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vast crescent
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Will there be separate slots for Skins within the mount system? For a Mount skin itself, and also for Barding, Saddle, etc? So in essence we'd be able to have saddle skin/barding skin on top of a Mount skin? I'm assuming there is but not sure, so I wanted to ask you guys.

steady ocean
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As long as it is not a full costume for a mount, I'd assume so if there are cosmetics for those slots.

undone hearth
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QQ how does name reservation work.?

steady ocean
undone hearth
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tyty

rocky wadi
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What happened if I cannot get access to my account due to not having the recovery key. I lost my key due to phone issues and no longer have it

steady ocean
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put in a support ticket if able

rocky wadi
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Okie I did I just wanted to double check

hidden urchin
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Any idea if the pre-release cosmetics, specifically for the freeholds, will come with matching cosmetics for decor or will we be able to obtain that though the shop at some point?

full badger
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@hidden urchin I don't know for sure but it's unlikely. The monthly cosmetics are usually on a unique theme each month

hidden urchin
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thanks

vapid creek
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will there be guild outfit with the guild logo on it for guilds that like organizations etc?

digital yacht
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Tabards

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dont knowe about full outfits

rocky wadi
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how long does it normally take for someone to check your support ticket

dire sentinel
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will there be local voice?

dark jungle
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party, raid, guild, tavern, etc but not proximity

ruby swift
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how long does it normally take for someone to check your support ticket
@rocky wadi Depends on the backlog. A month ago it was a couple weeks, now may be less. They don't work on the weekends, so if you just filed a ticket it will be early next week depending on that.

weary coral
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How do you know if your Kickstarter rewards are linked to your Intredpid Studios account? I haven't heard much about the rewards and I just wanted to make sure I am not missing anything

ruby swift
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Look in the inventory tab

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If you see the mounts and such from KS, you are fine. The global awards are not there yet.

weary coral
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Sorry I am a bit unfamiliar with the Ashes of Creation website as I am just revisiting this. Where would the inventory tab be?

ruby swift
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Sec

weary coral
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Okay thank you, so I do not see anything in my inventory, what do I need to do in order to get this remedied?

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I know that they have separated from Kickstarter and I don't want to lose what I paid for obviously XD

ruby swift
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When did you apply the KS key to your account? It usually takes 24-48 hours for an account to migrate. If you are past that window, then file a customer service ticket.

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You will not lose anything. Intrepid will sort you out. There are several anecdotal reports of excellent customer service.

weary coral
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I am honestly not sure if I ever actually attached a KS key nor do I know where I would find that...

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I love the company, I'm not worried about them not working with me at all! I'm just not sure of the procedures is all, I really appreciate you walking me through this

ruby swift
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Are you logged on with the original email that you used during KS? Did you ever apply a code that you were sent almost 3 years ago? Are you just logging on after the website was upgraded two years ago and still awaiting full migration? All questions that need to be looked at before anyone can help you.

weary coral
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Yes I am logged in my original account, I don't think I ever applied any code it probably got lost in spam mail if I am being honest and I did just log into the website for the first time in a couple years and did the whole migration stuff

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I don't know if that is instant or takes time, but I am logged into the new system now

ruby swift
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It takes 24-48 hours for an account to migrate. Once that time has passed, if you see no change, then file a ticket. Realize that they answer them during business hours US M-F, and there is probably a backlog, so you could be waiting on a queue. If you do file a ticket, make sure to include as much background info as possible.

weary coral
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Okay last question and then I shall leave you be good sir XD. Where would I file a ticket?

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Thank you very kindly. I appreciate all your help

reef cedar
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Will there be cooldowns on entering dungeons(the instanced dungeons) and raids or gaining loot from open world dungeon bosses?

ruby vine
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Do we need to buy the game or id to play this game? ?

reef cedar
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You just need to subscribe to be able to play, no box cost

woven vale
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The game on release will be sub 15 dollars a month.

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Alphas/Betas access must be bought via store packs.

ruby vine
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15 bucks a month?

lean marlin
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yes

woven vale
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Note: Prices will be localized based on region (though you'll have to play on your region's server and no one elses)

desert ivy
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If your region doesn't have a server it won't be localised though

woven vale
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So South America servers would have a South America localized price, NA will have NA prices. @ruby vine

ruby vine
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Thabks for the info guys

uneven valley
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Do we know how the auction house/marketplace system will work

reef cedar
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And it looks like it's specific to the node it's in unless it's an economic metropolis where it can join with one other for a linked auction house

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Most trade will likely take place through player shops that people can buy a certificate from an economic node to use (and presumably set up anywhere) and if a node builds a marketplace then players can set up stalls to sell their items

reef osprey
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@uneven valley pretty much yeah. Anything you want to know specifically?

proper abyss
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Are all local AH's only available in the metropolis or also the metropolis AH in the 'linked' smaller nodes?

spring dagger
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i believe its in village town nodes of the economic type? might be a little bit wrong about that though

steady ocean
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All economic nodes can have an AH at the appropriate level

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No other nodes except an economic node can have an AH. Other nodes can have bulletin boards which can show which econ nodes in their area offer, and you'll have to travel to those nodes to buy the items.

spring dagger
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i think you can only link metropolises tho

steady ocean
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For the linked AHs, I'm pretty sure you can pay for any of those items from a linked econ node's AH, but you have to travel to the node the items are located at to pick them up, Wandering Mist can clarify if that is incorrect

full badger
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The auction houses in Ashes are a part of the Market, which is a building unique to the economic node (unlocked at level 3). The linked auction house is only available to the economic metropolis, which connects the auction houses of 2 economic metropolis together, as well as their respective vassal nodes

spring dagger
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does it link the proper vassel nodes? cause i thought as a vassel node you could only see the items in the parent node and may not buy it unless you travel to that node?

full badger
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@steady ocean Correct. If you buy an item remotely from another node's auction house you have to go to that node yourself to collect it

spring dagger
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that makes more sense

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and fits with the design philosiphy more

steady ocean
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The parent (stage 6) economic metropolis node is linked to all the other economic vassal nodes under it within its zone of influence, and can be super linked to a few other stage 6 economic metros creating a super AH basically. @spring dagger

spring dagger
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right thanks for the clarification 🙂

proper abyss
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Is there and design for Chatsystems known, like World,Guild,Whisper or Node chat?

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And thanks Wandering, that's what I wanted to know :)

full badger
proper abyss
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Thanks again

civic hearth
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what will be max size of guild players? will guild have levels?

velvet spear
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Currently the guild cap is at 300 players

full badger
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The guild advancement and perk system is yet to be fleshed out and finalised

velvet spear
civic hearth
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wow nice

digital yacht
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@velvet spear prob better to link the site if ur using the sites pictures, more exposure to the wiki means less repeat questions 🙂

velvet spear
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Fair nuff will do next time

torpid nimbus
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30 to 50 in a guild feels boxed in

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I get it's not the limit

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300 is a lot

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Spartans!

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300 farmers and life skillers...not so much

sour granite
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i'll be curious to see how many farmers and crafters it takes to support a full time soldier in the game

tight scroll
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@sour granite It will take quite a few, but they won't only be supporting the one soldier. I imagine it'll be a 50/50 ratio or something. Certain crafters will be limited based on roi like breeders and ship builders.

digital yacht
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It’s a 1-2-4 ratio for best ratios

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4 gatherers 2 processors 1 crafter

fluid jasper
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People aren't likely to do just one thing, many people are likely to do a lot of things. You'll be a poor man if you think you can keep up as a full time soldier without selling things

civic hearth
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Will servers available globally i.e. US, EU, Asia or just in US? also will it be region locked or anyone can join any region?

desert ivy
civic hearth
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Looks fun, is there any roadmap till public release?

potent thunderBOT
crystal beacon
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Hello guys. Do AOC will be on Steam?

stable plover
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The MMO is not planned to come to steam.

woven vale
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AoC is planned to have it's own launcher. With the parting ways of my.com I believe the launcher will also be included in Europe/Russia.

crystal beacon
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Thank you guys

wet wave
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From what I understand, if you die as a non combatant you lose 50% gatherings/processed goods and if you die as combatant you lose 25%.
But if you are non combatant and face a corrupted, you cannot gain combatant status, so are you doomed to losing 50% in that case?

full badger
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@wet wave In theory yes, subject to testing of course

lean marlin
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A lot of us are planning on testing that system hard, so expect some kind of update...hopefully. ❤️

wet wave
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sounds good

fleet rock
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with the mayor flying mounts... could other people go on them like a group mount or no?

onyx knoll
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we know that the metro mayors and castle monarchs will be able to give lesser flying mounts to some of their officers during sieges, and we know there will be ground group mounts, but there hasn't been any mentions of group flying mounts so far

fleet rock
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ah that sucks

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i will never fly 😞

fluid jasper
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I know you can do it, you just have to tell yourself: "I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky"

crystal beacon
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i will never fly 😞
Maybe flying "public transport" vehicle could be introduced 🤔

cosmic belfry
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that's between scientific metropolis 😉

crystal beacon
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no, scientific metropolies will have fast transport, aka teleportation, not flying

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:v

fluid jasper
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The wiki does specifically mention airship between scientific nodes

cosmic belfry
crystal beacon
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ohh

cosmic belfry
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airship, no teleportation 🙂

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and other flying path too between nodes

crystal beacon
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the "fast travel" IS teleportion

cosmic belfry
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we are not talking about the same thing

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Fast travel teleportation will be between the metropolis and it's vassal nodes

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while airship will be between 2 scientific metropolis

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since you asked for flying public transport, I mentioned the relevant one between 2 metro 🙂

crystal beacon
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i understood incorectly your sentence :v

fluid jasper
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There is a difference between fast travel and faster travel

cosmic belfry
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well maybe I was not clear either, anyway we agree now 🙂

crystal beacon
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yup

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but it still would be cool to have more flying public transport than between scientific metropolis :b

cosmic belfry
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well wiki mention flying path too

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"Flight paths via flying automated creatures that link nodes within a specific region"

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So maybe that ^^ who knows the extent though

crystal beacon
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also

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a diffrent question

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is it known if crafters could create one-of-a-kind legendary items?

