble
So, since there will be different servers on which different nodes will be activated etc etc (Pretty sure I've heard this somewhere), will there be certain instances etc that will be available on every server without it requiring a node to be activated?
royal ice
First you will have a alpha then a beta I dont think the beta will be open until the game starts
midnight wolf
<@&257269635559194625> Will there be official recordings of player history done by Intrepid studios or by an in-game mechanic? E.g. specific events and turning points in a metropolis siege.
terse lance
<@&257269635559194625> will ashes of creation be avaliable on ps4
magic cosmos
@terse lance As far as we know it's PC.
left grotto
<@&257269635559194625> Please take notes from Albion Online, they have put a patch in place to prevent gold farmers and they are now being hit by DDOS attacks of 4 Gbps and upwards, which is making the game unplayable. they have have regular down time for days now.
Please be sure that before you launch your game, that you have a proper infrastructure in place to prevent the same happening to you
magic cosmos
@left grotto Don't worry too much, Google will be hosting AOC servers and will be able to deal with these types of threats properly!
tired mesa
Question on AoC for storage and friends list and Guilds. is that shared among all creators on the same account?
rigid monolith
@tired mesa Storage will be specific to characters, but there are ways to allow for sharing (e.g. if you have an alt that is allowed access to your freehold and its storage). Guilds will be character specific so you can be in a different guild (but only a single guild) with each character if you'd like. No word on friends.
tired mesa
thanks
Is there away to become a game tester for AoC?? I think it would be fun and being apart a small part in the project?¿
rigid monolith
@tired mesa Alpha keys are already circulating. There are random drawings on Twitch streams and random/selected giveaways for those people on Discord and the forums. If you didn't back the KS at a level that gave you an alpha/beta key, those are your best options.
tired mesa
okay, Just wondering thanks for the info
plucky temple
why do you hate it? if you get 7 paying friends to refer you then the game is free for you
fleet portal
Calm down friends.
Your friendly neighborhood me is here.
@crystal beacon The game is a Sub game and that won't change. I'm sorry you don't like that, but that's what it is and that's how it'll stay.
@tired mesa Kickstarter packs from before, Summer pack from before and in the future you'll be able to purchase access.
analog flint
I heard that players would not be able to clip through eachother, is this true? I heard them discussing it on From the Ashes as well sort of remember it being mentioned in a previoous stream? I like the idea of it but just want to know if it is true?
tired mesa
can i still join it or is it over with ??
magic cosmos
@tired mesa it's currently over with - new options will come up in the future however.
magic cosmos
@tired mesa Not a problem! Keep a lookout for the packs in the future 😃 In the meantime come talk with us in #aoc-discussion
compact violet
@CodingPopcron#5911 they have openly stated the reasons for being a sub based game. So then they do not have to create p2w content through microtransactions like pay2play or f2p models do
sly whale
Has there been any sort of announcement for the start of the alpha for anyone who got a key or KS pack? I thought i read on the news channel that there was something going on in September but i'm not sure.
crystal beacon
Friends and family maybe but NDA Alpha doesn't start till December, and Alpha 1 is the end of next year @sly whale
midnight wolf
@CodingPopcron#5911 Just wanted to mention that there are options of purchasing a lifetime subscription for AoC. These are limited and aren't cheap either. Plenty of those were sold during kickstarter and there will likely be some available for future purchase. Limited but available.
polar cloud
@left grotto Albion Online isn't being DDOS by gold sellers, they are being DDOS because a small percentage of people got banned from their game under 4.5.1, where thhe company accuses them of illegally buying currency I don't think this will be a problem with "Ashhes OF Creation" but I haven't heard much insight from the developers on if they will accuse people just for having a single transaction with a gold seller in years without knowledge.
Also I think the Ashes development team has a lot more experience, and is more mature than the creators from SBI.
novel flicker
Meh gold selling/purchasing is bad theres no place in it in ashes the problem is how will they combat it 😐
dawn wharf
Instead of having a currency, maybe a bartering system instead? @novel flicker
fiery harbor
Seeing that there isn't any AH in AoC and from what I understand, getting rich will require a lot of dealings between players, Goldsellers will have a hard time unless they actively play/ help a node. No?
glass swallow
I agree Vhanz. I think that the way they are developing things so far, riches will not be easy to come by.
royal ice
I disagree its going to be supply and demand
crystal beacon
@midnight wolf ahhh life time sub is an exclusive kick starter and summer sale item
midnight wolf
@crystal beacon That's true, but they could still have life-time subscriptions offered in the future.
magic cosmos
@midnight wolf Lifetime is exclusive.
crystal beacon
from what happened with the summer sale. i dont think that will happen
verbal quiver
Remember guys this isn't a discussion channel, rather a place for people to get some direct answers to their questions.
hushed pebble
Can guilds design their own logo in-game?
brittle crystal
@hushed pebble iirc you can make custom logos but with preset shapes and forms you put together. This is to give players freedom while not completely breaking the immersion. Cause there will alway be that one guild that manages to create a nazi symbol or something like that.
hushed pebble
Ofc
I remember this other game where you could psot pictures on a display board
Most people spammed it with memes
But there was always the occasional weirdo that kept putting porn on it =.=
I asked because I've seen some people make pretty cool logos for their guilds. Would be a shame if they can't use them in-game..
smoky forum
Is there a way to get a flying mount without having to be a leader of a node or a guild leader?
verbal quiver
@smoky forum dragon mount's may drop as epic drops
but they will be on a timer, and rare to find
smoky forum
Thank you good sir
zenith heron
will we see racial bonuses to crafting or gathering professions such as a dwarf getting a bonus to mining or blacksmithing or an elf getting a bonus to herbilism <@&257269635559194625>
brittle crystal
@zenith heron different races will have different bonus attributes. Whether or not this includes crafting/gathering idk. Afaik all crafting stuff will be available to all races so there is nothing locked to a certain race atleast
sullen orchid
haven't been up to date recently but when will we be able to apply our kickstarter package thing or can we already do it
probably been asked a million times
verbal quiver
@sullen orchid you should of gotten a email a while ago with your KS code, it might of ended up in your spam or promotions tabs
verbal quiver
if it's not send me a DM i'll get you sorted 😃
sullen orchid
will do, cheers.
does your kickstarter package rank appear anywhere on the user cp?
ay yep, found it.
verbal quiver
all good?
sullen orchid
yep 👌
verbal quiver
😃
sullen orchid
oh neat,you're able to upgrade your ks package?
by paying the price difference from non-early bird version
verbal quiver
@sullen orchid yep and purchase addon's
verbal quiver
limited
verbal quiver
we will get a date once they finish the concpet art 😃
sullen orchid
ah wicked. still got time to save up then
unreal steeple
is the next weekish over yet ?
real horizon
I'm sure this question has been asked before, but have any MMO animes influenced some of the aspects of AoC? Aside from the server holding everyone hostage and trying to kill them lol.
<@&257269635559194625>
sullen orchid
what's the general consensus regarding comparing/contrasting aoc with other mmos w/ name drops
proud needle
@sullen orchid That it's utterly pointless
crystal beacon
Not sure if this question has been answered, couldn't find it. But uhm, are you able to have multiple houses/apartments? As in, you get a base house in Metropolis and also an instanced apartment?
magic cosmos
@crystal beacon One of each of the types of housing if I remember correctly 😃
crystal beacon
Ooooh! Decoration time!
I hope the decorations/furniture are also interactive.
Well, at least being able to sit on furniture I'd be happy with.
magic cosmos
@crystal beacon Me too! Try to keep this channel for questions though! Discussion goes in #aoc-discussion 😃
real horizon
It has always been my dream to run a Eastern European style apartment building in an MMO, will this be possible? <@&257269635559194625>
crystal beacon
@real horizon The Kaelar race sounds like it'd be a nice fit, that or one of the elves
supple nova
<@&257269635559194625> Will there be random cosmetic boxes in the cash shop? Or is it too early to say
simple thunder
<@&257269635559194625> one question so if i take class mage and take subclass assasian will i get new brand spells or just i will be able to use some assasin skills??
crystal beacon
@simple thunder There is an augmentation on that certain skill ex: if I am a ranger, and I have an arrow attack, It will be a plain arrow shooting, if I add a mage augmentation, it'll be a fire arrow (example)
simple thunder
@crystal beacon So just centair skills ?Well its sound awesome so many combinations xD
crystal beacon
Haha, indeed, we will see what intrepid has to offer eventually!
olive plover
So how will combat be working? I haven't seen a whole lot of talk regarding it, and it looks like classes have a very limited skill set compared to other currently popular MMOs, will combat the size and quality of games like Black Desert where it's extremely fluid with very vast amount of skills or will it be simpler? Also, I really hope that there is work being done making combat feel 'satisfying' I don't really feel like many World of Warcraft skills feel satysfying, continually throwing fireballs at an enemy till they die doesn't really feel immersive or rewarding.
<@&257269635559194625>
magic cosmos
@olive plover Come hop in #aoc-discussion that's a lot to talk about.
