questions

[ruby swift]

Nah, I like many others hope it comes as quick as possible. People have various levels of knowledge of game development. Many are used to instant gratification and not getting to see the "sausage" as it is made.

[tepid harbor]

True. Even if I have to admit that buying some of the skins gave me that feeling aswell lol. Anyway, thanks for the heads up. I will just see my snorse when it's done.

[limpid imp]

Question: If I buy the 375$ preorder pack do I only get the cosmetics from the month I bought? or any upcoming cosmetics too? cuz I wanna preorder but I am not very interested in the fall set of orange leaves I am more hoping for a winter type icy set to arrive.

[spiral pine]

you only get them for the month you bought them

[limpid imp]

In other words I should wait for a pack which I will truly be interested in.

[spiral pine]

yes

[tepid harbor]

You will only get the ones in the pack, however, you will be able to buy the upcoming cosmetics too, at a reduced price. someone has the graphic, I m sure.

[limpid imp]

So if I get the 375$ I can buy later the other costumes for 25$?

or thats something anyone can do?

[full badger]

You can only buy individual cosmetics if you already have a pack

[limpid imp]

Thats why I ask only someone who bought the 375$ can buy the costumes right?

[full badger]

Correct

[limpid imp]

someone who bought the 250$ pack can't get the costumes

[full badger]

Correct

[spiral pine]

you can upgrade packs though

[limpid imp]

now it sounds way more appealing tbh I think I will get the 375$ this month after all that is way cheaper to get whatever else I want for heavily reduced prices

I meant to get the 375$ one anyway just wondered if to wait for a set I want or not basically

[mighty pilot]

hello! im new to AoC's discord, so please take care of me 😄

[potent sun]

Hello and Welcome 🙂

[mighty pilot]

question...

[potent sun]

Yup? 🙂

[mighty pilot]

as the the alpha and beta tests goes, and maybe ends, at 2021, will the Pre-Order prices lower, as the beta/alpha keys became unavailable after the tests...???

[woven vale]

The original price of voyager plus was 500

Alpha 1 keys are no longer being sold, hence voyager plus

[potent sun]

^

[woven vale]

Now it is currently 375

[mighty pilot]

oh my....

very well, thanks for the info!! ❤️

[potent sun]

I guess at some point we wont be able to buy A2 so it'll become 250

[woven vale]

Discord just went to shit. Keep getting red text and failed to load for other's text.

[potent sun]

I thought it was me x)

[mighty pilot]

A2 being Alpha key ???

[woven vale]

Discord has been shit lately

@mighty pilot A2 is alpha 2, alpha 1 is different, and unbuyable atm

[potent sun]

Yeah the 375 pack is ALPHA 2 key

[woven vale]

Jesus I can't even answer questions

[potent sun]

Yeah, its annoying

[mighty pilot]

and yeah, mine also being shitty... i thought its caused by the thick clouds of the land-fallen typhoon over here... 😦

[woven vale]

Did discord change to worse servers?

I feel like they have.

[potent sun]

Why would they do that .-.

[woven vale]

I dunno, with the monetization of nitro, I expected them to do more.

[potent sun]

Remember when it was Skype we were using, ahhh, the good ol'days

[woven vale]

Then Skype went to shit, hell will Teamspeak become the new main chat service.

[potent sun]

Yup, I was also using mumble back then

[full badger]

Discord is having issues yes. Just a friendly reminder guys that this channel is for questions and answers, not discussions. Please move down to the other channels for that, thanks

[woven vale]

Yep, just switched to #general-discussion

[potent sun]

Sorry ^^

[woeful notch]

Is there going to be any pvp events based on a persons religion?

[stable plover]

The primary religious leader of a node gets a special ability to use during seiges on the node - otherwise no

[woeful notch]

Holy wars will have to wait then

[crystal beacon]

Religious wars and racial conflicts can be RPed

[tepid harbor]

there's a bunch of anti tulnar guilds (sadly)

[potent sun]

Kinda happy that AoC is not about racism like wow

[woeful notch]

wows about racism?

[potent sun]

Well kinda X)

[crystal beacon]

there's a bunch of anti tulnar guilds (sadly)
@tepid harbor that's good news

[tight socket]

it does have its moments

[crystal beacon]

Orcs can begin the cleansing soon

[tepid harbor]

Orcs can begin the cleansing soon
@crystal beacon try, top side scum

sorry, question channel

[neon rapids]

Tulnar was the main race to pique my interest lol

[tepid harbor]

dito

[dull fog]

so for every area there's a node, and for those nodes there are quests, does that mean that a quest cant extend to another node ?

or are the areas with nodes small enough where that's possible

[crystal beacon]

!wiki nodes

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Nodes

[crystal beacon]

!wiki quests

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Quests

[crystal beacon]

Was this helpful

[dull fog]

mmm

yeah pretty much everything i was curious about is here

i didnt even know there was this detailed of a wiki already wtf

for a game that hasn't even launched alpha 1 yet

[full badger]

Yeah, we're very lucky to have the Wiki as a resource that is kept so well up to date with information

[neon rapids]

Yeah it's really nice. Pretty much any info that comes out goes directly there lol

[dull fog]

there are people on the team just working on the wiki ?

or is it people playing the early versions

[full badger]

The wiki is entirely Fan made with no involvement from Intrepid at all

@dark jungle handles it with his group of volunteers

[sick elbow]

that is a little lie

there have helped us

[onyx knoll]

Apologies, we simply meant that there are no dedicated Intrepid employee working on the wiki 🙂

[sick elbow]

^^

[uneven valley]

Are vek or tulnar going to be revealed/added first

[onyx knoll]

Those keys are only for the NDA-free alpha 1 testing phases

[full badger]

so, if you look at the picture above, those who won the Alpha 1 keys will gain access for the March and April tests

They do NOT gain access to Alpha 2, Beta 1 or Beta 2

[rocky heath]

So they wouldn’t be in the December or February tests?

[digital yacht]

No

[full badger]

correct

[crystal beacon]

How short can i make my character?

[onyx knoll]

The character creator is far from completed, so it's hard to answer that currently. We know dwarves will be able to be fairly short but we don't know any exact numbers

[reef osprey]

@crystal beacon like 3

[tranquil jewel]

2feettall?

[crystal beacon]

@crystal beacon like 3
@reef osprey i like 4

[undone topaz]

i want 4 inch dwarves

summoning meteorites

[stray hinge]

yes

[heady ocean]

when can we have more news? on the website xD

[uneven valley]

will there be groups of friendly, non-playable races that we get along with or will everything be pretty much just human/elf/dwarf/orc and tulnar

[crystal flax]

Minor races have been mentioned multiple times but I don't think we know to what extent they'll be in the game

[tender hearth]

No matching results. Try something else.

[ruby swift]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Sladeborne

[hexed stratus]

Do we know what The Others represent when it comes to religion

[potent sun]

They are the evil gods, so probably represent evil religions?

[rigid rose]

No current info on evil religions

that I know of.

[dark jungle]

correct. they have been hinted at, but so far no deets, not even from the latest lore leeks!

[wraith blaze]

All we do know is the evil gods are vastly superior to their counterparts

[magic marlin]

So Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse servers came down in March?

[desert ivy]

Yes

[magic marlin]

I see. Just found it on their web page. Be nice if they updated it

[twilit granite]

Will you be able to hire npcs to help guard a caravan or is it just players

[dark jungle]

yes

you can hire NPCs as well as get players to help

[twilit granite]

Cool

[pine snow]

I have some lack of understanding about a guild's envolvement in a node.
A single entity (player) will be ruling the node, but also (I might've heard wrong) I understood that guilds will also be ruling nodes..? How do the two combine? I probably have a big misunderstanding about the guild part, so if anybody could enlighten me, it would be great. What can guilds do with a node, how is the leader of the node (mayor, etc.) connected to the guild, do they have to be connected to the ruling guild at all?

Or are guilds stricly for guild castles only (which are very few in the world)?

[low lantern]

Guilds rule castles not nodes, but there are guild halls in nodes

[full badger]

So, guilds can become patrons of nodes depending on the size of the node

In addition you have the 5 guild castles that have some influence over the surrounding land

!wiki guild castles

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Guild_castles

[pine snow]

Okay, yes, about the castles I know. And I've skipped the patron guilds part, thanks to both, this is nice to know.
And one last question: Whoever is the leader of the node can be affiliated with a guild, yes? So in terms of that - you can have a guild "ruling" a node by having a single representative be the node's leader. Something like how we have political parties and a single representative is the leader of the country. Is that correct?

(of course the leader can choose to do whatever they want to, independently from the guild's authority, but they can also choose to listen to their guild and develop the node so it aligns with their guild's interest)

[full badger]

In theory yes, you can be the mayor while being part of a guild

And you can be a king/queen of a guild castle and a node mayor at the same time

[pine snow]

Good. Thanks.

[brazen veldt]

hey, regarding sub classes: how "much" will they impact the character? asking cuz if its just one skill out of 10 for example then there arent really 64 "real" classes, just 8 with each one having 8 different slight touches to it but not entire new classes. 🙂

[full badger]

Indeed, the terms used are a little confusing. There aren't 64 classes as you'd see in other mmorpgs

It's better to think of it as 8 base classes, with each base class having 8 different "flavours"

[brazen veldt]

ok cool, thx for clarifying. do we know how far these "flavours" go in terms of how many skills of the entire class will/can change? 🙂

like can all change or just like.. 2? idk

[full badger]

!wiki Augments

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Augments

[full badger]

This gives all the details of what we know right now

But the short answer is we don't know right now how many skills can be augmented at one time

[manic kraken]

We don't have too much at the moment, post Alpha 2 we'll probably have more

[brazen veldt]

ok thank you

[full badger]

No worries

[brazen veldt]

ill try to get this question into faq in streams or something, im very curious about it^^

[full badger]

Everyone is. We're eagerly awaiting more information about the Augments. First though we need to know what each base class will do, which we won't see probably until the end of Alpha 1

(so far we've only seen 3 of the 8 base classes)

[manic kraken]

soon tm

[lean burrow]

heck bards arnt even in the game yet right ?

