once discovered so the fog of war is gone, will you need to go discover the area again, if a node advances?
#questions
empty fjord
slow meadow
@empty fjord https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Library there is a building tied to something related to that, so rediscovery seems likely.
empty fjord
that is cool
slate fox
will there be ship to ship naval combat?
digital yacht
yes
stable plover
@charred creek We don't have real answers to this, but have some wild speculation on how expansions could work
- New areas don't add new nodes, but just open up new dungeons/nodes in all of the existing nodes, with new tunnels and layers in the underrealm
- An entirely new continent appears, the exact same size of the old one, but full of new resources and stronger monsters, the old nodes still run, but there are new nodes to fight over as well
- An area rises off to the side of the existing area, 20% of it's size with it's own castle and enough room for a new metropolis to fit in
slate fox
will there be things like treasure hunting and exploration?
slate fox
thank you
slow meadow
@slate fox I would suggest hitting up the wiki https://ashesofcreation.wiki/ not only can you check for those systems but get some details as well.
forest pike
Would it be like Sea of Thieves?
digital yacht
TBD we have not seen Naval at all, lots of testing needs to be done
mellow lava
Will there ever be a playable undead race?
tropic abyss
Urgh... can already see an angel skin paladin GM....
slate fox
will we be able to use spaces in names of character and such things as mount or atleast "_"
mellow lava
So PKing is punishable in this game?
ebon star
@charred creek can try getting your answer in the AMA or monthly livestream but honestly unlikely to get an answer for stuff that far out
slow meadow
@slate fox you will have a first name and option surname
celest delta
Will it be multi platform and if so will be cross platform?
mellow lava
Risk haven't stopped me before
digital yacht
@celest delta PC only
slow meadow
@mellow lava lots of info for that one here https://ashesofcreation.wiki/PvP#Player_corruption
slate fox
excellant and for ship names or mounts ect?
mellow lava
@slow meadow Thanks
celest delta
Windows only no Linux yet?
digital yacht
yes
stable plover
@mellow lava PKing won't like get the gamemasters to stop you, but there is corruption that has consequences like dropping actual gear pieces, increased xp debt on death, and reduced stats in PvP again non-combatants
celest delta
What bit processor
hidden hedge
Hey how about southeast Asia palayable and RMT
ebon star
Ugh greypelt or shadow you guys know that naming ships or mounts answer
digital yacht
im sure u can
hidden hedge
and how laptop ryzen 5 and vega 8
slow meadow
@slate fox I am unaware of the ability to name a ship or mount. Might be a good AMA question for Steven.
stable plover
@hidden hedge There's going to be an OCE server, no specific plans announced for Asia yet
mellow lava
@stable plover ok ty
celest delta
Is it x64 or x86 bit?
digital yacht
slow meadow
thanks shadow I couldnt find it
hidden hedge
@stable plover hmm ok and how about RMT
slate fox
thanks yeah i saw that just don't know about adding a _ or space
digital yacht
unsure
green nexus
I have created my account this week, do I need to do something special to get the statue? Thanks!
slate fox
Naming ships
Ships and Buildings will be able to be named. The custom name will appear as floating text when it is targeted.[17]
from the wiki
hidden hedge
@digital yacht ryzen 5 vega 8 mobile series
digital yacht
i ahve no idea behind specific specs
stable plover
@hidden hedge Intrepid doesn't want to budge on RMT even in Asian regions were it's more 'normal'
@green nexus Just having made the account should get you the statue.
green nexus
@stable plover thanks
slow meadow
@stable plover or maybe @simple ether that building naming strikes me as incorrect. during the alpha preview stream didnt the building auto generate names?
hidden hedge
@stable plover better rmt 😫
marsh panther
Will multi boxing be a thing
stable plover
@slow meadow If the building is specifically nameable, it's possible random names being applied is a placeholder feature <- speculation
lean marlin
it's allowed yes.@marsh panther
digital yacht
@marsh panther as long as u are doing it without a program
slow meadow
@simple ether @stable plover okay must have just been placeholder in the video then. thanks for the clarification.
charred creek
@ebon star Yeah I figured, Everything looks good about this game just curious about its long term plan
stable plover
https://ashesofcreation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048506033-What-are-the-minimum-requirements-for-Alpha- -> minimum/suggested A1 specs, it could change with development
ebon star
They do have ideas about later DLC but like they said DLC is free just keep buying a subscription to play the added DLCs @charred creek
digital yacht
lol grey again..
marsh panther
We know what guild size are?
long phoenix
im really interested in the buffs that guilds can get for being small versus being large. is there any information on that?
crystal beacon
Is there a chance the alpha1 pre-order pack becomes available again?
slow meadow
@marsh panther the max is 300 but that requires selecting perks that increase the size
digital yacht
@marsh panther https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Guilds
crystal beacon
@digital yacht Ty! Heres to hoping!
celest delta
Will there be debuffs or monster weaknesses?
slow meadow
yes
slate fox
will there be elemental weakness/defense
slow meadow
to add to that, the want to encourage you to change your augments for certain content @celest delta
slow meadow
very few items in the game will bind
digital yacht
@lunar hedge very little is bound to character
lunar hedge
ok
slow meadow
legendaries will but not much else
lunar hedge
thanks
dark jungle
@slate fox yes
lunar hedge
I heard the 3 branches of artisans, only 1 can be mastered
open sierra
hey folks
lunar hedge
If I only play 1 character, I pretty much have to pick crafting?
open sierra
what AMA means ?
lunar hedge
Ask me anything
open sierra
thanks!
dark jungle
@lunar hedge you can master any one of the three
if you have alts you can master a different one
lunar hedge
So if I want to be able to craft my own legendary and I only play 1 character (alt-adverse), i pretty much must pick crafting
dark jungle
if you want to craft yes
lunar hedge
Did they mention how hard it is to get legendary equipment versus crafting?
In terms of hours/effort?
dark jungle
no, but they have said it will take a lot of effort
lunar hedge
Ok, i guess its similar between raiding versus crafting
desert ivy
Legendaries will be actually legendary. You won't see everyone walking around with one
There'll probably only be a handful of legendaries on the server
hidden hedge
@stable plover ithink only can get 20fps
celest delta
Augments are like infusions or gems you can add to gear?
full badger
Augments are like infusions or gems you can add to gear?
@celest delta More like morphing abilities in ESO
slow meadow
@lunar hedge https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Legendary will give a better idea of what it takes to obtain a legendary
outer isle
@plucky pawn payment system on shop seems to be down?
neon ravine
they can't count the money fast enough
limpid sapphire
do the backer cosmetics change every month on the day? and when you buy one, are the next ones available cheaper or at the same price? thanks!
tulip hatch
Cosmetic cycle dates are provided in announcements
celest delta
I don't play eso. And will every class and sub class make each class a damage dealer or will there be dps,tank, healer, support roles?
limpid sapphire
okay thanks
outer isle
@simple ether friends in america so im guessing xsolla
slow meadow
the secondary's will move the needle some but not fully change your role from one to another.
flint crystal
is summoner going to be all around or more support
olive heath
but tanks and clerics can spec to do enough damage for their soloing
@simple ether
How would it compare to a Mage that takes Cleric as their secondary? Will heals/tanks be able to be as independent as the other classes outside of group content?
flint crystal
@simple ether 
tyty
olive heath
That's rough to hear. At least while leveling in Classic WoW as a Priest I could spec Shadow so that I can kill stuff
slow meadow
@olive heath it will take you longer to grind for sure, but they are going to try and keep it from being too bad. balance will come during testing, but it will never be at the level of an actual dps.
olive heath
👏🏼 thanks y'all
neon ravine
So I'm interested in how an auction house will work. I'm guessing it'll be local to the location, but how about storage? Are there warehouses, and what happens if they get deranked?
where does it go? Some kind of item limbo?
flips table
MUH IMMERSION
neon ravine
no skills, just augments
slow meadow
it would add some self healing and possible changes to damage types to your existing kit, but we don't know specifics yet.
pulsar anvil
I don't know if they talked about it, but what decides the type of node you are working on ? Like can it change when it levels up, who decide ?
neon ravine
nodes are predetermined types
forest pike
What stops a guild that dominates a node to store their valuables in their guild hall\castle storage\freeholds instead of the node storage to avoid the risks of a siege?
slow meadow
@forest pike once a siege is declared though if you are storing in the node, its locked.
and back if they needed it for the nodes progression
forest pike
yeah but it's diversified in their freeholds among the guild members so it's basically a non existent risk
peak slate
Hi all, sorry for bothering but I can't find a clear answer on this: Is beta 2 currently underway? And if so, does buying the Wayfarer pack allow me to play it?
slow meadow
all those freeholds would be at risk after a successful siege so the risk isn't non-existent either.
pulsar anvil
If it's a preset, will you know what type it is even when it's lvl 0, 0% exp or does it manifests itself at the start so if you want to have an economic one, you don't waste your time on a scientific node ?
ty !
ebon star
there is a website with bad info saying beta2 sorry for the inconvenience
peak slate
@simple ether Ah, thank you for that information. Wasn't clear, as I kept finding information that "beta 2" has already happened. Assumingly that may have been for Apocalypse?
ebon star
can you DM the site plz
forest pike
why no benefit for the node? they can use the resources when the node needs them or do they need to be stored in the node which doesn't make sense?
slow meadow
you ahve to brind them to the node to turn them in. crafting stations and other services may only be available there and the mats will need to be there.
many reasons
slow meadow
not to mention you can kill them as well and they drop a portion
wicked heath
@forest pike or just guard the caravan...
slow meadow
its not safe. there is no safe. You can always be killed and lose a portion of your raw and processed materials.
forest pike
but nobody knows they carry it
celest delta
Will there be stacks buffs? Like stack multiple of same buff?
slow meadow
doesn't matter, if I want to hurt a node I hunt everyone near it. declare on any major guilds they have, or siege directly and destroy everything.