Combat currently is only about 20% done so what we've seen so far wont reflect the final product. IIRC the combat system is a mixture between tab target and action combat - a skill bar will have 8 skill slots that you can change and you will have quite a few abilities/augments that you can chose from depending on your class and sub-class.
olive plover
Thank you for answering so quickly. I will probably join the discussion chat later,I just have a lot to do at the moment and tomorrow.
Sounds pretty interesting what you wrote, just hope that it won't be limited to 8 slots only but there will be skill combos and a like.
native timber
Are we going to see any change logs or dev logs
Or is this just hype building with pepoles money
magic cosmos
@native timber They talk quite a bit and drip information every livestream. Every now and then @idle siren even leaks info/concept art in #aoc-discussion the forums are also a great source of info.
native timber
Ah so no hard logs
just videos
There is nothing to see progress on even though they have more that 3 million dollars
magic cosmos
@native timber There are some community made logs, I'm sure after we get a Community Manager it'll be better formatted.
native timber
Very offical
crystal beacon
midnight wolf
<@&257269635559194625> Will the growth/developement speed of a node be a factor of available resources? e.g. very fast node developement = less resources
crystal beacon
will there be battlegrounds for 5v5 with conquestmode (for example like in gw2 ) or and also other modes like king of the hill, capture the flag and dominationmode ? <@&257269635559194625>
magic cosmos
@crystal beacon not sure if all of that got answered but you should check out their arena livestream. They talked a bit about the "battle grounds" in that video 😃 hope this helps a bit.
rigid monolith
@fresh grail Guild cosmetics were part of the KS packages, so at least in this way, yes.
craggy panther
@idle siren @sudden kernel @reef mulch <@&257269635559194625> In a few other games i have seen an in game auto translation suite. for example Joe speaks, reads and types russian. In example game since i read speak and type english and thats what my settings are set to Joes text would auto translate to english so that i could understand what he said and vice versa in my reply. I cant remember what games ive seen it in, but i know it was epicly helpful. What do yall think about adding a feature into Ashes like this, especially since yall dont plan for the game to be region locked
stoic tapir
I like how this game is looking so far.
crystal beacon
<@&257269635559194625> How long will the PAX tickets be up for?
prime vine
When can we expect to receive the pax tickets we ordered? <@&257269635559194625> @idle siren
idle siren
PAX registration emails will be sent out this week. And tickets will be picked up on site at registration 😃
magic cosmos
Thanks for the info @idle siren @prime vine
rancid field
<@&257269635559194625> Will AoC have a way for the players to access in game leaderboards (Raids, PvP, Arenas) via website or any kind of REST API?
kind oasis
When will the open beta start?
crystal beacon
@kind oasis Hey m.b.a ! The open beta will most likely be around 2019, before the official launch.
The official launch is hopefully going to be around 2019, so maybe a couple months before the launch.
rose ibex
can we customize our guild house? if yes how depths will it be?
crystal beacon
Yes you can!
You can get skins for your guild house!
Your guild house is more of a guild hall by the way.
rose ibex
do you get to build it?
when starting a guild, we will have to buy the requirements to build a guild hall? if yes at first will it be like a small house? and can be build much bigger after through meeting the requirements? can it be build like a giant castle?
crystal beacon
We do not build guild halls
rose ibex
i really wish to be in the consideration of having building the guild halls to a player likes
how would the game money system work? for example buying materials and other stuff, will it be hard to earn money?
crystal beacon
<@&257269635559194625>
Are you planning to put the option in settings for Target auto-approach? So when the player uses an skill (ex.20 meters max range) on a target 30 meters away the character will automatically run towards the target until it's close enough to cast the skill
smoky forum
<@&257269635559194625> is there gonna be an official soundtrack album after the game releases?
hazy oriole
There is something I would like to know about the game, to some people it might even seem trivial, and that is, what will gear orientation on characters be like? I actually put up a discussion on the forums earlier towards that general thing
lilac plaza
You archetype doesn't define what kind of armor/weapon you need to play with, does that answer it for you @hazy oriole ?
cold frigate
How can i get a tickets for Alfa or beta tester?
magic cosmos
@cold frigate They will be on sale in the future!
cold frigate
How many is it will cost?
magic cosmos
@cold frigate No one knows yet!
cold frigate
Thank you all
mortal crescent
I want to ask something. Lets say the node I started had different attribute than I wanted (I want to play in a military node). Is it possible that I can switch to another node and get quests from that node and continue leveling up with same speed as I did on the previous node?
magic cosmos
@mortal crescent Think of nodes as a dynamic system, they can be destroyed and rebuilt, you can also transfer your citizenship to other nodes. I'm not sure if this answers your question, but I hope it helps!
ruby pawn
Also I don't believe you need citizenship to do quest at a node @mortal crescent so you could find a military node and do their quest. If that is the case.
mortal crescent
Thank you and I can say so I think Fyn. I mean I wondered that will there be any kind of problem in the the story line of quests if I want to leave the node I used to be in and get the quests.
ruby pawn
Well I think characters might have a story line that won't be inclusive of the nodes and you can probably just do any nodes quest at anytime. Though that's just speculation on my part.
mortal crescent
I see. Thank you for the answer ^^
ruby pawn
No problem I'm sure once it gets closer to release the questions will have definite answers ;)
inland crater
Will this game support multiple GPUs? SLI/crossfire?
barren stag
<@&257269635559194625> Will mobs carry visible and obtainable loot like in older mmos like Everquest? Like if I saw a gnoll with a golden sword I can take it from him after taking him out?
magic cosmos
@barren stag Probably, considering that even player belts will have asthetics representative of what's in a players inventory.
real horizon
<@&257269635559194625> will You guys be watching game of thrones tonight?! You know.... for creative inspiration😐
tawdry haven
<@&257269635559194625> Will people be able to claw on the ground, to hide in high grass or in brushes? Or in my case, to mess around.
fleet portal
@tawdry haven What? Claw on the ground? Like a groundhog? Doubtful...
Yes, you can hide in high grass if you desire. That's where most of my inspiration in life comes from.
@real horizon Intrepid resides in a room full of lavender, lounge music and energetic airwaves. They have no time for simple things such as that of a television! Now that I think about it, we should call a rescue team.
@barren stag Very possible. Its been spoken about in past streams. It'll definitely happen rather than a goblin dropping a piece of rag, a bottle, 30 silver and a stick. Though that might still happen now that I think of it 🤔
@inland crater My own thoughts like most MMOs is if that there is a need for SLI/crossfire from a large audience, the servers can be easily changed to support that. If only a minority ask, probably not.
slender oriole
How can I re-associate my intrepid ashes of creation account with the email I used for kickstarter? Is there a way to just change my email in the intrepid registered account?help.
magic cosmos
@slender oriole Contact 😃cs@intrepidstudios.com they can help you
It should be under http://www.ashesofcreation.com/account/
slender oriole
Thanks
real horizon
@slender oriole they word really quickly, these guys are amazing
remote badge
Any big upcoming events other than PAX?
magic cosmos
@remote badge Not that they've talked about IIRC
pastel cedar
Do we know how long the alpha 0 gonna take?
magic cosmos
@pastel cedar A0 is NDA and will be out circa December this year, that is all we know.
fast badger
Hello. Anyone I could talk to regarding influencer relations? Thanks in advance.
glass swallow
For Press and Influencer Relations, please email via: contact@intrepidstudios.com
fast badger
Thanks friend
fervent glen
Is there a schedule for beta's? and is there a way to obtain current testing keys?
magic cosmos
@fervent glen https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/6085/information-regarding-weekly-key-drawings
@fervent glen Alpha 0: December this year, Alpha 1: Q4 2018, Launch: Q4 2019
fervent glen
perfect, that was literally everything needed 😃
magic cosmos
@fervent glen Not a problem, let me know if I can be of any more assistance 😃
river steeple
is there anther reason to seige a node ather then deleveling it and are there rewards of benifits?
or*
hexed mural
@mortal crescent @ruby pawn I think They hintes at, if you have citizenship in a node you can quest or slay mobs around the world and gain favor towards that node still. If you are not but in an area of a node that is under development you can do quests in that region to increase that nodes favor.
river steeple
what hase that to do with attecking a city / node :). i wanna know what makes it worth to attack a city.
oblique dew
What type of weapon will the bard use i.e. harp, fiddle , flute
magic cosmos
@oblique dew Any type they want! Weapons arent locked to a class. That being said, there hasnt been any concept about bard specific weapons yet.
oblique dew
Well I want a fiddle
magic cosmos
@oblique dew Come talk about it in #aoc-discussion 😃
barren stag
@river steeple Loot, you can pillage the city and its areas as you destroy it. Then you can rob people's freeholds
@oblique dew all of those and more conventional weapons
sonic iron
hello, i'm a $1000 backer.. i jsut tried to get back into the discord after a bit of an absence from chatting there.. i never left the channel... but now it's saying I don't have permissions to post any messages?
magic cosmos
@sonic iron You can post now, it was locked for a moment
sonic iron
thank you
rigid monolith
I know that we're going to have a voucher system in Ashes after a successful caravan raid, partly because rendering items inthe world is an issue. Has rendering a "bag" looking item in the world been considered as an alternative?
empty fjord
<@&257269635559194625> Can you make it possible to have several channels in the guild chat? so that people who want to speak their native language won't bother the rest of the guild etc.
verbal quiver
@slender oriole @magic cosmos if it's a simple email change you can do that yourself on the account page, <www.ashesofcreation.com/account/>
neat lagoon
<@&257269635559194625> Are you still taking Classes names Cause i got bored:
rigid monolith
@neat lagoon They've all been named (just not released), but cool ideas.
neat lagoon
Well my only other Question for <@&257269635559194625> was - Could they explain a little more how the group dynamics will work in Group content and if it could be possible for more than just 1 class to fit a Key roll?