[pine snow]

nope

[full badger]

@lean burrow the 5 classes we'll see in alpha 1 are the mage, cleric, tank, fighter and ranger. The other 3 classes should be implemented by alpha 2

[lean burrow]

im just praying the make pure support mage a viable option

[tepid harbor]

cleric/mage

mage/clerc

[lean burrow]

i was thinking mage/bard

for support augements

[full badger]

Feel free to discuss your options more in the #aoc-discussion channel guys 🙂

[simple karma]

so alpha 1 keys from the 24h stream, when do they test? december or march?

[pine snow]

March

[simple karma]

thank you

[pine snow]

@simple karma

This is the schedule, basically your key will work for the last stage - Alpha One.

Which actually makes it April, if I'm not wrong.. (someone should be able to correct me)

[simple karma]

Oh, I thought its was March as it says "All alpha 1 testers". Let's see if someone can say for sure how it works

[full badger]

Not quite

The Alpha 1 keys give you access to the March and April tests (the non-NDA ones). They do NOT give you access to Alpha 2, Beta 1 or Beta 2.@simple karma

[simple karma]

Yes I knew its only alpha 1 but wasn't sure when to start. Thank you !

[full badger]

No worries

[dire pond]

Will the health and mana bar regenerate by itself once out of combat?

[vale locust]

They don't in-combat? Well that sucks, making a regen build would have been fun

[lean burrow]

tank/cleric for self healing augements

[safe canopy]

I dont know if this has been answered yet, but is there going to be a mount/pet collection page? I want to heavily invest in the taming and animal husbandry side of things, so I'm hoping there's a way for me to bring all of my collected mounts somewhere. For a mount-off for instance

[lavish gulch]

how much of the game is left? like percentage

[lean burrow]

well were in alpha so

so alot to go

[safe canopy]

@lavish gulch 2024 release date is what they're projecting right now

Last I checked anyway

[queen swan]

Where is the source for that merlin?

[safe canopy]

It was in one of the dev interviews I believe

[desert ivy]

That's a lie

they haven't said anything about a release

[lavish gulch]

oh damn... I hate that and I like it at the same time. I am willing to wait for as long as it takes if it means a good game

[vale locust]

@dire pond
https://youtu.be/8WQ_BBwK5LA
if you pause at 15:17 there is actually a HP Regen stat under constitution so we may be in luck for regen

[lean burrow]

ooo

[tight socket]

its gonna be 2077 with cyberpunk, watch this space

[desert ivy]

@lavish gulch While the game is still years out, we know nothing about how far along the game is, nor when they plan to release the game. We're currently in pre-alpha with pre-alpha 1 tests starting in December and Alpha 1 starting in April 2021.

[safe canopy]

I dont believe I'm lying. I'm almost certain Steven told either asmongold or shroud that a release before 2024 is probably out of the question

[desert ivy]

I believe you're not remembering correctly then

[pine snow]

Not Asmongold. Recently listened to the whole interview, nothing about that was mentioned

[desert ivy]

Because that hasn't been said

[pine snow]

Haven't listened to Shroud interview

[lavish gulch]

is there a shroud interview different than the one with summit?

[desert ivy]

No

He did 3 interviews with "big" content creators. Asmongold, Shroud/Summit duo interview, and TimTheTatMan

[lavish gulch]

watched both recently. dont recall anything about the date

He did 3 interviews with "big" content creators. Asmongold, Shroud/Summit duo interview, and TimTheTatMan
@desert ivy thanks, gonna wanna the Tim interview now

[safe canopy]

I'll rewatch everything when I get out of work, but im 99% sure Steven's words in either one of those videos or the big q&a he did, his words were, "realistically, we're still 3-4 years out from release at the earliest with no major setbacks"

[patent pier]

He didnt

I streamed AoC discussion and watched those interviews several times

I dont recall that being said

maybe im wrong though

[pine snow]

Oh I do actually recall something in those lines being said in Asmongold interview. Though I don't remember what exactly he said.

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Talk:2020-07-19_Steven_Sharif_Interview_-_Asmongold

Can't find it though

Can't find it in any of the transcripts from the big 3 interviews But I have a feeling that I've heard something similar

[safe canopy]

Alright. I must just be misremembering. Apologies.

[modern citrus]

do we know what a starchild is?

[twilit granite]

Hey does the map loop around or is it just boundary if you go off the edge

[desert ivy]

Doesn't loop

[twilit granite]

Cool thx

[desert ivy]

They were considering doing it like that for a while, but fairly recently they decided that it won't loop

[dire pond]

Having a loop will cancel how ressources will be scatterd around the world

[onyx knoll]

having it loop also drastically reduces how much landmass they can add for future content down the road

[dire pond]

Yeah

Not having fast travel will less impact the game if it was loop

[potent sun]

wel.. there are other planets o.o

[dire pond]

Depends on the lore if they went in that direction

[potent sun]

True

[ruby swift]

There have been no announcements about future events involving keys.

[tepid harbor]

all the keyless are salty about it my dude. we just gotta wait and hope

[dire pond]

I hope a lot of people stream their time playing, i know im gomma do it

[tepid harbor]

well, chances are big streamers get the big streamer treatment, so we'll probably have loads of content

[woven vale]

@crystal beacon Cosmetics for the 375 it use to be 500 and give an A1 key

[tepid harbor]

well it used to be that there are enough alpha 1 testers, so they stop selling access

[ruby swift]

Please leave this for questions and answers rather than opinions and wants.

[tepid harbor]

sorry

[crystal vault]

Are there future plans to introduce new packages for preorder, or are the current packages likely the only packages available until release?

I am looking at the main packages today, and they feel overpriced. Is this intentional to reduce player-count during the Betas?

[desert ivy]

This is how they've been priced for 3 years so I doubt they'll reduce the prices any time soon

They have lots of players for testing even with current prices. For Alpha 1 alone (which was $500) they have at least 10k people with access

[full badger]

we haven't been told of any plans to introduce new packages. As for the price of them, if you click the "more info" button under each pack it gives you a run-down of what each pack contains. They have much more than just the access to the various testing phases.

[crystal beacon]

Is there new info on summoner classes?

[dark jungle]

nope

[crystal beacon]

Fck

[glacial walrus]

i’m curious about what this means exactly

as in it changes your skin to be icy or firey?

[desert ivy]

Racial skins are different from cosmetic costumes because they change the look of your race

You can put armour over the racial skins

[glacial walrus]

ah so i could be an firey Vek (ie) with this purchased?

[stable plover]

@glacial walrus If you use it as a dwarf or orc you end up looking the same

[desert ivy]

Well, you wouldn't be a Vek anymore

Since it changes your race

[stable plover]

(You'd be a vek for stats but not appearance)

[desert ivy]

But you keep your vek racials/stats

It's purely cosmetic race change basically

[glacial walrus]

ah it doesn’t make me a firey dwarf or Vek

[desert ivy]

That you can put on or off at any time

No

[glacial walrus]

damn. i just saved 75 doll hairs

sadly wishing it would change me into an icy dwarf 😦 thanks for your help everyone

[lone magnet]

@desert ivy how rich are you?

[desert ivy]

I'm poor uni student

[lone magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/sentenced-judge-gavel-life-guilty-gif-12475856

giulty for lying

[pulsar thorn]

Will AoC be available on Mac at all?

[desert bloom]

I was Just about to ask the same question! That's too bad, but I've always known I'd have to bite the bullet and get a gaming pc eventually. Quick question about the packs: is there any way to access past skins? Like the cool blue and black armour from October for eg. I feel like this might have already been answered multiple times 🙈

[woven vale]

Once a skin is gone it's gone

You may have recolors but the exact skin is gone forever. @desert bloom

[desert bloom]

Oof sad times; thanks though @woven vale

[crystal beacon]

Hiho, I won a key on the weekend and I haven't yet received any message. I was told it would come as a PM in twitch. I heard they might take a while. But I wasn't sure if we are still waiting or if something went wrong :S?

[desert ivy]

@plucky pawn

[plucky pawn]

Hi there! All messages to winners were successfully sent via Twitch whispers! If you don't see yours for some reason and believe you should have received one, please DM me your info so I can investigate further @crystal beacon

[crystal beacon]

Which info is that exactly is that my twitch name?

[plucky pawn]

Yup, that'll do

[fast jasper]

Can I pretend I should’ve received one and y’all will believe me if I insist hard enough? :p

[plucky pawn]

You can try but I have a shmancy spreadsheet, and we all know spreadsheets never lie 😉

[fast jasper]

It’s a brilliant plan if I do say so myself..

HA! I’m a career accountant. I can make them say whatever I need to!
#spreadsheetwhisperer

[tepid harbor]

Can I pretend I should’ve received one and y’all will believe me if I insist hard enough? :p
@fast jasper me too btw

[fast jasper]

I tried telling Steven I’d do all his accounting and taxes for free in exchange for a key but... I failed.

What is the world coming to when bribes are ignored/rejected?

[tepid harbor]

I'm still drafting my "lover letter for a key" for steven, I know that feel

[onyx knoll]

Please keep this channel clear for questions 🙂

[fast jasper]

Sorry. Was just realizing I was in the wrong channel

[hallow cloud]

Dang so while this game is still being made what else is there worth playing ?

[glad sleet]

This is questions tab for questions ashes of creation, you’re best asking in #general-discussion

[hallow cloud]

Ok ty

[frigid ridge]

Will the Tulnar look sinister or cheesy?

[stray current]

Sinister or cheesy? Yes.

[grave oar]

Are there going to be future opportunities to get A1 keys?

