questions

[austere pike]

thought maybe monsters would have their own status kill

[red pendant]

I have some friends who have been burned by subscription games in the past and are wondering if there will be a "free to try" period, similar to other MMOs?

[sacred tangle]

unlikely

[digital yacht]

atm that is not answerable but mostlikely no

[surreal trellis]

What will be the sub, or well

How much will it cost

[boreal abyss]

@red pendant Ashes has no box cost

[digital yacht]

sub 15$ month

[surreal trellis]

'ey

Okay

Affordable

And upon release, how much will it cost?

[boreal abyss]

Free

Only sub costs

[amber crater]

so there wont be like a two week trial or something?

[surreal trellis]

Oh

Hey, that's pretty cool

[digital yacht]

@amber crater atm no

[stable plover]

@surreal trellis 15$ month, no other cost to play, no expansion/dlc costs

[cosmic shell]

Sorry to ask again I think it got swept up but is there any information on if the oceanic vision is going to be run independently by intrepid or if they’re working with a publisher?

[amber crater]

oh..

[surreal trellis]

No P2W too?

[boreal abyss]

By Intrepid (OCE)

[surreal trellis]

Like buying a weapon on the cosmetic store

[digital yacht]

@cosmic shell so far it will be intrepid

[surreal trellis]

And then selling it

For gold

[boreal abyss]

Non tradeable

[surreal trellis]

Since that is a traders nightmare

[digital yacht]

@surreal trellis u cannot trade skins

[cosmic shell]

Dope thanks guys

[sacred tangle]

acc bound

[stable plover]

@surreal trellis No P2W, the cash shop is cosmetic only

[surreal trellis]

Thank god

[agile zenith]

I want to try it, but I cant find where to buy subscription or to download the game? I only find minimum 75$ pack

[digital yacht]

its not out yet

[desert ivy]

Because it's not out yet

[agile zenith]

oh lol

[digital yacht]

cya in a few years 🙂

[surreal trellis]

Oh, also right.

[agile zenith]

ah right

[surreal trellis]

Will there be trading racials, that boost stuff up? Or nah? For example, since I wanna play a Tulnar as a trader

[frosty crown]

@simple ether ive read those but i would like more specific rules about promo which are currently missing and most importantly if there is way to sell embers to other users without getting punished

[digital yacht]

@surreal trellis dont think so

@frosty crown u cant sell embers to others

[amber crater]

😩 😫 2022... i think im about to have a mental breakdown

[digital yacht]

or give or anything

[boreal abyss]

Any RMT caught will be banned (both buyer and seller)

[surreal trellis]

And last but not least, how much does a caravan have slots?

[digital yacht]

@surreal trellis no answer for that yet

but i think its a weight system

ye

[stable plover]

There may not be 'passive' racials at all, it's more like Dwarves might be able to add on a poison cleanse to a heal while tulnar add on a disease cleanse to the same heal - The racial abilities compete with secondary archetype abilities

[surreal trellis]

I see, understandable and good

[lunar hedge]

The wiki seems to have little information about summoners. Will summoners be playable in the next alpha/beta?

[surreal trellis]

Oh, yeah

About the mounts that will carry it around

Is it all in the works?

[frosty crown]

But i guess you can buy something without bound and sell it dont you?

[digital yacht]

yes

[surreal trellis]

Like who can carry it faster

And who can carry the weight more than mount B

[digital yacht]

all needs to be tested

[surreal trellis]

Or having two mounts at the same time drive it about

Ah, once again understandable

Just want to know since I plan on being a merchant

[boreal abyss]

Mules have a set speed afaik

or it slows down with more weight

dont remember

[frosty crown]

Ahmmm i see so cash shop is bound right? @simple ether

[surreal trellis]

I think so, it sounds okay

[digital yacht]

yes

[boreal abyss]

account bound yes

[digital yacht]

@frosty crown

[noble crater]

@frosty crown anything you pay real money for you cant sell or trade

[surreal trellis]

It's good since it's bound, it won't ruin the economy

Like BDO

[boreal abyss]

thats the idea

[stable plover]

@surreal trellis I think in the pre-alpha the caravans were just carrying a selectable quantity of a singular item -> that's definitely going to be a work in progress though

[surreal trellis]

Understandable, I assume nothing is in the clear though.

[boreal condor]

Hello everyone :) I recently discovered this game through TheLazyPeon and I'm really interested in trying it out/helping out. But I have no idea how to get involved haha

[frosty crown]

Thats kinda sucks but thsts why theres 15% on ref prog

[surreal trellis]

Oh, and also. Is there fast travel?

[boreal abyss]

limited

[digital yacht]

@boreal condor buy alpha 2 access if u want to play next year

[chilly thicket]

what are embers used for ?

[digital yacht]

Cash shop

[boreal abyss]

premium currency for cash shop

[digital yacht]

cosmetics only

[boreal condor]

@digital yacht where can I and how much will it be? :)

[surreal trellis]

Mmh, I see.

[digital yacht]

ashesofcreation.com/shop

has all the prices

[boreal condor]

Awesome thank you :)

[stable plover]

@boreal condor https://accounts.ashesofcreation.com/shop Even if you don't buy in you can hang around and talk about what you think of different features/design decisions/theory craft / There are a variety of AoC related projects that like volunteers

[surreal trellis]

Oh, right. Since this is all player based. I assume anything can be plundered, but since I heard if guilds are in war and own a few nodes, and for example, since I am in another guild, and I enter our enemies territory, they can freely kill me off and take anything. But, if none of that is happening, and someone just attacks me on random, do they gain corruption?

[frosty crown]

Anyway thanks for answers guys

[umbral tartan]

Q: will there be some sort of utility mount/mount ability that would allow players to have a secondary storage like a mule or something(excluding the caravan mechanic)?

[boreal condor]

Yeah I just checked out the store and realistically at this point in time ill only be able to get the wayfarer pack which is only beta 2 so I won't be able to actually play for a while haha

But I'd definitely be interested in talking things out :)

[dark jungle]

yes https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Mules

@umbral tartan

[boreal condor]

@stable plover what kind of things do they want volunteers for?

[umbral tartan]

yes https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Mules
@dark jungle i am mindblown, thanks!

[hallow crest]

Does someone know why AoC apocalypse looks like a completely different game to the 4k alpha preview? The combat system seems to be something entirely different and I don't understand why

[digital yacht]

It was a test game to test action side of combat

And was over a year ago

[hallow crest]

Imo apoc combat looked so much better than the more current previews 😦

[dark jungle]

apocalypse is a different game

[desert ivy]

They're different systems

[dark jungle]

apocalypse was a BR testing game not a MMO

[hallow crest]

So what is the final product gonna look like? More apoc or more what we have now? Or a mix of both sstems?

[digital yacht]

Mix

[desert ivy]

A mixture

[stable plover]

@boreal condor The last I heard (quite a while ago) Shaze was looking for more article writers for Ashes post, Lex would like volunteers for editing the wiki (this involves a lot of people doing specialized things), The mod team would like more mod friends (DM Toast, especially if you have mod experience from other communities, we don't get more mods quite yet), Various content creators would like more guests / editors /artists

[hallow crest]

I see, thanks guys

[dark shell]

Q: Will there be merchant stand system like was in lineage 2? For example for crafters (like dwarfs in L2) you open up stand and for small fee people can craft gear, tools or repair items using that merchant/crafter. Also if so, will be the crafter able to stockpile on basic materials for example for repairs so people don't have to carry it, just pay for the mats+repair cost+fee to the crafter?

[dark jungle]

yes

there are player stalls and player shops planned

[dark shell]

Okay, sounds awesome, thanks 🙂

[dark jungle]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Player_stalls

[digital yacht]

No@global auction house either

[surreal trellis]

Cool stuff.

[dark shell]

So kinda Albion online stall types, that will be limited in number for each node and as long as people pay rent for it they own it

[surreal trellis]

There's also personal shops

Which, would probably be your main shop

[boreal condor]

@stable plover ahh I see, unfortunately I don't have experience as a mod, but I could DM them about the wiki/article posts to get more information about what would be needed thanks!

[dark shell]

Yeah trying to read some info on it but seems wiki is overloaded a bit 🙂 planing on mainly focusing on crafting so if you can open personal shop for crafting too that would help alot.

[surreal trellis]

Q: Will you only be able to select 2 professions to do? Or can you select 'em all and do them? And are there prof points that you need to create something?

[woven vale]

You can know a bit of everything or master something.

If you are a master you can create/gather/process higher quality items.

[surreal trellis]

Hrmmm, I see

Understandable.

[woven vale]

This game promoted interdependency.

And to work with the community to make things.

[surreal trellis]

Mmh, I can see that. Since I'm going to be a merchant, just want to know, so I can pick accordingly.

[digital yacht]

You can do it all but can only matter one

Master

[noble breach]

i think you're able to master 1 thing and still know a bit of everything

[surreal trellis]

Oh, okay. Still good for me

[woven vale]

Let me check on the wiki.

Your right you can do a bit of every profession at a 'beginner' level

But only master one.

[surreal trellis]

And then master one

But still have the others

[dark shell]

Imagine it will be something like this 🙂

[noble breach]

yea

[surreal trellis]

Ay, ay. I understand

[valid cypress]

is that the profession tree?

well

presumably 1?

[digital yacht]

No

[woven vale]

No, just a way to visualize it

[digital yacht]

That is not ashes

[dark shell]

No it isn't it's just a example

[frosty crown]

Guys thanks for answers but i have few more questions, is there any list of prohibited behaviour while promotion through referral and is it recuring income from renewals of sub?

[digital yacht]

Yea

To ur second part

[cursive granite]

Q: How are the devs dealing with balancing the classes since we got 64 classes? (looks like a lot!)

[runic swift]

does the game have an option to change my character's look, gender and race mid game?