wicked heath
ninfosho that is one way to transport, it may be stealthy but it is way too inefficient to do for large guilds or large movements of goods
slow meadow
@celest delta we don't know how that will work at this time. but I would imagine there will be some limits especially in larger content. testing will determine it ultimately.
potent thunderBOT
sinful wave
Do we know if there will be a way to try the different classes before you make your character?
celest delta
Because if you have 5 healers and there is a heal over time and you place 5 hot on it that be a bit overwhelming
digital yacht
@sinful wave no
sinful wave
Alright, ty
slow meadow
@celest delta that's exactly what they will look at during testing to make sure there are appropriate limits
toxic vine
Numbers can always be adjusted later on rather easily. What you should, if you get into, alpha is the systems
Like HOW you buff your friends, not how big of an effect it is
gray zodiac
The underground map, does it have city nodes too?
toxic vine
That sounds interesting. I hope so @gray zodiac
wicked heath
we dont know, the underground race will most likely not be avaible on launch from my understanding
gray zodiac
I'm thinking dwarves here
forest pike
@slow meadow the whole idea is to trick the locking of the siege so u can't really hunt everyone before the siege is declared
slow meadow
yes there can be underrealm metropolis' @gray zodiac
wicked heath
@desert ivy are you sure? I thought they were being developed last
desert ivy
Yes, but they'll still be developed before launch
Alpha 2 is the current goal for them
wicked heath
ok
desert ivy
And has been for the past few years
slow meadow
@forest pike if the siege is successful then the Freeholds those characters are storing on would be vulnerable afterwards. I don't want to stray into discussion of efficacy but mechanically there is always a way to target the transport and storage of goods both pre and post siege. Efficacy would be a #aoc-discussion topic.
empty fjord
Game has to be feature complete before B1. if not then it's not ready for Beta, so if tulnar are going to be in release then assume they will reach completion during A2
by during A2 I mean up to the point they start B1 even if A2 continues while Betas are running
normal topaz
Now one big question..We know a lot about the pvp..we know pve, sieges, nodes, but how is the questing, we need more indepth info about questing, is it fun, grindy, story/reaccuring/variety. Neeeed more info on questing
smoky merlin
Is the Alpha Two always running?
slow meadow
@normal topaz https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Quests
smoky merlin
So if I buy the pack that contains A2 right now, I can play all the way through until release?
slow meadow
yes you will effectively be playing on the PTS through launch
mystic vigil
so are they expecting the 10k concurrent players to work? i dont recall any other MMO having that without lag, excluding eve online with its time dialition thingy
smoky merlin
Do you have the A2? @slow meadow
slow meadow
I have A1 Access
mystic vigil
which ones?
slow meadow
@mystic vigil the map is huge so not all 10k are on top of each other as well.
thorn wraith
Is there still a way to get an alpha-1 access? Or only starting from Alpha-2 with 250$+ packs?
mystic vigil
of course not, im just curious if it's gonna be same kind of sharding/layering like WoW since there are no? loading screens
slow meadow
@smoky merlin alpha 2 access isn't going anywhere any time soon. so watch some A1 streams once we get there and save your pennies and make up your mind then.
@thorn wraith at this time only A2 is available as part of a package.
smoky merlin
Well if I'm going to get it, I'm just going to slap it on credit and come play.
sage dagger
wait untill the game comes out
thorn wraith
Thanks, i've asked that question on forum, but might as well ask here, maybe someone can give a more detailed answer. Is there an aprox date for alpha-2 packs closure, will there be a prior announce on "the last pack containing Alpha-2 access", because i am probably going to wait out on the pack with the cosmetics that will suit my taste.
slow meadow
@mystic vigil you wont be instanced from people on the same server, that much we know about it. Otherwise the PvP system wouldn't work.
mystic vigil
im still curious what games have 10k concurrent players 😄
smoky merlin
Do we have to buy the game when it comes out if we buy the $250 pack? @simple ether
Or is the game free but subbed.
Ahh k. Got it.
wicked heath
@simple ether Could you answer if you know, a more clear outline of how the heirarchys will work: for the purpose of war dec or pvp? such as guild>citizen or king>guild?
thorn wraith
@simple ether Thank you very much, i was afraid there could be an option to just miss out on that, appreciate your help.
sage dagger
wonder if it will have a free trial
wicked heath
thanks, sounds really interesting if it is like that
sage dagger
an upfont sub price is a box price then
they can call it what they like
you pay for a product to use it
toxic vine
Think of it like gym membership. Its the monthly fee and thats it
mystic vigil
@simple ether i dont want to be rude but im genuinely curious which games have 10k concurrent players 😄
toxic vine
Except this time you can actually cancel it whenever you want.. 😅
Full WoW servers 100% got 10k players
mystic vigil
but wow has sharding/layering
mystic vigil
archeage didnt have 10k concurrent players for sure, not sure what other MMOs there are with lots of players
plucky pawn
@outer isle Heya - just saw your note from earlier regarding shop stuff! If you're still seeing that error, would you mind sharing a screenshot or more details please?
mystic vigil
archeage lagged on 100v100 halcy even lol
thorn wraith
Lineage with its fossil of an engine from 2003 could carry up to 7000 people stably more or less, i have no doubt that todays infrastructure and engine power could carry 10000 people
neat mural
wierd question considering how far away aplha 2 is but what are the current suggested specs for ashes i looked but couldnt find it anywhere
i cant spell sorry
sage dagger
yer after classic lost layring after everyone spread out it ran ok
plucky pawn
@neat mural You can check out what we've been recommending so far for Alpha testing here, if this might help: https://ashesofcreation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048506033-What-are-the-minimum-requirements-for-Alpha-
neat mural
ty
mystic vigil
i dont doubt that it wouldnt hold the players but fearing the desync/lag would be bad, especially during large scale battles going on
outer isle
wasnt for me but he figured it out by clearing cache thanks @plucky pawn
sage dagger
big battles are instanted right the 250 aside ones?
toxic vine
Naa they're in the open world where the castle physically (digitally?) is
crystal beacon
Will it be easy to switch secondary class?
plucky pawn
@outer isle awesome, glad to hear it! 
crystal beacon
how long does it take for my lom request to be accepted? sorry iam hyped xd
sage dagger
that will be funny no taking part in a battle just go and watch
crystal beacon
ty @simple ether jahlon! Im currently 104 minutes into your video on youtube! 😮
plucky pawn
@crystal beacon We've got quite a few tickets to go through from folks who are just joining us over the weekend, so we'll get to you in the order it's received 😄 we appreciate your patience in the meantime!
thorn wraith
@simple ether I feel like people fear the "Mistmerrow Kadum" situation from Archeage, even though people were not on the same areas at all, but during Kadum raid, and 200 people smacking one mob at the same time servers had hard time processing the information, and that caused a server wide lag/delay, even if you were nowhere near the area.
sage dagger
all mmorpgs have laggy times when big things are going on.
thorn wraith
Fair enough, good point... Thats why we are all here now 😄
toxic vine
My guess is there is nothing in this earth of ours that can run 4 digit amount of players smoothly in one area
mystic vigil
no doubt its something they'll be trying their best on but are engines capable for such things yet
sage dagger
just have to wait and see
mystic vigil
yeah I guess A1 will give an idea
thorn wraith
You will more likely have client side hardware bottleneck for 1000 players in one area, and not server side lags
sage dagger
yer my comp will not enjoy that many players lol
mystic vigil
of course
toxic vine
They did some 9-month revamp of their backend with unreal engine and it was unforeseen. So 9 months just to re-do something. The attitude to get this right is there
mystic vigil
meant more like if start of A1 streams etc shows it's lagfest and it's still lagfest when we're closing on A2
yeah im satisfied with the answers, thanks 😄
neat mural
just to understand the alpha 2 pack currently available will change (cosmetics wise) until alpha 2 release?
tulip hatch
Yes
The pack itself wont be removed like the previous 500 pack it will lose A2 access and get a discounted price if intrepid decided to do that
Youll get advanced notice before any of that changes if youre watching announcements or are on their mailing list
neat mural
ok thank you i was slightly confused coz i wanna buy alpha 2 access but wanted to buy a cossmetic tht would fit my style thanks for clearing it up
tulip hatch
Yep! no harm in waiting for the perfect one to roll by c:
copper hound
I just want beta 2
stray dome
Is there a limit to how much can join alpha 1 / 2 because I think you already got thousands..
slow sky
Alpha 1 is currently no longer able to be bought into at this time, alpha 2 is the earliest anyone can access, and will eventually become the PTS or Public Test Server upon Launch
hoary wind
do we know when the next test is?
stray dome
Wait I thought there is no NDA
wicked heath
non-verbal nda until alpha 1 or something like this I think
long phoenix
How long will the upcoming alpha be and what alpha is this next one? alpha 2? which pack would i need to purchase to get into that
toxic sphinx
Would it be possible for a group to kite a world boss to another location?
wicked heath
we dont know spanks, from some of the open world dungeon footage we have seen of prebuild alpha 1 mobs could de-agro
crystal beacon
LOM?
soft magnet
Is there a reason they don't re-continue the A1 opt in given all this new hype? Afraid of server load or something?
wicked heath
I think its because they already have around 10,000 people, and reselling early entrance packs because of hype would not generate the press they want
I imagine atleast
stray dome
How is it possible that high and low level players play together?