[potent sun]

Have they said that or you are assuming?

[grave oar]

Thanks Jahlon!

[rigid rose]

@potent sun they have said that if the testing goes well and they end up needing more people to test that there is a possibility that they might.... if the project needs more testers... is a big maybe, and may or may not happen.

[potent sun]

Well, I hope they need more people ;3

[pure hound]

Can you tell Kevin McPherson that my friends and I are a huge fan of his 🥺🥺💕

[ruby swift]

@pure hound Probably best to @ Toast or MK when they are on so they see it. Stuff can get lost in the scrollby here.

[pure hound]

@plucky pawn @tight gale Would y’all pass along a huge thanks and appreciation to Lead Programmer Kevin McPherson for his awesome work on AOC & that he’s got a few fans here happy to see his work within the game? Also if he ever wants to join our guild we are more than happy to have him!! Sorry this ended up being more than a question we just love him 🥺💕✨

[lean marlin]

@crystal beacon idk if you found your key or not yet, but the twitch app wasn't loading new messages for me either. Including the bot for entries. Had to use the site.

[arctic swift]

If the Verran races were combined they’d be the ancients.[28] – Steven Sharif

Just read this on the wiki, is this a hint that Tulnar will essentially be lesser ancients? since they are a combination of the Verran races, but through generations of crossbreeding instead of magic

Or am i just reaching

There are six primary religions as well as an Underrealm religion.[31][32]

Perhaps they worship The Ancients

[crystal beacon]

ㅤ

[pine snow]

EU players will be able to participate in the Alpha (Alpha Two for example), but the servers will only be in NA, right?

[arctic swift]

i believe alpha 2 will have eu servers

[pine snow]

Great news if it will be true

[grizzled latch]

@arctic swift I made a post on the forums about that actually

They are missing 3 of the gods essences so they would need to be corrupted by the other 3 then they'd be an ancient, to an extent

[verbal solar]

I don't know if this has been thought of yet, but has anyone checked about the music in AoC? We might be streaming once the NDA is gone and Twitch is having major issues because of the copyrighted music in some games right now.

[silk tapir]

i can only say what i'd do: i'd just turn off music in all games and use DRM free web radio that is safe to rebroadcast

[verbal solar]

More a question for Intrepid. Though that is a solution.

[silk tapir]

https://de.ashesofcreation.wiki/Music might help

i think it's all original music

[arctic swift]

@grizzled latch Oh cool, ill check it out

[full badger]

@verbal solar regarding the music Intrepid currently uses, that music wasn't made by them, they only have a licence to use it in their videos. This also means they cannot grant anyone else the rights to use the music. So, if you use that music in your own videos you run the risk of getting copywrite claimed by the owners. As far as I know they haven't done this to anyone yet but they are well within their rights to do it. If you want to be absolutely safe, use royalty-free music instead.

The actual music used in the finished game is being composed by Bear Mccreary, but this won't be revealed until Beta 1

[manic kraken]

beary good music

[verbal solar]

That much is clear @full badger My question is about if the music in the final game (Or after Beta) will be owned by Intrepid or by another company. If it's Intrepid, I'm not worried about it, because they seem cool and that would be bad publicity, but if it's owned by someone else, it may be more complicated.

[full badger]

Usually in-game music is owned by the games developer and the artist, but right now we don't know what Intrepid will do about it.

[deft cliff]

Is there any timeline when we'll receive additional information of any kind? I'm thirsting for some new stuff to devour 😁

[lone magnet]

what year will the game 100% release

[full badger]

Is there any timeline when we'll receive additional information of any kind? I'm thirsting for some new stuff to devour 😁
@deft cliff They sometimes do leaks here in Discord, but usually new information is saved for the monthly development livestreams

[lone magnet]

where do they leak I never saw them leak

[deft cliff]

Alright! Thanks a lot :)
Is there any way to get notified about new leaks?

[full badger]

Not officially, as they tend to happen in the regular discord channels by either Margaret or Steven

[deft cliff]

Alright, that makes sense. Thanks for the quick answer :)

[autumn sapphire]

yo when does alpha 1 start again

[autumn sapphire]

thanks

[full badger]

No worries

[dire pond]

Should add a section on discord with all the release date on it

[full badger]

We have bot commands for that

[unborn sonnet]

Is there a possibilty that the Alpha Players won‘t get a reset at the Launch (for example with a alphaplayer only server)? I‘d like to Test the Game but not really confi with loosing all things I’ve worked and spend my time for)
Thanks in advance!

[crystal beacon]

@unborn sonnet to make it fair the Alpha players will have to restart

Every games alpha and beta is filled with bugs and stuff so it will be more like a playtest

[unborn sonnet]

If it’s a server only for protesters everything is fair 🤷🏻‍♂️. But I can understand Intepreds Point. So sadly waiting multiple years to finally play the game.

[crystal beacon]

You get some sneak peeks and can play the game from time to time

[proven arrow]

@unborn sonnet another thing to think about, if there's any cosmetics you unlock or purchase with real money that may be worn during testing, you get to keep those. they are only cosmetics though you'd still need gear to put under the cosmetic

[unborn sonnet]

@simple ether Sams thing with Beta, right?

[pure yacht]

@idle siren Is there a way to tell which specific freehold buildings some of the founders pack items skin over? I feel like that would be important in someone's decision on whether or not to purchase a specific pack.

@idle siren for example the heat and harmony pack with the lava alter freehold skin.

[tepid harbor]

Not really, I just my general layout/name

this month seems like a plain old house to me

in the end, they might all be just the generic main building

[pure yacht]

Yah some are fairly easy to tell but others are tough

[full badger]

@pure yacht Just a quick fyi, there's not much point pinging Steven, he won't reply. Regarding the housing cosmetics, this feedback has been given to Intrepid so they are aware of the problem.

[crystal beacon]

@unborn sonnet alphas and betas are hell incarnate for both devs and players (mainly for devs)

It's not going to be a fun sneak peek

[verbal night]

Hi guys. Woke up this morning with this games name in my head for some reason, checked the website and saw Apocalypse was ftp and register for beta etc.. did so and then looked up how to play only to see I missed all testing. I'd like the full game obviously.. but does this mean until your done with alphas etc apocalypse wont be shown again? i.e over a year etc?

[onyx knoll]

Apocalypse might make a come back for specific testing like sieges, but we don't have a date for when that would be. Sometime after alpha 1, maybe

[verbal night]

Thank you for your answer 🙂 Just wanted to see if it was available for a friend thats only just bothered getting his first PC lol... I'll have to get myself a pre-order pack for the game for one to test and 2 hopefully support the ongoing development 🙂

[whole void]

is there any augment or skill level that will change the skill from tab-target to action (or action to tab-target)?

[onyx knoll]

I doubt it, but we don't have much information on the augments, so maybe

[whole void]

Actually, i think its possible
https://youtu.be/8WQ_BBwK5LA?t=850

[dark jungle]

Actually, i think its possible
https://youtu.be/8WQ_BBwK5LA?t=850
@whole void that is referring to different skill ranks, not augments

rank 1 could be action, rank 2 could be tab for example

[whole void]

@whole void that is referring to different skill ranks, not augments
@dark jungle Yes, this is what i meant by "skill level" hahahah

[lone magnet]

how big will the map be?

!wiki map

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Map

[lone magnet]

that's pretty small

[crystal beacon]

It will get bigger over time

[whole void]

480km^2

[dark jungle]

480sqkm is big if you have no fast travel

hell the alpha island map is only 4x4km and its fucking huge when you have to walk

(alpha-0 island)

[golden mantle]

how is the fishing system gonna work?

[full badger]

We don't have many specifics on the fishing just yet

!wiki fishing

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Fishing

[onyx knoll]

all we know is that it will be divided into two types; regular fishing in lakes/rivers etc, and deep sea fishing with harpoons and such

[copper pond]

I just got a warning but I didn't do anything

[onyx knoll]

If you have questions concerning a moderation action, please message Toast or a mod, we don't discuss those in public channels 🙂

[silver mulch]

Any word on guild level perks yet?

[dark jungle]

!wiki guild benefits

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Guild_benefits

[silver mulch]

Dude I meant something mentioned in the last 6 months

[dark jungle]

if it was mentioned ever, its in there 🙂

including the last 6 months

[hallow dove]

Hi everyone, will there be a SEA server for AoC? Sorry if this has been asked before.

[dark jungle]

they are planning to yes

[hallow dove]

Thank you Lex. One more question, lifetime sub is still available and if yes, how much?

[onyx knoll]

Only if you have a kickstarter pack that you can upgrade

otherwise it is no longer available

[hallow dove]

Thanks!

[crystal beacon]

Can you max out both animal husbandry and taming or can you only master one proession? because they seem to go together.

[reef osprey]

@crystal beacon on one character you won't be able to max both

[crystal beacon]

those go hand and hand though

everyone would probably choose animal husbandry over taming

[reef osprey]

so does mining, smelting and smithing
that's the whole point

you aren't supposes to perform an entire supply chain basically

[crystal beacon]

buf you can do every profession at lower levels right

[languid ember]

they want a lot of inter-player reliance, so person 1 tames them and brings them to the freehold, person 2 can use animal husbandry to raise them and breed them and such

[reef osprey]

at a basic level. Yes @crystal beacon

[crystal beacon]

cool

[languid ember]

they've said you can do the basics, but we don't know how much that entails

[patent python]

I wonder if we put a freehold on the coast, if we could attach a dock. That way we can show off our decked out boats 😳

[neon rapids]

Lore question: how much time has passed between the time when everyone left Verra, and "now" when people are returning

[desert ivy]

Don't think we know how long specifically. Just a very long time

So from what I can find it's "thousands and thousands of years"

[neon rapids]

OH so those returning arent even close in generation with those who left?