[digital yacht]

It’s balanced off of group play not 1v1s @cursive granite

@runic swift after character creation? Maybe the look but not race

[runic swift]

I see

[digital yacht]

99.9% not race might be like a barbershop in game something like that

[fathom sparrow]

do the game have pets and pet abilities

[runic swift]

I know there's a summoner class

[dark jungle]

summoned pets do have abilities yes

other pets are just cosmetic

[brave meteor]

Here is a question: Why no Spanish Ashes Community ;-;

[digital yacht]

Not big enough

[fathom sparrow]

will our progress in alpha continue on when the real game releases

[digital yacht]

There hasn’t been enough intrest from that spectrum

@fathom sparrow no it’s full wipe

[karmic wave]

Can you join 1 guild per account, server or character?

[quaint hound]

'Login Error (Code 2). Please contact support.' Anyone encountered this before? I did already raise a support ticket but surprised to see it, haven't logged in a while.

[karmic wave]

cool

[surreal trellis]

Q: If you for example wanna play another class rather than the one you are currently playing, can you change it, or have to create another character?

[agile pagoda]

Will we get dedicated servers per country (e.g. German servers) or are EU servers "mixed"?

[noble breach]

you can change the secondary archetype only

[digital yacht]

Create another

[noble breach]

not the primary

[digital yacht]

@agile pagoda Germany has an alpha server so prob will be on launch

[fathom sparrow]

does the test server packs starts from 75 USD or can be a access for 15USD

[ornate gate]

man i hoper there will also be an english server for central europe for people who hate their mothertounge like me LOL

[supple socket]

Hello sorry I just got here and have 2 questions.
When is beta phase 2
And will I be able to stream it?
I apologize if this has been asked before thank you

[digital yacht]

No idea and yes

[dapper sleet]

Beta phase 2 is after beta phase 1

😄

[agile pagoda]

Well, Brits need to play on EU servers as well sooo...

[digital yacht]

No they don’t

[supple socket]

Coooooool
What phase are we in now?

[digital yacht]

There is no ip restrictions

Pre alpha 1

[stable plover]

@fathom sparrow live game can be accessed for just 15$, testing packs start at 75$ for beta 2 (quite a while from now), includes some game time once game goes live and cosmetic stuff

[carmine ridge]

I want to know about the conjurer are they a food and water dispencer or will they be able to summon bigger and better pets, and and or weapons and armor?

[supple socket]

So we are a ways off then
Like next year?

[digital yacht]

Until fall which is when alpha 1 starts and nda drops @supple socket

[stable plover]

@supple socket A1 is supposed to start in Fall before the end of the year

[quaint hound]

Right, didn't find any articles on error 2. I've not been banned as I have yet to play the game or really participate on the forums.

[supple socket]

So regardless if i drop the 75 for the beta access I won't be able to play for quite some time then

Gotchya thanks

[azure knot]

Q: do you guys plan to use any of popular anti-cheats or develop something in-house just to help live GMs?

[ember egret]

@supple socket most likely end of 2021

[azure knot]

cool

[supple socket]

Thank you very much

[stable plover]

@quaint hound You probably need to actually fill out the CS ticket

[ember egret]

Q: why is so many in voice chat. any kind of event? kinda shy so dont want join in if its kinda super important :/

[carmine ridge]

Q: is alpha 1 out, when would alpha 2 be out

[ember egret]

@carmine ridge A1 is fall first

[dapper sleet]

@ember egret probably same as yesterday, people just discussing stuff etc

[stable plover]

@ember egret They're just having fun with community Q&A and theorycrafting, you could just join to listen and not talk

[ember egret]

so A2 most likely early/mid 2021 spiculations

[quaint hound]

@stable plover Cheers, I've raised a ticket now.

[stable plover]

@ember egret Sometime this morning before I was up/after I went to bed Steven popped in for a while, Shaze made notes from that

[dapper sleet]

@ember egret Maybe™️

[carmine ridge]

@ember egret so alpha 2 mid 2021?

[azure knot]

Q: can access to A1 still be bought (with guaranteed spot) or its too late/ppl gonna be random picked?

oki 😦

oki, thanks

[lilac ruin]

Any word on if freehold architecture is decided by node progression? I'd prefer if it could be changed by the player since it's a 1 per acct thing

Thanks, watching your vid and I thought of that

[ember egret]

@stable plover how long do it take ca for support to reply to ticket? made one 3 days ago. do know sunday is dayoff. just curios. as its related to kickstarter backer duplicate packs. that might bug my shop up so i cant upgrade my backer packs. and only buy a brand new pack

[woeful rose]

What about beta 1 and 2?
Do we know when they will be out approximately?

[ember egret]

@woeful rose they are long out in the future for now

[stable plover]

@ember egret Hm, they've been pretty good on response times lately, they might have gotten slammed by surprise this weekend though, that's more of a @plucky pawn question.

[frosty crown]

@simple ether is referral program recurring embers from users that buy continously sub ?

[stable plover]

@frosty crown Referral program theoretically gives 'Intrepid Bucks' instead of 'Embers' -> redeemable for more stuff than Embers

[plucky pawn]

Indeed, we are out of the office on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) and have lots of new tickets in from recent new faces, so we appreciate your patience as we get to them all @ember egret !

[ember egret]

@woeful rose atm A2 dont have a date yet. so if i should guess. most likely end of 2021 or start of 2022. as so far i understand from the transcripts and interviews beta will start when game is realy close to been done

[frosty crown]

@stable plover what are intrepid bucks please?

[woeful rose]

@ember egret That sounds good. Thanks for the response 🙂

[ember egret]

@plucky pawn okay thx for the heads up. just kinda need it to be ''fixed'' at start of august to upgrade backer pack. as i heared us sweet kickstarter can upgrade for A1 🙂

[plucky pawn]

@frosty crown that first link regarding the referral system should assist further

[ember egret]

the intrepid bucks is what you earn when players using your referal link and buy stuff. then you get a cut. you can use on cosmetics and gametime @frosty crown

[carmine ridge]

Q: Is there a channel for class discussion?

[stable plover]

@carmine ridge Not more specific than #aoc-discussion

[carmine ridge]

thanks

[ember egret]

@carmine ridge i think we might get a channel for class discussion in the future when we know more skill / augmenting info on each arktype + suptype classes

[dusk thicket]

Will the kickstarter ever start back up? or can you only contribute through the store now

[ember egret]

@dusk thicket only store

[dusk thicket]

ok ty for info

when do those pre order packs rotate i know they stay for a month but is it on the dot

[lusty shore]

Will DPS archetypes have a "definite" role or niche in encounters? Ex: rogues single target nuke, mages aoe, hunters CC, etc

[low lantern]

Not on the dot but usually sometime in the first week

They post a week in advance

[ember egret]

@plucky pawn srr for ping you again. but atm i dont have access to see my add-ons for been a ks backer. am i still aple to upgrade for the lifetime sup? as i would rather pay more upfront and lose the hassle of keep active funds on my card. as im early retired and my income is volatile some months?

[dusk thicket]

ok man this game makes me wanna work for more money

[noble breach]

will there be a global cooldown on abilities or is it more about cast/animation time or will it be possible to basically instantly spam multiple skills?

[plucky pawn]

@low lantern when the new set goes up, we always include the end date for it in the announce article so you know in advance!

@ember egret if you're having any issues seeing the right items in the store or your inventory based on your package level, please reach out to our support team directly so they can assist you further

[ember egret]

@plucky pawn i have active tickets on that. would just hear if its till possible to get the lifetime sub. that was on KS back then

[digital yacht]

If u own an KS acc u can upgrade it

[ember egret]

tru kickstarter add-ons as i belive i read i still could do that

[plucky pawn]

@ember egret Yup as others have mentioned, if you have a Kickstarter pack from back then, you'll be able to upgrade it to the corresponding tier that has that perk

[ember egret]

nice @digital yacht and the upgrading is done on aoc site right?

[digital yacht]

Yes

[ember egret]

okay so that just mean my shop atm is bugged. need to wait for support to replay

[digital yacht]

In the shop you should see braver of worlds option

But yea support is ur best friend right now lol

[ember egret]

@digital yacht no atm i dont have those options only the monthly packs. where i can buys those and no other things and i belive its cus my inventory have 2 packs of early bird packs. so now i just need to wait for support 🙂

[digital yacht]

Yup

[ember egret]

@digital yacht only see pre-order packs. thought there might be a tab i might had missed for ks add-ons but no 😦

[naive leaf]

Hey i have a question for the pre order packs. If i were to get one, for example, the $250 pack; it says 6 months of game time ($90 Value). Does this mean even in alpha 2 you can only play for 6 months? or would you have to start your sub fee once the 6 month period ends? Thanks in advance! 🙂

Ohhhhhh

very nice, thanks Jahlon!!

thats great news though

Unfortunately i'm in Canada so the itll cost me $337 for the $250 pack. RIPPP

Yupp lol

damn dollar sucks

[frail solar]

i have a question about the economy. if a certain item has been made or farmed to a large degree, does it affect its drop chance or the price that it sells for?

[surreal trellis]

It just drops the price

Yeah

Where shit is scarce

It's how trading 101 works

But you then get more of a chance to get raided upon said route

[golden flame]

Yeah the auction house is more “local” to a node than a global thing

[surreal trellis]

Ayup

[frail solar]

i was just curious if something like ultima online would happen again or not

[surreal trellis]

It's a good thing

Nah

[frail solar]

so say i and my friends farm silver ore, and we manage to bring it all to another node, would the silver be worth more if only one caravan showed up rather than multiple in a short period of time?

[vale lotus]

I am a little confused, when does the Beta Two testing phase start that you get from the wayfarer pre-order pack? is it the one that starts in august?

[frail solar]

im using silver ore as an example of something that id transport from one place to another

[vale lotus]

oh okay I guess that's why I couldn't find it, is the august one for the beta one testing phase?