Could there be mobs that are really high level in low level zones...
tulip hatch
@soft magnet they aimed to have 10k A1 testers and have met that goal so it was closed
They may open A1 sales again if the server is stable and testing warrants it
wicked heath
high level nodes will have areas of lower level mobs, and fighting monsters is not the only thing that players of different levels can have fun doing together
neat mural
@tulip hatch how many players to they aim for A2?
neat mural
thanks for telling me 🙂
sacred tangle
I havent heard anything of the sort
hollow lark
Think it was in the Asmon interview
stable plover
A1 is 20% of the world with about 1.5k per server
wicked heath
so nodes under the same vassal can fight eachother but not fight the master node correct?
vassels under the same master can fight each other*
nvm just checked the wiki
lunar hedge
Animal husbandry can create cool mounts
are these crafted mounts bound to that character?
wicked heath
so for instance, could a level 5 node attack another level 5 nodes vassals even if both of the level 5 nodes are vassals under the same master?
stable plover
@lunar hedge No, there is very little in AoC that's Bind to Character
smoky merlin
Is A2 NDA?
lunar hedge
Is taming wild animals and animal husbandry on the same crafting artisan chain?
minor mango
So the class system all sounds really cool with adding different augments from the secondary archetype you choose! What would happen if you were to choose your secondary as the same as your primary archetype? As there wouldn't be any changeable augments available since they are the same!
lunar hedge
i.e. taming (gathering), animal husbandry (processing), what is the crafting branch of this?
raven grotto
You be come a more powerful version.. ie cleric/cleric is a high priest which would be doing the highest HPS
crystal beacon
if I bought the game now would I get access to play?
raven grotto
or biggest heals idk about heals/sec
minor mango
Hmm seems like that'd be weaker overall than other classes! So a fighter/fighter would just have increased damage!
crystal beacon
yes it says an alpha test,
smoky merlin
It's a little confusing to be fair @crystal beacon. The Voyager pack says "Access to future A2 test phase" but the A2 phase is supposed to be persistent and current..
wicked heath
@lunar hedge there is not one
wicked heath
@lunar hedge https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Artisan_classes
crystal beacon
but my point is, why buy a game if you dont research into it, and if you research into it furthur you can find out that its only when they open the tests that you can play
smoky merlin
Is A2 not current and going on right now?
plucky pawn
aw
desert ivy
crystal beacon
and even then if im correct (might not be) they wont let everyone that buys the package play RIGHT away, because the servers might not be ready to handle the load
plucky pawn
😦
crystal beacon
if im correct?
potent thunderBOT
crystal beacon
again i might not be
thanks for info toast
unless you want the items that come with the package, or to support the dev team rn in the moment, i would hold off on buying it? keep in mind even if you could play it right now, it wont be the full version, you would need plenty of patience to help find bugs
stable plover
Alpha 1 starts in the fall near the end of the year, Pre-alpha is currently going on/under NDA (with specific exceptions), but A1 and forward won't have NDAs
We don't have official dates for anything after A1 yet.
broken lodge
dont point and laf @ toast shes gud
minor mango
So as far as I can tell if you're coming along now, the earliest you could join in would be alpha 2?
minor mango
I'm more than happy to wait years if I have to for this game!
crystal beacon
@broken lodge star citizen... and interstellar marines
smoky merlin
I'll probably completely forget about the game until I can play.
broken lodge
didnt follow that stupid game, and dont wut those are
minor mango
Ye been waiting patiently for that too @crystal beacon so I'm experienced!
broken lodge
we should all eat patiently
crystal beacon
@minor mango dont forget my experience playing tarkov
broken lodge
it makes us healthy
gaunt vortex
When you kill a player will they drop their gatherables and craftables everywhere including in towns and near banks?
minor mango
Oof
plucky pawn
Hey folks - just a reminder that this is a channel for questions, so bring discussion on down to one of our channels below
broken lodge
cmon guys, get it together
minor mango
My bad! So just another quick question! Are there no plans on implementing a global Bank system or a bank that can't be destroyed causing you to lose it all?
grim hinge
Will there be enough space for everyone on a server to have a freehold? Apologies if this has already been asked
tidal depot
Will there be ways to prevent an alt character storage so you won’t lose items?
dark jungle
@minor mango no global banks
fading latch
@minor mango No plans
dark jungle
@grim hinge in theory yes, but the cost of freeholds will probably put them out of reach of most people
fading latch
@tidal depot storage is shared so no.
tidal depot
Inventory space
grim hinge
So theoreticaly there are 8-10k (or however many) plots available on the world map?
dark jungle
it depends on the advancement stages of nodes, but yes there will be more than enough plots for everyone to own a freehold on a mature server, but that doesnt mean they will be able to afford one
keen path
@grim hinge Its 8-10k online at same time, so 50k players per server.
grim hinge
oh wow I didn't realize that
stable plover
@grim hinge The worlds about 460sqkm, freeholds are about 1/2 acre, 1 sqkm is about 247 acres, If every inch of the map was taken up by freeholds (it won't be), and there was no space inbetween (there will be), there could be about 237,120 -> A realistic number is way under this, but 10k could be a pretty realistic number, that would be something like a bit under 5% of the land being freehold areas, not necessarily everyone will have a freehold but a lot will -> we don't have exact numbers
terse estuary
Can someone send me the gif of the emblem that we use for this discord group? I want to tattoo the Ashes of Creation and that one looks good.
thorn wraith
Is there a weight mechanic? For example if my node is getting sieged, and i see that its gonna be lost, to prevent the loss of my resources i could take out thousands of raw materials from my storage on my character and logout until the pillaging is over, or some sort of "weight" mechanic will stop me from doing that?
mystic vigil
you cant
tropic abyss
Your storage will be locked
Better prepare to protect the node with your life, coward. 
stable plover
@thorn wraith There is a weight mechanic, in particular the raw materials are heavy compared to other stuff you might have in your bags, and the storage gets locked at declaration (current plan, we'll see how testing goes)
slow meadow
@grim hinge to add to what Greypelt said even if you take in to account the restrictions (not near pathing, dungeons or POI, spawn areas other freeholds, and hard terrain) it will still leave a huge amount of area for freeholds. And there is some amount of in node housing and apartments outside that system for those that just want player housing.
@thorn wraith Also keep in mind that once a siege has been declared you cannot remove resources from the nodes storage.
thorn wraith
oh, ok, so once its declared, not once it started, ok, thank you.
fading latch
So defend well
hollow lark
So with it being locked at declaration, you won't be able to craft anything new from it to prepare for the upcoming battle? Would everyone just be locked out of crafting from their city for a full 5 days? That seems like a long time to keep people from accessing a part of the game
mystic vigil
its not like its only town ingame
fading latch
^
hollow lark
Sure, but people would use the city warehouse to help with their crafting
otherwise whats the point of it to begin with
unreal zealot
that would be a cool additio nto merchant nodes is a bank vault that protects a % of your raw materials depending on the level after town? maybe to balance it you can put items in then theres a cooldown till you can use it again and very limited space and a reasonable cost for "renting" a vault box?
mystic vigil
you dont have to store it all in one place
slow meadow
correct you have other nodes you could use. resources in your inventory will likely still be usable. plus you will likely be working towards siege weapons with newly gathered resources anyway.
torpid tangle
Anyone know if there's going to be anything along the lines of "King assassinations" that allow you to take over a metropolis in some other way than sieging 
fading latch
No
slow meadow
@torpid tangle the military node leader is determined by a pvp tournament. only scientific is democratically elected.
torpid tangle
LOL
thorn wraith
Is there an option(plan) to make the crafting stations work directly with your storage, thus not making crafting locked out during preparations, and still lock you out from physically taking out resources from the storage? It would somewhat make more sense if i want to prepare some potions, perhaps enhance my gear before the siege, and my whole storage is in that one city.
torpid tangle
I wanna smack the king in the back of the head with a 2 by 4 and become king
wicked heath
so say a server gets a majority of its nodes leveled and relativley stable. will the metropolises or the guild castles be the ones exerting the most influence?
fading latch
You will get ample notice of a siege to do that@thorn wraith
rare apex
I heard something of paying for mercenaries for defending caravans. Is that system only available as military node type?
slow meadow
thats a caravan mechanic not a military node mechanic
fading latch
No you can hire guards
thorn wraith
Yes, but after the declaration my storage is locked and i cant take anything out, thats where the question is coming from... I guess i need to read more into that.
slow meadow
just like using higher quality parts to make the caravan more defensive at the cost of speed or capacity.
rare apex
And those mercenaries are real players who want to help out or AI?
slow meadow
@thorn wraith It would pay not to have everything of yours stored in one node. Its only the node being sieged that is locked.
hollow lark
You can only be a citizen of one city at a time
So unless you own a homestead, the only place to store your goods would be in your apartment
slow meadow
@rare apex AI ones you can hire are available, you could also choose to pay players to do so as well. Anyone entering the radius of the caravan will be asked to attack/defend/ignore as well so you may have ad hoc defenders as well.
grim hinge
Will a caravan across the world literally have you going on foot across the whole world (which I believe was described as taking hours)?
slow meadow
@hollow lark I don't believe citizenship dictates warehouse usage, but I can't find a quote for the specifically atm
surreal zodiac
how drunk can you get in this game? little tipsy or black out and the bartender tosses you in the alley because you're trash?
hollow lark
So I would have to store my loot in all 5 cities to properly mitigate loss?
slow meadow
there are over 100 possible node spawns. there is only a limit of 5 metropolis level cities. there will be many many more nodes
thorn wraith
Ok, let me rephrase my statement a bit, sorry for being annoying on the topic, just trying to understand the mechanic in its current(planned) state.
I am a citizen of Node A, i am farming and question in the ZoI of Node A, i have my whole loot, resources and materials stored across Node A, apartments, chests, freeholds, whatever, but all of my possessions sit in Node A.
Node A is declared to besieged, am i completely locked out of all my resources due to preparation lock mechanic, or am i still being able to craft my self some gear/potions etc to actually prepare for the siege?
