it always seemed as traditional tab is slower to me really
#questions
azure birch
reef osprey
doesn't mean there is a correlation.
you could make tab target ridiculous fast and action combat ridiculous slow
tab just tends to be slower and action tends to be faster because that's what the combat design so far has been
but this isn't a discussion channel - feel free to join us in ashes-discussion to keep this going
azure birch
yep good idea
shy ridge
Are there other races outside of elves/humans that we can play as?
digital yacht
Yes Humans Elves Dwarves Orcs and Tulnar each of the latter 4 races have 2 “versions?” Lol here is more info @shy ridge
shy ridge
Thank you
tiny smelt
When is apocalypse free to play
kind flower
I wonder of Ashes of Creation will use the Ray tracing from the new 20 series graphics cards or not...
Anyone have any idea? >.>
boreal abyss
Most likely considering the game bases itself on UE4 and that is coming to UE4 by default later on 
kind flower
So a good chance then yes?
ruby swift
@simple ether Didnt they answer this with a definite no, my head is foggy this morning.
kind flower
Thank you 😃
Well, I have SLI 1070 tis atm, and looking to upgrade. But on the fence of 1080 ti or the 2080 ti
Sound advice. Thanks.
tawdry star
Will Tulnar live in a different place than the others and or how is going to work Tulnar race?
ruby swift
Yep, instead of one of the 4 blue glowy gates they will have an advanced recon camp they have set up near the entrance to the overworld. They have stated that anyone will be able to start at one of the 5 starting points. It is not race locked for starting area.
reef osprey
They are an underground race. While the main 8 races fled from the apocalypse through a gate, they decided to bury themselves deep underground and wait it out
tawdry star
tulnars will can go to the normal world?
reef osprey
Yes, it's only lore.
They start in the same world, at the same time. Just a different lore pretty much
tawdry star
Tulnar can be my fav race or the worst race for me, lets see 😄 thanks for the info
crystal beacon
I'm a big lore nerd lol, does anyone know if there will be book with back stories around the races an backstory?
proven arrow
The was a 24 hour livestream that contained lore bits, I believe ashes post transcripted a lot of it. But yes they plan on having books and other media.
crystal beacon
awesome ty
exotic cargo
when does the new website come out?
proven arrow
It's on their list of things to do. Likely not until a alpha 2 or betas.
heady quartz
Is there no test this weekend?
turbid egret
i was hoping there was one, but so far nothing @heady quartz
crystal flax
This Sunday, Steven said it in one of the A1 channels so unfortunately everyone wasn't able to see it
turbid egret
thanks for the update jack
cedar mauve
Did they give any idea on the quests?
crystal flax
Nothing beyond the picture you're likely referencing
silent lantern
@cedar mauve Ask a more specific question. What idea? What do you want to know?
cloud ocean
Any info on the next live stream for game information?
cedar mauve
@silent lantern just found the vid from Alpha Soul which shows the picture that @crystal flax was referring to. Answered my question
severe arch
Is there testing this weekend?
boreal abyss
They said maybe tomorrow
severe arch
I see. Thx
stable plover
The NDA is lifted from the game itself, not the stress test channels
harsh oasis
boreal abyss
Now I know
tulip hatch
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boreal abyss
safe
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exotic cargo
so if I bought the Alpha 2 backing after he said he was expanding it to include them, is there a way for me to still get in to play?
exotic cargo
Already bought the Alpha 2 package was just wondering if it was possible to get into the phase 1 still
@vapid kindle
alright, thank you
stray current
Alpha 1 sales ended in August (around there anyways).
tawdry star
expanding what?
reef osprey
i think the question has been answered. The guy who answered it just got his posts deleted (and banned)
turbid egret
iirc, class kits will be implemented for the castle siege testing mode ?
ruby swift
But only 4
Yep, MMO phase will have all 8. They may fit them in APOC, but not confirmed.
azure birch
i wonder if rogues can double jump..i know that they will be able to climb but what about other utility skills
ruby swift
Unknown at this time.
tired heart
Will the AoC subscription system be pay-able in-game? E.G - WoW had tokens, will AoC have something similar?
boreal abyss
@tired heart No
tired heart
It's 15 USD right?
boreal abyss
at least nothing like that planned
per month yh (Prices will probably vary (like other MMOS) when it comes to other countries than US based on local currency tho
but 15$ is the price you can consider default
tired heart
Alright, ty.
heavy steeple
Although it would be nice to have the game currency allow you to buy game time. Not the premium currency, the normal ones that you get from completing quests ect. Just a wish...
crystal flax
Then you'd have gold bots who only need a single month to sustain themselves forever
azure birch
will tab target elements be implmented in the castle siege mode?
deft axle
@azure birch that's a tough question to answer. Right now, the developers are looking into a possible hybrid targeting. An example is that some skills will use tab target like a direct dmg spell like frost bolt of some such. And some skills will be action based, something perhaps like a shockwave that is just an ability that does a cone of dmg within a certain ragne in front of you.
reef osprey
Tab/Hybrid combat is supposed to be tested in Alpha 1 and will probably not be part of the Apocalypse game for now
@deft axle which is supposed to be implemented with A1, not Apocalypse
deft axle
@reef osprey of course
azure birch
and i assume melee basic attacks will be %100 action based?
deft axle
@azure birch too much unknown at this time
crystal beacon
castle sieges wont have tab target elements
deft axle
we can't really base what combat will be like in the MMO part of the Alpha testing and into the full release from Apocalypse since that will always be action combat
crystal beacon
melee basics will end up as tab
azure birch
i hope not..
so when you say "tab target" you dont mean the traditional tab as in WOW right? perhaps something like ESO?
crystal beacon
i dont know how wow works
deft axle
@azure birch We don't have much to go on as we haven't any tab target abilities yet in Ashes. I believe they're looking for inspiration from other sources, but what they take from those we won't know till we get to test it
crystal beacon
eso has pretty bad targeting tho
deft axle
i don't mind the action target of it, but i never tab to target something in ESO @crystal beacon
azure birch
@crystal beacon well i gave that as an example of soft targeting which i hope ashes plan on doing.
crystal beacon
by the 'action target of it' do you mean the soft targeting?
deft axle
Yes
crystal beacon
lol
reef osprey
azure birch
@tacit mountain
reef osprey
i don't think it's fair to compare WoW, AA and FFXIV. While those are all tab-target systems the feel of each one of those is quite different.
I'd be okay with tab target being AA like, i wouldn't be okay with Tab target being FFXIV like
stark fjord
I've been trying to find a quote where Steven mentioned the size of battles I believe he said it was around 200 - 500 players without lag if someone knows where to find it or any where else with that info that would be great.
proven arrow
That's the goal Jeff and Steven have in mind for guild war sieges.
azure birch
well they better have a huge area for 1000 people
stark fjord
thank you and wow 1000 cant wait 😀 especially since i just watched a stream of wow's servers lagging with 40 
night hull
lol
proven arrow
The castles aren't going to be small thats for sure.
azure birch
for castle siege combat 400 (200v200) is the optimal number i think
fair gale
People don't realize that 200v200 was already a thing in daoc like 15 years ago?
Pc and internet got better in between
stark fjord
yeah which is why its so weird wow struggles with 40
spring wind
ESO struggles as well
proven arrow
It was about 500 vs 500 in a lot of planetside 2 big battles, they ended up lowering it to 300 per team, but there were 3 factions. They had a battle that was somewhere around 2500 players in one area. And around 7500 throughout the length of the battle. Some of the ashes devs are from Ps2 so I expect they will be using some veteran knowledge to achieve it.
azure birch
well i recommend you not typing here unless its a question. Some people really get angry and writes a whole paragraph explaining why you shouldn't soo, ye..dont do that
unless you are okay with it ofc
fading latch
@proven arrow yes correct. Thats why steven brought in that lead engineer who worked on planetside 2
stark fjord
@proven arrow I sure hope so I've heard of people quitting mmos since large scale pvp was a lagfest
tough delta
Anyone know when Name Reservations go on / work / how to
kind vapor
Not at the moment
fading latch
@tough delta all we know is we can reserve our name as early as alpha 1 phase 2. For alpha 1 participants (Subject to change)
Thats all we know so far
stable plover
First come first served within a tier for name reservations, All KS backers in order highest tier to lowest tier, then all Summer backers highest tier to lowest tier, then pre-order pack name reservations
keen knot
Question: A lot of AoC content creators have said anyone who registers will be able to play battle royale mode to test the servers. Is that still something intrepid is planning on doing? Seems like it's always getting pushed back. First it was end of September, then end October, haven't heard anything as of late.
boreal abyss
I cannot ever remember it being said in September
But for October yh, issues needs to be fixed when they appear meaning delays will happen, that's part of what development is.
It is still planned
turbid egret
@keen knot what they mean by that is that the ashes apoc portion will be available for everyone f2p. as of now, i think the release date is towards the end of november. they're working on it to be about a month behind the rest of the backers/testers once they can really stress test everything
keen knot
Okay. Thanks.
I did have another question. This one is regarding dungeons. I find that in a lot of MMOs the player base tends to run through trash mobs and not really participate in anything other than the final boss fight in most dungeons. As a new player I feel like I'm not getting the most out of it. I know that most of the dungeons in AoC will be open world and there will be potential for PVP in them, however, does intrepid have I plan to combat this issue? I feel like it's on the same level as flying mounts, you're kind of skipping the game.
reef osprey
@keen knot They haven't specifically talked about content skipping in dungeons. That would be kind of early considering the state of the game right now. I'd come back to this once alpha 1/2 is around
turbid egret
i'd imagine a way to combat that is to make the "trash mobs" actually strong so that they can actually be a nuisance and be rewarding to fight against. like there's so many of them, you actually have to kill them or something. maybe they can kill you in a few hits, so you have to work and actually kill them so if they sneak up behind you, you don't die
also, my question, intrepid is pst, right ?
reef osprey
There are a lot of different approaches to combat mob skipping in dungeons. Like certain mobs/bosses calling all the previous trash mobs to their aid if not killed or endbosses getting a buff for every mob left alive in the dungeon. we don't know how intrepid will handle it though.
Intrepid is located on the west coast yes.
spare heron
Test Credentials in email dont work. Does it only work when testing goes live? would make for a hell of a long install wouldnt it.. Newly invited..
boreal abyss
What error are you getting when trying to login?
