questions

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Embers

[molten nebula]

Thanks @simple ether, was just wondering if it had been said explicitly since I didn’t see it in the wiki. I’m catching up on 3+ years of live streams/Dev discussions/etc so I appreciate the help ❤️

[steady ocean]

!wiki intrepid bucks

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Intrepid_bucks

[steady ocean]

It's there @molten nebula

You get 15% of what those you refer spend, whether it is in the cash shop or on sub, and if they only pay for sub it's 7 people consistently paying for sub fee to give you free sub via Intrepid bucks

[molten nebula]

Am I blind? I don’t see anything that says you can’t use in-game currency to pay your sub

[steady ocean]

There are no tokens in AoC like WoW has. This is because that is a form of "pay to win" and won't be implemented.

[desert ivy]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Subscription_model

Yea that

[molten nebula]

Thanks 😅

[real solar]

damn, I think it'd be pretty awesome to buy in-game time if you grinded enough

[desert ivy]

Intrepid need the sub money tho, so adding ways to circumvent that would just hurt them

[real solar]

obviously make it so it would not be easy though

[molten nebula]

I agree that it’s P2W considering the economy is going to be player driven

[steady ocean]

It's a form of pay to win, so won't be added. Probably better to continue this in #aoc-discussion

[real solar]

in all fairness though, how is it considered "Pay To Win" if you spend all your currency to get playtime only? Wouldn't that be more considered play to play?

[steady ocean]

Because players could spend real money to get in game currency

otherwise known as pay to win

[real solar]

Isn't there a currency you can only EARN though?

[steady ocean]

You get no benefits from paying for subscription other than access to the game.

[real solar]

I just learned this game a few minutes ago

[steady ocean]

Can you clarify?

[real solar]

that's what I am asking, if you can't buy specific currency in-game, and can only earn it, how is it considered pay to win if you earn in-game currency and use that to buy more play time rather than equipment or other stuff

the only currency I see that you can buy has no impact on the game it seems, only cosmetic

[steady ocean]

The "token" system is usually set up so that players buy tokens for IRL money, and trade it for either game time or to other players for in game currency.

[tranquil willow]

Otherwise the company loses money

[bold bear]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/
https://ashes101.com/

[real solar]

so tokens can be used for currency or game time? is there any way to actually earn it without trading it necessarily

[real solar]

I saw a video on it on what the game is about, but not the currency system btw

[steady ocean]

Not in the games that use that system.

[bold bear]

Those links contain a stackton of info.

[real solar]

also before I leave the chat, the subscription model is $15 right?

that's what I saw some sources state

[bold bear]

$15/month

[steady ocean]

Yes, with the possibility of regional pricing depending on where you live. If you pay the regional pricing though, you are region locked to that region's servers (if available)

[real solar]

that probably means nothing though to me if im in the US 😂

is there an "annual plan" with some sort of discount or just monthly only

[steady ocean]

Could be down the road, but we only know about the monthly $15 fee at this time.

[real solar]

I'd hope so, cause $15 is 180 a year 💀

ok, so I don't have to empty my wallet for $180 a year necessarily? 😂

[steady ocean]

May be $150 instead 🙂

Time will tell

[real solar]

well at least there'd be some discount 😛

[bold bear]

I recommend that all new followers check out
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/
https://ashes101.com/
And ask questions here.

[cursive silo]

has it been released the amount of players that can be in a guild to start with? I know you can add more members as you level up but what is the base

and max

[desert ivy]

30-50 base, 300 max

[cursive silo]

damn o.O my only MMO was ESO but is 300 a lot? seems like a lot to me

[dark jungle]

if you choose the 300 cap you lose out on other benefits

[digital yacht]

300 is not that big consdering bigger communites just roll Guild 1 Guild 2 etc

[civic obsidian]

there is alliances too

iirc up to 4 guilds

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Guilds#Guild_alliances

[molten nebula]

I think I remember seeing somewhere that guilds require a minimum of 5 players to start... I’ll try to find that

[civic obsidian]

Minimum member count of around five individuals.[7]
Material and currency cost.[7]
Completing a quest line.[7]
Minimum level requirement.[7]

in the same wiki page i sent above

[plucky pawn]

yupyup @molten nebula it's slightly higher up on that page: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Guilds#Guild_formation - around five individuals 😄

[alpine quiver]

If they make alpha one purchases available and I have the package for alpha 2 would I just pay the difference?

[dark jungle]

yes

[frank hound]

@plucky pawn I was wondering if Intrepid Studios has any available openings for interns in the near future. If so how would I be able to apply to join the team?

[plucky pawn]

While we haven't announced any upcoming opportunities at this time for interns, they would likely be shared in the same place we share all our career positions! https://intrepidstudios.com/careers

[frank hound]

Thanks, I heard that awhile ago Intrepid opened up intern positions but only for schools near the studio will this still be the case?

[plucky pawn]

That might depend on remote work status at the time, but either way we'd let you know in any relevant internship listings 😄

[frank hound]

Thanks so much toast! Also sorry about the @

[crystal beacon]

Not p2w if they make the token untradeable and unmarketable, i was just asking because my friend is arguing about spending money on sub. I just told him i eill beat his ass if he doesnt pay for sub and doesnt play with me

Lul

[steady ocean]

Then the studio loses a revenue stream. Seeing as the sub fee + cosmetics is their only income... probably not going to happen.

[brave timber]

Will the game have Russian localization?

[ruby swift]

!wiki localization

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Localization

[brave timber]

Thanks!

[crystal beacon]

will the game be on xbox when its realised

[desert ivy]

No, it's only on PC

[crystal beacon]

thats... illegal

ughhh

[digital turtle]

It might be a strange question, but what will happen to the city upgrades once the server is changed or restarted?

[civic obsidian]

?

what do u mean

changed or restarted

[primal cloud]

I don't see any reason why a server would be restarted or changed.

If it was restarted though, then obviously everything would be deleted on each node.

[digital turtle]

So the upgrades of a city can be reseted?

[primal cloud]

As I said, I don't see any reason why a server would be "changed or restarted".

The only way we currently know about to wipe a city's progress is to destroy that city.

[desert ivy]

Maybe he thinks this is a survival game or something?

[digital turtle]

No, its not that xD

[primal cloud]

@desert ivy brb, I'm going to go have a seizure while Toast sorts this out lol

[digital turtle]

Fraze's answer helped me, what I was asking is if the progress of a city improvements could be lost in some way

[plucky pawn]

If it's a regular server restart like for maintenance, I'm not sure how that would impact node development it would likely just be a downtime to work on back-end stuff and patches, but not necessarily impact anything in-game

progress can be lost by other people coming and smashing your things!

also node atrophy, if nobody's around to work on feeding the node XP

[primal cloud]

Then the answer is yep, you can get in a war against a city (technically against the node) and destroy it

[digital turtle]

Thanks for the help, that war system sounds very good

[bright grail]

I was just thinking about one of my favorite MMO's, the original incarnation of SWG, and it struck me that one of the most interesting things about that game was that a portion of the community was made up of non combat classes like architect/doctors and image designers/bioengineers etc etc. Is there room in AoC for non combat classes? ( I think there might be)

[steady ocean]

The class system is a combination of the primary and secondary archetypes. These determine your primary skills and the class augments, which are used for combat.

There will be non-combatant roles to fill though, via the artisan paths/professions like in normal MMOs, as well as social orginazations (thieve's guild, scholar's guild, etc).

[desert ivy]

It doesn't make much sense for there to be a pure non-combat class you pick at character creation, so if that's what you mean then no

[bright grail]

@steady ocean I am aware of the current design, but I think it would be interesting to implement this idea again in the 2020's

it makes a ton of sense for some people

I am a pvp oriented fighter

[steady ocean]

Perhaps you can ask in #aoc-discussion for other's opinion on the topic

We can only speculate at the moment which is better there ^

[bright grail]

there are people who played SWG that have never played another MMO after that it did not offer that social outlet

I may need to word this more carefully there is something being lost in translation

[steady ocean]

@simple ether I think he is advocating for a class (primary + secondary) that somehow doesn't get combat abilities, rather gets abilities that benefit professions or something.

Maybe like a field medic or chaplain or something

[bright grail]

So there were people who literally just danced in the towns

or played instruments

and they were vital to other players for healing etc

[steady ocean]

A bard could probably fill that role

[bright grail]

Could you level up the tavern without ever fighting a single person or creature in the game aggressively

[steady ocean]

You can co-own a freehold with your family members

[bright grail]

my whole point being is that i met some very intersting people in that game who had no taste for combat whatsoever

i mean i am all about the combat

[dark jungle]

in ashes your artisan progression isnt tied to your adventure class, so you could be a master crafter, or have the biggest freehold tavern and not be anywhere close to level cap

[steady ocean]

You can place a tavern on your freehold, where your non-combatants focus on running the tavern (managing drinks/food stocks, purchase furniture, set up events, etc) while your other family members could farm gold, gear, etc

[bright grail]

I am 100% for the vulnerability, and that was the same situation in SWG

[steady ocean]

So yes, what you are asking for is possible. Hopefully that will get your friends excited!

[bright grail]

I would like to see fresh blood in the MMORPG community as a whole @steady ocean , without them we will never have a truly living world sandbox

[civic creek]

Hello!
Will Japanese language be supported by AoC?

[desert ivy]

Not at launch, no

!wiki languages

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Languages

[civic creek]

Thx for fast answer!

[primal cloud]

I would say most of the time, not always.

Yeah that's what I mean.

Like you can be killed pretty much anywhere, with the exception of the footprint of your freehold and the player stalls.

Just made more sense to me to say you're predominantly vulnerable but if you're spending hours farming on your freehold or something then that's plenty of time where you won't be getting killed.