Or the suggestion is that i have my possessions spread around in neighbor nodes to Node A, if thats even an option without being a citizen there.
hollow lark
Then what exactly does a city warehouse do for me?
rare apex
To add onto that conversation, can you store some or all the materials at your freehold/homestead to also prevent a less material loss?
wicked heath
jahlon have you done any theorycrafting or wargames of mid-late stage servers?
hollow lark
So whats there to stop people from mass crafting as a way to mitigate loss?
thorn wraith
@simple ether ok, thank you, that was my previous question up there, a clear answer. 😄
grim hinge
If your freehold is destroyed do you have to pay the full build cost to place it somewhere else, or is the penalty limited to whatever resources you lost when it was destroyed/that were stored?
rare apex
Ok so the materials arent directly lost when the siege succeeded but you're vulnerable or even a target?
slow meadow
@hollow lark they still only have their personal inventory they can fill and then they need to unload all of that before being able to do so again and there is no fast travel and they could lose some of that crafted stuff to getting killed transporting. There's always risk.
thorn wraith
If the siege is lost, and the node is going back to stage0(crossroads), does it lose its ZoI, and therefor lost the ability to host some of the freeholds on the outer, further away zone? Or once you've claimed the zone(ground area) its yours no matter what?
opaque pivot
I would like to ask if there's the monthly castle siege and 250 player can attack, how are these 250 decided?
slow meadow
the person who declares has control over who can join.
hollow lark
Is that the same with the defending team?
slow meadow
yep. the leader will control it
opaque pivot
Ah, so it also has to be initiated via the same certificate which allows you to start a node siege?
rare apex
Do you lose more materials in a freehold when a siege is succeeded or the same as in-node house?
wicked heath
will nodes only vassilize eachother if they are directly next to eachother? otherwise they will just fall into ZOI?
upbeat jacinth
I never played mmo before and I want this game to be my first mmo
AS a new player would you think I would enjoy this?
sour hinge
Is someone from intrepid Studio online? 
wicked heath
We don't know if you will enjoy it, all I have to say is that if the launch this game and accoplish what steven's vision is, you will not want to miss this game
thorn wraith
@upbeat jacinth that sounds weird for 2020, but yes, you absolutely will
slow meadow
hard to say if you have never played an MMO before, but if the PvX content seems interesting to you, then it feels like you would. That being said there will be plenty of streamed content between now and release for you to get a better idea for yourself.
unreal zealot
@upbeat jacinth you best bet is to keep an eye on all new info and then as a1 opens follow streams and keep checking back up to beta 2 and if it looks good to you its $15 for one month to try it
kind heron
So the wording on the packages kind of confuse me. In the LoM package it says
"Recieve 5 additional beta keys (6 total)"
Is that 6th one my personal key, or does my alpha 1 access already count as access?
sour hinge
Is there a way to submit a question?
rare apex
This discord is for questions
hollow lark
Will there be console support? /s
wicked heath
Could a guild castle theoretically have more than one metropolis in their ZOI?
thorn wraith
@simple ether a genuine question... how don you keep up with us? 😄 You are doing an amazing job, cheers!!
kind heron
I'm reading it and it doesnt say. BoW just has your alpha 1 access
wicked heath
fuck this is gonna be a lot harder to map out than i thought
rare apex
'''Do you lose more materials in a freehold when a siege is succeeded or the same as in-node house?'''
My Question got lost in the spam 😅
upbeat jacinth
In the future when the game gets going would you guys consider subscription deals?Or sales?
oh ok cool
slow meadow
@rare apex should be the same. you keep furniture and such in both cases but storage would be wiped out if there was a successful siege and your freehold was destroyed.
rare apex
@slow meadow I should've specified more towards gathered materials but answer remains the same?
thorn wraith
I will repeat the question, mine got lost as well,
"If the siege is lost, and the node is going back to stage0(crossroads), does it lose its ZoI, and therefor lose the ability to host some of the freeholds on the outer, further away zone that were a part of that node? Or once you've claimed the zone(ground area) its yours no matter what?"
slow meadow
@rare apex correct, I haven't seen anything that would indicated your in node house and storage would be more or less impacted upon destruction than your freehold being destroyed.
upbeat jacinth
WOuld there be something like group subscriptions? Idk how to explain it but yea
long nimbus
How large is a ZOI?
sour hinge
Well my question is relatively simple, afaik Steven invested 30m to fund the project and the Kickstarter got together around 3.2m, so together around 34m.
If I look at games created recently such as Assassins Creed costing around 70m and Witcher 3 costing 60m and seeing how ambitious the AoC project is, I dont think it’s over estimated for it to also reach around those numbers... So my question would be what will the studio do if the initially invested amount is to small? Where do they get the funds?
slow meadow
grows as a node grows @long nimbus
alpine pawn
Will streamers with large groups be able to run around and deplete everything the game offers?
waxen dock
If i were to play a bard and pick tank as my second class... did they say anything about how it would be something like a tank buffing supporter? Especially there for Raidcooldowns or something?
Or in general do you keep your abilities and they get augmented/changed when getting your 2nd class ordo you get entirely different ones
slow meadow
any large organized group will be able to have an impact on the game but there will always be things they cant control. I always use the military node mayor as example. If you win the PvP tournament election you are mayor, doesn't matter how big your following is. @alpine pawn
long nimbus
@slow meadow So if a siege on a metropolis is successful, how likely will it be for a freehold to be attacked? How large is the ZOI for a freehold to sit in?
fading latch
Also you have to remember those studios are under a publishing company and have to answer to shareholders and big suits.
Intrepid do not @sour hinge
thorn wraith
Is the launch day same for every region, or it will be separated per publisher? Not a fan of my.com btw, but we get what we get...
alpine pawn
@slow meadow What if in the freeforall they protect him?
slow meadow
@long nimbus hard to say since it really depends on the attackers and their gameplan. 2 hours is a pretty good amount of time to cause additional destruction, but they may only focus on those closest to the node.
long nimbus
@simple ether So there's another use for Venn Diagrams 🤔
alpine pawn
or her 😛
waxen dock
on the wiki there aren't even all bard skills yet, is it not playable yet in alpha?
don't know how far in development they are yet
rare apex
Will there be an open beta or closed beta only?
slow meadow
@alpine pawn thats not how that works. The PvP tournament is a 1v1 tournament where a "Champion" that you "raise" will be used to fight. you will have full control of the champion and the strength of the champion will depend on the prep work you did leading up to the election.
thorn wraith
wait, following Poppy's question, can a bigger node "devour" the ZoI of a smaller node closer to it, shifting all of the freeholds on that area from the smaller node to the bigger one?
alpine pawn
ty
thorn wraith
including the freeholds, ignoring the citizenship, right?
wicked heath
Jahlon do you think IS will change the "no civil wars" that you referred to in your ashes 101- ashes of creation node vassal system?
ok this is interesting
so essentially all meta politics go to the guild castles since there are no civil wars, do the politics of guild castles affect everything in their domain the same way that a level 6 node's politics affect the nodes in its ZOI?
sour hinge
@simple ether thanks for the answer
@fading latch yea but doesn’t matter how pationate the team is, you have to fund it, I mean they all hav families and stuff too
thorn wraith
dem, its hard to explain my thoughts without drawing pictures and waving my hands around...
So if there are 2 neighbor nodes, that arent interconnected yet, and both lvl 3 and have freeholds. I own a free hold in Node A, on the edge, close to Node B, and Node B grows into tier 4, preventing my node from growing, and then it grows into tier 5 and "devours" the zoi of my node, will my freehold still be a part of Node A, or will the control over it(taxes, sieges, etc) shift to Zone B that took over the region?
wicked heath
so are castles levying taxes the only forced mechanic that they can exert in their domain? could they forcefully call nodes in their domain to war?
thorn wraith
ok, thank you very much.
wicked heath
so the nodes they support in war, would essentially only be nodes in their domain against nodes in other castles domains
also have you ever played Eve Online Jahlon?
ok so the higher level nodes would be the ones having civil wars under the castles, essentially the highest level node in a region with no master
tidal thicket
just came across this game, is there any release date yet?
wicked heath
ok, thanks for explaining this Jahlon. Im going through the wiki and your videos but just trying to get a firm grasp
unreal zealot
"civil wars" through player politics and guilds/ alliances falling apart
ember egret
@simple ether okay do you know if we will be able to. name / rename. summoners summons. as they will function like pet classes in other various games. where you normaly can rename them? as i do know combat pets will be name able.
waxen dock
'ya think there are going to be spies trying to get into other guilds and their castles to loot their stashes for their actual guild like in eve?
tidal thicket
ok thanks and good vids @simple ether
wicked heath
@unreal zealot yes but you have to clarify specifically, only the highest level node in an area will be able to declare wars essentially
unless a lower level node of it is near a border of another "highest level node"
ZOI
thorn wraith
Is there any information regarding the divine nodes? Economic nodes bring auctions, stocks and etc, scientific nodes will have knowledge hubs and a semi-fast travel option, military nodes will have an enhanced combat/corruption experience in their ZoI. What do the divine nodes bring to the table?
dem that was fast 😄
tidal thicket
how many players per guild roster?
wicked heath
theoretically there could be nodes that cant declare war on any of their neighbors
tidal thicket
nice
ember egret
@thorn wraith a divine note. you will be able to pray and work on you religion. whit special quests and religion related events in note vacancity
uneven nova
i tried researching myself but i'm abit confused with pre order packs and keys, is the game playable rn if i buy the 80$ bundle? or is it only playable on certain days
opaque pivot
I'm still confused with castle sieges. If they have to be declared (by a guild I presume) and it's on a monthly basis. What would happen if 2 guilds wanted to start a siege? Or what if no1 wants to start a castle siege? Will it still be a monthly thing as it was called?
wicked heath
I guess as part of a larger war effort, but not benefitting the node directly
waxen dock
will players join a guild with all their characters so basically their account or can you join a different guild with each character and can people see that?
thorn wraith
@ember egret thanks, but i guess the whole concept is not fully fleshed yet, so its kinda vague what actual benefits the node brings
So basically like a big in archeage for the siege?
bid*
upbeat jacinth
is there a max number of character per acc?
can two acc join the same server or not
opaque pivot
@simple ether thanks mate, also thanks for a f*in 7h Q&A you madlad
upbeat jacinth
ohhh icic
stable plover
@upbeat jacinth You could have two separate accounts on the same server that you multibox with, but not botting
uneven nova
i hate being this guy but im confused if its playable or not, since some bundles have like 2months worth of playtime? or is that only on certain times?
