questions

[kind heron]

Think imma have to upgrade my package

[stable plover]

@narrow yacht If you say like the low teir cosmetics currently you can upgrade as you see cosmetics you like by paying the pack difference price, keep cosmetics of original pack while only receiving the high teir cosmetics of higher pack - or having a pack enables individual cosmetic purchase 5-25$ depending on the thing for your pack level and lower if you see something you like in the future.

[narrow yacht]

ok, will there be more packs in the future? like i thought i saw somewhere that the store rotates to different skins every month, is that true?

[mighty tapir]

yeah i really wanted to get March's 375$ pack but somehow i could never get it to work so i had to settle with July's

[silent finch]

are there any other methods of joining early access other than purchasing the bundles and if so what are they?

[broken lodge]

@simple ether Did they say u could play a Death-focused Cleric as a primary class?

Was the yes to me?

[silent finch]

i thought at least one of the future betas or alphas were going to hold a couple thousand people, so are all those slots going to be filled with those that own the bundle?

[narrow yacht]

😮

[silent finch]

and all of those are bundle owners?

cause if so then thats a b i g buck

impressive

[worthy thorn]

when do we get to claim our names? around release?

like does everyone buying the most expensive pack get same chances or so some get earlier access than others

[broken lodge]

Thanks man, was there any elaboration on what a Death Cleric would be like?

sounds badass

all their abilities seem basic healer-esque

[worthy thorn]

ahh so kickstarter and sb get earlier than everyone else?

oki thank you

gonna be hard to get a good name if have the web packs tho

[broken lodge]

really? badass at like, 1v1 PvP? That's insane

[worthy thorn]

ohhh another burning question i had was what type of graphics can we expect? ive seen super good looking stuff but also mediocre stuff

allright

thanks alot for anwsering my questions :D

Thank you that'll be a big help

[turbid wave]

I kinda have a question about the open world pvp system.

[broken lodge]

SHOOT

I'm an expert

[turbid wave]

like if a non-combatant retaliates against a combatant they get flagged as combatant too right?

[broken lodge]

yea

[turbid wave]

but if the person trying to defend himself dies then there's no punishment for the person who initally tried to kill him?

[broken lodge]

yes, if they defend themselves, they become a combatant, and there's no punishment for the attacker

[stable plover]

@turbid wave Fight back for reduced death penalities / the joy of killing your attacker - don't fight back to cause the person who attacked you to get crippling debuffs

[broken lodge]

they literally have to not defend themselves at all for the combatant to become corrupted

[narrow yacht]

how long does your combatant flag last? will you ever go back to a non-combatant?

[turbid wave]

ahh. makes sense that you get less penalty for dying when combatant then ^^
just thought it was a bit weird for the attacker not getting punished just because the defender actually tries to defend himself.
in the end its a system trying to punish people who don't want to fight.

[broken lodge]

its more punishing people who kill people who don't want to fight

[grim plinth]

what if you attack someone till they're like 1 hp as a non combatant to mess with them and aggro a mob to finish them off or something how would they deal with griefing like that

[broken lodge]

Should stay on for 12 hours imo

[grim plinth]

o but lets just say u get them down to really low hp and get a mob to kill them

[broken lodge]

but what if you get them down really low and a mob finishes them off though, that's the Q

[grim plinth]

u wont get corruption?

[onyx apex]

when is the release date of AoC, im sorry i just got informed about this game.

[grim plinth]

they dunno alpha 1 is coming out later this year though

[onyx apex]

Sick.

[grim plinth]

fall 2020

[onyx apex]

Good to know though.

[silk void]

2022 earliest prob

[grim plinth]

hmm ok

[narrow yacht]

it seems like it will be in 2022, but if you buy a pack you can play in alpha 2 probably early next year @onyx apex

[grim plinth]

yea prolly at least 2 solid years

[woven vale]

I'd say 2-3

[broken lodge]

A2 Early next year? You agree w/ that Jahlon?

[grim plinth]

maybe late next year

[narrow yacht]

oh ;/

[broken lodge]

yea, i was just about to say, Q2-3 sounds more probably

[grim plinth]

if a1 is coming out late 2020

[broken lodge]

probable*

[narrow yacht]

but will A1 be going on throughout the year?

[grim plinth]

damn u rona

[broken lodge]

They're going by the Astrological seaons and not the Meteorological ones?

😱

[narrow yacht]

@simple ether will A1 go on until A2?

[grim plinth]

its 24/7 right?

o

[narrow yacht]

and people can stream and make content during A1 correct?

[grim plinth]

yea

[narrow yacht]

POG

watching your interview with steven earlier this month rn jahlon hahaha

[grim plinth]

the map is liek 450 kilometers long r?

o damm underrealm is way bigger then i thought it'd be

[broken lodge]

450 km long? that would be insane

[grim plinth]

how big is that compared to bdo map size

[broken lodge]

480 sq km is about 22x22

[grim plinth]

hope most of that land isnt empty land like wow

[broken lodge]

it'll have various nodes sprinkled across

and mobs ofc

[plain gust]

So, are there going to be private servers or just public?

[desert ivy]

Just public

This isn't Rust or Minecraft

Maybe years down the line private servers like WoW and shit has will open up

[grim plinth]

yikes

sounds like a nightmare to host a server with this game

[plain gust]

I wasn't implying it was either of those games, I was simply asking.

[grim plinth]

theres alot of land compared to water is it downsized in the map or is that all there is to it or is the ocean bigger

[desert ivy]

There's quite a bit of water I feel

They want the water to actually have content and not just be dead space

So there will be islands in the water, bosses, that kinda stuff

[grim plinth]

yea true the map make the 2 continents seem so close together that you could see the other side

[desert ivy]

Well England and France are close together on the map irl but they can't see each other

[grim plinth]

ig

so the same node on one server will look different on another? assuming if it was the same race that contributed the most and it was at the same tier

and same npcs?

o yeaa thats dope

[long rain]

is there a way to add a referral code to my account after its already been created?

[stable plover]

@grim plinth Let's call it node 62 - If it's a lvl 4 node on two different servers that both had Vek contribute the most racial xp it'll mainly be the same on both servers, the difference would then be the customized buildings built by mayors / decorated by in node housing owners - NPCs are capable of permanently dying so I assume those could get out of sync.

[broken lodge]

yea, i think the look will be different based on 1) the level of the node, 2) the race it's stylized after 3) the type of node, 4) The buildings chosen and the chosen placement of said buildings

[grim plinth]

oh ok so there isnt like permanent named npcs in a node?

[broken lodge]

type being scientific, divine, economic, or military

[long rain]

ok thanks Jahlon

[grim plinth]

and quests will be the same with a new npc or is it randomly generated or something

[stable plover]

@grim plinth Important quest NPCs would be pretty permanent, but it's more like "Selma" the NPC stablemaster with the randomly generated name could die

[grim plinth]

oh ok gotcha but they offer the same quests their counterparts had?

[stable plover]

Stable services might be unavailable in that node for a week in that example before her replacement picks the job back up offering the same services as before

[grim plinth]

so npcs that offer quests will be pretty permanent then?

[lime island]

are cosmetic items bound to account or redeemable on one character only?

[crystal beacon]

where do u donate to support/access to upcoming beta/alpha etc.

[grim plinth]

https://ashesofcreation.com/

[desert ivy]

@lime island Cosmetics can only be used by one character per account at once. However, you can remove the cosmetic from that character and let another character on your account use it.

[stable plover]

@grim plinth There's a 'Main' storyline that we don't know much about (the devs keep lore tight to the chest), then there are more 'generated' quests that are more the sidequests that may or may not be there depending on circumstances

[grim plinth]

ok that makes sense

[meager coral]

I have a question about servers.
I would like to know if we (the player) are allowed to choose our own servers, or are we put into them by our region/country?

[grim plinth]

no region lock

[crystal beacon]

i thought lore was based on an ancient civilization. Like AC and the Isu or Halo and the Precursors/Fornners

and so on

[grim plinth]

it is but we dont really know too much about it

[stable plover]

For example though, there are some named characters from the Apocalypse lore that theoretically might have survived to the present day, and if they did that I wouldn't expect them to permanently die in the zombie monster coin event.

[grim plinth]

i get it now

[crystal beacon]

AoC lore.... Zombie farting eminems dominated the world

[meager coral]

Is there a way for me to donate money to this project?

[grim plinth]

the website

u can buy a package and get access to betas/alphas

[crystal beacon]

ahh it doesnt say on the wbsite

[desert ivy]

Buy a pre-order pack. However, they don't need donations, the project is already fully funded.

[grim plinth]

top right theres a shop

yea its just if u want to get into a phase and get some nice cosmetics too

[crystal beacon]

he means like access to beta etc

[stable plover]

@meager coral https://accounts.ashesofcreation.com/shop is probably the best way to support the project financially atm

[meager coral]

ty

[sinful nebula]

Would be fun to do a poll with the 8 starting archetypes to see what people would choose

if that's something a mod can do

[stable plover]

@sinful nebula someone was running a strawpoll of that earlier today

[sinful nebula]

i'd like to see that i'll look for it if i can find it thanks

[stable plover]

@sinful nebula https://www.strawpoll.me/20634457

[sinful nebula]

thanks ! Wow that's pretty balanced

[meager coral]

Can you tell me how the religions will influence the game (either gameplay or story wise).

Or is that still in development/confidential

[blissful trellis]

Just checking in on AOC and noticed I bought the discontinued $500 Intrepid Pre-Order Pack, which says it should have Alpha One access, does that mean it's likely to become active in the August rollout?

[thick crow]

I had a couple of questions about the packs, if it's possible to answer them! Sorry in advance if this was answered elsewhere!

The first question is, if I buy the cheapest pack first ($75), but want to upgrade it by about one tier ($150), would I need to pay the full amount, or is it possible to just pay the difference?

The second would be related to the gametime per pack. Is the time activated upon purchase, or does it start ticking down during the alpha/beta? Or maybe it only starts when the game itself launches?