(Not sure if this is right but is how it has come across - Cleric is the only Main healer / Tank is the only Main tank / other than the the rest is a off role or DPS?)
From that view point i would always want to play the class that Main Tanks / Heals as they will always get into content over others and in turn would cause many tanks/Cleric/ possibly bard to me made,
As they would indirectly how the power over the group?. (PS @idle siren can we have the option to Dual Wield Shields and a tank PLEASE???)
ionic eagle
@crystal beacon I have a question regarding the legality of my guild creating shirt for our members that sport our guild logo and having the ashes logo/info on the back. i plan on placing an order in the next few days so an answer would be greatly appreciated.
<@&257269635559194625> Well that backfired - I have a question regarding the legality of my guild creating shirt for our members that sport our guild logo and having the ashes logo/info on the back. i plan on placing an order in the next few days so an answer would be greatly appreciated.
neat lagoon
^^ same as some have asked about a Guild Jumper
supple nova
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/280894494591942656/347001060616830986/unknown.png Regarding this. Can guilds have some kind of statistic who contributes to the defense please? Good deeds should always be rewarded
glass swallow
When asked about logo use previously Steven shared that it should not be an issue. Another guild was placing the logo onto business cards.
ionic eagle
Thank for the quick response.
mint summit
For vanity and immersion, will gear appearance change to look worn and damage to reflect that it's losing durability? Similar to Insert other game name here
regal topaz
@mint summit We know that durability of an item is important to Intrepid and that they intend to have an in depth degredation repair system implemented. However, we haven't been told (to my knowledge) if this degredation will have a visual effect.
vast dagger
Hi, I have a question, what kind of things can the guild's member benefit from the guild building? is there anything that makes the guild's member visit the guild building many times?
slow sentinel
Can we change the armor look or make our transmog?
sinful lagoon
@slow sentinel yes
vestal tapir
Can anyone kick Matt in the shin for me? 😃 Been waiting for his reply for weeks now
crystal beacon
@slow sentinel gear will be able to be dyed. So far that's most of the stuff we know on the subject http://aocwiki.net/Items#Armor
hexed hawk
Hey guys, first time on the discord. Pumped for the game, looks beautiful so far. Something I am curious about is the crowdfunding stretch goal of tavern games. These will be games played between players for in-game currency? Seems like a great addition, only game I can remember having this is FFXI back in the day! Can you guys elaborate a little more on the types of games which would be available to players?
fresh grail
We're there name reservations? Did it come with the kickstarter stuff?
rigid monolith
@hexed hawk Not entirely sure what they'll look like yet. But welcome!
bleak sinew
@fresh grail There were name reservations with the kickstarter packages. The name reservation method has not been released. So name reservations will be available at a later date.
fresh grail
ok thanks
flat rover
Dear Inteprid, Will any of your attend Gamescom ?
woeful current
How to hide emoticons below posts?
woeful current
Option Not in tablet app
halcyon jacinth
Did you guys get the video chat update on discord?
it says only 5% of people did but i dont believe that
magic cosmos
@halcyon jacinth try asking in #general-discussion, this chat isn't really for conversations 😃
halcyon jacinth
it's a question aint it m8
quick garden
Hi guys, Braver of Worlds participant here, I would donate more but need to learn the ability to drop wife agro first. My first question is about your intended flight mechanics. Traditionally in most MMOs ive played flight is a free-roaming entity with a set speed and not much more.
Will your flight mechanics include more realism, like a faster descent while in a dive? A swooping effect to pull out of a dive and not go SPLAT? Closest to the ground wins? :-)
I look forward being apart of the games development from Alpha onwards and bring back the true MMO experience.
crystal beacon
@halcyon jacinth Got a Question about Ashes of Creation? ask away! but remember keep the channel for direct question and direct answers.
@quick garden there is no flight in aoc besides kings and i think mayors
who own dragons
there is the glider mount, but nothing much has been said about how it handles
and im guessing thats a long way out
quick garden
Still early days. Thank you :-)
ivory wind
Where are the servers based?
crystal beacon
USA, EU, OCE
ivory wind
F2P/B2P, etc?
ivory wind
month? xD
ivory wind
ah, even earlier xD
crystal beacon
Way earlier, won't release until around 2019 hopefully
ivory wind
Sub full price throughout the alpha/beta?
crystal beacon
Good question
Not sure
i payed lifetime, so I assume alpha and beta will be free with the key
ivory wind
Sorry for all the questions I'm firing by the way haha
crystal beacon
Until launch
ivory wind
ah, is the alpha closed invitations right now?
crystal beacon
Yep, invitiation only, there is friends and family and then nda key, they are not launched right now.
@ivory wind first alpha which is friends and family will launch at the end of this year
ivory wind
are there any P2W elements in-game that you know of? Such as micro-transations, etc
ivory wind
goal reached, yeh?
ivory wind
at least it's way over, seen too many games underestimate the costs during fundraisers in the past
crystal beacon
the head of the project @idle siren is also putting much of his own money into it
ivory wind
Is the PvP element full loot?
crystal beacon
dependent on how negative your karma is i'm pretty sure
^ has info about what happens at neg karam
which is called Corruption
crisp agate
Basically..
Noncombatant - You drop a portion of your gatherables.
Combatant - You drop a smaller portion of your gatherables.
Corrupt (Negative Karma) - You have a % risk of dropping gear or any "completed item" in your inventory, as well as gatherables.
ivory wind
alright gotcha
crystal beacon
stop changing your name maev
ivory wind
What are the benefits to capturing nodes? I'm assuming it would be a guild/alliance capture instead of a player, right?
crystal beacon
nodes are more for everyone castles will be more for guilds
crisp agate
Technically a node isn't "owned" by anyone. No one player/guild completely controls a node. You can get elected into a mayor position within a node however, and the process of that varies depending on node type.
Like Stabby said, castles are the things you'll want to be capturing.
crystal beacon
nodes will be made up of a good amount of guilds
ivory wind
What would the benefit be from controlling a castle? Safe escape area's, boosted farming, etc?
crystal beacon
guild leader gets a dragon
ivory wind
again, sorry for the 101 questions haha
crystal beacon
ivory wind
are they used as a mount of some sort?
crystal beacon
if you want a quick run down of nodes and castles http://aocwiki.net/Nodes and http://aocwiki.net/Castles
dragons are the only flying mounts in the game
also i have no idea how to get rid of the preview it's kinda spammy
ivory wind
I think posting without the http part works in discord ^^
magic cosmos
@crystal beacon Put <> around the link
ivory wind
is trade done player-to-player or through some marketplace?
just picking up on the tax system there
crystal beacon
there is both player to player trading and marketplace
ahhh you cant trade cash shop items tho
still osprey
In part, yes. There's going to be microeconomics and macroeconomics.
Micro: you'll have freeholds and public territories that will have player stalls that will source materials from local players and maybe some products in part from further away to draw customers.
ivory wind
Do you know if there are a limited number of stalls per area Dev?
still osprey
Macro: there will be guilds and certain mercantile individuals sending mass materials, raw, refined, or crafted, to larger markets to sell.
That I do not know, but I know that they have shown off the model for the stalls in question.
There will most likely be a limit depending on the level/tier of the territory, as they will be placed in certain open areas and along streets.
ivory wind
Yeah I was just reading about it there, didn't go into detail if the amount of stalls was unlimited or if there were any limitations on how many would be in each area
alright gotcha
ivory wind
I know Stabby mentioned earlier there are 3 servers - am I right in thinking that would be 3 worlds?
well 3 locations to servers, I should say!
still osprey
There has been mention of Regional Servers and Headstart Servers. I don't believe they've nailed down a number yet though.
Considering the want to gather differing data though, I'd imagine there'd be more than 3.
crystal beacon
ahhh zara was the one that said the dif regions. but it's unknown how many servers will be available.
Ah yeah, not the server count
But for server areas it's OCE NA EU
ivory wind
Sorry my bad there Zara and Stabby lol
crystal beacon
but they have said east server will cap at 10k players and there will be head start servers and non head start servers to counter the headstart = p2w people
ivory wind
alright that's the part I was curious about, moreso just wanting to make sure the game would ultimately be able to handle X amount of players if you get what I mean
magic cosmos
Dont worry about that, Google will be hosting the servers
still osprey
They went to the right provider :p
magic cosmos
If we're going to keep up this discussion though, we should probably move over to #aoc-discussion 😃
ivory wind
Now I'm not so worried haha
rancid field
<@&257269635559194625> Will AoC have a way for the players to access in game leaderboards (Raids, PvP, Arenas) via website or any kind of REST API?
regal topaz
@rancid field They have mentioned that there will be notifications/postings for Server First for certain achievements. The community has been fairly vocal with their desire for a data export or ingame representation for certain statistics so it is likely there will be some form of leaderboards available. However, leaderboards will most likely revolve around Node/Castle development, guild related material, and arenas instead of specifically around raids.