tidal thicket
will ashes have controller compatibility?
upbeat jacinth
oh icic
thorn wraith
I believe i've actually missed it, or it was not stated anywhere, how long is the "combatant" state stays on the character in case of attacking a non-combatant and in case of retaliating to combatant? And can i target with "non-dmg" skills, like banish from clerics a "non-combatant"? Also, can i aoe target "non-combatants" for an aoe mage black hole for example?
spring marsh
if i were to buy whatever preorder pack, the monthly game time you get wont kick in until the game is released right ? if so does it just automatically starts your subscription on day one of release or can you wait like 2-3 weeks and start your subscription
tidal thicket
intresting
stable plover
@uneven nova The game hasn't reached alpha 1 yet, and Alpha 2 keys are the soonest session currently being sold, but the months of game time are for after launch, they don't tick during testing
spring marsh
okay, thank you 🙂
uneven nova
oooh yeah it was very confusing when i looked into it myself
upbeat jacinth
how big would the game be? like a speculation? cause i wanna play but i only have a laptop
opaque pivot
Do you guys think there'll be ppl who will make a business of running from node to node with items to bypass the open pvp of caravans?
thorn wraith
what i meant is, if my group for example wants to be an annoyance to someone, that strictly doesnt want to flag up for pvp, but we dont want to go corrupted, or not in a position to go corrupted, can our cleric for example keep banishing their tank/healer to just cause them a wipe eventually? Or those types of skills work only against combatants? Same for aoe, can we prematurely pull a bunch of non-flaged people with a mage black hole or tanks Righteous fury to aoe them down before they can retaliate?
stable plover
https://ashesofcreation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048506033-What-are-the-minimum-requirements-for-Alpha- @upbeat jacinth minimum specs for alpha 15 gigs of storage, reccomended 16 gigs ram (6 min), storage requirements will definitely go up as more of the game is in there though
opaque pivot
@simple ether but if you limit the backpack that extremely wouldn't it make gathering extremely bothersome and a moneymachine for goldsellers?
thorn wraith
no, the cleric will go flagged for as much as he pleases, the question is, can he cast literally any skill on a non flagged
the question is not how to avoid flagging, the question is what can be used against unflagged
uneven nova
where can i buy the keys for alpha 2? most info i find online seems abit outdated
stable plover
@opaque pivot Intrepid intends to heavily crack down on attempts at gold selling - localized economy in some ways makes it rougher on gold sellers since there's no standardized place to pickup/deliver transactions
unreal zealot
currently cant buy eu packs i hope they come back soon
thorn wraith
wait, so the preorder packs that are on the shop page on aoc.com right now dont give access to EU servers later on?
hoary wind
will progress continue from beta to release?
thorn wraith
well, if i get a pack now with an alpha-2 access, that pack will go to NA by default, and will require from me to manually transfer my account to EU later on, correct?
ok, great, is that option gonna stay for the whole duration, and will it cost money eventually?
yes, like through the whole game life, is the option to shift between regions be a thing, or is that a one of a kind thing for the start-up packs?
or between servers
are the alpha/beta servers be NA only, or other publishers will have separated dates for their stresstests, or it will all come in one pack?
opaque pivot
Will the spawns of gatherables be dynamic inside of zones and will they be displayed on the minimap? Could be 2 huge factors to botters @stable plover
thorn wraith
are there dedicated zones? for examples mines full of different or even specific ores, and if so, are there specific regions that are unique for their resource?
opaque pivot
As a part of raids you could have some I guess?
torpid tangle
I figure there might end up being quarries in random areas though
thorn wraith
if you played archeage, the zones i am talking about are the mines in Ynystere, or Solis or Arcum, which had areas with 30-40 rock piles... none of those in AoC?
and unique resources that sit only in a specific area, that can be contested?
torpid tangle
most of the information we have is purely speculation 
thorn wraith
anything at this point to feed the dream of AoC delivering and succeeding
viral steppe
@simple ether do you know if there will be a marketplace for breeders to sell their mount? Will it be localized and or attached to a local auction house?
opaque pivot
Just imagine having no minimap support as a miner and trying to master that stuff holee
torpid tangle
LOL wandering aimlessly with a huge backpack and a pickaxe
thorn wraith
until you mine out a Balrog
opaque pivot
And gandalf comes to lure it away #backtoquestions
stable plover
@opaque pivot Theoretically gatherables don't show on the map since they want you to 'visually identifiy' them. https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Gathering
dapper sleet
This isn't really a game related question more for discord. Are guilds the only ones allowed to post in #aoc-guild-recruitment or individuals that are LOOKING for a guild as well?
Was reading the pinned message but it only gave guidelines for guilds etc. Wasn't stated that it's prohibited for individuals
torpid tangle
just pop a message in guild chat
dapper sleet
ah ye maybe that's smarter
stable plover
@dapper sleet Guild recruitment is only meant for guilds to post in, as an individual if you'd like to comment on guild posts you should use the forum or guild chat
viral steppe
Better get the resume polished
kind cloud
How do you get your first gathering tools? I know you can make better later on via artisan proffesions.
torpid tangle
Guild resume 
dapper sleet
@viral steppe hell ye gonna link warcraftlogs and shit 😄
stable plover
@kind cloud Currently from an npc vendor
kind cloud
does that mean you have to kill mobs to get a setlement to spawn before you can start to gather in a node? (early game)
torpid tangle
the base node has an encampment though
so you can probably buy one from someone there
kind cloud
i ahd the impression that a lvl 0 node didn't have a settlement, but i guess you start in a node with some npc's
opaque pivot
I think the node starts with no encampment, and it'll only appear after a certain amount of mobs have been killed as far as I understand
torpid tangle
hmm
opaque pivot
Anyways gotta go sleep guys, gn8 from EU
thorn wraith
what languages are currently planed for release?
frigid plover
So, the 64 classes are 8 classes with 8 different choices of augments right? Do these augments change the appearance of abilities too?
thorn wraith
Surprised there is no Russian, since my.com is publishing in eu, would assume they would push Russian translation as well
frigid plover
I guess the wiki answered my question
kind cloud
Is there gonna be a class rotation for abilities?
real mason
Can the Mayor order executions?
crystal beacon
Is there gonna be a class rotation for abilities?
@kind cloud Combat is where I am looking for more information, balencing and mechanics will interesting. I am curious about crowd contol immunities or chaining, casting set-back and impact of stat distribution.
snow storm
The enemy of the state is flagged for all citizens of the node, are all citizens of the node then also flagged for the enemy of the state?
slow meadow
@crystal beacon A lot of that will be determined during testing but we do know that hard cc (ie. stun) is planned to be tied to action based abilities that will require aiming where tab targeted abilities would be more soft cc (ie. slow) since no aiming.
crisp holly
@frigid plover There is 8 main archetypes and then when you pick your second archetype, you will be able to change your main archetype skills in a way that is related to your secondary choice. The example given has been if you are a fighter and pick mage as your second, your charge skill from your main archetype might now just be a short range teleport or does extra elemental damage. My understanding is that the plan is for your second archetype is going to give you 4 different options to change your main archetype skills.
dark jungle
^
thorn wraith
will there be a group penalty for exp regarding level differences? aka can a lvl 50 character take a lvl 10 character and powerlevel him in a group on lvl 50 mobs?
frigid plover
Did I even keep that message up? Thanks but jeez
umbral junco
Are the Isles to the north of map gonna be their own nodes and what biome are the gonna be. Any Tundra/Taiga like biomes to fill in my slav heart desires? :3
dark jungle
alpha-1 island is to the north west of the map as well 😮
frigid plover
This is a quick one, so are purple players heroes or something?
grim breach
You mean purple names? In the game?
Green = non combatant (unflagged)
Purple = combatant (flag)
Red = corrupted
If that's what you're talking about
frigid plover
Oh, I thought it was a different thing because I was reading through Jahlon's thing on Player death
So you get half penalties for dying while flagged in PVP, that's cool
stray dome
Yo, will there be a DMG Meter? Because they probably will not allow plugins/addons and I want to trash talk bad dds...?
slow meadow
there will not be any officially supported as add-ons will not be supported. so no damage meters
viral steppe
is getting married in game a difficult process? do we know all of the steps?
grim breach
@west turtle Not likely. They have said doing unique animations requires too much work
sleek cloud
@viral steppe We know nothing yet
@slow meadow He was asking if they might put one in themselves, not as an add-on, please don't answer his question after only reading the first few words.
slate prawn
So from my understanding Freeholds are quite limited in how many there can be in a node, and from what I have read there is professions that requires buildings on ur freehold to do, so if u start the game late, not able to get a freehold will they just get fucked over and cant do those professions?
sleek cloud
@stray dome We do not know, but I think it's unlikely.
desert ivy
We do know
stray dome
Wait for real no chance for dmg meters? Like this is important, I want to know if a player is useless...
desert ivy
There is no dps metre
slow meadow
@sleek cloud my answer still stands. they do no support them nor will they allow add-ons so in both cases my answer is correct.
desert ivy
This has been reiterated hundreds of times
slow meadow
@stray dome they will not build their own in game, nor will the game support add-ons. This has been firmly stated multiple times.
sleek cloud
@slow meadow He said that himself. You completely ignored the last half of his question, and just spouted info he already mentioned knowing.