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(with unique visuals etc)

cosmic belfry
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I believe they said legendary but did not specify if they would be unique.

crystal beacon
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i know about that, but I'm curious

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if it'll be possible

crystal beacon
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Would mastering a gathering profession prevent from mastering a processing/crafting one?

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Yes. You can only select one uhhh I forgot what it’s called. Father profession? Either gathering process or crafting

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hmm... good to know

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It’s to prevent people from becoming self-sufficient machines.

fluid jasper
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I prefer the term daddy profession

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But what the wiki actually says is that you can only choose to master one of the parent artisan classes, (Gathering, Processing or Crafting) and you can master several, but not all of the professions within your chosen parent artisan class.

crystal beacon
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This is going to be my brothers first MMO experience and he’s like “Yeah I wanna do all the smithing type stuff and you can master mining” like... boi xD if you don’t gtfo out of here

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so you can master only one "tree", but not only the one path of that "tree"?

fluid jasper
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Yes

crystal beacon
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ok

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What do you predict will be the most profitable? I tend to do alchemy in mmos

fluid jasper
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I tend to do blacksmithing related stuff, not for profitability, but because I usually play heavy armour classes

crystal beacon
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i think i'll do jewelery and try to make a perfect, smooth golden Ring

fluid jasper
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The precious?

crystal beacon
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my... precious...

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either that or im picking bard that makes siege weapons :b

fluid jasper
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If you roll on a server with a large RP community, then I think carpentry could be good

crystal beacon
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IF i'd become a carpenter, I'd decorate my house with triangles and question marks :v

glacial walrus
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i bet animal husbandry will be pretty profitable, though it could be a saturated market, so maybe not

crystal beacon
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it's hard to know what'll be most profitable, because at the start of the game/server diffrent some jobs will be more profitable than others in the later game

fluid jasper
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I think animal husbandry will be a very popular profession to pick, just for the novelty of the profession. Depending on how food and potion dependent the game will be then cooking or alchemy might be good.

crystal beacon
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btw, what profession in your opinion will be the least popular?

onyx knoll
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the processing ones, probably.. lol

crystal beacon
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ok

steady ocean
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@onyx knoll for the carving contest, have you seen Toast clarify if submissions with more than one pumpkin will be allowed? I believe the rules only specify one submission, not one pumpkin, and I’ve seen a few submissions on the forums with more than one so I was hoping to clarify

onyx knoll
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I understood it that it was one pumpkin, unless they were all part of one carving (like using small pumpkins as towers of a castle), and that actual multiple carvings wouldn't count. But as people have been arguing the fine prints over the weekend, I'll be trying to get confirmation tomorrow

limpid willow
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Does anyone know which API Ashes will use?

velvet spear
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For addons and the like?

limpid willow
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No, I mean the layer that translates the game to the hardware.

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Vulkan, DirectX etc

small pecan
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DirectX!

fluid jasper
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Wiki says that it is not decided

small pecan
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Um

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Could I get a link?

limpid willow
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I hope they go with Vulkan

torpid tangle
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little addition is that ashes isn't going to be having addons

limpid willow
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A decision I like for the most part.

small pecan
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So it’s DirectX. They can’t be this far along and not be decided, haha

limpid willow
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Thank you.

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Wine it is, then.

small pecan
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There was some discussion of Vulkan, but yea :(

fickle abyss
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Don't think unreal engine has native vulkan does it?

narrow dew
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Would be interesting to see a basic climbing system. Just the basic pull yourself up from an edge. Similare to how they do it in Black Desert. Is this anything they've mentioned?

brittle ferry
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Some classes in some areas, correction

tawdry forum
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Will you be able to apply cosmetics to items and take the cosmetics off and reapply them to another item?

Is there going to be a specific inventory for just cosmetics?

digital yacht
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yes

fluid jasper
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The specifics aren't known but you can apply and reapply cosmetics to your heart's content

small solstice
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Can we climb trees in Ashes?

steady ocean
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I do not believe at this point you can. Most trees they’ve shown you can’t interact with, unless they are able to be cut down per their game showcases

small solstice
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darn - I just discovered Genshin Impact and climbing trees is really fun

steady ocean
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Some races may have specific buildings that are built from living trees such as the Py’rai, but then again much still isn’t know

oak depot
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the only thing I wish was that the physics of a cut down tree falling had more bend to it... I know it's a trivial thing to want but the straight single-spline fall was out-of-place a bit

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I don't even want them taking time to fix it as it is so minute a thing to want

steady ocean
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Maybe in the future as a polish project

oak depot
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I mean it would be super cool if tree falling on things did damage too

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but again... I feel like that's over-reaching

lime topaz
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yeah, that's just extra stuff, lets get the game working first 😛

true finch
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tree/object climbing is not compatible in a mmo scenario. There is too many ways to abuse it and to break core gameplay loops imo. Singleplayer game such as breath of the wild and genjin can take better advantage of it

oak depot
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well, AoC will have Parkour for example as a utility ability for certain classes

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it's unknown if that includes using "trees", but could

short flint
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currently it has been confirmed for Rogues/Rangers. But that might be something exclusive to possible sieges? Not sure. Excited to see it

woeful notch
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The mounts listed on the wiki, is that all the mounts thatlle be released at the start, ot are there more they arent going to show?

oak depot
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there will be many more

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especially mounts you can breed from combination yourself (if you have animal husbandry)

woeful notch
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goody

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oh they are all preorder packs

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darn does that mean i cant get any of them?

viral sigil
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All the cosmetics from packs will have an in game equivalent

woeful notch
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meaning, looks similar but like different colour scheme?

viral sigil
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Exactly

woeful notch
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hmmmm

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still sad

viral sigil
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Husbandry may have the ability to breed them though it hasn't been confirmed yet

woeful notch
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that would be interesting

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but at the same time you wanna reward those who supported in the begining

eager shore
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What class will be the best class? 😇

honest solstice
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From what i understand (may be wrong) mounts you buy are purley skins not a actual mount so there may be look alikes but i dont think breeding would produce them so

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best class isint really a thing since its balanced on a 8 man scale and with the trinity system of tank healer dps so depending on what you want to do

arctic sky
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Breeding might have some

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Some skins will have in game variants to breed or tame

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Best class is what makes you happy inside@eager shore

obsidian ice
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?

arctic sky
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@obsidian ice sour lemon

obsidian ice
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who me lol

limber spire
whole isle
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Best class is easy

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Blob summoner

uneven valley
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will Ashes have idle activities (like idle crafting in BDO for example)

lusty mist
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hey guys. how many character's can we have per account?

devout nymph
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Can you join multiple guilds?

brittle ferry
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No @devout nymph

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@lusty mist unknown at this point

round belfry
brittle ferry
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@uneven valley Not at this point as they want it to be a player economy

devout nymph
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Ty Grey, but oof XD

brittle ferry
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They will have the ability for multiple characters but with the limit on guilds and Alliances # of characters

devout nymph
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Cause I want to be apart of a crafting guild and a pvp guild. That's why I ask

eager shore
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Will names be allowed to have symbols or numbers in them (ingame characters)

final topaz
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Anyone heard anything about servers max players capacity?

karmic yarrow
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During alpha their are saying approx 1500

rigid rose
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@final topaz current target they have said for live servers is 50,000 accounts on a server and 8-10k characters online at same time (concurrent) ... this of course will be looked at as the testing progresses through the Alpha/Beta phases.

slow swift
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how do u guys think, will they allow dps meters?

lean raptor
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oh no

lime topaz
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I believe they said they will not allow dps meters

slow swift
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cool

lime topaz
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you can write it down on paper, but no 3rd party programs

slow swift
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well.. u can as much lock some 3d party programs

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there are ways to track that

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I just know what this can become.. I would love a game without a dps meter. Especially since no lfg is there

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It would make sense that u wanna play with friends and have fun and take your time..

lime topaz
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well they confirmed no 3rd party programs at all\

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but yes, there is no stopping you of seeing your own dps by creating an excel sheet or calculating yourself

worldly vale
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This is true, but Guild Wars 2 also doesn't support 3rd party programs but people still manage to keep an up-to-date DPS program working patch after patch

lime topaz
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right, it's just not supported like it is in wow

lean raptor
slow swift
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not true.. about gw2

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they are ok if that does not give u smth over another player

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dps meters like acr dps don't give u any additional benefits

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so it's allowed. But a statement of no 3d party at all. I like it more

lean raptor
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Hiring scribes to keep track of your dps xd

rocky marlin
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Heh

tranquil knoll
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Hi... You probably have had this question a few times already but so some of the secondary selections for a class... Some classes don't give any augment to the primary class dose that mean they bring nothing to the class at all besides a name change?

ripe dawn
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no

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they enhance there current abilities

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I think

tranquil knoll
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... I see its because I can't see any discription that I am asking

loud panther
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This isn't verified: but I think classes that are pure archetype, such as Fighter/fighter or rogue/rogue, will either augment even further to match that archetype or their abilities will just be enhanced like Russian LaviTheTerrorist said.

tranquil knoll
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Ty for the info

digital yacht
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Hi... You probably have had this question a few times already but so some of the secondary selections for a class... Some classes don’t give any augment to the primary class dose that mean they bring nothing to the class at all besides a name change?
@tranquil knoll ur not seeing anything bc most of it hasn’t been shown yet

whole drum
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Hi I'm new here!! I wanted to know if the game will be in Spanish?

velvet spear
full badger
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@whole drum Hi and welcome. Right now the game is currently going to be supported in English, German, French and Russian. Other languages may be considered later based on availability and demand

lone magnet
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why german but not spanish if it is way more popular

full badger
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That's not a question I can answer, sorry @lone magnet

silk tapir
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spanish might be way more spoken than german but german are way wealthier (and loads of gamers)

pale anvil
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germans don't accepts anything else, spanish do 🙂

lone magnet
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StevenGasm ah yes the poor spanish

silk tapir
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not true most german gamer i know play english anyway

full badger
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Feel free to discuss the various languages for Ashes down in the discussion channel 🙂

whole drum
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Ok thanks, although Spanish is much more spoken than French, German and Russian

dapper mica
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dutch!!

iron garden
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Is alpha 1 still coming this fall?

full badger
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We should be getting an update on that with the Creative Director's Letter, due on the 16th @iron garden

round ridge
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Afaik the languages offered in mmos aren’t that much about popularity but more about those countries’ laws on localisations.

tame moss
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Is there any info for developers? Will there be things like a marketplace API or addons etc.?

ruby swift
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Nope, they are keeping API in house and 3rd party addons are not being allowed.