[frail solar]

so say i and my friends farm teeth, and we manage to bring it all to another node to sell to an npc, would the teeth be worth more if only one caravan showed up rather than multiple in a short period of time?

[surreal trellis]

Idk why you're saying how they show up

The worth won't drop

[rocky bear]

@vale lotus the betas are after the alphas, alpha 1 is the one thats its at the end of this year

[surreal trellis]

Just because you have more

[frail solar]

well it was said that the value goes down the more you farm from the node that they spawn, i was curious if the sudden flood of that item in a different node would also affect the price or not

[tired palm]

Any knowledge on how tank would be pulling aggro in AoC? For ex. you have ESO with single target, WoW with aoe taunts, etc.

[frail solar]

riiight. ok

[proud parcel]

Anyone happen to know when alpha 2 starts?

Hmm

[stable plover]

@tired palm You can look at the list of tank skills so far https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Tank#Skills.2Fabilities

[tired palm]

Ah tyty! @stable plover

[proud parcel]

There’s no way to get access to the current alpha right?

[sacred tangle]

current alpha is pre-alpha

effectively

alpha 1 is coming later this year and currently inaccessible to people who dont already have it

[proud parcel]

Hope so I’ll spend the money

[coarse sedge]

Is there any system in place to make it so that gulids can't assault their own node with an alt guild and by that hold the node hostage?

[stable plover]

@coarse sedge If a guild starts a siege on their own node, random people can join it saving them the cost of starting the siege themselves

[coarse sedge]

Is it first come first serve in terms of who gets to fight in the 250 vs 250 war?

[deep vessel]

also if you do that wouldnt you also lose a portion of the goods in the reliquary and warehouses?

[coarse sedge]

ah ok

[rigid geyser]

Has there been any word on if cash shop cosmetics will be tradeable, they arent right?

[coarse sedge]

Yea but could they not just trade it back?

[stable plover]

@rigid geyser cosmetic shop stuff is bound to account

[rigid geyser]

awesome, thanks @stable plover

[deep vessel]

From what I understood the attacker of a siege doesnt get EVERYTHING from a successful siege

[atomic schooner]

Hello, the game isn't realesed yet right?

[coarse sedge]

Honestly i don't remember, there is so mcuh information flowing in at once lol

[burnt cliff]

If one node decides to siege another would theirs in turn be vulnerable to another declaring siege on them? Or is there a lockout period

[deep vessel]

Taber does have a point though tbh, it might be hard to do but it could be possible

[atomic schooner]

Is the game out yet?

[deep vessel]

no

[atomic schooner]

Any ETA?

[boreal abyss]

no

[atomic schooner]

2021 then am I right?

[boreal abyss]

2022 is current guess

[deep vessel]

Probably not XD

[stable plover]

@atomic schooner Alpha 1 starts in the Fall, No official etas after that

[atomic schooner]

It will take forever

Thx anyway guys

[coarse sedge]

Yea i was thinking that they could move their stuff out before the siege, but there was also the special "loot" relics? i don't remember what it is called and maybe it wouldn't be worth it

[atomic schooner]

Lookin for a game to play

Guess I'll have to skip this one for now

[stable plover]

@coarse sedge moving the stuff out in caravans is probably a bigger risk than trying to win the siege ;p

[coarse sedge]

Yea. well we will just have to see when the game launches

[deep vessel]

Potentially if you had an ally guild attack the node

But not attempt to fight you could hold it with ease maybe

[coarse sedge]

oh yea i forgot my point lol

trhat was what i was thinking

just lose on purpose

so the node is helt hostage

[deep vessel]

Yeah im not sure if anything is in place to counter that possibility

[mystic olive]

with housing it going to be possible to give someone permission to plant and remove items and permanent access? so you can share and decorate one house with a friend?

thats nice! loved that feature in Rift 🙂

[real mason]

Will there be PVP gear?

So you have to craft gear and get them from PVE

[digital yacht]

yes

[real mason]

Alright thanks

[twilit bison]

You could probably make enough money to buy good gear from solely PvPing

[digital yacht]

^doubt it

[sacred tangle]

I mean if you kill people with rare shit

yeah

especially caravans

[placid basin]

So I been watching a lot of videos. I have a question about new players joining in on the nodes... Will it be hard for them to catch up?

[digital yacht]

@sacred tangle how u gunna kill a caravan if u been pvping since level 1 and have no gear

[sacred tangle]

ok well obviously you will get to level cap via pve

[digital yacht]

u will not be able to thrive on pvp alone

[sacred tangle]

why

[wraith zenith]

Is there fishing?

[digital yacht]

yes

[wraith zenith]

Fuck yeah.

!*

[rocky bear]

can you tame underwater creatures with the animal taming/breathing profession?

[wraith zenith]

I can be a professional breather?!

[rocky bear]

yup xD

[livid ermine]

when is beta out ?

[digital yacht]

@livid ermine no date yet

[wraith zenith]

OMG, I can't wait! I'm going to breathe up a STORM, dudes!!!!

[digital yacht]

we are in alpha

[ornate gate]

isnt it actually pre alpha?

[digital yacht]

yes

[faint drum]

whats the predicted release year?

[ornate gate]

2022-2023

[slow sky]

2-3 years

[digital yacht]

2022-2023

[faint drum]

oof i thought next year

[digital yacht]

unfortunately not

[young sluice]

Alpha's server is on NA only?

[slow sky]

apocalypse revealed huge groundwork flaws they had to rebuild which definitely delayed the launch

[digital yacht]

@young sluice there will be NA and EU servers

[faint drum]

is alpha registration free?

[digital yacht]

no

its a closed alpha

that u have to pay to access

which paying for access to alpha 1 is closed atm

[sharp jungle]

remember theres no NDA i believe so even if you can't play there will be a lot of gameplay videos im sure.

[deep vessel]

What were the flaws? did they say

[finite phoenix]

What happens when you have two people in the same guild, but different nodes, and the nodes go to war with eachother?

[rocky bear]

you cant i supose

you cant declare war to a node of yourr own guild¿?

i dont know

[digital yacht]

@rocky bear guilds dont own nodes

@finite phoenix they will fight each other

[rocky bear]

yeah i know but if the leader of the nodes are from the same guilds¿?

[finite phoenix]

Not leader, just member I ment

[digital yacht]

if both nodes mayors are from the same guild why would they go to war?

[finite phoenix]

And okay shadow thanks

[deep vessel]

then they fight and maybe shouldnt be guildies? lol

[rocky bear]

mmh i supose you need to defend your city

[static thistle]

Any ETA on alpha two?

[stable plover]

@deep vessel Here was a nice writeup from Shaze https://docs.google.com/document/d/16RU_ps2N6-8QehGJTN6CD1lpOtbr9PZj971G1L5OhmY/edit

[digital yacht]

alhpa 2 after alpha 1 sometiome next yuear

[deep vessel]

@stable plover thank you 🙂

[rocky bear]

i know that but i was saying that the leaders of the ndes are from the same guild or alliance the nodes are from the guilds, but not oficially you know?

[finite phoenix]

Could a potential solution be both guild members opting out of helping their own node by chance or is that unrealistic?

[static thistle]

I understand meant more if its known if its gonna be around fall summer etc

[digital yacht]

they why would thaey fight

@static thistle A2 wont start until A1 is finished what it was meant to do

[opaque needle]

If only gather resources can be looted after a node has been destroyed. if you have logged off the game for a few weeks/months and stored all your stuff in a node. Where will all your full items go?

[static thistle]

okay ty

[junior trellis]

"all gone" 100% gone?

ok thanks

[stable plover]

@finite phoenix So I'm guessing your question is something like 'What can be done to stop guild members in a party/raid from accidentally killing each other if their nodes are at war?" I'd hope that the answer would be not accidentally PvPing people in your party/raid in case you wanted to do PvE with someone from an at war node.

[opaque needle]

ah so its only gathered things that are locally storage? so it doesn't work like BDO where all your gold is in one town etc. Because if all your gold/items is linked to one node and it gets destroyed surely you'd be poor

[finite phoenix]

xiedd13ix, from what I heard you only lose some of your stuff when a node with your stuff is destroyed, not all of it.

[digital yacht]

only resources

[finite phoenix]

Is it all the resources or only some?

[ornate gate]

how do the attackers transport all of the looted stuff?

[serene gazelle]

What happens to the attackers side if they lose? do we get to loot them?

[slate harbor]

@ornate gate i guess normal inventory space

[opaque needle]

yeah I know my question is if you logged off for a long time and that node isn't even there anymore where does it all go. is the a separate bank or somehow all pushed to your inventory/mail.

[digital yacht]

@serene gazelle no u have successfully defended ur node

@opaque needle ur items will be in ur personal storage

[ornate gate]

yeah, but imagine you loot a town where lets say 500 people or more live and the attacking group is like 250 people, they should not even be close to be able to carry all the stuff

[ebon star]

a blueprint of the layout of your house will be generated too so rebuilding at a new node is easier

[dry flower]

@serene gazelle declaring a siege is not like pressing a button, it takes the comparable resources to declare a siege as it took to build up the node, so if the siege fails they lose all of that investment

[opaque needle]

@opaque needle ur items will be in ur personal storage
@digital yacht so there is personal store where will that be located if everything can be destroy?

destroy as in the nodes ,buildings etc

[digital yacht]

in ur house

[opaque needle]

what happens if you don't have a house

[digital yacht]

then all u have is ur inventory

[serene gazelle]

@dry flower Alright thanks that helps alot

[stable plover]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Personal_shops

[sleek cloud]

Question. Would Gryphons be classified as a T2 or T3 mount? I know that there are some T2 mounts that can be used as T3, and we've seen Gryphons flying, so where do they fall? I'm wondering, as i'd like to know if it'd be possible to put a gryphon skin on a T2 gliding mount.