@spare heron nvm, i checked myself with mine
Most likely server is just not available atm
spare heron
"you are not authorized to access the service"
fading latch
Servers are not online yet. You will be able to enter your credentials once its live. #web-maintenance
spare heron
thx Ziltch and nightmare. That's what i figured. sign-in can stay up tho cause the music is pretty nice.
turbid egret
servers up when ? 😭
digital yacht
turbid egret
@digital yacht it appears you have lied 😭
turbid egret
🤔
spring wind
Or in 2020 
turbid egret
back to anime and then work in a few hours
wet furnace
When can people with just regular accounts play
woeful zephyr
Last week of Alpha 1 testing
But after that it's gonna be launch @wet furnace
So around Dec
crystal beacon
wheres beta 2
boreal abyss
Beyond that timeline
empty fjord
Beta 1 and 2 can be expected in the last weeks before launch
and will depend on Alpha 2 testing results
fiery crypt
Hi, I have question concerning the pre-order packages. The cosmetics change every month correct?
Are the current pre-order packages staying for 2 months till end of year instead of only November ? Asking this because looking at Ashes Wiki, the current package shows November - December.
fading latch
Till Dec 2nd @fiery crypt
fiery crypt
ok so in December 2nd there will be new cosmetics
thanks !
And all the past cosmetics are gone right? No way of getting summer or kickstarter goodies anymore ? or even previous pre-order cosmetics ?
reef osprey
exactly
Steven usually leaks the new cosmetics for the upcoming months a few days prior on this discord. So you have a few days to decide which one you like better
fading latch
@fiery crypt yes all the previous monthly and KS cosmetics are not available ever again
However there will be plenty in the ember store come launch if you wanted skins.
fiery crypt
what is ember store? will they sell all the pre-order skins that people missed at launch ?
kind vapor
Those will go away. Ember store will be the cosmetic cash shop, basically.
So if something is exclusive to a certain pack, definitely don't expect it in there in the future
But there will be different things. As well as in-game earnable cosmetics
fiery crypt
Great. Thanks for clarification
crystal beacon
Not sure if this has been asked yet, but upon starting in Ashes of Creation on the newly built servers for the game, are all players going to start in the same area? Or is there going to be regions for starting separated by race or class? Just curious and excited 😃
modest sierra
there are a few different starting areas based on where you want to start (so you can play with friends and be different races)
reef osprey
@crystal beacon there are going to be 5 starting ares (4 divine portals and one path from the underground)
Every race has a base starting area, but you can change that and start at a starting area of your choice with your friends
(If you are a heavy roleplayer you might want to start at your races starting zone though)
silent lantern
Yea, bear in mind there will be fog of war so we probably won't be able to tell exactly where we are (by a coast or in a mountain or something like that).
crystal beacon
awesome thank you for the assistance. 👍
proven arrow
It's likely similar to eq2 tbh. They had something like 3 different starting zones to choose from.
crystal beacon
ahh, kk. thanks for the clarification
worn frigate
next livestream when?
digital yacht
Sometime in December probably in the first week
brittle frigate
Has anyone heard when the servers will be up?
kind vapor
Aiming for Wednesday
brittle frigate
Nice, TY
dreamy quarry
Any news about apocalypse dates?
surreal elk
Just aiming for Wednesday for testing
stoic ridge
Sounds good.
true delta
Hey, I recently saw some weird bear-dog-plushie mount being sold earlier this year. Do we have confirmation about how it will actually look or will it make it into the game as is? It looks ridiculous in terms of immersion.
this is the one im talking about
heady quartz
The stuffertons mount will not be a sore thumb when it comes to matching the materials and textures that are seen in the world of Ashes. It will fit in visually, with the rest of the world.
From the wiki you linked
true delta
Yes I saw that part but I was wondering if there has been any other info on it
I guess we will have to see once it's live
reef osprey
Why you hate the gigabear mount? It's dedicated to own of this communities biggest legends
boreal abyss
This channel is for Questions & Answers, please keep discussions to #general-discussion or #aoc-discussion
cloud ocean
Is there any information on what the university and scribes would contribute to the game?
reef osprey
Scribes aren't a 100% confirmed.
No we don't have closer information on either one of those. (we'll probably have to wait till Alpha1/2 for that.
(Assumption): I could see the scribe sell up to date maps of areas on the world map as there is a fog of war (and potentially the worldmap doesn't live update once a dungeon/worldboss appears or a node lvls up).
Other assumption would be that he magically inscribes certain pieces of gear with runes/glyphs...
@cloud ocean regarding the University. All we know is:
The greatest and most respected elders in the ways of magic - which is basically learning how to manipulate what's called the Essence: That's from where all magic flows - and understanding how the Essence exists in parity with your Life Spark and the world around you: The Universe itself. The greatest of these wizards are found in the Pyrian kingdom; and they are solely in pursuit of knowledge as we read earlier with regards to the Pyrian Elves.[4] – Steven Sharif
The Essence is present in all magic: Divine, corrupt, it doesn't really matter. You can pervert the Essence to bring about types of magic that are not divine.[5] – Steven Sharif
Divinity (Religion) can give you special augments for your class. So the University and the Thieves Guilds might do the same, just a different path you follow and different augments you get
cloud ocean
Ok thanks
exotic cargo
Do we know anything on whether you'll be able to create your own music like in Archeage or Maplestory 2?
reef osprey
Intrepid does plan on having customizable compositions through a Music Macro Language
mild gyro
Are mounts going to be shared between characters? Or are the Artisans of Animal Husbandry going to be the only ones who can use the cooler mounts they make?
boreal abyss
Artisan of Husbandry can sell mounts
Nothing has been said about shared mounts, but most likely, tho you will have to somehow transfer them between the characters
That is my assumption anyways
cedar mauve
If the duration of corruption is reduced in a military node, does that mean less deaths required/shorter quest chain to remove the debuff or does corruption reduce over time. Also, does death include suicide?
dim token
Hi all I am new and looking to get one of the packages to play in the Alpha. My question is if I got the current 375 package when would I be able to actually play the game. Some of the schedules I have seen make it seem like I would not get to play to Q3 of 2019 can anyone help me?
reef osprey
375 = Alpha 2, expected to be released in the first half of Q3
250 = Alpha 2 as well if you want to safe the 125 bucks
However, the ember + cosmetics +
game time usually makes it worth to go for the 375 one
dim token
ok so i would not be able to access the game in anyway till alpha 2 in Q3 of 2019. I know some games have a full time server but it doesnt have the latest builds , this game doesnt have anything like that?
queen holly
The horde mode, battle royale and siege mode will be made public soon
So you can play some aspects of the game
But the full MMORPG experience youll have to wait for
dim token
And you get access to that by buying the packages
queen holly
No everyone who signed up on the forums believe will have acces to that soon
dim token
Thank you so much Aloe, and Warth I have been having a hard time finding good information. thanks again
queen holly
Ill send you a DM not sure f links are allowed here
reef osprey
@dim token Players that are registered will get access to each stage of apocalypse ~ 1 month after the payed tester will.
Alpha 1/Alpha2... itself is only accessible by having a key/package
queen holly
exactly^
dusk ridge
What happen to the free battle royals access for people who register ?
turbid egret
is that a 100% confirmation on tomorrow @simple ether ?
empty fjord
@queen holly links are allowed if they are for answering a question, such as wiki links
fair gale
haha its been "tomorrow" since last sunday
apparently
at some point it's almost a week later
ruby swift
Sorry, didn't understand the question. But I guess the answer you are looking for is that testing will happen when it is ready and not before.
woven vale
So its probably gonna be tomorrow?
queen holly
Maybe. Time will know
woven vale
Alright. Ty.
ruby swift
And for those that might miss it in #aoc-discussion but will come after this asking "Test tomorrow?"
StevenToday at 11:45 AM
@honest jacinth we will know in morning, getting changes in tonight
inland crater
Any ideas when we will see updated artwork for the demon and angel skins?
livid ermine
is there an active compendium being written with all the info thats out there ? I havent been able to keep up with all the news so i have no idea where to start reading up on all the details hehe
kind vapor
A couple of the wikis are good sources, top of Google search
crystal beacon
The fan wiki has pretty much all of the info, including sources!
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/
livid ermine
thanks ❤
winter lotus
Question! What's means that content difficulty will change in the AoC?
Does somebody know something about religions? especially about 3 of 10 GODS thanks
true delta
Question from me, too: Do we know if the camera will remain like an action MMO or regular-like where the character is in the middle? I saw previous iterations where the camera was like in WoW. It's a more enjoyable view for me and was wondering if I'll be able to play like that or will it be over the shoulder like most games today?
ruby swift
At launch it is intended for players to have multiple camera customization options.
winter lotus
the camera of the control whatever you wish
gleaming crown
Hey guys! Quick question... how do we know which names are already locked from the highest tier Pre-Order package? Or are the names not chosen on purchase? If they aren’t... then how do you guys intend to handle multiple people (that have purchased the package) who want the same name?
winter lotus
Bigboss, Bigboss 1 , Bigboss 2 ...e.t.c
fervent basin
Bigb0ss
silent lantern
@winter lotus no info on religion as it is lore based. Difficulty will change with nodes progressing.
@gleaming crown Names are chosen later on, not on purchase.