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Addons/mods
My decision is not to allow DPS meters nor add-ons. I feel we have adequate measures in place to prevent a majority of potential third party trackers. I know this subject has passionate voices on both sides and I respect the various opinions and positions many of you have expressed.[174] – Steven Sharif

Addons and DPS meters will not be allowed.[174][4]

The developers don't want addons/mods to be necessary to experience the game.[175]
The design of the game API is still under consideration.[176]
There will be integrations available for streaming services such as Twitch and a few other services, but it's not something that will be exposed through an API just yet.[177]
The developers believe that parsers (DPS meters) can have negative effects.[178][4]
The idea is to make a one-stop-shop from the company when it comes to in-game systems... We don't really want to have addons in my opinion.[175] – Steven Sharif

tame moss
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Alright, thank you!

steel vessel
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Will it be possible to have logs? (of actions, damage, healing etc for self and group, as well as incoming from the enemy)

dry harbor
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if no addons are allowed, and no API to steal from, how would you get the data?

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if you're talking about raidlogs

steel vessel
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yes

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but if it will be a 'one stop shop' maybe the game will offer a logs functionality (hopefully)

dry harbor
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"My decision is not to allow DPS meters nor add-ons. I feel we have adequate measures in place to prevent a majority of potential third party trackers. I know this subject has passionate voices on both sides and I respect the various opinions and positions many of you have expressed.[174] – Steven Sharif"

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I'm guessing they wont really, but who knows. lots of time between now and release.

steel vessel
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ok, I think I have a question for the next Q & A then 🙂

crystal beacon
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Quick question
If someone kills another player they become red/purple
But what if I get attacked and defend myself, ending up killing the attacker, do I get red/purple too or do I stay green?

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X_x"
Thatz dumb

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Guess all the mercenary guilds awe thewe fow a reason '^^

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Anyway
Thankies fow answering

sullen peak
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not to b negative, but just pointing out that last time A1 was supposed to start the dev later was delayed and then we were told in it that the a1 was pushed to the following year and given no date

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i wouldnt expect a1 this year, just saying

dry harbor
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we'll find out on friday i guess.

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But covid has been used as an excuse by every company for hte last 6 months, i wouldn't doubt intrepid would use it too

onyx knoll
sullen peak
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if it wasnt going to b pushed back, we wouldnt still b wondering about a date when a1 should in theory b weeks off. It dosnt look good cause last year they delayed the dev letter to after when a1 was supposed to b just to say sorry next year

onyx knoll
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Again, please bring this to the appropriate channel 😉

crystal beacon
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What can a player accomplish on his own in AoC? What solo content is available?

desert ivy
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Majority of the game is based around group/guild content. There will obviously be some solo content, but don't expect to be able to experience the game as a solo player

cosmic belfry
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On the contrary, there are plenty to do as a solo player. You don't need a guild to enjoy most of what the game has to offer. it will add content if you do. As solo, you can join siege without being part of the guild that declared it for instance.

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But you will need player interaction in order to evolve in the world, as everything is interdependent. So as long as you can communicate and group when needed for dungeon and other events, you would be fine playing solo

crystal beacon
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That sound's great. I'm gonna find a guild, but sometimes I'd just like to do stuff that is meaningful on my own

crystal beacon
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@crystal beacon A lot of the systems work in tandem ( i.e. a player can only master one artisan class, such as miner. Though they can advance in other classes, they will not be able to master those classes. You will need to communicate with other players who have mastered classes in the refinement process, and also crafting.)

short flint
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That is not 100% accurate as of right now. You can only master skills in one Artisan Path (Gathering/Refinement/Crafting) but you might be able to master more than one skill in that path. So you might be able to master Mining and fishing per se, but only get high skills in the rest. Subject to change currently.
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Artisan_classes
@crystal beacon

tawdry forum
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Has anything new been announced for Alpha 1 dates?

short flint
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Yes and no. #news has a post from Steven saying the dates should be coming out this week with his newsletter.

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plus a neat little leak.

crystal beacon
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Will there be RTX support? :v

tight island
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at the time ashes comes out RTX is gonna be outdated

crystal beacon
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Were're gonna have 5D raytracing

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Ah. You said what I meant @short flint. However, my point is that this is an example of how some situations will require working alongside other players to achieve the best results.

short flint
crystal beacon
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So there's a possibility?

short flint
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Yep, possibility.

sterile gulch
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What's the link for the dates for A1/A2/OB stuff so I can bookmark that?

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Thank you! 🙂

viscid ermine
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are we able to name the town or will it be generic town names?

hidden urchin
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there will be a pre-selected pool of names you can pick from

devout nymph
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Would characters that are created under the same account all spawn in the same place?

woven vale
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@devout nymph They will spawn in one of the 4 divine gateways like any other char.

full badger
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@devout nymph When you create a character you can choose to spawn at one of the 4 divine gateways

devout nymph
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So I can have 4 alternates all at a different divine gateway?

woven vale
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Yes.

devout nymph
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I know they want traveling to be a thing, is there a way to transfer anything (armor) between characters without traveling?

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Like an account bank?

woven vale
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Maybe a mailbox of sorts, but that is purely speculative.

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Guild Bank could work, I don't think we have an account bank.

devout nymph
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I wonder if they'll have a local bank/chest system?

woven vale
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Char Banks (atleast for materials) do exist, they are local

full badger
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There will be storage available in the nodes and in freeholds

woven vale
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So if you bank in one town

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Your resources are in that town not any other

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And if that town is sieged and attackers win you lose some resources

devout nymph
#

Okay, and you can only have 1 freehold per account or per character?

woven vale
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account

devout nymph
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Freeholds are the only way to store materials?

woven vale
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Housing is per char (i think), freehold is per account

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Freeholds and local city/town banks

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Guild banks as well

devout nymph
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Okay, I'm confusing housing and freeholds

woven vale
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Freehold are real plots of land in the world

full badger
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There are 3 types of player housing.

woven vale
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Housing is instanced, or in cities where you can enter in real space

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Think Freehold Rural, and Housing Urban

full badger
devout nymph
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I can have a chest only in the freeholds?

woven vale
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Any housing I believe. Though Apartments/Static may only be local banks

full badger
devout nymph
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ty

devout nymph
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Do we know how early game Animal Husbandry is? All I read is a stable is required, those seem to only be available on freeholds?

full badger
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@devout nymph We don't have a lot of details on exactly how the Animal Husbandry will work and what is required for it

devout nymph
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Ty

crystal beacon
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Do freehold skins only change the outside or the room layout as well?

short flint
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Not 100% sure how freehold cosmetics will impact buildings interiors. I expect it changes the outside and the inside walls, but the decorations will not be modified by the skin. but freehold information has only been viewed at a very high level, not much detail has been provided yet

median ice
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Does anyone know of a known date for alpha 2? I did a thing and preordered and looked up the calendar in the wiki and there isn't any dates past alpha 1

torpid nimbus
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Some time next year

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Game is set to realese when it's ready

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Also winter is almost here

median ice
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i would think maybe new years or even early next year like Feb. because alfa one says fall 2020 gotta give alpha 1 some time to get tests ran

torpid tangle
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I love me some alfa 1

desert ivy
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Thinking A1 will only be for a few months

last egret
median ice
#

how long do you think it will last @desert ivy

warm cairn
final oxide
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Maybe 6 months?

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idk

median ice
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im sure no one really knows thanks @final oxide 🙂

torpid nimbus
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It just depends how much they need to fix

desert ivy
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It's not just what they need to fix, they also need to create the content that will be in A2 first as well

woven vale
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@median ice Guesstimation is 2-3 years, I can almost guarantee nothing before that for full release.

short flint
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Also, we are only starting with 5 archetypes in Alpha 1 @final oxide and slowly expanding to all 8 archetypes. then maybe balance/bug tweaks there, dungeon tweaks if any, node system tweaking with that many. It can be a long alpha, or if they are geniuses and nailed everything, very quick. but let's call them mad scientists and nailed lots of things but went overboard on others and it'll be a long test 😉

woven vale
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@short flint 5 Core classes and expanding to the 8 core classes in Alpha 1

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Archetypes may confuse those into thinking about the primary/secondary class inclusion, but it is only the core classes

short flint
steady ocean
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That’s correct, Joka just misspoke

lean marlin
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@woven vale just refer to the archetypes as archetypes and the classes as classes.

For anyone about to read this, 1 Primary Archetypes are not a class as they are basically your role and Secondary Archetypes give you augments not abilities. 2. Your "class" is the combination of the two of them, ex: Tank/Summoner aka Broodwarden (the thing that the two archetypes combine into) is the class.

hidden urchin
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does anybody know if the NA servers will be divided up by time zone (pst, mountain time, est, etc.)?

fluid jasper
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There is a timezone called mountain time?

full badger
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@hidden urchin Unknown at this time, sorry

compact lagoon
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mountain time is basically where all the rockies are

ruby swift
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Yes, there is indeed Mountain Time Zone. That being said, it has not been mentioned as a culprit for NA server placement. East Coast, West Coast and possible Central.

compact lagoon
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not enough people in this timezon ;-;

glacial walrus
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could a server be completely diplomatic and peaceful, or will the number of players + number of nodes/metros bottleneck players into fighting somewhat constantly server wide?

woven vale
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@compact lagoon I feel that pain.

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@glacial walrus Diplomatic yes, peaceful...almost impossible.