[torpid tangle]

might depend on race

[desert ivy]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Verra

[neon rapids]

@torpid tangle yeah that thought crossed my mind also

[neon rapids]

I like this. I wanna start working some lore into my character even though i'm not gonna be on an RP server... Still like to have back story.

(sorry, this is better discussion for ... well the discussion channel)

[woven vale]

No rp servers will exist

There may be an unofficial one (or unofficial node areas for RP) but we will haven official server type. @neon rapids

[neon rapids]

Oh yeah even if there isn't an official one, I'm sure there will be one on which players who wish to RP will gather

Plus taverns and whatnot

[calm wyvern]

are there fuzzy avatars for us to select from yet? i may or may not be a furry but i dislike playing a game as a human when i'm a human in real life.

[desert ivy]

!wiki tulnar

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Tulnar

[calm wyvern]

i dislike how it's all "in shadows" and no clear picture but i'll just assume yes. Thank you

[silk tapir]

thats cause tulnar are a stretch goal and will be added later in the development progress

[hardy depot]

Can you dye costumes?

[full badger]

!wiki dye

[tender hearth]

wiki results

1: <https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Cosmetic_store>

...so they may be used to continually override dye colors. Once a dye has been overridden it becomes a bound dye to that character, so the colors cannot be...

2: <https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Cosmetic_items>

...so they may be used to continually override dye colors. Once a dye has been overridden it becomes a bound dye to that character, so the colors cannot be...

3: <https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Summer_crowdfunding>

...so they may be used to continually override dye colors. Once a dye has been overridden it becomes a bound dye to that character, so the colors cannot be...

[burnt cliff]

Is there a way to see what cosmetics we've purchased so far? :3

[regal oasis]

What are your solutions of preventing people who are gonna try to sell game-money by paying real money? If this cannot be prevented by you, this game ruins itself. It became a p2w, and some players can't afford it both paying to game and to sellers. Please do whatever it takes to stop this please!

[dire pond]

Game money can only buy cosmetic

[full badger]

@burnt cliff

[crystal flax]

@dire pond They're referring to buying gold

[full badger]

Click on the view inventory button here and you can see all your purchases

[burnt cliff]

Ohhh much thanks

[dire pond]

Ahh

[burnt cliff]

Thought it would be more visual but just text

[regal oasis]

I'm referring gold, our money in game to use in trade

[full badger]

There will be active GMs and a player monitoring system to help detect RMT

[burnt cliff]

They mentioned in one of the streams that they plan on taking a look at the flow of money real close: ie if large sums of money are randomly 'gifting'

[full badger]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Security_systems

[regal oasis]

I hope these are enough, people always can find some ways to earn money. You need to protect your game, just this gold-selling thing can ruin everything.

I believe in devps!

[dire pond]

Do you think funneling should be ban?

[full badger]

As that's a very open ended question, I suggest moving down to #general-discussion

[regal oasis]

what is funneling? I'm kind of newbie of some english phrases

[patent basin]

Has Alpha One opened up for intrepid packs yet?

[full badger]

Not yet

[patent basin]

Any news on that?

[rare rain]

Will it, though?

[full badger]

Here is the current testing schedule

[patent basin]

Ah, I was under the assumption that it would be fall.. oh well. When it opens up, it opens up!

Thanks for the info @full badger

[stray current]

It is fall. Fall ends on Dec 21st.

[crystal beacon]

No it doesn't

It ends in September

[lean marlin]

@crystal beacon

please leave this for questions, if you want to discuss something use one of the discussion channels.

[crystal beacon]

In a hypothetical case, if I had 2 characters, 1 of which the base class is a fighter and its secondary base class is rogue, would there be any difference in having a character whose base class is rogue and its secondary class is a fighter? Talking about maybe strength of ability or appearance?

[lean burrow]

yes

your core class is what your abilities comes from second class is how you aguement them

[spark hinge]

So been lurking for a lil while and recently been considering putting my money where my mouth is and getting one of the pre order packs. Only thing that concerns me is do we even have a loose indication of release date? Last thing I want is to put money toward a game that becomes a meme like Star Citizen with its 1000 years of development

[full badger]

Hi @spark hinge We currently don't have a full release date as the developers don't like giving out dates unless they know they can keep them

[spark hinge]

Hi @spark hinge We currently don't have a full release date as the developers don't like giving out dates unless they know they can keep them
@full badger very fair point. Is there even a release year?

[full badger]

No. Community estimates are 2-3 years

[spark hinge]

Cheers!

[full badger]

This will give you more information on the current testing schedule

[crystal beacon]

do u guys know if there's gonna be something in game where I can change the appearance from my armor/weapon? (called transfiguration in wow)

[tulip hatch]

Transmogs will be a thing yes

[crystal beacon]

great great.. how will it work? any idea? limitations?

[tulip hatch]

We have only some information regarding how it works

!wiki gear appearance

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Gear_appearance

[crystal beacon]

cool, thanks

[crystal beacon]

updates on summoner class?

[onyx knoll]

None yet

[drifting sleet]

if i am going to play the game from South Africa, Cape Town which server Location would be the best?

[tight socket]

from a time zone perspective probably EU

[drifting sleet]

and from an Ping/ Latency perspective?

[glad sleet]

@drifting sleet https://www.cloudping.info try this

[regal oasis]

No. Community estimates are 2-3 years
@full badger will there be an early access? 2-3 years I think is looong 😬

[full badger]

There will not be early access in the way you are probably thinking of it

There will be numerous testing phases before the game releases though

!wiki release schedule

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Release_schedule

[regal oasis]

STEVEN hear us. Hear our voice Steven. We are at what you were before. You know what we feel. We understand you, and you understand us, do your best. GIVE US AN AMAZING GAME, MMORPG, IF WE WAIT THAT LONG. WE LOVE YOU. KEEP IT GOING!

@full badger thank you!

[tepid harbor]

id be cool with a key

[zenith badge]

hello I had heard about this game long time ago and I felt like I had to check it out after I heard something about what this game is going to be, I did a little digging and I love this idea but I was wondering if this is going to be a Monthly sub thing like wow or am I going to be able to play completely Free to play, and is there a beta or something I can try out now for free? I'm super interested in the idea of an MMO that also has much more roleplay elements in it, like constructing or raiding towns, living out in the woods, or just being a nomad.

[desert ivy]

Monthly sub

Have to buy a pack in the store for access to alpha/betas

currently the game is in pre-alpha with it entering pre-alpha 1 in December and actual Alpha 1 in April

$15 a month

[zenith badge]

ah I was a little worried about that, I looked it up and It said it was free so I wasn't sure

but if the game does pull through I will definitely consider it

seems like it could be big

[glad sleet]

free as in no box cost

[desert ivy]

$15 a month sub, but you don't have to buy the base game. So WoW you need to buy each expansion every time where as Ashes the base game is free and so is every expansion they release

[zenith badge]

oh thats nice

[twilit granite]

if you own a tavern on your free hold do u need to supply it with food n drink and does it make money or no? is it like a personal business for chefs? i know theres some other things to taverns but i dont really understand how it all works

[full badger]

@twilit granite https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Taverns This is all the information we have on taverns right now

[twilit granite]

ok so its not in testing yet then?

[full badger]

Not yet no

[twilit granite]

thats what i figured

sounds good

[indigo cairn]

Does anyone know if the monthly cosmetics are character based or account based? Like I know they'll be equip type deals, but would I be able to put different shop costumes on alts and such? And do they bind to that character or can you freely swap?

[desert ivy]

Yes you can use the cosmetics on multiple characters on the same account.

You'll have to remove them from one character in order to equip them on others though

[indigo cairn]

Thanks!

[tall glade]

is there a bata i can play in?

[potent thunder]

The latest updates on our testing and release plans can be found here: https://ashesofcreation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016315013

[full sedge]

Not yet, but alpha testing starts in December.
Here is a link for the upcoming alpha test calendar.

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Release_schedule

[plucky pawn]

That link above includes the latest info we've shared on testing @tall glade !

[tall glade]

thanks!

[frail void]

What is overgearing

Pls ping me if you answer so I don’t miss

[onyx knoll]

@frail void https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/47282/dev-discussion-24-overgearing/p1

"Giving high(er) level equipment to low(er) level characters?"

[frail void]

Thanks

[exotic tendon]

How will professions work? I know you probably can't have every profession on one character, but how many can you have? A primary and a secondary?

Ie, I am planning to do mount stuff. But it sounds like animal husbandry and taming will be two different things?

[onyx knoll]

You can dip your toe in every profession. They're split into 3 branches; gathering, processing and crafting. You can only master jobs in 1 branch, and within that branch you'll be allowe dto master more then 1, but not all of them (we doN't have exact numbers yet)

And yes, animal husbandry is a processing skill and taming is a gathering skill so you can't master both on 1 character

[exotic tendon]

hmmm. Kinda sucks, going have to decide between the two somehow lol

[onyx knoll]

Make a friend that does the other 😉

[exotic tendon]

What does mastery in taming mean, do we know? Like say I went to master animal husbandry, what abilities would I have in taming, if any? I know you can't master both, but how does mastery affect taming abilities

[onyx knoll]

We don't have a lot of details on what the mastery will give

[exotic tendon]

oki, thansk

[fair vector]

I'm wondering the same thing about that with mounts.

[regal oasis]

is alpha one(1 month) gonna be free to all?

[neon rapids]

noooop

Alpha one is a closed alpha right now, certain people have access from their backer purchases, and others from key giveaways

[regal oasis]

I see:/

[dire pond]

Will there be mount combat, like cavalry or once mounted and receive ennemy damage you get dismounted?

[dire pond]

Ahh thank good system

[steady jasper]

very important question, when slutty succubus costume? so i can finally buy the $300 pack.

[steady ocean]

There won't be overly sexual cosmetics.