[toxic copper]

Does anyone know how the character screen looks? Or have a picture of it? How many peices of armor there are etc? Looking for head shoulders hands chest back legs, etc etc etc

[dire pond]

8 armor, 1-3 weapon, 5 accessories

[grim breach]

This is the latest we've seen so far.

UI is not final and subject to change.

[dire pond]

Plus a cloak

[grim breach]

For gear info: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Character#Gear

[crystal spindle]

I have been looking at ashes of creation for a little while now and so far the idea has me hooked. However, as someone who doesn't enjoy PVP much, I had a few questions. Will the game support enough PVE content for a player such as myself, or will I tire without playing much of the PVP content.

[dire pond]

The server need pve to grow, pvp is just for titles and power

[civic obsidian]

But nonetheless pvp is part of the core game wether u like it or not

[dire pond]

A player 100% pvp will nevet see his node grow, compared to a 100% pve he can provide ressources and node exp a lot

[crystal spindle]

What kind of PVE content is confirmed currently? I see the website mentions questing, have other things been confirmed?

[desert ivy]

A player also can't be 100% PvE though

Quests, Dungeons/Raids (most of these are open-world which means you can be attacked by other players during them), world bosses

[dire pond]

You can pve to the max and own one of the best shop for pvp. Wont have to fight

[desert ivy]

I disagree, but oh well

[dire pond]

The only pvp obligation i see his to defend your node, caravan or yourself

[civic obsidian]

No

[desert ivy]

You go out and gather, you're under risk of being attacked.
You want to do dungeons/raids for top tier loot, most top tier dungeons/raids will be under contention by top tier guilds on the server, thus requiring you to fight them
You want to fight world bosses for their loot? Guilds will set up in the areas that world bosses spawn hours beforehand in order to be in the area when it spawns

Now sure, you could try and just sit back and let them kill you without fighting back, then I guess you're technically not PvPing

but if you want to be a top tier merchant or PvE player, you're gonna need to participate in PvP

It is a PvX game afterall. You can't do one without the other in most cases imo

Now, you could be a top tier merchant by sitting in an economic node all day and just flipping items for profit, then I guess you could set up a shop without ever leaving the node. I guess then your chances of encountering PvP would be low

[crystal spindle]

But I could flag out of PVP if I wanted to do a dungeon or world boss in peace?

[desert ivy]

There is no PvP on/off toggle. There is non-combatant and combatant which means if players kill you while you're non-combatant, they'll become corrupted

but you can still be attacked by players even if you're not toggled as a combatant

but corruption should stop that happening too much, it'll still happen though

!wiki corruption

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Corruption

[civic obsidian]

Flagging doesnt stop other player from attacking u and incurring corruption

[crystal spindle]

Ah, ok

[civic obsidian]

If they really want to attack u they will have to pay the price per say with getting corrupted

[crystal spindle]

Ah ok, website confused me a bit

[desert ivy]

Don't use the Ashes website for information, it's terrible

[civic obsidian]

Wiki is a gold mine

[desert ivy]

It's getting an overhaul next month, but right now the best places are the Wiki and Ashes101

https://ashes101.com/
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/

Anything and everything about Ashes is on those

The website is trash atm tho so avoid it

[crystal spindle]

Ok, what do I risk losing if I get killed? Nothing? Some gold? All my gear?

[dire pond]

Hunting certificates and gatherables.

Only a % of gear only if you are corrupted

You dont lose gold

[crystal spindle]

Ok, in regards to housing, can other players destroy my house, or is a permanent addition to the map?

[dire pond]

Housing have a risk of being destroyed if the node his under attack.

Freehold are safe, but if the node is destroyed the freehold will be vulnerable for 2 hours, after you got a week to leave

[glossy siren]

is there a limit on summons

[desert ivy]

Current permanent amount of summons that Summoners can have out at one time is 3. This doesn't include spells that summoners may have to temporarily summon more minions

[dire pond]

Or combat pets right?

[desert ivy]

Well combat pets are separate from summons, so if you include them then summoners can have 4 at once, but it's not a summon like the rest of the summoners kit

I'm not sure if you cna have more than 1 combet pet

[ruby swift]

One cosmetic pet, one combat pet for everyone. Summoners will have another summon slot. If is still debated whether the quote means they get 3 individual summons, or a single mob that has 3 different types.

[dire pond]

And a mount can fight with you?

[ruby swift]

The mount may count as the combat pet.

Unknown

[glossy siren]

so then will necros have a summon limit break

cause skeles are usually weak

[ruby swift]

They have not gone into detail about that

[glossy siren]

oh

thansk

thanks

[ruby swift]

!wiki summoner

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Summoner

[ruby swift]

Everything currently known.

[desert ivy]

We basically know fuck all about Summoners. They'll be one of the last 2 archetypes to be revealed/talked about

Though I guess we basically know fuck all about all the archetypes lul

[ruby swift]

I was trying to be a bit softer on that. But yeah, basically it.

[dire pond]

Only a summoner/cleric can summon necromancer stuff

[gilded sky]

Tbh I wonder about the healer tank or tank healer x) I am in impatient cookie so I usually fill for whatever is needed

[dire pond]

Tank/bard could be good too

[gilded sky]

I guess we will only see how it balances when the game is advanced enough to try all classes

[dire pond]

Yep

[upper egret]

In my exp with MMOs, guild will be creating special PK characters that will kill everything and everyone even remotely close to world bosses, so their main characters won't get any penalties at all, so here is that 🙂

[gilded sky]

Yeah we usually have specialized pvp players especially if pvp and pve stats don’t overlap much

[ruby swift]

There has been endless speculation and chestthumping about how people will game the corruption system. There are threads on the forums if you would like to leave your feedback. Realize that they are also gamers and know exactly what is going to be tried, and have accounted for that.

[dire pond]

Travel in large groups

[gilded sky]

I was just saying but tbh I prefer when all stats relate

[jaunty depot]

Will the game award you for playing in larger/smaller groups in terms of just getting more value

[solemn sun]

Are those monthly cosmetic packs offered in the store exclusive? Like, if I missed something from 2018 will it never be available again?

[desert ivy]

The exact one won't be available again, no. There may be an obtainable version in game of a similar model, but never the exact one

[desert ivy]

Well thr end game content such as node sieges, Castle sieges, World bosses, 40 man raids, etc all require large groups, but there's still activities for smaller

[solemn sun]

RIP

Is there a way to buy just the cosmetics without ordering the game time and all that every month?

[desert ivy]

If you have a pack then you can buy future cosmetics separately as long as they're the same tier as the Pack you bought

So 75 dollar pack can only buy future accessories
150 dollar pack can buy accessory and pet skin
250 can buy accessory pet and mount skin
375 can buy everything

[jaunty depot]

@desert ivy I was thinking more i terms of getting loot & xp from killing mobs and raids, would an eight man raid be more profitable than a 40 man raid

For the individual

[desert ivy]

The xp ratios for parties will definitely be something that will be tweaked during testing so I can't say

But an 8 man party and 40 man party wouldn't be doing the same raids

[solemn sun]

Cool. As someone who hasn't bought yet, how much does, say, a mount skin go for if buying separately?

[solemn sun]

Good to know. Thank you!

Coincidentally that is exactly the one I wanted lol

[hoary void]

I haven’t played in awhile but will the
HUD be adjustable? Is there a keyboard/ Mouse recommend?
Like I said it’s been awhile 🤷🏻‍♂️

[small pecan]

keyboard and mouse is definitely primary!

[grim breach]

They''re looking to make the UI as customizable as possible.

[small pecan]

UI will be customizable, though without add ons!

[hoary void]

🙏🏻🤩

[steady jasper]

Anyone know what happens to all the costumes they been selling every month ? will they come back later or nope ?

as in later once the game launches

[arctic swift]

not those exact ones. reskins ingame maybe

[steady jasper]

re skins ingame ?

well good thing i didnt buy them then lol

[arctic swift]

like same model but different color or details

i think atleast

[steady jasper]

oh ok thanks, no point on buying them then lol

[arctic swift]

why not, the ones with the same model will be gear, not costumes. and also possible they will just be gear for npc, and not for players

[crystal beacon]

Because im broke

One of the many reasons due to covid

[steady jasper]

i mean i dont see the point on spending $300 if oull be able to get the same costume just different colors lol

[arctic swift]

same model, could be very different, and it will be gear and not a costume. idk if transmog is a thing or not

[crystal beacon]

They said there will be transmog

[arctic swift]

ah thats good then

[crystal beacon]

When they answered asmongolds Q&A

[steady jasper]

whats transmog ?

[arctic swift]

change appearence of gear to another piece

without actually changing gear

[steady jasper]

uh ok lol

[crystal beacon]

Customization basically

Skins

Whatever u call ot

[arctic swift]

you have sword1 and sword2, sword 1 has better stats but sword2 looks cooler, so you transmog sword1 to look like sword2

[full badger]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Cosmetics Here's everything we currently know about how the cosmetics will work

[steady jasper]

meh that sounds kinda lame, people wont wring for better stats then ?

anyways thanks for the info

[crystal beacon]

They will you just apply cosmetic to the item

[steady jasper]

OH

[rose wind]

I'm not really a fan of transmog myself but it's an insanely minor issue in the grand scheme of things

[steady jasper]

wait thats the same lol

you keep the same stats just a better looking one

meh

[crystal beacon]

[steady jasper]

well never played WoW so not really into this transmog thing

[crystal beacon]

Its basically what a skin is in other games

Its the same thing with a different term

[steady jasper]

yea i got it wrong the first time

[grim breach]

They're purely skins. No stats modifications or additions. The shop is not intended to have any pay-to-win items.

[grim breach]

The cosmetics in the pre-order packs are exclusives. Once they're gone, they'll be gone forever.