[opaque needle]

that's what I'm saying surely you inventory is limited

[digital yacht]

@sleek cloud there will prob be some

[stable plover]

Note there are both personal shops and player stalls which are separate things

[serene gazelle]

LF>Some1 to be cabbage man as a shop

[frail solar]

How long can a guild name be?

[ornate gate]

@frail solar if i had to guess: shorter than 500 letters Kappa

[frail solar]

Great.

[ornate gate]

@frail solar no problem, happy to help

[stable plover]

@frail solar We don't know about max name lengths ;p

[sleek cloud]

It's gotta be at least 26 characters.

So that we can have someone with the whole alphabet as a name

[ornate gate]

oh man if they deliver on half the stuff they talk about the game is gonna be siiiick

[heady wing]

Is there something wrong with the shop at the moment? Any time I go to buy the Wayfarer Pre-Order Pack, Xsolla is giving me an error.

[woven vale]

Wait a bit, if its still happening send a ticket.

[digital yacht]

Xsolla errors usually means that they have barred ur acc from buying anything thru them, thats how it was in my case

like if u refund a purchase that was thru Xsolla they will flag ur account so they dont have to deal with that issue again. even if it was a 1 time thing u will have to contact Xsolla themselves

[heady wing]

@digital yacht Thank you for that bit of info!

[plucky yacht]

I watched the interview on Asmongold stream

on the interview Steve said there going to be 250v250 PvP which sounds impossible

how are you guys going to do that?

will we see testing on this anytime soon?

this is too good to be true

[woven vale]

We did some Apoc testing (which led to a years worth of code being rewritten) but Alpha 1 or 2 will likely get more into this.

NDA for A1 will be lifted in fall.

[plucky yacht]

sorry but what is Apoc and NDA?

[sleek cloud]

@plucky yacht That's not going to be an issue my guy, 250v250 is nothing compared to what they're prepping their code to handle. They have some planetside devs here, and they're not trying to do like 1k vs 1k here, so this is nothing new.

[woven vale]

Apoc was action combat and server testing

NDA is a non disclosure agreement

It bars you from either talking, writing, or showing content of something

Verbal NDA is lifted, but content one will be lifted in fall.

[plucky yacht]

I see

tbh

this game sounds like an MMO player dream

I hope it works

[grim breach]

Steven explained how they're gonna do it right after Asmongold mentioned it. He also said he's extremely confident that they can pull it off.

[woven vale]

Cautious optimism.

[runic swift]

do I have to pre-order to claim a character name before release?

[slow sky]

yes, as far as I know Name Reservations were on the kickstarter and it works from highest tier down for first picks, not sure if you can reserve names now but i've been out of the loop for a while

[neon shell]

when is release?

[slow sky]

2-3 years is the estimate

[neon shell]

sweet pretty close

[slow sky]

alpha 1 should start later this fall so glad to see the progression

[formal fiber]

In the thelazypeon video he made an estimate on time required to hit max level being 270 hours on the high end. My question/worry how in depth will classes abilities go and what can we expect the total number of active abilities a class can have? Is the skill ceiling high enough to justify 270 hours of grinding to "master" a class without gameplay becoming extremely repetitive?

[slow sky]

so far looks like 8-11 abilities from what we've seen, im sure theres probably more in skill trees and your subclass can augment how your abilities work

with 64 combinations there's tons we will have a playday with

[full flume]

do we get classes skills preview ?

while we create the caracter ?

[slow sky]

unknown at this time

the 8 base classes i heard will be available in Alpha 1 so when people can stream the alpha we'll get a feel for that

[full flume]

points alocation system ? like you get points on your health

or maybe alocate them to stamina

[grim breach]

No stats allocation.

[full flume]

Anything related to enhance your attackspeed ?

if you are using swords

[grim breach]

By the way, Jahlon is doing a Q&A in his stream. You can ask him for definitive answers. He's a living library. https://www.twitch.tv/paradox_gaming_network

[karmic wave]

Afaik your stats simply increase by themselves with level ups

Depending on your primary class

[grim breach]

Yes. There is not much regarding that yet however, it expands based on your primary archetype. Your base stats are determined by your race, initially.

You will also have to consider weapon efficiency among the classes. All classes can use all weapons, but only a certain classes can fully utilise the weapon at maximum efficiency. If you're looking to min max everything, you need to get your combo (race + archetype + gear) right.

[tawny egret]

How is catch up in the game? If a node is far along is it worth trying to get a mansion?

Or do you try to build your own node up

[stone mirage]

Seems to never be a catch up but more of an ever revolving control since the nodes get reset upon seiges

[fair yew]

The game will be pretty fluid so people could likely be selling mansions pretty often. Say their guild is moving closer to a raid area or better resources. That also means that new nodes can come up often too that you can buy a house in early

[polar bison]

If I travel all the way to the left on the map, will I eventually come from the right?

[digital yacht]

they are testing that both ways as a spherical where u end up on the theoretical right side and as a flat map, meaning there is a barrier

[woven vale]

They are testing both ways and will decide later on.

(I hope for spherical tho)

[polar bison]

me too :DDD

[tidal lake]

It should just lead to different server 😄

[pallid horizon]

Agreed

[digital yacht]

i wanna say both

[full flume]

the game is gonna be 15$ a month ??

[grim breach]

Yes

[full flume]

will there be a year subscribtion ?

[grim breach]

14.99 dollars a month, no box cost, no expansion cost

Probably, don't know. Can always suggest to them.

[full flume]

point and click - skill shots I believe

[grim breach]

Yeah, that is tab. Action is having to aim to hit, like a shooting game.

Yes, pretty much.

It depends on the abilities.

Soft CCs will be tab target, hard CCs will be action.

You cannot pick a skill and decide if it's tab target or action.

The skills themselves are defined to be either tab or action.

[tulip hatch]

There will be multiple variables
From cooldown, damage, the type of crowd control it has

[grim breach]

CC=Crowd control. Stun, etc

[full flume]

Can you recolor your gear ?

[tulip hatch]

@full flume yes there will be dyes you can use

[full flume]

Any gear ? also can you dye your cosmetics ?

[crystal beacon]

Is there any kind of image or size description of what is going to be the size of a metropolis compared to, for example, the stage 3 node shown in the videos? Thanks!

[tulip hatch]

@full flume yes and yes though there may be some part you cant dye, it'll vary from piece to piece

[full flume]

So if I dye my sword black , will the edge become black as well or just a few parts ?

[grim breach]

Probably depends on the sword itself.

[full flume]

cosmetics will be only purchasable with real money or you can loot them from boses like rare look or something ?

loot*\

[tulip hatch]

@crystal beacon couldnt find a comparison atm
But metropolis are supposed to be 0.5km in diameter and 0.25km in radius

@full flume you can earn and craft cosmetics in game
You can have transmogs as well

[full flume]

Can you upgrade your gear ? to not fall behind if you really like a sword

[toxic tusk]

are bladedancers here like bladedancers in lineage2? cause thatd be dope.

[woven vale]

We don't know as of now

@full flume You can (or get someone to) enchant your gear, the higher the enchant tho, the more likely it will destroy your weapon

Or horizontally enchant it with no risk

[lime island]

will the game be mostly open world like WoW, or instanced zones like Guild Wars 2 ?

[junior creek]

The game is open world, some raids and such are instanced though, at about 20% instanced

[lime island]

so i can walk between zones, sail between islands all seamlessly?

[viral steppe]

will there be prospecting perks to help find veins of ore? like crazy old man gold prospecting? lol

[night yacht]

I really like the sound of Brood Warden I was curious as to how the tank class would be incorporated into the summon class. Would it simply increase the tankiness of summons or would it buff the summoner itself?

[midnight nest]

I don’t think they have said anything much about the brood warden

[night yacht]

unfortunate

[junior creek]

@lime island as far as I'm aware, yes.

[rotund trellis]

Wonder if the true tank class, like a guardian will still have some DPS

[frosty crown]

Can i leave my number just to talk to someone

[midnight nest]

I’m also interested in how they are doing the class balance. Like we know they are going to have the holy trinity. But how much damage will a dps do over a tank or healer. And how much health/armor will a tank be over a dps and healer

Can’t wait for more class stuff

Their archetype system really has me excited

[cobalt gate]

If you have Summoner as your main class will you just summon different things depending on your secondary class? Or will choosing some secondary classes change your role so much that you won't actually summon anything?

[digital yacht]

@cobalt gate not much is known about Summoners but the seconday class u pick will augment ur abilities(summons) so maybe going tank seconday will make ur pets get a bubble effect that increases armor stuff along those lines they might even change the type of summon it is

who knows, we will find out in alpha 1/2

[cobalt gate]

ok thanks

[lime island]

how drastic are augments? are all fighters mostly the same or will the fights second class make them different more than not?

[digital yacht]

every1 will be different

[dusky steeple]

Yeah if i pick Fighter and mage subclass do i get access to some mage abilities or are my fighter abilities augmented?

[digital yacht]

8 classes with 8 different seconday augments with each ability able to be augmented 4 different ways

augments do not give u abilites

they augment a pre existing ability

[dusky steeple]

How drastic are augments? Does it just add damage or will the spell behave differently?

[digital yacht]

the spell will change

example if u are a warrior and u pick mage secondary u "charge ability" becomes a blink

stuff like that

[ebon solar]

Is there any information available on when the access to alpha 2 will be taken off the store? I wanna buy one of the pre-order packs with alpha 2 access but I won't have the money for it til September

[digital yacht]

@ebon solar nah packages will most likely stay up until launchg

[undone ravine]

Not yet

[toxic tusk]

so how would a dpser subbed into bard change? like every swing of a fighters sword can give him a buff or something? thats what seems weird to me

[ebon solar]

Alrighty. Thank you

[digital yacht]

@toxic tusk there isnt enuf info to go off of u will have to wait and see

thats what testing is for

[dusky steeple]

Im curious to see what augments rogues stealth will get

[cursive bay]

Yeah me too the classes system seems very interesting and I wonder how hard it will be to switch your secondary class or switch weapons like from a dagger duelist to a bow predator

[vestal scaffold]

@blazing orchid will we be able to buy different variants of these cosmetics later in-game?