[steady jasper]

lame

[neon rapids]

oy

Much prefer interesting/unique cosmetics over... Whatever it is you're looking for lmao

[uneven valley]

what's the design philosophy on particle effects on armor/weapons/mounts/etc

[full badger]

@uneven valley The devs want armour to look somewhat realistic, so particle effects will likely only be used to denote the importance and rarity of some weapons

[uneven valley]

thanks

[dire pond]

When a siege is declared on a node, citizen of the defending node are automaticaly placed as defenders, will there be a way to refuse or give our place as a defender for a non citizen or allie to take our place?

[full badger]

@dire pond I don't know the answer to that. Might be a question to ask in the next dev livestream

[dire pond]

I just post the question on the Q&A forum?

[full badger]

When the dev livestream is announced they will create a Q&A thread on the forums to submit questions to

[dire pond]

Ok ty

[lone magnet]

when next stream?

[full badger]

the dev streams usually happen at the end of the month

[ruby swift]

Streams are usually last Friday of a month

[jovial oar]

Is the game going to be optimized, too many games these days are relying on the newer GPU's and CPU's and for everyone that's a generation behind generally suffers from this, also if you know of the fallen MMORPG RIFT, that's like an example of what not to become as its supper buggy with 0 support structure in place to help stuck players, will this game have real people to help with the real in game issues occurring or will they be talking to the most useless bot for many many days/months/years and never get their in game issues resolved?

[ruby swift]

They have a stated plan to support 5 year legacy on hardware. So at launch, if your stuff is in that window, they will be optimizing for that.

[jovial oar]

Thank you for answering the first part of my question @ruby swift, the second part about the player support for in game issues is also very important as we all know that feeling of being left in the cold by company's caring more about the bottom line/in game trashy pay to win features, than the players which should always come first other wise there is not bottom line, cant have a customer basis with no customers which means no bottom line.

[ruby swift]

There are active in game mods planned to be employed by Intrepid. So far customer support has received rave reviews from all anecdotal evidence. So there is that.

[jovial oar]

okay, thank you for letting me know, as that's a big factor for me with MMO's, as they don't have the best reputation when it comes to customer support/it tends to fail after a while and also from personal experience of bad support from many/most MMO games , ill be keeping an eye on that 🙂

[vapid veldt]

Any news on casting spells while moving, animation cancel, auto attack resets?

You know, smoothness of combat

[onyx knoll]

When a siege is declared on a node, citizen of the defending node are automaticaly placed as defenders, will there be a way to refuse or give our place as a defender for a non citizen or allie to take our place?
@dire pond A bit late, but as far as we know the normal node sieges don't have a limit in participants, so you could just... not show up 😛 The castle sieges are the ones with exact numbers (250v250), so for those you will most likely be required to actually sign up

[dire pond]

@onyx knoll great i hope you are right thank you :)

[ruby swift]

!wiki animation cancelling

[tender hearth]

wiki results

1: <https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Crowd_control>

...abilities to counter interrupts. Some interrupts are better than others. Animation cancelling will not be a combat mechanic. The summoner uses many abilities that...

2: <https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Active_skills>

...abilities to counter interrupts. Some interrupts are better than others. Animation cancelling will not be a combat mechanic. The use of weapon stances in game...

3: <https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Combat>

...(Threat/Hate) will matter in the game. Aggro is based on a hate table. Animation cancelling will not be a combat mechanic. The use of weapon stances in game...

[ruby swift]

@vapid veldt

[vapid veldt]

Hmmm that might be really bad depending on how fast/smoothly we can chain skills

I don't feel like people want one skill every 2 seconds

Guess better wait for Alpha for more feedback

[flint tusk]

This has probably been asked a million times, but i just joined this discord. When is the estimated GA date for Ashes of Creation MMO?

[onyx knoll]

!wiki release schedule

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Release_schedule

[onyx knoll]

We don't have a date for the final release, but alpha 1 is starting this december

[flint tusk]

thanks for the information. I only see Voyager, wayfarer and expeditionary packs available online - am i looking at the wrong thing? https://accounts.ashesofcreation.com/shop?IntrepidSession=1605282429989.30501

[ruby swift]

Nope, A1 is not currently available for purchase. A2 is the next tier on offer.

[flint tusk]

I'll probably need to wait until after A1 then

Thanks for all the help - looking forward to the upcoming releases. Happy programming!

[pine snow]

Will A2 be available for purchase during A1?

[onyx knoll]

They said they would give a heads up of a few weeks at least when they take down the packs that have alpha 2 access to them

There hasn't been any mentions of when they plan to take those down so far

[pine snow]

Thanks

[fading valley]

Okay so can someone please explain how the leveling works? I'm confused. Let's use the example that it's launch day and no nodes are established. Is EVERY zone low level?

[oak depot]

yes

every "node" is at stage 0

zone is the wrong term here

[fading valley]

So it should be possible on launch day to go to almost any spot on the map?

[oak depot]

I mean yes... but it will take time to get there

an early quest will give you a basic mount

but even with that.. going to corners of map might take hours

[fading valley]

Yes but there is a heavy focus on exploration yes? It seems likely exploring and finding the new zone would be a good boost to XP

[oak depot]

exploring helps lifts Fog of War for one

and you will definitely encounter other node areas

[fading valley]

Oh and how does spawning at level 1 work? Can I choose any divine gateway or is it race specific?

[oak depot]

and doing things (artisan stuff, mob killing, etc.) will contribute to those nodes gaining XP

[fading valley]

Okay good. So my gulid and I can all start at the same location even if we are not the same race

[oak depot]

correct

[fading valley]

That makes early leveling alot easier

[oak depot]

and you and your guild can focus on an "area" you "like"

you won't know what type of node it is until you level it to Stage 1

@simple ether they could permutate it randomly from Alpha/Beta to live

node types I mean

[fading valley]

Well I mean I doubt they will show 100% of the game during alpha/beta

[oak depot]

they won't

but still, it's trivial to permute node types if they want to... if they don't, sure you will have some knowledge from Alphas / Betas available

the node types will be the same across all servers though

[fading valley]

Right but that knowledge will be free to all players since people like to update the wiki

[oak depot]

yes, and late Alphas and Beta will have no NDA

@fading valley your job as a guild will be to find a node and make sure no neighboring node advances faster than you do or you will be locked out of progressing

[fading valley]

Since there is a cap on how fast a node advances,wouldn't it be better to get several in an area to level 1, to try to find a good ZoI

[oak depot]

sure, you have to scatter them as neighbors cannot be equal level

and you have to get the rest of the nearby population to work with you in a way

[fading valley]

I thought they couldn't be equal level untill level 3.

[oak depot]

nope

level 3 is when Vassal system starts

node blocking neighbors starts at Level 1

[fading valley]

Ah damn okay.

[oak depot]

@fading valley read here: https://ashes101.com/nodes#nodestages

[fading valley]

Okay so I'm confused. I don't see a wording that states the nodes have a cooldown. Just an estimated time of completion

So if a large group focused one node could they maybe go faster than the estimate?

[oak depot]

yes

what we don't know though is if there aren't cooldowns between stages. Perhaps once you hit next stage you have some cooldown before XP starts counting again. Not saying that exists, but it could. We are still pre-alpha

[fading valley]

can i put facial hair on a female character?

[oak depot]

female dwarves yes

not sure all female characters

@plucky pawn do you know the answer to that one?

[plucky pawn]

So far I believe we've only specifically stated that female Dünir have the ability to grow beards!

[slate lava]

This is a very niche question so i understand if i get the big nah. However, im curious. Will there be a way to get a unique skill? By doing vey specific thing? I know this is vague but I found it pretty interesting in shows where a mc aquired a skill based on doing off the wall things. Again totally understand if its a big nah lol

[velvet spear]

You mean something akin to dual-wielding in SAO? Likely nothing that unique. There's augments to skills you can get by completing long chains though and the work involved would make them fairly uncommon

[desert ivy]

I mean, there are legendary uniques in the game (legendaries that there will be only 1 of) and these legendaries could have skills attached that are unique to these legendary uniques meaning you're the only one with that skil

[slate lava]

yeah both answers were kinda the ball park. Thanks you two.

even more hyped than before lol

[fading valley]

Will dwarfs get smaller hitboxes making it harder to hit them in action combat?

[full badger]

this has still to be determined and tested @fading valley

[velvet spear]

@fading valley they actually answered that during the last Development Update:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/786630931?t=1h54m20s

[fading valley]

oh cool thanks

[empty fjord]

bah, the proper way to do it is make smaller hit box for dwarves, but make up for the advantage in smaller stature with slower movement because shorter legs 😉

[velvet spear]

One thing they brought up would be Dwarves being able to get into areas most players can't and whether or not they want to have to be that careful w/ map design.

[low lantern]

They could make up for a shorter hit box by making it a wider one

[fading valley]

will there be a coordinates system in place to try to better communicate to others where you are?

or will it be "idk bro i'm in a fucking forest somewhere"

[steady ocean]

We already have the map that is broken out into quadrants. Players can assign those with coordinates if they so wish. Not sure what else is planned however.

[fading valley]

Well the issue is we don't know if this is the final version of the map

While i appreciate the effort of that

I think it might be misplaced effort

[ruby swift]

I think it might be misplaced effort
@fading valley Since it was literally released by Steven, don't know how much "misplaced effort" on the map layout there would be.

[fading valley]

Oh i thought that was a guild emblem in the bottom right

IT IS

I meant the added coords. Not the making of the map

[ruby swift]

Yep, anyone can take and slap a logo on something after Intrepid releases it. Now while I get you may be talking about their coordinate system.

[fading valley]

In any case, the map in question map not be the final version. Things may get changed etc

[ruby swift]

@fading valley Had to go back and check my notes to make sure I wasn't breaking NDA. In the May test that was released from NDA, there was indeed an ABC/123 grid system in place on the larger map display.

