questions

[fair yew]

Val it is where 8 of the same class are in a party for a siege and use an epic ability

[surreal void]

Ohhhh so actually 8 of the same class, gotcha

[neon ravine]

my comment is 100% verifiable fact

[surreal void]

That actually sounds epic

[digital yacht]

@surreal void it was a system that was thought of where if 8 of the same class used the same ability let’s say for instance u have 8 tanks they use their shield wall, it would form into a bigger shield wall

[tough sierra]

like 8 bards putting a super buff on a mage to let them cast a spirit bomb

[topaz oriole]

It is up to 8 of the same class, afaik from what i remember from reading the wikia.

[unique path]

will this game allow basic macros, like mouseover macros? It just feels bad having to click on a panel of a friendly to cast a heal.

[topaz oriole]

And the party leader must be of the specific class.

[surreal void]

I could imagine rogue 8x being a huge smoke screen or something cool like that.

[fair yew]

Yes it could be less than 8

[digital yacht]

@unique path umm I’m gunna say no cuz macros are detected under some Anti cheat so doubt it

[fair yew]

They have said simple macros are no issue

[brave swift]

8x of the same class or primary archetype?

[digital yacht]

Primary

[fair yew]

Primary archetype

[neon ravine]

Question: Will religious guilds be tax exempt? 🤔

[brave swift]

So please use the correct terms...but thanks anyways

[slow sky]

If theres any macroing it will be an in game feature

[tough sierra]

@neon ravine kek

[unique path]

macros are literally just

/cast [@mouseover] spell name, I don't see how that's something that would be detected under anti-cheat

[slate fox]

just use macro hardware, like orbweaver or something like g910 ect

[unique path]

but if simple macros are OK, that's all I needed to know

[ruby swift]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/414097423716188162/734075119865036840/unknown.png

[unique path]

oof

[ruby swift]

That is your one stop for macroing and multiboxing

[unique path]

never gonna play a healer if I can't mouse over lmao. Ty for the responses.

[stable plover]

Well there's a quote saying simple macros might be allowed ;p

[unique path]

reeee. ty unknown.

[digital yacht]

Why would u need mouse over? Jsut means ur a bad healer 😂

[quasi latch]

is there going to be melee staff not magic?

or if there is a full list of current and planned weapons?

[slow sky]

Pretty sure you can bonk with staff

[digital yacht]

@quasi latch there is a full list of all confirmed weapons atm on the wiki

More most likely to come

[tough sierra]

why wouldnt macros be allowed?

just seems like a quality of life thing

[slow sky]

Because as steven mentioned in the screenshot complex macros becomes borderline botting

[fair yew]

Like Steven said in the quote there is a difference between simple macros and complex ones that basically allow the game to play itself

[stable plover]

@tough sierra Security thing to prevent cheating

[quasi latch]

need weapon like this
it is the double bladed staff

[slow sky]

Something I’m interested in but haven’t freshened up on in a while. Does AoC plan to have gamepad support?

[stable plover]

@slow sky It's been mentioned but not confirmed, If it exists it won't be until near launch, and the game won't be designed around supporting it

[slow sky]

Sounds about right.

[kind cloud]

is crafting gonna be similar to wow and other games?

[ruby swift]

I was able to use an Xbox controller for movement, jumping and basic attack during the two tests we can talk about. I was able to use a controller for just movement in alpha 0. So things are moving along.

[kind cloud]

as in pick something you have mats for and click and wait

[stable plover]

@kind cloud Basically everything we know https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Crafting

[frail solar]

Will the servers be split into different realms?

[stable plover]

@frail solar Not 100% on your definition of realm, but the servers will be their own environments without players from other servers just popping in for raid bosses or whatever, the possibility of cross server pvp tournaments has been mentioned.

[neon ravine]

Question: will we be able to sacrifice virgins to lions in the Military metropoli?

[surreal void]

I hope so

[frail solar]

So say i want to play on an EU world. How many options would i have?

[stable plover]

@neon ravine We don't have the military node blog yet ;p (aka we don't have most details for military nodes)

[heady iris]

Does anybody know if normal mobs will actually be worth killing? or are they just gonna be an obstacle?

[stable plover]

@frail solar At least 2, probably a lot more - each server holds about 8-10k concurrent players.

[frail solar]

Oh ok. Thanks!

[neon ravine]

Question: will all major buildings in metropoli be determined by the Mayor? Are there any fixtures determined by type that are always present?

[stable plover]

@heady iris There will be things like low drop % items that drop from normal mobs by grinding enough of them meant to be 'chase' items - like say a pet -> If a particular mob is worth killing is up to you.

[fair yew]

Some buildings will be determined by the mayor not all

[heady iris]

Ah i see thanks

[umbral tartan]

Q: can you actualy body block people from entering an important building so that they can't become residents? Like in this gameplay(timestamp) https://youtu.be/fkwaYLOuw2s?t=2143

[digital yacht]

@umbral tartan yes and no there is a pushback mechanic to prevent this

Using inertia

[surreal void]

Are nodes going to be pvp areas as well?

Outside of node sieges

[inland zinc]

Ik this is probably a stupid af question but is it gonna be PC only?

[fair yew]

Currently only planned for pc

[stable plover]

@surreal void Outside of node sieges you could pvp attack someone in a node, but the guards will try to save them.

[inland zinc]

@fair yew thanks for the info

[umbral tartan]

@umbral tartan yes and no there is a pushback mechanic to prevent this
@digital yacht well but still, won't it be a bit hard to navigate when a server starts, and 4000 players are trying to get quests(or anything?) for example in a village?

[gray zodiac]

Will European players be able to chose to play on an NA server if they want? Or will it be geo locked?

[stable plover]

@gray zodiac EU players can play on the NA servers

[surreal void]

@umbral tartan not everyone starts out at the same place, plus people will fan out as they get in I'm sure.

[ruby swift]

There is no IP locking

[late siren]

Any VR support?

[ruby swift]

Nope

Ashes does not support first person

[vivid agate]

xd

[ruby swift]

You will be able to zoom in pretty close, but there is not first person planned. Whole new sets of animations have to be done for that, and isn't part of the budget. Same for VR

[late siren]

unless they are doing weird things with the 3rd person animations I doubt any new ones would be needed

[ruby swift]

Just passing along information as it was given. VR was addressed at the same time first person was in various livestreams. The answer was no.

[late siren]

VR is much more a UI and control scheme problem tho.

[stable plover]

@late siren Here's a GDC video on how overwatch did it's first person animations for reference of what it takes https://youtu.be/7t0hLZd_8Z4

[late siren]

but oh well

[swift wedge]

Have they mentioned anything about having an API?

[stable plover]

@swift wedge A very limited API that helps with some things like twitch streaming, and there will be a companion app, but the game won't be dumping out tons of info to fan sites deliberately.

[swift wedge]

I see, thanks!

[topaz oriole]

So hopefully no stuff like searching up peoples gear on external websites?

[stable plover]

@topaz oriole Correct - Players also won't be have the option to be inspectable in game to get the exact details.

[umbral tartan]

sorry to repeat myself but
Q: won't Collison with other players cause some issues when trying to navigate when large quantities of players are present for example in a village?

[ruby swift]

Yes, but they have said they have a system that will combat that

[slow sky]

@stable plover they will be inspectable in game but its an opt in feature, you can keep your gear private if you choose to keep it that way.

[umbral tartan]

oh i see, thank you both 😄

[ruby swift]

You will be able to mouseover a basic template and see which of 3 armor types they are wearing.

If you have enabled that toggle.

[proper grove]

wow, people arent gonna be able to straight copy my fashion

[crystal beacon]

Will this game be translated in Spanish? Are you guys looking for translators ? If so i would like to volunteer.

[ruby swift]

RIght now there is no plan for localization for Spanish. They have said they are willing to look at localization in the future for any population that has enough paying accounts to justify the cost. So get to recruiting.

[stable plover]

@crystal beacon I think the wiki would like more translators if you want to send a DM to Lex for more info

[ruby swift]

@crystal beacon https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Regions#Localization

[crystal beacon]

Thanks, ill take a look at it when im off work.

@stable plover when you say lex do you mean alex ?

[stable plover]

Lex#1001

[crystal beacon]

Ok

[tough sierra]

I forget if this was answered before but what's stopping someone from keeping someone at low health but never actually killing them, making it so you dont gain kill corruption but they cant continue playing

[stable plover]

@tough sierra Accidents ;p -> You won't see the exact % of an enemies health

[sinful wave]

Even if there won't be localization for various languages, will there be dedicated servers for them? french or russian players for example are notorious for not speaking english in games so them having their own servers might be a good idea

[tough sierra]

If you attack a non-pvp player and they get finishes off by a npc or monster do you gain corruption?

[ornate gate]

@tough sierra as of now it is lasthit based

[tough sierra]

you know what that means lads

[ornate gate]

but you will not get exact hp of your enemies

[tough sierra]

you can see their hp bar yes?

[topaz oriole]

No.

[ornate gate]

not even %, the hp bar will "crumble" and this will be very inaccurate, so you could accidentally kill some1

[low lantern]

They should change it so corruption is gained on NPCs getting last bit

Hit

[woven vale]

The thing is, the person attacking you doesn't know your actual hp.

[low lantern]

They should still change it

[woven vale]

If you died from an npc it would be more of a coincidence that wasn't intended.