First come first serve is how you solve a problem with reservation.
winter lotus
@silent lantern ok thanks I ve read 10 lvl near roads 20 lvl in the deeper of the forest
silent lantern
That too. A level 6 node won't contain only high level content.
fair gale
it just unlock higher tier content in that node
not everything will be high tier ... would make things pretty complicated otherwise lol
winter lotus
thanks
azure birch
i wonder if we will have the option for our basic attacks to be tab or action..would be nice
fading latch
@azure birch doubtful as its a hybrid form of combat, your action bar is comprised of both action and tab skills. Basic attacks will most likely be free form
azure birch
@fading latch yes i know that the bar will be customizable by 75% but what do you mean by free form?
fading latch
@azure birch free form/free flow meaning you swing freely
azure birch
@fading latch so what about ranged attacks?
fading latch
@azure birch not sure for ranged. From what we know from the BR its reticule based. So you have to aim yourself. That could change
azure birch
@fading latch yep i like the BR bit of ranged attacks. It requires aiming skills and positioning. However, in the footage we got 31st, all ranged attacks including basics were tab for some reason
fading latch
The end result we dont know. It could be a choice but from what we know. Action goves critical headshots
gleaming crown
Thanks @silent lantern , but then would it be possible to display all the names that are already taken? I’d like buy it but if my desired name is already taken, it takes a little away from why I want to buy it :p
fading latch
@gleaming crown is your name unique? Reservations goes KS, Summer backers, Voyager pre order packs then registered.
modest sierra
No names are not locked in right now
quartz coral
Will names be locked to account or individual server ?
tulip hatch
Current information says individual server
heady quartz
Is there a source for this? Since they mentioned cross server sieges are a possibility, I assume the names are reserved per region like EU/NA etc
tulip hatch
I'd have to hunt it down
somber gorge
@tulip hatch can I have someone with a larger package reserve my name then delete it on launch
hallow plover
Hi there, I've tried reading the package upgrade options and am having trouble understanding if what I want to do is possible. If I buy the current Warfarer pre-order pack with the Phylactery of the Scarlet Lich can I a few months later upgrade it to the Voyager plus pack with the other Lich items of this month or is it only whatever current cosmetic pack is offered in the month I upgrade at?
surreal elk
No you can only upgrade to whatever pack the next month offers and receive those cosmetics
Alluring will tell you.
tulip hatch
Noodles we should need additional information for that
For example how long is that name reserved for upon launch
Gundel explained it pretty well
You keep the cosmetics from the original purchase and gain the additional cosmetics of the month that you upgrade to
hallow plover
ok thank you both!
silent lantern
@gleaming crown No, you have no way of seeing the reserved names as this hasn't been done yet. How would that help you anyway?
@heady quartz I don't see a problem with having 2 people with the same name in a cross server siege or event. You can easily prefix players from different servers with different tags so names don't cause a problem. Although if player names cause issues other than player confusion, i think there is a bigger problem 😁
Connected to the name reservation.. How would that work exactly? You create a character in your account on the server you want? I doubt we will have a full list of all on launch servers when name reservations take place..
fair wraith
Do you have to buy a supporter pack to test anything or get into this BR testing?
reef osprey
@fair wraith all registered users will get access in a couple of weeks
boreal abyss
Besides that, yes you will need to buy into testing phases like Alpha 1 etc
silent lantern
A2 and onwards.. A1 is out of the store
edgy acorn
I have a question involving skill progression, will there by a way to level up skills to be stronger? As a n example, if we use a "energy blast" that is level 1 over and over again, can the "energy blast" level up to level 10? or will augumenting be the only way to increase a skills power including gear a weapons? Because I think it would be really cool and fun to have skills get really powerful and would make it more intersting to play according to your own play style, such as if I wanted to play a sniper and the more I snipe people, the stronger my snipe would become, in a way that would not necessarily only increase with gear gain and character level exp.
dark heart
@edgy acorn Players receive skill points as they level. These can be used to level up skills within their skill tree
reef osprey
@edgy acorn To add to what Mel E said:
Skills are not Lvled by using them, but by assigning skill points to them.
You won't have enough skill points to max out every skill, so your decision/builds will have an impact as your skill points are limited.
Augmenting doesn't necessarily increase the power of the skill but changes it in a horizontal progression (changes effect rather than increasing it's power)
Gear might have interesting stats and buffs that improve certain abilities / elements / type of abilities
edgy acorn
thank you very much @dark heart and @reef osprey ❤
@reef osprey in that regard, (im looking at the wiki) would we be able to respec if we wanted to later? Because in the wiki it only talks about augments(which are the 2nd archetype aeffects right?)?
reef osprey
Last info we got about that:
You can change your second archetype through a time intensive quest.
You won't be able to change your main archetype. (might change in the future, but i would not count on it)
I don't think i've seen any information regarding skill point reset. Might be possible at all times, might be locked behind gold or might be locked behind a quest. We will see closer to release i guess.
mossy niche
I've seen in multiple videos that people said you can't change main so choose carefully
reef osprey
@edgy acorn Augments are partially the 2nd archetype effects.
You can also get augments through your race and institutions within the game (like the thieves guild, religion...
edgy acorn
@reef osprey thank you again ❤
proven arrow
@azure birch you asked earlier about whether basic attacks can be either tab or action, the answer is yes. It's been talked about for some time that even your basic attack (traditionally your auto attack) can be swapped out with either a tab or action skill depending in the weapon you choose.
quick moon
Hey. I thought I read everyone who was registered would be able to play apocalypse? Did I read wrong? I have not received an email about it yet and would definitely like to test it out.
cobalt zephyr
So no test this weekend?
azure birch
@proven arrow Thanks i've been thinking about this for a long time.
vestal token
I thought I read they were aiming for December
spring fjord
anyone who's played hows it feel?
usually actionISH and MMO just kinda feel.... bad
digital yacht
feels great
spring fjord
hm
hopeful
but wary
lol
lotta world systems ala archeage tradepacks?
cause archeages world without garbage monetization is.... the dream ⭐
sterile pond
no
crystal beacon
@spring fjord there are caravans which are very similar to trade runs in archeage https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Caravans
the current br combat feels terrible tho
spring fjord
hm. yea the action-ish combat only thing turning me off atm
cause archeage is probably... the greatest mmo of all time, destroyed by korean monetization
so the inspiration from archeage looks good... but i've never seen that combat pan out well
small stump
Anyone know how exactly the naval controls looks like or play like? Just looking to see if the controls are the realistic side.
stray current
Haven't seen any naval action. Just working on combat now. We will probably not see anything until A2 in Q3 2019.
reef osprey
@small stump we will see that during Alpha 2 (Q3 2019)
and no, they are not just working on combat now
not sure where nekhara got that from
small stump
Oh nice, just wondering since Steven was a huge Archeage fan like myself and the naval over there was beautiful, hoping its as good or better you know.
reef osprey
@small stump
Inspiration
Ashes of Creation has taken inspiration from various other MMORPG titles:
Eve Online with its regionalized economy and risk vs reward in transportation.
ArcheAge with its building systems, transportation and naval combat.
Lineage II with its castle sieges, flagging, open world PvP and guild progression.
Star Wars Galaxies with its crafting systems.
so i'd guess we can expect a similar system
fair gale
well SWG crafting was nice
different slot on a recipe in which you put various material of various quality. Each material adding something different to the finished product
azure birch
i wonder if mages will speak spells once casting them. Would be a nice touch. Considering there are wands and stuff maybe some latin words or whatever language they choose (can be a fictional one)
digital yacht
no word on that yet would be a great question to bring up during the next livestream
azure birch
yep when is the next livestream btw @digital yacht @idle siren
empty crag
@idle siren will launch day be on the weekend?.. I know it's a ways off but I would love to get a full day of game time on launch , but that won't happen if it's m-f.
fervent whale
Hey @idle siren i haven't heard you talk about transmogs, are there transmogs in aoc?
reef osprey
@fervent whale Gear will have appearance slots (Transmutation/Transmog/cosmetic slots) that are used to copy the appearance of an item
empty crag
Also action combat is awesome.. bd's combat is best in the genre .. hope it stays a large part of the game
stray current
Sorry, I meant that what we see when we are in game is combat. I am sure that they are working on pretty much all backend systems (and graphics).
fervent whale
@idle siren you have said before that we will be able to recognize our own crafts in the game and i would like to ask how can we notice that the item was crafted by us besides saying, for example, "crafted by steven" ?
ruby swift
Thats it.
Items will have multiple customization points so in theory you could add a duck pommel to all of your swords for example. But a person would have the option of changing that if it was a cosmetic customization point
dusk gale
What test phase is it in currently
I bought the settler pack and am wondering what phase im allowed to start playing in
reef osprey
With Settler i assume that you are referring to the kickstarter.
Right now we are in the phase of "Ashes of Creation Apocalypse" this will be the case until early Q2 2019
as settler, you will receive a key to join Beta Phase 2 which is expected to hit in Q4 of 2019
Alpha 1: early Q2 2019
Alpha 2: early to mid Q3 2019 (will persist until launch)
Beta 1: Q4 2019
Beta 2: Q4 2019
dusk gale
What does q4 stand for
tulip hatch
Quarter 4
reef osprey
aka October - December
edgy acorn
@idle siren I dont know if you will read this, but I think it would be really cool if the Necromancers would be able to harvest the skin off slain enemies and able to make a type of flesh golem that could be used in any type of combat or just for cosmetics :3 I would really like a flesh baby of some kind :3 <3<3<3<3 Thank you for your time ❤
fervent basin
God damn Aryn. So dark.
edgy acorn
@fervent basin but I wants it 😊
kind flower
Thats.... creepy but would be cool
boreal abyss
@idle siren While on the topic
Necromancer siege weapons where one catapults bodies that becomes undead after impact 
kind flower
This aoe1 flinging villagers out of the catapult ?
edgy acorn
Will summoners be able to select what type of animal their familiar is? Or is it going to be cookie cutter(everyone gets a wolf)? *obviously you can’t have a summoner without a familiar *
fathom onyx
Is there a set date when voyager and voyager+ bundles will not be available anymore?
clever linden
How is Need before Greed loot going to work in a game where everyclass can use every weapon and armor?
boreal abyss
Wouldnt that be up to players to begin with?
vapid glade
I'd imagine that even if you can use every weapon with each class, there will still be weapons stronger on certain classes than others
clever linden
Need before greed Cant work in Pugs if you can roll need on everything. Thats just how things are
Something super expensiv drops and one of your group needs it. But what stops players who only want to have it cause of price to roll on it. In othergames you cant roll on gear you cant use, but here thats not the case
One in your group*
boreal abyss
My assumption is that players will actually have to talk to figure out how to deal with things
If there is a Need vs Greed system
clever linden
Isint need before greed allready confirmed in stream?
boreal abyss
I couldn't remember, hence I said if 🤷
fair gale
Might simply have to pex your level using that weapon and unable to use High tier weapon if not proficient with it
And need wouldn't work unless you're proficient and only. Can greed
Pure speculation tho
Just would make sense
Never used a bow in your life... Legendary bow drop... How would you even know how to use it
silent lantern
@edgy acorn what yiur summon is and how it looks will depend on race, sub class, augments and so on.
boreal abyss
and skins
silent lantern
Sure, but skins might be the only thing that affect only the outer look. We don't know if summons will differ in abilities based on everything else (race, sub, professions, augments etc.)
boreal abyss
That is true
rotund edge
Question: A lot of the things we are seeing is one weapon and then with a wide variety of recolours. I presume a recolour is something i can apply to my existing weapon, I do not presume that they are different weapons that I need to collect individually. Is this a correct assumption?
fervent whale
Wouldn't it be fun to have an event like the curropted blood incident in WoW? 👀 👀 👀
crystal beacon
but staging it wouldnt be
fading epoch
Hey, sorry for my bad english, I would like to play this game with peoples with whom I can talk in my language in the future, so can you make "Hungarian - Ashes Discussion", Please?