While you may see variants of them in-game, I doubt players would be able to obtain them. Because:

1. They're used as the base for NPC models and skins.
2. They player cosmetics were sold as exclusives in the shop.

"I want to incentivize purchase by offering limited items: limited time, limited quantity, so you have confidence that when you purchase them, they won't be offered later on in some other way." -- Steven Sharif

I think I heard Steven spoke about it in one of the livestreams (since this is a very popular question) last year where he specifically mentions the variants would be seen on NPCs and not something you can obtain. I will try to find that quote for you, I might have misheard as well so take it with a grain of salt.

[stark matrix]

How can I play this game

[arctic swift]

get alpha1/alpha2 and wait

[main crater]

There are gonna be a lot of different cosmetics when it launches, will be a storm of colour

[keen mist]

Will some resources be **Node specific **or by default have drastic differences in "natural rarity" between Nodes?
In the Wiki for Economy is says "resources will shift locations as they’re exhausted" but if every Node has a similar availability of resources, wouldn't this lessen the purpose of Caravans in game and create a mono-economy? My thought being, if you wanted to acquire certain materials in the world then wouldn't it be easier to farm them locally or create a quest for someone of a lower level to farm materials for you, rather than purchase them at a higher cost from afar. The only incentive for risk/reward I can think of is to buy it at a lower tax rate in bulk for the impatient crafters in the world.

[steady ocean]

Region specific

[keen mist]

Source please 🙂

[steady ocean]

ashesofcreation.wiki

[keen mist]

specifically

[steady ocean]

Can look it up for you once I finish my game of chess

[keen mist]

Resources won't be locked to the node system. - the wiki

[full badger]

@keen mist

The world manager will also contribute to this: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/World_manager

[main current]

is there a roadmap , i think i saw it for this year but i could be wrong i cant find it anymore :(

[arctic swift]

The only ''roadmap'' is the dates for alpha 1 playtests i think

[main current]

oh ok

[arctic swift]

could be wrong, but i atleast havent seen one

[main current]

Nah you're right i found it, its the alpha 1 playtests

thank you :)

[arctic swift]

np ❤️

[crystal beacon]

Will there ever be a claw type weapon for like rogues or for a specific class? Or maybe a customization skin from cash shop for dual wealding weapons?

Or if im missing out someone do please link all the weapons as to i do not know how to use the wiki bot

[steady ocean]

Unknown at this time. We don't have a full list of weapon types

What we know can be found here:

!wiki weapons

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Weapons

[crystal beacon]

Thanks alot

[crystal flax]

Any class can use any weapon though

[crystal beacon]

Was just wondering if maybe we could see some metalic claws as some kind of fist weapon sometime. Time will tell i guess

[arctic swift]

im still waiting for my scythe 😄

[proven arrow]

Likely they will just be halberds but have cool reskins occasionally named scythes, but scythes aren't really a weapon in the first place, so having them be a skin option of an existing weapon type is far more reasonable. There will be scythe gathering tools though for harvesting....

[arctic swift]

They can be weapons, but yea its unlikely they will be included, but i can still pray 😄

[feral hamlet]

anyone know if a guild can have a name of multiple words or 1 max?

or is it way too early to ask?:D

[unreal swift]

does anyone know if they're going to do more charity streams?

awesome

[sly monolith]

how many sheckels for alpha 2?

[rain spade]

250+

[feral hamlet]

250 American sheckels

[rose wind]

Yeah you might get lucky and have a scythe skin for polearm-type weapons I guess

[crystal beacon]

But what about fist weapons

Claws

I hope they add a skin for daggers that look like claws

[tawdry meteor]

Will there be "pet" talent trees ?:)) For fx beastmaster

[full badger]

There will be horizontal progression for pets, but we don't have any details about it just yet

[lone wadi]

will there be weapon swapping

[hasty osprey]

idk if anyone will have the answer to this but if im playing with my BF and we are married in game and share an in game home can i use his housing items to decorate with or does he have to place them ... and if he does place them can i move them?

[lone wadi]

thanks

[stable plover]

@hasty osprey You can grant permission to decorate

[hasty osprey]

Cool TY

[worldly mural]

Are we going to see in the games assist action. By clicking with right click on your party members you will get the same target?

[dark jungle]

they have mentioned target of target functionality yes

[worldly mural]

Thanks for the answer 🙂

[mint citrus]

Has there been any updates on Naval gameplay for A1? I know back in July they said "maybe".

[full badger]

No updates about that yet, sorry.

[mint citrus]

All good, thanks!

[clear burrow]

Does anyone know if you can build player run tavern only on your freehold or anywhere within a node, or perhaps just straight up buy one in a city?

[steady ocean]

on the freehold yes

[onyx knoll]

as far as we know, player-run taverns are only on freeholds

[dire pond]

so the tavern in the node is own by the mayor?

[digital yacht]

no

[dire pond]

who then?

[onyx knoll]

NPCs

[digital yacht]

not really owned by anyone

!wiki taverns

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Taverns

[digital yacht]

its just a Building in the Node

[dire pond]

but could i be a cook at the tavern?

[onyx knoll]

Not gameplay-wise. You could RP one, and like... sell food at the tavern to passing players, but it's something you could do anywhere, it wouldn't be a special in-game mechanic

[dark jungle]

yes for freehold taverns you can

!wiki tavern consumables

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Tavern_consumables

[onyx knoll]

Well, as Lex says, you can for freehold taverns, but in-node ones are just normal NPC buildings

[dire pond]

ok

but to sell stuff at a player stall, you need to be a economic node citizen that has the market building up?

[dark jungle]

no, player stalls can be placed in non economic nodes that have marketplace buildings

!wiki player stalls

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Player_stalls

[dire pond]

ahh ok market/marketplaces

[dark jungle]

yeah, slightly confusing names there 😄

[dire pond]

different building

[iron topaz]

So I saw a video talking about that in late January or early Feb Alpha 1 buy-ins might be returning before Alpha 1 starts in April. Is this confirmed or was this Ytuber just speculating?

[plucky pawn]

Hiya @iron topaz ! We covered this a bit in our recent Creative Director's Letter: "Previously, I had offered to update our community on the potential of allowing Alpha One sales to resume, and will be providing an update on this sometime in February."
Link to the full text for more details: https://ashesofcreation.com/news/2021-01-08-creative-directors-letter

[iron topaz]

Okay, thanks! So not Confirmed but the Director is keeping it in mind.

[young void]

Feburary we get the update

[plucky pawn]

Correct, we plan to provide you an update either way in February 😄

[young void]

If its a go-ahead or no

[real shoal]

Do we know anything about Guild Structure yet? Such as how many ranks will be available? Owner - Second in Command - Officers etc...

[tawdry stump]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Guilds

[plucky pawn]

I don't believe we've specifically shared details on number of ranks (or if you could set those yourself), so that might be a good question to share in an upcoming live stream Q&A thread!

[real shoal]

Thanks Toast 😊

[dire pond]

Will there be a huge difference in stats and inventory between a personnal and quest driven ir mayor caravan?

[tulip hatch]

We are not sure on how huge of a difference but they will have much more customization speed, size, hit points etc

[ember jolt]

Is the pre order for the $250 package still open and do you still get access to the future Alpha two test phase, Fute Beta one test phase, and access to Beta two test phase. Is that pre order option still open to buy?

[plucky pawn]

@ember jolt If you're referring to the Voyager Pre-Order Pack, yes that is still available in our Shop! https://accounts.ashesofcreation.com/shop

If you click on "View More Info", it will confirm that it still includes all those things you mention 😄

[ruby swift]

Since they haven't released those details yet, pure speculation till they do. Imagine the higher the node, the more guards and better options a mayor may have. But again, speculation.

[ember jolt]

I know that but is it still open to buy since the 350 deal is closed since they have enough players for the first Alpha phase

[ruby swift]

the 350 only gets you A2 and is still available

It adds name reservation to your package and more time and embers.

[mint citrus]

@ember jolt https://discordapp.com/channels/256164085366915072/257283936756039680/799750381722664980

Regarding the Alpha 1

[ruby swift]

Sorry, 375

[tulip hatch]

The packs on the store provide all the current information to what it contains

If you click on view more info it will provide a list

[dire pond]

Yeah, the more ressources the node puts on the caravan, the more chance it will be better then a personnal one. But the request of those caravans (mayor and quest driven) may be visible with the Exchange building, will we see the caravan program path too or we got to find it by ourself?

[ruby swift]

Unknown at this time

Baaa Dummm Tsissss 🥁

[dire pond]

Name works well here haha

[young void]

Name reservation tho...

[ruby swift]

@plucky pawn Was there ever a clarification on if the store barding would apply to other mount types or just the long neck ones. For example a turtle?

[plucky pawn]

@ruby swift Here's the latest clarification from Mags on that matter: #questions message

[ruby swift]

Ty. Had missed that one.

[cedar thicket]

Will we get any new info regarding elves? I am already tired of the short people

[ruby swift]

Racial reveals will come as they finish them. The Tulnar are a stretch goal from Kickstarter and as far as we know are slated to be last.

While all fun and games, lets take the Tulnar hate down to discussion instead of questions.

[brisk cedar]

Trolls should be the priority race. All others are just menu selections.

[placid void]

hello

?

[tulip hatch]

Hello, this channel is for Ashes of Creation related questions where the community members help resolve questions or concerns outside of customer support .

[velvet vault]

I'm a kickstarter Founders package backer. In the shop when I'm logged in, if I upgrade to Braver of Worlds, it says I will still get alpha 1 and lifetime sub. Is that still accurate?

[dark jungle]

yes

[plucky pawn]

Yep @velvet vault , if you were originally a Kickstarter or Summer backer, you're still able to upgrade to the higher tiers and get all the perks they contain

[velvet vault]

That's what I thought, just upgraded. Sad to have missed the December play test, looking forward to the February one! Thanks for the quick replies.