Also if someone attacks you, what prevents you from going on an npc to die on purpose.

[ornate gate]

this ^

[low lantern]

Then they would gain corruption either way

[woven vale]

They attacked you, they haven't killed you.

[low lantern]

But they attacked you to grief you and that is what the system is for

[halcyon vine]

XD

[woven vale]

Risk vs reward, it isn't always grief.

[tough sierra]

killing another person is griefing them

[low lantern]

Really

[woven vale]

Defending a grind spot isn't griefing.

Pking lowbies is if it has no reason attached.

[stable plover]

@sinful wave How server language is arranged is currently unknown

[low lantern]

But you don’t get it

[tough sierra]

'defending' a grind spot to you is camping a grind spot to someone else

[halcyon vine]

Doing 1 damage to someone who has potentially 1K+ HP also isn't griefing

[tough sierra]

aka griefing

[sinful wave]

Alright, thanks.

[woven vale]

@tough sierra That is part of the game.

[tough sierra]

i know, but others are saying it isnt

[low lantern]

If you attack someone even if it’s to defend a spot your intentions are to kill that person or get them killed

[earnest parcel]

is there a chance of a hardcore server where if your character dies they dont come back and drop all gear on death?

[woven vale]

IMO griefing is screwing someone for the sake of screwing someone.

@earnest parcel Corrupted players can drop gear if corrupted enough

No Hardcore server.

All servers will be the same.

[low lantern]

People shouldn’t be able to game the system they put in place though, and that’s what you want

[tough sierra]

to 'grief' is to cause problems

by definition

[woven vale]

So would you be 'griefing', if you were to cause me problems by attempting to steal my gatherable.

Also if you wish to continue this discussion please move to #aoc-discussion , so questions can continue to be answered.

[halcyon vine]

So with that definition someone who tries to enter our farming zone without invite is griefing?

[tough sierra]

unless im taking it from your inventory im not stealing it by being in the same area

[dry thunder]

i kill ppl who touch my gatherables - i went to jail for it before

[ruby swift]

This is more of a discussion than questions. Please take it to the regular channels. Corruption has been beat to death for 3 years.

[woven niche]

Can you still back this game from kickstarter?

[ruby swift]

Sorry, no

Ended May 2017

You can back from their site.

[woven niche]

ahh ok thanks!

[dry thunder]

will there be a height slider for the character creation (maybe with an race specific average height indicator)? i hate creating a character just to find out later in game my height looks off

[ruby swift]

Yes, there is a range of height slider based on race planned.

[digital yacht]

Oof

[dry thunder]

great, thanks

[dapper sleet]

Regarding subscription, are there any plans on making discount for the sub fee if you sub for more months at once?

[digital yacht]

Not confirmed but most likely

[slow sky]

Follow up question, say I don’t like my height or whatever after i see my character in game. Will there be a way to re-edit my character?

[digital yacht]

@slow sky unsure at this time I don’t think we have a 100% definite answer

[dapper sleet]

Sweet would love that and it's a good strategy as someone is more compelled to play if they already bought the months.

[ruby swift]

Has not be confirmed. But probably not. I disagree with Shadow due to some countries having consumer protection laws like Australia that make discounted subs a non-starter for Intrepid. But no final answer yet.

[digital yacht]

@ruby swift has no idea lol

Had*

[dry thunder]

Will there be character templates in creation you can save/share?

[tough sierra]

The real question though, is there a muscle/weight slider

[digital yacht]

Yes @dry thunder

[dry thunder]

awesome

[vapid loom]

there might be if you look at orc concept art

on wiki

[stable plover]

@slow sky There will be an in game 'barbershop' but it's unknown what will be changeable in it

[vapid loom]

has different muscle types

[tough sierra]

beast

is there a boob slider

[slow sky]

Yes

[digital yacht]

Yes

[vapid loom]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/File:renkai_concepts_02.jpg

[tough sierra]

beast

[vapid loom]

character creator concept art

so presumably you can @simple ether

[tough sierra]

finally, orcs that arent just green muscular humans

[dry thunder]

looks more like body types - not sliders but maybe i dont mind either way

[tough sierra]

I prefer sliders cause i like making my characters look fucked up

like ARK characters

[dry thunder]

ma immursion Kappa

[desert ivy]

You won't be able to completely fuck your characters appearance

They don't; want dumb wacky shit

[tough sierra]

shit game

[desert ivy]

for example

[ruby swift]

Yes, Ark was a specific example of dumb shit you won't be able to do given.

[tough sierra]

maybe not ARK levels but what about DS3 levels

[dry thunder]

Will names be locked per server/region or can multiple ppl have the same name?

[ruby swift]

Names are server specific. But there are optional surnames.

[slow sky]

Since name reservations are a thing I’m confident you cannot have the same name and itd be server specific

[dry thunder]

Do I have to have a surname? and are they tied together or is it more like a family name that every character i create has

[tough sierra]

Will there be any rules regarding names?

[woven vale]

@tough sierra More then 3 characters, and likely the standard MMORPG rules

@dry thunder Family name will acta as a last name, I heard someone said they were optional.

[tough sierra]

i dont think ive seen a standard ruleset

[woven vale]

By that I mean no offensive name, ect

[dry thunder]

will i be able to start my name with lower case?

[tough sierra]

like WoW doesnt let you have apostrophes and spaces but SWtor does

[woven vale]

@dry thunder Unknown, can't find anything on that in the Wiki

[surreal void]

How exactly will certificates transfers work? Ik you are supposed to caravan it between nodes, but what will stop you from just running it to a far away node yourself without the caravan?

[proper grove]

Are royal mounts just streamer participation trophies?

[woven vale]

@tough sierra

That is all we have as of now.

@proper grove If a streamer is leader of a metropolis, or castle node, I guess.

[surreal void]

Luo there are some ways to get royal mounts without popularity contests, so not always xD

[woven vale]

However, only 1 node type can vote in a streamer

[tough sierra]

does the name have to be 'character' based, like an actual name or can it be something like 'Icequeenkek'

[woven vale]

The castle will be competing with many hardcore pvpers.

[slow sky]

@woven vale 2 technically, fans can trade currency so the streamer can just buy mayor on economic nodes

[proper grove]

you lie to yourself if you dont think streamers wont get both scientific and economic nodes

[woven vale]

@tough sierra I assume you can name to your hearts content as one of steven's characters was 'TankyMcTankyFace'

[ruby swift]

Offensive names will be actioned. Look to naming rules here if you need examples.

[tough sierra]

If there's 1 scientific metropolis node does that restrict other scientific nodes from hitting metropolis status even if they are far enough away?

[vestal sable]

we need some portuguese channel on this discord

[tough sierra]

streamers like Asmongold will probably also be able to get militaristic nodes

[dry thunder]

Will there be guild emblems which ppl can see on a character? so you know "hey that person is of that guild" ?

[ruby swift]

No there will be two of the same node type metros on a fully developed server. 5 max, only 4 node types

[stable plover]

@tough sierra No, in fact there can be synergy between multiple scientific nodes, like a zeppelin trip between them forming.

[dark jungle]

@dry thunder yes

[proper grove]

streamers like Asmongold will probably also be able to get militaristic nodes
@tough sierra everyone would bumrush asmon even if they were his fans

[woven vale]

^

[ruby swift]

@dry thunder There are guild cloaks, barding, and emblems all planned.

[tough sierra]

@proper grove they might also work to defend him

[dark jungle]

you can have emblems on your cape, shield etc

[dry thunder]

cool thanks

[woven vale]

At most some fans will ignore him.

[tough sierra]

god i hope this game doesnt go the world of warcraft route with their cloaks

shitty cropped looking buggers

I want a cape that ~flows~

[digital yacht]

They do

[tough sierra]

beast

[last badger]

are weapons class specific or can a bard hold an axe?

[tough sierra]

from the bits of ingame footage ive seen, will people be able to show off their weapons on their hips/back? from what ive seen when putting away a staff it just disappears into your back

[stable plover]

@last badger There's no class locking on weapons, but you might get better results with certain things, like tanks don't have to use shields, but will have some skills they can't use without one.

@tough sierra They intend to have it be selectable which of your weapons displays on your character model.

[dry thunder]

Can you mix and match 1hander weapons to dual wield? like sword and axe - and can you dual wield 2hander with certain talents/abilities/classes?

[stable plover]

@tough sierra Check out https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Cosmetics#Gear_attachments for details

[tough sierra]

how many weapons will we be able to equip at a time? will it just be a staff or two swords or can you load your dude out

[stable plover]

@dry thunder probably no dual wielding 2hers, I don't think they've mentioned if 1hers can be 'mixed'.

[dry thunder]

ok

[tough sierra]

bastard luck on that

[stable plover]

@tough sierra It seems like the intention is 2 one handed weapons OR a 2her AND a ranged weapon selection

[tough sierra]

excellent

We've talked before Greypelt so you know what i mean for multiple weapons

and what im referring to

[feral urchin]

will action based skills be modified by the evasion stat? In other words, can you evade an action type attack? Like that a swing of a sword can miss even tho you were clearly in the area of the attack? (see bdo for example)

[dark jungle]

generally the evasion stat is for tab based attacks, but it may have a small influence of active dodging as well as far as we know

[tough sierra]

in addition to that question, will action type attack be stronger than tab target type attacks, due to having to aim them

[rocky scroll]

Are the preorder packages going to remain the same by the time the alpha 1 comes out?