[digital yacht]

there might be stuff similar but not the same

[vestal scaffold]

ah okay i figured. Completely forgot to get them when it was rotated QQ

[cursive bay]

How does the loot system work will it be like WOW while your in raids will you have to roll on loot for the entire party or will each person have their own instance of loot?

[digital yacht]

@cursive bay https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Looting

[lilac raft]

Is there possibility of ,,corrupted cities´´ ? where red players could effectively survive or function in

[digital yacht]

nope

[vestal condor]

is there some bénéfits for being a corrupted player? (bonus on the kill you have etc)

[undone ravine]

So I just wanted to share some love to The Golden Feather by sharing their Twitch in the media channel but the bot banned me for 19 hours and 1 day of slow mode. Is that normal or did I forget something in the rules? The bot banned me just to clarify

[stable plover]

@lilac raft There are quests for corrupt players that aren't allowed in normal nodes coming from somewhere, and they have their own respawn points

[lilac raft]

is there some bénéfits for being a corrupted player? (bonus on the kill you have etc)
@vestal condor i think there is none , but i hoped that there can exist ,,underworld system ´´

@lilac raft There are quests for corrupt players that aren't allowed in normal nodes coming from somewhere, and they have their own respawn points
@stable plover ,,from somewhere´´ ?

[stable plover]

@vestal condor Being corrupt is meant to be a bad thing, but there are things like their own path to following the dark gods, quests to reduce their corruption, and they get gatherables from the players they kill

@lilac raft There's nothing like 'corrupt nodes' mentioned, but there must be some npcs that interact with corrupt players

[vestal condor]

ok that cool 🙂

[cursive bay]

Will there be geographical style armor? So if your in a more mountain node you will have a more snowy mountain look versus someone who is a citizen of a volcano node?

[digital yacht]

^probably

[lilac raft]

@lilac raft There's nothing like 'corrupt nodes' mentioned, but there must be some npcs that interact with corrupt players
@stable plover oooh thats cool just like this , but it might someday be part ( i hope )

[cedar osprey]

What phase of development is the game in? Alpha one? I assume Alpha two is next? Im trying to understand what package to get and wondering how I can get in and play and help the game 😄

[plucky pawn]

This link has the latest updates on our current test plans!

[stable plover]

@cedar osprey The games still pre-alpha 1, which is starting in the fall near end of the year. A2 is next, probably sometime next year but no official dates for anything past A1

[cedar osprey]

Thanks for sharing that. Appreciate it. So if i wanted to play soon i should look towards getting into A1

[grim breach]

Bingo, but you can't get into A1 anymore.

[stable plover]

@cedar osprey A1 isn't currently for sale, but Steven has mentioned they might sell A1 keys again depending on how testing goes.

[fervent river]

hello, i want to ask when can i play the game, will i be able to in this fall alpha release or later ?

[cedar osprey]

Ohh i mis-read thanks for the clarification guys!

[cursive bay]

At launch will you be able to just take a group of friends as far away from the starting nodes as possible and start doing quests and building nodes far away from the majority?

[cedar osprey]

Hmm... I guess now should i try to buy a Voyager Plus Or just wait for a potential A1 Key

[lime island]

how does death work in the game? is it like WoW corpse run?

[crystal beacon]

What percentage of my classes abilities do I have access too at any one time?
A level 20 bard in DnD can choose from 121 different spells, but only have 22 at their disposal. Thats only around 18%
What's it like in AoC, will I have 100% access 24/7 or something like 50%?

[digital yacht]

@lime island https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Player_flagging#Player_death

@crystal beacon exact numbers are not known

[stable plover]

@fervent river When you can play depends on your access level, In general only people who have purchased keys have access to testing, and only A1 is starting this Fall -> Gradual rollout of pre-alpha till full release of A1, people will be emailed instructions on that

@cursive bay It's at least possible - take a large group of friends ;p That's more a task for a guild

[cedar osprey]

Ive never been in a position to get into a alpha/beta version of an MMO. Interesting. So i could purchase an "access level" and just wait to get in.
Are there streamers playing this so i can watch and learn?

[crystal beacon]

I just prefer it not to be 100%, the lower the number the better, because it just means more build diversity and will make each players experience feel more unique.

[digital yacht]

its under NDA but when Alpha 1 official starts peopl will be able to stream

@crystal beacon there is a cap on how many skills will be on ur hotbar

[stable plover]

@cedar osprey Note that Voyager and Voyager+ both give access to A2, + just contains more cosmetics

[crystal beacon]

Hmm, true.

[worn elk]

Specs for the game? Will we need a higher end pc for high setting graphics?

[cursive bay]

I heard of a fog of war system what does that entail? Do the enemies get tougher the farther away from the starting nodes you are or only when nodes are leveled up? Also what would you consider large group?

[viral steppe]

will there be gathering specific enchants ( Example: +5% mining exp, increased chance to crit on gathering, or increased gathering speeds) ? Gathering specific sets aswell?

[cedar osprey]

@cedar osprey Note that Voyager and Voyager+ both give access to A2, + just contains more cosmetics
@stable plover Yeah but I wanna get in for A1. Guess i learned about the game too late haha. I just dont want to be put into the position that i bought A2 then they start selling A1 keys and i have to put in more money.

[digital yacht]

@cedar osprey if u bought A2 Right now and steven open up A1 keys u can pay the difference

99% sure that is how it will work

[cedar osprey]

Steven?

[digital yacht]

IF and only IF he opens the sales back up

[cedar osprey]

oh the Dev

[stable plover]

@cedar osprey Streamers will be able to stream full A1, and there may be streams before then, pre-alpha is currently under an NDA (with exceptions), The devs released a 90 min long 4k video recently

[cedar osprey]

@cedar osprey Streamers will be able to stream full A1, and there may be streams before then, pre-alpha is currently under an NDA (with exceptions), The devs released a 90 min long 4k video recently
@stable plover I watched the whole 90m video after i saw Summit1g talk about it. Im super interested now.

@cedar osprey if u bought A2 Right now and steven open up A1 keys u can pay the difference
@digital yacht Appreciate the info. I hope its like that. That'd be nice. I guess im going to lean towards the Voyager Package 😄

[stable plover]

You could check back through the devs livestreams / videos from previous months if your feeling excited to consume videos

[dry bronze]

Will there be an in game Census, so you can see Classes and Races % breakdown

[digital yacht]

^ good question for a livestream or the Forums

but most likely not

[stable plover]

There hasn't been a census mentioned, but there are supposed to be things like dungeon and raid leaderboards that you could gather some info on top players from.

[cursive bay]

@stable plover I heard of a fog of war system what does that entail? Do the enemies get tougher the farther away from the starting nodes you are or only when nodes are leveled up?

[austere wraith]

how many of that 10k u think will play the game or will be inactive? and if there is inactives will a1 go back on sale or will the people that got the packages recently get access?

[digital yacht]

@austere wraith A1 will go back on sale if Steven thinks it can handle more than the original 10k players

he doesnt wanna sell something that wont work (basically)

[stable plover]

@cursive bay In general lower level mobs are closer to the nods with higher level mobs being further away, especially around high level nodes - Fog of war is partially an uncover the map initially and maybe partially a find updates on what's going on with other nodes (I haven't looked that up about to afk)

[digital yacht]

Steven 😇07/11/2020
I mean this is still consistent with what I said. As it stands Intrepid packs are not available. Words matter and I don’t recall ever saying that alpha one sales will never open again. If testing with our 10k backers proves successful, I have not closed the door to offering new A1 packages. They wouldn’t be Intrepid packs, but could be something else.

[austere wraith]

okay ty!

[cedar osprey]

ty

[digital yacht]

@cursive bay The world of Verra features an in-game viewable world map. This map is not randomly generated, and begins covered in a fog of war.[7] Players will not be able to see the world until they have explored it or gathered information about it. The world is also full of imperfect information, which will require the player to act on it for verification.[8]

[dry bronze]

Will there be gear specific to fighting certain monsters types. Could you for example see a people or guilds geared toward Giant Slaying or Undead Slaying

[digital yacht]

some gear might give bonuses or extra resistances to certain mobs yes

but no1 is going to gear specifically towards that one monster bc to be frank u wont just be killed that one mob all the time

[viral steppe]

@stable plover @digital yacht will there be gathering specific enchants ( Example: +5% mining exp, increased chance to crit on gathering, or increased gathering speeds) ? Gathering specific sets aswell? will the gathering nodes level up with the cities?

[digital yacht]

that is plausible but i am unaware if that is confirmed

and yes gathering nodes should increase within the node if it levels

[dry bronze]

In Ultima Online, there was a system were you needed players to repair gear, but people would take the gear and run off. If you need someone with Animal Husbandry to raise your Dragon Egg, will there be anti theft mechanics?

[digital yacht]

in order for a Royal mount egg to be hatched ur Node needs to have a Royal Stables built

there u can raise it urself

[trim pebble]

Hello, when I try to log in to the forums, it tells me this message :
"This account needs to be migrated from our old system, please authenticate to begin the recovery process"
Then redirect me to my profile where I find nowhere any recovery process. Any ideas hwo to solve this?

[digital yacht]

support

[trim pebble]

okay thx

[cursive bay]

I have played ark for so long. I was born to raise dragons

[dry bronze]

Will there be abilities and spells with longer vs short term cooldowns. For example, "Lay on Hands" once per day.

[digital yacht]

^ most likely

[lime island]

does anyone know how the leveling experience is? will it be brainless grind?