[dark jungle]

1. you pay the difference
2. activated on launch

[stable plover]

@meager coral Your choice of religion will affect access to some ability augments in terms of gameplay, there are also some religion focused quests, and a ranking system within religions with rewards both practical and cosmetic (probably comparable to a reputation faction in some other games) - https://ashespost.com/a-journey-for-knowledge/ this contains the known religion lore

[dark jungle]

go to sleep @simple ether 😄

you been at this for the last 20 hours it seems

[meager coral]

ty m8

[thick crow]

One more quick question, just to be safe. Will there be an open beta of sorts? Or will the packs be the only way to try it out early?

[dark jungle]

heh

[stable plover]

@blissful trellis Not quite August (that's 1000$ pack ppl) on that pack but sometime at or before full A1 launch in Fall

[thick crow]

I see. Thanks!

[blissful trellis]

@stable plover roger that sir thank you very much

[meager coral]

How can I start to play Apocalypse?

[stable plover]

@meager coral APOC is currently down and not returning until sometime after full A1 launch.

@meager coral Whenever it eventually returns you'd just need an account and to DL it

[thick crow]

Oh, sorry, one more thing that confuses me. The game time between tiers - do they stack if you decide to upgrade?

[stable plover]

@thick crow highest tier lists the total ammount of game time/embers

[meager coral]

What if I want to pay more than just $375?

[lean marlin]

@meager coral as in?

[thick crow]

Yeah, I see that much, but if, say, I go with Wayfarer first (2 months), then upgrade to Expeditionary (4 months), do I wind up with 6 months, or does it simply upgrade from 2 to 4?

[meager coral]

500+

[lean marlin]

@thick crow it's 4. it doesn't stack like that

[thick crow]

That's what I wanted to check. Sorry if it was confusing!

[stable plover]

@meager coral If you wanted to pay just a little more, wait and see if A1 keys go back on sale, If you just have to give Intrepid 450$ today you could buy 75$ worth of embers, If you want to like inject 20k$ contact Toast or something

[long tulip]

if i play in the alpha and beta by preordering do i get to keep everything when the game releases

[grim breach]

No

[long tulip]

the only thing i get to keep is my name

?

[grim breach]

Progress, no. But the cosmetics you get, yes.

[lean marlin]

You get to keep the cosmetics bought or that are included with your package, but nothing in game will stay with you character.,

[grim breach]

Name, depends. If you have the name reservation, that will depend based on backers and pre order packs tiers.

[stable plover]

@long tulip There might be some earnable cosmetics, but levels/property/gear all get reset -- probably multiple times throughout testing

[ripe crescent]

Is there a rough idea when alpha one starts

[stable plover]

@ripe crescent A1 starts in 'Fall' 'near the end of the year' -> pre-alpha1 will gradually roll out until then

[lean marlin]

^ you can read this to see what's going on so far, -and I think there is a roadmap-

[leaden kayak]

I noticed some MTX cosmetics came and went few months ago, what's up with that? I mean the game isn't "out"

[lean marlin]

Cosme- go for it Grey, you'll do better than I will XD

[stable plover]

@leaden kayak The cosmetics in the pre-orders are time limited, they normally rotate monthly, but didn't rotate for several months to encourage people to have their finances in order during covid

[leaden kayak]

they rotate, so if I'd pre-order lets say the 250$ version on august I'd get a different cosmetic than someone getting his in december?

[lean marlin]

yes

[stable plover]

@leaden kayak correct, once you own a pack the cosmetics are individually purchaseable for 5-25$ you can buy the cosmetics from your pack and down in future months, during the month of that cosmetic

[leaden kayak]

thanks, felt weird seeing cosmetics getting out of store before there's even public release. but this is interesting, means there wont be hundreds of samefaces

[ripe crescent]

I assume you don’t have the option to purchase this leader of men pack anymore?

[stable plover]

@ripe crescent only if you have a kickstarter packi/ summer sale pack to upgrade

[blissful trellis]

@regal wadi and no way to get from $500 interpid pre-order to a $1k pack now I assume sir?

[stable plover]

correct

[prisma swift]

just curious, so i bought the $100 pack on their website, will i get into the beta with that or would i have to go through the kickstarter too?

[lean marlin]

YOu'll get into a beta for it, when the betas start.

you've got some time though.

[grim plinth]

yeah the betas will be close to launch or so i've heard

[stable plover]

@prisma swift I'll assume your in a different currency to see 100$ -> it's the same beta as Kickstarter, KS ended 3 years ago, exact entrance into beta might come in groups/waves and will definitely involve sessions

[prisma swift]

ah ok, and yea im canadian so it was like the $75 american pack

[grim plinth]

canadian pog

[lean marlin]

Mhm. So that's for B2 if I remember. As soon as it gets to that point you'll know, but always pay attention #news for anything going on regarding them.@prisma swift

[grim plinth]

prolly better if u join during the betas it'll be pretty polished and you wont ruin the launch experience with all the knowledge you would know if u played during alphas

[prisma swift]

lowkey tempted to buy the $300 pack now just to get into alpha 2, cause would get me into alpha aswell >.>

[lean marlin]

Please use this channel for questions, move to #aoc-discussion for discussion.

[grim plinth]

mb

[lean marlin]

for video and pictures I believe it's still up, but maybe not for text. @stable plover might know or @simple ether

[grim plinth]

it'll be down in just a few months

[crystal beacon]

is there crossbreeding in the game? if so does this mean we can cross breed legendary animals like flying mounts?

[lean marlin]

let me find you something on that.

[crystal beacon]

ty

[main sundial]

Is there any chance of giving suggestions that the devs can read?

[lean marlin]

@main sundial The forums https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/

@crystal beacon https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Animal_husbandry

[crystal beacon]

ah thanks

[pastel stratus]

will there be a player owned shops like blacksmiths- tailors - farmers ect. that players be able to expand to other capitals towns and stuff that would be awsome.

[main sundial]

ty

[slow meadow]

@crystal beacon flying mounts come from being a mayor or owning a castle. The other option is from raising a dragon egg and animal husbandry will come in to play there, but breeding a mount other than that doesn't seem possible from the available information we have about them. regular mounts and gliding mounts would be doable.

[grim plinth]

theres player stalls im pretty sure

not sure how its gonna work though

[lean marlin]

@pastel stratus There will be personal shops yes, you can read on that here. https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Personal_shops

[pastel stratus]

O-O you have claimed my heart

[iron agate]

how can I play the game

[grim plinth]

u cant right now

its in pre-alpha

[iron agate]

oof

[grim plinth]

if u were a kickstarter and bought the bravers of world pack or above you can play test alpha 1 in a couple months

i mean you can win a key from asmongolds stream

since i heard hes getting hooked up

or you can buy a package to get into alpha 2 which is the phase after this one probably late 2021 or 2022

[sudden lark]

Odd question-Has Steven ever mentioned if this is the only game he ever plans to create, or if he wants to make more in the future?

[digital yacht]

already stated tjere will be more

[stable plover]

@lean marlin There's still general pi nda, and there is a testing nda, but people can specifically discuss a certain pair of tests for current prealpha experience

[digital yacht]

but main focus is ashes ofc

[sudden lark]

I didn't expect that response, but I'm glad to hear it, as long as their design philosophy remains the same : )

[pastel stratus]

will there be more races then what is currently in the game ??

[stable plover]

Class combos aren't in until A2

They did mention alternate racial skins earnable in game like vampires at one point as a possibility, but probably at least not launch content

[lean marlin]

@pastel stratus It's highly unlikely there will be, but who knows what Steven will decide later. Hoping for Humanoid Ents at some point myself.

[pastel stratus]

ok nice because im big into sinister classes and vampires - devils and stuff so had to ask XD thank u o7

[raw scroll]

how do you measure performance in game, will there be dps meters?

[digital yacht]

no

no addons or mods whatsoever

[raw scroll]

they dont provide and measurement of performance?

any*

[digital yacht]

no

[torpid lance]

For Gatherers when hitting an ore or collecting an herb in said Node will that ore/herb respawn there again or is it randomly generated, as well as lets say the node changes does that change the location and what spawns in that said node?

Okay cool, so theres no way to have a set farming path you just have to go on an adventure to find said thing

[frigid jackal]

Can I be a bard bounty hunter? You know like that guy in the first Shrek movie that attacks Shrek and Fiona in the forest. Look I just want to sing people to death for a living. Please tell me there's a competent bard subclass that's good for killing people as a bounty hunter ya know?

Or maybe like a mainclass with a subclass bard that's sings to vanquish evil?

[west ridge]

@frigid jackal I wanna be a necromancer bounty hunter and you can sing tunes to increase moral of my undead posy

[thick crow]

Late question! Max number of characters per server/account?

[digital yacht]

atleast 3

[stable plover]

@thick crow The quote we have from devs is 'A comfortable number', I'd personally expect at least 8 (1 per main archetype), housing is more limited than characters.

[thick crow]

I'd be fine with 8, to be honest. I might wind up subbing with a few accounts just to mingle with most types, because a lot of the combos look interesting!

[ruby swift]

@crystal beacon @slow meadow You will indeed be able to breed animals at lower tiers. You will also be able to cross breed species. The Hurtle (horse/turtle) was specifically mentioned.

[mental furnace]

As an "alpha one pack holder" when does the alpha start and how do i know when i can get to playing?

[digital yacht]

@mental furnace

[mental furnace]

thanks

[modest widget]

Does AoC plan to release to steam (sort of like eve online)?

[stable plover]

@modest widget Not the MMO - APOC might go back to steam for siege/monster coin testing

[modest widget]

shame that, thanks!

[dark sedge]

Just saw all the features AoC is planning on, and I'm super hyped. I have a question about a feature that's been a favorite of mine since I saw it in Archeage--Do we know if the dev team at Intrepid has considered the trial-by-jury system for criminals (in this case, corrupted) who are killed or captured, and a prison type system in place to punish them? I loved seeing the global chat, where criminals could argue their case.

[digital yacht]

no corrupted ppl will just be killed player other players and when they die they lose alot more then normal players

[ruby swift]

Nope, no jail system

[lean marlin]

it's just death. you are judge jury and executioner.

[dark sedge]

I see. I just thought it was interesting from a social aspect that people in good standing could serve as jurors and arbitrate cases of player killers, complete with rap sheets. I bet these things will take place naturally in the game with its emphasis on social interaction, no need for a built-in system. BUT, it was cool.

[lean marlin]

it till be natural, as natural as an axe to the head can be.

[junior pagoda]

are there any 4k aoc community made wallpapers?