[dark jungle]

in general yes

they change every month

[tough sierra]

so going 75% action will be the meta, if you can hit your shots

[dark jungle]

if you like action and are skilled at it yes

[feral urchin]

talking about meta atm it's kinda meh, since the combat isnt even there yet no?

[rocky scroll]

Is it just the cosmetics that change?

[dark jungle]

yes

[slow sky]

Yes

[tough sierra]

i play zenyatta and mccree, time to double down ranger archaetype

[crystal beacon]

Hello everyone! The rumored release date changed many times for the past 2 years, what is the aprox release date now?

[tough sierra]

75% action

and smoke the competition

[dark jungle]

there is no official date for release

[slow sky]

2-3years

Is the estimate

[dark jungle]

only speculated dates

[crystal beacon]

It is so worth the wait tho

[dark jungle]

the devs have not given an official date for anything apart from alpha-1

[crystal beacon]

I love all the streams, news and what they shown so far

[rocky scroll]

Yeah after listening to the devs talk about it I’m pretty optimistic

[crystal beacon]

if it's gonna be the nr. 1 mmo for next 10-20 years, let them polish it

[tough sierra]

a game released early is forever bad, but a game delayed is eventually good

[slow sky]

Try to keep discussion to their appropriate channels please.

[tough sierra]

lol

@stable plover will there be pvp vendors, or some type of pvp currency in which to trade for gear/weapons?

[versed hollow]

They're not planning to have seperate gear for PVP

[dark jungle]

^

[tough sierra]

thats not what im asking

[slow sky]

Not separate pvp gear but that doesn’t exclude the option to obtain gear from said pvp vendor

[dark jungle]

crafters can put stats on gear they craft, so there will likely be crafters that make gear thats better suited to pvp

[versed hollow]

i mean the asnwer is no either way

[stable plover]

@tough sierra https://ashesofcreation.wiki/PvP#Gear_enhancement_rewards

[ruby swift]

There will be different kinds of currency beyond gold. The pvp seasons may use one.

[tough sierra]

what Risen said

I meant can gear be obtained strictly through doing pvp, as it can through PvE

[stable plover]

You can earn materials through doing PvP in various ways, that could ultimately be turned into gear.

[tough sierra]

or will you need to be a PvEer to be a PvPer

[dark jungle]

gear is generally crafted by artisans @tough sierra

it does drop from bosses etc but that is not as common

[tough sierra]

then gear material, same difference mate

[dark jungle]

there are no pvp gear vendors

[tough sierra]

but can you get gear material from PvP

[dark jungle]

yes, killing other players will allow you to collect their mats

also killing corrupted players will give you a chance to get their gear as drops

[tough sierra]

what about as rewards from doing battlegrounds and arenas, not just open world stuff

[dark jungle]

you get gear enhancement stones as pvp rewards

these are temporary enhancements

you have to keep working to maintain them each season

[tough sierra]

So doing PvE will be necessary to be geared for PvP

[dark jungle]

not really, you could be a pvper, get enough money from say bounty hunting then purchase the gear you need from crafters

[lunar hollow]

Would we be able to join more than one guild?

[stable plover]

Someone has to do the PvE for gear, but you can get the gear stuff from PvE only players as a PvPer

[dark jungle]

no @lunar hollow

[lunar hollow]

Aw.

[tough sierra]

so pvp players get gear from the pve players to be good at pvp, and the pvp players protect the pve players if they need transport

[dark jungle]

you can be in a NPC organization (theives guild etc) as well as a regular player guild though

[tough sierra]

now that sounds like some juicy interconnectedness

[lunar hollow]

Do scribes can create maps?

[tough sierra]

like treasure maps?

or maps that remove fog of war

[lunar hollow]

Or more like, drawing maps.

I was reading the wiki and found this: They want to be able to collect information about the events of the world as they see it from their point of view. For instance: Nodes leveling up, they want to be able to take that information down and be the one to distribute it.

[stable plover]

@lunar hollow check out https://ashesofcreation.wiki/World_map#Treasure_hunting for a variety of information on the different types of maps, we don't have much info on 'Scribes' in particular

[lunar hollow]

Since scribes can create scrolls and books and they show a map

[gritty kite]

is there anyway to get into the alpha test from now on?

[austere vault]

So we know that there won't be any addons for the game right, but is it possible to make changes to the layout of the UI?

[slow sky]

Ui will be customizable and alpha 2 is still available

[stable plover]

Scribes probably do mapping, but some of the map related stuff might be done by players in general -> no really specific info on that

[austere vault]

Wait..

Alpha 2 is available?

[slow sky]

To buy into yes

[austere vault]

but let's say I got a 150$ kickstarter...

[brisk seal]

when will alpha 2 launch?

[slow sky]

After alpha 1

[austere vault]

oh alright

[gritty kite]

will items from the alpha be there for release or nah

[stable plover]

@gritty kite Intrepid sells A2 keys in the shop https://accounts.ashesofcreation.com/shop A1 keys are not currently sold, but might be sold again in the future depending on how testing goes - KS packs are upgradeable through the store by paying the difference, if you have a properly linked KS (for now, KS upgrades will eventually end)

[slow sky]

Alpha gets wiped so nothing will carry to release

[stable plover]

@brisk seal We don't have an official date for anything after A1

[slow sky]

Alpha 2 will become the PTS after launch

[gritty kite]

kk thanks

[tough sierra]

according to the ashes101 website Tank is the tanking archaetype and cleric is the healing archaetype, if thats the case wouldnt guardian and high priest be considered the best in slot choices for raid teams?

[stray dome]

Hey guys, how is the interaction from low level players to high level players?
Like if I do a dungeon as a highlevel player (in the same zone as low level player) can they help me out /
can they progress along me?

[slow sky]

Unknown, the playerbase will find the BiS stuff

[tough sierra]

well if, mechanically the tank is best at tanking and cleric is best at healing

it sounds like guardian will be main and everything else will be in a sort of

odd-tank role

off*

[keen grotto]

Alpha 1 isn’t up rn right?

[slow sky]

No

[tough sierra]

later this year

[keen grotto]

Has there been an alpha 1 period already?

[slow sky]

No

[keen grotto]

Oh, wiki said it dropped in may-June

[lunar hollow]

@tough sierra Not true, seeing as there are mechanics involved some might be better than others depending on the content.

Like, I'd expect Apostle to survive better than High Priest.

[digital yacht]

@keen grotto they are in the process in rolling invites out t oall backers in anticipation of A1 starting soon

[tough sierra]

well, going off every other mmo the tanks content is to tank

[edgy socket]

If I were to purchase one of the packs available that give access to alpha 2, and a sale comes up for alpha 1 keys, would I be expecting to pay another 3-digit fee? Or would the cost be lower if I have already bought a preorder pack?

[tough sierra]

im more asking about design philosophy

[digital yacht]

@edgy socket u would pay the difference

[stable plover]

@tough sierra Theoretically, the different tank/x classes will have slightly different tanking styles that contribute to one being the best at evasion tanking, one being the best at magic damage tanking, one being the best at tanking burst dmg,. one being the best at tanking sustained damage -> exact examples there are speculation

[stray dome]

Tank + Something = Really Tanky
Something + Tank = a bit more Tanky.

[stable plover]

@edgy socket If A1 keys went back on sale, I would expect the most expensive they would be is paying the difference between the voyager+ pack and the old Intrepid pack, in terms of an addon price for voyager+ <- Speculation

[edgy socket]

Interesting. How much did the old intrepid pack sell for?

[digital yacht]

500

[quaint lion]

In the secret world it was a lot of fun pushing how much you could put into damage/healing while tanking, so when you had the best gear you could take care of both tank and healing roles in dungeons/raids. Depends on how far the game allows you to push those things though.

[tough sierra]

400-500 if i remember

[edgy socket]

oof

Thanks a bunch for the information all.

[stray dome]

Yo mates, is there more art of Metropolis than the Arabic and the dwarf?

D:

[tough sierra]

arabic lol

[stray dome]

Isn't it Arabic?

[digital yacht]

no

[stray dome]

I mean I bet the Human One looks european

[tough sierra]

LOL

[dry thunder]

what culture a represented by dwarfs

[topaz oriole]

You dont have dwarves in your country? smh.

[tough sierra]

aye, im interested to learn about the real world culture that looks like dwarven or orcish architecture

[verbal trellis]

I mean I bet the Human One looks european
@stray dome is that a bad thing ?

[tough sierra]

he was just trying to make a point Bazz

[main ridge]

Yo mates, is there more art of Metropolis than the Arabic and the dwarf?
@stray dome there's concept art of the dwarf

[digital yacht]

@dry thunder

[dry thunder]

ty

[brave swift]

How can I get the daystrider mule?

[stray dome]

I Love the european still!

[verbal trellis]

Empyreans & Nordic looks nice 🙂

[neat panther]

In the secret world it was a lot of fun pushing how much you could put into damage/healing while tanking, so when you had the best gear you could take care of both tank and healing roles in dungeons/raids. Depends on how far the game allows you to push those things though.
@quaint lion Ye, I miss the old TSW 😦

[tough sierra]

I'll be much interested to see how player collision plays out in raids or large-scale world content

[neat panther]

Now it's tencent food 😛

[stable plover]

@brave swift The Daystrider mule was a Summer Sale exclusive (Summer of 2017), KS and SS people could still upgrade their accounts to have it through the shop, but it's otherwise unavailable.