@desert ivy Thank you! I was not aware, great catch.
stable plover
@slate prawn The number of freehold plots available is meant to be fairly large, You could PvP your way to opening up some new freeholds, you could also get permissions to use someone elses.
winter hazel
does anyone know how many crafting profession u can have on one character?
sleek cloud
That begs the question, as they have also stated that they will be tracking performance in raids and dungeons for PvE seasonal rewards, so what exact information will be available to the players on a run by run basis?
slate prawn
I think it was said u can have all @winter hazel but cant really master them all
winter hazel
ah ok thanks
slate prawn
@stable plover thanks that kinda delt with my worries, not fully tho since "fairly large is a relative term"
stray dome
Oh man this could be a real problem, it’s understandable to not want addons that help you in game etc. but this is important for Elite players raiding groups, it’s just really important informations. If you don’t want players to make addons for everything you should do give them the important ones. Will probably be hard to work around that.
stable plover
@sleek cloud They'll have leaderboards, that I suppose you could figure out at least peoples primary archetypes from in terms of party composition.
unreal zealot
if people really want it then they will probably make their own website for guilds like they do for wow
stable plover
@slate prawn Have some theorycrafting I wrote out earlier - The worlds about 460sqkm, freeholds are about 1/2 acre, 1 sqkm is about 247 acres, If every inch of the map was taken up by freeholds (it won't be), and there was no space inbetween (there will be), there could be about 237,120 -> A realistic number is way under this, but 10k could be a pretty realistic number, that would be something like a bit under 5% of the land being freehold areas, not necessarily everyone will have a freehold but a lot will -> we don't have exact numbers
slate prawn
@stray dome from games I've played without dmg meters its been mostly been positive thing, it somewhat removes the minmaxing and the meta gaming, also removes some elitism
stable plover
@stray dome Elite players need to break out their stopwatches on a set target if they want to measure dps ;p Information like that is one of the reasons Intrepid doesn't want addons in general.
unreal zealot
i know theres no seperate servers for pve and pvp but will there be servers listed as RP just so rpers have somewhere to go and not deal with to many people not rping
slow meadow
the community will likely pick their own but no official RP tag from IS
sleek cloud
Yeah, that's what I was getting at. @stable plover
The way Steven himself described it, you'd be given some information after a raid/dungeon to give you an idea of how you performed, and this information would be calculated ino their idea of a seasonal PvE system with tiered rewards structure. I wasn't asking if they'd break down the whole raid party's DPS, HPS, whatever. That's where you get in to the area of toxic elitism. But if no one even knows how they themselves are performing, and if they're not even shown their progress on their performance for the seasons, then a large majority of what Steven's sid in interviews makes no sense in relation to PvE content.
viral steppe
@simple ether do we know if there will be guild funds system like payment and whatnot like BDO?
quasi atlas
Two questions. One: Is there a release date or estimate? Second: Are we paying per character or is there a limit to how many charaters you can make per account?
west turtle
if lucky 2022
unreal zealot
aslong as the covid sitch improves as well
sleek cloud
@quasi atlas IDK about character limits, but cost is for account sub access
slow meadow
@quasi atlas no official release date or estimate. Your account would allow for multiple characters as they want to be alt friendly though no specific number has been given.
quasi atlas
Thank you all!
slate prawn
@stable plover sounds optimistic ty
plain arrow
what stage is the early acess in currently?
toxic vine
We are waiting for first alpha
plain arrow
any eta for that?
stable plover
@sleek cloud Ah, what Steven said in the *Summit interview for that part was new so we'll need to hear more details on it https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Bosses#Adaptive_content this is the most related previous info we have on that
sleek cloud
For the freehold question- I'm going to ballpark that there will be anywhere from 30k-60k freehold slots in the entirety of the map on each server, depending on exactly how much land they want to allocate, as the server pop is intended to max at 50k, with 8-10 concurrent. 30k would be enough for a middle ground between high traffic servers and low traffic servers to have enough locations to have some choice on area.
slow meadow
alpha 1 begins this fall with no NDA. some early testing with PI and LoM in the leadup is currently underway with an NDA
stray dome
Thanks for your answers, I probably think of dmg meters to highly. But I want to know how I perform, especially in big groups where my performance is just a little bit of the grant total.
sleek cloud
@stable plover I actually wasn't talking about the asmon interview, he barely said anything about it there, I was talking about the summit/shroud interview, where he gave far more info on it.
plain arrow
will we be required to pay for server access during the alpha and beta early access periods?
slow meadow
@stable plover I could be mistaken but I believe those comments relate to the leadboards
sleek cloud
Yeah, all good
plain arrow
how long do the alpha continue when started?
stable plover
@slow meadow Steven made some comments that killing bosses faster would lead future bosses to be more powerful and drop better loot (oversimplified)
viral steppe
@simple ether so we dont have enough info on it or it just wont be a feature as far as you know?
sleek cloud
I know it's new info, and with how early development is, it's got a lot of tuning to go through, it just felt disjointed to me to think they'd be trying to take a hardline approach to avoiding any metrics leak to players on their performance, while also having very integral systems to gameplay about players improving those metrics consistently.
stable plover
@plain arrow A2 continues until launch, A1 continues until A2, B1 starts sometime after A2 and runs until B2 which runs until launch (A1, B1 and B2 do not have 24/7 uptime)
slow meadow
correct, that is what you were referring to in the Asmon interview (Adaptive Content) I believe that the comments SilverPact is referring to from the other interview relate to your performance on the leaderboards. You have to have some metric to base the leaderboard on (score, time, etc) but we could use some clarification from Steven on that one. @stable plover
plain arrow
okay and last question from me since the game is free to download is it possible to play the game without a subscription and if not can we host our own servers so we can avioid a subscription so that broke people like me can afford to play?
stable plover
@sleek cloud For basic things like "Is the person in your party using spells at all" it'll still be very noticeable, part of not having dmg meters is things not being tuned quite as tightly as say mythic wow raids
slow meadow
nope, you'll have to pay a sub @plain arrow
plain arrow
thats dissapointing thank you tho!
stable plover
@plain arrow The main MMO is sub only, no private servers/single player mode
plain arrow
and how much is said sub a month?
stable plover
@plain arrow 15$ a month, you could get referrals to reduce the cost
plain arrow
i understand @simple ether just trying to get an idea of how broke imma be once this game comes out lol
tawdry skiff
you don't have to buy a game, just the subscription ^^
stable plover
I'm assuming Jahlon was replying to a previous question of yours about if there was a sub at all 
viral steppe
@simple ether thank you Papa Jahlon for all of your wisdom
olive heath
^
crystal beacon
@slow meadow Cheers, glad to hear there are some staples, from other MMO combat. Do you know of information relating to cc remove, like a cleanse, or shields? I gather then not alot of combat has been described or exaplined during gameplay or Battle royal testing, perhaps its still all NDA?
sleek cloud
Probo, I believe both Toast and Alex discussed CC removal abilities that would be available during a couple different gameplay vids, but gave no static information on which classes may have access to them.
thorny cairn
I just discovered the mmo. I want to purchase the $375 package. HOWEVER, I want a very specific set offered with it, I do -not- like the current skin / set offered.
Can I purchase the $375 set and get one of the older sets offered?
tawdry skiff
@sleek cloud Yeah, this is the beginning of a new mmo, so players won't have metrics in the beginning if there are no addons. However, with time, certain builds and standards will be common between players and I think it's fair to assume some websites similar to Iceyceins(WoW) or alcasthq(ESO) will be made E:I'm sure players will find a way to find metrics without addons
slow meadow
in addition to what Jahlon and Silver said you will not be able to load out all your abilities and will have to pick a subset of them so you will have to make choices about cc, dmg, cleanse etc when putting together your loadout. They want to encourage counterplay as part of combat
crystal beacon
@simple ether True, but their interaction with each other heavily influences fluidity and group design and counter play for areanas and Open world pvp as you know. Looking forward to hearing more.
sleek cloud
I think that question set has passed, let's move to discussion, to make room for actual questions
solid sparrow
How does the referral system work? Is it 15% in embers? or 15% deposited into the card on file? or how is that going to work
crude mantle
is there a schedule for play testing?
crystal beacon
in addition to what Jahlon and Silver said you will not be able to load out all your abilities and will have to pick a subset of them so you will have to make choices about cc, dmg, cleanse etc when putting together your loadout. They want to encourage counterplay as part of combat
@slow meadow Agreed. Mastery specialisation provides depth to character development and allows different synergies between group design, hopefully there will be multiple elements than just masteries, perhaps tactics to augment play styles further.
slow meadow
@crude mantle A1 testing begins this fall.
distant charm
Anyone know how bad wait times are for support tickets with the pandemic situation? I’m not in a rush for it to be answered just curious 
raw scroll
@crystal beacon so are you saying all your abilities wont be able to be keybound only some?
plucky pawn
@crude mantle you can check out the latest on our schedules for Alphas/Betas/release here:
slow meadow
@raw scroll that is correct. you will have more abilities than you can slot on your bars.
raw scroll
any idea how many slots we will have?
slow meadow
fewer than 30 I think is the current quote
plucky pawn
@distant charm Not so much pandemic situation but a lot of new tickets from over the weekend based on new folks joining us in the chat! We're getting to those tickets now in the order they're received, so we appreciate your patience as we power through them
raw scroll
oh ok 30 sounds good
i was looking at the playtest and saw only like 12 slots on the screen so i was thinking it'd be around that
but 30 sounds good
distant charm
@plucky pawn thanks!! I’m glad to hear it’s amount of tickets vs pandemic
stray dome
Is there a system in place against power rushing a node with thousands of players?
sleek cloud
@plucky pawn Is there any official email or such that players are able to send appreciation letters or such to?
plucky pawn
d'aww you can drop us a note on our forums if you'd like @sleek cloud , or drop us a reply to one of the email newsletters we sent you if you'd like 
crude mantle
thanks @plucky pawn
honest stirrup
Hey jahlon, do you know if buildings in a metropolis will all be interactable? open buildings and smart npc paths would be so damn immersive
frigid plover
Is there a name character limit known at the moment?
stable plover
The packages seen on places like the wiki are just archives / references for people who have those packs
tawdry skiff
Is there any information on the player render distance? Also I remember in a teaser seeing an archer shoot for a player we could barely see as they were taking cover behind crenature. Will long range weapons shoot that far?
solid sparrow
w/e is on the website is whats available for purchase @pulsar finch
honest stirrup
I suppose i meant with interiors. I noticed in wow a city can feel big, but really empty if you cant at least go inside @simple ether
stable plover
@pulsar finch Currently correct, The cosmetics in those packs rotate monthly, and depending on how A1 testing goes, A1 keys might go on sale in the future.