I would be grateful.
next hazel
hey can anyone help me, i made an account on ashesofcreation.com many months ago, if i buy now will i be able to play today ?
silent lantern
@next hazel No. Packages that are available do not have Alpha 1 included. You will be able to play when the Apocalypse part of the Alpha phase is opened for all registered players. From what i hear it should be soon (2-3 weeks maybe).
plucky jetty
@silent lantern @boreal abyss Summons will differ in appearance based on augments at least. Or... let's say your summon traditionally was some type of bear or bear cat, you could apply an elemental augment and now it could be a transparent flaming bioluminescent cat; and its damage would be fire based. So, that's how we want to influence the active skills with how augments apply; and that's how it would apply with Summoners.[9] – Steven Sharif
silent lantern
@plucky jetty That's what we both said 😉
plucky jetty
Oh, mabad then. Just woke up
ocean escarp
For summoners would you actually summon the pet or would you tame it in the wild. I think it would be really cool for you to tame like the higher your tame skill is the more more powerful things you can tame and that also opens up the door to finding rare creatures That would be more powerful that the common wolf or whatever
sacred estuary
Taming would be tedious
boreal abyss
@ocean escarp Doubtful
Taming is an Artisan Profession so
sacred estuary
Plus as a summoner you're learning spells rather than gaming like a ranger would
Taming*
tacit kelp
Any news about any testing period this weekend ?
surreal elk
Not happening this weekend they ran into bugs in the build will be delayed sometime next week @tacit kelp
tacit kelp
Ohh good to know. Just wanted to know what to expect this weekend. Can't wait to see more improvements and help with tesring it.
valid ermine
So Ashes of Creation wont just be a BR right? Thats all i saw so far and since i already pre ordered it i was wondering if the mmorpg part will be separate and the BR is just a small extra part. Since im really looking forward to the in game development of cities and such, not a huge fan of BR. Thanks for the help, and how are people getting to download the BR? I pre ordered but is it something else? And i also pre ordered the most expensive one and am looking for rrelease dates on alpha 1,2 and beta 1,2
reef osprey
@valid ermine
The MMO is constantly in development as we speak.
Apocalypse (BR / Siege / Monster Invasion) is a game mode to test qnd solidify the Action Combat Mode which will be integrated with the Tab Target during Alpha 1 to form the hybrid combat system
fervent whale
what do we know about the spellsword?
reef osprey
Alpha 1 = Early Q2 2019
Alpha 2 = Q3 2019
Betas = Q4 2019
@fervent whale that they are built through the Fighter & Mage Archtype combo
fervent whale
yeah i noticed from the archtype table but i was thinking about something like the info they released for the summoners
Do you guys think its possible to get one or maybe two special abilities for each archtype? eventually that is.
small pecan
Possibly? Sure. Realistically? Probably not. Intrepid has no plans to make unique skills for each class combo right now, I believe
silent lantern
@fervent whale @small pecan you can get a 'special ability' by augmenting your primary skills with the augments provided by your secondary class choice, religion, profession or maybe even node bonus. Each skill is supposed to have 4 different possible augments just from your secondary class.
Apart from that you will have limited skill points and you won't be able to put points into all of them. We don't know if there will be re-specing of skill points, but for me it makes sense since we will be able to change the secondary class.
We don't know much about any class. Priests will be able to choose between life and death, summoners will have summons (what a surprise).
small pecan
Yea, you get different flavors of the same ability. Not “special abilities”
fathom onyx
Will developers of AoC provide community with tools, like data APIs or ability to authenticate game players for 3rd-party services and websites? How open are you towards this, will you engage such things or will be completely closed towards community created tools?
ruby swift
They have said a few times that the API will not be let loose into the wild. While you may have swell intentions of only positive actions, many do not. Any modding or "community created tools" are envisioned to be provided by them after community feedback. They could of course change that stance, but as of last information given.....no.
fathom onyx
Well thats fine with me as long as they don't sit on it, and really creates what community needs, tools, stats, guild lead tools, etc.
Thank you
silent lantern
@ruby swift I actually support that idea. We suggest features and they implement them. This way you don't get a game that runs bad cuz you loaded 70 mods in the back. Of course after they consider then and decide if a particular feature is needed or if it will break the game in some way.
fathom onyx
Well, what I meant was more towards Web Data APIs, like character, game db related stuff.
Rather then in-game mods of some sort.
ruby swift
They plan to have mobile services for all that requested stuff. Giving people chances to datamine and figure out holes in their security is just one concern. There were a few threads last year on this on the forums, but no real updated information because it really hasn't come back. If you are thinking something like WoW Armory, check, they have mentioned something like that. They have also not made a final determination on macro limiting, multiboxing, and parsers. Basically if you can think of a way to exploit an API to get something out of the game that they don't want you to, then you are most likely not going to be given those particular tools.
boreal abyss
They have said that multiboxing is fine, as long as you yourself control it and dont use scripts/bots
silent lantern
@pure sigil You are gonna have to wait for the next test weekend for that as they implement changes during downtime. Chances are the combat will be slightly different than 2 weeks ago.
fathom onyx
No Black Friday offers from AoC?
boreal abyss
true delta
Guys, do we know anything about farmable gear acquisition? How is PvE gear going to be acquired if all events are different? Can it be targeted, farmed etc?
boreal abyss
They probably will be afaik
silent lantern
@true delta Well, for one.. Monsters and dungeons will have respqwn timers..
boreal abyss
its not like dungeons will suddenly up and vanish
true delta
ah then we'll have those
what about the spawnable events
that depend on servers
anything about that loottable?
boreal abyss
those will be more unique
but no, not really much said abotu the specifics of those events yet
silent lantern
I guess it depends on the event.. If there is a world boss event you bet there will be loot.. If a continent gets split in half by an earth quake it is hard to imagine what loot you might have with the exception of dirt..
boreal abyss
rocks!
true delta
that's not the issue
what im asking is if we get an event that yields loot
will that loot be otherwise obtainable or unique
to that event in particular
silent lantern
Why not both? unique loot and othewise normal loot? Don't see a reason, but we have no info on that
boreal abyss
We know that PvE sieges, if a player controls a monster, it will not drop loot
afaik
slim lake
Will players be able to become Vampires or Werewolves? Really asking for a friend.
sterile pond
@slim lake that would be epic, but i don't think they have said anything about that.
slim lake
@sterile pond I didn't think they had, but I wanted to at least try and ask. Never know if a Dev may swing by and answer it as well haha
silent lantern
Maybe in future content we may have some sort of shapeshifter class
But for now, it would be a no.
slim lake
Doesn't have to be a class, but maybe like a sub race or something?
surreal elk
No it wont be
cobalt zephyr
Monster coins! You can be the monster
https://aocwiki.net/Monster_Coins
turbid egret
i think what @slim lake is asking is whether or not you can dress up as a vampire or werewolf as a design feature within a certain race's character customization or something similar. so like the elf race might be able to have a feature where they can make themselves look sorta like a vampire in character customization. if that's correct ?
digital yacht
No I’m sure he legit wants to be a vampire/werewolf, and atm there is no word on if that will be a feature.. there might be skills/abilities/effects that mimic those of vamps/wolves but no actually transforming into them don’t get ur hopes up but don’t give up hope either 😂
boreal abyss
^ same because of Elder Scrolls Online
reef osprey
i could see it happening in future expansion. The Augment system would perfectly offer itself to introduce something like that similar to how the thieves guild/religion/university is already supposed to give you special augments
flint tundra
Nothing in the lore so far seems to me like they should be there personally, but I for one would be happy to have it never be a thing.
ruby swift
Turning into a discussion here, lets move it down to the channel. Question was: Is this planned at the moment? Answer: No
crystal beacon
I need help regards a moderator here being racist
reef osprey
@crystal beacon
crystal beacon
Disagreement or swear words
Aren’t the same as straight out laughing about the death of millions of innocent people, as a person who represents a community
Is it?
tulip nymph
Wadd he say?
crystal beacon
Can’t post here so will just dm
tulip nymph
Welp hope they get him...
sharp venture
Question: Would we be able to know what skill each class has? Specially before we have to chose our secondary class?
boreal abyss
@sharp venture Yes, because only the Primary Class have Skills
Secondary gives you augments instead
sharp venture
Where can i read about this so I don't ask tons of questions here?
boreal abyss
boreal abyss
They most likely will be, people will be testing and posting information from testing in wikis so 😛
sharp venture
Yeah, I will be testing too, i can't work properly without planning stuff before hand
😑
boreal abyss
Know that pain 
reef osprey
I think in a game like Ashes where LvLing is supposed to take ~45 days a feature that let's you test the classes at ~Lvl45 before choosing one would be a great idea.
Like a testing mode in character select where you can go in, have a basic boss with infinite health and some basic skills to test how much you like to play your planned class.
It sucks quite hard when you LvL it for weeks just to realize that another class is just more fun to you. You think something like that could be introduced? @boreal abyss @sharp venture
quaint lance
Why is it such a big deal to change characters at a week? Or even at a month and a half? It's an MMO. The intent is to play for years.
Or just make that character an alt and start a new one with a different class.
ruby swift
boreal abyss
@reef osprey i dont, because ypu cant really test the class at max level to get a feel for it, ypu have to play a class from lv 1 to really get a feel for it and how it suits you imo
tiny smelt
When will apocalypse be free to play
crystal beacon
soon
cedar mauve
I presume that ZOI's would be roughly circular (follow node boundaries) - If a metropolis was in a corner node would the ZOI be roughly 5% rather than 20%?
dark jungle
The exact shape of the ZOI's haven't been defined yet. Steven did say that AI will determine the ZOI advancement when a node is captured, so it could be a little bit amorphic to avoid gaming the system.
crisp onyx
@ the marketing department of Intrepid.T shirt idea! If you all made a t shirt of a mostly front sized graphic T of the burning tree log in screen,I just BET you it will sell like hot cakes.
sterile pond
I would buy those.
silent lantern
@turbid egret no, he is asking whether there will be a sub race which you can unlock ala ESO.
empty fjord
There has been no mention of locked races or sub races. there will be 4 races, 2 sub races of each, + tul'nar
half agate
If someone I referred purchases one of the beta packs, does that also transfer to credit for me, or does that system only apply to purchases in game?
crystal beacon
Hey all, so I received an email about testing with instructions to download the launcher and some login info - I downloaded the client, typed my login info, then I got a (You are not authorized to access this server) - does this mean it's not within the testing times or something else?
boreal abyss
the servers are not up atm
crystal beacon
Thank you ^^
ruby swift
@half agate As of last information given if they purchase a pack you will indeed get credit for them. Check under referrals on the main website while logged in.