[brave swift]

That's so sad

[tough sierra]

wait are you telling me the mount in all the promotional material wont actually be available ingame

[dry thunder]

it's a skin, for you to have any use of it you need to attain said mount first

[verbal trellis]

when is the release date of this game? and is there already a beta or alpha that is playable ?

[tough sierra]

but the skin is no longer available

[digital yacht]

@verbal trellis alpha 1 soon

no given definite dates

[lunar hollow]

Are there going to be Heavy Crossbows? I know there are crossbows, but I'd love to have some Heavy Crossbows.

[stable plover]

@verbal trellis Alpha 1 should be in 'Fall' near the end of the year, We don't have any official dates for things after A1 though.

[tough sierra]

if theres no autoattacks what would the difference be between heavy and light crossbows

besides cosmetic

[verbal trellis]

slower attack more impact

[lunar hollow]

Longer recharge time, heavy impact, piercing armor, etc.

[neat panther]

slower attack more impact
@verbal trellis More devastating if you miss 😛

[tough sierra]

i assume everything works on a GCD mechanic for instant attacks

[verbal trellis]

true its the thrill of the hunt 🙂

[lunar hollow]

Also, longer range accuracy, faster travel time. Heavy Crossbows are sniper rifles in short.

[stable plover]

@lunar hollow Heavy Crossbows are at least not their own category of weapon separate from normal crossbows, there might be larger crossbows with slower attacks and more damage per shot, but they would probably share animations with other crossbows.

[tough sierra]

that sounds like more os an ability-by-ability thing

[lunar hollow]

Think of the difference between one-handed sword vs two-handed sword.

[ruby swift]

@dry thunder You need the matching tier of mount to skin a mount, not the actual mount.

[stable plover]

@lunar hollow APOC did have sniper scopes available on crossbows for what that matters -> won't necessarily be in the MMO

[lunar hollow]

Then I should be talking about it too, thank you.

[ruby swift]

Turtle is T1 and horse is T1, throw a turtle skin on a horse.

[dry thunder]

it's a torse!

[ruby swift]

For crossbreeding. They call them Hurtles

[tough sierra]

need a mount where it's just a unicycle that adds a comically large backpack on your characters back for transit material purposes

[neat panther]

Turtses 😛

[lunar hollow]

Turse, Horstle

[ruby swift]

Nah, was actually talked about in an early livestream. Hurtles.

[neat panther]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Hurtles? 😛

[ruby swift]

Heroes on a Half-Hoof

[verbal trellis]

they already got Otters, so better than then its not going to be

[dry thunder]

totters, half turtles half otters

[forest pike]

Do we know what Steven thinks about having different types of severs for example hardcore pvp, normal pvp, and non pvp servers?

[brave swift]

I don't think there are going to be different types of servers

[stable plover]

@forest pike They only want to have one server type to deliberately blend the playerbase together -> PvE and PvP rely on each other in AoC, and they want to spread the RP love around

[ruby swift]

All servers are PVX, no RP designations.

[forest pike]

Yeah but if there gonna be different servers anyway that split the population naturally what's the difference

[halcyon vine]

Not having PvP takes away half of the games content, no?

[forest pike]

Then lets say a server without corruption

[desert ivy]

No

[halcyon vine]

XD

[forest pike]

Haha

[ruby swift]

We like to really refer to ourselves as a PvX game, because in those systems of PvP, PvE, crafting they're all intertwined: They're interdependent on each other... Our system of development really requires some interdependence there between those things. You're going to need a crafter to give you the best items. You're going to need PvPers to secure cities and castles. You're gonna need PvErs to take down those world bosses for those materials to craft.[74] – Steven Sharif

[solid sparrow]

yeah the servers will naturally split, just like they do in every game, because of that they dont need to incorporate a different system for each server, as doing so obstructs the main vision they have for the game, and would disrupt production to try to find compensation for the missing content of pvp, or pve, etc. the game is designed to be pvx and all the systems rely on eachother, removing one pillar, of a 3 pillar system causes the others to fall

[stray dome]

Are Backpacks still a thing and are they taking a extra slot/ backslot?

[stable plover]

@stray dome backpacks are still a thing, they're one of the options for what to display on your back (backpack, cloak, 2h wep, quiver/bow)

[forest pike]

Yeah ok scap the non pvp servers but what about hardcore pvp where you're not getting corrupt so basically everyone are flagged

[dry thunder]

can i display all of the above?

[halcyon vine]

@forest pike that would be a very dead server... Griefing would be off the charts XD

[solid sparrow]

^

[lunar hollow]

^

[solid sparrow]

heave you ever played on arsha servers in bdo? would be like that, but everyones Gearscore is 550

[brave swift]

@forest pike Did you even understand the system?

[stable plover]

@dry thunder Pick 1 of those -> https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Back#Gear_slots some info on selectable appearances in other areas

[forest pike]

@brave swift yeah I'm a KS backer since day 1

[broken lodge]

did they confirm death clerics will have lifetaps?

[forest pike]

Just throwing some ideas

[scenic silo]

henlo

[solid sparrow]

Would actually be worse than Arsha on BDO, because leveling takes much longer in AoC

[broken lodge]

youre not a real goose!

[stray dome]

What is the plan for the case that a few thousand players play in the same node, aspecialy in the start, could a node level to fast??

[stable plover]

@broken lodge No :), most specific spells aren't 'confirmed' even if they already exist in testing, but 'life tap' hasn't been mentioned at all

[broken lodge]

it would go from expedition to metropolis in 36 hours

thanks grey pelt

Greypelt*

[scenic silo]

how do i know for sure that once i get the Voyager Pre-order Pack that i will get access to all the perks could someone explain

[forest pike]

@scenic silo you can't it's a scam kappa

[solid sparrow]

@scenic silo Welcome to capitalism? system built on trust and lawyers lol.

well and exploitation but yknow

[topaz oriole]

Hey, did the modbot derp or something? It pinged me saying i triggered a chat filter, but ive been watching the xbox stream for the last 30 min.

[digital yacht]

@forest pike there is no discussion of server types they are all the same

[forest pike]

@digital yacht I wonder how Steven would answer that question

[austere vault]

One of the biggest features within a MMO is the combat. It must feel responsive, effective, mobile and fluid. I think that a lot of MMOs are struggling with this, and I also think that no other MMO can compare to WoW of how fluid it feels both in sense of game performance, given that it is low end graphics providing more FPS and also due to how responsive it is. Is this something that Ashes has a high ambition in achieving, knowing that the combat is going to be a hybrid tab target, action combat system?

[stray dome]

Yeah, exploiting the system could be a problem.
For example a stream could get in game and thosands of players follow himm ...

[brisk hawk]

The thing I'm most worried about is players logging off as a kind of exploit

[digital yacht]

what do u mean>

[halcyon vine]

Combat logging?

[brisk hawk]

yeah escaping death for example by killing the game

[digital yacht]

u cant lol

[brisk hawk]

or cutting internet or whatever

[forest pike]

You'd stay online I imagine

[digital yacht]

if ur mid combat i belive ur char still chills there until it is "safe" to log out

[frigid plover]

Would sharing fan concept art be a bad idea?

[ruby swift]

@forest pike They answered that here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l12DLKqJ5w&feature=youtu.be&t=24m52s

[digital yacht]

@frigid plover no

[frigid plover]

Okay, thanks

[forest pike]

@ruby swift wtf how did you dig that so quick

[halcyon vine]

Probably has a doc with all the FAQ links XD

[digital yacht]

wiki has everything time stamped too

[ruby swift]

Yes, they said that there will be no combat logging. Your character persists for a time after you log.

[forest pike]

Not you jahlon relax

[ruby swift]

Yeah, basically there are a few of us that know where stuff is and when needed can pull it up.

[forest pike]

Impressive

[brisk hawk]

oh sorry for asking again then but got'cha that's good

[ruby swift]

And I am about to tag out. 2am here

[forest pike]

He deserves a promotion

[ionic breach]

Anyone know if the visuals will change for the pre order on August 5th? I want to pre order but I’m thinking of waiting for something besides the swamp theme

[ruby swift]

I have all the ranking I need.

[forest pike]

Haha

[ruby swift]

@ionic breach The current cosmetics will most likely be around till first week of September.

[forest pike]

But do you have a royal flying mount?

[slow sky]

Cosmetics in the pre order packs change monthly

[ruby swift]

If they go back to their regular monthly schedule

[kind summit]

Yo, does anyone know, and im not sure if this have been asked before, sorry if so, but as a crafter say, can you gather ores and melt them while making armor or weapons on same character? i would like to now, since when this game comes out i will primary play it solo 🙂

[slow sky]

You can do everything a little bit but you can only truly master 1 thing

The system is set up to be inner dependent with other specialist masters of the things you need

[forest pike]

You can be good at everything but best at one

[kind summit]

yeah ... i sort of get that, but can i at least cheat the system by having 1 alt being weaponsmith and sending those mats to him / her ?

or is it even possible to have alts on same servers ?

[forest pike]

I don't think that's cheating

[kind summit]

of course not

just mearly trying to weasel my way out of relying other players with the crafting system

😄

[forest pike]

I'd imagine it would be easier for you to buy the mats you need of the local marketplace

[pastel briar]

I will be disappointed if the material pipeline is so short that one real person has time to do it all in any efficient way :/

[kind summit]

well yeah i guess, im just wondering if you could at all as a solo player make it to the end game without relying to others say with crafting

[forest pike]

I believe it's possible but will take a lot longer

[pastel briar]

I would assume one could always create more characters and accounts, if later becomes a limitation.