[dark jungle]

welcome to a1

[velvet vault]

@dark jungle thanks! I've resisted for months, patiently waiting since the kickstarter. Finally caved!

[median yacht]

is alpha 1 only going to be the tests listed? or will there potentially be more alpha 1's to be annonced in future

[craggy totem]

!aplhas

[dark jungle]

not known for sure yet

[clear sun]

I wonder if there's going to be a lot of cutscenes, lore related and such

[clear sun]

I was thinking like those easy looking sequences in ffxiv

[somber ether]

Question about raiding in this game in regards to the node system. If i'm a player that is looking to complete the hardest raid content in the game but I'm on a realm that doesn't progress the proper nodes to unlock that raid, am I out of luck?

[desert ivy]

Not every raid will be possible to do so if that raid is locked out, then yes

[dark jungle]

yep, if you want to unlock a particular raid your server will need to siege certain nodes and level others to do so

[somber ether]

Seems like a poor choice if that's the route they go. Having some raids unlocked through the nodes is cool, but I was hoping they would embrace some sort of "race to world first" mentality after seeing how popular it is in WoW. Perhaps having the hardest raid in the game, one that would be consideered a "tier" persistent through all realms regardless of node development

Yeah, not what I'm saying

[desert ivy]

In WoW you also aren't attacked by other players during raiding

[somber ether]

Im sure im not the only one who's going to quit the game once I commit time to a character and then it turns out i just happened to pick the wrong realm

[desert ivy]

If the server wants a certain raid unlocked, then they'll band together to destroy the node/s blocking the raid from being unlocked

[dark jungle]

like wow, there is nothing to stop you rolling a character on a realm (server) with that content unlocked

[somber ether]

You're right, that works well for people who don't have jobs. The average person doesn't really have time to "reroll" if they want to stay mildly competitive with others.

[dark jungle]

good point. i guess thats why blizzard changed raid access it to be more uniform across all servers, rather than relying on events to have been completed like in vanilla

[somber ether]

There also were only ever two raids in WoW that were locked behind a servers progress, and eventually a server would unlock it. It wasn't a question of "maybe this raid will never get unlocked on this realm"

[dark jungle]

indeed. i remember the AQ event clearly as an example. it was profound for a server to have unlocked it

[somber ether]

The raid unlocks in those styles are great imo, I just don't think I'm a fan of ashes whereas a server just may never see the raid because players progressed other nodes instead.

[dark jungle]

understood

[craggy totem]

eventually they will want to get the raids too

just hope the hardest raid content isnt open world

[desert ivy]

If a certain raid is top tier, you can guarantee the top tier guilds in that server will band together in order to unlock that raid

since they'll want the bis gear

[somber ether]

I'm just of the opinion that having a classic raid style system like WoW has, alongside this node system, would be the way to go.

Having easier/smaller sized raids like kara/ZA from wow being unlocked via nodes and hardcore raids like sunwell being persistent

and you know, devs can be wrong

[craggy totem]

cant be wrong on how they want their game to be

[somber ether]

If they want it to live they can be

[compact meadow]

hello

[craggy totem]

Hello

What's your question

[compact meadow]

I was wondering how to play AOC: Apocalypse?

I registered

but I am lost now

I see where I can purchase some preorder stuff for AOC

[desert ivy]

Apoc has been down since last March, you can't play it.

[woven vale]

They have taken Apoc servers down a while back

The website is to be updated soon (and will likely fix any misleading info, namely apoc being active)

[compact meadow]

ah

thanks

i just found this today

got super hyped on it

used to play lineage 2 like 17-18 years ago?

[compact meadow]

so

if you buy the pre release stuff in the shop

are the beta open for AOC?

[ruby swift]

As in still available? Yes, since we haven't even started A1 official yet till later this year, the betas will be available for sale for a good long while.

[full badger]

We're currently in approaching Alpha 1, so Beta is quite a ways off yet

More info at the link above ^

[compact meadow]

thanks

[faint needle]

If I understand right, there will be 8 archetype with an average 15 active skills.
With a secondary archetype all the active skills will get 4 augments

8 (primary archetype) x 15 (active skills) x 8 (secondary archetype) x 4 (augments) = 3840

So they will make 3840 skill effect and animation for release?

[full badger]

Even if there were that many different augments (which I don't believe there will be), they won't have unique animations for each one. As noted in the last dev livestream, they would need hundreds of animators on staff to be able to do that

[desert ivy]

They won't even have different animations for different races, so no, definitely not

https://youtu.be/01Jq8uKxGRM?t=4380

[quartz trellis]

They might have graphic effects tho probably nothing vastly different from original skills

[native steppe]

whats the estimate time for the release of alpha 2

[grim breach]

Unknown.

[native steppe]

hmm

welp

the longer the better

[tulip fjord]

Is there anything stopping from the most powerful guilds on the server from just swooping in and taking over any raid/dungeon they want from a guild I might be in? Unless I'm in one of the more powerful guilds, how will I progres?

[native steppe]

join em i guess

if ya can't beat em join em

[tulip fjord]

Unless there is just going to be one large guild, then there's always gonna be someone stronger. And those guilds can just deny you membership

[native steppe]

hmmm

[full badger]

@tulip fjord @native steppe That's a very open-ended question so I'd recommend moving it down to the #aoc-discussion channel

[native steppe]

okok

[tulip fjord]

Ok thanks!

Just gonna copy and paste it to see what they think over there.

[crystal beacon]

Morning!
Two questions:

1. We can’t see the “Spanish Ashes Community” here in Discord. Can we have it?
   Or what we need to do before for to have it?

2. You will launch the game translated in spanish? Many of our future spanish players are asking for it actually.

Salutes from Sine Die! 😊

[ruby swift]

!wiki languages

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Languages

[grim breach]

1. "Or what we need to do before for to have it?"

If there's enough demand, they'll consider adding official support for it. Rally up your friends and families and enemies, let them know about Ashes of Creation, build the hype and hope for the best.

[dire pond]

Could multiples castle sieges happen at the same time? (Same date and prime time) and the same thing regarding node sieges.

[ruby swift]

We have yet to see if they plan on staggering the weekly castle pvp events since they are weekly for the mini-nodes connected and the final 4th week is the actual castle siege. If they all occur in the same week of a month and on the same day, could be interesting. Node sieges would be based on when the node declaration was placed, and the countdown timer based on node level.

Speculation: Would help with all the people worried that a single mega guild would be controlling that content. Imagine trying to run 5 pvp castles sieges at once.

[dire pond]

So depending on the first guild to beat the npc, the timer will be schedule to them.

It could be possible, but not if the sieges are all the same day.

[ruby swift]

Or not. Many games structure their weekly resets around their standard maintenance window. WoW for example. As mentioned above, they have given no details on that yet.

[dire pond]

Ty

[crystal beacon]

We are working that point @grim breach the problem is that many gamers of our spanish community don’t speak english for to demand it.

Please look at this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language

We think spanish must be official when the game will be launched if not will suppose a delay and a gamers discrimination because some only will start to play later until the game is translated (in my opinion is a bit sad).

[grim breach]

You have a good command of English. You can be their representative. Doesn't need everyone to know English.

Maybe if you can get thousands of Spanish gamers to sign a petition, then you can hand it over to Toast or Margaret as proof of interest by the Spanish community.

Just an idea. They'll still have to find Spanish translators, community managers and so on.

[glad gale]

Not to mention the regional variations of spanish

[steep mural]

Anyone knows when is the next stream ?

[crystal beacon]

@grim breach I can create it jn spanish at change.org and send to you the link (if it is ok for you).
Or perhaps do you prefer create an official poll from the webpage of Ashes or Twitter?

[tulip hatch]

Hello, if you checked out the wiki link provided by Unknown you can see that Spanish will be added in the future. https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Regions#Localization
Currently we can not support Spanish channels as Intrepid needs to officially support the language and then provide CMs and moderators before we add a spanish section.

The spanish community does have a website and facebook group posted down in #community-links so their fellow spanish speakers can discuss the game until they are officially supported here

[grim breach]

If you want to create a poll or change.org, sure you can make your own. After that give the link to your friends so they can vote and show support.

I do not work for Intrepid Studios, so that is not up to me. The people you're looking for would be LieutenantToast and Margaret Krohn (people in yellow name = Intrepid Studios). People in red names can help too (moderators).

[reef osprey]

I'd hope for respawn and event timers to happen within a generously large window rather than a set static time.
The restriction of fast travel to make locations matter really only works, if people can't group up beforehand under the knowledge that Raidboss X will respawn in 13minutes 27 seconds. All the anti-zerging implications the lack of fast travel has would go right out of the window when people know the exact times the zergable content appears

[tawdry creek]

Is there anyway to get to play in the next pre testing?

[vale locust]

Maybe if they open up Alpha 1 sales, which we are suppose to hear the update on that in February

[tawdry creek]

Will it cost money? I didn't get to see if the other pre testings cost money

[reef osprey]

yes

[tulip hatch]

The only pre-test that did not require you to have a package was the Alpha 0 test.
Alpha 0 was based on key giveaways but that has long ended

Currently testing sessions are only accessed by package holders with the appropriate access tier, in this case Alpha 1

[tawdry creek]

Any of the packages? Or only certain ones

[tulip hatch]

Packages with Alpha 1 access
currently none are sold in the store

There will be an update in February from Intrepid on reopening Alpha 1 access or keeping it closed

[tawdry creek]

Hmm I see! Thanks for the information! Will just wait hopefully they do alpha 1 sales haha

[short flame]

any estimate for alpha 2 🤔

also who changed my name LOL

not fun 😦

[crystal flax]

If it had any special characters the bot auto changed it
We have no dates beyond Alpha 1

[short flame]

ok ok ^^ thanks

[toxic hazel]

Will you be able to use a controller, such as the Microsoft Xbox Elite controller? It has a lot of buttons for easy mapping but might be a bit more difficult for them to program into the game if it's only built for keyboard and mouse

@idle siren

[gilded sky]

There is programs that let you use a controller on the computer

It might be a lil clunky tho

[crystal beacon]

Thanks @tulip hatch
Personally I think can be a big error to launch a game as important as AoC will be and not support Spanish language (initially available I mean).