[west ridge]

I can think of publix executions within the community

totally see that happening for corrupted

[dark sedge]

Like if bounty hunters could capture particularly dastardly corrupted and then there could be a public execution...might be cool

[lean marlin]

move discussions to #aoc-discussion

[sick socket]

Are expansions planned or expected? Like adding more land or like raising the max level?

Or other races

[slow meadow]

not necessarily planned but definitely expected if successful

[digital yacht]

@sick socket game isnt out yet not a big issue

atm

[sick socket]

That's what I thought. Just curious if there was any set in stone

[lean marlin]

@sick socket yes, and as soon as this game comes out steven has already stated he'll be working on the expansion. This was ina stream can't remember where.

[digital yacht]

but most likely yes

[hidden crane]

@junior pagoda Yes, we do have a few!

https://ashespost.com/castle-siege-wallpaper-set/

[surreal zodiac]

Do the developers hate pineapple pizza as much as blizzard?

[hidden crane]

If you'd like PC wallpapers exclusively, there's some 1440p ones, but none that are 4k

[lean marlin]

@surreal zodiac Ask @plucky pawn

[teal mica]

Do we have a confirmed amount on how much the game subscription will be per month?

[digital yacht]

15

[lean marlin]

$14.99, no regional pricing.

[meager coral]

Will you be able to change your 2nd class or is it fixed to your first choice?

[lean marlin]

Primary is fixed, secondary can be changed.

[meager coral]

Will secondary have a (X) Leveling/talent) tree?

[lean marlin]

secondaries give you augments for primary abilities.

let me find a thing

@meager coral https://www.ashes101.com/classes

that should cover most of it.

[modest maple]

Hello, I'm new to following the AOC community, however I've done my research and the game is shaping up to be something truly amazing. I'm an avid WOW player and my biggest concern usually revolves around combat and the fluidity thereof. Most MMO's generally fall flat in regards to how it feels to do combat. With that being said are the developers confident with the combat system in place and how it feels as it is right now? Or is it still in the works and need further fleshing out? Thanks for your time, and would like to say the game looks truly remarkable so far.

[stable plover]

@sick socket Expansions have been mentioned as a thing , mainly in the context that they won't be charged for (We don't have details on what they involve)

[sick socket]

Thank you!

[meager coral]

Are we meant to keep changing secondaries for each encounter or is it a more fixed system?

[grizzled fjord]

From the 6/26 Q&A there's this -

Q: Will power/gear/ability level increase with expansions?
A: Yes. Level cap will increase and bring new content with it. Including gear chase to continue and utilize content.

[desert ivy]

@modest maple The combat is still being fleshed out. Nothing is currently finished really.

[lean marlin]

It's not going to be an instant switch thing like wow's double spec system.

[grizzled fjord]

This is all I could find

[stable plover]

@modest maple current combat system is still in the works / definately needs more fleshing out - notably they're not completely happy with the implementation of action combat yet and consider that to be pretty first pass

[meager coral]

Great to hear that

[modest maple]

Understood, my concern was it still looked a bit clunky as well, but every other feature looks gorgeous and Im cautiously optimistic and will be keeping y eye out for this game!

[meager coral]

Same

[lean marlin]

we've still got 4 full testing phases to get through, it'll buffout.

[desert ivy]

Literally everything that has been shown isn't finished yet. The only part of the game that is finalised is the title of the game.

[junior pagoda]

thanks @hidden crane new walpaper set to cave you linked

[meager coral]

Alright time for the real question. Can I make pizza in the game?

[lean marlin]

Not sure about pizza, but there is a cooking skill.

just in case you're serious https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Cooking

[oblique tendon]

Heya just started following AoC and so far from what I've seen it looks amazing. I just have a question about your ember currency. I know it's used to buy cosmetics and are not P2W. My concern is that when I play an mmo I see someone wearing really cool gear but they just bought it from the store. How are you making sure that this store won't damage the gearing process in terms of how people look badass and felt like they earnt it? Again very excited for this game I just don't like seeing people buying cosmetics with real money in an mmo game where imo the look of your gear matters a lot.

[lean marlin]

There are cosmetics in game as well that you can earn. And all cosmetics from the store are bound to the account that bought them.

for full reference https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Cosmetics @oblique tendon

[meager coral]

Will I be able to open a store in a metropolis (Let's say for a pizzeria)?

[crystal beacon]

Will there be a chrono/rewind/roll back feature? In OSRS massive bugs have been found where massive amounts of wealth could be obtained where they weren't supposed to be and if such a thing were to occur would there be a way to revert the server back?

[lean marlin]

@meager coral https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Personal_shops

[halcyon pier]

is the game out? when i click register it just bring me to my profile page

[mental furnace]

Get that pizza Kiosk going @meager coral

[lean marlin]

@halcyon pier game hasn't released yet, look at !playtest

[craggy harness]

With the classes/archetypes - how will the similar combinations differ? E.g Brood Warden (Summoner/Tank) vs Keeper (Tank/Summoner)

[oblique tendon]

Sweet thanks for the info

[meager coral]

@mental furnace If I open one, will you be my first customer?

[mental furnace]

yes

[stable plover]

@craggy harness Keep the abilities of first class, modified by second class - So in that example a summoner/tank might get shields applied to their pets when the pet uses 'bite', while the tank/summoner might summon illusionary armor around themselves when they use their normal shield ability

[meager coral]

Once I make it, (If I remember this) I'll send you a message

[craggy harness]

@stable plover oh wow that's cool. I'm keen to play a summoner class 😄

[west ridge]

@craggy harness join the dark side. Be s necrromancer

[meager coral]

How does a Necromancer work?

[prisma swift]

will races have specific bonuses? so like orcs are better mele/tanks and stuff and dwarves are better blacksmiths?

[stable plover]

We don't have a ton of details about Summoners/Bards yet, Necromancers are Summoner/Cleric

[west ridge]

@meager coral u can have an undead posse

steven confirmed you can have up to 3 summoned lads at once

[lean marlin]

@prisma swift they will have some kind of racials..but probably more so flavor text. At this time we're not 110% on it.

[west ridge]

hence enough for an undead posse

[meager coral]

****No.... Reallly?

[prisma swift]

sweet, thx! @lean marlin

[meager coral]

That is pretty cool thou, I thought it would only be like 1-2 max

[west ridge]

[meager coral]

Big question If choose to be a gatherer, does that mean I can gather everything but be really good a one thing or is it that I can only gather one thing?

[lean marlin]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Gathering

[craggy harness]

another question on gathering - will skilling be the primary way to get resources? I just hope it won't be like Runescape where bossing gives more resources than skilling

[lean marlin]

you can get them from bosses, and from regular gathering type activities. (at least from what I remember)

[meager coral]

Giant sea monsters confirmed... right?

[lean marlin]

There is naval stuff, I mean..if there is naval stuff there might be monster in the depths. 😉

[compact iris]

Do we know what bard augments their are?

[lean marlin]

nope

we have no info on augments at all at this time.

will know more during A2, I think at least.

[compact iris]

ok thank you

[meager coral]

Have they said how many abilities (on average) per class there will be?

[digital yacht]

more than 8* i think

[lean marlin]

quite a few. there are some examples on the wiki, if you look up the primaries.

[crystal beacon]

If I purchase the Alpha 2 bundle, do I have to also have an active sub monthly?

[lean marlin]

yes

once your game time from the bundle wears out, you'll have to sub.

[crystal beacon]

So, there is an active sub during alpha/beta?

[lean marlin]

no. No not during testing.

Only upon release.

[crystal beacon]

Thats what I thought, was just checking

[teal mica]

Will there be an Alliance (not Guild) War? iirc Granado Espada has this Alliance War on top of Faction War where players can choose which Alliance they align with and participate in the Alliance War which is full-scale serverwide.

[lean marlin]

hmmm might be something with info on this give me a minute.

[crystal beacon]

THere was an interview saying no faction wars

but players can create that idea between node wars/guild wars

[teal mica]

Ouh ok I see thanks thanks

[crystal beacon]

Steven recently did interviews with Asmongold and summit1g/Shroud I would recommend watching them

[ruby swift]

@crystal beacon You are correct. Player agency. No set factions.

[frigid narwhal]

apoc is over with. anything we bought with embers, are we still getting the cosmetics for the actual game?

[lean marlin]

yes, anything bought or earned on apoc transfer to the mmo

[frigid narwhal]

ah

[ruby swift]

Yep, got it all still in my inventory.

[torpid tangle]

Do any of the packs currently on the website give you forum titles?

[placid vessel]

no.

[ruby swift]

Those were unique to the crowdfunding and kinda were a pain in the ass for them to implement. So doubt you will see that offered again.

[atomic ridge]

Is there a determined date in which the game will be fully released?

[digital yacht]

nope

[lean marlin]

check back during beta.

[placid vessel]

Most of us are guessing 2022-2023.

[crystal beacon]

Is there a theorized recommended specs to run the games beta?

[digital yacht]

the dev pcs in their studio are running on 970 GTx

[crystal beacon]

nice

[atomic ridge]

That's on max?

[digital yacht]

idk about that

[unique finch]

So people who pre order the $375 edition get access to alpha 2 which is in august right?

Oh nvm I see they’re implementing each type of backer first

[digital yacht]

no a1 is in august/fall

a2 is next year

[craggy harness]

so will the towns/cities be ran by guilds? or will it be more like coalitions in eve?

[digital yacht]

ran by every1

and the mayor is slected between 4 different ways

[ruby swift]

Guilds control castles. Node cities are a free for all.

[digital yacht]

but mayor has all the "power"

[craggy harness]

oh yea, but what's stopping a favorite streamer from getting everyone to vote him for mayor 😛 seems like asmongold and the like will be the mayors

[digital yacht]

cuz only voting occurs in 1 node type

[craggy harness]

ohh what's the other 3?

[craggy harness]

At least it will give the rest of us a chance if there's some other ways

[digital yacht]

Votings/Money/Questing/PVP

[craggy harness]

that's awesome - is it depending on the type of Node you pick

[ruby swift]

There are soft caps on citizenship at each stage. Gotta have housing to be a citizen. Gotta be a citizen to participate in elections.