[kind summit]

Well cheers guys, i think i understand bit more about it then, cant wait for this game 🙂

[sharp turtle]

Any chance someone could hit me up with the email address of whoever deals with sponsorships?

[fallow bridge]

Wondering if someone can clear something up for me, I read that killing monsters will drop monster certificates which can later be traded for gold, do you just sell them to an NPC back in town?

[slow sky]

^^

[viral ice]

.

[fallow bridge]

Oh, thats a cool concept. This "hunter" is a NPC?

Neat!

And is ther other ways to generate currency?

[cinder yoke]

At what level do you get access to pick your secondary class?

[broken lodge]

believe it or not, the further away you take them from where the mob is, the more $$ you get

[halcyon vine]

25 I think it was

[cinder yoke]

Is it relatively easy to get to 25? since it roughly comes out to a full 11 days to hit 50

[digital yacht]

@broken lodge not always true

[halcyon vine]

Halfway to level cap is what was mentioned on the vods

[cinder yoke]

I just want to make sure the class I pick I want to keep.

[digital yacht]

@cinder yoke we wont know fro sure bc level 1-25 might be 20k xp but 25-50 could be 200k exp

[broken lodge]

thats wut steven sed

he also sed u can get moar 4 them in economic nodes

[digital yacht]

@broken lodge if u killed a wolf and had its pelt and went 6 nodes over where there is an abundance of wolves it would be cheaper

[cinder yoke]

I figured that it would be exponential. Just want to invest my time into something I would like to play.

[digital yacht]

further does not always mean the best price

[halcyon vine]

Can we have multiple characters per account? If so is there a limit?

[digital yacht]

@cinder yoke we dont know yet

[broken lodge]

u'll be able to stay comfy

just ask jahlon

[halcyon vine]

Nice okay so for alpha 2 and betas I can try and test different combo's XD

[digital yacht]

yes

thats what tests are for 🙂

[broken lodge]

for testing

[long crater]

Is it confirmed there will be more Alpha 1 slots sold on shop? Like me being able to upgrade my 250$ alpha 2 pqckage

[digital yacht]

not confirmed

just a chance it could happen

@crystal beacon not all we dont have an exact number

[broken lodge]

10 and the game is a failure

15 and it sux

20 bare minimum for it possibly not sucking

[woven vale]

@broken lodge I personally disagre depending on the game design

[broken lodge]

joka, that's incorrect

[digital yacht]

The number of skills on the action bar will be contained (fewer than 30).[3]

[woven vale]

@broken lodge Anyhow it is subjective.

[broken lodge]

it all depends how low IQ-friendly they want the game

[woven vale]

What @digital yacht Said, couldn't find it on the wiki

[broken lodge]

they could go full ... like ESO

[digital yacht]

mouse buttons

[woven vale]

shift1, ect

[digital yacht]

look at ppl that play wow

[woven vale]

or alt1, depends on preference

[halcyon vine]

shift and ctrl combos

or alt ^

[woven vale]

@broken lodge I would like eso if it was 7 per, and it had double the skills, promotes choice but doesnt make it feel as boring, maybe 8-9 per

[digital yacht]

doubt it

[woven vale]

@crystal beacon No, I don't think so.

[long crater]

I have about 60 keybinds for classic wow @crystal beacon

[broken lodge]

8-9 per ability bar, with 3 ability bars

but ig2g

[digital yacht]

but u could rebind a mouse key to something else and combine that with another keyboard key

[vestal condor]

macro to switch skill on 1 buttons

[woven vale]

3 I think would screw the core design

[digital yacht]

get a mouse that has 3 profile options like me 🙂

[woven vale]

@digital yacht Corsair Dark Core Pro Gang

[digital yacht]

yupyup

mines the SE tho

[woven vale]

Having to talk to customer support because mouse button broke gang... 😦

Defective gang.

[vestal condor]

👍

[woven vale]

Love the mouse, hate how it was defective and waiting for a reply from the rep.

[digital yacht]

@crystal beacon say my profile 1 on mouse the hotkeys doing F1-F12 keys the next profile could be rebound to numpad keys etc

[rancid sigil]

Just bought the $375 pack, just have a few questions that I'm struggling to find specific answers for. A) when can i reserve a name and how B) when do i gain access to install it C) are all previous cosmetics unobtainable (saw the dark legion set looked really cool). Thanks in advance ^_^

[digital yacht]

A) Reservers start Alpha 1 B) not until Alpha 2 starts C)yes

[pastel briar]

One can make interesting and challenging game designs even with a small number of slots in action bar / keybinds. Less skills usually means you can be less adaptive within a fight and need to prepare and select correct tools for the fight. In addition, one could find synergies between skills of different party members (though, I haven't noticed any mentions of stuff like that, e.g., if I proc bleed, does it help my friend)

[rancid sigil]

thanks shadow

[digital yacht]

A continues not sure how name reservation works with Alpha 2 packages

[woven vale]

@rancid sigil You can't obtain previous cosmetics

It would likely break the law if they were to offer them again.

[digital yacht]

375 aint a very good g card l;ol

[pastel briar]

Would be better than my average cards ...

[rancid sigil]

my gpu was like 400 on the dot i think, not the best, but not bad either

[neon stump]

Has there been anymore revealed about the classes “adventure abilities”? (I don’t remember what they were called)

[full badger]

Has there been anymore revealed about the classes “adventure abilities”? (I don’t remember what they were called)
@neon stump Nope, nothing yet

[neon stump]

Ahh ok

[rancid sigil]

Also i saw something about a battle royale.... is that like a seperate game theyre doing? confused me a bit

[azure bay]

Can my friend me a cobbler who makes shoes?

[digital yacht]

@full badger what we know about that is slim like the stuff already mention (Clerics needed to clear a "poison fog" to enter a dungeon kind of stuff

[rancid sigil]

I wish we could get like a early access to the character creation like BDO did, id spend countless hours in there

[digital yacht]

@crystal beacon Alpha 2 we will see the best interation of class/race/2ndary archtypes

@rancid sigil there is a high chance we will be abl to make char before launmch

[woven vale]

@crystal beacon I hope for a swtor style class showing, or an in engine cinematic if each class

[rancid sigil]

what phase are we in right now btw?

[digital yacht]

Pre Alpha 1

[full badger]

Also i saw something about a battle royale.... is that like a seperate game theyre doing? confused me a bit
@rancid sigil Apocalypse (the BR) was a testing ground used to test the combat and the back-end systems. Once it had served its purpose it was taken offline.

[zenith acorn]

When is alpha 2 planned for ? 🧐

[digital yacht]

Alpha 1 starts soon

@zenith acorn after alhpa 1

[woven vale]

@zenith acorn Unknown depends on A1

[digital yacht]

alpha*

[zenith acorn]

thanks @woven vale

[austere vault]

One of the biggest features within a MMO is the combat. It must feel responsive, effective, mobile and fluid. I think that a lot of MMOs are struggling with this, and I also think that no other MMO can compare to WoW of how fluid it feels both in sense of game performance, given that it is low end graphics providing more FPS and also due to how responsive it is. Is this something that Ashes has a high ambition in achieving, knowing that the combat is going to be a hybrid tab target, action combat system?
Any answer for this, or is it to difficult to tell yet? 😛

[digital yacht]

@crystal beacon when A1 official starts

[unreal zealot]

alpha 1 i believe you can start watching streamers unless steven changes his mind

[woven vale]

@crystal beacon Fall

[digital yacht]

@austere vault hard to answer cuz there isnt alot to go on testing needs to be done

we have a long way to go

[full badger]

Any answer for this, or is it to difficult to tell yet? 😛
@austere vault Every mmorpg aims to achieve this. Whether they will or not remains to be seen. We are a long way off seeing the full performance of the combat in Ashes.

[austere vault]

Same. I mean, for me the best possible outcome would be that the combat feels satisfying to do. Often MMOs lack this, but I have played MMOs which dont necessarily have great combat, but the rest of the content is great which leads me to staying.

[proud cave]

Yes... to me playing and mmporg withouth a good combat is equal to death. And if it's possible (not saying that it's bad) a combat system more refreshing or new than the wow's would be great

[full badger]

btw guys, friendly reminder that this channel is for questions and answers. Having extra discussion on top of that clogs up the channel and makes it harder to answer the actual questions. Please use the #aoc-discussion and #general-discussion channels for discussions

[digital yacht]

@austere vault Stevens take on what he wants the combat to be
We want combat to be engaging, fun... Right now we've begun the sprint toward Alpha-1 first phase deployment, so we're really looking into the action side of combat right now; and we're building systems for that. And the reason why we are doing that is because tab-targeting has been a staple of MMORPGs for a very long time, even though there's a large interest now in action for MMORPGs and there has been some successful titles with action-oriented, like TERA and BDO. We want to be able to really delve into that development so that we can better understand how to merge tab and action together in the same game, because they are vastly different play-styles.[4] – Steven Sharif

[austere vault]

Ok another question which may be easier to answer regarding the combat is from what I read on the wiki. Apparently head shots are a thing which will work out equivalent to a crit. Does this mean that if someone favours a more tab targeting style of combat (having 75% tab target) will have automatic tracer to certain abilities and spells while those who choose action side of the combat, will have a crosshair and aim?