low lantern
Alpha 2
stable plover
@pulsar finch The voyager and voyager+ packs both contain an alpha 2 key - alpha 1 is what's starting in the Fall
frigid plover
Does anyone know about a character limit for names?
crystal flax
Minimum 3, I don't think we know a max
slow meadow
correct no max is known at this time
solid sparrow
@stable plover if you buy voyager right now, and they decide to make alpha1 keys available again, can you upgrade?
frigid plover
Oh wait, character names? Does that include account names too?
fair yew
You could upgrade if they become available for the difference in price
burnt pier
So the cosmetics in the packs change monthly? any idea about the date on when the next change will take place?
cobalt gate
Wait... the cosmetics "rotate"? Do the cosmetics come back? Will the necromancer set (from 2017) come back?
stable plover
@solid sparrow Theoretically - Usually you can upgrade everything else with Intrepid by paying the difference or by paying a flat amount if you have a certain something already, if there are changes to the potential future A1 keys pricing they haven't been announced
@cobalt gate The cosmetics do not return, similar looking things might be available in the future either from the cosmetic shop or as something earnable in game -- As an example we've seen a variety of bears from Intrepid
slow meadow
@pulsar finch you would have the opportunity to purchase the new monthly cosmetics. You get the ones included at the time of your purchase and each subsequent month you can buy the individual cosmetics since already have a package.
cobalt gate
The buildings skins that are shown in the packs... are they for your private residence outside of town or are they for use in towns?
slow meadow
to clarify you can buy individual cosmetics of the tier you bought your package.
@cobalt gate for use with your freehold
wheat saffron
@idle siren Depending on the amount of people that will be online come launch, will there be any phasing or sharding to help compensate the load of people in an area?
cobalt gate
And are the building skins purely cosmetic or do they come with different crafting stations? I think the necromancer set came with one called a "laboratory"
slow meadow
all things in the shop are cosmetic only. you have to have an equivalent item in game to be able to apply the skin to
plucky zodiac
So I’ve been watching Steven do some interviews and I have a question, he said that he played Archage a lot and I wanted to know will I be able to transport my goods via boat like in archage across the world so it can open it up for piracy or will it only be thru caravans for mercenaries @idle siren
cobalt gate
thx
ruby swift
@wheat saffron Intrepid does not use sharding
slow meadow
@plucky zodiac naval transport and combat will be in the game
ruby swift
@cobalt gate All skins on the store are purely cosmetic
burnt pier
@plucky zodiac Steven said that its possible in his interview with Asmongold
plucky zodiac
Ok bet I’ll have to rewatch
ruby swift
He was quite peeved when AA Unchained made water trade packs no risk. Don't worry about water content being boring or "carebear"
plucky zodiac
I just wanna be able to go to someone boat kill them and take the stuff lmao
ruby swift
There will be two types of boat systems. The naval caravans that function like pvp caravans and the ship system that will have other working parts to it we don't have many details on.
digital yacht
@undone prairie in lamest terms yes, but if iron is low tier u should be able to mine it urself
slow meadow
@undone prairie depends on the material needed to fix it. If you just need raw ore then you would need gathering. If its an Iron Ingot then you need gathering and processing. In both cases the repair will require a crafter. Rarity of materials and how specialized each will need to be will be determined by rarity of the gear being repaired.
slow meadow
TBD during testing is all we know at this point. it will be tuned in relation to the economy. they need to pull materials and gold out but can't be so fast as to be an inconvenience for the player.
boreal totem
Hey guys I heard about y’all from LazyPeon’s video. With the Underrealm, will it’s nodes be contested by those above or will it be entirely independent? If so, how will metropolises work in the underrealm?
slow meadow
mechanically there is no difference between the underrealm and the surface. you will be able to declare a siege on them, run caravans to them, grow them etc. @simple ether might be able to give context for ZOI since that hurts my head, but mostly its just the same.
do you know how the ZOI works. can a surface node have an underrealm node directly below it?
that's the part I can't remember
ruby swift
Nope
It can have a node, but they lock each other the same way
Can't have two metros on top of each other.
limpid gull
Do y'all think every class archetype will be viable, or just some being good for strictly PvP and other being good strictly for PvE?
ruby swift
There will be a rock paper scissors type of push/pull for balance
limpid gull
I only say this, because I worry for being dropped or overlooked because I'd want to rock the Tank/Bard or something crazy like that
slow meadow
keep in mind that your base class makes up the lions share of what you are. Your secondary augments that but does not completely change what you can do. And your secondary is something that won't be terribly hard to change if needed.
limpid gull
Ahh, right right, good good
zenith igloo
Will base movement speed scale by level? Or is it more so strictly locked to a characters class or maybe armor/ mounts?
digital yacht
higher levels will not have higher base MS that is broken
slow meadow
mounts will have tiers of movement speed that is all.
lament viper
Is their any way I can buy the alpha without all the extra cosmetics and stuff just to save money
ruby swift
Nope
digital yacht
the 250 is the cheapest for Alpha 2 access
ruby swift
Testing access is not sold a la carte currently
boreal totem
So I noticed siege weapons are going to be under the crafting profession. When a siege is declared will the attacking parties have a chance to buy and set up said equipment for the coming battle or will they have to have them before declaring?
slow meadow
yes after a siege is declared there is a preparation phase of up to 5 days for metropolis level. in that time you will have many quests and other activities you can do to help prepare
ruby swift
I believe there is a camp system planned. That can be raided during the declaration period by either side to impact results.
boreal totem
So will the siege engineers have to be a part of the attacking force, or can you have a arms dealer type approach where you can go and sell siege equipment to the attacking army?
boreal totem
That was nice, I’ll give you credit for that one
lament dagger
Will there be controller support?
boreal totem
Oh, also on the underrealm... Will it be sitting under just one part of the world or will it be accessible by both continents? If so, could you travel through the underrealm to get around?
slow meadow
@lament dagger controller support has not been confirmed. so at this time no.
upbeat zephyr
Hello, I have a quick question.
Are masteries character bound?
Maybe I'm a dolt and the information is clearly states on the wiki, it does mention something about alts.
onyx knoll
@simple ether Currently watching your Q&A, great job dude!
verbal sandal
Yeah me too
upbeat zephyr
The way I understood the skilling system was that you would be limited to mastering one of the three main types (gathering, processing, crafting) and everything to do with them.
I was just worried that would be that and an alt would be boned out of the other two.
dark jungle
professions doesnt affect alts
you can have mastery of different trees on different alts
upbeat zephyr
Yes per character, correct?
dark jungle
correct
upbeat zephyr
The many alts one account division is a nice compromise considering they can share certain things.
Most games really lean one way or another on that matter. I quite like it.
onyx knoll
Do we know what the inventory management is going to be like? Is there an item weight system, do gatherables stack to high amount of low stack? can you increase your bag space etc
dark jungle
onyx knoll
ty Lex!
upbeat zephyr
I've been playing runescape for fifteen years so I'm quite partial to having one account. Why did my first MMO have to curse me with an unreasonable standard of playing on one account..
Thanks for the quick answer to my question 🙂
boreal totem
How large is a guild fortress?
dark jungle
not sure at this stage @boreal totem
misty vapor
Hi folks just joined discord! I'm considering buying Voyager Plus Pre-Order Pack, but I couldn't find information online about when alpha 2 actually starts, or when can you play with this pack. Anyone can answer that please?
dark jungle
no dates on alpha 2 yeat
crystal flax
Lemme try that again
We don't have dates for anything beyond A1 this Fall, but if you're truly primarily interested in the A2, the $250 pack comes with that too, voyager plus is just for the extra bits in it
misty vapor
@crystal flax It's fine, I loved watching you guys play that 90 minutes and watched both LazyPeon and Azmon invetrview and got hooked, just take my money 😄
hardy pewter
Is there any information on the current/planned features for accessibility and custom keybinding?
sudden lark
Ooh. Anyone know if phoenixes will exist in game?
dark jungle
yes @hardy pewter https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Action_bar#Control_settings
ruby swift
hardy pewter
oh I missed that in the wiki. TY @dark jungle !
looks like full keybind remapping, which definitely makes life easier for those of us not on tradition KBM setups. Good news to have.
boreal totem
Is there going to be any underwater content that don’t take a combat role (Like harvesting pearls, clams, underwater ore sites, salvaging from shipwrecks like in Archeage?)
upbeat zephyr
The first line on that page is mint.
digital yacht
@undone prairie most likely yes, so say a ranger has 3 bow skills on his hotbar if he is weilding a dagger he wont be able to use the skills requiring a bow
viral steppe
ok so is it official that we get more than one character per server? if so how could we not just make 3 masters or the gathering, processing, crafting?
digital yacht
u can
digital yacht
u wont be hitting master on all 3 in a short amt of time
dark jungle
^ yes, that would be very hard
viral steppe
well you only really need to master gathering and the rest would snowball
i find that sad actually, i think that hurts the player driven econemy Steven was going for
dark jungle
if you dont have a master processor and a master crafter you wont be able to make the top tier gear
digital yacht
mastering gathering first doesnt mean u will have nearly enought mats to master the other 2
dark jungle
yes, it would be huge amount of work for one person, likely requiring more than 24 hours a day
upbeat zephyr
The fact that you can do that makes it feel rather silly that it's separated to begin with, but as long as we can do it I'm not so fussed about it. The alts will share resources and a home/citizenship, right? So it's all good.
digital yacht
@undone prairie yes u are not restricted in anyway
hardy pewter
why would alts share a home and citizenship?
upbeat zephyr
Do they not?
dark jungle
but you likely wont be able to do it @upbeat zephyr unless you can invent more hours in a day
viral steppe
everyone ive talked to is talking about playing for 12 hours a day or so, i dont feel like it would take long for many dedicated people to atleast become self sufficient until they build into rediculous stuff
dark jungle
yes
viral steppe
wild, ill just accept it as is lol
upbeat zephyr
Anyone will be able to if they set their mind to it. I've personally done many 1000hr grinds on MMOs before.