[digital yacht]

A bid is to determine Economic Node Mayors/QUesting or Contribution to Diving Nodes/PVP Gladitorial Arena to Military Nodes

[crystal beacon]

Is siren class genderlocked?

[royal badge]

i dont think any are

[crystal beacon]

So there are male sirens?

[digital yacht]

no classes are gender locked gear locked or weapon locked

yes

[fringe breach]

so in the interview with asmongold, Steven stated that some weapons will be so rare there would only be one on the server, is there legendary equivalent artisan tools? like a pick, hammer or fishing rod?

[crystal beacon]

Woah

Never heard of that one

[digital yacht]

@fringe breach no info on that as far as i know

[fringe breach]

ok thank you

[craggy harness]

@fringe breach that sounds so cool. Tbh this MMO is sounded more and more like Log Horizon. If anyone's seen it

[tropic abyss]

Rock screamer, @crystal beacon

[fringe breach]

i've seen some of it

[crystal beacon]

Lol

[royal badge]

id love a log horizon style mmo

[craggy harness]

Question for the Devs/Admins - what's your plan on combatting Gold sellers?

[remote osprey]

Steven talked about it with Asmongold. Subscription and AI that flags items and gold that is out of order

[royal badge]

also active gms

[digital yacht]

@craggy harness they are going tobe taking it seriously by having GMs in game looking for that as well as a backend system to detect abnoral amoutns of gold trasnfered and if the acc is flagged they will personally investiage

[primal hawk]

Can I tame and ride river otters.... that’s going to be the make or break point for me tbh

(Serious question need answers!)

[digital yacht]

no guranteed answer atm

[west ridge]

well

[digital yacht]

there was an otter pet tho

[west ridge]

you can breed pets

[primal hawk]

I need otter mount

[digital yacht]

most likely yes

[primal hawk]

And I missed the shop sale for it

[digital yacht]

but not 100%

[primal hawk]

Can I breed mounts

[digital yacht]

yes

[primal hawk]

So if I breed a fish with a weasel large chance of river otter?

Fish+weasel = river otter = 15$ a month sub

[digital yacht]

maybe

[primal hawk]

I need answers from intrepid

[lean marlin]

dunno

you might get a beaver instead

[digital yacht]

two different mounts can be bred to create unique mounts

[primal hawk]

FUCK

[hasty moss]

They have stated that the cosmetic you buy could potentially be a variant of what you can tame in game

[digital yacht]

its plausible but not 100% confirmed nor can be at this time unless Steven says it lol

[primal hawk]

Ohhhh Steven where are you??? I neeeed you!!

[worn elk]

Is there any chance of ground locked flying mounts or are those for gm/play testers in alpha only?

[primal hawk]

Yes penguins

Or chickens

[digital yacht]

@worn elk u mean Gliding mounts? if so yes, or do u mean like mounts with wings that can walk? if so yes to that as well

[limpid gull]

Talking about mounts, do we know if certain mounts will be faster than others, or if we can breed them to be faster? Like, a normal horse compared to my 5th generation bred horse.

[digital yacht]

yes mounts will have varied speed

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Mounts

[limpid gull]

Cool, thanks

[worn elk]

@digital yacht yeah exactly, thank very much!!

[stuck lagoon]

Is our username on ashesofcreation.com our in game name?

[digital yacht]

no

its ur account name

each character will have its own name to pick

[stuck lagoon]

And will ingame names be unique

[digital yacht]

yes

[stuck lagoon]

And is that per server or like only one person in the entire game can have a name

[digital yacht]

so ashes does have a family name so im unaware if some1 can have Shadow(Char name) with Family name (Light) and another person have Shadow(char) but (Dark)family name im not 100% sure @stuck lagoon

[worn elk]

If we preorder now will those bonus cosmetics be the only ones we get or will we receive the ones released after?

[digital yacht]

and it will be per server

@worn elk u only get the ones in the pack u buy

[stuck lagoon]

Also, has there been any info on how inter-server interaction will work/ what are the limitations of friends being on a different server

[digital yacht]

but u can buy every month afterwwards seperately

[worn elk]

Dang

[digital yacht]

@stuck lagoon 2 seperate servers no interactions

[stuck lagoon]

Ah so friends have to play on your server

[digital yacht]

yes

maybe chat interaction thru a PM system but doubt anything more then that

[stuck lagoon]

Also I was watching the asmon interview, where he asked whether gear gets bound to the character after wearing, and i unless i missed it steven didnt fully answer that question

[digital yacht]

Very rarely will gear be bound

most of it is tradeable

is what steven said

[stuck lagoon]

Cool, because I'm the kind of person who's more interested in just grinding the fastest moneymaking method and then just buying my gear

[digital yacht]

then your able to do that, but remember this is no AH for the whole server just for ur certain node if one is built (in an economic node) so u might have to have crafters make it for u/run dungeons-raids to get gear

and mats

to mke more stronger stuff

[stuck lagoon]

Is there any plans to release this game on a third party platform

steam/epic etc

[digital yacht]

nope

atleast not atm

[stuck lagoon]

and how many servers are there intended to be

[digital yacht]

we dont have an exact number

but its 8-10k concurrent players per server

[timid pewter]

have they mentioned when alpha 2 will be?

[digital yacht]

Alpha 2 will be after Alpha 1 which starts in Fall 2020 depending on how long is needed Alpha 2 could start early 2021 or mid 2021 or even late 2021

no confirmed date or time frame

i recommend hopping in voice chat for some questions with Steven the Lead Developer on the game

he is in there now

i have to go to bed but others will happily answer quiestions

[crystal beacon]

Steven is in voice chat go go go

[winged osprey]

Oh no no no...

[crystal beacon]

is there already some recorded gameplay of summoner or bard? couldnt find much in wiki, but i really like those classes in other mmorpgs

[neat sparrow]

I would also love to see gameplay of those

[sick cipher]

Are the cosmetics in the pre-order packs available after launch or during other the pre-release phases?

[neat sparrow]

That's a good question that I'd like to tack on to- will it be possible to only get the cosmetics from those pre-order packs and not anything else from it in the future, before launch?

[white agate]

how do i activate items in the shop? i bought a pack and part of it is (name reservation)

but where do i actually go to reserve my name?

[hidden crane]

No summoner/bard gameplay

@white agate No name reservation until it actually opens up, you will get a notif for it

[lean marlin]

@sick cipher @neat sparrow https://discordapp.com/channels/256164085366915072/257283936756039680/734990517418459197

[sick cipher]

@lean marlin so that includes items in the pre-order packs?

[white agate]

@hidden crane will it be prior to release?

[hidden crane]

@white agate atm after A1

[white agate]

or prior to alpha/beta testing?

ah ok thanks 🙂

[lean marlin]

@sick cipher Pre order pack cosmetics are only available for the month they are out. After that you won't see them again.

[sick cipher]

Thanks

[lean marlin]

@neat sparrow the rest of your question is as followed, you can buy ala carte items that are the same tier of pack you have and under, but not above what you have. So if you buy this months and want some from the next month etc, you can buy those as well.

they all get added into your inventory on your profile.

[neat sparrow]

Thank you!

[real grotto]

The game is built with unreal engine 4 right? any plans to push it into unreal 5 in future? or the transition it would be too hard

[lean marlin]

They have looked at it, but no plans so far as to use it or not.

[grim breach]

Let's see if that's in the KB

[crystal beacon]

Hey, Beta Two will prob be last release before full game right? Will Progress during Alpha / Beta be saved or is there full wipe going from beta to full release? Thanks 🙂

[limpid gull]

Will there be any punishment for death? Like losing exp and leveling down, or just the typical damaged armor?

[grim breach]

Nothing about the UE5 in KB. But the answer is yes they're aware of UE5 and they're always looking at new tech. They won't be likely transitioning to UE5 at any point in the current development stage.

There will be death penalties. You will accrue EXP debts.

@crystal beacon No, progress will be wiped.

[surreal elk]

@crystal beacon yes all progress is wiped for launch

[crystal beacon]

Thanks guys 🙂

[grim breach]

@limpid gull To add to the answer, you won't delevel but EXP debts will pad your stats. More in the wiki or Ashes101.

[limpid gull]

Ahh, okay...guess I'll just need to read the wiki before putting out questions, hahah

[real grotto]

I was just wondering coz unreal engine 5 looks super damn amazing on what it is capable off, and seeing this game in that would blow my mind

[primal hawk]

Let’s say I want to play a female but I rolled male can I get an ingame sex change

[remote osprey]

Is it known if repairing a legendary master crafted item will require a master crafter or just high tier processed/raw materials, and the owner can do it himself?

[fresh bridge]

you will probs require the first option and alot of coin

[lean marlin]

@primal hawk don't know, that's something that we aren't fully aware of, but it'd probably be in the shop if they decide it's a thing...but idk
@remote osprey @ruby swift

[ruby swift]

No information on that I have seen.

[final ocean]

Will ressources have a kind of "natural" locations i.e. more metal excavation sites close to mountains or things like that?

[ruby swift]

Resources are meant to have random spawn points of varying amounts and quality. They have not clarified if there will be a preference to certain terrain types or climates. Once a resource is "tapped" it will despawn and respawn in a different location on the world map. The current video where you see easily identifiable nodes that you run up and press E are just placeholder.

[royal badge]

it would be cool if there were certain resources specific o certain areas to influence trade routes

[clever matrix]

Are there going to be bigger Pre-Order Packages?
I missed the Kickstarter but really would like to Support the game more than the biggest pre Order pack

[grim breach]

@clever matrix It has been said that A1 access may be sold again ($500 Intrepid Pre-Order pack before it was closed), there is no confirmation if they will open the sales again. Kickstarter packages however, highly doubt it.

[clever matrix]

Thanks mate

[real grotto]

currently biggest is 375 one right

[ruby swift]

Correct. Comes with A2 access and name reservation as well as the highest tier of current cosmetics.

And some other goodies.

[sleek hollow]

how do you get access to the game early

[grim breach]

By buying one of the pre-order packs. Earliest access is currently Alpha 1, which is no longer sold. So the earliest access you can possibly buy right now is only Alpha 2. Then there are Beta 1 and Beta 2.

[sleek hollow]

ok thank you

[ruby swift]

After A2

No. Alpha 1 will be in the fall. Leader of Men from Kickstarter will join those already doing Q&A testing now in August. There is no date for Alpha 2 currently.