[fading valley]

Ah fantastic. Thank you for that infomation.

[pseudo eagle]

Yo @steady ocean you a fan of The Order or something? Cause our Logo's on the map you posted.

[steady ocean]

I'm definitely a fan of player made content! Keep it up!

[steady ocean]

@fading valley @pseudo eagle Here's an example without some guild's logo so you can use it however you'd like (takes maybe 5 mins to do this).

[potent sun]

Too long

[uneven valley]

I forget, are zones open world or map-based

[ruby swift]

Open world seamless is the goal. There are server breaks but you are not meant to see them.

[unreal sierra]

for the lore reveal from the charity stream was that ever written down anywhere? I was asleep during the end of the 24h stream and I tend to comprehend that by reading about it better

[sand dust]

Was wondering the same thing. Anyone?

[unreal sierra]

(sorry for being a week late xD)

it only just occurred to me

[desert ivy]

All the lore we know is on the wiki

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Lore

[unreal sierra]

wasnt sure if the page was updated w/ the livestream or not I mean oops

👍

[dire pond]

The lore has been added to the wiki

Story of anciant civilization, the orther and the ancients, the planes and the essence are the newest part that has been added

[safe canopy]

I've got a question about mounts. Not sure if it's been asked before, but it's my understanding that taming is a "Gathering" skill. Does that mean that if I die, my mounts are going to count as a "Gatherable" that can drop when I die?

[small pecan]

So… taming is in gathering! But husbandry is in processing. And mounts are definitely not gatherables! Maybe an animal calf could drop like a baby cow, but not full grown mounts

[safe canopy]

Alright, cool. 🙂 Thank you

[pine aspen]

After looking at the map posten above, the snowy mountains are to the east. However, in the resent journey to alpha one: chapter 1, it was stated that the snowy mountains lies to the west.

Maybe they are talking about the alpha Island?

[full badger]

@pine aspen I wouldn't look into it too much if I'm honest.

[devout crane]

Who do i msg about having a kickstarter upgrade forum issue?

[velvet spear]

I do hate to ping this early in the morn, but send a DM to @plucky pawn

[devout crane]

Ok thanks

[crystal flax]

It'd be better to put a support ticket into the website, but either way just note that it's the weekend now so it'll probably be a couple days

[devout crane]

No issue! We have time to get things worked out

[steady ocean]

Can put in a ticket there ^ @devout crane

[white sapphire]

Am I able to play AoC if I buy that pre-order pack now?

[velvet spear]

AoC is not a released game. If you get the highest tier pre-order pack you'll have access to Alpha 2 when that releases.

There is no date for A2 but it'll likely be late-ish next year.

[white sapphire]

I see. Thank you!

[safe bridge]

You gotta be optimistic and say mid next year man, don't ruin our hopes 😫

Let's just say june

[velvet spear]

Sure. Maybe sometime in June.

Launch date is optimistically hoped for sometime in 2-3 years

[safe bridge]

I dont mind that as long as they release when its ready

But alpha 2 June 😆

[wet palm]

Classic Steven ❤️

[crimson stream]

-.-

[crystal beacon]

honestly such a true statement

[twilit granite]

honestly i would prefer to have a great game at release then a half done game with maybe promise so im glad they havent confined themselves to a release date

[tranquil willow]

Yes, freeholds will take up actual space in the node

[cerulean lily]

Will the freeholds be set locations around a node or would you pick a place or area of land?

[mystic sorrel]

Will Verra have multiple generations of ruins? For example the people that came before that eventually got wiped out Plus some even older mysterious ruins from long before anything known?

[small pecan]

Don’t believe we’ve specifically heard anything like that, but it’s possible!

[mystic sorrel]

But what was before that! Dinoverrans?

[peak orchid]

Is there a way I can join the beta?

[woven vale]

You can buy in beta via packs...A1 is unbuyable

The game is currently in pre-Alpha 1.

[peak orchid]

Dam I’m broke and a year dam sry I’m a little new but the game looks promising af

[woven vale]

Steven has stated that he rather you participate in discussion and the community then buy a pack. So sit right down and make yourself at home for the next 2-3 years!

[undone flare]

everyone wants to get in asap. You guys have built a ton of excitment

[peak orchid]

Nice if u guys need sum extra hands for testing lmk

[crystal beacon]

will weapons make abilities or skills better too? or can i play my summoner without weapons

[woven vale]

There is no "unarmed/knuckle duster type' weapon

You can play without weapons..but it'd be extremely unoptimal like any mmorpg as the stats do help

[full badger]

Weapons will give you stats, and those stats will affect your damage output which is linked to your abilities. So yes, you can play your summoner without weapons but you will lose combat effectiveness from it @crystal beacon

[crystal beacon]

So when i have my weapons on my back, i will get the stats right?

[twilit granite]

is there any weapons that look like ur unarmed like for melee fighting such as brass knuckles or such

[woven vale]

@crystal beacon You will have to wield a weapon if one is equipped

You can't just use one as a stat stick and use fists

@twilit granite

There is no "unarmed/knuckle duster type' weapon

[twilit granite]

ah sorry i missed that

[crystal beacon]

I just lost one happy point. If not two

[woven vale]

Like most MMORPGs gear is important which translates to weapons and weapon skills. No knuckle duster weapon is planned. However, fist fighting itself will likely never make it into the game. Knuckle dusters may, which could replicate it. However, as of now we know Knuckle Dusters won't be added.

[hidden crane]

How bored are you nero

[lean burrow]

Will bards have different musical instruments based on culture or rank in certain node types ? like for example if a bard is a high rank in a scientific node would they gain access to some magic infused electric sounding instruments ?

[full badger]

@lean burrow We don't know exactly what the Bard will do just yet, however Steven has said that they won't be limited to just playing instruments.

!wiki bard

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Bard

[lean burrow]

oh i know they can sing and buff with words

i was just wondering from a non character ability to play music and songs manually

just to entertain people

[full badger]

It's been asked in the past, but afaik we don't have an answer for that

[lean burrow]

ok thats fine

[waxen bay]

Hello guys, where can I check how is the development and more or less release date?

[crystal beacon]

will bards verbally bully enemies to debuff them?

[quaint coral]

Based on a quick glance at the wiki posting, it mentions controlling foes, I'd speculate that it's certainly plausible to go from that to debuffing. But I also haven't read the article and I don't think they announced specifically yet.

But I could very well be wrong.

Also, and I may very well be wrong, but I feel like that's typical Bard gameplay

[cosmic vale]

I'm a bit concerned about the varying classes and class archetypes. I really love playing support classes with powerful attacks that can turn the tide of battle, (Like a really strong debuff or charged up strike) but I'm worried about if that means I'll need to play a specific class combination for it to be viable. Like, if I want to heal, would I need to go full cleric (or whatever the support class is) to be a viable healer, or would I be able to subclass into, say, ranger or mage for my dreams of having strategic, stronger attacks while still putting out heals & buffs?

[vapid veldt]

If you want to heal, main archetype has to be healer, about 90's % sure

you can then go another sub class sure

[full badger]

@cosmic vale That kind of open-ended question is more suited to either the forums or the #aoc-discussion channel I think

[cosmic vale]

I guess the question is if we knw enough about the subclass system to know if there's gonna be one optimal build/one optimal role to fill, or if it's gonna be more open ended

[vapid veldt]

there is always going to be a "best", or a "meta"

the question becomes if the difference is big enough for it to even matter

or, if the "meta" changes enough times with different situations for it to again not matter

[cosmic vale]

Fair enough

[vapid veldt]

but not much is know about subclasses atm, as for skills and modifications

the wiki has a few things

[cosmic vale]

Thanks for explaining.

[vapid veldt]

you're welcome, anything else feel free to ask

[cosmic vale]

Ok, follow-up question

How does partying up work?

Do you just have to find randos nearby to party with?

[vapid veldt]

You can party with whoever you want

dont have to be randos

[quaint coral]

Can you elaborate on question a bit more? Are you asking about the technical side? Or do you mean who specifically?

[vapid veldt]

but no dungeon finder

[cosmic vale]

I mean, in terms of finding people to play with to, say, raid a dungeon

Do I have to go around asking for a party, or is there a system to make it easy

[vapid veldt]

you can post notices on nodes I think

but you cant just "queue up" like wow

you gotta make social connections

talk to people etc

[quaint coral]

^

[sullen sun]

Lol down with the anti socials

[cosmic vale]

Hmm. Alright.

Not sure what I think about that

[vapid veldt]

It's a weird thing

it feels like you dont want it

but it promotes social connections and social circles

and thats really really important in the longevity of a game

[quaint coral]

I mean, I think it would still be plaist and was stated solo play is doable, But I personally think you'd be missing out on a lot, and you might actually limit your overall capabilities. Friends are good. Or you could just play and RP that You're a noble want to be pay for mercenaries to carry you with in-game gold. What ever floats your metaphorical boat.

[vapid veldt]

one of the reasons ppl play classic wow

[quaint coral]

Plausible and stated*

[cosmic vale]

Alright. Well, they better implement it well, or else the absence of a party finder is gonna hurt, is all I can say

[spark lark]

I personally have no issue with LFG but arguably classic WoW worked just fine with no form of Party Finger 🤷‍♂️

In fact I know a lot of WoW players preferred the game without one

[woven vale]

@cosmic vale Party finder will not happen whatsoever. This is part of the games core philosophy along with PVP everywhere, ect

[quaint coral]

The problem I found with LFG wasn't the system it's self, but the fact it diminished the value of a single realm's community

But this is questions and that's a widely debated topic I think.

[fickle abyss]

Lfgs are impersonal. My logic is intrepid doesnt want impersonal interaction as much.

You will often clears 10s of dungeons in wow or gw2 without speaking a word in chat.

[brisk thorn]

I dont if this is rude in anyway shape or form but is the game already out so yeah where can i download it?