[toxic hazel]

I see. I'm moving over from console to PC, so I was just wondering.

[sly monolith]

how many smeckels for steven shave his head?

[arctic swift]

atleast 5

[dusk nova]

Has there been any further discussion or comments about moving away from Xsolla? Given the fiasco with CoE and them refusing to issues refunds per their own TOS and now the news of LIF:MMO this company is becoming radioactive.

I’d like to support AoC/Intrepid more but I don’t feel comfortable giving Xsolla more of my money.

[tulip hatch]

We do not have an update since Intrepid stated they intend to move away from Xsolla

There is currently no ETA for when they will complete that process

[tulip cedar]

No offence but, I'm not throwing any money at this game until we get to see some actual gameplay. Could be the next Burning Man idk.

[craggy totem]

So don't

[tulip cedar]

The BR test was garbage from what I've heard and, not naming names, but the NDA closed alpha was supposedly bad too.

[tulip hatch]

Buying into Ashes is not necessary, you are free to wait and see how the project develops
However this is not a place for discussion or comments
Please continue this conversation in #general-discussion or #aoc-discussion

Lets leave this channel for questions and answers only
Thank you

[digital yacht]

then obviously the ppl that leaked u info didnt play alphas before, they arent supposed to be fully fleshed out games LOL, they are meant for testing purposes therefore the name ALPHA TEST LOL

Alphas and Betas arent necessarily supposed to be "Good" they are supposed to get the job done by supplying the devs with supplemental information used in creating the Finished product

[dusk nova]

Don’t forget the most recent tests were pre alpha =p this is why there is a NDA. People can’t help themselves and spread info like this.

[craggy shoal]

How is the fishing system going?

[craggy totem]

We don't know

[desert ivy]

Probably not very high on their list of priorities atm

[craggy totem]

And people who know are under NDA

[tender wren]

yeah im not sure how that would be offencive, not buying into something, i mean the ceo even said, if your sceptical, dont buy it, just wait

[bold bear]

We keep fishing for leaks, but we can't get Steven to bite. If you've got any bait ideas please drop them into AoC discussion, thanks!

[sly monolith]

offer him smeckels

[steep mural]

2 months and we will have streamers,YouTuber,bloggers and everyone posting videos and stuff

[civic raptor]

Hey, would the prepared food have more beneficial effect on the spouse?

Look, I know my question looks like a meme, but I was really curious about this one, ok?

[snow vine]

are Vek and Ren'Kai supposed to be about the same height? Can't seem to find any info about their physique

right, I thought I've seen that stated somewhere, but wasn't sure if I was imagining things, thanks!

[glad cipher]

Do we know how early we can make a guild in the game/costs of making one?

[dark jungle]

you can make a guild in the starting zones

!wiki guild formation

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Guild_formation

[covert hornet]

I doubt we have an answer for this but I figured I’d check. I learned about Ashes after apocalypse ended. When it comes back will we able to earn the cosmetics from the first go around or will they be different?

[grim breach]

There's supposedly Chapters, aka seasons in Apocalypse. I assume the rewards would be changed every season. Like how a typical battlepass works.

Book/Chapter/Season 1, The Exodus has already finished and was repeated twice. So I wouldn't hold my breath to see a new chapter if Apocalypse does come out as they're focusing on the MMORPG completely right now. And when Apocalypse does come back, they'll have to focus on Castle Siege completely to make sure it works.

[rough chasm]

guys do we have any pictures or concept art of the bad guys in this game the pve end game guy

[grim breach]

!wiki Ancients

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Ancients

[rough chasm]

thank you now i also know their names!

[grim breach]

Don't know if they're endgame or anything yet but they're one of the bad guys. There are many more, of course. The wiki should have them.

[deep igloo]

Are you ale to join multiple player guilds?

[digital yacht]

1 guild per character

[woven vale]

!wiki spacedicks

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Spacedicks

[deep igloo]

Huh, spacedicks

[woeful notch]

how easy will it be to switch between mounts? (only have played ff) will it be like ff were you have a menu of all the mounts you have and you can switch between them as much as you want?

[grim breach]

You'll carry the item that represents the mount in your inventory. So yes, you can bring as much as you want (as long as you have enough inventory space) and summon them from your inventory.

[solemn sun]

Weird... why not just have a ‘collection’ and set an active mount from there

Who wants to spend inventory space carrying a bunch of mounts around

[digital yacht]

y carry a bunch of mounts around? discuss it on the forums 🙂

[woeful notch]

along the lines can you have 2 of the same mount? or when you get a mount you already have would you need to replace the old one with it

[slender sedge]

When is the alpha two test phase planned to start?

[placid vessel]

We have no dates for A2, only a rough estimate for A1.

Gimmie a sec here.

[molten oracle]

What if me and my group of friends are like 5 people, do we HAVE to make our own node? or how does it work with joining others. Lets say months into the game there will be big nodes. Can anyone walk through and join the node or how does it work?

[frozen tartan]

Nodes are like town IRL. So as long as you find a house, you can be a part of the node

[molten oracle]

Thanks guys

[limber prawn]

Will Ashes of Creation support mods?

Or addons, I should say.

[full badger]

No. There will be no addons and no API support for Ashes of Creation

[limber prawn]

Hmmm. I hope that some of the quality of life addons from World of Warcraft are considered. Specifically, for me, I am looking for things like RP profile addons like TRP and for post extenders like Emote Splitter. As a roleplayer, I cannot really see myself playing without features such as these.

[full badger]

There are features planned for Ashes to help roleplayers

!wiki roleplay

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Roleplay

[lean marlin]

but addons are not one of them.

[lofty wadi]

Will there be a way to meassure performance compared to other players during events?

or during party/raid

[lean marlin]

If you're asking about DPS meters, they're not allowed and against tos.

[lofty wadi]

not in specific. and i'm talking about provided services only, no third party software. Maybe some kind of performance meter, or activity meter. Something that tells me how much i contribute to the party in terms of damage, healing or threat

[grim breach]

There will be individual combat logs. You will be able to measure your performance and only your performance.

[lean marlin]

yeah that's about it.

[lofty wadi]

Thanks for the replies. I'd like to see some after combat report too that shows total performance or something so I can compare my performance to those of others

[craggy totem]

You can't

And currently no plans for it either

[velvet spear]

Intrepid is purposefully making that not possible as they don't want to foster a culture similar to that of WoW's end game where it's pure numbers. They'd prefer something feel more organic and for players to accomplish feats through trial and error

[lofty wadi]

I was thinking maybe pure %, but I get it. Thanks

[glass sun]

I have a question regarding raid difficulty scaling.
From what I've gathered, If you more or less speedrun the raid, you'll recieve greater rewards than by performing poorly as a group
Now my question is: are the "greater rewards" an increased amount of gear and reagents dropped by the boss, or will, for example, a sword that was dropped deal more damage?

[dark jungle]

we dont know the specifics on that yet, you could add that to the questions for the next stream though

[glass sun]

Ah, okay. I'll make sure to submit it for the next qna then

[fringe zealot]

Hello!! Can someone answer, if I will be able to stream on my twich channel, the beta test one/two?

[tranquil willow]

Yes. The NDA lifts in march this year, so everything after that people will be able to stream

[lapis valley]

I quit wow because the meters meant everything, doing raids felt like a 2nd job where you constantly would be measured and judged by performance.

[woven vale]

Addons (such as meters) are against TOS

They will exist ofc

But people who have them will have to complain/deal with things in discord, as a GM could look at chatlogs and see them stating they're using them and you're trash, etc.

[rose wind]

Are all addons against ToS?

Seems the answer is going to be "generally yes" from what I can see on the forums, but potentially some will be allowed

It was a screenshot I saw that said "Will you allow add-ons for AoC?" "Generally the answer is no"

Some may interpret that as "very few very specific ones maybe, but generally no", but I don't know if that "no" has been stated more definitively elsewhere

[pulsar finch]

Will alpha/beta keys be sent via email? And dates?

Is it the tracking number?

[rose wind]

I searched the wiki and that never came up how weird, but fair enough that's more detail than the screenshot on the forums

[crystal beacon]

What is the issue with dps meters? I'm assuming people use it to justify flaming and such?

[prisma comet]

will there be any other way for someone to use tools in the game to know how to better there own dps? or just the "i think i saw more numbers this time" sorta feeling 😅 "i pew pewd so hard just now"

[simple karma]

We will be providing combat data for individual players in their chat window, that players can filter and analyze for themselves. The goal is to mitigate and make the practice less prevalent through the ease that DPS meters provide. Also to place actionable enforcement for players who attempt to circumvent the decision by use of 3rd party programs, for which we will be monitoring.[233] – Steven Sharif

[rose wind]

If the combat log can be exported in any way I expect sites like warcraftlogs to pop up which will generate that behaviour anyway

[glad gale]

If a town is started by dwarves and takes on a dwarven look but is subsequently taken over by elves, does the style of buildings change on the next level up?

[desert ivy]

Yes, it will change to Elven appearance

[prisma comet]

are there any hybrid sort of appearance depending on % of contribution?

[glad gale]

thanks - i explained that poorly. I meant perhaps an influx of elves that dwarfed the dwarves in numbers.

[lofty wadi]

@simple ether You know what happens to a node after a siege? it's reset but does is then possible for another race to level it up?

[glad gale]

If a node can spawn in three possible locations within a single zone of influence, will its type be fixed within those three possible spots?