TLDR; Intrepid has stated there will be limited functionality for leaderboards but we do not know to what extent they intend to allow access to overall data. 😃
regal topaz
@ivory wind Intrepid has said that there will likely be packages that allow access to certain test phases (Alphas/Betas) as well as other purchasables (such as the "swag" that will be sold at PAX, etc.). However, Intrepid has said they do not intend to have another crowdfunding event.
@ivory wind Soon TM 😉
foggy forum
Will we have the option to use 🇬🇧 english in game?
brittle crystal
What is even the difference between British English and American English? Seems like a lot of pointless work to me really.
ivory wind
Lots. lol
I will still never forget the day I was in a queue when on holiday in the states and some lady in front of us at the checkout asked the person she was with to take money out of her fanny 😂
Which would have a complete different meaning here lol
brittle crystal
Well its more like a dialect. Its not a completely different language so rewriting everything with some slight changes is a huge waste of time. Generally i think most people get to learn American english anyway
crystal beacon
" remember keep the channel for direct question and direct answers. " move to #aoc-discussion pls
worn frigate
we had to choose american or british english in our bachelor tests
if we mixed it we got 0 points
...
lofty light
Will mobs drop also gear pieces? Or just ruined ones for recipe and everything is player crafted?
magic cosmos
@lofty light We dont know yet!
lofty light
@magic cosmos ok thank you. I actually hope it will be all player crafted. 😉
magic cosmos
@lofty light They are aiming for a very player crafted environment - but it sounds like it will be driven by other content as well 😃 Hope this helps answer your question 😄
brittle crystal
is there any age rating they are aiming for? 15/18?
ionic goblet
i think it's more like 20-30
ruby pawn
@brittle crystal I like your pic
brittle crystal
20-30 is no an age rating xD i guess i mean will we see more mature themes in the game or will it be "child friendly" @ionic goblet and @ruby pawn cool but not the channel to talk about that
copper coyote
+17 M if i remember correctly
ruby pawn
M for meme @crystal beacon hmph
brittle crystal
sweet! happy to hear that!
drifting pagoda
Was there any news about relese or still none?
ivory wind
it's in 2020
drifting pagoda
lold
brittle crystal
before 2020*
ivory wind
but probably in. lol
crystal beacon
Before 2020, so probably 2019
ivory wind
Well alpha 1 starts december 2018... which gives them 1 year and 1 month to do all alpha's and beta's.. lol
That's highly ambitious
well except for alpha 0
brittle crystal
beta is planned to be in the end of 2018. hopefully i wont take them a year after that to launch the game
drifting pagoda
i would say its pretty sad since most ppl will get tired waiting for it :/
ivory wind
They should maybe consider just letting us all go find the bugs! lol
help us to help them :D
drifting pagoda
they sounds a little like blizzard
ruby pawn
@ivory wind I feel like we shouldn't overload the server with players untill full release
ivory wind
Not overload, but you could switch it about
Plus I think a lot more people will come to the game closer it gets to launch anyway. I mean I only ever first heard about this last night and I'm kicking myself I didn't know about this during the KS or Summerfest now. lol
ruby pawn
I found it after ks too
But I would only want infi sub. I don't want to play the game until it's full release
ivory wind
Yes the lifetime sub appealed a lot to me until I found out I couldn't get any of them 😂
real horizon
<@&257269635559194625> Will we be able to construct Statues of ourselves? Or maybe even have others construct statues of us? You know, to erect in the town square and such
deep jacinth
I'm sure some of these have been asked somewhere, and forgive me if they have. I tried a search of Q/A sections in discord, and watched a few videos, but I can't find the answers I'm looking for.
Q: How's the flexibility for character movement and control? Most MMOs lately seem to limit to walk, run, jump, crouch, sit, swim. Can the player army/belly crawl?
Q: Is height of the avatar reflected in the size of the hitbox? For example, if I were to crouch/crawl or stoop somehow, could the player enter in smaller spaces than before? Would attacks be affected by your height mid-roll versus standing? If you run and drop into a roll, can you fit under low spaces like roots/leaning logs/small caves that you wouldn't be able to enter while standing?
Q: How much can players interact with the mesh/hitbox of the surroundings? If a house has a raised deck, can you crawl under it? What about under tables? Are all/some trees climbable? If you jump on a rock, will footing recess into the slopes and crevices, or will you just be as high as the tallest point? Do you walk through plant/ground cover? Trample it? Bump into, and go around it?
Q: One of the videos shows a ranger/assassin type climbing a wall. Is that a movement, or a skill? Are such actions limited to specific locations/object interactions, or is it as applicable as standing/jumping?
dawn bough
how many people work at Intrepid Studios, just out of curiosity?
unkempt dagger
Will there be hostile npcs in the wild? Like mercenaries, pirates, bandits or travelers? If so, how will they interact with the player?
regal topaz
@dawn bough This is a PARAPHRASED section from a "Massively OP Pocast" that Steven was apart of on 6/27/2017. This, to my knowledge, is the most recent information we have regarding numbers. Meaning, the team has more than likely expanded since then. 😃
@deep jacinth Most of your questions, unfortunately, we won't really know until Intrepid has done testing in Alpha. We do know that currently there is player collision (subject to change of course) so it is likely that character proportions will have an effect on your vertical hitbox.
Regarding your question about the cilmbing mechanic, I know that originally climbing was to be a Utility/Movement Ability specific to a certain few classes such as Rangers and Rogues (similar to the flying/levitating ability of the mage from the Kickstarter videos). However, we haven't received any more information regarding who has access to climbing and if it will be limited to specific classes. Wether climbing will be limited in its use on objects, I would venture to say no as Mages did not seem to have limitations in the Kickstarter videos but this would be extremely subject to change based on testing in Alpha/Beta I would assume.
I hope this helped, sorry I couldn't find more concrete info for you!
@unkempt dagger There will be many Node Spawned PvE events that could take the form of bandits/mercenaries/pirates depending on your proximity to certain environments. They would likely be hostile to all PCs within set goals for their AI (such as pillaging a specifc part of a settlement).
radiant bluff
Have the devs posted on how guilds are going to work yet? Like is the guild system actually important to node development and is there guild warefare etc
rigid monolith
@radiant bluff yes, there are guild wars. Guilds will have a small and limited contribution to governing nodes as well.
granite musk
Are we far enough to know how the character progression is gonna be? Max level like traditional, no max level like in bdo, or no levels at all?
rigid monolith
@granite musk you have levels across various parts of your character. The more traditional level is called your adventuring level and caps near 50 for now, but this may change.
granite musk
Do you have examples for the various levels there is gonna be on a character. Im thinking a level for crafting, or gathering etc?
rigid monolith
@granite musk adventuring, artisan, guild, social org, religion... These things all have their own progression.
granite musk
Ah, marvelous. Thanks for answering!
crystal beacon
i've heard there is a marriage system in the game, is gay marriage allowed ?
upper turtle
@crystal beacon yes, marriage is not restricted by race or gender
crystal beacon
@upper turtle thank you 😊, that nice 👍
calm fossil
Hey there first love what you guys are doing with this game it looks amazing... so I was wondering if one wanted to be a traveling Merchant in this world could one obtain a single creature mounted cart that would serve as a storage place for the goods, as well as serve as a Merchant stand?
ruby pawn
That's kinda specific
calm fossil
yea I thought so to, but would be a interesting concept.
ruby pawn
I think that could be more of a suggestion than a question because I doubt they either implemented or we're going to add a system like that.
calm fossil
I was looking at it more like how they have a camping system that they suggested they were going to put in the game already. I suppose you could say this is an enquiry of how far they will take that system
verbal quiver
Reminder, this channel is for direct questions and answers, if you wish to have a discussion please move to #aoc-discussion
ruby pawn
Yes dad
ivory wind
Will the Beta's be open or closed to those who have a key?
calm fossil
That's no problem I understand. I was simply asking the question just like how you can achieve mounts and use the Caravan system, is there any chance you could get carts for yourself?
ivory wind
Do you mean transporting materials without using a caravan?
calm fossil
Yes but not in massive quantities. A very small store that travels and players can purchase from on the go.
Simplest way to ask I guess is aside from purchasing mounts can you purchase a small cart to attach to the mount.