[digital yacht]

@austere vault headshots will not apply to Tab target

@austere vault The idea behind headshot in the MMORPG is that, if we do implement headshots - part of this testing is to determine if we will - but if we were to implement headshots it will be along the lines of a higher critical chance. So basically hitting a skillshot on the head will increase significantly the opportunity for that damage to be critical. Will they one-shot? Absolutely not.[73] – Steven Sharif

Headshots in action combat are equivalent to a critical hit in tab targeted combat.[74]

Players relying on tab skills will have a fixed critical hit chance every time they use an ability or weapon.[74]

[rancid sigil]

Oh, also wondering how their help ticketing system will work for support. I basically came here because destiny 2 bugged for me and they have no support services to fix issues so it's pretty important to me, as non-techsavy as I am.

[digital yacht]

right now the support team is very small

[austere vault]

Ok so basically tab targeting abilities, will automatically trace onto a target then, allowing them a certain percent chance of a critical chance depending on RNG, stats, etc?

[digital yacht]

they are hiring more and more

@austere vault yes

[austere vault]

So for action combat then, they will not be getting a trace onto the target then?

[digital yacht]

no

action combat is u have to aim urself

and stuff can miss

[austere vault]

Alright, great. That's what I was wondering. Now my CSGO skills come to play 😄

[pallid horizon]

when is the next live stream?

[digital yacht]

@rancid sigil but the support team we have no does amazing work

[flint ibex]

eh your skills will have travel time etc so don't expect too much to translate over for it

[rancid sigil]

thats very relieving to hear thanks

[full badger]

when is the next live stream?
@pallid horizon The livestreams usually happen on the last Friday of the month

[digital yacht]

@pallid horizon heres one soon https://twitter.com/AshesofCreation/status/1286353873368682496

but this is a Q/A type

[pallid horizon]

thank

[stable plover]

@rancid sigil You can see the current CS form on the website here https://ashesofcreation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Intrepid intends to have active in game GMs

[dark jungle]

bullet drop

[rancid sigil]

Ah perfect an actual ticketing system instead of a dead forum. This game just gives me great vibes that it's gonna be the one MMO that actually makes it. Thanks for all the help with the questions guys ^_^

[woven vale]

@crystal beacon I hope to compensate due to being shorter they wont move as fast

If you get the height advantage because of race, you also get the inherent height disadvantage of that race (I hope something like this happens)

[hushed kelp]

Okay say I made a building on a freehold and want to customize a sign will I be able to import one from a out of game creater?

Or is it a certain list of presets?

[full badger]

You can use custom images but we don't know what you'll be able to put those images on just yet

[digital yacht]

@hushed kelp this has been talked about the answer is still be determind bc ppl can put racist or bad stuff in the game, it will be heavily moderated if its allowed

[crystal beacon]

yow is the beta test be on global release right?

[digital yacht]

beta tests will prob be all regions

[hushed kelp]

Ahh I do get that

[digital yacht]

@crystal beacon cap is 50 a fresh level 50 can still compete with a geared level 50 but at a disadvantage ofc

[full badger]

@crystal beacon We don't know. That's something we'll have to find out in testing

[digital yacht]

but yes its hard to tell

this will be a skill heavy game

[hushed kelp]

Depends on the play style of both combatants and what augments they'll use

[digital yacht]

cant answer that

50 is cap for now

[stable plover]

@crystal beacon They've mentioned expansions could increase the level cap (way down the road), but we have no idea what the increase would be to.

[hushed kelp]

Since two people with the same class can have totally different playstyles due to skill investments and augments

[flint ibex]

will there be some sort of pvp zones for open world pvp where everybody will be flagged?

[digital yacht]

yes

[flint ibex]

so that you won't get corrupted for jumping people etc

[digital yacht]

@flint ibex Node Sieges Castle Sieges Caravans

yea every1 is flagged a combatant during these fights

they arent necessarily a specific zone, the area where this event happens creates a non falgging zone

like a caravan is a walking PvP zone

[flint ibex]

so just event based? oke

[full badger]

When you approach a caravan you'll receive a pop-up message from the system asking if you want to attack, defend or ignore it. If you choose to attack or defend you will be flagged as a combatant @flint ibex

You do not gain corruption for killing a combatant as a combatant

You only gain corruption if you kill a non-combatant

[surreal zodiac]

can you get ganked when you're playing parlor games?

[flint ibex]

the only weird thing imo is that a non-combatant won't get flagged for attacking someone who is corrupted but hopefully that will get changed before release

[torpid tangle]

you can get ganked anywhere

[digital yacht]

parlor games will usuall be inside a node if they do attack u the NPC guards and even other players will likely kill them @surreal zodiac

[olive heath]

Will ashes support add-ons or plugins to alter our UI like Wow does?

[digital yacht]

@olive heath no

[torpid tangle]

killing people will be profitable within the first few hours tbh

[digital yacht]

UI will be extensively customizable

[torpid tangle]

because you can easily just use the material to craft gear then bank it and repeat while everyone is still weak

[digital yacht]

they aint gunna just give them to u lol

[olive heath]

UI will be extensively customizable
@digital yacht
That's rough. It will never be as good as the community could make :(

[torpid tangle]

kill them

[digital yacht]

@olive heath u never know

[raw veldt]

If someone flags on me and I heal myself do I become a combatant?

[full badger]

If someone flags on me and I heal myself do I become a combatant?
@raw veldt If you are a non-combatant and you heal yourself, you won't become a combatant. However, if you heal or buff a combatant you too will become a combatant

[raw veldt]

Alright cool

[hard karma]

Q: Looking at the large list of different classes that could be mixed, which one would be more of a lancer/spearman type? (BDO maehwa-ish = high mobility, high damage, glasscanon)

[full badger]

@hard karma Every class can use every type of armour and every type of weapon

[stable plover]

@hard karma We don't know fine details on particular class combinations in general

[topaz oriole]

I think fighter is stated as a mobile melee class, so id start there.

[hard karma]

Alrighty - thanks for the answers anyways

[topaz oriole]

As in, charging targets.

[rugged swan]

Any systems in place to stop griefing of caravans? say a starting zone player (levels 1-10) is trying to transport some early material, and a level 30+ tries to stop the route

[digital yacht]

@rugged swan the corruption system

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Corruption

[stable plover]

@digital yacht The corruption system won't help protect a caravan

[ripe crescent]

Not during a cavaran event though

[rugged swan]

levels 20s with greys who dont care about loosing gear could still grief tho

[lusty wolf]

will everyone be able to participate in the beta?

[ebon star]

Caravans are not protected

[digital yacht]

o rip my bad

[brisk hawk]

how will servers be managed? Usually one of the more annoying or troubling things is many people playing it that friends or some people cannot play with one another, because they're on different servers.

[digital yacht]

it wouldnt be considered griefing than :/

@brisk hawk pick the same server

[stable plover]

@brisk hawk They don't intend to have server transfers, at least in the early lifecycle of the game.

[hard karma]

oh well - it will be exciting to see

[slate fox]

how will mob "tagging " work? first hit? most damage? everyone loots?

[stable plover]

@slate fox TBD through testing

[digital yacht]

@slate fox needs to be tested no definite answer

[slate fox]

ok

[stable plover]

@slate fox Most damage or first tag seem to be the main direction options

[flint ibex]

will we be able to select a server before it goes live or will it be first come first serve?

[stable plover]

@flint ibex Servers will be selectable beforehand at least for the name reservation people (which are to a particular server)

[slate fox]

I just hope they keep in mind draw up times for casters, unless every class has instant attacks

[ocean forum]

Can someone tell me what an AMA stream is? 🙈

[ebon star]

Weapon attacks are always instant

[dark jungle]

ask me anything @ocean forum

[slate fox]

ask me anything

[digital yacht]

Q&A

[ebon star]

Tag with your wand then cast

[ocean forum]

oh sry 🙈 ty!

[stable plover]

@flint ibex They want to get the ability to save character creation customization beforehand and load it up at launch <- sort of goes with that question

[proud parcel]

I really hope they bring an option to get into A1 again

[abstract swift]

Ask me anything Spoiler Alert:

Soontm

[raven grotto]

im sure the answer is: "closer to release" but has there been any announcement when character and guild name reservations will be taken?

[digital yacht]

Name reservatioons is in Alpha 1

Guild name reserve TBD

[raven grotto]

ooh nice

[digital yacht]

probably around the same time

[raven grotto]

tyty

[ruby swift]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Name_reservations#:~:text=Name reservations were rewards for,when the reservation time comes.

[slate fox]

@ebon star doesn't always work, plus a clothy caster taking the full brunt of a mob, isn't optimal when rangers are unloading off the bat

and clerics uss staffs

[digital yacht]

clerics can use anything

even a wand

in some cases a wand could be more beneficial

[slate fox]

oh ok

[digital yacht]

but thats where testing comes into play

[slate fox]

didn't know that

[glad reef]

like gw2

[digital yacht]

any class can use any weapon @slate fox but some classes will have a preferred 1 or 2 weapons (like Rangers will need a bow or u lose out on some skills)

[slate fox]

interesting

and the 80% open dungeons is that a hard 80% or is it still being considered?

[digital yacht]

TBD

[ebon star]

Weapons arent class locked

[digital yacht]

the majority of dungeons will be open

[crystal beacon]

12 hours stream on July 25th ?