[desert ivy]

A nodes type is always fixed, Node 1 will be the same type across every server

If Node 1 = Militaristic on Server 1, then it'll be Militaristic on Server 2, 3, 4 etc. as well

[glad gale]

so even though it might appear within three possible locations, it will always be military

[idle hill]

I see so even though Nodes 1, 2, or 3 might be fixed as Militaristic, Economic, and Divine respectively, their locations within their zone of influence can be randomized

Or am I still not seeing it right? heh

[glad gale]

Was there a reason why Intrepid did not randomise the spawning of the node types? it made some aspect of the programming problematic?

[idle hill]

Perhaps they wanted to make sure that there was always a certain balance within the randomisations

so that certain areas didn't become deadzones?

Like what happens if one coastline and field had like 5 military nodes but no economic node?

It would be interesting if different races were more capable in certain terrain types vs others.

[ruby swift]

Think if them as states in the US. Those are nodes. WA is always a scientific node. Oregon is a religious node, and California is always an economic node. Where the node settelment "pops" in WA initially could be where Seattle is today, or Spokane. Depending on what the world manager decides. But it will still be a scientific node city as it develops. If it reaches level 1 before Oregon, it begins to lock out Oregon. Once it gets to level 2, Oregon can advance to level 1, locking out California (if it was still at zero). As WA gets to around 3-5 its impact and reach is still locking out Oregon, but now also its ZOI bubble has expanded to impact CA. There ya go, irl examples of node settlement placement, node borders, and ZOI.

[idle hill]

But could CA challenge WA's rising in science and claim they could do a better job? Or maybe CA wants to make lots and lots of money and WA's quick rise in science makes it a prime target for a war for resources?

[ruby swift]

Yeah, that is all player motivation and not mechanics

[junior sandal]

Goodday all. How is every 1 been....

Ive got a question
The node wars.. When ur node is destroyed you loose all yhe progtess around that node... But do you keep all ur persenal. Progress and gear and stuff?

[craggy totem]

you lose some of it

[digital yacht]

U don’t lose ur fully completed gear iirc

[ruby swift]

Yes, you for example would lose your freeholds location, but it is packed up and mailed to you as a template to put down. Your decorations and furniture and such are still in the same place. You just have to pay some resources to repair the damaged structures to make them fully functional again.

[junior sandal]

Aah oke so you dont loos everything.

[ruby swift]

A portion of your gathered and processed resources are "sunk" in the case of a siege loss.

[junior sandal]

Lets say ive got good armor wapons ect i dont loose those

@ruby swift aah oke

So. You wont be starting all. Over again you only start to rebuild ur node....

And are there like neutral zones aswell?

[ruby swift]

Nope

Well, besides the starting zones, which are static

[junior sandal]

Aah to bad wpuld be nice 1 huge nutral zone haha

[ruby swift]

There will not be ways for people to completely avoid confict.

[junior sandal]

Aah oke oke

[digital yacht]

Unless u Sit in ur freehold or instanced apartment 😂

But U won’t get anything done

[ruby swift]

Going to run out of gold eventually and lose them to the tax man if you do.

[junior sandal]

Haha @digital yacht

[prisma comet]

unless your toon gets covid, then it can work from home safely 😉

[digital yacht]

Just be a guild leader and have ur guildies give it to u

@ruby swift

[ruby swift]

Becomes more a discussion of player agency vs actual questions about game mechanics then.

[junior sandal]

Whah @digital yacht thats a good idea only im an ER nurse due tho whole covid i work extra ahoft.. So inwould be a shitty guildleader atm due the faces i have to work allot whahha

[digital yacht]

But ur blind how u a nurse?

[junior sandal]

6 sense haha

[ruby swift]

Can be a nurse, just a really bad one.

[junior sandal]

Ssssst

My shooter gamename is blindguy.. Mmo ofter shadow monarch due the fact i love playing necromancer haha

[lapis jasper]

Hello, I hope someone here can direct me to the right person.
I make some of the worlds most elaborate costumes and displays, and I'm hoping to be hired to help represent AoC.
Who should I speak to?

[rough chasm]

ive seen those costumes before that would be cool to see like an ancient from aoc

[lapis jasper]

Thanks. I'm not thinking of today, but the future.

Sorry if I spammed

[hardy bolt]

yo thats pretty lit bro, gj

[onyx knoll]

please keep this channel clear for questions, feel free to discuss how freaking amazing his work is in #general-discussion tho 😉

[raw hill]

Is Intrepid Studios open to hiring junior/medior game devs?

[onyx knoll]

You can see what Intrepid is currently looking for here: https://intrepidstudios.com/careers

If nothing fits your exactly, you can always try sending your resume anyway and they'll keep it in bank in case they end up needing someone with your skillset later 🙂

There are a few junior positions open tho 😉

[raw hill]

Oke thank you!

[primal cloud]

I've read through the animal husbandry wiki pages and known info but I've got one question bugging me, forgive me if I somehow missed the answer. Is the animal husbandry mechanic related to mounts only, or pets as well?

[young void]

From what I read on the wiki, it's both

It unlocks the ability to have a combat pet, and same thing with basic and more advanced mounts, but I could be wrong

[primal cloud]

We may have to hope we are blessed with a knowledge drop from Lieutenant Toast

[digital yacht]

!wiki Animal Husbandry

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Animal_Husbandry

[primal cloud]

@digital yacht thank you for confirming that my brain doesn't function properly

[slow fiber]

Will the pre-order packages be removed? How much time do I have to buy them?

[grim breach]

No plans to remove them currently. However, the cosmetics set are monthly exclusives and change every month.

Intrepid will let us know weeks ahead if they want to remove the packs. Probably not until the foreseeable future. There are no dates for Alpha 2 yet, Alpha 1 has just begun too.

[slow fiber]

Thanks. And will any of the beta progress be carried over to the release?

[grim breach]

No.

[lean marlin]

Nope, completely empty release servers.

[slow fiber]

Do beta testers get anything special apart from what's in the pre-order packages? Perhaps a title or something?

[digital yacht]

we dont know yet

but i would assume so

[slow fiber]

oh

[lean marlin]

Best to not assume anything in that regard.

[grim breach]

Don't know, maybe. If you played Apocalypse, every cosmetic you earned from there will be in the MMORPG for you to use.

That's probably the only avenue for you to gain any "rewards" for testing.

[slow fiber]

I see

[glacial dagger]

i have no idea how far along in development the game is so i shall ask- when will the game likely be fully released?

[grim breach]

Don't know. Community speculations are 2-3 years.

Game is entering Alpha-1 by this March.

[glacial dagger]

oh gz

[grim breach]

There will be 3 more test phases after that. Alpha-2, Beta-1 and Beta-2.

Modbot is dead it seems.

[lofty wadi]

Anyone knows a little about the chat windows? I'd had to see a general/world chat and would much rather have people to actually go in town to make trades, form groups or gather intel/gossip.

Had = hate*

Party/raid/guildchat/say would be fine. General/world/lfg/lfm I personally wouldn't want

[grim breach]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/In_game_chat

[lofty wadi]

Thanks again chat

[grim breach]

Thanks chat

[digital yacht]

Dw there is no global chats, no Group finder etcs, old school mmo when social Interaction is key

[lofty wadi]

Very much appreciated, this is why I have full faith in AoC Dev. I haven't heard of a single feature, mechanic or reasoning that I disagree with. <3

[fiery anchor]

When i node cant level up because of an a bigger node next to it will it level to 99% and instantly level when the other node grows or gets destroyed or will it stay at 0%?

[dusk nova]

I seen someone ask if you could be in multiple guilds at the same time up above - this is maybe more of a suggestion than a question but would it be possible to have something similar to how FFXIV does it with Linkshells? For those of you who are not familiar, linkshells are sort of like guilds without perks and only the ingame group chat functions. I always found it really useful for things like officers chat, a small group of friends or an activities group for things you wouldn't necessarily do with your guild.

Obviously discord is a thing but sometimes its easier to just talk ingame instead of switching windows.

[grim breach]

Once the lower leveled node has reached its XP cap, that node will still "earn" EXP. Those excess EXPs will flow between two things:

1. Nodes can accumulate exp deficit (atrophy), so any EXP earned by that node will be applied to their own deficit first. https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Node_atrophy

2. If there isn't any any deficit, the EXP will be applied to the parent node. https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Vassal_nodes

For more info, https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Node_progression

So to answer your question, probably won't level up immediately if parent node is destroyed. You don't have any of those excess EXP. I assume there will be a small extra percentage that has to be earned and it will be a race between your node and other nodes that wants to level up.

[solemn sun]

Possible? Sure. Planned? No

[dusk nova]

I did say it was a suggestion 🙃

[grim breach]

If you want your suggestion to be seen, better post it in the forums.

[proven crystal]

In Diablo 3, each active skill has augments called runes, each skill has 5 runes and they all do something different like one of my favorites Arsenal on Multishot: “multishot sends out 3 rockets that home in on enemies dealing 150% weapon damage. Multishot now deals fire damage.”

[fiery anchor]

will you be able to set the percentage of your xp/recources you contribute to a node or will it be static?

[grim breach]

Anything you do within the node's ZOI will give the node some EXP. The EXP is not from your own EXP.

For things such as completing a building, you can set how much of your materials to donate.

[hardy bolt]

@dusk nova each character on your account can be in different guilds

[dusk nova]

Thank you but that doesn't really have anything to do with what my suggestion was about.

[hardy bolt]

You said multiple guilds soo, but you're basically asking about group chats, they said they'd have some for node, guild, party, etc, if you can make your own i dunno.

[dusk nova]

No, you didn't understand my suggestion then. It is ok though.

[hardy bolt]

a linkshell is basically a player made chat channel that people can inv and kick people from..