That's it on that conversation. Not trying to turn this into a discussion just asking a question
ivory wind
I think there are mule mounts for transporting stuff between nodes, not sure how much they can carry though
magic cosmos
They haven't really gone into specifics - the caravan which looks similar to how you're describing it, however the mechanics haven't been talked about in the depth that you're looking for @calm fossil 😛 Hope this helps.
calm fossil
yes thank you.
shut mantle
Will NPCs have their own voices or will they be text only interfaces?
ivory wind
ooh good question
magic cosmos
@ivory wind please remember that we try to keep this for just questions and answers 😃 thank you!
ashen wave
@shut mantle This was brought up briefly and for now the consensus was that full voice acting costs a large amount of money and although it is something the team would like to do, it's not something in the works for the game at the moment.
The other point was that if they began voice acting from the begining it would be something that would need to be updated everytime for future content releases
ivory wind
Fiverr.com is a really good place to source voice overs from people who try to get their work out in the world :D
^ reply on question lol
shut mantle
@ashen wave I know this isn't for chat so this can be moved elsewhere, but I was going to suggest something to them. Not sure how best to get this suggestion to them, but how about having that community driven. Example: Post transcripts for characters that the community can volunteer to record their voice over for the transcript. The posted transcripts can have a requested voice level and tone.
This would be a great way for the community to feel more involved with the game, while not costing Intrepid for it, except for the time it takes to post the transcripts and get them implemented
ivory wind
Is there a roadmap available just now to outline where each alpha and beta stage will open/close? I can see there's different stages for each listed on the Summerfest packages, and I recall it being mentioned in a stream that the deadlines and goals for release would be stuck to - but I can't find the roadmap for it all?
regal topaz
@ivory wind https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/257283936756039680/339971774060167168/q1z37bxpwyi1.png
This is an older outline of the Alphas/Betas but there have been some mentioned changes since this was made.
ivory wind
oh right so full release isn't before 2020 then no?
Wait nevermind. are there any months to go with it do you know Moose?
regal topaz
Nothing quite concrete.
Friends and Family / NDA Alpha : October - December 2017
Kickstarter Alpha Phases - Likely 4th Quarter of 2018
Beta - Early/Mid 2019
Release - Late 2019
That's, to my knowledge, the most we know atm
ivory wind
That's a really, really, really amibitious roadmap between alpha 1 and release
calm fossil
Now when they said no box cost does that mean that the game itself is free but the $15 month subscription covers everything? I'm newer to the PC world of Gaming so not quite sure what that means.
regal topaz
@calm fossil Yes, there will not be an upfront cost to buy the game. The $15/month subscription should cover the cost of the game and any future DLC/expansions.
calm fossil
cool cool, now aside from beta and Alpha Testing periods can one purchase the game prior to its release? And if so when would the earliest time be?
magic cosmos
@calm fossil there will be packs in the future yes! No ETA
ivory wind
No confirmation on earliest date yet
regal topaz
@calm fossil I don't think I understand the question. There wouldn't be reason to purchase anything outside of Alpha/Beta testing.
ivory wind
I think he meant pre-pay
calm fossil
yea pre pay
magic cosmos
@calm fossil We dont know if there is a pre-pay system yet. IIRC
calm fossil
This is the first game I've ever even considered pretty pain
Pre paying
when it comes to the magic user classes is one able to pick and choose spells they learn, or would one only be able to receive predetermined spells flavored by their secondary class as they level up?
magic cosmos
@calm fossil Specifics aren't detailed. The first class will be the spells/skills/abilities and the second class will offer augments to the original. I hope this answers the question 😃
ivory wind
I think you can select what spells to put in your spell bar, but there's something about augumentation between primary and secondary classes though - not much else confirmed mind
calm fossil
chill thanks
mossy badge
I know its early and its probably been asked before but.. I love building DoT based, or Hot based characters, anyone think we will be able to build a class that focuses on that?
rigid monolith
@mossy badge Certainly. If you're interested, here's a rundown of the PAX abilities. https://ashenfoundry.com/articles/pax-west-class-demo-abilities/
ivory wind
omg ty
mossy badge
Love it, thanks [HSG] Truth Eternal
calm fossil
With the potion creation mechanics I assume 1 can create healing potions and Mana potions, but will there be stat buffing potions or even affect potions?
glass swallow
Hasnt yet been disclosed
ivory wind
What does "vaporpoof" mean? :S
ruby swift
Question about in game marriage ceremonies. Will they be instanced to prevent anti-social behaviour? For example the infamous WOW pvp raid on an in-game funeral? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T15ot8ABAWk
pale marlin
hi <@&257269635559194625> I am just curious about one of the things you said in an interview. You said the game would scale down to lowspec PC's, is this due to scaling options in unreal or did you build somthing custom in to allow you to further optimze it for lower spec machines?
abstract swift
@calm fossil there will be no box cost, however i believe they said there will be several packages you can buy (ex. $30, $50, or $80). Most likely offering closed/open beta keys and/or cosmetic stuff.
brittle rapids
Question: Will Guild names be exclusive and if so will we be able to get nameholders for a guild name? I am guessing they will be exclusive per server/realm?
crystal beacon
@brittle rapids the 500$ KS-Pack offered a nameholder for guild
tribal sorrel
@fleet portal in reltaion to the contest, what do that hats and shirts look like, i did not see them avalible for purchase on the store page of the website.
tribal sorrel
@glass swallow would those items ever be avalible for regular puchase or are those pax exclusive?
glass swallow
We haven't had any confirmation of them being available outside of PAX.
tribal sorrel
I hope they consider it, i cant get to pax this year but i definatly want them, great designs.
brittle rapids
oh okay, thanks xD
ionic marlin
I don't know if these question have been answered, sorry.
- What incentive is there for groups to compete over the development of nodes? Is it just investment in towns and such, or is there going to be something preventing everyone from profiting equally from a node? My concern is that players will just arbitrarily decide to band together and only develop one node, because they can all benefit from it. What all is there to compete over?
- Are there going to be NPC towns outside of nodes like small fishing villages or docks on lakes, maybe way stations?
magic cosmos
@ionic marlin
- Nodes offer lots of advantages to players and unique world events. The type that they develop to be has different benefits to it's zone of influence including new quests etc. You gain additional benefits for being a citizen of the specific node and depending on your influence, there are government spots available in some nodes.
- Probably - we don't really know.
ionic marlin
Yeah I imagine there will have to be other NPC areas and features to faciliate quests and stuff
ivory wind
Where can I put suggestions?
magic cosmos
@ivory wind throw them on the forums!
ionic marlin
And that's good about govenment spots and citizenship and all that, ideally guilds will have some investment in their nodes
magic cosmos
@ionic marlin Guilds don't own nodes, they own Castles. It's a different system.
ionic marlin
Yeah I just meant the nodes they're in
shut mantle
I assume this has been asked, is there any talk about this game having virtual reality support?
magic cosmos
@shut mantle IIRC the answer is no.
hexed mural
@ionic marlin the nodes will only offer so much benefits for a selected number of people. Since everyone cant Get citizenship in each node, you would want to week out other nodes. There can only be 5 lvl 4 nodes on each server and They will be spread around the world. If you Get in on a node from node 2, and Get citizenship you will Get a rank 3 citizenship when it reaches 4. So getting in early also have bonuses. Also if you dont like the direction its moving f.ex. Being a military node and you want to have a religious node, you might want to change to another node for development
muted lichen
Water nodes with atlantis type cities?
ionic marlin
Thank you @hexed mural! That's exactly what I wanted to hear, this game is looking like it's going to be pretty great.
crystal beacon
Okay, here is my question.I have played many mmorpg's. But this time it's in alpha, You can get your ideas to developers. Does the game have a mic system? No.. listen a local mic system the farther away you are the less you hear. As most of these rpg games are lacking the "RP" feel in communicating with other players
ruby swift
@ionic marlin actually there can only be 5 lvl 6 metropolis...i think 4 and 5 are being called city, and 3 village.
ruby pawn
I'm pretty sure you can't live in a node till level 4 (town or village forgot the name) and once it hits level 6 the max level. Which there can be only 5 of the mayor of said node can add apartment complexes players can rent out. But once a node level up the players that got a house at level 4 get better bigger housing with progression of the node.
@ionic marlin ^ I'm pretty sure those are the right numbers
ruby swift
@ruby pawn housing in town is available from level 3, instanced apartments from level 5 if the government has constructed that option
ruby pawn
Ok
ruby swift
I know he only mentions freeholds there, but he mentions in town housing specifically at level 3 in a livestream.
ruby swift
No biggie, they may change everything by the time we get to see it
ruby pawn
I think that the level seem good :)
ruby swift
Definitely going to make you feel the risk vs reward part. I can see myself camping online waiting for the node I have decided to live at to pop from 2 to 3 so I can bid on a house the second it becomes available.
ruby pawn
We should move to ashes discussion :)
ruby swift
true
dusky ingot
how can i get the alpha ?
crystal beacon
you buy into it later
hexed mural
@crystal beacon well there is no build in mic system yet, but they covered the chat system. And that is going to be local, you won't have a world chat as you do in other games. You will have local chat channels plus guild and group/raid channels. So if you want to talk to people in a city you need to be present in that city.