[digital yacht]

1-50 will take 45 days with 4-6hrs per day

[stable plover]

@viral steppe There will be progression of artisan tools, but I don't think we've heard about artisan related enchants

[digital yacht]

its meant to not be rushed to max

[lime island]

i like WoW leveling experience, nice mix of quest, pvp, dungeon, grind... but eastern MMOs not so much

[digital yacht]

but it will happen

it wont be mindless grind same enemy for 16hrs straight

that might be an option but it wont gate u i dont think

u cant really answer that question 100% bc game isnt even close

[lime island]

i understand but i just thought i would ask incase someone has any info

[stable plover]

@dry bronze I'm not sure if this is relevant for you or not: In AoC you need repair services from players instead of NPCs but can perform the action through a stall window specifically for repairing as opposed to handing your piece of equipment over.

[lime island]

for me if the leveling experience is bad, it wont matter what end game is like i just wont suffer to get there

[digital yacht]

we will all find out together

[dry bronze]

TY for the answer

[stable plover]

@lime island They want to avoid grind being in the leveling system, but want some grind in other places (an optional grind for a rare drop for example) - They mainly want leveling to happen through questing -- you could ignore the quests and grind mobs to level as it stands in pre-alpha right now, but the quests would be more efficient.

[dry bronze]

What instruments can bards play? Harps, Flutes, Drums. Will Bards specialize in them like the difference between swords and axes?

[surreal zodiac]

Basically hydro wants to annoy people like those bards in Assassin's Creed 2

[digital yacht]

we dont have a list of all bard weapons

but any class can use any weapons

[lime island]

how are servers handled, is NA/EU progression region locked like WoW? can i transfer to another region if i travel frequently?

[stable plover]

@dry bronze Information on types of instruments isn't known apart from that there will be multiple types, not much is known on bars yet

[digital yacht]

no server trasfer

transfers*

[dry bronze]

Basically hydro wants to annoy people like those bards in Assassin's Creed 2
@surreal zodiac I want a Bard that plays "Nails and a chalkboard"

[surreal zodiac]

@dry bronze 🤔

[remote bear]

i think we will defend ur nodes during leveling aswell its gonna be so much fun

[lime island]

are accounts designated EU / NA or can i make characters on both servers from same account atleast?

[digital yacht]

they are seperate

EU is thru My.Com NA is thru Intrepid

[past vortex]

will there be crowd control spells? Like generic "sleep", "root", "stun"?

[digital yacht]

yes

CC is in the game

[past vortex]

cool, I'm dying to play my old DAoc bard again 🙂

[grizzled latch]

Some classes will specialize in CC, all should have some form from what i remember

[surreal zodiac]

Bard will annoy people to death with terrible music

[stable plover]

@lime island You can transfer regions back and forth, but you might loose some promotional items for doing so (For example maybe the current statue on offer from Intrepid or whatever my.com has as their mystery sign up gift) - That's just your account though which includes things like cosmetic purchases from pre-orders or gametime, but not the characters.

[past vortex]

Slaanesh will be pleased.

[surreal zodiac]

@past vortex comment needs exterminadus

[past vortex]

come at me, loyalist scum

[dry bronze]

@surreal zodiac They should have an option to turn off certain sound effects, like in some games you can turn off foot steps

[stable plover]

@past vortex Softer CCs like slows are in tab combat trees, harder CCs like stuns tend to be in the action combat trees

[vestal condor]

i see thère will be passif skill on gear , but will there be some actif skill ? like you use your shoulder to be able de be in stealth for 30 sec ?

[past vortex]

noice

[surreal zodiac]

God Emperor Protects

[digital yacht]

@vestal condor Crafters will be able to assign different skills/abilities and stats on armor.[22]

[stable plover]

This channel is for questions and answers only, If you want to have discussions or roleplay, take it down to one of the other channels

[lime island]

what about people who funded through kickstarter, do their promotional stuff go away if they transfer from EU or NA?

[digital yacht]

no

[stable plover]

@lime island The KS stuff should all transfer

[vestal condor]

oh that a bonus for craft !! so cool

[surreal zodiac]

Will there be sea shanties ?

[stable plover]

@lime island Oh also, if you frequently hop between say the USA and EU, note that you can play on either set of servers from the other location, there's no region locking (you'll just have a higher ping)

[sick eagle]

Q: Has it been said if starting/spawn areas are protected anyway? Or can I kill as soon as people and myself spawn

[stable plover]

@surreal zodiac Of course there will be sea shanties! Sung by the players through voice chat 😛 (No details on those being in game)

[surreal zodiac]

time for people to hear my terrible voice

[cursive bay]

Will you character transfer between servers at all?

[digital yacht]

@sick eagle nowhere is protected, officially

[dry bronze]

Will people be able to export in game assets to make Machinima type cinematic content?

[past vortex]

About headstart option granted by certain kickstarted packages. Is it still available, and can I get headtatr if I buy some pre-order pack on game website?

[digital yacht]

@past vortex only if u have a KS account

[desert ivy]

@cursive bay No

[past vortex]

kk

[digital yacht]

@cursive bay a character will not transfer from NA to EU and Vice versa

[cursive bay]

What about from NA to NA though

[stable plover]

@past vortex HS was KS only, there will only be 3 headstart servers, that will start off with a lot of functionality like nodes disabled, Most of the servers won't be HS.

[digital yacht]

no character can transfer to ANY server

[surreal zodiac]

Can we give nicknames to our weapons/armor?

[lean marlin]

unknown if it's a mechanic but you can.

[digital yacht]

@surreal zodiac crafters might be able to name the stuff they make, or it might say Created by soandso

[stable plover]

Special note while we're on the subject: The devs have said server transfers won't be available initially - They'll evaluate the situation if it seems like it's become a big deal that people can't transfer as the game goes on.

[digital yacht]

^it shouldnt happen at all but yea lol

[cursive bay]

^thats ur opinion

[dapper sleet]

Hmm do you guys know yet if buff/debuff slots will be a thing on targets? If so, will it be clearly visible which ones are yours and which aren't, and will people be able to see other people's debuffs/buffs?

[digital yacht]

slots as in limits? prob not and u shold be able to see targets status effects

not 100% tho

@dapper sleet that is a good question for the Forums

[lean marlin]

@dapper sleet Not really sure, but what we do know is that Chris that is doing some of the ui, was from Blizzard so maybe. Definitely see how them being visible would need to be a thing.

[digital yacht]

i wouldnt make assumptions based on their background it is theoretically not his choice..

[dry bronze]

If there is a caravan system, can people have pack mules to carry extra loot?

[digital yacht]

yes Mules are a thing

[serene gazelle]

How many people can guard a caravan?

[digital yacht]

there is no confimred number as that has to be tested

[astral dune]

Do we have any indication as to how the gear scaling is going to work? Will it be like BDO where a person with good gear can 1 v 1000 or more like modern WoW where gear is virtually meaningless

[dapper sleet]

Will ask on forums thanks guys!

[digital yacht]

@astral dune gear will not let uj 1v1000

[astral dune]

Lame

But that is a radical end of the spectrum; do we know where it lies as a game

[digital yacht]

no testing needs to be done

[lean marlin]

All we know is that combat is being balanced around the group, not the individual. So yeah don't expect to be 1v10 and winning.

[stable plover]

@astral dune They've mentioned they want the max difference in gear between a BiS player and a fresh ding lvl 50 to be about 50% in PvP

[astral dune]

Thats pretty disappointing

[indigo obsidian]

How crafting will work? i mean you just have to get the recipe and mats then click on the button craft?

[digital yacht]

@indigo obsidian https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Crafting

[lime island]

Q: So if i purchase cosmetics on my intrepid account, then i decide to move to my.com to play on EU, i have a chance to lose the cosmetics i purchased?

[digital yacht]

no

[dry bronze]

In some MMOs certain races are under represented. Is it possible some architecture might never be seen if there were for example a low dwarf population?

[digital yacht]

anything purchased will stick with u other items such as promotional items earned in NA might not transfer to EU @lime island

[stable plover]

@lime island Not purchased cosmetics, can only loose promotional event cosmetics

[lean marlin]

@dry bronze That is a possibility, yes.

[lime island]

oh i see

[digital yacht]

@dry bronze that is a possiblility

[lime island]

will promotional items come back if i go back to NA from EU?

[agile bane]

Then I will rise up with my draven nation!

dwarven even

[digital yacht]

@lime island that is a possibillity but nothing can be said for sure

[agile bane]

😛

[stable plover]

@lime island No idea, that's a question for the devs 🙂

[half egret]

are there race passives?

[digital yacht]

yes

[lean marlin]

There are supposed to be some kind of racials, yes.https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Racial_abilities@half egret

[half egret]

cool

[stable plover]

The racials are 'Augments' which compete with secondary archetype augments - Races also affect base stats/stat growth

[dry bronze]

Is there a possibility of a cell phone app, so a Mayor or Guild Leader could manage and check on things while they are away from the game?

[digital yacht]

@dry bronze a possiblity has been talked about https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Mobile/web_interface

[surreal zodiac]

Can you get haircuts and other cosmetic changes after you create your character or is that set?

[digital yacht]

Some of it may come post-launch... but we do want people to interact with the game on their phones when they're away from the computer; and we're going to do as much as we can to make that cool.[3] – Jeffrey Bard

@surreal zodiac most likely be a character appaearnce change system

[wary matrix]

Hey I'm wondering about the pre order skins. Are the pre order skins race specific at all or are they usable for any race? I think the current skin might look really cool for a island dwarf and I'm digging the caravan skin

[digital yacht]

usuable for any race\

[toxic beacon]

How many alts can we have per account? Noticed that the game draws a lot of inspiration from archeage is there any Labor system or limiters for crafting and gathering?