[glad sleet]

I remember reading somewhere or hearing somewhere that head start servers will have 10 level limit. Can anyone find source for that or did I make it up?

[desert ivy]

It will kinda have a level limit because node levelling is disabled which means nodes can't level to spawn higher level monsters/quests. So while I don't think its been confirmed that it will be a level 10 limit, there will be some limit

[glad sleet]

Do we have a confirmation that killing a mob much lower than you will give you no exp then? Or is it gonna be like that south park episode where they kill boars in wow lol

[craggy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/south-park-gif-19592731

killing boars time

[jaunty quarry]

Is there incentive to remain on your main account once it is maxed, and heavily progressed into the different guild, artisan skills etc. or are Alt. Accounts encouraged. In addition will Alt accounts be within the same master account, or different accounts needed?

[onyx knoll]

you can create alt characters on the same account, but you can't have multiple accounts under the same master account, if for some reason you want multiple accounts, not just multiple characters, then you'd have to pay multiple subs

[jaunty quarry]

Do you know if there is any limit, and if this feature is available in the Alphas?

[onyx knoll]

We don't have an exact number yet of how many alts you'll be able to have. The only thing they've said was that it would be a "comfortable amount"

As for if you can make multiple characters in alpha, I don't think we know, sorry

[buoyant coral]

Are defenders able to join/leave a caravan at any point along its journey or only at the start?

[gritty needle]

after the launching of the game, will it be f2p

[crystal flax]

@gritty needle No, $15 monthly sub

[tepid terrace]

There's currently no package available to join the ongoing Alpha One tests correct? The only available option is to get access to the not-yet-determined-when Alpha Two tests?

[keen mist]

Correct

[grave thorn]

Will game have option to get race, gender or at least appreciate change from cosmetic/cash shop or barber shop?

[rain spade]

race is unlikely as it conveys in game bonuses
the others we do not know yet

[grave thorn]

And 1 more thing. (This will be little tough because there's always misunderstanding)
I am from Georgia (country, not state)
Georgia left CIS in 2009 but in most of platforms are still treating us as CIS. If I buy some of games on steam as gift, I can't share outside of cis and Georgia. When 'mount and blade' came out I wasn't able to download game from EU servers because game devs said that I was from CIS and should have downloaded Russian version.
So here's question will Intrepid studios will treat Georgia as CIS or as a regular country?

[desert ivy]

You can play the game from anywhere, so it shouldn't really matter

So if you live in Russia, you can still play on EU, NA, whatever

If you live in EU you can play on CIS servers, NA, whatever

Etc

[grave thorn]

Ok, thanks

[craggy totem]

@grave thorn bare in mind if you want to play on the EU servers you will have to play eu prices

[grave thorn]

Doesn't game costs 15$/month everywhere?

[craggy totem]

no

[civic raptor]

Hey hey people,

Since there's no dungeon finder in the game it's up to the player to find a party for him(her)self, is that correct?
Would there be alternative means of finding a party besides running around the town?

I'm not too much into MMO games, so I'm not really sure how to proceed in such predicament.

Thanks.

[leaden spire]

look in the guild recruitment

[civic raptor]

ahhh, I see.

[leaden spire]

your best bet would be joining a guild

[crystal flax]

Well, not necessarily
There's going to be sort of hubs people will gather at when they want to group up most likely

[civic raptor]

I sure hope people will create semi casual guilds

[digital yacht]

everyonne will have discord i guess, but its up to u to find groups for dungeons, no auto find group 🙂

[desert ivy]

There will be. There's tons of guilds already in the guild recruitment channels #na-oce-guild-recruitment and #eu-guild-recruitment .

[civic raptor]

[crystal beacon]

@civic raptor the guild one i'm in is chill as all hell. and outside guilds there may be religious reasons or even "node encouraged" making up a term to describe a situation where an entire node kind of agrees it needs to do something in order to get something for the node communities to take part in various events with.

[civic raptor]

I'm waiting for the first hands-on experience and feedback from veteran MMO players. If what I see satisfies me I might pre-order and hop on beta.

Although I might not pre order at all due to Cyberpunk disappointment

[crystal flax]

If you're unsure waiting really is the best thing to do, Steven himself even encourages to not buy if you're not 100%

[shy leaf]

Do the guilds require you to have alpha or beta keys, because I want to join one but dont plan to pay 400$ on a game wich isnt even out jet?

[onyx knoll]

that's up to the guild to decide if they want to recruit anyone in advance or if they only want to accept people that can participate to the tests. You'd have to check the guild recruitment posts or ask officers in the guild you're interested in

[shy leaf]

Ok thanks

[quartz trellis]

Are potions like mp potions going to have a cooldown?

[crystal beacon]

i don't think we'll get a repeat of cyberpunk. that game was brought down by poor leadership and communication and so far as i know the team here is just "we're working on it it'll come out in a few years." and the community so far as i know is all "take your time wa want this to be as amazing as you envision it to be. we can and can't wait for it"

[full badger]

I'm sure this has been talked about before but I can't find an answer on the wiki for it. Might be a good question to ask for the next dev livestream 🙂

[quasi hound]

If I buy into Alpha/Beta will the game time be activated immediately or only upon the launch? And would access be immediate/persistent or only in segments?

[low lantern]

Alpha 1 is in segments, not available atm, alpha 2 will be persistent

[crystal flax]

Game time applies only to launch

[low lantern]

Not sure about betas

[quasi hound]

Thank you ❤️

Also, might be way to early to ask but does anyone know if their will be an Oceanic server option upon release?

[desert ivy]

Yes

!wiki servers

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Servers

[quasi hound]

Thanks 🙂

[golden lintel]

i have a question on the intrepid studio website if i dont like my username can i change it ?

[primal cloud]

Why did you name yourself something you don't like? 😮

[full badger]

You can only change your forum display name, by going to your profile and clicking "set forum display name"

[golden lintel]

does having that name while we sign in mean anything or should i just pay no mind to it ?

[full badger]

I'm not sure what you mean by that, sorry

[tulip hatch]

If you mean your login username then that can only be changed with a ticket

However this is not normally done, you'd have to explain your reasoning to cs

[errant quiver]

Is it possible to Gift someone an Alpha or Beta package if you used their referral code, etc? Thanks!

[full badger]

No, you cannot gift any pre-order packs to another person

[errant quiver]

ok thanks!

[covert hornet]

This is extremely random and I’m not sure where if at all it’d be on the wiki. Can we climb trees in Ashes?

[placid vessel]

Nope.

[long zinc]

will there be AUS servers?

[stable plover]

There will definitely be an OCE server, there will very likely be a server physically in Australia

[grim breach]

Climbing will be a thing. It might only be some very specific utility skills to some classes.

[idle rain]

thats so good to hear, mmos aren't even worth playing competitively in Oceania since ping is so bad

[cerulean atlas]

whats the bare minimum to be able to play in the pre-launch?

[grim breach]

You need to have Alpha 1 access.

[cerulean atlas]

its a long ways off, but I thought I should ask now just in case

oh

[grim breach]

Not sure what pre-launch you mean, but as of right now, only Alpha 1 have confirmed schedule

[cerulean atlas]

I meant once it is passed beta and about to launch, but the people who helped fund it get to have an early launch

[grim breach]

Oh, you mean headstart.

[cerulean atlas]

yes

[grim breach]

Headstart was a Kickstarter/Summer backer exclusive.

[cerulean atlas]

ahh

so its long gone

[grim breach]

Unless you have a Kickstarter/Summer package that have headstart, you won't have it.

[cerulean atlas]

ok

[grim breach]

Also, headstart will have their own servers.

[cerulean atlas]

that's good

id rather be able to experience it for the first time at launch, like on classic wow

its a whole new feeling that way

ty for the info

[sweet grail]

Is any country ip locked? As in blocked access due to "unsupported region" Black Desert Online for example is ip locked so i can't play it from Israel without a vpn

[grim breach]

No region lock.

[sweet grail]

Great, thanks

[brave timber]

How much will alpha-1 access cost?

[dire pond]

No info and no A1 to sell

More info in february

[brave timber]

Will wait 🙂

[bitter forge]

Hello @obsidian knoll. For some reason I can't log in the website https://accounts.ashesofcreation.com/login. I've tried password resets but it's all the same. I even entered a more complex password, but nothing. And the "migrate option" doesn't recognize me as well

The password reset form accepts my data, but the login does not 😦

[grim breach]

Open a ticket @bitter forge

[bitter forge]

Thank you, although that form requires a username and I'm not sure I have one :/

Or what it was

[burnt mist]

then how are you putting your username in the login form?

[bitter forge]

Thank you

I'm an idiot

I was entering email 😄

Case closed

[ruby swift]

character

[feral hamlet]

anyone know if hemp will be a gatherable material in the game? asking for a friend

[molten nebula]

Lol. All the herb names I’ve seen so far have been placeholder

[feral hamlet]

I'd be really disappointed if hemp wasn't a thing in AoC

[rotund mulch]

Will be there a pet in aoc wich looks like the cute dogo in the news section?

[digital yacht]

!wiki pets

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Pets

[digital yacht]

If it’s sold again 500$

[fringe shuttle]

Did something go wrong? Why is steven posting weird shit in the news channel?

[dire pond]

You saw the picture?

[fringe shuttle]

the dog?

[dire pond]

Yeah

Bad news i think

[digital yacht]

I think it’s just cuz of what’s going on In the us right now..

[dire pond]

Lets wait for more.

[eager fox]

That’s so sad

[crystal beacon]

Yeah the US is in a pinch atm but we'll pull through eventually

[full badger]

Let's move this now conversation down to #general-discussion please guys, thanks 🙂

[faint cape]

There no chance develpoers make server for test it

[grim breach]

Hard to understand what you're saying but they've done many live tests before. And recently, pre-alpha 1 (preview) testing have been done.