[desert ivy]

It's not out

It's still years away from release

[brisk thorn]

im gonna patiently wait

[quaint coral]

I agree @fickle abyss

[heady ocean]

will there be any specific information on class mixed skills? what would be the skills of ex:Bladedancer

i know there are 3 paths

[quaint coral]

I presume once they have established and shown off each of the classes base stuff they will give us more details about multiclassing and how other augmentation works. But this is purely speculation on my end.

But, I also think a lot of that is still in the works and concept

[heady ocean]

yeah it has to be hard trying to balance all classes

[queen sky]

Is the game planned to be released on steam at some point?

[woven vale]

No

[cosmic vale]

im gonna patiently wait
@brisk thorn Dang, I was expecting a completely different answer from you lmao
Instead you pulled out the "understandable, have a great day"

[crystal beacon]

Can we still pay for perks on kickstarter?

[desert ivy]

Not unless you already backed in 2017

If you did back then you can upgrade your current pack

[crystal beacon]

damnn thanks for the info man

is there any other way of supporting the game for perks or nah?

[desert ivy]

The packs on the Ashes of Creation website

https://accounts.ashesofcreation.com/shop

[fading valley]

When a trade route is established with a node, do you need consent from the other node mayor?

[crystal beacon]

i assume... trade...? xD

that's fair enough. @fading valley lil help.

[fading valley]

to trade yes.

[crystal beacon]

and back to jahlon for an answer. cuz he usually has one

[fading valley]

Will there be a way to make roads between nodes?

[crystal beacon]

thank you jahlon. feel like this turned into a tv show.

out of curiousity actually. is it built as the cart moves towards the other node or does it just pop in? or are we gonna build it ourselves and clear a path?

[wary condor]

@quaint coral it's the dance of Italy

[quaint coral]

memento mori @wary condor

[wary condor]

momento mori my friend @quaint coral

[crystal beacon]

Is there any way to see all the guild names that are taken?

[torpid tangle]

@crystal beacon go look at the guildex

https://aoc.guildex.org/guilds

this is all the guilds that have registered as official guilds

so far anyway

[silent lagoon]

follow up question how do you register an official guild

[torpid tangle]

post it to that site

[silent lagoon]

gotcha thx

[torpid tangle]

[silent lagoon]

so im trying to set up my guild right now and this might sound like a stupid question but whats a guild tag

[torpid tangle]

the acronym used for your guild

So if your guild is: The gaming boys

it would be TGB

[silent lagoon]

oh ok thank you

[safe canopy]

What's the character limit on guild name?

[fierce fjord]

is there a lifetime subscription, or discount for buying a year worth of time?

right on, thanks

[stark jetty]

will the nodes reset at full launch?

[velvet spear]

Yes. Launch will be completely fresh.

[stone socket]

Hi, I am new in this community.
I see there are na-ocean and eu guild recruitment chats, but not latin america. Does that means,that there would not goint to be latin america servers for AoC?

[fickle grotto]

@stone socket https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Servers
South American servers are under consideration.

[stone socket]

👍 thank you!

[velvet spear]

@stone socket if you are looking for Latin American communities within the game I know @crystal beacon's Nova Ordem is a Brazilian / Portuguese one.

I believe @bronze warren also has a Spanish speaking Discord and concentrates on making content for Spanish speakers.

[stone socket]

Ok, thank for the info. I will check the spanish speaking one.

[bronze warren]

Yup! I’ve started the Spanish reddit and we’re moving an Spanish discord. I am also making videos summarizing the game info on Spanish. You've got he re all the info https://www.reddit.com/r/AshesOfCreationES/ ^^ @stone socket

[brisk thorn]

@brisk thorn Dang, I was expecting a completely different answer from you lmao
Instead you pulled out the "understandable, have a great day"
@cosmic vale yeah i mean the creators wanna give us something great and such a thing takes time

[digital yacht]

Is there any way to see all the guild names that are taken?
@crystal beacon that website linked shows guild names that have been created for AoC of established in the past, none of it is taken in game until the guild name reaervation starts which we don’t know when that starts

[hushed sable]

is there a place with old videos and streams?

[quaint coral]

I was looking at the gear wiki and unless I missed it, could not find what we could expect on the gear it's self. Do we know if gear be stat based like we see in WoW? (Where we will get +what ever str for some reason whenever we put on this chest piece, or get smarter with +1 int from these gloves?) Or if known, will it be more, these magically infused gloves will increase attk speed? And just a various mixture of armor+weight type of modification.

And I think, there is a link somewhere with the old videos

[grizzled latch]

YouTube has the old streams

[quaint coral]

^

That too

[stable plover]

@hushed sable https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Category:Videos wiki has separate page linking to old livestreams

[quaint coral]

I will have to look at some of those later as well, thanks!

[stable plover]

@quaint coral Gear will have stats, we don't 100% know what stats will exist

@crystal beacon My day is going well - As I recall off the top of my head, the 1 per account freehold means your characters on other servers don't have access to a freehold, but could get a 1 per server housing option like an apartment

[grizzled latch]

One freehold per account, not server

It won't be across all servers either

:)

[fading valley]

Buying multiple accounts is pay to win

[robust marsh]

Any info on pre-download coming to ALpha 1 play testing in December or too early?

[onyx knoll]

You should get an email from Intrepid when the time comes

[stoic tundra]

[drifting hazel]

would you ever consider changing the business model to something like a 60 dollar/euro/pound etc cost to play the game without a monthly subscription?

[woven vale]

No the game will be sub

[desert ivy]

[reef osprey]

nope

[desert ivy]

Nice joke

really got me

[woven vale]

The reason for sub is to make it harder for botters and it allows continuous content to be added. The game will have no dlc or box cost. @drifting hazel

[reef osprey]

@woven vale what do you mean. GW2 has that model and it released 2 expansion in 10 years

works perfectly fine lmao

[woven vale]

@reef osprey So does, ESO, I'm merely echoing why Steven stated sub is the way to go. Take this to #general-discussion

[reef osprey]

except the close to mandatory sub (if you don't want to chew your own face off doing inventory management) and completely overpriced cashshop in ESO

[slow hornet]

Hearing Steven talk on the livestream today I’m impressed by how everything is so grounded in lore. Do we know if this is the case with the Monster Coin system? Is is your character inhabiting the monster or is your character and the monster separate.

[stable plover]

We don't actually know how much lore there is/isn't behind the monster coin system.

[swift condor]

So how will there every be balance with up to 64 classes in the game? Traditional MMO's suffer from this and how AoC plans to tackle this would be worth hearing

[desert ivy]

There's not 64 unique classes, just 8 classes with each of those 8 having 8 different "flavours" sprinkled on them. If you play a Mage/Fighter, you have the same spell choices as every other Mage/Class combo in the game, just the effects of the spells will be different.

64 "classes" isnt' exactly unheard of, ArcheAge technically had 220

[remote axle]

The main balancing will revolve around the 8 base archetypes.

[buoyant sapphire]

Do we know how tall the largest player models in the game will be? I've got a character concept that I'd want to play as an absolutely enormous tulnar.

Thanks.

[neon rapids]

!wiki gods

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Gods

[tender hearth]

wiki results

1: <https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Cosmetic_store>

...from the market to be transferable... because it is in a way a transfer of money for potentially something in-game. – Steven Sharif Some cosmetics can be...

2: <https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Skins>

...from the market to be transferable... because it is in a way a transfer of money for potentially something in-game. – Steven Sharif Ashes of Creation will...

3: <https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Player_to_player_trading>

...stopping me from gifting a friend that's fresh to the game a bunch of in-game money to help them get on their feet quickly? A: There won't be anything to stop...

[fading valley]

will there be a way to construct roads for faster caravan travel between nodes?

[golden perch]

not atm

[fading valley]

So do roads, such as this one just appear once you make a t3 node?

And where do those roads go?

[small pecan]

not sure if they automatically pop up, but at least some roads will lead to other nodes via trade routes!
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Trade_routes

[ruby swift]

Past information was that roads naturally develop in the nodes, they are not player controlled. The world manager looks at various aspects and makes it's choices. There was an example given of a bridge being built over a river between two developed nodes, where such bridge would not occur when the neighboring node was not developed.

[small pecan]

oh, "Roads will upgrade as nodes advance. Different roads will dictate the speed and type of caravan required (off road vs on road)" - they just pop up on their own

[fading valley]

Ohh ok

Which would be better? Getting one node to level 4, or 3 nodes to level 2...

so many questions that need testing

[woven vale]

Your node would always be the best choice

As you will be most directly benefitted

[ruby swift]

Depends on what your goal is. And the goals of the other groups of people you would need to influence development of those nodes. It will be like herding cats in most cases, since people all have divergent views on what is "best"

[fading valley]

Well i didnt mean in the same area

Heres another question. Well there be a "best" race to create nodes? since the race that attributes the most XP is the one that decides the things such as quests and dungeons.

[ruby swift]

Not a problem. Nodes are a complicated system and take awhile to grasp. If you have further questions, fire away, but try to keep opinions and wants to a minimum, because then this derails a bit.

[woven vale]

Race just decides appearance I think

There will be best race for classes, so you could have the best AOE farming race...so maybe

[ruby swift]

Yep, has nothing to do with content, just architecture

[fading valley]

https://ashesofcreation.com/news/2019-03-16-know-your-nodes-the-basics says otherwise

"All quests, dungeons, raids, events, NPC spawns, resources, and narratives are determined by both the Node Stage and the influential race."

[ruby swift]

Cool, go with that then.

[fading valley]

Like for instance, if i am in the desert region, would i want a city of elves in order to ensure (for examples sake) a dungeon that has gathering herbs inside it, Vrs a dwarven dungeon that has ore?