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Nodes locking other nodes out will promote warfare.

short flint
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Nodes preventing new content from showing up will promote warfare too

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Since dungeons/raids/world bosses/new mobs and possibly new gatherables change with new node developments.

rain spade
#

It'd be really tricky to get some ~50,000 people
or even a significant fraction of that
to all go along with a serverwide plan

spring kettle
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When you purchase one of the preoders to get into one of the alpha or beta tests and it shows X amount of ingame months included, does this mean ingame months when game is launched since its montly subscription or are the ingame months for the alpha or beta test you get access to subtracted from your preorder months?

full badger
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@spring kettle The ingame time starts when the game is fully released

spring kettle
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Ok awesome thank you, that's what I figured just wanted to make sure before selecting a preorder package!

full badger
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no worries

timber bough
#

Will there be guns? Like how WOW has guns. Also do the weapons need ammunition?

full badger
timber bough
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Would we have to craft ammo for the bows or no?

full badger
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We don't know yet

short flint
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Someone told me that as of right now they don't plan on implementing ammo. but if they do, I would really love to have alchemists and smiths make elemental arrows

quasi latch
#

will we able to have augment that change the whole skills based on elements lets say Wind attunement class?

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like use wind blades,tornados, wind gale, wind barriers etc

ruby swift
proud imp
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For the markets will there be buy orders in addition to sell orders?

short flint
ruby swift
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Oh, I took markets to have a different meaning.

short flint
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that's good info though, didn't know that existed myself

ruby swift
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Yep, was a KS stretch goal achieved. (We actually achieved all of them)

short flint
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Stock market is probably something i wont invest in.

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But thanks again for pointing it out

proud imp
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I was looking for the game markets. If I only have 1000 gold but the market price per rock is 12 gold and I need 100 rocks, I can list an order to buy 100 rocks at 10 gold each and just wait until enough sellers just sell to my price looking for a fast payout. But I think I’ll find my answer in the markets section 😮

celest lantern
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Are economic nodes that are vassals of any other different type of node able to connect to the server wide auction house if there are other level 6 economic nodes out in the world with the feature unlocked?

ruby swift
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My understanding is no, unless they somehow are a vassal of the economic metro. Membership has it's privileges.

celest lantern
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I found it difficult to understand the wiki with regards to what opens up in level 6 economic nodes

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Yeah that makes sense. There will probably be plenty of level 5 economic vassal nodes out there

ruby swift
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The connecting building option has to be built in the vassal node also. Which most likely only unlocks when that is gained by the metro controlling node.

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We know that "fast travel points" have a similar build requirement for scientific metros.

waxen furnace
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any update when is coming out ?

short flint
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The final release? No update. But Alpha 1 update can be found here #news

waxen furnace
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@short flint ok

glad idol
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alpha 1 dates will be annonced friday, in the creative directors letter

young flint
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Sudden thought. If there is a war between two guilds, will they be labeled as combatants for each other or will there be another form of flag that they fall under?

low lantern
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I believe all guildees from both guilds will be combatants towards each other, Steven mentioned something about it in one of these last live-streams but I need to go back and rewatch

young flint
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kk thanks

arctic swift
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And if im not wrong you dont get corruption from killing the guild members you are at war with, even in open world

ruby swift
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Since being in a war state would mean that you are flagged combatant against those players, open world flagging would not apply.

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So no corruption.

reef cedar
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Will there be anything like racial languages? Dwarves being able to speak in dwarvish (and a common language) etc

desert ivy
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No

fluid jasper
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Not player to player, but Steven have said something a long the lines of different language lexicons for player immersion purposes

eager shore
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Will scribes be able to invent languages? :3

fluid jasper
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I mean there is nothing stopping you from creating con-languages IRL

tight socket
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it sounds like they will have their own languages just not from a gameplay standpoint. not like alliance and horde on WoW for example

plucky temple
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can we buy sub time with Embers? i cant seem to find the answer on wiki

round onyx
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What is stopping players from creating multiple accounts with different emails to join with their referral code, in essence getting free Intrepid Bucks therefor equaling subtime?

tulip hatch
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When you refer someone you get 15% of what they pay
So those other accounts need to be putting money into it for the main account to gain that 15%

round onyx
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Ah, well thought-out. Good.

urban axle
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Its almost like they actually play games and understand the mind set of the corrupted players 😱 take notes certain game that released several times over and over

sacred lantern
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Hows it going for the Amsterdam office? Any dates on when it will be ready? 😄

full badger
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@sacred lantern we've not heard anything about it, sorry.

tidal kraken
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Upon launch, each server will have its nodes’ locations set differently?
How frequently (if, at all) will those change their locations (randomly?)

desert ivy
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No
Never

woven vale
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@tidal kraken The possible Node locations are static

round onyx
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Is anyone aware of when they will remove Alpha 2 key purchases? (I Tried to purchase a Alpha 2 Key Bundle (Voyager Pack) and it was refunded as my bank said nah this is sus lol) So now I have to wait for refund to come back to purchase it again and tell the bank nah this is a good purchase. I just don't want to miss out because of my bank being cautious.)

oak depot
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@round onyx they will announce with heads-up notice before they remove A2 key packages

round onyx
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Thank you, @oak depot.

crystal beacon
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Not 100% sure how freehold cosmetics will impact buildings interiors. I expect it changes the outside and the inside walls, but the decorations will not be modified by the skin. but freehold information has only been viewed at a very high level, not much detail has been provided yet
@short flint no I mean, do the freehold skins change the layout of rooms? Some of them look like they would have more rooms or a different form then the normal freehold we've seen so far

lone magnet
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What do I get if I buy with a code of someone?

crystal beacon
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I mean the actual freehold skin for example looks like it has a second floor while the normal housing has only 1

digital yacht
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What do I get if I buy with a code of someone?
@lone magnet can u try re wording this from what i can tell u are asking "What do I do if i buy a code from someone"?

meager yarrow
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What do I get if I buy with a code of someone?
@lone magnet as far as I know you get nothing but they get 15% or what you buy. So if you get $100 of stuff then they get $15 bucks for them to use in shop

lone magnet
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steven so I get notingh what a scam

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Technical my friend should pay me 15 euros then

digital yacht
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o i see hes talknig about the referral program.. yes thats correct, what Howard said is true, u give a person 15% of ur purchase, better to use a friends code then some random streamers 🙂

meager yarrow
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steven so I get notingh what a scam
@lone magnet I’m fairly certain it’s to help out friends

lone magnet
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Wait do I pay 15% more

meager yarrow
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It’s not like your get 15% less or anything

digital yacht
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no u dont pay 15% more

meager yarrow
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Wait do I pay 15% more
@lone magnet no

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It’s nothing changed from your point of view. Just helps the person who got u into the game

crimson trout
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Anyone know if recipes from Crafting/ Professions be learned or be a one time use like scrolls and such.

dark jungle
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learned recipes

stable plover
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@crimson trout The crafting system is recipe based, and one of the sources of said recipes is boss drops, and I imagine those are meant to be single use as opposed to like one drops on the server and is shared by everyone.

dark jungle
crimson trout
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Ok. Thank you for the info.

digital yacht
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I believe it is purely cosmetic

crystal beacon
#

Will certain dialogue options or perks be limited to races speaking to their natives on quests or maybe get more favorable terms on market npcs?

small pecan
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Not sure about dialogue, but definitely haven’t heard anything about perks from speaking to natives/the same race

hexed cosmos
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Will any areas be more difficult than others, or does the difficulty of content in an area depend entirely on the development stage of the node that it is in?

arctic sky
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from what ive heard its mostly node

spark lark
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Steven gave Asmongold the example of a starting node having a pack of Salamanders you have to fight near the mountains, but as the node levels up Archeologists come uncover a dungeon entrance that has higher difficult content, although the Salamanders still remain there for lower level players so they still have access to relevant content too

ruby swift
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I mean the actual freehold skin for example looks like it has a second floor while the normal housing has only 1
@crystal beacon Freehold buildings have different tiers as they advance. As they get to higher tiers they get bigger. What Intrepid has not answered so far is if those freehold skins will only apply to higher tier buildings and which types. So far the only answer given is "We are still waiting on design to give us that information." You can see this design philosophy in the Summer crowdfunding cosmetic freehold skins that clearly show this progression.

hexed cosmos
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So the incentive for a higher level player to go to new areas (which will be way below their level in terms of content) and do things there is to develop new nodes to higher levels asap, providing access to new resources/content after they are levelled up

  • plus obviously the possibility of being in charge of new areas etc - is that about right?
spark lark
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I'd say yes :)

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There is a big motivation to develop different nodes to unlock different endgame PvE content/raids/etc.

glad sleet
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Can i use intrepid bucks yet

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from refferal

torpid tangle
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not until the game is out

glad sleet
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cheers

ruby swift
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I meant their original idea of "tetris" on the plot. I did not mean that the actual plot size of the freehold was not static, just that the buildings placed on it would have different footprints according to tier. In any case, it is something that they have been unwilling/unable to give a firm answer on.

cosmic belfry
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@hexed cosmos and an incentive to return to previously explored areas. For example while you were low level you explored an area with a node level2, and upon coming back with a node level 4, the area will have changed either enemies,, quest, dungeons etc. One of the principle is to try to avoid the usual empty starter zones and give most zones replay-ability. How well it will work is for testing to say, but the concept definitely aim to address this.

oak depot
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@hexed cosmos also it is likely that to reach highest node stages like Metro you might need the support of excess experience coming from vassal nodes. So you have to build up many surrounding areas as well to have a feeder system. Additionally, it could also be that at higher stages the quests a Mayor can issue might provide better returns if surrounding areas are developed. All of this is speculation but would make sense.

fleet rock
#

so since the environment won't change your appearance as in dirt... will being in combat change it as in blood or no?