[lean marlin]

^

[midnight nest]

Are their specs for the game out yet? The graphics look amazing so I would imagine it runs on a newer gpu

[grim breach]

Don't take the current recommendations too seriously, the game is still many years away from release. Things may change and the game might need a supercomputer to run, who knows.

[midnight nest]

Yeah. I think I might need to upgrade my computer if I wanna run this beautiful game

[grim breach]

One of the PI testers said he was able to play the game and got 60FPS constantly even during the 50 man raid at maxed graphics.

GTX 970 if I remember correctly, he was using.

[slate heron]

Say, quick question on the PVE experience, since most of the Google'd answers are a few years old: How is PVE handled and PKing? Can a PVE player simply avoid being killed by PKers in general? Or, if they do get killed, what is the potential loss if any?

[boreal abyss]

one sec

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hf-QR65CQi7H6Wy4syQQscfzFPceU13KBxrQ4p5XUIw/edit

have a read
@slate heron

[grim breach]

since most of the Google'd answers are a few years old

If they lead you to the wiki, it is always the most up to date source you can have.

Brilliant document, Ziltch. I'm going to star that one.

[boreal abyss]

But short answer, no you cannot avoid being PK'd rlly

[slate heron]

So the long-story short from what I got from this, is yes, PVE players suffer losses when killed if flagged non-combatant.

[boreal abyss]

yes

[slate heron]

Bummer.

[boreal abyss]

fighting back is actually more beneficial

half the death penalties compared to not fighting back

However, if someone kill you as a non-combatant

they get corruption

but there's no "safe space" in this game

Except your own home

[polar bison]

I'd suggest traveling in groups, this would scare off single PKers

[slate heron]

Sure. The concern from that though is in every MMO with a similar system, there's a point where people will still random PK since they don't have any risk otherwise.

Penalties at that point is just the cost of doing business to them.

Oh well, off to wait for another MMO.

Thanks for the well thought out doc

[boreal abyss]

@slate heron keep an eye on this as well, the PvP system has not been tested yet, so things will change as they fill up loopholes they find

[fickle meadow]

I just joined, was there any talk about Necromancer class? Will it be inspired +- on L2 Necro? Because i loved that class and am wondering if I could get similar mageesque experience with summons 🙂

[boreal abyss]

Necromancer in this game is more of a...
Summoner flavored ice cream covered in Cleric sauce

[fickle meadow]

then a Spellmancer would be more what im looking for?

[boreal abyss]

The class system works like this
Main Archetype gives you skills
2ndary Archetype gives you "augments" you can use to boost skills (changing up what it does)
ex: Charge skill + Teleport Augment = Teleport to target and deal dmg instead of charging

[fickle meadow]

I would love Summoner flavoured icecream with mage sauce so it instictively makes sense

to go for Spellmancer

😄

[boreal abyss]

Every 2ndary Archetype will have "4 schools" from what they last said (if they meant that literally instead of as an example)

so 4 different type of augment schools for skills to chose from

[fickle meadow]

Yea I guess Ill jsut have to wait for skilltrees to be full 🙂

and public

[boreal abyss]

Yeah, still a long way from that

Class combos wont be tested before A2, which date is TBA

[fickle meadow]

makes sense

I am just kind of happy its more influenced by L2 than WOW

i was waiting for news like this

[boreal abyss]

then keep an eye out as things progress

[polar bison]

The wiki states that the secondary summoner class might feature unique summons

And also during siege mode you can gather a group of them to create a better summon?

At least that's how I understand it

Oh excuse me

I made an error

Classes with a Summoner secondary may grant augmented skills that summon weapons. These summoned weapons are not able to be equipped.[19]

[boreal abyss]

Yeah the 2ndary archetype might have augments that change up their summoning skills
And during sieges a party of 8 summoners can do a combination skill where the leader of the party will be able to directly control a "siege summon" in sieges

[polar bison]

That concept is so interesting to me

Also thanks for the document you posted earlier, do you have more of them?

[fickle meadow]

Its cool changeup from warsmiths in L2

[green nexus]

What are the expected PC Requirements going to be? Do we have any info on that?

[boreal abyss]

Crafting
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YdLRr1PQnaFzTyzzZvANbzAeInCYm0rw4qN_X48n4j8/edit
Caravans
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11y1ChL0VwNASRrKGggWh9p__LeNOtl7-Ii8YGyu9sOM/edit
Weather and Season
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aIHwiq_5OIM2Dz4TmPNElFLxV6uAtOt8Y7MmKevojSs/edit
Character Influences
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qEN0CzMDbJUdaJMCmptHa5ONfnFACdkj79icd9WAQRw/edit
Flagging System (PvP)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hf-QR65CQi7H6Wy4syQQscfzFPceU13KBxrQ4p5XUIw/edit
Do note that some info might be outdated as i have not kept them updated @polar bison

[fleet rock]

yeah would be nice to know pc requirements

[grim breach]

Scroll up

[polar bison]

Thank you kindly

[low palm]

Am i able to play the beta now if i purchase from the shop?

alpha?

[green nexus]

Does the game use/run on all 4 cores simultaneously? I am not sure if this is a relevant problem anymore, but GW2 for example uses only one core which is a disaster.

[woeful zephyr]

The Game is currently in Pre Alpha

So the beta and Alpha aren't accessible

[low palm]

I see, ok mate thanks

[green nexus]

and the only Alpha that is accessible through purchase is the Alpha 2 if i am not wrong

[polar bison]

You can still purchase a pack that will allow you to access alpha 2

Or even 1

[grim breach]

Not 1, access to Alpha 1 is no longer sold

There have been talks about it coming back, but not confirmed or decided yet

[low palm]

I see the alpha 1 in the shop, maybe out of stock?

[zinc tiger]

If you go to the store and read more on each pack, it'll tell you what access you get.

[low palm]

nevermind its alpha two

[boreal abyss]

375$ pack is Alpha 2 with extra stuff

A1 pack cost 500$

[low palm]

Any idea when you think alpha 2 will come out?

[brave spruce]

A1 pack is not available i think

[grim breach]

Which shop are you looking at? https://accounts.ashesofcreation.com/shop ?

[polar bison]

Oh right that's true

Alpha 1 discontinued

[low palm]

My bad scape, i was wrong, it was alpha 2 as you said

[woeful zephyr]

Alpha 1 is expecting to come out in fall

So anytime after that, don't expect it soon

[polar bison]

Probably cause it's close and they want to reserve proper space

[grim breach]

Nah, I thought you're looking at the Kickstarter page or something which is no longer open. But if anything, should they decide to open up Alpha 1 sales again, you should be able to hear it first from here.

[meager shale]

Speaking on a similar topic of this, with the Voyager Plus pack how do I ensure my wanted name reservation isn't taken

[glad wasp]

So I have never played anything even related to a mmorpg so I have a lot of questions

[woeful zephyr]

Wait for the name reservation to happen

Name reservation happens in tiers of who bought access to the game at a certain level

[grim breach]

It's closed because they wanted to limit it to 10k A1 testers. The talks about A1 sales coming back is probably because they want more people to test the server stability IF 10k testers are not enough to stress the servers. @polar bison

[woeful zephyr]

Those in KS who have 10k-the 70 dollar pack will start respectively

Not sure about regular packs though tbh

[glad wasp]

This is my most basic question but like, what is a guild

[green nexus]

They won't be doing 10K server tests though. @grim breach Steven talked about max of 2K, because only 20% of the map is actually playable at this poitn

[woeful zephyr]

A group organization of people

10+ typically

Set on a common goal to play hardcore or casually/other

[glad wasp]

Okay, next question, is this game in like a beta testing time, and if it is, do we know when it's going to be released to everybody?

[woeful zephyr]

It's in Pre Alpha currently and won't be released for more than a year

Expectations 2021-2022

But you can purchase into the Alpha 2 or Betas to play before time

[glad wasp]

Nice

[woeful zephyr]

Let me know if you have any more questions, DMing me is fine as well

[valid tulip]

When will we get the next ashes of creation development update?

[grim breach]

Usually during the livestreams, which is every last Friday of each month.

[valid tulip]

Kty

[dapper sleet]

From my understanding addons won't really be a thing (referring to Shrouds question to Steven), but will online armory be a thing and API to armory-alike / character stats for stand alone websites and such? (for instance in WoW I made a website for my guild and attached armory to certain aspects)

[boreal abyss]

most likely not

[grim breach]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Ashes_of_Creation#Addons.2Fmods

[boreal abyss]

as allowing for any API will allow for addons to be made

[dapper sleet]

Oh there will be leader boards 😮

Well I just hope they do give some sort of web API to their leaderboards, but perhaps very limited. Thanks for the link and answer!

Sorry for many questions and perhaps this is an obvious one and I'm just lazy; is there already published lore, just to have a good read 📖

[karmic wave]

Question. Do the pre order bonuses and/or the price change with time?

[ruby swift]

They have said repeatedly (mainly Jeffrey) that the API would not be made available. While there are some legitimate uses for it being in the wild, there are also bad actors that would pervert the intention.

[karmic wave]

I'd like to wait until the alpha/beta before purchasing it, but if it means missing out on some cool bonuses then I'll buy it now

[ruby swift]

The cosmetics change (usually monthly, but they are getting back on track with that) but the packages usually remain the same until there is a reason to change them. (doesn't normally happen). There have been no discounted sales.

[coral marlin]

Hi! Since they don't plan on having parsers available, is there an alternative planned for players to improve their rotations and overall performance?

[ruby swift]

Yes, trial and error

[true ridge]

It would be smart if they put in minibosses that basically functioned as one-off DPS checks, so you can see how well people do without directly accessing numbers

FF14 did this in Alexander, with a miniboss before the raid boss. You just had to dish out enough damage in time.

[coral marlin]

Will there be acces to a combat log?

[pulsar prism]

Will there be a release on steam, leading o regionalized price in each country?

[polar bison]

They don't really want to give players too much info from the game when it comes to numbers

[ruby swift]

Nope. I would direct those who want to see Steven's stance on this to the May 2020 livestream (pretty sure that is the one) where he ruled out dps meters for the third or fourth time and explained yet again why.

[neat panther]

There is no box price, only subscription.