@signal socket yeah sorry my mistake I know the levels of the node might be off, but the rest of my description on the functionality of the node and how they impact each player is pretty accurate from the info drops we got.
calm fossil
will there be a way to toggle between weapons fairly quickly or will one have to go to their inventory and manually switch it every time
quick garden
I'm curious about your world/town/arena design process. As a robotic engineer anything we design, program or prototype, is always assembled on paper before PC. Is this a similar method in games design?
Also, what software are you using to record your gameplay? I've used a few but am interested in what the pro's use.
signal socket
@hexed mural The tag was meant to him lol @ruby swift
crystal beacon
@hexed mural Thanks
hexed mural
Unknown#0417 yeah man sorry!
neat lagoon
<@&257269635559194625> this is a Simple one that goes with the Current armor set shown already can we see the other races in the same "Type" of armor (what would the Tulnar look like?)
spice stirrup
<@&257269635559194625> Completely out of curiosity, is there a possibility for marriage systems or similar?
ionic marlin
This is probably a more UE4-oriented question, but is the game going to be single- or multi-threaded?
Just Googled it, it looks like UE4 can use an unlimited amount of cores.
glass swallow
@spice stirrup Marriage is confirmed
arctic sky
<@&257269635559194625> so healing... healing healing healing.. I know there have been a lot of talk about combat mechanics and targetting for that, but how exactly will healing work? If its hybrid would it just be tab targetting for solo skills and then dropping random aoes in direction? Please for the love of god tell me it wont be the healthbar game where you make the party window ginormous and jsut click on the name with the least health a la early swtor (well still some swtor) or will it be more like WS in the having to move with everyone and no time to look at the party health bar? (honestly WS had the most intense and intruging healing for me due to this)
also I know there was talk about summoners working together, what about bards with buffs? Have a skill with a secondary augment that allows them to join together (or stand next to eachother to cast) also?
main merlin
Will we have a necromancer class?
upper nest
Correct me if I am wrong, currently it looks as though crow fall will be Tab Targeting,. Will there be an option or has any thought been given to being action combat instead? Much more skill PvP based.
verbal quiver
@upper nest this isn't crowfall 😉 and Ashes will be a Hybrid system hybrid system that focuses on skill, composition, balance/counterbalance and movement/positioning
upper nest
Haha my bad been playing to much crow fall lately, I meant ashes of course. Thanks for the answer
quartz steppe
Hi Everyone, just want to find out I can't seem to buy the explorer pack. it says page not found/ 😦
verbal quiver
@quartz steppe the store has ended sadly, there will be more opportunitys in the future to buy access to the alpha/betas but that was the last of the crowdfunding
verbal quiver
No problem keep a eye on #news and social media they will annouce when the store is up 😃
limber wharf
speaking of @verbal quiver any word on when those packages will be released? the ones for alpha and beta access?
crystal beacon
@verbal quiver So for the next opportunities, will they also get items, or is it just the keys
verbal quiver
No New's yet on when 
😂 and unsure, only thing that we know is that there will Merch and Access packs what will be in those packs we don't know just yet
limber wharf
How long are the package upgrades avaible?
verbal quiver
@limber wharf once we get concept art we will get a date that it will end 😃
limber wharf
thanks @verbal quiver
echo oyster
When is the next live stream
dim wharf
@echo oyster 23rd
regal topaz
August 23rd 3PM PDT 6pm EDT
lofty light
What are the known item sinks in game? Failed over enchanting? Can items to be deconstruct back to resources? Are items going to decay and become unrepairable at some point? Are there others?
limber wharf
@lofty light I believe it's Item decay, though I could be wrong.
regal topaz
@lofty light All of the ones you mentioned are in the game. Not sure if you said them because you knew that (sorry if that's true). Another possible item sink would be the dye system due to dyes being (in current development) 1 use. Meaning you would need to make many dyes to have a full gear set of the same color.
lofty light
Well i think i heard about this over enchanting, but i was not sure about others. Just asking because if most items will be player crafted, those needs to also get out of the game or we are situation where markets are overflooding of items.
So yeah i needed more confirm to my thoughts. ;-)
Ok nice, ty guys. That learning to recipe especially sounds interesting.
half spindle
What should be the recommended setup to run this game when it will be released ?
magic cosmos
@half spindle If you can run recent games, you'll probably be able to run AOC, no specific setups have been suggested by the company but UE4 is relatively versitile.
half spindle
Well I'm building up my computer right now, and I gotta know how it should look like
because I can't buy a computer every 2 years.
magic cosmos
@half spindle Like I said, if you can run recent games, you'll probably be able to run AOC. There aren't any exact specifications published.
exotic hatch
For those of us who bought the PAX West packages (I bought the standard one) are the emails coming to us soon how we will get our PAX passes?
glass swallow
the standard ticket / passes are picked up at registration
exotic hatch
Do I show my receipt to them at registration? so they know it's me?
glass swallow
si
exotic hatch
Ah, Thanks
glass swallow
😉
storm atlas
<@&257269635559194625> How will you get your custom code to handle the connections on UE4's engine. I know they keep trying to improve that aspect but Unreal has always been an FPS engine originally. Although Tera and other games have given credit to Unreal so it has been used for mmo's but I would love to see how you plan to handle the scaling. Ninja Theory did a nice thing with there dev diaries covering their MoCap studio and such would like to see something like that. Cheers
frigid summit
Intrepid has stated they are writing their own network code rather than using the built in UE4 one, beyond that however eho knows how open or hush hush they will be about how their propritary code/server will work other than hints at a planned 10k server size.
storm atlas
@frigid summit Thanks Rhino .. Would love to get a look at that network code. 😃
supple nova
<@&257269635559194625> can we expect voiced /narrated story telling near the end of Ashes procuction or before? Imho having a great narrator will do great things in terms of hooking people to the lore which I believe will be amazing (because everything else is hehe)
ruby swift
@supple nova they have ruled out voiceacting due to cost. However that doesn't mean we won't possibly get intros or cutscenes. But your average npc will not be voiced for release.
calm fossil
when it comes to a node becoming a metropolis and potentially getting attacked by a world boss, if the boss is defeated before the node is destroyed ( down graded) Will the node receive an attack from a new world boss later on? Or will it be safe from further attacks on that scale?
hollow rapids
<@&257269635559194625> when are you expecting alpha 1 to start?
copper coyote
@hollow rapids The official wiki says this, it might still change
http://aocwiki.net/Releases
hollow rapids
@copper coyote its not official, but I know that. I wanted an estimate as of right now
hollow rapids
nothing official though since quite some time
copper coyote
well there is stream in 9,5h
and that "releases" is updated when new info gets released, afaik, again
verbal quiver
Alpha 1 is December 2018
hollow rapids
@verbal quiver is that info official or just the date called on KS?
hollow rapids
I guess that means all alpha and beta stages will be only a year in total
ruby pawn
@calm fossil it's loses it's story unlocked by the metropolis until becoming a metropolis again.
hardy saffron
subtle bluff
and my 🛡
vague tendon
will we be able to earn bis gear through pvp?
magic cosmos
@vague tendon BIS is earned in multiple ways - considering palyers can drop gear when corrupt, it's a deffinate possibility that you can earn all of it via PvP.
vague tendon
nice thx
upbeat tide
Are they not selling the pax packages anymore?
magic cosmos
@upbeat tide Looks like they sold out of the tickets!
upbeat tide
dang but im not too mad I spent too much on the kickstarter anyway
muted lichen
Will there be water nodes where we have ship battles and fight sea monsters and live on floating/underwater cities?
limber wharf
@muted lichen I think they've said there will be nodes next to the oceans with docks and like, but I don't think I've heard them say anything about floating/underwater cities
ivory urchin
how much time does it take for a city to evolve from nothing to a metropolis (by level)??
grizzled basin
<@&257269635559194625> Will here is marrage in AoC? If so will there be mariage emotes that only couples can do?
torpid dragon
Will there be emotes/animations that allows two or more players to actually interact with each other. Examples could be hand shake, hugs, etc
crystal beacon
Is there end game PVP gear you can aquire from PvP, perhapes a reward/reclaim system?
hushed pebble
Will you guys add editable faciol expressions for actions or facial expressions in general to make our characters seem more alive?
stone swallow
<@&257269635559194625> Can I chop down any tree and dedicatedmy character to being a lumberjack?
regal topaz
Remember, if you are trying to get your question to the livestream. Post into #350036135289815040
storm cargo
Can you talk more about weapons and gear? Will AoC have the flashy sword paddles we have gotten use o over the years or will they for the most part have a more realistic design?
shut cipher
Will there be a monetary conversation rate been different nodes?
ember star
@steel starrey Will the storage/banks be node specific? or universal?
velvet fog
<@&257269635559194625> will the crafting be set like for a normal iron wapon you need 2 Iron ingots a strong stik and some deer lether. For a advance sword you need some stell ingots an cedar root and some lisard skinn. Ore wil it be mor like : to build a sword put fiting matirals in all the slots fore the sword like the blade wer you can put for acampel wood(wood blade ),mettel (metal blade) ore even cristal( cristal blade) in and than put materials in the second slot for the handel for ecampel and so on (maby also somthing to hold evry thing to getter and somthing to make it prity like in the game Thea: the Awakening ). And depending on wich material you use and how skillfull the person wehre that ther were made from. You can get difrent efects and properties from it. I would prefer that crafting sistem. (sory for my teribel english and writting mistaks got also dislexica so pls just ignor the mistaks
tiny prairie
<@&257269635559194625> Would you make a rebalance on the corruption system? Do you like carebears?