#

probably a no too right?

torpid tangle
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don't think it says anything about that anywhere on the wiki

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feel free to dig more but from a quick over glance it hasn't said anything about that

fleet rock
#

it was a question on a stream while back and they said something about it being extra load to render on the server

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i still think having the environment change your appearance in some way would be cool especially as there are seasons

fierce fjord
#

I remember reading something about Marriage being available between players. Do we have much info about that? Do the married couples have access to the others freehold or loot share? or is that something they havent given much detail on yet?

oak depot
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Marriage and same-sex marriage is planner

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They recently showed big beds for married people to sleep in

novel patio
#

I feel like this channel could use a slow mode? doesnt seem to be an issue so maybe not.

crystal beacon
#

Adding to what jahlon mentioned about freeholds going vertically, does it mean you can reach a really high level or is there a limit? And in addition could you rent rooms of your big freehold to players in contrast to the city apartments that mayors build so it could be like an inn on the side of the road?

oak depot
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Well. You can have a Tavern on your freehold. Can taverns provide a room to sleep in?

crystal beacon
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If it's the original bar on the base floor and 3-4 rooms on the first floor then yeah but it might also depend on the different building schemes and what each player would want

fleet rock
#

is it gay if i marry my friend on ashes of creation?

crystal beacon
#

Gay is just a barrier and friend is just a word, go for it ;)

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But not wanting to stay away from my topic having an inn as well would prove to be a great investment both to the players and the community as it would take a while to traverse the map characters would need to rest and there happens to be an inn just some more miles up the road if you see where I'm getting with this. Not to forget as well the great rp element

oak depot
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Like I said, same sex marriage is allowed. There is a question whether international releases of the game will allow that or not though.

placid zodiac
#

Will we need law runes for teleportation?

hexed cosmos
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Yes, but there is no way of getting law runes, so teleportation will be heavily restricted as a result
(sarcastic response to a silly question)

fleet rock
#

so if cool things only develop when nodes do... does this mean most of the world will be empty and pointless to traverse?

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or will there be some standard things across the world

oak depot
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A fully developed node will influence 20% of the map.

lusty kite
#

Teleportation will only exist for the citizens of a level 6 sceintific node @placid zodiac there is no global teleportation available (aka wow) and there is talk of a family summons (to be fleshed out) to help those who's play time is limited

fleet rock
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but there are 104 something nodes

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so a node area expands? i don't get it

cosmic belfry
#

@oak depot do you have a quote on that ?

placid zodiac
#

Why no global tele?

lusty kite
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there will be 103 basic nodes, all will be startin at level 0; the world will begin as 'empty'

cosmic belfry
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@placid zodiac to make travel distance matter simply put

fleet rock
#

yeah and most nodes won't contain high level things right?

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and some nodes will never develop

lusty kite
#

not until they are developed

fleet rock
#

yeah so since the max is 5 does that not make the map just empty technically

#

why explore when the high level things are in these 5 areas

lusty kite
#

@fleet rock check out the ashesofcreation.wiki and www.ashes101.com for more good node info

cosmic belfry
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what do you mean 5 ?

spark lark
#

5 possible metropolises at a time

fleet rock
#

5 fully developed nodes which produce the coolest things

spark lark
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But the surrounding world isn't empty

fleet rock
#

and the best drops

placid zodiac
#

What if I don't want to travel 'cause the world is empty and boring @cosmic belfry

spark lark
#

There are level 4 and 3 and 2 and 1 nodes all around in their zone of influence

fleet rock
#

but why go into a town if that doesn't have a good dungeon

spark lark
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Thats the entire point

oak depot
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@cosmic belfry “Up to one fifth of the world will be encompassed within the ZOI of a Metropolis. The many vassal nodes within a ZOI's "border" could end up looking like a country or nation.[5]”

fleet rock
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there is no reason to

cosmic belfry
#

there are 5 metro but plenty more level 5 nodes possible, even more level 4 etc down to 1

spark lark
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You have to siege level 5 nodes to change the PvE content

fleet rock
#

i suppose 30 days is enough to bring something new everytime

cosmic belfry
#

@oak depot great thanks for digging that up 😉

oak depot
fleet rock
#

okay well i guess this was well thought i can't find any holes

oak depot
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Because this is also true: “Zones of influence connect fully across the world without any gaps.[6]”

ruby swift
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Yes, what often confuses newer people is that node borders are static, but node zoi is not.

limpid maple
#

So is it possible to have a sovereign town node near the metropolis, or will it always be a vassal? And what does being a vassal even mean from a gameplay standpoint?

reef osprey
#

the town will be a vassal

crystal beacon
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The town aka peasant will pay taxes to the metropolis aka king

reef osprey
#

Doesn't have too much impact.
If a City has the town vassalized as well, then it won't be able to level up further until the city is gone.
Otherwise the city and eventually metropolis will get a share of the taxes

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thats about it

#

@crystal beacon kings aren't related to metros.
Kings are the guild leader owning the castles

oak depot
crystal beacon
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I'm not being literal warth, just giving an example

reef osprey
#

a bad example

wanton nacelle
#

It was a good analogy imo 🤔

reef osprey
#

it was bad terminology.
There is already enough confusion around that. No need to bring in a term from a completely different system. Just sparks further confusion with the new people

tidal kraken
#

@woven vale

@tidal kraken The possible Node locations are static
@woven vale
Oh ok, thanks :)
I was wondering about that because TheLazyPeon mentioned in his video that in some server, a player can be in a specific spot in the world map where it is, say, a crowded forest, while on another server, this very specific place would actually be a huge city for example (etc.). What did he mean by that?
Thanks again! (:

crystal beacon
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You're the only one confused here warth

hexed cosmos
#

Warth your original comment response goes directly against the article you linked...
Edit: Article that was linked

reef osprey
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@hexed cosmos i didn't link any article and in what way?

woven vale
tidal kraken
#

Also sorry everyone for jumping outta nowhere into the discussion 😛

crystal beacon
#

It was an article below him not the one who linked it

ruby swift
#

@woven vale
@woven vale
Oh ok, thanks :)
I was wondering about that because TheLazyPeon mentioned in his video that in some server, a player can be in a specific spot in the world map where it is, say, a crowded forest, while on another server, this very specific place would actually be a huge city for example (etc.). What did he mean by that?
Thanks again! (:
@tidal kraken The player choices on which nodes to develop is what he was talking about there. On one server they may decide to develop node 73, while on another one, they may not.

wanton nacelle
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At each node location at level 0 though, there will be a very small encampment at the predefined location. That encampment may be surrounded by trees at level 0, but then be cleared out and expanded as the node levels up because it grows larger and larger into a city

At least that's my impression Peon was trying to give off ^

placid zodiac
#

What happens when node reaches max lvl

short flint
#

Level 0 is the "wilderness" level. I believe that Wilderness will be just that, jungle, mountain, beach. No tents or anything to hint at a civilization. Only once you unlock level 1 (expedition) will it throw down a small civilization there. That civilization you populate is where you will identify what kind of node it is as well.

woven vale
#

@placid zodiac It gets metropolis benefits?

short flint
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It becomes a "Metropolis" and can not get any larger. It has unlocked the most advanced buildings for construction at that point.

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Its Zone of Influence also increases, and locks out neighboring nodes from advancing any further as well.

reef osprey
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@short flint Wilderness, according to the video released by intrepid

tidal kraken
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Ahhh ok, that makes sense

woven vale
#

@short flint Wasn't level 0 a few tents, and for lack of a better term level -1 (not actual name) was wilderness but possible location?

tidal kraken
#

Thanks for clarifying guys 😄

ruby swift
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No, level 0 is nothing. Level 1 is a few tents.

woven vale
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Ah my bad, thanks.

reef osprey
short flint
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I guess there is a campfire....

ruby swift
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There are many things in the "wilderness", static pois and other stuff.

placid zodiac
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pvp in wilderness?

short flint
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There is PvP everywhere except in your private housing I believe.

ruby swift
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Open world. So yes.

woven vale
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PVP is everywhere @placid zodiac

tidal kraken
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Perhaps the campfire is their way of notifying and letting players know that this is where the node begins

reef osprey
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nah, pvp everywhere

woven vale
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Aside from one or two safe zones (I can't remember)

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One was housing I think?

placid zodiac
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Wait so you can attack players in nodes?

reef osprey
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yes

short flint
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Yes, but inside the civilization there are guards who might attack you back.

ruby swift
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Perhaps the campfire is their way of notifying and letting players know that this is where the node begins
@tidal kraken Or could just be a bandit camp spawn that was there that they used in that image. There are pre-determined spots where the world manager determines a node can go. They are not always in the same spot for every node. Node encampment to metropolis is procedural, not cookie cutter. Confirmed by Jeffrey in a livestream, I wanna say two months ago?

limpid maple
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So if you're citizen of a vassal node. you pay taxes for both the vassal and the parent? Or part of the taxes from vassal just goes towards the parent?

tidal kraken
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I didn’t fully understand you there, sorry

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Could you elaborate?

reef osprey
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@limpid maple the 2nd. one

limpid maple
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thx

ruby swift
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So you have node 73. It is at level 0. There are (numbers are for example only) 6 locations that the world manager has decided could have a node settlement "pop." It chooses one of those once the node has gained enough exp to reach level 1. Depending on the node type (pre-determined and unchanging) you will see a majority of npcs that conform to one of the 4 node types, telling you what kind of node it is.

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Could you elaborate?
@tidal kraken

tidal kraken
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Ahhh I get it now

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Thanks 😃

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Man I came to know about this game merely few weeks ago, and with every discussion I read here my hype meter climbs

woven vale
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For taxes from a vassal node will it be determined by the vassal node mayor's rates, the leader node's mayor's rates, or both?

short flint
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Taxes come from both the parent node and all vassal nodes (A percentage of those taxes). Taxes are set by mayor's.