That being said, payouts will not be disbursed until the cooldown period after launch.
cobalt zephyr
Any news on testing schedule?
ruby swift
Nope, they are on a holiday weekend atm. They ran into a bug, when it is resolved, they will open it up. Check #web-maintenance for updates.
cold sigil
2019 1st Q?
reef osprey
nah Q4 2019
cold sigil
Terrible. I'm Out.
half agate
@simple ether @ruby swift thanks!
stray crescent
cobalt zephyr
I’d rather they take a bit of time and do it right then push buggy garbage just to get it out there
fading latch
@wanton gust with your teeth 👌
wanton gust
😱
fading epoch
By the way guys, how can i get access to the Alpha1 battleground game? Or can I?
I know, but later how can I? Do I'll get e-mail or something?
empty fjord
you will get an email with the testing credentials when you are invited to a particular test
fading epoch
Ohh, and in that e-mail will be the downloader too?
empty fjord
yes, there will be a link to download the launcher
fading epoch
Thank you so much 
empty fjord
np 😃
sharp venture
@reef osprey i don't think class changing once you reach max level is a good idea. I think it would be eaiser and better to just provide enough information so we can plan around that. I guess we will have to wait and see, beta will have more information. I know Steve wants to keep the discoverying alive, so i guess we will have to adapt as we go
reef osprey
@sharp venture yeah, class changing at max is stupid. That's why i think a trial/training area where you can test it before you make the decision would be a great idea
fading latch
@reef osprey like skyforge?
sharp venture
Skyforge had a similar system. A traning system
Yup, you could try on every class in the training rooms
ashen prairie
@idle siren will game have simular raid/party system and need of the classes in it like for exampel lineage 2 had? With tank heal buffer dps
And "group" "party" farming will it be benefical and better or just solo grind farm as in bdo and aa
true delta
Do we know if Ashes would utilize more than 6 cores when playing?
Would 9700k or 8700k be a better pick for ashes?
silent lantern
@true delta We don't have minimum requirements yet.
true delta
I didnt think this falls in the minimum requirements :D
turbid egret
@ashen prairie we've been told already that ashes will have the normal trio of tank-healer-dps for parties, with each actual class serving it's own individual purpose. also, i'm pretty sure they mentioned that it would be better to form parties and work as a group in order to get through tougher environments/situations
@true delta i wondered the same thing, i went with an 8700k because of the price drop when i got it this past weekend
crystal beacon
For now I'd advice to at least go with the minimum specs that Unreal 4 engine recommends.
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Recommended_Hardware
But the 8700k would easily blow that minimum away.
fathom cape
Anything new on AOC? Seems pretty unactive RN, no updates...
stray current
Since it is Thanksgiving in the US, they were probably off since Thursday. I am not expecting anything from them until tomorrow at earliest. We could all hope that they would be hard at work this weekend, but they need some time off to just rest and relax. Then they can design a turkey in game for turducken in the Taverns!
reef osprey
Just that the UE4 min requirements don't tell us shit about how much the game will need
not sure why you guys even keep bringing that up?
crystal beacon
hi
i have a question
is ther a demo or a beta version of the game already running?
reef osprey
no, there is AoC Apocalypse which functions more like a content/combat test.
It will be opened according to a testing schedule for now. Later everybody registered on the website will have access to it.
For the MMORPG itself, we'll have to wait till Quartal 2 of 2019 to test the game in Alpha 1
bright bluff
So I finally decided to pull the trigger and actually purchase the voyager plus pack - Will I be invited to participate in the next BR stress test or will I need to wait until all registered accounts are invited?
tulip hatch
Its recommended that you submit a ticket and notifying support of your purchase so you increase your chances of being invited into the next testing session
bright bluff
Alright, thank you!
reef prawn
I don't know if it's been answered before. I know Steven said we'd be able to do emotes like dancing and sitting and stuff, but I was wondering if we'll be able to do "/e [emote]" in-game to create custom emotes like in WoW, SWTOR, ESO, etc.
ruby swift
Also probably not, giving players creative choices leads to people using them in unintended ways to subvert their original intention. Who can forget SWTOR having to remove the /weld emote after the flurry of blowjob vids
spark sapphire
Hmm I know this is a really random and probably a question that can’t and won’t be answered.
-Secret quests
-Secret classes
-Secret locations (obviously since it is locked behind events at nodes)
-Quest that rewards hidden classes could be locked behind under extreme conditions.
Realm first events?
ruby swift
Nope, secret class unlocks confirmed no. Specifically mentioned the SWG jedi unlock when answered. Realm firsts confirmed. Secret locations confirmed. Jumping puzzles confirmed.
lilac lion
Will there be unique items? for example only one of a kind type of thing?
ruby swift
Yes, there is a legendary system planned. Single appearance items
lilac lion
thats nice to hear
icy sigil
I heard them say before they wouldnt be surprised if some items went undiscovered for 5 years
modest epoch
How advance will the crafting system be in the game?
Is there a way to make advanced tools to gather/process/craft faster?
ionic magnet
For legendary items will there be any sort of notification letting players know the existence of a legendary item?
reef osprey
@ionic magnet you mean a notification when someone obtains a legendary?
possibly yes but unconfirmed
ionic magnet
@reef osprey Yeah I’m talking about a notification to let players know when a legendary is obtainable.
digital yacht
@ionic magnet i beleive they will be available at launch, as for new ones enterting the game or getting "spawned" in after one is obtained no info on that
like there will be a nubmer of legendaries already able to be found, no word on new ones after all have been found. but im sure they will be, prob no notification tho
ionic magnet
Okay
I just thought it would be interesting to see a notification and then a flood of players trying to fight towards that legendary’s location
digital yacht
yea, something u could ask on the next livestream
ionic magnet
Yeah
lilac lion
Wow 5 years.. damn >_< that sounds so fun idk why lol
reef osprey
@ionic magnet i'd rather have it locked behind discovery and exploration rather than a notification that tells the entire server.
Notification without fast travel would just piss off all the people that are out of range.
Notification would just end up in endless PKing each other which isn't really desirable with the corruption system implemented.
Notification would make every appearance a event where pvp is central rather than the actual even
lilac lion
They could have a notification about some world boss appearing but not the location
icy sigil
I think the extent of it would be announcing if someone recieved a legendary item or some kind of world/server first achiev.
tough jetty
I read somewhere that on December the BR mode will release free to play for everyone,that true?
idle sedge
rekt
silent lantern
Bear in mind that uniques/legendaries will probably be soft locked behind the node progression. Maybe a dungeon opens whe a specific node hits metro stage and anothe dungeon opens if another node does that instead. Both dungeons having different drops.
Also for the server wide notification... Maybe just have an announcement like 'Deathwing was spotted burning villages to the East'. or
'Temple of Bla-bla appeared in the mountains to the south of city Bla1' or
'Player1 acquired recipe Bla-✓ in an underground ruin'
or 'Player1 just acquired Sword of salt [insert relative location]'.
Makes it more interesting and doesn't give the exact location so people won't easily zerg the poor b****** that got a nice item. @reef osprey @lilac lion
silent lantern
@modest epoch I think they have mentioned that one of the inspirations for the crafting system is a star wars game which i don't remember the name of, but from what we know the system will be recipe based but otherwise detailed and with the incetive to specialize in only 1 certain thing so you can be the best in it.
boreal abyss
Star Wars Galaxies
The only two Artisan systems that might not be recipe based is "Breeding" and "Cooking"
(Not at home atm so cannot link the relevant piece of info as I dont have my notes)
fervent basin
That sounds so good, I play ESO a bit and all though I appreciate being able to craft in everything at the same time I do think it takes the shine off of it a bit
boreal abyss
It does indeed (that's why I quit ESO in a week)
silent lantern
@boreal abyss Makes sense for breeding. Not sure how it would work with cooking. Cuz.. Cooking is recipe based to begin with. Otherwise you just mush and mix things and hope you don't make something poisonous.
boreal abyss
I remember Steven saying exactly that based pn seasonal ingredients etc, will link source when i get home and tag you @silent lantern
crystal beacon
Im being lazy i guess but can someone tell me when i will be able to play? i bought the kickstarter 125 usd founder - early bird limited. Thanks!
boreal abyss
@crystal beacon Q2 2019
vital junco
I am still waiting for them to respond to the email about linking my kick starter
boreal abyss
@vital junco atm there is only 1 guy handling the mail support, so you might want to reissue a ticket or bump your old one
vital junco
I have
plain jackal
ok so for the summoner is there any chance of having a red panda summon or something red panda based show up for the summoner classes?
most games seem to forget red pandas exist so it might be fun to have an item that could change the animal summon look like a bunch of red pandas.
stable plover
There are going to be skins for the summons, but we don't know what skins there will be yet
plain jackal
thanks, ill just #pray4redpanda. 🙏
exotic kettle
I know this might be an answered question. Anyone have recommended specs for this game? Buying a gaming PC and want to make it perfect for this game
narrow eagle
Sorry in advance as I am sure this has been asked a hundred times, but I have been away from the hype train recently. Do we have an idea yet about when Apocalypse will be available for everyone who registered on the website yet? Or when the next developer stream will be?
odd vessel
Do we have any good guesses on when release is looking to be around?