[grim breach]

It won't be on Steam, the MMORPG. Apoc however, if they revived it, it will be on Steam.

[polar bison]

Tldr they strip away a huge part of the game, which is getting to know it

[glossy nacelle]

how many characters can u make with 1 account?

[polar bison]

Any dps meter that is

[ruby swift]

@pulsar prism There have been multiple statements over the years that the mmo won't appear on Steam, but like anything else they could change their mind. And there is no regional pricing planned.

[true ridge]

Would be smart if they didn't even transmit damage info to players, except your own. Would drastically decrease network load for large scale pvp

Two birds, one stone. because fuck dps meters

[pulsar prism]

thanks my fellow gamers

is there any confirmed stuff about the active spells and augmentations?

[wary grail]

Is there a way to buy just game time

[grim breach]

@dapper sleet https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Lore There isn't a lot of lore revealed. Steven wants the players to disocover and feel them when it's released. Some YouTubers do make AoC lore related videos. Like Makinoji and maybe BCG too recently.

[flint lodge]

in summits video he states somewhere that depending on how well you do on the first boss in a dungeon it will make the next one harder depending. That's sort of your dps meter without telling you it is.

[grim breach]

@wary grail Not yet. Game is not even out yet.

Steven has hinted on a dynamic difficulty system in raids or dungeons.

[flint lodge]

The bosses will stay challenging no matter how well your groups does, just for your groups overall skill lvl

stated/hinted ^^

[ruby swift]

@wary grail Outside of the gametime included in the packages atm. No. There may be multiple month sub options at launch but they have not confirmed this. There are some countries consumer protection laws that make discounted multiple months a non-starter for Intrepid.

[wind berry]

Hello everyone. I am kinda new here and came after recent interview. Pleasure to meet all of you and get to know about the game.
I am curious about the game from a development perspective. Do you know by any chance what software development language is used or game dev framework built on top of one or may be there are details about their technical stack somewhere.
Would appreciate any details and thanks in advance.

[fringe breach]

will the game wipe on full release from beta?

[grim breach]

Yes.

[ruby swift]

The game will wipe multiple times during the alphas and betas. And a final wipe will occur before live launch. Confirmed.

@wind berry The developers are based out of San Diego, so they are maybe just waking up at this hour. That type of question would most likely require a gold name to answer.

[grim breach]

They're using Unreal Engine 4 (C++) with their own custom backend (don't know what language). @wind berry For detailed software stacks and details, I don't know. They might have talked about it somewhere that I'm not aware of. You can ask them when they're up. They might answer if you ask in the forums too.

[wind berry]

thank you.

[lean current]

Their own custom backend is of course in C++

for the rest, you can have a look at their careers page

intrepidstudios.com/careers, if I remember correctly

[buoyant carbon]

Does anyone know when is the release?

[grim breach]

No dates. Only speculations. 2-3 years.

[buoyant carbon]

I see ty

Is there any RNG based in this game?

[grim breach]

Sometimes, there will be RNG. I suggest you search for the term RNG in the wiki.

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/index.php?search=RNG&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go

[fringe breach]

would this run on windows 7?

[humble orchid]

Hi everyone. I'm new here, but i do have a question about the game. Will it be possible that the game will be able to have multiple Node Sieges at the same time in the game? F.e Node 1 vs Node 2 and Node 3 vs Node 4, if so, will the servers be able to handle it?

[slow sky]

If some people managed to get siege scrolls and declare a siege on the same size node on the same day I don’t see why it couldn’t be possible but highly unlikely

[humble orchid]

I can see griefers trying to do something like that to try to get the game to lag

[echo bramble]

will the node sieges be instanced?

i think so right?

[slow sky]

Possibly? Considering you have to sign up as an attacker for it but no hard confirmation i think

[grim breach]

Node Sieges are open world.

So are Castle Sieges.

[main ridge]

Going off of what Pain had asked earlier about the server being wiped during the transition between Beta and release, will Alpha and Beta be on separate maps that aren't a part of the release version's map?

[echo bramble]

if a guild is in war with another guild they can fight each other in open world without the penalties? What happens if they fight each other inside a node?

[faint fjord]

Isnt plate almost mandatory for clerics, the most healing efficient class

[slow sky]

Yes guilds engaged in guild wars are always flagged as combatants to each other and will no be penalized by the corruption system

[real minnow]

I have a big question, i know game is rly in early stage, but do you know what will happend to resources that are lost. I mean for example when i lost caravan, portion of them will be destroyed, there will be certificate to loot for attacker, but what will get defender if he lost ? Does he will lose everythink. The same goes with sieges of towns and warehause. Do portion of goods somehow come back to defender or he need start over everythink ?

[desert ivy]

@main ridge The alphas and betas will be on the final map as they do need to test it. From what we know, alpha 1 will consist of 25% of the full final map size.

[main ridge]

@desert ivy Thank you for your answer. Has Intrepid addressed anything regarding the leg-up so to speak that alpha and beta testers will have over non-testers at release? Things such as but not limited to: knowing the best quests to do from the start, most efficient way to hit X level, hidden items, etc.

[crystal beacon]

Is it still true that its gonna be published through my.com for eu?

[desert ivy]

There's not really too much they can do about that unfortunately. Ashes alpha and beta tests are literal alphas and betas where they need to test every portion of the game from combat, to animations, to quests, to world exploration. There may be certain things that are added only upon release that Intrepid don't want to be spoiled, but I think it's inevitable that testers get some form of advantage through alpha and beta testing.

[grim breach]

@real minnow AFAIK, when a caravan is destroyed, only a portion of the goods being transported will be lootable. The rest will be able to be claimed by the owner at the origin node (?).

[desert ivy]

@crystal beacon Yes, EU is published by my.games. However, when the deal happened and the contract was signed, we were told that there were steps in place to prevent any shady business. For example, my.games were the ONLY game publisher in the entirety of Europe that were willing to put pen to paper over giving Intrepid full control of the comsetic cash shop. This means my.games cannot influence, change, or add items to the cash shop in anyway.

They also have signed contracts about the servers. If the servers do not meet the standards set, then the contract between the two will be looked at.

[humble orchid]

Is it still true that its gonna be published through my.com for eu?
@crystal beacon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGsXie8d8mM If this is still up to date, i think the video is good for your question

[grim breach]

@humble orchid Not aware if that has been asked. A good question though.

@crystal beacon Yes, my.com will publish the game for EU region.

However, Intrepid retains full creative control. my.com are not allowed to put any P2W elements into the game. Their job is to publish and only publish.

[polar cloak]

Do we have any idea of when beta 2 will come around?

[grim breach]

No.

After Beta 1, obviously. But no dates.

[crystal beacon]

So if i decide to play on NA from EU am i allowed or there is region block of some kind

[grim breach]

No region locks.

[echo bramble]

but the ping will be really bad i guess?

[crystal beacon]

i have around 130-150 for most NA games which is alright

[grim breach]

Maybe, but that's up to you.

[muted crane]

yo guys is there an phase right now up to play if i bought one of the packs, and which one,
if there isn't anything yet what is the closest phase that i can play by buying one of the packs and wich pack will be thanks !

[grim breach]

You can only buy Alpha 2, Beta 1 or Beta 2 now. Alpha 1 is no longer sold. Alpha 1 is coming this fall.

No dates for the rest.

[muted crane]

aha oki thanks!

[pallid horizon]

Will we see all the basics classes in A1?

[grim breach]

All the 8 base classes, yes. Secondary classes, no.

[pallid horizon]

Ok

[glossy nacelle]

anyone know how many characters 1 account can make?

[grim breach]

I don't think we know the exact number yet but it might be 8. https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Character#Alts_2

[undone galleon]

Hi, pretty easy question to answer 🙂 I was just wondering if the game time included with the beta/alpha pack purchases applies to the full release? (I'm trying to ask if I will be paying the subscription cost while in Alpha2/Beta1) - Thanks

[split fractal]

I'm assuming the duration of alphas and betas is a certain timeframe? And not just continuous testing through A1 all the way to B2

[deft stone]

I really doubt if you get an alpha/beta key you would be paying a sub during it.

double negative bleh

[split fractal]

I got it answered before, sub time applies to release and forward

[deft stone]

Yeah.

[last sparrow]

Hello, quick question, how will the servers be, i may have missed it, will they be global so to say? Or will they be based like EU, NA... ?

[grim breach]

Yes, sub time only starts from release.

There will be EU servers, NA servers and OCE/SEA servers.

OCE/SEA servers are not decided if it will prioritize SEA regions or OCE regions. No location has been set yet.

[split fractal]

Is there any news on duration of alphas and betas?

[last sparrow]

I see, thank you. 😄

[grim breach]

@split fractal No, but the idea is as long as they need to polish the game.

[split fractal]

So say when A1 releases during Fall, will it last until the game goes to A2 eventually? Or is it just unknown so far?

[grim breach]

There's no dates for A2 and the rest. So A1 will be there for as long as they need. However, it is not persistent. Alpha 2 will be persistent.

[neat panther]

Will there be a druid/shapeshifting class?

[desert ivy]

@neat panther No

[grim breach]

@desert ivy Will we have that camouflage skill in the MMO like we did in Apoc? If yes, that's the closest thing we will have to shapeshifting in the game.

[tired palm]

Does anybody know if there will be rare exclusive items outside of the flying mounts? For example: if a player/group completes a world's first of an event, would they be gifted cosmetics, or items? Or just the satisfaction of being world's first?

[fickle meadow]

Q: Will there be numerical variation for item properties? For example same item having a roll for 11-19% attack speed modifier?

[desert ivy]

@grim breach Not sure if it'll be exactly like Apoc since even if you used that spell you could still see players from ages away. Maybe that'll be like a mage spell or something but not sure.

@tired palm Not sure about that specifically, but there are legendary items in the game that can be obtained and will actually be legendary with only 1 or 2 people on the server having that legendary, unlike WoW for example where everyone has them.

[ancient dragon]

I'm so keen for that, legendary items actually being legendary

[tired palm]

That's awesome ty @desert ivy I imagine that would be very hard to balance, so hopefully they can get that going and be well off :D

[desert ivy]

@fickle meadow Well one thing about Ashes is that crafters will be ble to assign different skills and stats onto armour. So while someone may have "+5% evasion" on a chest, someone else might have that same chest but may have "+10% block" or something.