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Is there a location with previous CD quarterly letters?

torpid nimbus
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Game is finaly picking up traction.. I noticed the streams have more ppl

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Talking with asmond surely helped

small turret
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good good

honest plume
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So I preordered the game for alpha 2 currently and when it comes out where would I go to download it, will there be a new page in the intrepid website or do I have to go into the AoC website? How would that work?

full badger
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@honest plume Hi and welcome. You'll receive an email with the download and installation instructions when it's your time to test the game

honest plume
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Ok thanks! Also when the new update on the 16th will it say anything about alpha2 release date or only about alpha1?

full badger
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It will likely only included Alpha 1 dates, since Alpha 2 is fully dependent on how Alpha 1 goes

honest plume
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Ok, understandable.

hexed cosmos
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Has there been much talk regarding which parts of the map will/won't be traversable?

cursive ice
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Ah, that answered my question

full badger
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@hexed cosmos I'm not entirely sure what you mean, sorry

hexed cosmos
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@full badger as in can you walk over mountains, or is there large areas of impassable terrain on land?

full badger
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Ah I see. We haven't been told any specifics about that kind of thing, sorry

rocky marlin
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How would an Apostle work as a Cleric/Tank & how would it differ from a Paladin (Tank/Cleric) ?.

steady ocean
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secondary archetype doesn't give you additional abilties. So an Apostle will have Cleric skills, and a Paladin will have tank skills

rocky marlin
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So an Apostle is just a thicc healer?

steady ocean
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It's a Cleric that has Tank augments that they can use to modify their primary skills

rocky marlin
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Thank you

steady ocean
torpid nimbus
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Having so many classes is gona be insane to ballance

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I can't wait to bitch about it

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😋

tight scroll
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Intrepid has stated that the classes are balanced as a group and not as individuals. So there will be some one v one match ups that are very unbalanced. It's all based on group dynamics.

snow storm
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Has much been said about achievements or titles and what, if any, benefits those might have?

steady ocean
snow storm
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ty

mellow breach
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is there a page where i can read about the job classes and their description?

short flint
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you can read about the archetypes

mellow breach
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thanks

mellow breach
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so the only region left for recruiting guild members are NA and EU. how about the SEA players? where can we find SEA region guilds?

short flint
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na-oce is probably the closest to SEA right now.

full badger
mellow breach
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i see.

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thanks! GWmythsBlobWaveCool

queen forum
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i have bought the braver of worlds (kickstarter) and i was asking myself if the mmo started the alpha ? and if yes where can i download the game ?

full badger
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@queen forum Alpha 1 hasn't started yet. When it does you'll receive an email with instructions for downloading and installing the game

glad idol
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@queen forum it will be in the creative directors letter on friday for alpha dates

queen forum
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Good thx for the fast respond !

dire pond
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Will personnal caravan appear in the map?

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With the help of the economic stage 4 building perk.

tardy gate
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Has someone from the community ever analysed The King's Avatar fictional MMO and how it would compare to Ashes?

brittle root
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I'm not sure if there's been a formal answer to this, apologies:

Obviously, there's been greater need for SSD's with recent advancements and moving to larger scaling & resolutions, etc~

However, is there an anticipated Please be ready for 80-100 GB space ~ Or are we looking more like prepare your butt5 for 200~240 GB SSD ~ type recommendations?

desert ivy
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We have no idea what the specs for the final game will be. We know the minimum and recommended reqs for Alpha 1, but that's obviously no where near the full or completed game

brittle root
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I want to see the game be all it can be, just planning a re-build in time for the full thing~ If that means more space, moar space GATSU

hybrid mica
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@torpid nimbus balancing will only be done focusing group play scenarios with focus being on main archtypes

eager shore
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My educated guess: 3.5 petabytes for the pre-order skins alone, game as a whole is likely a full 350 exabytes 😇 ||/s||

whole drum
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Hi
When will we know more about the classes and the 64 combinations?

brittle ferry
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Alpha 2

whole drum
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And the date of Alpha 2?

brittle ferry
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Waiting for Friday for the release of Alpha 1 date, then maybe we can start thinking of Alpha 2 date

dim parrot
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Soon (TM)

whole drum
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In 2021

brittle ferry
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Maybe summer/fall 2021

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If things go well, of course

whole drum
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Ok thanks

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✌️

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I will buy one of the early access packs

quartz glade
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is the alpha 1 keys will be sent for some of the people who registered early ? or there is no registration for the alpha 1?

dim parrot
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The only way to get a Alpha 1 key nowadays is to participate in the jack-o-lantern contest.

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I missed the last chance to get a Alpha 1 key during the summer backing in 2018 by 24 hours. 😄

small solstice
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What conditions need to be met in order for an account to receive any benefit from child (referred) accounts?

reef osprey
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@small solstice the child needs to use your referral code

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you are set if he has done that

small solstice
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I have two accounts. I created the 2nd one to use as my main one so that the first one could receive the 15%. I bought a pre-order pack on the 2nd account and yet I'm not seeing anything in the 1st account. Does the 1st account have to spend a set amount before anything happens?

reef osprey
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@small solstice if you go to your account -> referrals

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how many referrals are written down there?

small solstice
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The 1st account shows 1 referral, yes

reef osprey
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that's your second account?

small solstice
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I verified that before spending money on the 2nd account

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no

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I created the first account by using the referral code from peon, then used my referral code in creating my 2nd account - bought pre-order on the 2nd account

small solstice
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@simple ether Awesome, thanks! I just wanted to be sure that I wasn't missing a step. I appreciate it.

tranquil vortex
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wait. can i already start playing this game?

tawny bluff
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The game is still in pre-alpha. Gonna take a while for official launch

tranquil vortex
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aw.

tawny bluff
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2 years is what most people say

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ay dont worry you can play terraria till then

tranquil vortex
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lol

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i dropped that the first day i got it

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not a big fan of retro imitations

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ill have to give it another chance.

tawny bluff
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Big OOF. Its fun I think the bosses are challenging and interesting. You do you the style is what it is

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awesome :p

tranquil vortex
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😄

crystal beacon
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heyy guys how do i uploadmy work on the forum?

tawny bluff
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for pumpkins but from what I read before and now it says you can only have 1 entry

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so id say its defined by what 1 entry even is

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id go with 1 upload but maybe some mods know for sure. Ive def seen some people do 3 pictures just for better angles but I guess what people have done is irrelevant

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oh for the pumpkin User?

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fuck I wouldnt know actually

crystal beacon
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how do i upload my creation?

tawny bluff
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@crystal beacon idk for sure but I can only assume you just upload the picture as a reply to the glorious gourd contest post

onyx knoll
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@crystal beacon To submit your picture on the forum, simply upload your image on any image hosting site (like imgur), then copy the direct link to the image in the reply to the forum post using the link image option (shown here)

crystal beacon
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thank you so much guys

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i am uploading it rn

tawny bluff
limpid skiff
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gl! Drag0n 😄

digital yacht
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Can i upload more than 1 (of the same pumpkin) image for the gourd contest?
@dreamy sparrow yea I got a confirmation from toast saying Yes u can as long as it specifically says it’s the same pumpkins

plucky pawn
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Yup if it's clear it's the same pumpkin and you're showing off multiple sides/multiple carvings on it like if it's got some fancy wraparound stuff that won't all fit in one picture, you can combine those images into one master submission so we can see it in all of its lovely gloriousness 😄

round onyx
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Does anyone know if there will be an option to upload a Guild Image to AOC? Like Warframe Offers with Dojos Symbols. Allowing said image to be screened by Staff and then applied in game on to said Guilds Flag to show off? Or will it be a premade design system like WoW for Tabards and such?

onyx knoll
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There has been talks of allowing User Created Content for guild logos, but it's not 100% confirmed yet.

quartz trellis
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when someone choses Mage as their primary and secondary class their overall class is Archwizard. Shouldnt the Overall Class be ArchMage instead? (Just Something for the Devs to think about)

manic kraken
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That does make sense

crisp onyx
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say i have a freehold and put it in a spot i like..and a month later I want to move. Will this be easy to do?

stable plover
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@crisp onyx You'll be able to do it, don't know how 'easy' it will be yet - I assume you could at least get a blueprint to replace your decorations at the new location similar to when your freehold is destroyed for the purposes of moving, so I assume the main 'challenge' in moving is securing the new location (Apart from needing the empty plot, there's some sort of required payment).

karmic yarrow
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@stable plover it maybe payment in resources

crystal beacon
#

Hey does anyone know if the class system is like guild wars 1, where the skills are mixed and matched? Or does each new class combination offer a new skill?

small turret
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why are the wing membranes of the dragons so fucking SMALL

onyx knoll
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Your skills are determined by your primary archetype. Once you unlock your secondary archetype, you get augments that will modify those skills based on what the secondary is, but no new skill

crystal beacon
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Ah I understand now, thank you!

visual forge
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How far will go the customisation of the clothes? belt pouches and others accessories, capes that has multiples looks, saddle customization... is it already in the final objectives to create a fully customizable gear with littles things to add everywhere? Or capes, belt and saddle will be it? (which is already incredible to be faire 🙂 )

spark lark
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Scroll down to Attachments @visual forge

visual forge
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oh that's my bad, thanks @spark lark 😄

spark lark
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Youre good! @visual forge I know it mentions a lot of the stuff you already said (caps, accessories, saddles) but it also talks about attachments like changing the clasp, the front of the breastplate, stacking potions on your belt, and customizeable backpacks etc :)

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And dyes of course

visual forge
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no worries, that's perfect

torpid nimbus
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I would like a gatherer to have a bunch of satchels n a backpack look

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Life skiller*

devout nymph
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Do we know how if creatures have genders?

tawny nymph
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Does... does it matter?

reef osprey
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it does

unreal zealot
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think of the fan art ThinkingStevenMan wait dont

woven vale
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@devout nymph I believe we do because of the animal husbandry feature...I don't why this is relevant though

devout nymph
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Ya, because of husbandry stuff.

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It may also effect appearences and stats if they're fully going with dominate and recessive genes. Idk how far they're going with it

tawny nymph
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Considering the issues of rendering differences like that

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I highly doubt they would be extremely visual other maybe stuff like size

devout nymph
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True, well then it also goes with the genes. Also in husbandry if you need a male and a female. Or you just get 2 of same species

woven vale
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I doubt we'll have a proper gene system.