Late 2019 or early 2020?
small pecan
@odd vessel Intrepid is looking to release “before 2020.” So late 2019
odd vessel
Thanks filian
silent lantern
@exotic kettle People recommene the specs of UE4 for some reason. IS jas said that they are aiming at 5 year old machines if i remember correctly
@narrow eagle In the comming weeks is all we have.
boreal abyss
@silent lantern
It was a mix of recipes and freehand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCr9yh2Y97I&feature=youtu.be&t=949
digital yacht
@exotic kettle atm the pcs they are running in studios have 970s/980s I’ve heard from lots of different ppl the game runs fine on 980s+ I’d recommend a 1070/80ti or 980ti if u don’t wanna drop a few extra for the 10series ram you will def want 16gb+ and I’d go i7 8700k or 7700k
reef osprey
running fine with no other player around* (or a handful max)
will be a whole different experience in open world dungeons, world bosses, sieges, cities and larger scale pve/pvp in general.
exotic kettle
Thank you for the info. I planned to meet those specs, wondered if I was going to need more! Appreciate the answers guys!
dapper citrus
Hello all, sorry for this lame question but with the holiday and such I have not been able to keep up on all the chatting in the channels here. Has there been any info about the apocalypse since 2 weeks ago? Just want to make sure I didn't miss anything.
cobalt zephyr
You didn’t miss anything
dapper citrus
Thank you... and awesome name 😛
cobalt zephyr
Ty
shell epoch
Soo does anyone have any guesstimate of the next alpha test? I missed the last rounds building a new computer T_T
Woot
Ty
somber gorge
I now want access to the secret chat
sacred estuary
How in depth is the character customizer going to be? will it be like wow with preset faces and options to choose from? or will it be like BDO and other korean mmos with a huge seletion of sliders in the game?
what i want to know is if i can make jonesy from fortnite
'
trail frost
@sacred estuary as long as it has more options than this I'm happy😉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACmydtFDTGs <- Also since my first official post i mean this in an appreciation of the effort and goals the devs are doing. Excited to be a part or the journey.
outer isle
Question is that new CM Steven was talking about mean they will also be handling support tickets? Is that possibly why my 3 month support ticket still havnt been answered? Thatd make a lot more sense haha
onyx surge
anyone know when the next stream will be I know its usually in the news bit but missed the end of the last one so duno if anything had been said
ruby swift
@outer isle Also there have been instances where people have been sent responses to their tickets and on their end the mail was routed to spam or junk and missed. There was one quite vocal individual around the time testing was opening up for A1 who was raging that he had never been contacted after multiple tickets. They spent a few hours working on this one case to find out that multiple responses to his various tickets had been sent. His response "Oh, sorry, my bad."
reef osprey
@onyx surge early Dec usually. We should get an info soon
onyx surge
@reef osprey thank you 😄
outer isle
haha I wish that was the case! It still possibly could be. But probably not 2 tickets have been sent for this particular issue neither with a response. However, my other support tickets involving Alpha 1 has been answered within 2 days no problem so it shouldnt be a communication issue. Ive had multiple people look into it with no resolution yet so now I just meme about it while slowly crying lol @ruby swift
ruby swift
Good luck. Hope they can work it out for ya eventually. Alex spent 2-3 hours first test with me personally when I had issues that we couldn't figure out with a flurry of activity. Turned out that my machine had decided to try and run Ashes in compatibility mode for Win8 on its own. Once we pinned that down after multiple things, boom, it started. So have heart that they aren't just looking at your ticket at the top of the queue and saying "Drakehiro! Yeah, fuck that guy!"
outer isle
haha its a billing question so it might be 😉 😉
tulip hatch
Please dm me your ticket number(s) a screen shot of the whole ticket is ok tooo unless you feel too much personal information is there then the ticket number will suffice
@outer isle
outer isle
Hey @tulip hatch I just wanted to confirm if you received that exact request on the 8th when we last spoke when you mentioned your reach out to a staff member. I sent another dm to confirm as well. Thanks for your assistance.
toxic quail
Did they explain what type of building the Death's Bastion cosmetic is used for?
toxic quail
thx for the reply
royal iron
talk to me in #guild_diplomacy channel, not the questions chat
@supple lion this chat is for questions for aoc
stable plover
@idle sedge I don't think it's been specifically mentioned if AoC can run in 32 bit, but from my personal understanding I don't think the chances are good - 32 bit seems to only be able to access 4 gigs of RAM, and AoC currently uses ~8 -- 32 bit seems to be mainly a thing from computers that are 10+ years old and Intrepid has stated that their target is for mid-range GPU's/systems from 2014 (5 years old in 2019) to be able to run AoC
ruby swift
@simple ether You sure? I think this came up during early A1 testing and the answer was no on 32, only 64. Vague on whether it was livestream or chat from Alex.
Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 7 on January 13, 2015, but extended support won't end until January 14, 2020.
It was either Jeffrey or Alex. Jeffrey in a livestream or Alex here. Can't remember which, but pretty sure we had an answer.
small socket
Is there any estimates on how many people max can participate in a castle siege? I'm talking about the largest ones such as a metropolis siege.
Holy shit! That is pretty cool. I wonder if there is a way to spectate it from a bird eye view. Will be quite nice to watch and analyse those battles.
boreal abyss
At the moment no, but would indeed be a fun thing to add later on if they can
slender shuttle
yeah i reckon it would be very awesome indeed to have a spectator mode.. maybe the devs could make it so that each side could have a spectator who can chronicle the siege for those not participating for whatever reason.. post it to youtube or something
silent lantern
@slender shuttle Or maybe anyone who wants to spectate, like in Lineage 2. No reason to be exclusive to participants
boreal abyss
Will all depend on how server will handle it
Since it will need to send out the data to all participants as well as viewers
winter flame
Any word on the new nodes video
modest sierra
No news of nodes
foggy patio
None sadly
silent lantern
If L2 can pull it off...
silent lantern
@idle siren Do you plan on having cinematics at some point (ala World of Warcraft)?
crystal beacon
Is it true that the ashes of creation battle royal will be launched in december?
delicate wolf
@crystal beacon it’s already launched, siege mode is supposed to be out this month
crystal beacon
Oh dam how can i download it
digital yacht
If u don’t have access yet,, u will get it soon,
crystal beacon
Cool tks
gray olive
@idle siren Can I use the weapon skill tree to make a bow work with my healing spells? ie: Shooting a arrow at a party member and a healing circle appears under their feet.
boreal abyss
Most likely no, Clerics will be the only ones who can heal others while those who have Cleric as a 2nd Archetype can self heal as far as I know
And even if that was the case, that more sounds like a class skill Augumented 😛
gray olive
I was thinking a Cleric who uses a bow and just augmented it to help with their healing.
Even if I had to choose Ranger as my 2nd class.
I really just want to Heal but I also really wanna be Honzo!
boreal abyss
Hmm, I don't think a Protector will have skills that require a bow It's only auguments you get form your 2nd archetype so
xD
gray olive
I can't help but feel that leveling alts will not be really viable in this game so I really wanna just mix my two loves together 
boreal abyss
Depends on your reason for leveling alts
A Cleric/Ranger will play very differently from a Ranger/Cleric
gray olive
Definitely want to heal others so that comes 1st. If I can use a bow along side that I'll be a happy Healer.
boreal abyss
No weapon locks so it will all depend on your skillset, as long as you dont pick any skills that require a specific weapon a bow could possibly be viable 😛
gray olive
That's what we need more info on...what the weapon skill tress will look like. Will it be more about altering your skills in any way or will it be just a simple your sword does more slash damage?
boreal abyss
It will be its own Tree
untold path
when is next testing phase? I want to play 😦
boreal abyss
which will occupy 1 slot on your skill bar
that and some passives most likely
Unknown Ony
untold path
but i wants ittttt
boreal abyss
we all do, its not helping 😦
gray olive
So that makes me think more just damage modifiers and maybe one really cool spell at the end.
boreal abyss
they change the FX of skills 
untold path
what is an FX?
boreal abyss
FX
sound or visual effects
untold path
ooo cool
obtuse bear
It’s been a long time I didn’t check for ashes of creation news is the game is release?
digital yacht
Uhh if ur asking for release date they are still slated for before 2020
obtuse bear
Ok
tiny smelt
When will apocalypse be free to play
west solstice
Soon
stoic prairie
exotic spear
When is the next stream?
ruby swift
Yes?
@silent lantern They confirmed a while back that there would be limited cinematics in game for certain game events.
copper quartz
Australian servers>?
azure birch
@copper quartz yep there will be
copper quartz
yay thank you
azure birch
no problem
fading epoch
Btw guys, in the cities, There will be roles? Like king , strategist, soldier, etc. I wonder 
You mean only cities, or metropolis , and others too?
But they will be players, not npcs, right?
Well, thanks, Im very excited
azure birch
reef osprey
@sacred estuary in military nodes the mayor is decided once a month in a battle royale with the last man standing becoming the mayor
agile crystal
Will multiple guilds be able to inhabit a city and will there be an alliance system for friendly guilds?
proven arrow
Multiple guilds can be members of the same node. But there will be guild nodes that can be taken with restrictions to only guild alliance members being allowed to love there.
Live*
agile crystal
Thanks!
proven arrow
Guild castles will function in the guilds only type gameplay
Nodes are for everyone tho
sacred estuary
Does the battle royal have a cap on how many people can be in it
proven arrow
100 per game, but there will be multiple games running depending on demand and activity of the playerbase.
urban gulch
APOCCCCC
rigid gale
Hello. I think it's obvious what race I'm going to play. Have we heard anything more about them since kickstarter?
reef osprey
Orcs?
Sadly no concept art /pictures of orcs yet
sinful lagoon
Not much on Nikua. We got some pre-apocalypse lore on dwarfs in the pathfinder live stream but nothing specifically for Nikua. Here is a collection of some of the concept art we have gotten for the nikua https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Niküa
light elm
Does anyone remember what livestream they showed the video of the different racial architecture?
brittle frigate
Does anyone remember when the servers were up?
rigid gale
@sinful lagoon Thanks, I'll check them out
reef osprey
@light elm they showed them during different livestreams,
Here would be some pictures/concept arts
light elm
Thanks Warth. Found it. It was a much earlier stream at the beginning of the year
charred current
Forgive my ignorance but after a bit of searching I was unable to find a solid answer. Does anyone know if there will be armor sets in the game to the variety level as say ESO has in it? Or are the skill trees that were being talked about kind of more the direction they were going with customizable builds?
boreal abyss
Unsure what you are asking about as you mention armor sets first and then skill trees with no correlation as I can see
If you could specify a bit it might help me to answer 😄
charred current
I meant in terms of build customization. I didnt know if they were leaning towards one direction or another. I've seen games that have both and on the other hand I know of a few games that choose one direction and go in depth.
somber gorge
@charred current idk if armor stats have been listed
But some info on skills have
Boom
reef osprey
@charred current Skill customization will be a huge thing in Ashes.