[slate fox]

😦

[digital yacht]

1hr

[crystal beacon]

Aw

[digital yacht]

@slate fox the 80% refers to everything in game There will be an 80/20 split between open world vs instanced encounters.[2][5][6]

[slate fox]

i am aware

i just don't like the concept of open tbh

[digital yacht]

o i see it says 80/20 for just dungeons too

[slate fox]

leads to too many problems

[digital yacht]

im sure that number is tbd

[slate fox]

BDO for example

[ebon star]

The open dungeons are massive too you might not see other groups in the same dungeon. As for how player agency works on running into eachother in dungeons that will bring player to player reputation on the server. So good and bad

[slate fox]

whats to prevent somone from sitting on a boss and just keep tagging over and over again

[digital yacht]

the other group coming to kill them?

[ebon star]

Mechanics on loot drop that havent been announced yet

Well I should say arent finalized

[glad reef]

shared loot like gw2?

[slate fox]

if tyhere are limits great

i tend to bet on the basic toxicity oif people being extremely high

[digital yacht]

then kill them

[glad reef]

where can i send my suggestion to the game?

[stable plover]

@glad reef https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Group_dynamics#Looting_rules

[ebon star]

@glad reef the AMA reddit that was just announced in #news

[full badger]

Yeah, the forums are the place to go....and guaranteed your suggestion will already have been suggested hundreds of times before

[rustic wraith]

Hi, I have been following ashes of Creation for a while and have a question I don't remember being answered in detail. Do we have any knowledge of how significantly an adventurer level will be? Will each level (and corosponding gear and skill upgrades) slightly or dramatically increase combat power level? Personally I really dislike it when each level puts players in a tier of their own and hope one level 50 player won't be stronger than more than a few level 25s.

[stable plover]

People do have unique suggestions 😛 Checking doesn't hurt though.

[smoky quail]

when is alpha 2 happening?

[stable plover]

@rustic wraith They had a dev discussion related to that topic a little while back -> it's not settled (in terms of exact scaling, higher level players will be stronger)

[ebon star]

Damage output is going to be based on multiple factors and not balanced for 1v1 combat. Differences in level, gear, and skills are all going to matter

[keen light]

Alpha 2 happens sometime after Alpha 1

ask about it then

[glad reef]

ok since i played mostly gw2 in my mmorpg experience i want developers to take a look on some of the features of that game that are pretty unique, since i have listened to the founder interview but he never mentioned anything about gw2 features.

[ebon star]

The asmondgold interview had a little more recent explanation on the level,gear,skill combat power discussion

[surreal zodiac]

currency is going to be copper, silver, gold etc.?

[ebon star]

Right now just gold standard more to come though

[full badger]

currency is going to be copper, silver, gold etc.?
@surreal zodiac So far just gold, and separate currencies for in-game NPC organisations

[surreal zodiac]

thanks

[rustic wraith]

I know it will all matter and that's great, but are we talking 10% increase in power per level linearly or exponential scallling where 10 levels difference means 100x dmg as it is in games like Terra?

[ebon star]

I think Steven stated gear will have largest factor in strength

[full badger]

@rustic wraith Short answer, we don't know

[ebon star]

Bit best to go listen to the interview

[snow storm]

Any limit on carrying currency?

[ebon star]

Currency has no weight

[rustic wraith]

I assume levels will take exponentially more exp to achieve regardless and gear will have level requirements?

[slate fox]

they said leveling will be slow

like months to get max or something

[ebon star]

No level requirements has been announced as of now but the better gear is locked behind node progression

In last test with PI there was not a level requirement to change gear

[wheat junco]

i love the slow leveling thing

[ebon star]

Subject to change though

[slate fox]

@wheat junco i agree

[smoky quail]

hasnt alpha 1 already happened? where can i even check that progress

[rustic wraith]

I have heard slow leveling before but will the hours from lvl 1 to 10 be the same as lvl 40 to 50?

[digital yacht]

@rustic wraith we dnt know its all to e tested

[stable plover]

@rustic wraith Also don't take the current 1-10 speed as final, Intrepid has adjusted it a couple of times throughout testing already

[slate fox]

i am sure this had been answered, but will there be unified or by city AH or marketboards?

[digital yacht]

no global AHs

[slate fox]

ok

[ebon star]

Only economic nodes will have vassal city wide auction houses every other node is local marketboards

[digital yacht]

and 2 Metro Econ nodes can link AHs together

[slate fox]

how about mod/addon support or will they be banned?

[stable plover]

@slate fox Here's some reading related to that https://ashesofcreation.com/news/2019-05-32-know-your-nodes-economic-node-type

[digital yacht]

no addons or mods @slate fox

[wheat junco]

a question about the market. In wow classic for example, only high level zona materials have a real value, almost everything you harvest from 1-50 is worthless, making the gathering/crafting pointless during the leveling. Any information about this?

[slate fox]

perfect

[wheat junco]

that's fantastic ❤️

[unreal zealot]

will the nodes be changed up for the release as im asuming by beta 2 if they stay the same alot of playing will just rush to one zone knowing where they want to go?

[ebon star]

That oak stick will find it's way into the process in some manner to make even the best gear do to durability of items mechanics making a constant supply and demand system

Plus not every region of the map has the same gathering materials requiring trade between regions

[molten arch]

Hello everybody 🙂 I recently found out this game and simply got mind blown. Is there a way to become a tester atm?

[strange socket]

no

you can sign up for alpha 2 sometime next year

for $275

[ebon star]

^

[sick plaza]

Next year? Isn’t alpha In fall???

Aloha 2

[strange socket]

alpha 1

is in fall

which is closed to invitations

[ebon star]

That 275 is also including in game currency for cosmetics and I believe 6 months initial subscription

Plus the monthly cosmetics on sale that are limited to one month sales only

There is talk of opening a1 sales later based on testing success to add more stress testing

[crystal beacon]

will rogues be playable in alpha1

[ebon star]

Each test phase from here out is slowly adding more systems as the blocks are added toward final release

Unknown right now we have tanks, clerics, and mages plus the elf, human, and dwarf races

[slow sky]

All 8 primary classes will be playable in A1

[ebon star]

Do you have that sited somewhere @slow sky

[slow sky]

Not easily accessible from work

[molten arch]

Hmm, thats a shame, would love to offer free time to provide some valuable and constructive feedback^^

[digital yacht]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Alpha-1

@ebon star

[molten arch]

yeah they have 10,000 people ready to offer free time
@simple ether A little bit different tho, as someone who played at the top 0.01% in WoW, perhaps there could be a lil bit more feedback 😄

Will wait, no worries

[ebon star]

Thanks shadow I'll watch it again just dont know if changes happened since may test

[warm solstice]

how to check number of people on discord?

[desert ivy]

You'll have ample time to provide feedback during A2 and beta if you wish to get into those

[echo bramble]

hey @simple ether in your stream you talked about the castle sieges : you have to take a castle from npcs in the beginning. Will Npc also siege the castles to take them back or will only guilds siege castles?

okay thanks 👍

[stable plover]

@warm solstice There's an online member count over on the right on the desktop version

[tulip hatch]

@warm solstice If you want total members

[warm solstice]

Oh thanks man, still dont know how did you check it

[desert ivy]

Probably can't unless you're a mod

[tulip hatch]

if you get an invite it usually tells you but aside from that im not sure

[keen path]

Wait there used to be a $500 pack with Alpha 1 acces on the site right?

[tulip hatch]

yes

[warm solstice]

Thanks a lot guys!

[keen path]

Oh okay, I was so confused, didnt see my pack anymore but pretty sure I got that one.

[tulip hatch]

After hitting the desired A1 tester numbers they removed A1 access and renamed the intrepid pack with a discount

[keen path]

Yeah okay, bought it just in time I see now

[minor mango]

Does anyone know the maximum guild size?

[ionic breach]

@ebon star do you know if there is a new line of cosmetics for next month or is it the swamp one again I’m for sure going to pre order but figured I should wait to see if it was a different cosmetic that I would prefer

[flint ibex]

300 will be the max

[stray dome]

@minor mango 50- 300

[minor mango]

Oof, cheers

[tulip hatch]

@ionic breach cosmetics rotate monthly unless we're told otherwise

[flint ibex]

but smaller guilds will get benefits in terms of stats and more

[stray dome]

@minor mango Every upgrade will take down guild members.
More Power = Less Guild memeber.

[flint ibex]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Guilds

for some more info

[ionic breach]

@tulip hatch awesome so August 5th there may be a different pre order cosmetic package

[minor mango]

That's a great idea tbh, thanks everyone and for the link!

[tulip hatch]

Correct unless something comes up they dont usually extend the cosmetic cycle

[ionic breach]

Awesome thank you so much I’ll prolly wait til then

[empty fjord]

do we need to let someone know if the A1 test invite ended up in spam?

[slow sky]

If it’s in spam you should still be able to access it like any other email right?

[stable plover]

@empty fjord Just remove it from your spam (by sending it to your main inbox), mark Intrepid as a trusted sender (or your providers equivalent) and go on

[digital yacht]

yes

[slow sky]

I have Intrepid VIP and sometimes their stuff still gets thrown into spam

[digital yacht]

same

[bitter adder]

Any update on when the AoC EU store will come back online? I'd love to preorder but don't wanna pay a ridiculous amount of tax..