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Just some RNG for traits maybe, ect, nothing too indepth

devout nymph
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Ehh, well then it'll only matter in husbandry then. Ty for the insights.

unreal zealot
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making things easier a female might have a special colour only for them hidden in their breeding tree?

turbid basalt
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hey guys, will the winners of the art contest be given a key or will they have access granted on their account?

full badger
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More than likely the key will be automatically assigned to the winner's account, since trading Alpha keys is against the ToS @turbid basalt

ruby swift
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However, if you already have A1 access and win the contest (lots of ifs there) they will come to some resolution.

round cargo
#

How long do I have to submit something for the pumpkin contest?

full badger
ruby swift
round cargo
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Oh sweet thanks

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I'm probably gonna get mine done this weekend

full badger
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Good luck

rain spade
#

do you know anything about the astronomy of the world?
like how many moons there are or anything like that - I know the vek are into the stars but is there any idea yet what they are looking at?

full badger
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There might be references to it in the lore we've had so far, but nothing springs immediately to mind @rain spade

ruby swift
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We have had some images in the past. Mainly from the Mage Tower Library concept art that had a solar system model in it. But no confirmation beyond what has been said above.

rain spade
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fantastic, thank you

versed tide
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About alpha-two. i heard it will become the public test server and be up 24/7(or close to). how will it change from normal alpha-two to public test server. if alpha-two were to come out next april, will it be up until release and just some day change its name? or could alpha-two last 2 months and then be down for 5 months until it gets put up again as the test server(and then up until release)?

full badger
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We don't have any details on that yet, sorry @versed tide

versed tide
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so alpha two will be for a specific period of time like every alpha/beta test phase

woven vale
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All testing (aside from Apoc) is closed.

versed tide
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until launch?

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great 😄

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yeah thats what i thought

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thx

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lets hope i like the skins next month

short flint
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I hope I hate them. so my wallet can get fatter 😉

turbid basalt
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@full badger thank you!

quartz crown
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anyone have any idea when they will stop purchases for alpha 2?

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as i dont know should i buy in this month or hope for better skins in upcoming months

full badger
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We don't, but we'll be given plenty of notice for when they stop Alpha 2 sales

quartz crown
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sounds good

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and no way to get previous skin packs?

full badger
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Correct. Once the month rolls over there's no way to get the previous cosmetics

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There may be variants available in-game, but not the exact same ones

quartz crown
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im willing to pay big bux tho KEKW

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should i slide in your dms? KEKW

full badger
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No need. If you have a question, just ask it here 🙂

desert ivy
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I think he thinks you're staff

quartz crown
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the tags sure look like staff

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idk lok

onyx knoll
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Mods can't give you old skins even if we wanted to so begging us won't do you any good 😛

quartz crown
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also moderator tags sure make it look like hes staff

full badger
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The people with red names are community volunteer moderators, not Intrepid staff members

quartz crown
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who said begging? im willing to throw money in your face till you give me skins KEKW

desert ivy
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You can buy the future skins

woven vale
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It is impossible to get previous skins.

onyx knoll
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ah my bad, bribing* won't do you any good

quartz crown
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welp at least i tried haha

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cmon guys lighten up a bit

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this is getting akward

woven vale
quartz trellis
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Hey will weapons and armor change how my character looks or will it be like black desert and wont?

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Ok so it will be like eso where you have weapons and armor and outfits that's actually a good system thank you

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Also does Archwizard (mage/mage) build just boost magic or allow you to spec more into your skills? What makes it different from a regular mage?

full badger
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We don't have many details on how the secondary classes will affect your build. The idea though is that when you have your secondary class the same as your primary archetype, it doubles down on that role, whereas having a different secondary class "blurs the lines" a bit more

quartz trellis
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Yea but if only the dev's can answer because it's hard to understand what doubling down means if that means you can unlock all the skills or something

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Wait can you unlock all your skills and abilities in your class if you achieve max lvl

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?

full badger
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So regarding skills, each skill has 3 ranks, and as you level up you gain skill points. You won't gain enough skill points to get rank 3 in all your abilities

low lantern
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I don’t think you’ll be able to unlock all your skills because they want to keep that max 75% of tab or action

short flint
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You also use skill points to place into your weapon mastery too i think. so you get to choose between skill/weapon mastery points with the same skill pool. or that is how i was reading into it, but that is my speculation.

quartz trellis
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Also can you dye your armor like getting brown leather armor can you dye it red

low lantern
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Some armors or parts of the armor you can dye

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Not sure if cosmetics can be dyed though

quartz trellis
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Doubt it

ruby swift
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Wait can you unlock all your skills and abilities in your class if you achieve max lvl
@quartz trellis Took me a sec to find it, but here is an image of the skill tree from livestream.

short flint
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yeah, that has 27 skills, with 3 points a piece to max it out meaning 91 points needed. Max level is currently 50, so that means you'll be 41 points shy of leveling everything (if it is 1 talent point per level)

quartz trellis
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not all skills have 3 levels

ruby swift
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The image I shared above is more to give an idea of what they are planning right now. I am not confirming math or how sp are gained.

dreamy monolith
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Well besides leveling there could be other ways of getting skill points, maybe? I'm not actually sure, just asking

short flint
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We aren't sure yet

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Just pure speculation and napkin math fun

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yeah, i was going off of the screenshot posted from the dev video in august

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correct, just napkin mathing

dire pond
#

Hey @simple ether i got a question for you

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Are the hunting certificate only exchangable with a economic node npc or all type of node have this type of npc?

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Ok thats what i thought ty

dark jungle
ruby swift
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@quartz trellis look up

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⬆️

quartz trellis
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thx

crystal beacon
#

Hey I've read that there was a "summer crowdfunding" campaign for the people that were late to the kickstarter party. Will there be another campaign held in the future? (Maybe a winter crowdfunding XD) For the people who were late to both parties? lol

spark lark
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Considering it was in 2017 I'm assuming no, seems like it was just an extension of the Kickstarter

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If you wanna back the game with $ and get access to Alpha 2/beta/etc. you can do so through the monthly cosmetic bundles ^^

crystal beacon
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I just saw that it was in 2017 haha my bad. Also yes, already done that XD thanks for the reply

spark lark
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Oh ok no prob! I didn't know that was in 2017 either until I looked it up just now haha

modern onyx
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3 years ago - still another 3-5 years till beta folks

eager shore
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nahhhh less than a year til beta i presume 🙂

dire pond
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I just want the 8 classes skills tree

cosmic belfry
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probaly more 1/1.5y til Beta and 2/2.5y til release.

ruby swift
lean raptor
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I think 2 years is optimistic

tight socket
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its a very ambitious project i can see 2 years min

slow swift
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guys, do we know how the cosmetics in pre-oder will work? Will they be forever available on the account? Or this can end up being a 1 time "apply" use for an armor and u can lose it with time /or character based?

dry flower
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once you are done with it you can remove it from that character and apply it to another one @slow swift

slow swift
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I see. I'm happy they stay with the account at all times though. ty guys

modern onyx
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@cosmic belfry Not sure how many alpha/betas you been apart. But 2 years would the utmost minimum if everything went perfect from now till then. You’d be aces to budget between 3-5 years for a working Beta. It’s a smaller studio, need to remember that

digital yacht
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probaly more 1/1.5y til Beta and 2/2.5y til release.
@cosmic belfry considering betas won’t be long, I would say launch will be within a month of beta 2

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@cosmic belfry Not sure how many alpha/betas you been apart. But 2 years would the utmost minimum if everything went perfect from now till then. You’d be aces to budget between 3-5 years for a working Beta. It’s a smaller studio, need to remember that
@modern onyx I believe they are well over 100 employees now, the only thing slowing them down atm is working from home, and there is no money issues

cosmic belfry
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@modern onyx obv all speculations, but their current state of alpha is better than usual alpha, even of similar mmorpg in the past years. There is a lot of work to do indeed but they are not just starting the alpha phase now, been started in January so if everything goes fairly smoothly, I think they can nail 2/2.5y til release.

rustic flint
#

is the game gonna be subscription based?

cosmic belfry
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Now anything can change like the back end issue with Apoc testing. So just a guess given wht I can gather from their current state 🙂

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@rustic flint Yep, no box cost. Sub and cosmetic only marketplace

tight socket
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yeah its subscription based

ruby swift
#

is the game gonna be subscription based?
@rustic flint $15/month. May have regional price harmonization later.

rustic flint
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but is it possible to get buy sub by playing the game like ingame currency?

ruby swift
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Nope

rustic flint
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oh snap :c

ruby swift
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The only way to play for "free" is through the referral system. If you have 7 referrals that are paying $15 a month, that would allow you to use your Intrepid Bucks to pay for your sub.

rustic flint
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oh wow

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I guess i gotta see how to do that

ruby swift
rustic flint
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ty

bitter trench
#

Say a streamer like Asmongold could earn $2 a referral.

ruby swift
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Only if people pay. It doesn't matter if you have 50k referrals. You are only getting 15% of what they spend.

bitter trench
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Do you get paid ingame currency to be spent only ingame ?

ruby swift
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The link above explains it all. Cash back is an option in some jurisdictions. You are liable for any taxes incurred.

bitter trench
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So in theory say for name sake Asmongold could actually make a hell of alot of money if this game went massive.

ruby swift
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Yes, if he has bothered to create an account and have his Maldlings use his referral code, then they bother to play the game.

rustic flint
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Ok bois help this poor boi to make money like asmongold

bitter trench
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Not going to bother with the maths just yet, (way to early to speculate) interesting i just had presumed it was like a credit you could spend ingame

ruby swift
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It is credited as Intrepid Bucks that can be spent on what you like. Embers, sub, or quarterly cash back if your country meets those restrictions.

patent pier
#

So do you guys think that Steven is gonna reopen Alpha 1 buy ins ? you think he'll talk about it on tomorrows letter?

velvet spear
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If it happens I doubt it'll be in the letter. Happy to be proved wrong, but it'd likely be well into A1 and only if necessary to stress test specific systems before A2.

patent pier
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Gotcha, ty

spice reef
#

Do yall think they will release books filled with the lore for vera?

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Oh that is gonna be awesome! I can't wait for that to drop

vale pilot
#

They are doing a PF campaign book
@simple ether NO WAY

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Thats sick

glacial walrus
#

where can i find info about these pathfinder books?