wide aurora
Will magic abilities/skills be subject to rng avoidance stats such as evasion/shield block/parry ect. <@&257269635559194625>
near hull
<@&257269635559194625> Will bards (or ?/bards) be able to play actual musical instruments, like cellos or violins?
lean rapids
<@&257269635559194625> My question is about Combat Mechanics. In previous games i've played the use of aoe skills is typically limited to a number of people hit or the damage of the skill goes down drastically after hitting X amount of people. This typically turns the PvP "Wars" into a matter of numbers and zergs. Will Ashes of Creation allow small groups to take on larger groups, will most large scale PvP be limited to number of participants, or will it rely on making many allies to swarm your opponents? Any response would be lovely ❤ thank you and keep up the good work!
crystal beacon
<@&257269635559194625> Will there be more skills incoming to add more diversity to the classes or is what was showcased in the small demo something we ought to expect?
verbal quiver
@crystal beacon the skills in the preview are the PAX ability's there will be more 😃
crystal beacon
YES
crystal beacon
<@&257269635559194625> : will there be many dances(rp for example) and/or a dancer sublass ?
This is really wonderfull to dance for buff or heal people like this :o.
formal meteor
How do you go about entering to win alpha keys?
verbal quiver
@formal meteor https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/6085/information-regarding-weekly-key-drawings/p1
just by signing up to the website your entered in the random drawings, and the post has a full run down on it 😃
half spindle
Just how big the map will be ?
There's maybe a comparison to other games ?
keen grove
<@&257269635559194625> do you have any intent on holding costume design contest in the future, where players can submit and vote upon designs created by the community?
shut mantle
Is there any estimate on about how many combat skills a character will be able to use at a time? For instance, when I played EverQuest 2 we often times had 8 or so hot bars setup full of abilities. However, games like Guild Wars 2 only had a handful that you could use at a time
vague prairie
where can ifind last nights pod cast missed first 15 mins
verbal quiver
@vague prairie on the twitch <twitch.tv/ashesofcreation>
magic cosmos
@verbal quiver http://twitch.tv/ashesofcreation
verbal quiver
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/169280836 actuall link to the video
vague prairie
nice try thats just a question about the holy golden sandles
echo oyster
have they said they will have own launcher or steam maybe?>
magic cosmos
@echo oyster Pretty sure they said no steam.
echo oyster
good
verbal quiver
Yeah no steam 😃
night crest
How exactly do you enter in for the key drawings?
magic cosmos
@night crest youre already in the drawing if you have an account!
verbal quiver
@night crest https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/6085/information-regarding-weekly-key-drawings/p1 more info here 😃
bitter sparrow
Guys, do someone now when we will have our forum badges from kickstarter?
proud needle
When they decide to give them to us.
storm atlas
<@&257269635559194625> Several Questions. Will we have the ability to enhance gear via craftable materials? For example.. Say I create a very flammable liquid in a vial. Perhaps this liquid could be created via Alchemy (a skill to be learned of course). Perhaps during a fight I decide to douse my weapon in this liquid and ignite it! Then my sword has become a ( +1 flametongue? 😃 ) Kidding on the flametongue but say it adds an additional 1d6 Dmg to my base sword dmg? I don't know how calculations are done in the game ( weapons stats + players stats(increased by level of player) + Flammable Dragon Oil. SO maybe my dmg is now 2D8 (2-H bastard sword) + 1d4 for weak jens biceps.. then.. another 1d6 for the flaming oil. LOL actually this is all going into my game i'm working on now but I was curious if you thought it would be something you'd add to AoC. Could be fun! 😃
crystal beacon
@storm atlas from what i know none of what you said is included in AoC
keep the channel for direct question and direct answers.
fresh grail
are they still working on the combat system of Ashes?
it'd be nice if its combat system is similar to gw2
crystal beacon
@fresh grail ahhh if you want to read all about their plans for the combat system http://aocwiki.net/Combat has all the info stated from the devs
@fresh grail but atm they have said they're aiming for a hybrid system that mixes tab targetting and action combat
storm atlas
@crystal beacon ty
analog flint
<@&257269635559194625> We know if you delve to greedily and too deep you can awaken something in the darkness to attack you but if you hoard to much gold will a dragon come and take it from you?
keen grove
<@&257269635559194625> Will players be able to customize racial specific attributes (I.E An Elf's Ear size, shape and angle) or is that predetermined.
acoustic mist
<@&257269635559194625> Assuming that a world map is part of the UI, will said map show the entire world from the start, or will it gradually uncover areas as the player explores the world (like in gw2)?
hazy monolith
<@&257269635559194625> will the people and caravans have a collision system as seen in black desert or pass through each other?
dry flower
@acoustic mist they have mentioned that exploration will be a big part of ashes and there will be plenty of hidden stuff for players to discover, so I would say that no, the map won't be all discovered from the start.
acoustic mist
@dry flower Ah alright, thanks!
ivory wind
Things unlock in the map as the nodes level up too ^^
just like they would disappear if the levels go down
bitter sparrow
<@&257269635559194625> when we will have our forum badges from kickstarter?
magic cosmos
@bitter sparrow When they give them to us. (They aren't done yet)
harsh bay
<@&257269635559194625> Ive seen some videos from the snapchat on Death's proxy's videos. What is the snapchat? I want to keep up to date with the game 😄
verbal quiver
@harsh bay snapchat is intrepidstudios
harsh bay
Thank you
heady hornet
<@&257269635559194625> are you guys have any plans on going f2p or giving out free months/year of game play? And how is the armour/weapon crafting looking? Are u going with Rift image of crafting(people have skins of weapons which can be superimposed on the actual waepon/armour) or revelation online sort of crafting(no skins all weapon on the same lvl look exactly the same) ? Or are you going with a different approach, like people have a stock weapon and the players can customize the waepon/Armours according to their needs? And do we get sub souls? Like a specialization like a rogue can get to be a ninja ranger or a warrior to be like a berserker battle reaver ? And if yes then will we unlock it on the spot or not? And what about the health system? Is it going to be wack-a-mole sort of system like in traditional mmorpg or will we have a low cap of health and the other stats will have some more importance? Eg a tank having 500health then he has strong armour and so he will be slow in covering distances but reasonably agile in close range. The rogue on the other hand will have only 100~125health but be very fast and agile and can out maneuver the tank and get critical shots in. Difference in damage = both do standard 100dmg but the rogue crits if he gets behind the tank but otherwise he does 0 dmg and may risk destroying his own weapons. This is to lower the time spent doing the same thing again and again with a specific boss. And will the bosses have different skills etc when facing different types of player/variaring tactics every single time for higher lvl bosses/hard/God mode raids/dungeons. As u can see I am unimpressed by the current situations of mmorpg and ashes of creations look like a Savior too me. Thank you
rancid moon
<@&257269635559194625> are there gunna be scythes that I can rush into battle with as a mage? ❤
copper coyote
@rancid moon Search funtion is preferred to use, but here is the answer:
http://prntscr.com/gdcbzg
rancid moon
awesome ! wheres the search function o.o
regal topaz
@rancid moon It's in the top bar on the right. You can use functions like in: to search specific channels as well.
glass swallow
The scythe will be a tool rather than a weapon btw
At least by the latest news so far
ruby pawn
Awh I want summoner to use scythe
pure crown
<@&257269635559194625> In the future, will AoC be released to platforms such as Ps4 or XBOX 1 as it will be one of the greatest console MMOs out there?
ruby pawn
@Forgotten#5218 it's good to be optimistic but let's not get ahead of ourselves...
heavy steeple
@pure crown , Steven has mentioned this in a previous stream, saying "Ashes of Creation may become big enough to go into consoles one day, but right now, we are concentrating on making Ashes playable on the windows platform". Or something like that. So to answer your question; there is a possibility, but they cant say 'yes' to it now.
prisma iron
Hey guys, just arrived, I'm looking on the wiki at weapons, are those all the weapon types or are more going to be introduced? Really interested in playing a melee type character based around polearms and such
ivory wind
They're the ones available to us so far (but yes, there will be more). From what I gather, gear isn't locked to any race either, so there should be plenty of flexibility and options to theorycraft and try out :D
@prisma iron ^
prisma iron
Awesome thanks for the answer <3
nimble wave
@prisma iron I'd love to see the link for reference, to deny\approve based on the information that was available to us.
as far as "Polearms" go, Intrepid said they are open to the idea of more unique weapons, such as Tridents and Helbards:
http://i.imgur.com/GvnFcuQ.png
And weapons are supposdly not class locked (meaning you can use any weapon on any class).
so your dream of creating a long reach melee polearm build, seems like a reality.
then again, remember that we are still in pre-alpha, so things are bound to change.
hope that helped.
prisma iron
It's the Ashes wiki page if you just type it in on Google it should come up it has some of the existing information and concept art etc on it
nimble wave
@prisma iron I've checked both the wikis, unfortunatly, you'll really have to link it to me.
as far as the information has been concerned, this is from the stream:
http://i.imgur.com/Q0AZGHS.png
hope that helps.
zealous harbor
http://aocwiki.net/Items#Weapons for the best source of referenced information (all with screenshots and/or links to where Intrepid said it at bottom) Hope this helps. That doc that gets passed around doesn't offer references for most things.
nimble wave
Polearms is part of the weaponry @prisma iron
Hey so after speaking to Freelancer, my source is incorrect.
what I quoted was said but was later corrected from polearms to axes by jeff.