[digital yacht]

@gaunt oracle it ticks down in real time

@toxic beacon atleast 8

[stable plover]

@surreal zodiac They intend to have in game barber shops

[digital yacht]

@toxic beacon no labor system

[surreal zodiac]

Can't wait for someone to create a character that looks like Steven

[signal jolt]

For someone who has never played any game that has been developed by this company, when can I expect to play? I see that there are packs you can purchase to get early access. what pack would I have to specifically purchase to play this game as early as possible?

[stable plover]

@wary matrix The armor cosmetic skins shown in the pre-orders are for any race, slight adjustments might be made to account for height/tails/ears etc

[digital yacht]

@signal jolt 2-3 years they are a new company

[signal jolt]

So Alpha 2 will be released in 2-3 years?

[digital yacht]

no the final game will come later between 2-3 years

[stable plover]

@gaunt oracle The games sub is currently only by the month.

[surreal zodiac]

can you buy multiple months of sub at a time? and if yes is there a discount for buying in bulk?

[digital yacht]

that will possibly be an option

[wary matrix]

Cool thanks for the update. Also curious about another thing since I didn't hear Asmon or Summit ask in their interviews. Is there any plans/considerations for additional playable races (even if it's a decent while after retail launch)?

[digital yacht]

there hasnt been anything 100% confimred

[signal jolt]

Is there some sort project map for when these Alphas/betas etc are planned to release?

[stable plover]

@surreal zodiac The devs haven't talked about it, but it makes sense as an option since they currently sell multiple months and they might as well cut a deal that saves at least the amount of the credit card processing charge

[surreal zodiac]

thanks

[digital yacht]

no they had one but failed to meet their own goals so they are prefering to work on the game at their own pace without putting out dates that get people excited only to disappoint @signal jolt

^ Nope

[stable plover]

@signal jolt https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Release_schedule not going to be super helpful after A1 🙂

@wary matrix The devs have mentioned the possibility of racial skins earnable in game like 'vampires' as a post launch thing - once - a long time ago.

[signal jolt]

@stable plover Thanks, do you have any personal expectations for when the A2 will release?

[digital yacht]

After Alpha 1, which starts in Fall 2020 that has no expected end date :/

[toxic beacon]

They mentioned no fast travel system, to get an idea of how big zones are roughly how long would it take to walk across a zone on foot and by mount?

[digital yacht]

@toxic beacon there is limited fast travel available but it will take quite a while

[stable plover]

@toxic beacon The pre-alpha area takes about 40 min to walk across diagonally on foot (not scientific) -> it's about 1/30th the size of the total world

[toxic beacon]

@stable plover thanks for the insight

[undone sparrow]

Are you as a player be able to block other players from from coming into a building by standing in the doorway?

[digital yacht]

yes

ther eis player collision

[surreal zodiac]

o boy this won't end well

[signal jolt]

Thank you everyone @stable plover @digital yacht @crystal beacon

[grim breach]

There will be pushing mechanics. You will be able to push players away.

[stable plover]

You can push people out of the way using inertia

[signal jolt]

A1 is only available to who? specific picked people?

[undone sparrow]

Ok thank God. Lol

[digital yacht]

@signal jolt backers of the game from paying 500$+

[true ridge]

Looking forward to pushing afk people off cliffs

[digital yacht]

@signal jolt atm only ppl that have backed 2500+ are currently testing

[stable plover]

@signal jolt A1 keys used to be sold to general public, havn't been in about a year now, they reached their desired goal for A1 size, they might reopen the key sales depending on how testing goes.

[surreal zodiac]

Are there portable mailboxes you can get to check your mail wherever you are in the world?

[digital yacht]

^no

[slim drift]

Absolutely love everything ive seen so far about AoC, however one thing thats always pushed me away from MMOs is questing with friends. Or lack thereof rather. Is there any info on how questing in a party is going to work?

[digital yacht]

@slim drift https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Quests

[slim drift]

Thank you!

[wicked vortex]

@stable plover what you said about inertia is interesting, does that involve simply running into people in a crowded place? Or will there be clipping

[stable plover]

@wicked vortex I think currently some abilities can cause clipping, but in terms of just running into people it's just pushing without clipping.

[wicked vortex]

Okay, cheers for the info

[dry bronze]

If 100 people are standing on a vendor, will it be possible to target it using a typed out command?

[stable plover]

The NPCs have hitboxes as well, can't literally stand on them

[fringe breach]

I know steven said he will be open about stuff but is there things he wont disclose like end games bosses and stuff?

[stable plover]

I think there's an interact key, might want Shaze or someone to check me on that

[digital yacht]

@fringe breach there will always be stuff thats hidden to make the content new on launch

[fringe breach]

Cool

[stable plover]

@fringe breach Steven holds the lore super tight - Most of the quests in A1 will be placeholder I believe

[dry bronze]

If there are a 100 people standing around a vendor, how far away can you be to interact if players cant occupy the same spot?

[digital yacht]

no exact number atm

[stable plover]

@dry bronze https://youtu.be/fkwaYLOuw2s?t=2884 At this timestamp how far the character is from these guards is I think about the interact range - others can feel free to comment on that

[dry bronze]

ty

[wary matrix]

Ooo would that imply there might be lines for an armory?

[stable plover]

^ It's at least possible I suppose, probably some variance with server

[wary matrix]

Any info on if a beastmaster be able to obtain a pet through animal husbandry, rather than only mounts?

[digital yacht]

@wary matrix https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Pets

[past vortex]

Is there a plan to add visual indication about player's pvp performance? Like in DAoC, if I meet smeone named "Hersir John Doe", I know he's Hersir, very skilled pvp player. https://darkageofcamelot.com/content/realm-ranks

[digital yacht]

@past vortex Titles https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Achievements

[viral lintel]

can a mod pass something on for me? i made an observation, but im not sure where to send it

[digital yacht]

@viral lintel if its something related to website use Support, u could post on the forums

[wary matrix]

@digital yacht So are all summons pre determined through skill level? Or are some summoners (like Beastmaster) able to tame different ones?

[digital yacht]

summoners dont tame pets

the summon them

ppl can tame pets

hard to tell at this point we have not alot of info on pets

[wary matrix]

Ah ok looking forward to future info thanks!

[digital yacht]

u will se alot of inof about all the classes when alpha 1 starts

[viral lintel]

thanks shadow, i think it's being taken care of 🙂

[fringe breach]

Has there been any hints of GM's or devs being one the end game bosses, like Steven takes control of the kraken or something lol

[charred wharf]

So in the AOC Shop what are embers used for?

[digital yacht]

no lol

@charred wharf IN game cosmetic purchases

[charred wharf]

Ahhh i see, thank you

[fringe breach]

Praise Lord Steven

[stable plover]

@fringe breach Well the GMs CAN do that, (tech wise) and probably decently likely they will for some events -> See the monster coin system for players taking over monsters

[fringe breach]

Yup

[limpid gull]

Looking at the map, how are we going to be able to cross that vast sea? Just the boats we'll create eventually, or something else?

[indigo obsidian]

isnt the game too green to be thinking about events?

[sacred tangle]

Inb4 Steven laughs as a guild crumbles after 10 wipes on a boss he's controlling

@indigo obsidian Events are one of the core gameplay systems as one of 3 types of quest

[cloud nymph]

Is it Even possible to get into A1?

[sacred tangle]

Not rn

[cloud nymph]

:(

[digital yacht]

@limpid gull yes ships exist

@indigo obsidian what do u mean?

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Events

[main rose]

Will ships have collision with each other?

[digital yacht]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Ships no definite answer but most likely

[viral lintel]

watching the ashes101 video about bounty hunters, and the graph shows that "non-combatant attacks red -> no flag", is that correct? i think that in L2, attacking anyone always flagged you, even if it's a red.

[stable plover]

@main rose Ramming ships has been mentioned as a desired (not confirmed) feature, which I suppose would require collision

[digital yacht]

and i see that is true @viral lintel im unaware of why that exists

[viral lintel]

if this is correct, a red cannot defend against a non-combatant without getting even more corrupted

[digital yacht]

@viral lintel watch this for reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCjamiTtvTo&feature=youtu.be&t=0m17s

[viral lintel]

ok, this is consistent with the graph

[stable plover]

@viral lintel ~~hmm... I might be temporarily insane but your right that does look wrong to me, if greens fight back against reds they become combatants, so attacking a red first should make them combatants as well..... ~~

[digital yacht]

@stable plover in the video i linked even steven said that

[viral lintel]

so the only thing you can do as red right now is run away or die, you can't fight back, or your state worsens

does that sound right tho? i mean, self-defense impossible sounds pretty tough

[digital yacht]

we understand what ur sayiong and it makes total sense

[grim breach]

That's why the system needs testing. The whole point of it is to punish you for killing others. But, not sure if this is confirmed, Steven said in Asmon's interview that they may kill Bounty Hunters to reduce their corruption as well.

[charred wharf]

Are we able to play Apocalypse or are those servers closed?

[digital yacht]

no

closed

[charred wharf]

dan

dang*

[viral lintel]

well im all for controlling random pking, that's needed, or all the pvers will quit

i just found it odd that a red cant defend themselves because greens stay green even when attacking a red

[wary matrix]

lol imagine being the guy that's corrupt af and still being so bad ass you kill all the bounty hunters

[charred wharf]

Is there any news on another beta?

[woven vale]

No

We only know A1 date

[digital yacht]

Alpha 1 Alpha 2 Beta 1 Beta 2

[viral lintel]

how badass can you be with dampened combat stats?

[digital yacht]

no open betas are planned

[charred wharf]

those have already happened tho havent they?

[woven vale]

@viral lintel You wont have dampened combat stats when fighting a bounty hunter

[digital yacht]

no

none has happened

[woven vale]

@charred wharf Alpha 1 happens in fall

[charred wharf]

oh, is it an open alpha or do you have to pay to get access or something?