noble elk
When buying the 250$ pack do the skins carry over to release ?
digital yacht
@undone prairie there will be almost always a meta but i dont think it will be a 70/30 type meta it might be a very miniscule DPS difference but theres where testing comes into play
white sand
What exactly Alpha 1 , whats gonna be in it , like is there gonna be more bosses animation/mechanics , more skills , better combat...etc
dark jungle
anyone could build the Eifel tower on their own too, but it wouldn't be practical to do
noble elk
Lol I was just making sure
noble elk
Could you have multiple characters created on a server ?
digital yacht
yes
noble elk
Ok thx 😊
white sand
@digital yacht know what ?
white sand
Oh
upbeat zephyr
@dark jungle to be fair the kind of think I'm talking about is like really niche .0001% of people would maybe come close to doing it. Which is a great thing to have in a game! It's really a matter of finding a bloke with 20k hours to sink in over a few years..
dark jungle
gl
narrow yacht
are nodes set to be a certain type of node right off of the bat?
digital yacht
yes
noble elk
I know killing other players will cause certain penalties but does the people you kill loose anything ?
digital yacht
its all pre determined
high jewel
narrow yacht
so we dont have any influence on what type of node it becomes? its just set already?
digital yacht
yes
noble elk
They drop Resources that they were carrying ? @digital yacht
digital yacht
yes
noble elk
Oh ok cool I was thinking about being a pirate
digital yacht
very plausible to do
noble elk
Nice now I am getting hyped 🥳
fervent hamlet
I want to be a goblin that hoards mass amounts of loot
noble elk
I heard about how some people can get extra customization on the characters is that gain from buying any of the pack or just certain ones ?
digital yacht
uhh the preorder packs on the website do have cosmetics
lethal imp
Does anyone know how much the cosmetic add ons cost?
lethal imp
25 for each set?
lethal imp
Ahh okay
So say if I got the cheapest package which comes with like one or two cosmetic items, I could still buy the rest separately and same for future cosmetics right?
digital yacht
no just those tiers of cosmetics
ruby swift
If you buy the $75 dollar pack that comes with the shoulder pad, then in future months you would be able to buy the $5 cosmetic a la carte. As you move up the tiers you gain access to purchase the other tiers a la carte.
torpid tangle
a la carte
ruby swift
adjective, adverb. (of a menu or a section of a menu) having dishes listed separately and individually pricedCompare table d'hôte. (of a dish) offered on such a menu; not part of a set meal.
torpid tangle
yeah I used to work in the deli a la carte :>
crystal flax
You could always wait for other ones if you don't care for the swamp theme too heavily
lament dagger
If you buy the $75 dollar pack that comes with the shoulder pad, then in future months you would be able to buy the $5 cosmetic a la carte. As you move up the tiers you gain access to purchase the other tiers a la carte.
@ruby swift that feels kinda messed up.
crystal beacon
<Doesn't want shrek's house, will be waiting til next round of cosmetics
ruby swift
How?
lament dagger
buying the 75$ pack and only getting 1 piece of the cosmetic set.
lethal imp
It’s not the swamp thing exactly, it’s just unfortunate that I’d need to buy the $375 one first to access full sets :(
ruby swift
Like anything else, access has it privileges. You are not required to buy a pack.
ruby swift
There is only ever one piece of the armor set sold at that level. It is a separate skin.
crystal flax
That's the accessory slot
ruby swift
Yep
digital yacht
its an accessory that matces the armor set
lament dagger
👍
ruby swift
lament dagger
ah okay, makes more sense.
lethal imp
<- sad I just missed the dark allegiances set
digital yacht
@ruby swift do u own everything else in the shop thats why those only show up for u?
ruby swift
That is not my image. Mine is different since I am KS.
woven vale
Any word on when Ashes is switching from Xsolla?
lament dagger
do we have an idea on what stuff will be released in the store before launch?
I'd hate to drop a ton of money now, then something later down the road looks better but not be able to afford paying more.
digital yacht
was gunna say cuz my shop still has stuff that i purchased from way bac kwhen lol like the blue flame phoenix pet and other @ruby swift
ruby swift
@woven vale Not currently
woven vale
Ty.
digital yacht
@lament dagger no they rotate monthly
they usually put out a announcement a day or two before
lethal imp
I don’t think we have an idea and from what was mentioned in one of the interviews, the concepts are just going to get better and better
So you might as well hold onto your money till you see something you really like
lament dagger
ty
ruby swift
Yeah, this is mine currently on top of the page.
lament dagger
Yeah i'm more than happy to buy something, but i wana make sure i like what i get hehe
digital yacht
this is mine and i own like have of them
lethal imp
Yeah that makes sense, because of the lack of information right now it’s best to wait till something strikes your fancy xD
Tho I am wondering what the embers you’re being given will buy you
lament dagger
Tho I am wondering what the embers you’re being given will buy you
@lethal imp that's a good point.
digital yacht
@lethal imp in game shop currency
crystal beacon
More cosmetics once the game launches, I guess
Though some of those kickstarter packs seem to have enough embers to buy months worth of cosmetics... that or they'll be expensive AF
lethal imp
Oh I know that but I mean, say you’re being given 1.5k embers, would that be worth a $15 cosmetic or a $25 cosmetic
Because without knowing that it’s just an arbitrary number at the moment
lament dagger
Will we be able to get mounts early on, or are they planned to be closer to end game?
lament dagger
woot
lament dagger
What's the status on player housing limits (of all the housing types)?
crystal beacon
Mounts will be very early last I heard
ruby swift
There is an early quest in the starter area where you gain your first racial mount.
crystal beacon
Probably Archeage early
lethal imp
What do you mean by that?
You can own one stronghold housing per account and I think 1 of the other two types per character
If I remember correctly
lament dagger
Oh sorry, i mean global limit, not personal limit.
lethal imp
Ahh
digital yacht
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Player_housing @lament dagger
lament dagger
ty
distant charm
is there only the packages for sale right now in the store? or am i clicking the wrong store?
jolly wadi
Where do i download the game? Registered already but i can't find any download links?
wooden basalt
Has Intrepid given a tentative launch date yet?
wooden basalt
😦
jolly wadi
oops
lethal imp
The game will be in development for AT LEAST another 2 years I believe it was mentioned
digital yacht
we are approaching alpha 1 soon
wooden basalt
Oof
distant charm
before minimal viable product launch then comes continued develpment i hope xD
clever terrace
I know its not out now but when and where do I find out when I can download and play the test runs
digital yacht
@clever terrace have u bought into thje alpha or beta
if not then u wait til launch
lament dagger
Can a node have more than 1 social org?
i couldnt find the answer on the social org page
digital yacht
@lament dagger not sure
@undone prairie there will be some gear that is based on level yes, some might be stat requirements too
clever terrace
well fml guess i will wait till launch hopefully i get an automated message telling me its a go lol. prolly launch when cyberpunk 2077
lament dagger
@undone prairie i think you can wear any type of gear, like light/heavy. not entirely sure.
plush hound
any chance of Alpha One access being available again for a limited time?
clever terrace
I would assume it is to late to buy into alpha or beta
digital yacht
@plush hound if so its a slim chance but its possible
lethal imp
I’m sure you’ll see it pop more when it’s time don’t worry xD
digital yacht
@clever terrace u can buy into alpha 2 beta 1 beta 1 justnot alpha 1
crystal beacon
I doubt alpha 1 access will be sold again tbh, they already have 10k+ for it
digital yacht
@undone prairie assume u need a level req for it, i dont have that info atm
plush hound
yea. that Lazypeon video got my plums ripe. I will keep a look out and prob just get alpha 2 access pack. ty for the help!
digital yacht
@plush hound its advised to wait for a few months when Alpha 1 drops NDA then u can see if u want to buy into it
lethal imp
“Got my plums ripe” haven’t heard that one before
crystal beacon
Alpha 1 will still be missing a lot of core game features, alpha 2 is probably the best time to get in for a real play experience imo
digital yacht
@plush hound and alpha 2 seems like the best phase tp buy into as alot more content will be available
clever terrace
so i just go to the site and explore apocalypse then buy into alpha 2 or one of the betas and it should tell me which one i am buying into.
crystal beacon
IF you go to the shop on the site, each of the available packs tells you what phase it comes with
digital yacht
@clever terrace https://accounts.ashesofcreation.com/shop
crystal beacon
Also, V, get outta here, that's my name D=<
eternal lotus
IS apocoplsye playable? i couldnt find it.
lethal imp
Oh what on Earth I didn’t even realise
digital yacht
no its closed @eternal lotus
lethal imp
Okay fine >.<
eternal lotus
or was that temporaty
clever terrace
ok i figured i had already found it just making sure i wasnt tripping lol
digital yacht
@eternal lotus is was a testing phase for many different things for the mmo
eternal lotus
Gotcha, Thanks!
clever terrace
for some reason i was under the impression that the game was coming sooner and it was free download and only in game purchase
digital yacht
@clever terrace its 15/$ month
lethal imp
Ahaha unfortunately the game is still a while away from being released
But luckily most of the community understand that and are just letting the devs do their thing
clever terrace
so basically like WoW but way more content and development as far as the nodes and in game development for players and the citys/quest got it
lament dagger
i wish we could help XD
lethal imp
If only
clever terrace
I mean are they hiring coders?? lmao
lethal imp
Unrelated but is anyone else slightly dreading the marriage system mechanic?
digital yacht
@shy ermine its 14.99
shy ermine
ah gotchu
lethal imp
I don’t think it’s a bad thing per se but I’m always so wary of the drama that comes with it
lament dagger
@lethal imp why?
lethal imp
Ah yes sorry
clever terrace
thanks for the info will keep following have a great night or day
past vortex
Does healing flagged player make healer flagged too?
Please say it is so, otherwise it's a huge loophole.
digital yacht
yes
past vortex
good
lament dagger
only if you have it turned on i believe