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oof ok i’ll try to find it

crisp hearth
#

hi devs, i have a question about inspiration you have

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Shariff told about how he drove inspiration from archeage and lineage 2

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but your bounty system is very similar with the hero/pk system on mu online

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did some of you guys played mu back in the days?

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just saying that it's very good

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pk system on mu online was something else tbh

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cheers from brazil man

brisk pumice
#

There is any difference between buying the game in the usa website or EU ?

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The Voyager pack i mean

digital yacht
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no, except the region

brisk pumice
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Okay Ty

tight scroll
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And any possible exchange rates

crystal beacon
#

Is there a date for next aplha/beta ?

short flint
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We are expecting Alpha-1 launch dates tomorrow as per #news

fierce flicker
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Directors letter come out yet? Or still scheduled for tomorrow?

desert ivy
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Why would it be out today if it's scheduled for tomorrow?

visual forge
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will I be able to use a sword and a crossbow as a secondary? even for like one spell as a Hunter (fighter/archer), or will it be a one weapon thing only?

woven vale
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You will have a primary weapon (and if your primary is melee) you'll have a ranged secondary option (the secondary is less powerful then if it were a primary)

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Vice versa if you had a ranged primary weapon.

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@visual forge

visual forge
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ok so you can't keep your first weapon and have a quick spell to use (for exemple with a crossbow) without having to swap weapon Guild wars style...?

short flint
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@visual forge Unfamiliar with guild wars style. Example given by Steven is that if you have a ranged weapon equipped, and you attempt to do a melee ability, it should switch to your melee weapon and then perform the function. Vice versa should be true as well. I hpoe that helps.

visual forge
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yeah so different but pretty similar, thanks you 🙂

desert ivy
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No

crystal beacon
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sad

desert ivy
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The only people able to play in the current periodic tests that happen are the people who spent $1000+ on the Kickstarter 3 years ago

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People with Alpha 1 access ($500+) will be able to play the Alpha 1 sometime before the end of the year

short flint
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or millions many years ago to fund the company 😉

onyx knoll
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You can try participating in the pumpkin carving contest for a chance to win an alpha 1 key to join the alpha 1 testing that will be starting soon 😉

desert ivy
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A1 access is no longer sold however but may be sold again some time in the future

robust marsh
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As long as it's for the same amount no big deal 🙂

viscid ibex
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I'm trying to get my dad interested In AoC he played a Moonkin Druid in WoW which class-combo would be closest to it in Ashes

short flint
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Currently, there aren't any shape changing classes that we know of.

ruby swift
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There is very little known about most of the archetypes and classes. Only 3 have been publicly shown, with two more slated for the start of Alpha 1 and all 8 archetypes by the end of A1. Class combinations and augments are not planned to be featured until Alpha 2. So you have a long wait with little to go off of currently.

short flint
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Outside of what Unknown just said, I would assume that a primary mage archetype or mage secondary archetype would be the closest bet to a caster dps like a boomkin. but it is 100% speculation as we just don't know enough at this early stage of development. Just let your dad know that it will only cost $15 to try it out for 30 days come release 🙂 Cheap ticket of entry cost.

viscid ibex
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Not feral moonkin, that was the casting class

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Alright

short flint
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Yeah, you had guardian (bear tank), feral (melee dps cat), moonkin (owlkin caster) or restoration (tree). for the caster dps, obvious answer would be mage/xxxx or xxxx/mage as we know it now. but it can change in 6 months 😉

viscid ibex
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I was going to guess Ranger since thouse typically have a nature Element added in, But I wasn't sure

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Mage-Ranger

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But with the names of the Rangers Class-Combo it seemed like it would be focused solely on Archery

ruby swift
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Rangers will also have melee skills.

full badger
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At the end of the day, it's far too early to try comparing Ashes classes to WoW classes, as there is so much we don't know yet.

viscid ibex
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Yeah, you had guardian (bear tank), feral (melee dps cat), moonkin (owlkin caster) or restoration (tree). for the caster dps, obvious answer would be mage/xxxx or xxxx/mage as we know it now. but it can change in 6 months 😉
@short flint he stoped playing around Mists of Pandaria, so back when Feral was one specialization

digital yacht
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like when they run outta arrows they gotta whack em with the bow 🙂

full badger
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And since this has now turned into a discussion, please take it down to the discussion channels below, thanks

steady ocean
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@viscid ibex Have your Dad watch TheLazyPeon's most recent vid as it serves as a good summary. May pique his interest

viscid ibex
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I did, but he lost interest when he found out he wouldn't be able to play for a few years

alpine trellis
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Will the costumes in the pre-order packs be equipped in a costume slot similar to archeage? or is each piece going to be a "skin" you can put on an armor piece similar to wow transmog?

digital yacht
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some cosmetics will be Full Armor Cosmetics some will be Seperate pieces but as we know so far all the ones bought from the store are Full Sets

ruby swift
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There have been a few single piece armors sold. The gauntlets come to mind.

digital yacht
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o true, forgot cuzi considered that an accessory lol like most stuff >.<

low path
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I want to ensure the image im doing for the gourd contest will be valid, is there anyone I can quickly send it to, to confirm?

steady ocean
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I’d check the rules and make sure they follow them, post in the forum, and if a community manager tells you it needs to change after doing that you can change it.

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Or describe what you are worried about it and we may be able to help

low path
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I described it a week ago and got a mixed response, its a 3d model that perfectly fits into the online template, so that it looks like it could be 2d

digital yacht
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as long as u didnt alter the Template ur fine

low path
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I deleted the white background inside the pumpkin

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but that was it

digital yacht
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can u tell its using the template?

low path
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yes

digital yacht
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ur gfood

low path
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alright then, thanks!

steady ocean
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If it is the lines of the template on a layer above another image you should be ok. Just don’t put the image layer above the template and hide it

pallid horizon
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The letter should be today,right?

cursive pebble
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yes

young flint
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Will there be a daze mechanic similar to the world of warcraft version? I understand that mounts have a healthpool and such so this daze would be purely a slow rather than a dismount.

reef osprey
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@young flint i don't think anything along these lines have been officially confirmed, but i'd expect them to be in solely due to the reason that the a daze mechanic like that is industry standard

young flint
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alright thanks brah.

visual forge
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will it has a specific effect for the players that want to play with one 1h and the second hand empty? (ex: mini boost of dodge / parry) or do we need to go 2h if we don't want to dual wield / shield has a secondary?

reef osprey
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@visual forge no information on that yet. I'd hope so though. Maybe make it a Fighter/Rogue specific passive or so

visual forge
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or simply a off hand glove / ring that give stats to balance

reef osprey
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something like that would be interesting as well

visual forge
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well thanks for the info 🙂

sharp trail
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Hey. Any predictions for Beta 1 release date? I can't wait xd

digital yacht
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will it has a specific effect for the players that want to play with one 1h and the second hand empty? (ex: mini boost of dodge / parry) or do we need to go 2h if we don't want to dual wield / shield has a secondary?
@visual forge u wont have to equip a shield in ur 2nd slot, but u will lose stats

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from having that shield

lean raptor
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Hey. Any predictions for Beta 1 release date? I can't wait xd
@sharp trail I think that beta 1 will release spring-summer 2022

sharp trail
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2022?

lean raptor
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Yeee since I expect the next alpha to be around 1 year from now and then half year to first beta

crystal beacon
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It's a massive game @sharp trail a project of enormous amplitude. It'll takes countless devs and hours of dev. to get it to life ! Hoping it won't do like NMS

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Did the newsletter with the alpha release date come out yet?

tight socket
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not yet but is due today

alpine adder
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Any 1 k ow when the letter will go out?

desert ivy
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Today

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No we don't know a time

fluid jetty
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Will there be ashes of creation coffee mugs?

tight socket
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id be down for that

ruby swift
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They have plans for merchandise in the future. They had some issues with the cost of shipping last time not being affordable.

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No one wants to pay $20 shipping for a $5 mousepad.

chilly thicket
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Did they release dates for alpha yep ?

ruby swift
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!playtest

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Damn, bot broke.

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No, there is a letter slated for later today that may contain A1 dates.

tight socket
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religious festivals, will they be part of the game (Christmas, Halloween etc) and will they be tied into the lore somehow if they are?

ruby swift
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They will not being doing "traditional" holidays. There will be events at those times, that will match the lore and have a matching feel. But you won't have Ashmas.

oak depot
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what about ... Indigenous People's Day for the Tulnar?

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they didn't run and leave Verra undefended

tight socket
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so steven wont be visiting us in game to give us items? thats cool i guess 😛 but no thank you for clearing that up. i had that thought about the festivals etc while out with the dog. i thought they would have something but wondered if it would just be a community/cash shop thing/ or if it would be in game events

ruby swift
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That is in November. When they helped the new refugees coming through the portals by offering them roasted quarrior. Then the Vaelune gave them all blankets and the great pandemic purge started with the Sanctus Smallpox.

novel rose
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Alpha 1 (open to the backers/supporters) still set for fall 2020?

velvet spear
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As far as we know yes.

ruby swift
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We might know more later today with the Creative Directors letter.

novel rose
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right on, thanks peeps

thorny warren
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when is the dev mail usually sent?

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or creative director letter

ruby swift
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If previous incarnations are gone off of, it will be later to close of business or late evening their time.

ancient wind
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It is fall 2020 GIB ALPHA

ruby swift
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And here is your chicken and egg. Since A1 doesn't have NDA, it is a clue.

alpine adder
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soo want to sk been trying to reset my pasword for like 30 m now every time it says check your email and i do that but no email sent

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tried my hotmail acc and it worked fine but when i tried with my gmail acc it wont send the email

ruby swift
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Customer service ticket.

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!cs

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Damn bot not working for me today

plucky pawn
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Support link is also in the pinned messages here 😄

alpine adder
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ok got the dragon back from APOC dont want that gone

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the wired thing it got my back my user name but when tried for the pasword it wont send the email didnt find it even on junk mail