[main ridge]

If I recall correctly, I had seen earlier that items will require the material that it was made of to repair durability (iron sword also requiring iron to repair)... will this also apply to legendary items in that you will need especially rare items to simply repair the durability?

[fickle meadow]

@desert ivy Yes I get that, but what I am interested if there is a chance to craft an item with shitty evasion roll and best evasion roll.

[crystal beacon]

q: why do legendary bosses need to drop items and not just mats?
in a discussion, someone commented the ability to craft legendary equivalent weapons would make boss completed item drops obsolete

[desert ivy]

Well I'm assuming that will depend on the level of the crafter. If it's a master crafter, then they'll most likely be able to craft the best evasion roll bonus, where as someone who hasn't mastered crafting will only be able to give it a mediocre bonus.

I don't think we know the specifics yet.

[fickle meadow]

Thanks !

I remember how expensive some weapons were with max rolls in UO AOS

[humble orchid]

"Hi everyone. I'm new here, but i do have a question about the game. Will it be possible that the game will be able to have multiple Node Sieges at the same time in the game? F.e Node 1 vs Node 2 and Node 3 vs Node 4, if so, will the servers be able to handle it?"
@humble orchid
Regarding the question i asked earlier. I think it'd be good if they had a max of 2 Node Seiges happening at the same time (if the servers can handle it), because i think that it might not be a good idea to give the players the option to try to get all the nodes to fight against each other. It might be fun to have the server go in an all-out war though 😄 , but still i guess a Seige queue would be better (Node 1vs 2 at 5pm, Node 3vs4 at 7pm or smth like that)

Pretty sure the Devs thought about this though

[lean mesa]

Q: has it been shown yet how many stages a city can develop into? Like settlement into town, into city into castle etc. Sorry if this has been answered already

[grim breach]

It's a good question. I don't think it has been asked before. @humble orchid They're going for 8k-10k concurrent players on a server so I imagine they're pretty confident about doing simultaneous sieges.

@lean mesa https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Node#Node_advancement

[lean mesa]

Thanks!

[tulip hatch]

@humble orchid Node sieges are different from Node wars
Node sieges is any group of attackers not affiliated to the node being sieged where the goal is to destroy the node to make room for another.
Declaring a siege takes a questline and resources, these scale with the node level, the higher the node the more difficult and costly the prerequisite to declare becomes.
Sieges can only be declared during a primetime window for that region/server

Node wars work like guild wars and the citizens of the declared node are flagged as hostiles.

[echo bramble]

so there are 103 nodes and each one could be in war with each other ?

[grim breach]

Parents and vassal nodes cannot have a war between each other.

They can siege, however.

[main ridge]

@grim breach Are vassal nodes any nodes under the parent node's ZOI?

zone of influence

[soft magnet]

Is there ever going to be a system in place to over turn a bad mayor before re-election?

[main ridge]

Is the marriage system going to be only for heterogenous couples, or also allow MM and FF marriages?

[tulip hatch]

There are same sex marriages

[barren lance]

Q: what stage is the game in i dont understand what deal i need to buy to play the game

[tulip hatch]

@echo bramble they have not established a war limit so thats definitely a question for the forums or next livestream Q&A

We are preparing to enter Alpha 1

[grim breach]

@main ridge Yes. EDIT: Actually, I'm gonna hold off on this one. It's either the ZOI or the neighbouring nodes.

[tulip hatch]

@soft magnet the only way to "remove" a mayor before the end of their term is to destroy the node

[grim breach]

@soft magnet Technically, no. But, you can siege the node and destroy it, effectively "removing" the Mayor.

[echo bramble]

could a big guild just invade a node and kill all players inside it?

[desert ivy]

Live with the consequences of voting in a bad mayor

[worn wing]

I mean it's not only voting

[fickle meadow]

@echo bramble Probably jsut registered defenders

[worn wing]

Like military nodes will have a battle royale to decide the mayor

[desert ivy]

Don't lose in a fight either or don't get outbid then

[worn wing]

And if a specific player is really good at pvp but literally just wants to ruin everything and set the tax rate to like 100%, there's no way to stop it lmao

Unless there's some system to vote out a mayor

[keen yarrow]

Will Ray Tracing be a thing in AoC?

[grim breach]

@main ridge Perhaps this will help you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGNIvtCSqxw

Ray tracing in an MMO game? Probably not.

[dapper sleet]

Are the packs currently available on the shop going away anytime soon or will be up at least until Alpha 1 finishes?

[hybrid oar]

Next month packs rotate

[dapper sleet]

😮

[grim breach]

They might be gone once one of the access offered is starting. I'm speaking in terms of the tier.

[tulip hatch]

The contents of the packs dont change normally only the cosmetics rotate monthly

[dapper sleet]

aah okay that's good :3

Was getting worried there that I need to stress buy it now to get A2 access for sure before it's removed

[tulip hatch]

A2 access will remain for a while, exact duration we dont know but they will announce before they remove it with plenty of notice

[dapper sleet]

oh that's awesome to hear ❤️

imagine a game company communicating

[grim breach]

Nah, Intrepid always notify you if they're changing the packs or taking them down

Usually, a week before rotating the cosmetics, for instance.

Subscribe to the newsletter and you can also set the #news to notify you. They will put all announcements there.

[dapper sleet]

That's really nice! Ye already subscribed to the newsletter! :3

The cosmetics though in the packs, are they still under "construction" so to speak or have they been fully designed?

[tulip hatch]

they are shown as concept art
occasionally you see their 3D renders on livestreams

hmm..Gonna go look at whats being removed one sec

Ah yes blacklisted words

[dapper sleet]

Aaaah

Ye okay sorry xD I thought it was links being removed haha, my bad! Anyhow I just noticed that the wiki had images which is nice!

[tulip hatch]

Yes the Wiki is a useful resource

[deft stone]

One of my friends' concerns is that with so many systems that there will be a lot of opportunity for exploitation, abusing, breaking the game right out the bat. I think I remember hearing about there being like server-lords who will be looking at the metrics to catch when things happen, but what are your guys' plans to handle that when it comes?

[gray marten]

Is there a chance that pack with access to Alpha-2 will be removed from store to limit players number?

[grim breach]

Is there a chance that pack with access to Alpha-2 will be removed from store to limit players number?
@gray marten Maybe. We don't know.

[gray marten]

Will we be informed in advance at least?

[grim breach]

Yes.

[gray marten]

thanks!

[dapper sleet]

I mean they said they will inform if they do remove it, why they remove it they don't really have to say... technically xD

[grim breach]

People will ask anyway, so they better have an answer ready.

[gray marten]

well I do not care why, just to be informed in case I would want to jump in to A2 train

[tulip hatch]

@deft stone Intentionally breaking/exploiting/abusing the game without reporting it will result in a ban

If youre asking for what kind of steps for damage control thats something a Dev will have to answer to so perhaps ask in the next Livestream Q&A

[deft stone]

Yee

[grim breach]

They will have automated systems to detect any anomalies and also in game GMs to actively monitor the game.

[soft magnet]

Sorry I"m working atm, but saw someone mention a newsletter is there a quick link for that?

[gray marten]

also would like to hear about damage control systems. Banning for exploits solves nothing, if sandboxed game gets corrupted - it stays there forever (hello AAU)

[desert ivy]

They probably won't be able to go too in-depth regarding their banning systems and such as that could allow exploiters to manipulate it and find ways to avoid detection

[grim breach]

@soft magnet

[soft magnet]

thank you 🙂

[grim breach]

Ok actually quick link: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=2406fd77c38de6911ad0d132b&id=6d9730c509

[austere pike]

Is the loot system known yet? like roundrobin/free for all, etc.

[grim breach]

@austere pike https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Looting

[austere pike]

oh thats a nice page allready!

[grim breach]

The wiki is very nice, yes. Any questions you have, are most likely already in the Wiki. There's also https://ashes101.com for something more like a textbook material.

[austere pike]

yeah watched some of the videos there

[crystal beacon]

major question: is there a boob slider

[eager gull]

Is there any plans to support other languages? Or maybe make the community translate it?

[tulip hatch]

Yes

Msma additional language support will be based on the demand of that region

[desert ivy]

@crystal beacon I mean I'm pretty sure they want the game to be on par with Black Desert Online character creation so... maybe?

[tulip hatch]

They already said yes to boob sliders lol

[crystal beacon]

NICE 🙂

lesgoo

[slow sky]

[main ridge]

Will cosmetic items have their own inventory section apart from the normal inventory? For example, in BDO people have so many cosmetic items that it would clutter the inventory otherwise. Has anything been said regarding this?

[crystal beacon]

Is there transmog type of system

[grim breach]

Yes

[valid tulip]

what should i play rogue or summoner

[crystal beacon]

both

[slow sky]

Rogue/mage like me

[tulip hatch]

I understand your excitement but please take additional comments/posts to the other discussion channels. You are free to react to the messages

[low lantern]

@crystal beacon if you want to play on NA from EU I suggest buying you pack from Intrepids site. There will be an option to migrate it later to my.com

[crystal beacon]

Alright noted

Is there progressive system of dungeons similar to wows mythics?

[broken mountain]

prolly asked million times so sorry about it, but does 500$ backers get access with email at some point?

[tulip hatch]

@main ridge Cosmetics will be managed through an account management page as far as we know so they wont be in your inventory.
The information for that hasnt been expanded on

The Braver/Intrepid packs will get access in the Fall(possibly sooner), an email will be sent to you

[low lantern]

Dungeons are open world and they change based on the node lvl

[broken mountain]

oh nice thanks @tulip hatch!

[crystal beacon]

is there weekly q n as like in OSRS with the devs?

[tulip hatch]

20% instanced dungeons 80% open world
The raid tiers scale with the world node structure, the more developed a node the more challenging it will be

[desert ivy]

@crystal beacon They have a monthly livestream where they answer questions

[tulip hatch]

Gold there is a monthly Q&A at the end of the month
A week prior to the Livestream they post a forum thread for members to ask questions then answer them during a livestream

[desert ivy]

usually on the last friday of the month

[crystal beacon]

Sweet, thanks

Thats not what i meant, for example raid has progressive system where difficulty of each boss depends on your performance, does dungeons have that kind of system

[surreal void]

Am I correct in assuming that the lower level monsters will stay around for new players even as the node progresses? Or will you have to go and find a lower level node to farm at.