These sort of Min maxing questions are the things i wanna test

[sturdy jacinth]

I kinda wish two races could share the spotlight in this mechanic, as-is it kind of weirdly encourages a drift towards ethnically homogenous node populations because, say to oversimplify 50% of exp comes from elves and 40% comes from dwarves, why'd the dwarf players stick around when they could go form a cool dwarfy place off on their own.

(whereas in reality melting pots tend to architecturally and culturally show off some of the best of both slash all of their components)

Obviously going full realism on this would be a nightmare, but potentially if like, a secondary race gets above 30% contribution they get a nod in the design too

[fading valley]

right, what happens when 50% comes from elves, 49% from dwaves and 1% tulnar or something? the dwarves are like welp fucking guess we're gonna go make a cool dwarven city now

there goes half the population

[ruby swift]

Again, theorycrafting is all well and good. Just please take it to the discussion channels.

[sour granite]

chances are if the dwarf population in that scenario wanted their own node they would have come to that conclusion long before the node developed into anything. it's not like they are going to help build it up and then have a mass exodus.

[fading valley]

Has the currency system been established? Will it be only gold, or will there be a copper, silver, gold sort of system

Looks like wiki says Just gold.

[full badger]

Pretty much just gold and hunting certificates which can be turned into gold, although the devs have said there will also be special currencies for things like the social organisations @fading valley

[wet kernel]

!wiki stock exchange

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Stock_exchange

[wet kernel]

There's also that

[neon rapids]

OH

oh

Ohhh

Well THAT is interesting.

[wet kernel]

ikr?

[neon rapids]

ty Drifter. Didn't even know that existed. Big fan of stock trading irl

and looking to develop an economic node so... this is all really exciting

What a system to include

[wet kernel]

I just learned about it today, going through YT videos of info since back in 2017 lol

[neon rapids]

lol wow

[wet kernel]

yeah they hired an economist as well, so doing it right

[neon rapids]

Finding a lot of features for this game which i think would suit my guild very well

they did WHAT lmao

that's insane

[wet kernel]

need to take general chat into a different room though

[neon rapids]

YES sorry. Just realized i had questions up - got so excited by your wiki link lol

[wet kernel]

lol

[fading valley]

Will aquatic mounts have the same speed as boats

[full badger]

mounts will have different swim speeds based on their attributes

and movement land speeds too

[buoyant sapphire]

Boats are caravans. Their speed is determined by how you structure the caravan; you can sacrifice storage capacity, armoring, and the like for speed if that's your wish. Mounts, similarly, have to deal with differing stats that are determined by a breeder.

[short flint]

We aren't sure how fast boats are versus mounts.

[fading valley]

boats aren't caravans?

[buoyant sapphire]

We can't make a comparison at the moment, but we know both are variable

[full badger]

https://youtu.be/fH5Ux9qmnE0 here is the aquatic mount showcase where they go into some details on it all

[short flint]

boats will be more than caravans - there are normal boats you can have

[buoyant sapphire]

Ah!

I had been unaware

[short flint]

If your caravan hits water, it turns into a boat. Otherwise, there will be normal naval travel by use of boats. Naval combat will also play roles in sieges and stuff too.

[buoyant sapphire]

I'm personally hoping that we can load siege weapons onto larger ships to bombard coastal nodes, but that's probably a pipe dream due to the exponential number of added things that the devs would have to account for in that regard.

[short flint]

!wiki ships

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Ships

[steady heath]

From what ive gathered gold isnt something dropped on death, even if corrupted, is that correct?

[fading valley]

right. You dont drop your cash

[fading valley]

Will every node be treated equal? Military nodes only unique building listed is Barracks.

surely it must get something more

[steady ocean]

Much is still unknown about nodes. Especially Divine/Military nodes

[deft cliff]

Quick question: where can I watch the interview with Steven on the podcast from yesterday? Was kind of not compatible with my sleeping schedule 😅

I think, yes

Alrighty, I'll have a look! Thanks for the help

[full badger]

@deft cliff https://www.twitch.tv/videos/804517305 @crystal beacon

[deft cliff]

YouTube would be way better for me, since I have no real clue about twitch lol

[full badger]

Here's the vod

[deft cliff]

Awesome!!! Thanks a ton! 🖤

[jovial oar]

The Subscription is $15 per month so for people in the UK that should be £11.42 and Euros 12.81 as i know some companies like to put the numerical value for example 15 across the board which makes the game more expensive for other countries, what is AoC going to do?

[ruby swift]

They have said that they will have regional harmonization where justified. The caveat being if people choose to take the regional price, they will be locked to that region's servers only. Since they are going to have their own EU publishing office, they are sure to take input from that.

[jovial oar]

Okay, thanks for letting me know

[cerulean lily]

Will ashes be able to run on windows 7? I know in the min specs the say windows 10 but any reason it wouldn't run on windows 7?

[full badger]

It's unlikely to @cerulean lily

[ruby swift]

Support for Windows 7 has ended. Now is the time to shift to Windows 10. Get robust security features, enhanced performance, and flexible management to keep your employees productive and secure. Support for Windows 7 ended on January 14, 2020.

Since they have said they plan to legacy support hardware for a 5 year window, can't see them supporting Win7 much beyond release if they even tried.

[eager shore]

yeah ok windows 7 is great and all but lets ask the real question here; Will there be windows 95 support???

[crystal beacon]

So if you make a freehold can alts access it in the same way the character that made it can?

Since its the same account n all

[full badger]

It's unlikely but we haven't been told exactly how freehold access will work just yet @crystal beacon

[stark pike]

is ashes of creation apoc still a thing? or is that shut down or whatever

i mean the idea behind it, like the gamemodes and stuff

[full badger]

So, APOC was put together to test the backend infrastructure and action combat for the mmorpg. Once it had fulfilled that role it was taken offline. We don't know if it will come back or not @stark pike

[stark pike]

ah okay, i just remember them talking about adding different gameodes and stuff for it

[ruby swift]

So if you make a freehold can alts access it in the same way the character that made it can?
@crystal beacon If on the same server yes. You can only have one freehold per account and you can give permissions to those you like at varying levels like other mmos with housing.

[tulip hatch]

You can learn more about what has been publicly stated regarding freehold permissions in the wiki

!wiki freehold security

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Freehold_security

[stark pike]

wtf does fluid mean XD

[neon rapids]

Constantly changing

[stark pike]

ah

[neon rapids]

Like liquids can always be moving/altered

[stark pike]

that makes sense

[stable plover]

@stark pike APOC might return as a standalone thing or the things it was going to test might get tested through the normal alphas/betas - It's uncertain which way that will go atm.

[stark pike]

i feel dumb

[tepid harbor]

Don't know if we have info on this, but will the world be populated with NPCs beyond the starting zone, and obviously the node citys ? Like, a witch in a cave that gives you a quest for a potion recipe or a frog pet or something ?

[stable plover]

^Yes, at least for some things like quest givers/objectives/flavor - Most of the NPCs will be tied to the nodes though

[dark jungle]

yes it will

[ember verge]

Any news if we gonna get more alpha ones access for sale any time soon?

[tepid harbor]

Nice, thanks guys. You guys think something like "hidden quests" will be a thing ? It just adds some incentive to explore the world as thorough as possible

Any news if we gonna get more alpha ones access for sale any time soon?
@ember verge sadly not, as far as I m aware of

[ember verge]

Steven was talking about it a lot on the videos

[desert ivy]

Won't be any time soon as they need to test the game with the 10k people that already have A1 access before they allow more people to buy in

[lone magnet]

when stream?

[rigid rose]

The monthly livestream is usually on the last Friday of the month... have to wait for it to be announced to know for sure.

[azure birch]

ye most likely 27th but things may change

[lone magnet]

@rigid rose how you know it

[rigid rose]

That is when they usually do it... again need to wait for the announcement to know for sure 🙂

[lone magnet]

ah ok

so they do every month 27?

[queen swan]

nope, moreso they do the last friday of every month, regardless of the date

sometimes they might shift it, but generally speaking you can expect the last friday of each month

[azure birch]

it's a very simple concept, yes

[ornate linden]

Hello, excuse me, aoc has the recipes system been thought out? if yes what does it look like?

[digital yacht]

There are recipes but we haven’t seen the final product

[devout mountain]

Is anyone able to tell me how long it takes to get a reply from the support team? (I've been waiting 11 days, I just need to know because I want to get it sorted soonish)

[plucky pawn]

@devout mountain Hiya! It depends on the issue and support queue - would you mind DMing me your ticket number so I can make sure it's in the right spot for the team to review?

[devout mountain]

sure thing! thank you for the reply ^_^

[ornate linden]

thx u for the reply Shadow ^^

[languid ridge]

if you purchased an item and got double billed due to a processing time issue, how do you get a refund or at least ember back from the extra transaction?

thank you

[limpid parcel]

I added my question in the thread. Would it be confirmed that it will be in the stream?

[desert ivy]

No

you won't know until the stream

[limpid parcel]

Alrighty

[raven reef]

Has intrepid released a schedule or list of things they’d like the testers to hit on specifically?

[plucky pawn]

@limpid parcel we typically choose 10-15 at random from the previously unanswered ones in the thread, so you'll just have to listen live on stream to see if yours was one of the ones picked 😄

[limpid parcel]

OwO, that's fine! Hehehe, thank you :).

[plucky pawn]

@raven reef We'll be sharing with you in the lead-up to upcoming test phases what we're looking for you to poke at more specifically, and we typically set up a special place like a dedicated feedback forum thread for you to share your thoughts, letting you know more specifics! So I'd definitely keep an eye on your email for sure, where we'll send you info like test instructions, how to report bugs, where to share feedback, etc.

[lone magnet]

can we get a bob ross emote?

[lean marlin]

better yet, can we get an in game version of Bob Ross? Rob Boss.

[hushed sable]

do we know about any skills that move other creatures/players? like shoving people away or hooking them towards yourself?

and taunts? (enemy forced to attack some target)