Armor has 4 subtypes in heavy medium light and cloth. Different types will affect your skill setup as crafters can customize stats and skills on gear pieces. complete sets of armor with bonuses will be a thing but off-set pieces can be viable depending on the build you run
Gear can be enchanted vertically (increase in stats) and horizontally (trade ice for fire resistance)
hope that helped you
faint mountain
So the armor comes NOT level specific but levels with your char. Cool.....lots of varriation there possible. Fixed level armors as build varriations are ok- but not nearly as flexable as non fixed.
reef osprey
@faint mountain armor can and will be limited by your char LvL
you won't be able to wear lvl 45 armor with lvl 17 etc.
however later on gear progression shouldn't be a treadmill like in wow but more horizontal with your armor breaking over time and needing replacement
faint mountain
Appriciate the info, so the breakage over time is designed to not be fixed per say but you would have to either get another drop of it and craft/enhance it to what you lost or is it repairable with materials you would be expected to farm for?
stable plover
To repair the gear you have to provide a portion of the materials needed to create it and give them to a crafter capable of crafting the gear.
faint mountain
Enhancements like spells ect, any word on if they degrade or require 'charges' to function?
stable plover
I don't think that one has been mentioned
faint mountain
Thanks though for what is known being shared, appriciate that.
silent lantern
That info is probably in the wiki but who cares, right? 🤣
slate barn
How does a person get rid of a Guild tag ?
slate barn
Hm even from phone ? Can't seem to find it . I am talking about this forum. Because I'm not part of Checkmate anymore
digital yacht
Uhh in discord mobile idk how to change nickname, but on Pc, join VC and right click ur name and hit change nickname, on aoc forums I don’t think u can change names atm
digital yacht
U might be able to put in a support ticket to change a forum name but I don’t know 100%
kind vapor
I reset your nickname for you
thin nexus
is the br game free or do you have to buy something?
digital yacht
Free to play when it goes open to everyone
thin nexus
when does it go open and how do i play ?
digital yacht
If u are registered on the website u will get an email with instructions on how to download/play
thin nexus
oh i see ,sorry im new
thin nexus
oh ok coz i heard novemeber so i was curious 😃
digital yacht
Yup, everyone’s waiting, still nothing tho 😭
thin nexus
yeah i was wondering coz i looked at my caldender and its the 28th 😄
heh
thanks for the info :>
digital yacht
No... (slightly echoes)
crystal beacon
I heard its going to be in December that we all can play
digital yacht
Yea that is the plan
noble moss
We hope!
woeful current
Based on BG video, is this more like FPS combat?
digital yacht
For now
It’s only action combat but later on they will introduced their combined action/tab system
woeful current
Any videos of the latter?
heady wing
reef osprey
@woeful current should be introduced during Alpha 1 (April 2019)
stable plover
@woeful current There are videos of tab combat if you go back to A0 footage / the Halloween gameplay video mixed them together (a bit) - The combat still has a lot of iterations to go through.
mild gyro
Anyone know if the combat button smashing will be like hidden moves/combos or if it will be a setup where you have slotted moves?
reef osprey
@mild gyro sloted skills like wow, not like moves in BDO.
You won't be able to take all the skills you want. Hotbar will be limited ("smaller than 30", is the only info we got on that so far)
Hidden combos could be a thing though, not closer information on that.
mild gyro
thank you very much @reef osprey
proper bobcat
Can i take a potion and turn into a chicken?
ruby swift
Possibly, we know that the Wand of Many Things will most likely have temporary transformation effects from discussions about what it will do when those that earned it during the KS/Summer backing got it as a present. Having other means of transformation effects (temporary of course) that do not affect combat are not outside concept then. Don't expect to see a long-lasting CC polymorph though since all combat is PvX vs separate PvP/PvE mechanics.
proper bobcat
great
cobalt flax
i ordered some merch and order got canceled and i had a question is there a number i can call or an email address?
cobalt flax
us
boreal abyss
Then I have no clue why, most likely you will have to issue a ticket regarding that
cobalt flax
order was canceled since one item was out of stock so i understand that but i had another item in the order as well and they refunded the whole thing so i shouldn't expect the other item then i guess?
boreal abyss
Most likely not
Just have to try and reorder that one item that was in stock 🤷
had that happen to me a few times, usually what I do
(not with ashes but still)
cobalt flax
ok i just wanted to make sure i wasn't ordering double
boreal abyss
well if you have gotten all your money back
cobalt flax
right i was gunna cancel it anyway since that was an add on item and wasn't going to pay shipping for that HAHA
charred current
@reef osprey ty very much for the help with the question sorry for the late response but that whole work thing can be a pain.
sacred estuary
wait so will building work where we can place a plot of land anywhere as long as it's not on a poe?
steven just let me place a portside house and become a pirate
reef osprey
@sacred estuary Freeholds can be placed pretty much anywhere in the Zone of Influence of your node (except on important areas like on caravan routes)
Static Housing within a node is preset by the system (potentially could be adjusted by the mayor), so that might be either at the coast or not
boreal abyss
We can place it anywhere except
Monster spawn areas
in uneven terrain
if objects are in the way
in dungeons
on roads
very close to other Freeholds
sacred estuary
ok so what determines a node? you can just place your own place and if other people in your guild near you build it becomes a city?
boreal abyss
You're thinking about Freehold when you talk about placing home
Node is predetermined locations where you can only buy pre-determined housing (which is very limited)
reef osprey
Nodes are at predetermined locations of the worlds (there is a shitload of them)
When people quest, harvest, kill in that area the node gets EXP. With the EXP the node will level up, to stage 1,2,3,4,5,6
Once it reaches lvl 3, you will be able to become a citizen of that node and place your freehold near it @sacred estuary
Freeholds aren't necessarily housing. You can build a wide variety of stuff there from smiths, ovens to taverns, shrines...
I'd argue that Naval Nodes have at least some static housing at the water front, considering that's what naval nodes are all about. So getting a portside house should be possible if you claim it fast enough
sacred estuary
ty ty
paper cedar
When did they announce that everyone will be able to test with the Battle Royal Mode that had accounts made? Been waiting for like a year to test since im poor lol.
paper cedar
Oh ok so it can be anytime now
rotund lion
shut mulch
Question, Will Guilds impact greatly for example be mandatory to complete content? Can a Solo player work? Yes i know its a MMO but When things start costing my friends start bailing. so ill be limited to solo play until i find a comfortable guild later down the line.
crystal beacon
A lot of mechanics in the game require you to team up. For example the way raids work and the caravan system. You won’t be able to solo those. Also crafting is easier to have others help you, you can only specialize in a certain skill, so you would need alts if you rather do it solo. Ofcourse its always up to the player too to play it as a mmo, not a solo game
shut mulch
i see, thanks makes sence. When it comes closer to launch ill have to lookin into some guilds. just jump in have ago haha
silent lantern
Sees third person game.. Asks if combat is fps..
crystal beacon
current perspective is over the shoulder tho
stable plover
crystal beacon
bonjour je voudrait savoir comment me faire rembourser ash of creation je n y ai pas jouer et je lai acheter sur le site j ais contacté l assistance a plusieur reprise et personne ne repond
boreal abyss
Il vous suffit de faire une demande sur leur site
"Support" dans le coin inférieur droit
Cela peut prendre un certain temps car il n'y a qu'une seule personne qui répond aux demandes pour le moment.
@crystal beacon
#GoogleTranslate
crystal beacon
merci mais j ai deja contacté le service client plusieur fois et aucune reponse de leur part
boreal abyss
Je vais appeler quelqu'un qui pourrait peut-être vous en dire plus
@glass swallow
Refund request, no response, what to do~~
glass swallow
All tickets are worked via the CS team. There maybe some delays due to holidays etc but a response from that team is required.
reef osprey
@crystal beacon Il y a des retards en raison des vacances américaines en ce moment
autumn orchid
why do you want a refund?
reef osprey
in case you didn't realize, his english seems quite limited @autumn orchid
autumn orchid
ah fair enough
rigid gale
I finally got around to registering for the game. I saw back at PAX they would let everyone test at some point? Any updates on that?
boreal abyss
Some point next month
is the current info
so that will be the case unless a big delay happens
rigid gale
Alright. I tried the forums first but it seems I have to wait for some sort of approval
boreal abyss
As long as you have registered, you will receive an email with how to join test later on 😃
before test starts
crystal beacon
I use a 21:9 ultra wide monitor as my main gaming monitor, Will Ashes of Creation offer Ultra-Wide support moving forward?
ruby swift
Yes, support for 21:9 and other resolutions/options has been confirmed multiple times. @dark jungle has played the BR in 21:9 during testing already I believe.
crystal beacon
Alrighty! Thank you for answering, I had sent a support request earlier and a customer service rep said, “No public comment has been announced yet.” -.- Need to fire that guy. xD
ruby swift
It is a girl, and they handle account services and related issues, they may not be familiar with tiny details that may be important to you, but a majority don't know about. That is why we have this handy channel staffed by unpaid, unprofessional "experts" to help with those minutiae.
proper bobcat
Is there emotes?
ruby swift
In game? There better be since we got them as part of our Kickstarter packages.
crystal beacon
@ruby swift I know a lot of games have volunteer staffs sort out FAQ and questions on their Discord, you guys really deserve at least like a “moderator’s cosmetic pack“, currency etc. for guiding the community. Anyways peace thanks for the quick response.
ruby swift
Moderators are purple names here, but there are quite a few "regular" members that consume all things Ashes related and can give solid information. Creating some reward for it would just lead to more problems than it is worth as then we would have every single person then screaming "I answered a question once, where be my free stuff?!?!"
digital yacht
@crystal beacon and dw volunteer mods get rewarded, pretty handsomely
ruby swift
Dammit Shadow, first rule about the catering table is "Don't talk about the catering table!"
cobalt zephyr
😂
digital yacht
🤭
stable plover
@crystal beacon @ruby swift I think “No public comment has been announced yet.” on 21:9 would still be accurate. The devs are definitely capable of having it (and it's very pretty) since people can currently play that way, the question is if they want to have it long term (There might be potential concerns about 'fairness' with a wider field of view / forcing people with non-super widescreen monitors to play with their screen squished)
crystal beacon
Considering people can play competitive FPS’s with widescreen I’d suspect they’d keep it but who knows, thanks for the response.