[digital yacht]

all is closed behind pay

pay to get access

[charred wharf]

i see

[stable plover]

@viral lintel k Charts apparently right, going with 'combat but not combatant' or something ;p The red players are apparently treated as monsters in terms of non-combatants attacking them

[viral lintel]

open alphas/betas are usually pr stunts. people never test, they mooch game time

[wary matrix]

Any word if there'll be some kind of in game list/ranking of the most successful bounty hunters? That would be so awesome

[viral lintel]

all right 🙂

[woven vale]

Ashes has actual real alphas and betas.

@wary matrix No news on that, possibly closer to release.

[viral lintel]

well, reds are monsters in some sense. i wonder how many kills you need to go red tho, in L2 even one kill turned you red

[digital yacht]

it is number based so u go red at a certain number

[woven vale]

^

You gain more corruption the higher the level disparity

[proper grove]

controller support?

o.O

[digital yacht]

discussed not confirmed

[proper grove]

📝

ty

hoping for ffxiv styled controller support

[limpid gull]

That would be nice, I do like how FFXIV implemented their controller X-Bar

[placid frost]

How many spells will we have at max lvl? Is it like I'm wow where u have 20 different spell or more like in ESO where u have like 5 spells?

[woven vale]

Skill total will be limited, but I don't think we have a number yet

Not to Eso's extent I think.

[stable plover]

@placid frost Action bar skills have been described as 'fewer than 30' -- definitely more than 5 -- and that won't be having all possible skills for your char on the bar

[somber basalt]

Regarding the discussion about corrupted not being able to defend themselves, I thought that in one of the recent interviews Steven mentioned in passing that a red player could defend themselves without gaining further corruption. Though I think it may have been in reference to defending against a bounty hunter

searching for the voice clip rn

[woven vale]

Corruption players will not have stat dampening vs a bounty hunter.

[somber basalt]

it was either in the summit1g or asmongold interview

[stable plover]

@somber basalt Yep that was talking about corrupt vs bounty hunter

[grim breach]

It's in the Asmon's interview.

[dusk pebble]

What's the price of joining apla and how to sign up for it?

[woven vale]

You can't buy alpha 1 but you buy alpha 2 on the store.

[placid frost]

I know we are not even in alpha but will they make the game more fluid? Like asmon points out, idk if they already talked about it

[woven vale]

@dusk pebble

[stable plover]

@dusk pebble https://accounts.ashesofcreation.com/shop 250$ minimum for alpha 2, Alpha 1 keys (what starts in fall) are currently not for sale (they filled their initial desired testing pool), but those keys might go on sale again depending on how testing goes

[dusk pebble]

Ok thanks

[cloud nymph]

I saw that the video said there will be 105 nodes or something, and you can "build" a base there correct? Are you able to move inland and take over one of the deeper nodes before leveling max? Or do you have to work your way in with lvls?

[stable plover]

@cloud nymph You can 'skip' past areas with lvl 0 nodes to some wilderness spot to start a node there (If you bring enough people), Nodes lock out the nodes beside them from reaching the same lvl , so you can't end up with say two tier 4 nodes adjacent to each other.

[cosmic shell]

What level does a node have to be for players to be able to place freeholds?

[stable plover]

3

[cosmic shell]

[cloud nymph]

Ah okey, thanks :)

So if i gather my friends we can start gathering xp to a node in the Mountains, Even if we spawn at the shore?

[lime island]

if i want to play on EU and on US, i have to have two seperate accounts?

[stable plover]

@cloud nymph correct, note you need more like a guild of friends than 8 friends

@lime island Yes, assuming you intend to keep switching

[cloud nymph]

I havent read much about the game yet, so sorry for the stupid questions :p

[stable plover]

@cloud nymph np - check out ashesofcreation.wiki if you want to just browse through general topics

[cloud nymph]

Thanks i will! Im Just hyped to learn more and eventually play this game

[past vortex]

is there a place for discord suggestions?

we have language-specific sections here, but we need regional sections as well.

It's very hard to look for AUTZ players in the ocean of NA and EU players.

[stable plover]

@past vortex ironically the forums wouldn't be the worst place to put suggestions, maybe just tag Toast while she's active in chat sometime

[lime island]

is the EU and US vesion game going to have different cosmetics in the item shop?

[limpid gull]

I'm curious about people speed running dungeons; will that be okay, or punished by design?

[stable plover]

@lime island It's supposed to be basically the same, but my.com had a tendency to get out of sync on monthlys and just isn't selling at all right now (from what I hear), perhaps the thing you'd care the most about with that question though is my.com doesn't have the ability to say move items that would normally be earnable in game into the cosmetic shop.

[limpid gull]

Then again, since most dungeons in the game aren't going to be instanced, I guess it won't be as bad as an grindy instanced dungeon....So nevermind lol

[naive lava]

The game seems to take a lot of the good ideas from Archeage, are gliders something thats been talked about or a possibility? That was a good alternative to not having flying

[lime island]

i really hope intrepid changes publishers, i dont know the legal aspects or if its even possible at this point, but my.com is a death sentence for EU players

[past vortex]

open world encounters can always be brute forced with good old KSP's "more boosters" approach

[surreal horizon]

@tight gale I was hoping to know when we'd get news about Divine Nodes, as I've been very interested in those.

[tight gale]

@surreal horizon - It's just waiting on Steven's final touches. (But that may take awhile as these are big design decisions and they want to make sure they are semi-final before we release that information.)

[digital yacht]

^meaning Divine nodes are the best so they take the most amount of time 🙂

@lime island my.com as stated many times has no control over the game they are just publishing it, if they do anything interpid doesnt like they will cut ties with tem right then and there and self publish or find someone else that can do what they are being payed todo

@naive lava gliding mounts are a thing

[grizzled latch]

The "flying mount" cosmetic skins will mainly be for the gliding mounts

Id imagine if you got a flying mount you probably wouldn't toss another skin on it

[analog fox]

Are those permanent mounts or is it gonna be something like a royal mount, if we know about that

[grizzled latch]

The gliding ones are permanent

[digital yacht]

royal mounts are the flying mounts and are NEVER permanent( ie Mayors will lsoe theirs if they are not mayor anymore, and guild leaders will lose theirs if they lose control of the castle)

[grizzled latch]

Only the flying ones are temp, 15-30 days after first use for rare drop versions

[naive lava]

I knew about the flyers, just hadn't seen anything about gliders. Thanks for the answers

[analog fox]

Are those mounts gonna have any kinds of abilities? in archeage, you could upgrade your glider and make it do different things

[digital yacht]

@naive lava yup gliders are just "walking mounts" that float lol,

[stable plover]

@naive lava I'd just assume the gliding mounts work as depicted in APOC - they move horizontally at a nice clip, but only go down and not up

[digital yacht]

@analog fox only royal mounts have abilities

[grizzled latch]

They will have strong abilities

[main ridge]

@lime island my.com as stated many times has no control over the game they are just publishing it, if they do anything interpid doesnt like they will cut ties with tem right then and there and self publish or find someone else that can do what they are being payed todo
@digital yacht the reason they ruined the games was because of their poor customer service and lack of communication

[digital yacht]

@main ridge yes, but like i said Ashes has full control over teh contract if they mess up, have faith in Intrepid y'all will be fine in EU

[analog fox]

alright, thanks for the answer!

[narrow geode]

oh alpha 1 is going on in fall? just out of curiosity, is beta 1 and 2 going to be considered a soft release of the game or is it a testing phase. a lotta betas are like, the soft launch

[digital yacht]

@narrow geode basically a touch up kind of test

[proper grove]

betas are locked behind keys too

[digital yacht]

to be 100% sure everything is functional

@narrow geode they will be short and sweet tests

[grizzled latch]

There will be a full wipe after beta before release

[narrow geode]

i gotcha, ty, i was worried people who bought into beta would have a head start but i guess i was worried for nothing \o/

[grizzled latch]

The lore might still be placeholder for beta aswell

[digital yacht]

@narrow geode there is Headstart that was purchasable its a 2 day headstart going on 3 servers, u can choose not to play on those servers

[cloud nymph]

Anyone know how you become the monarch? Leader of a region

[stable plover]

@narrow geode Also note B1/B2 are setup to have testing sessions, not 24/7 uptime

[digital yacht]

@cloud nymph each node has its own way of being mayor

[grizzled latch]

There will be headstart servers, you can choose to not start on one of thoes. The headstart does not allow claiming any land or anything though

[digital yacht]

@cloud nymph 4 node types 4 different ways to become mayor, 1 way for each node type

[proper grove]

headstart servers oof

[cloud nymph]

@digital yacht does the mayors "own" the castles in the 5 different regions? Thought it was something like a monarch above them

[narrow geode]

i see, also ty grey, so it's what a beta is supposed to be and not what it usually is P:

[cloud nymph]

Lol i might be very wrong

[digital yacht]

@cloud nymph castle are seperate from Nodes

they are their own node

[narrow geode]

i think castles are owned by guild leaders, right?

[digital yacht]

Kings/Queens (leader of guilds) own castles @cloud nymph

[cloud nymph]

Ahhhh

I understand now, thanks

[grizzled latch]

The castles are owned by NPCs at first

[primal hawk]

You can purchase headstarts wahhhh?!

[grizzled latch]

They will have to be taken over by players first, then gvg warfare can begin in earnest

[digital yacht]

@primal hawk they were part of teh KS packages

[narrow geode]

@stable plover sorry to @ you, but i wanted to ask if there will be spears/2h spears, and i wanted to know if weapons are locked to the class or if it's a lot more free form. ie if a rogue can use an axe or a warrior can use daggers, and ofc which class would use the 2h spear/spear :3

[digital yacht]

@primal hawk certain ones gonig from Braver of Worlds and up

@narrow geode no weapons are locked to classes