[grim breach]

Steven has hinted on a dynamic difficulty system in the raids/dungeons.

[crystal beacon]

oh okay so it applies to dungeons too good

[slow sky]

Hinted? He basically explained some basics on the raid/dungeon difficulty

In the asmon interview

[crystal beacon]

I've had doubts about the augmentation system, wouldn't the meta just be high dps or high support making any other conditionals obsolete?

That's the case with most mmorpgs I've played like GW2, Metin, Atlantica online, perfect world. What do u guys think?

[grim breach]

I say hinted, because it's new info to us.

[muted nebula]

I just purchased the wayfarer pack today, any news on when I will be able to play the beta 2?

[slow sky]

Based on performance in raids/dungeons an AI table is selected with varying loot tables based on the difficulty of that AI pattern

[surreal void]

Seeing how Alpha One isnt out yet awhile

[tulip hatch]

@surreal void there are no specific level regions there will be mobs of all levels, the closer to civilization the lower the mobs will be since the city eliminates hazardous creatures, the further you move away from the city the more dangerous theyll become

[surreal void]

Ohhhhh that actually makes a lot of sense. Thanks

[deft stone]

@crystal beacon There won't really be damage meters so it'd probably be hard to tell what is the highest dps/support, but I'd assume if it worked out that you'd be a hybrid healer/dps going something like a cleric/mage.. then just take another hybrid healer/dps to balance it out

[tulip hatch]

@muted nebula B2 has no ETA at this time

[muted nebula]

thank you

[sage estuary]

i bought the braver of worlds kickstarter but ive been out of the loop for like a year, what the go on alpha 1? is it close?

[tulip hatch]

Alpha 1 is in the Fall

[echo bramble]

will there be an "outlaw zone" where pvp is open without restrictions?

[sage estuary]

sorry im aussie Fall is sep-nov?

[crystal beacon]

@deft stone Y know in the interviews, he uses the tp example versus rushing with flame/cold dmg. From what i know, the augmentation system doesn't seem to have been benefits moulded around environment, or i guess nodes where they make sense to a goal raid etc. It doesn't seem viable to me atm.

I'm not aware what resources are available to look at this side of the combat system.

Is it on the wiki?

[tulip hatch]

No
There are specific PvP mechanics in the world so you can pvp without the corruption penalty such as guild wars/node wars/caravan raiding/arenas

[grim breach]

Augmentations don't really change your skills. It adds "flavour" to them.

[desert ivy]

@sage estuary Fall 2020 starts on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 (in 63 days) and ends on Monday, December 21st 2020 (in 153 days)

[deft stone]

Yeah and there's not too much info on them yet

just the few examples given on fighter and such.

[grim breach]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Augments

[crystal beacon]

Thanks for the link

[tulip hatch]

I have to go for a bit
Please remember to keep this channel to Questions and Answers only
Take discussions and additional commentary to the discussion channel
Thank you

[crystal beacon]

Toodles

[amber crater]

can u sprint in ashes?

[grim breach]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Sprint

[amber crater]

ty

[subtle summit]

Will the graphics stay like it was shown in the gameplay or will it have some change?

[amber crater]

scapegoat thats an ability for rangers. i was wondering about holding the shift bar while moving

[grim breach]

I'm not sure. Maybe a PI can answer to that. I don't think I've seen them running in the 4K gameplay footage.

[amber crater]

true

i cant wait more 😫

[crystal beacon]

There is sprint

[amber crater]

nice

[tired light]

hey guys, is there any information regarding a possible steam release?

[digital yacht]

Nope

[amber crater]

nah

[digital yacht]

Most likely will not go to steam

[tired light]

ah, thats unfrotunate

[amber crater]

itl be a long time til we can play

[digital yacht]

They might change later in. The future but as of now no

[tired light]

ok thanks

[digital yacht]

Don’t get ur hopes up lol

[amber crater]

🙂

[tired light]

just wondered as steam prices for different countries balance the prices of the games for some countries with poor currencies

[grim breach]

The game won't have a box cost, so it probably doesn't work that way.

[digital yacht]

The sub is 15$ a month so it works that lol

[amber crater]

the mix between tank and summoner (keeper), what weapons could they potentially summon?

[digital yacht]

No info is known on summoners

[tired light]

Im aware of the sub system and prices, thank you

[amber crater]

k

[chrome geyser]

it's most likely going to be $ in the states, € in europe and £ in the UK

[digital adder]

Hi, do you know if there will be a kind of big board in the towns to write down all the information that the mayor would like to give ?

[amber crater]

would be cool

[broken sage]

what is the point of taking same secondary archetype as primary?

[digital yacht]

@digital adder maybe? Not 100% good questions for the forums

[tulip hatch]

There will be bulletin boards in nodes and player taverns

[chrome geyser]

@broken sage you double down on the theme of the class

so mage/mage = more magey

[digital adder]

because when i think too : how thousand of people we will talk together to agree on who build what in wich region we should be able to communicate quicklee with other people

[tulip hatch]

Bulletin boards are for people looking for groups/posing requests and quest sponsorship

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Bulletin_boards

[digital adder]

ty

[slow spruce]

Is there any info about tank/suport/healer vs DPS balancing on the leveling process? Is this a game like wow were tanks and suports have a slower prog during leveling or its more like FFXIV were every class have a decent amount of dmg output to start with?

[soft magnet]

Quick question (I personally am not color blind) however as the quest "icons" are gone, and it's simply a green --> yellow glow fade, do you think there's going to be problems with people that are color blind?

[tulip hatch]

There will be settings for color blind players

[sick kraken]

when is the alpha gonna happen ?

[dry flower]

A1 will start at the end of this year

[worn canyon]

How do I get on the list?

[dry flower]

registration for Alpha 1 has been closed since 2018. If they decide to open it up again they will let us know in #news

[sick kraken]

How many skills will we have on our action bars , will it be like in world of warcraft and we have "100" skills or will it be like elder scrolls online and we have a few

[crystal beacon]

^ my question as well having few doesn't seem like it fits the game that took path of lineage and archage and combined class system

[dry flower]

the quote we have is less than 30

[olive crane]

So to get into the 2nd beta you need to purchase the wayfarer pre order right?

[sick kraken]

30

how am I gonna make 30 keybinds XD

oof

[crystal beacon]

he said less than 30 but sweet balance is around 15-20

[sick kraken]

I hope it will be like 15

[polar bison]

I have a question regarding how information travels within cities
Namely will there be a notice board? That could be used by other players
For example a blacksmith could use it for self advertisement, a group could be looking for company for dungeons or something more social for example city mayor holding a banquet and just informing everyone when will it happen?

[olive crane]

I mean in wow you have lots of buttons be really only push say 3-5 of them often the rest are just cool downs

[stable plover]

@polar bison There are boards that serve as directories to player stalls, There are also boards in taverns with various info like bounty targets/quests/events

[polar bison]

ooo that's great thank you

can players also post on them?

[stable plover]

@olive crane Correct (minus the possibility of winning a key) - Note beta 2 isn't particularly soon

[dapper sleet]

A silly-oof question, some other MMOs like WoW have recently added in dynamic NPC's that run around to make the world look more alive. You guys don't plan on adding that (right :c)?

[dry flower]

yes, the quests in tavern boards are not only node tasks but also player generated quests iirc @polar bison

[polar bison]

oh that's fun thank you

[polar zephyr]

Games typically do that because their game is dying out @dapper sleet

[fickle meadow]

player generated quests

[olive crane]

@stable plover ok cool thanks

[dapper sleet]

I see, well I hope it won't be a thing. Nothing is more demoralizing than finding out that "people" are running around and randomly disappearing, then you find out it's NPC's lmao

[stable plover]

@dapper sleet They do want to have npcs doing things that make the world look more alive, including things like guards from nodes patrolling wide areas - I'm not quite sure what WoW is doing atm

[polar zephyr]

thats pretty normal Grey

He means, in wow there are npc's placed at spots that were normally empty

but they made them because hardly anyone is going there anymore to make the world feel '' alive ''

[stable plover]

They don't intend to place npcs at areas that are actually empty, specifically lvl 0 node areas should mainly just be things to kill minus the odd quest npc

[dapper sleet]

They created a portal room where you can access about 6 portals or so. You see NPC's coming out of the portals to run out of the portal room and then just disappear into nothingness.

[polar zephyr]

Like outside the capital city, people used to be there to duel each other. hardly happens anymore ( also sharding people to split them is a thing ) they just threw in some random npc's to make it look like there are loads of players still.

[dapper sleet]

I think it's normal seeing NPC's like mining, doing chores etc, but those NPC's usually are static and that's fine, they don't magically just disappear to create more "temporary activity".

[vestal pier]

I am thinking about purchasing one of the packages that allow alpha 2 access. I take it at this time there is no time frame around when alpha 2 will be able to test? I've read alpha 1 is some time around the end of the year.

[stable plover]

No idea on something that particular, despawning npcs in an MMO is a pretty normal trick to support things like quests for future people coming along, in terms of in town flavor npcs though it's on the lazy side vs having the npcs properly patrol ;p I wouldn't be surprised if Intrepid had a guard despawn into a door in their barracks or something though.

[dapper sleet]

@vestal pier No time has been given for A2+, just A1 "this fall".

[vestal pier]

Thank you!

[crystal beacon]

Is there class specific talent tree and if there is how complex will it be if its known

[stable plover]

@crystal beacon Okay it's still very in development but take a look here - https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Tank for example - It lists the tank abilities and ranks 1/2/3 each rank requires 'talent points' to unlock, as it stands you get more than one talent point a level but the abilities also require increasing numbers of talent points to unlock - that info from pre-alpha should also be available for ranger, mage, and cleric

[tacit juniper]

will they update about the EU shop , because currently it's disabled?

[stable plover]

(There's a UI in client but we're not allowed to show pictures of that, it requires x points in a previous level to continue along with multiple I'll call it specs to spend the points in - I think that chart only lists from one of the specs)

@tacit juniper Eventually we'll get an update on it, but I don't know when that'll be

[worn canyon]

Will there be add on support of any kind?

Dope

[low lantern]

No add ons all