solid silo
when its the next stream
reef osprey
unknown, we are waiting for an announcement
solid silo
i see
crystal beacon
Btw, are the stats for races and how they affect class released yet?
digital yacht
nope
everything we know about the races are here https://aocwiki.net/Races
answer but no numbers
merry frigate
yo is Ashes meeting expectations? i havent kept up with it as i been busy with life
im hoping it is. im so looking forward to it
winged sparrow
depends how long you haven't been keeping up with the game
boreal abyss
@digital yacht
4. Is false
Armor appearance is race locked
surreal elk
lmao
proven arrow
Well its locked as in if you wear dwarf armor on a human its not going to look stumpy and not cover your body. Tulnar armor on an orc won't have a huge hole in the butt where the tail normally is. But you can make 'Tulnar armor' and sell it to a dwarf and he can equip it. It just doesn't share the animations and stuff. They've said multiple times you can wear other race's specialized armor sets as long as its a tradeable item.
boreal abyss
@proven arrow I got it clarified that he meant all armors when he said "sets" not just sets
proven arrow
yup just dont want misinfo out there
boreal abyss
Could you source me, cause I still have not seen them say that, which is something I have been wanting confirmed 😛
proven arrow
umm not sure if there's sources. a lot of the info I have is from talking to the devs at pax and taking notes
and for some reason thats not good enough for the wikis
so rip
ebon star
@still wyvern what happens when you upgrade bundles for ashes?
boreal abyss
Pre-Order bundles or KS/SB?
ebon star
KS/SB
boreal abyss
You just get the stuff that was exclusive ot the next pack as far as I know
and increased game time if its higher etc
ebon star
It was KS from braver to royalty
boreal abyss
Then you should get everything that is included in Leader of Men and Royalty packs
or you can just view it as "you lose your Braver pack and all it contians" but you gain the Royalty pack and all it contains
ebon star
Thats what is shows on my acccount now on ashes website a cancel of braver and activation of royalty
still wyvern
As Ziltch said, it's pretty much an upgrade.
ebon star
wasnt sure if i had to do anything else
still wyvern
Besides, higher packages already include the bonuses from lower packages.
boreal abyss
I will let Dead answer that
still wyvern
So no need to fret about losing anything, when you upgrade.
ebon star
No fret... why i waited to ask till after bank cleared payment. They are busy just didnt know if i ask about some of those packages content
boreal abyss
Think of it like a the 500$ as a pacman
then the 2500$ as a 5 times bigger pacman
the 2500 pacman eats the 500 pacman
so the 2500 still contains the 500 pacman contents even if the 500 pacman is gone 👍
frank isle
Love that description ^ 👏👏👏
silent lantern
think of it this way... by upgrading a package you lose money in your bank account
crystal beacon
I’ve been looking into the Node system and I know how it works, but I’m still not sure exactly what a “Node” is, can someone offer an explanation?
silent lantern
literally a piece of land that levels as you do stuff
boreal abyss
@crystal beacon
A Node is a location where a "City" can start up
If a Node will start up or not depends on player activity in the area,
as well as if a neighbouring Node is active
if a neighbour Node is activated, it might lock out that node from progressing
crystal beacon
Oh so like a an automatic map generator. XD
boreal abyss
You can think of it as Cities in other MMOs except that player activity decides the Size and location fo them
silent lantern
that's another way to spin it
boreal abyss
Automatic City generator based on player activity in Node location and locations around Node 😛
crystal beacon
Sounds f*cken’ cool, thanks for the explanation.
cedar talon
How do we node?
boreal abyss
If you got other quesitons just ask away, ppl here will usually explain either here or PM you if the answer is too long 😛
silent lantern
by subbing to pewdiepie
cedar talon
T-Series #1
silent lantern
sacrilege!
boreal abyss
@crystal beacon
https://www.ashesofcreation.com/node-series-part-one/
https://www.ashesofcreation.com/node-series-part-2-metropolis/
These explains some basics
silent lantern
he said he knows how it work though 😁
boreal abyss
They also explain basics about hwat a Node is 😉
craggy zodiac
Is there a way to delete my account?
eager pawn
Uhm, no way to delete the account from that page
boreal abyss
Think you will have to issue a ticket to get it deleted
hushed haven
hi
pastel rivet
When does the alpha 2 start?
proper bobcat
will your guild be disbanded if you make it with 5 people them 1 leaves?
@pastel rivet around june
@ruby swift you know everything
digital yacht
@proper bobcat u talking about ingame?
proper bobcat
yes
digital yacht
If so idk if they’ve talked about that yet
My guess would be know
No*
For the sake of u can’t just Press a button and make a guild
crystal beacon
Ooo I have a good question.
crystal beacon
So, what proof is there AOC won’t become Bless 2.0? XD
small pecan
It’s impossible to quantify it. Have to look at the devs’ answers and your interpretations
pastel rivet
Also has there been a teaser for next months cosmetics yet?
digital yacht
Nope
proper bobcat
will in the future cosmetic outfits be embers? or $$ from the website?
digital yacht
Uhh most likely it will be an in game shop that u buy with embers
They prob won’t have a cosmetic store on their actual website just the merch shop
candid lava
pastel rivet
ive had dis name though 💔
ruby swift
@proper bobcat Sorry, was sleeping, what was it you wanted an answer for?
proper bobcat
i got it
ruby swift
Ahh. I see, it was about guild minimum numbers. They have said that it will take a minimum of 5 people to form a guild. Since guilds get skill points based on levelling that they put into different trees, including member count, a guild with a single person or under a certain membership threshold would be severely restricted in its action. Steven has had years of experience in running guilds and things like being able to place guild housing or fortresses would most likely be restricted under a certain cap, but as Shadow pointed out, needs more clarification.
boreal abyss
^ place guild housing, or conquering/sieging fortresses (as fortresses are static in world)
ruby swift
There are the pvp castles, but there are also what are termed "guildhalls" that will be placed by players. I am very clear on the difference between the 5 static and those. My meaning is that the additional housing that can be placed by guilds in addition to freeholds will 99% certain have a minimum requirement/threshold before being able to place to stop people from creating single person guilds just to gain extra housing and storage, thus cluttering the landscape.
Will change it to guild halls as to not cause confusion
Castles and guild halls are two distinct, different thing.
Castles are distinct things that exist on the server
Very specific locations
Very specific influence over areas
Guild’s will fight for control of it most likely once a month
Guild halls are something different, doesn’t exert dominance on the lands,
boreal abyss
Was just clearning out that you cannot Place Fortresses 😛
ruby swift
Yep, nomenclature is important, just woke up and was lazy. Think we have it clear now for anyone that looks.
spark sedge
Do we have any info on what types of enemies we'll see in the world? (Can I kill orc's and goblin's and trolls and the like?)
small pecan
well, Orcs are going to be 2 of the 9 playable races. so probably will be killable npc's for them. trolls? not sure. these two (time-stamped) videos show some of the enemies that will be in the game (including goblin-like creatures):
https://youtu.be/GK8VCiHH11E?t=124
https://youtu.be/oLRG5D9CKVA?t=701
also, they've shown some other creatures that will be in the game like large mushrooms and spider-monster hybrids
in general, a bunch of classic fantasy stuff will be in there and more. they take inspiration from DnD, so most common enemies from there will likely also be in the game
azure birch
so maybe castle siege mode tomorrow?
small pecan
likely not. https://youtu.be/OM6fR3WtPQI?t=138 <- mentions the more likely options:
- CM opening
- Apoc BR server open 24/7
- new website launch
for the "big announcement"
azure birch
so basically january..
stark thicket
The registartion link for alpha account is broken for me, what to do?
turbid egret
k cool, just got my own email and i also was going to ask server error issue
glossy blade
So when will we have no schedule testing, these testing time restrictions suck
I thought alpha 1 was supposed to have more of an open testing schedule
turbid egret
ETA for site to be back up ?
digital yacht
none atm
solemn delta
Pretty sure the non tester portion of apoc will be perisitent otherwise alpha 2
reef osprey
@glossy blade alpha 1 will be periodical and ends up almost persistent close to Alpha 2 with Alpha 2 being constantly open
However, we aren't in Alpha 1 yet, Alpha 1 starts April 2019
glossy blade
Then why is the download link called alpha 1 lol
And it seems odd that the ppl that paid the big bucks don’t get a decent test in until everyone in alpha 2?
reef osprey
Alpha 1 will be decent testing, not sure what you are on about
glossy blade
Well then I’ll refer you to my original question, time locks on testing, A1 backers should get a good chunk of time in not a 4-8hr window where ppl may be working
Yea I know it’s confusing I’ve waited years and I keep getting teased by alpha 0 ppl that paid nothing to get in, then comes time for the paid A1 backer and we got time locked
reef osprey
@glossy blade "Will probably start with time slots, until stability is worked out, then will go into longer form, eventually having several weeks of consistent play at the end of A1 testing."
glossy blade
That’s the thing I was under the assumption this was the beginning of A1 and was like WTF a time lock.?
Yea but didn’t A0 ppl have unlimited access?
reef osprey
not sure about that @simple ether knows that, but i'm not sure if he is allowed to disclose that information
However, A1 is supposed to be 2-3 servers with concurrent pops of 1-1.5k people which is a whole different challenge than having a couple of A0 tester online at the same time
glossy blade
Ok
crystal beacon
Is anyone else email for the site not working
glossy blade
At least you are doing it on the weekend unlike bethesduh who always had the test during work days
serene sparrow
I got the email but when setting up an account it says my email is not for a tester. I know i used the right email. Who is able to get in this weekend?
glossy blade
How big is the download
serene sparrow
Ok, thank you
glossy blade
K
molten jackal
Anyone else experience the Error 502 Host Bad Gateway for this weekends test?
Sounds good. I figured it was just too many people accessing. Thanks for the info.
ruby swift
Since we seem to be giving feedback and opinions here today I will add that my registration went smooth. Now just to wait for testing windows to open up.
winged token
has there been a confirmed date for when Kickstarter will no longer be able to be upgraded?
winged token
oh ok so lots of time XD
ember fractal
digital yacht
yte
winged token
thank you
digital yacht
steven will give 2 week notice