So what is written in the wiki link that Freelancer linked is defintley up to date @prisma iron
zealous harbor
Spears are NOT confirmed.
It seems both needle and I are correct, but the wiki has the "confirmed" information. Jeff starts to say "polearms" at 14:20 (as our wiki cites at bottom) but then corrects himself in saying 2 handed axes.
So to say spears are in the game (unless Steve is watching) is a stretch. That goes with other polearms, scythes, halberds, etc. etc.
zealous harbor
Perhaps the description of those elves hints at spears being in the game (just not confirmed). Key thing is right now, there is no confirmation of spears in the game. Different classes can of course use different weapons, but the 8 classes mentioned so far are mostly accounted for.
quartz kestrel
fairnuff
zealous harbor
We do know that things like bows have variants (short bows, longbows) so perhaps spears could be a variant of sorts.
prisma iron
This is probably asked a lot but is there any estimate on the price of the subscription to Ashes? I coudln't find any so I assume not but I'd just like to cover all bases
crystal beacon
15$
storm cargo
@Bark $15 a month.
neat lagoon
<@&257269635559194625> Once you've finished on the key concepts and playstyle of each class - Would it be Possible to get a highlight reel / Promo Video for us to share around the internet?
(We do understand you dont want to mislead or lie to consumers and that we respect BUT we are hoping to keep the hype going at that point with said Video and not drowned in ads for other games!)
acoustic mist
@crystal beacon if you mean the point at which you would first enter the AoC world, that would be through one of the multiple portals (divine gateways, i think they're called). i don't think it's been decided yet if you will be allowed to choose which portal to spawn through, or if it's gonna be determined by your race, but both those ideas have been mentioned.
heady hornet
Will the country/zones of control actually benefit form people using divine gates?
Sort of tax
So people don't actually move their armies using those gates
How a bout telling us about all trade/tithes system in the game?
obsidian fractal
@heady hornet "divine gates" are just starting points of people's characters, they are not means of transportation in the world
acoustic mist
@crystal beacon that depends on whether intrepid decides that your gate is determined by your race or if you can choose manually. ofc, if they go for race determining it, you could always choose the same race as your friends.
they might also go down a completely different route than either of those, it just hasn't been set in stone yet, as far as i know
obsidian fractal
there will be race determined gates to enter the world, but player can change it to a one he wish to, so that he can enter the world at same place as his friends
frosty geode
hey I am new here and I am super hyped for the game, I am intrested is it correct that release is planned in 2018?
obsidian fractal
Alpha stage 1 is planned for later 2018, release "before 2020" is what we know
empty fjord
@frosty geode Expect the release to be sometime late 2019
frosty geode
okay ty
spark flicker
Hey everyone I'm new to the discord I was wondering when they will release Alpha passes? Sadly missed all the crowed funding stuff. But I'm hoping to grab a hold of a Alpha pass. :)
crystal beacon
@spark flicker alpha 1-2 and beta packs will most likely come up again steven has mentioned, so you will still be able to buy in. or you can learn as much as u can and help out on the forums to try to win a code
spark flicker
Oh okay thats pretty neat, I just learnt about thia game a couple days ago and was pretty bummed I missed the nifty packs they gave put earlier in the summer. Thanks for the reply @crystal beacon
vestal tapir
Can anyone help me get ahold of Matt? He hasnt come back to me in over a month now, and its starting to feel like a bad joke
acoustic mist
@vestal tapir come back to you about what exactly?
vestal tapir
a kickstarter issue
acoustic mist
hmm that sounds more like something you should go to the community helpdesk with, or try to email him about
i personally can't help you with this though, sorry @vestal tapir
frosty geode
does anyone know when will we get more insight in scout class and other classes?
vestal tapir
We've been talking about it, but last i heard, he had to discuss it with Steven
and thats where it gets cold
acoustic mist
@frosty geode i don't think they have any set schedules for when they're gonna give us more info about specific classes, but there is likely gonna come a lot of mage, cleric, tank and ranger gameplay from PAX. for info about the other classes though, i don't think any dates have been stated yet. i'd just try to keep up with streams and other stuff that gets shared on this discord if i were you.
frosty geode
okay thank you 😄
queen forum
Is the alpha is up cause i did'nt receive no email at all
regal topaz
@queen forum No alpha phase has started yet
queen forum
Thx !
dry flower
with some luck it will start at the end of this year
eager rock
<@&257269635559194625> @idle siren
Later on will there be any way to gain access to the Phoenix initiative if you could not afford the kickstarter package.
Such as becoming a community moderator. And or having temporary ability to access Phoenix initiative Tavern while being the owner of a node but having no access to the private shops but being able to talk to moderators?
calm rose
Hello! As many others are, I follow everything you all are working on. I see that the backgrounds of the team are diverse which gives me hope, but I am happy to know that there are Original EverQuest members that are working on this. I was wondering if you plan on reinventing anything that was specific to EverQuest and bringing it to AoC in a modern way? Thank you in advance!
crystal beacon
they have said they plan to take what made games great and redevelop them to suit AoC
picking the best things and making it so they weave with each other to make AoC great
maiden root
Hey, I've just taken interest to this game quite recently, really love the ideas and hyped to play it. Really want to back the game but it seems I'm too late to do it.... Any info on wether they will open the kickstarter again or if there will be exclusive pack available for sale in the future (founder pack and such)?
midnight wolf
@maiden root This is from Steven "All KS and Summer Exclusive in-game items will never be available to non-kickstarter/summer backers again. There may still be upgrade pathways we offer from time to time, (such as currently) for people who participated in the KS or Summer Extension respectively."
keen grove
@maiden root Steven also said they may alpha and beta buy in's closer Q4 2018, so just keep your eye out ^^
maiden root
That's a heartbreaking news... Its the exclusive items that matter, really bummed knowing that you won't be able to have access to those items forever after the game launches 😦
hexed mural
@maiden root well its only exclusive skins etc. So its not too big of a deal! And it gives the early backers some reward as well.
ivory wind
They will be introducing packs of some sort down the line for people to gain access into the alpha or beta though @maiden root so it's worth keeping a close eye on here to find out when that does happen. :)
maiden root
@hexed mural exclusive skins, mounts, particles.... Gotta get em all man 🤣 @ivory wind I guess that's the best deal I can hope for right now, the hype got me checking the web everyday for news and sale
magic cosmos
@maiden root @ivory wind Do remember that it was phrased such that if taken literally and in context of what was happening at the time, only keys and non-exclusive content would be available in the future. (I could be wrong though, we'll have to wait and see)
maiden root
@magic cosmos Yeah, I guess the only way to get the exclusives is if intrepid open the kickstarter again
ivory wind
I remember, that's why I said packs "of some sort" to gain access to the beta or alpha. :)
fleet portal
@eager rock
Mods do not have access to the PI area in game.
@calm rose
The game will be solely focusing on its original status rather than bring in things from other IPs, whatever has made games great in the past they will redevelop to be a bit better to suit Ashes.
@maiden root
Kickstarter is over entirely. Future packs will be available soon for all to purchase if they want access to testing.
Also, if someone has already answered here please don't keep feeding the same question.
Someone asks a question, someone answers. That's it. Keep idle chat to other channels.
heady hornet
And will u really be pay 2 play?
Not f2p? Even for some lucky people?
Or those who help out?
ivory wind
Subscription based so yeah, P2P
frank compass
@heady hornet there is a referral program you should check out https://www.ashesofcreation.com/referral-program/
You could potentially play for free if you invite enough people
heady hornet
Was asking because I am really interested in playing this game but as of now I can't buy anything...
frank compass
there is nothing to play just yet so we are all waiting anyway
ivory wind
It's currently pre-alpha.
They're opening up a closed alpha in a few months I believe which is invitation only with a non-disclosure agreement; then in Q4 2018 it moves into alpha 1; then they are aiming for full release before 2020. Nothing confirmed yet about dates for any other alpha or beta waves inbetween though
tawny root
What type of servers will AoC have? for example WoW has NA servers and EU servers ( If you are from the EU you cant play with NA unless you have another edition of the game on an NA account ) Or will it be like Albion online where there is just one central server where every player has access to the servers on the same account
magic cosmos
@tawny root NA, EU, OCE/SEA with the approximate numbers of players per server in each region set to around 10k online. We don't know the number of servers per region yet, we do know that they will be hosted by Google. We also know that the devs don't like the idea of channels on servers.
tawny root
Okay thats good to know, Thanks!