[stable plover]

Now if you were expecting an email, never got one (after waiting 24 hours from when you think other people might have started getting them), are sure it wasn't in your spam, that could be time to contact CS

@bitter adder We don't have an update on the EU store.

[fervent hamlet]

Are inactive players going to be able to maintain in node housing?

[bitter adder]

rip

[fervent hamlet]

Is there going to be a way to set aside funds to auto pay taxes?

[slate fox]

if they log in pay and log off again which is common in alot of other games?

[fervent hamlet]

And houses lost go to the governing body, or are they put up for auction

[empty fjord]

it's easy to forget once you stop playing, happens all the time in archeage

[stable plover]

@slate fox If they really did just log on and off to pay, eventually they'd loose the house to a node siege and take quite a bit more work than just on and off to fix it

[long crater]

Will there be pvp inside nodes outside of sieges

[surreal merlin]

Will These skins in the Shop ever be able to Buy again?

[slate fox]

yeah so really yes dorments can keep a node h ouse unless it flips

[stable plover]

@long crater Yes, but the guards will try to stop the attacker

[digital yacht]

@surreal merlin no the skins are one time things

@stable plover wrong tag again 🙂

[slow meadow]

@long crater see greypelts answer. they tagged the wrong person

[surreal merlin]

Ah thank you :)

[rigid gate]

How often will raids and large boss encounter reset or are they all dependant on many variables?

[surreal merlin]

And do you guys now how long will this Set in Shop be able to buy? :)

[digital yacht]

monthly

[surreal merlin]

Uhh every Month unique skins :O

[digital yacht]

yes

[slate fox]

policy on account selling/sharing?

[digital yacht]

so better go adopt so u have farmers

[proper grove]

policy on buying friends irl and then playing with them in the game, is that rmt

[winter flame]

This may have been answered before so apologies.

What happens if two guilds team up to take a castle from one guild. Who gets to become the new owner of the Castle out of the two guilds that teamed up to beat the single guild. Will there be some sort of contracts that guild leaders will be able to make that will give allied guilds rules to follow and/or penalties for breaking the contract?

[slow meadow]

@rigid gate We don't have details like that at this point. But we do know that as the world changes (rise and fall of nodes) that what content is available will change.

[slate fox]

so bannable but not enforcable got it

well........its gonna happen regardless, lets be perfectly honest here

[slow meadow]

@winter flame https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Castle_sieges#Declaring_a_castle_siege it should be the guild leader of the guild that cast the scroll

[proper grove]

prolly track IPs an account uses to flag for suspicious activity

[slate fox]

i wouldn't advise it......but nor condone it, never have but its gonna happen

[ornate ivy]

Is the structure of a node generated randomly, so no 2 nodes of the same type look the same? I was going through the wiki on that, but haven't found an answer.

[rapid sand]

Hey you guys think Steven will play his own game like with other people

[desert ivy]

I mean he'll log on as a GM, but I doubt he'll make his own character and do raids and shit

[digital yacht]

he will lo

hes making this game for himself tbf

[slow sky]

I mean you can’t really stop account sharing. If anything they could have like account armor that emails you if it logs in on a new system/ip and you could just confirm it. Account selling is a bit easier to track down honestly

[digital yacht]

its his dream MMO

[ornate ivy]

@rapid sand im sure he is going to be occupied with something

[slate fox]

@slow sky I agree

[fading latch]

He said he wont have time

[stable plover]

@ornate ivy The Nodes in different locations will have some amount of customization to them, in the way they settle into the local terrain / in the way it's central building looks / etc. - before player choices in were things go / skins

[rapid sand]

Idk kinda hope he plays itd be cool but just like a cook doesn't eat their own creations I suppose

[slate fox]

is there an account limit?

server transfers?

[digital yacht]

no

[stable plover]

@slate fox No server transfers, at least for the early life of the game

[slate fox]

character slot limitations?

[ornate ivy]

@stable plover Interesting, thanks 🙂

[digital yacht]

comfortable amount @slate fox

[rapid sand]

I need 32 alts

[digital yacht]

u aint getting that

[slate fox]

@digital yacht whats that even mean?

like 8?>

[rapid sand]

😩

[digital yacht]

@slate fox mopre than 3

most likely 8

[fading latch]

Meaning we dont have a confirmed number yet

[digital yacht]

cuz 8 classes

[stable plover]

@slate fox "A comfortable amount" is the direct quote from the devs - anything past that is speculating on the meaning of their response

[slate fox]

ahh ok

can you make characters on multiple servers with 1 account?

[odd dock]

I’m thinking of takin the plunge on the $250 preorder pack? Does anyone know if it’s limited quantities? Does the studio give a heads up as to when they will take the packs down?

[tulip hatch]

The current packages arent limited but may be altered down the line for instance Alpha 2 access may be removed in the future.

[digital yacht]

@odd dock there will be a headsup if they do decide to take it down

[tulip hatch]

cosmetics cycle monthly

[stable plover]

@slate fox You can play on multiple servers, can only have a freehold on one server though

[slate fox]

understood

[frigid cipher]

I'm wondering about node progression and leveling. Steven said that every server will be more or less different, but my concern is when new players will spawn they will level up the node closest to their spawn portal. Then when it's leveled, higher lvl players would come back and level it even more (it would snowball). So all cities would be near spawning portals.

[slow meadow]

thats why you can siege them

[frigid cipher]

Maybe experience you collect right where you spawn won't be enough to level the node, but even then players would probably go further away from the spawn to level in same zones that players on other servers do.

[odd dock]

Ty chaps. I’m excited about the game. Honestly didn’t know much about it all before the Asmon / Summit interviews. I’m glad there’s something promising coming in the MMO genre again.

[slow meadow]

it will take a lot of effort to level a node many weeks in the case of metropolis level

[digital yacht]

@frigid cipher peopl will care about location so picking a node near the portal might not be an ideal location they want to level

[odd dock]

Could you guys tell me good YouTube channels to follow to stay up to date with the game? Really new to the AoC scene.

[ornate ivy]

vassel nodes can eventually not progress further if there is a Metropolis near, if I'm not wrong on that @frigid cipher

[stable plover]

@frigid cipher Directly around the spawn portals has a little starting out tutorial area outside of the node system, and that will suggest multiple directions to continue forward out into the normal world in.

[digital yacht]

@odd dock #community-links

[frigid cipher]

Okay

[forest pike]

port nodes is where it's at

[frigid cipher]

Thank you

[slate fox]

will GMs be in world or omnipresent?

[digital yacht]

theuy will have active in game GMs

[stable plover]

@odd dock #community-media is also a good place to look for regular Ashes content

[slate fox]

awesome that helps with GSA

[slow meadow]

@slate fox there is a lot of backend data monitor and analysis that is being put in from the ground up to help detect gold selling and botting as well

[slate fox]

thank go

d

how about people doing "always online" to avoid queues?

[brisk scarab]

what's the cheapest package right now to be able to play tomorrow?

[desert ivy]

None

Invent a time machine and go forward to release and you can play for $15 a month

But right now you cannot buy any packs to play tomorrow

[slow meadow]

there is not a package that would let you do that. alpha 1 has not evern started at this point and that is the earliest access from a package. alpha 2 is currently the earliest still available for purchase @brisk scarab

[brisk scarab]

ok cool thanks

[digital yacht]

@slate fox no word on an AFK kick timer

[slate fox]

ok

[stable plover]

@slate fox No word on if there will be afk kicks, but anything that say pressed your keyboard on a timer wouldn't be allowed

[digital yacht]

my cat likes to press Space in an orderly 3 minute increment

[faint fjord]

My dog plays auction house once in a while

[charred creek]

Ashes Team, I been supporting this game since Kickstarter. I love the Idea of the Node system and like the sound of Long progressions paths my question is has the game been developed with a extremely long game life planned like wow or an older style MMO where we could expect AoC 2 in 5 years after AoC launch. The Reason I am curious is the node system its self seems awkward to add new "Higher Tier" content too.

With Each server developing differently and a major focus in your investment to your node Adding a new Land Mass with bigger shit( WoW Xpack) seem out of the question(Thank God).
If PvE content is going to be locked behind the Node system how can you fairly introduce a new higher end Content without introducing 10's of Raids/Dungeons at once to handle all the possible server node configurations.

Or do you see the World Evolving and Tier 7 node being possible, maybe via a status of the tier 6 with the highest growth/xp and regional New high end content being unlocked until one of the other tier 6 nodes eclipses it in growth/xp or someone sieges it.

[digital yacht]

thios is better for the Forums imo

[unreal zealot]

that seems like a question for a dev stevens doing an ama in #news

[slow meadow]

correct the information needed for this would be perfect for the upcoming Q&A to understand how the game can grow.

[torpid tangle]

Anyone know if they plan to have character skins for example: A molten arm or like in the skin embedded tattoos

[slow meadow]

There were two racial skins that were available on the KS but I don't think those are planned cosmetics at this time.

[digital yacht]

thewy have these 4 skins atm

[slate fox]

will there be a reporting function easily accessible for botters and other things that are against the "rules"? or is it reliant on GM moderation?

[torpid tangle]

oooo I seeee

[digital yacht]

@slate fox ingame reporting will be a thing if i recall

[slate fox]

ok

[torpid tangle]

Do you know if they're full body or can you toggle specific body parts for the skins?

[digital yacht]

unsure

[slow meadow]

full replacement