[fallen needle]

Will i be able to use my purchased skins on multiple characters?

[grim breach]

No, only one character at a time. They are account bound however, so you can swap them between multiple characters.

[fallen needle]

If i have multiple skins 1 character at a time can wear them

So 2 characters wear 1 of each skin i buy?

[digital yacht]

Yes

Just can’t use the same skin at the same time between two chars

[slow pier]

I was curious will races and classes have different armor eventually? I am sure more important things to work on currently. Or will it be everyone looking the same in the same gear?

[bleak vector]

What breed of dog is Steven's dog from that pic?

[reef osprey]

he has 2

[spiral pine]

it sort of looks like a greyhound

[junior light]

Will the map of each server be procedurally generated, or will the lay of the land be the same on each server?

[lean marlin]

it will be the same on each.

[spiral pine]

it will be slightly different depending on node development though

[crystal beacon]

How well would I be able to make a ninja? Gameplay + Aesthetic. I dont expect or want anything thats full on anime ofc.

[lean marlin]

Ren'Kai have asian aesthetic. probably your best bet.

[woven vale]

With Rogue/Rogue or Rogue/Ranger class

(I'd guess)

[junior light]

@spiral pine I guessed as such, but I was more wondering about the landscape, not the node permutations.

[tender smelt]

will there be more "jobs" than bounty hunter? if so will everyone have a career of sorts?

[desert ivy]

The landscape will be exactly the same on every server

[crystal beacon]

^ servers will just have different things open

[rose wind]

As I understand it each Node has a small number of potential sites for a settlement to spring up, though there'll be only one settlement per Node

So the landscapes per servers may be slightly different as a result?

Which will lead to different servers possibly having slightly different landscapes as the settlements may not always be in the same spot on every server

[hexed minnow]

Are those points evident or blind guess?

[reef osprey]

yes

[shrewd depot]

If I were to purchase a founders pack, does anyone know how much the additional monthly cosmetics run for typically?

[dark jungle]

prices are explained here https://ashesofcreation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026015874-What-is-included-with-my-Pre-Order-package-

if you are purchasing individual cosmetics, the prices of those are here https://ashesofcreation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041639433-2020-Monthly-Cosmetics

[shrewd depot]

Ah thank you! I have been searching for that for awhile

[real lance]

Is there a beta version of this game we can play? What's the update on the progression of this game? it looks very interesting!!

thank you!

[woven vale]

Note: A1 is currently unavailable to purchase unless you are a KS/Summer backer who can upgrade (as of now)

[desert ivy]

Currently in pre-alpha testing. Can only test the game during certain dates if you own a pack with A1 access. They're no longer being sold but might be sold again in the future.

[real lance]

can you prepurchase beta?

[woven vale]

You can purchase a2, b2, and b1

[real lance]

Thanks! ill find it online and look more into it

The Voyager pre-Order says 6 months of game time... is that game time of the final game when it comes out or that includes the time during A2,B1,B2?

[crystal flax]

Full release game time

[real lance]

Sorry, last question: Any idea when A2 is?

[desert ivy]

We don't know when A2 is. We only know the roadmap for the next 4 months

[real lance]

ahhh gotcha(whats the roadmap)

nvm ill look it up, sorry for bothering everyone!

[desert ivy]

the roadmap is in the link above

[rose wind]

We only know the currently-planned A1 dates, linked above, with no expected dates for A2 or beyond at this stage

[bold yoke]

also this article may help: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Release_schedule

[eternal wedge]

whens the release date for ashes of creation?

[placid vessel]

there isn't one.

[woven vale]

2-3 years is community guesstimation

[eternal wedge]

Oooh damn really 😂 for some reason I thought it was alot sooner

[spiral rose]

it may be sooner, with how many people they've been hiring lately

[placid zodiac]

Soon™

[young void]

I feel it might be late 2022

Considering the A-1 start date and duration

[tender smelt]

when they say abilities are augmented by your secondary archetype. can i get a couple examples of that? like say im a summoner will it only change the visuals of my summons

[dark jungle]

there are a few examples in the wiki

!wiki skill augments

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Skill_augments

[dark jungle]

If a Fighter were to choose Mage as a secondary archetype, the fighter would become a Spellsword. This combination opens up augments that can be applied to skills in their primary skill tree. Fighters have a Rush skill that allows them to rush towards a target; and upon reaching the target, deal an amount damage with a chance to knock the target down. A Mage's escape augment could be applied to the rush skill, which would now teleport the player to the target; thus eliminating the charge time on the skill.[7]

^ that is the classic example given by steven

but yes as Jahlon says we dont have examples for summoner

[tender smelt]

ah i do have a better understanding from that wiki though thanks

[tiny rune]

Game looks real good, hope it comes in 2021 or beginning 2022

[tired loom]

Im just hoping for alpha 2 by mid-late summer 2021.

[tacit orbit]

im just hoping for game within 3 years

[obsidian valley]

Will there be trial versions or something like a testing area when creating a character in ashes?

Since you're going to spend a lot of time if not all the time on one character I would wanna make sure that i am fully satisfied with the class i am going to pick. Otherwise people would have to reroll a few times to find their right class which is fine but im still wondering if trial characters will or could be a thing.

[onyx knoll]

Currently that's not in the plans as far as we know

[crystal beacon]

beta 2 will be a version close to the final version, and can be used as a test

[obsidian valley]

Hm, alright. Thanks!

[raven tangle]

I have a question regarding loot rights: will I also have rights to loot a mob if I only applied healing to the player killing that mob - while outside of a party?

maybe he will answer it in future interviews 🙂 thank you!

[ruby swift]

Yeah, unless you are grouped I don't remember anything ever being said about you getting loot rights for drive by healing. We do know you can apply heals to people outside of your group if you leave those options enabled, thus becoming flagged if you so desire, but whether you throwing a heal on someone in the wild would give you access to "their" loot, I'm gonna say <speculation> no.

[raven tangle]

Im not asking if I would be able to "steal" the loot, I was asking if I would -also- have the ability to loot

[desert ivy]

Loot isn't shared outside of parties.

If the other person tagged the mob first, you'd have to do 60%+ damage to the mob to get the loot

[raven tangle]

ah ok. What if I want to heal a person flagged for pvp, do i get automatically tagged for pvp if I try to heal them or cant I heal them until I flag up aswell?

[dark jungle]

you get flagged

!wiki player flagging

[tender hearth]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Player_flagging

[raven tangle]

Yea that's exactly my concern

[dark jungle]

yes you have to "opt in" to heal a flagged person

its in the article as well

[raven tangle]

Thank you! =)

[hearty cove]

Will there be ultra wide support with an adjustable UI?
I have a 49in monitor and I like how how wow loads in the whole screen and I can see a lot BUT I don’t like how the UI is in the far corners and isn’t very easy to see.

[digital yacht]

yes

steven plays on Ultrawide

[slow fiber]

How many servers will there be? Will they be region based?

[full badger]

Servers will be region based, but there won't be any region or IP locking so you'll be free to go to whatever server you like. The number of servers will depend on how much demand there is in that region

[slow fiber]

Thanks

[woven vale]

Note: Node siege/castle siege/ other events will occur during that server's prime time

[slow fiber]

Will it be possible to switch servers?

[woven vale]

No

[digital yacht]

not at launch

[vapid hill]

Will ashes have artistry similar to archage?

[digital yacht]

have u seen any videos of it
?

here is mage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQo1WK0HkcI

[vapid hill]

Nope.

[digital yacht]

video

or this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkwaYLOuw2s

[vapid hill]

Sorry when I said artistry I meant how archage let’s you compose music

[desert ivy]

Artistry was music making in archeage

[digital yacht]

o lol

didnt play soryr

[desert ivy]

Which is a no, at least not at launch

[vapid hill]

Awwh. It was one of the best fea to red of the game. I wonder if it’s hard to implement

It greatly enhances the whole run around town in circles experience lol

[digital yacht]

i would throw that question close to a Livestream and see what they ahve to say about it

[full badger]

@vapid hill

[vapid hill]

RIIIIIP

[desert ivy]

It's something they're interested in doing, but it's not a priority for launch

[vapid hill]

At least they thought about it

Yea that’s fine

[solemn sun]

I wonder - will you be able to collect different songs then? Or is it just some little tune that plays when you use abilities

[desert ivy]

Well if they implement MML, then you'll be able to play songs and insert real life songs into the game

[solemn sun]

I mean before that, or if they don't

[bleak fable]

in ashes is there a katana type weapon or a samurai class

[ruby swift]

There have been weapons shown that look similar to a katana, and one of the orc races is asian influenced.

[crystal beacon]

i wonder if one of the classes will be able to put up supportive barriers, like damage reduction or really physically blocking the monster from going through

and will there ever be an outfit like a japanese shrine maiden? f.e. like this? would pay for it without second thought

[vapid veldt]

Hard to say, I thought one of the orcs had oriental influence, so maybe not, unless you want an orc maiden ..

[reef osprey]

orc maiden sound nice

[dire pond]

Are caravans and ships like an item in your inventory that can be shared or traded with other players or more an item bound to a character?

[full badger]

The wiki says you can only summon ships from a port or harbor, implying it's unlikely an item in your inventory - but that's speculation on my part

[dire pond]

and caravan only from a node starting point, but the question is more about if each player will have his own caravan and cant be shared or loan to someone.

like could i craft a high tier caravan and sell it to someone or am i bound to have only one caravan for ever.

[full badger]

Ah

[grim breach]

Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I know, you don't craft a Caravan, you craft Caravan components.

[full badger]

from what I understand you don't "make" a caravan as well

[dire pond]

yes true

You can have a personal caravan that you build with components, but could you share it to another player cause you are afk or only you can spawn and drive it?

[grim breach]

So your question is after making the caravan with all the components completed, can you trade the completed caravan.

[dire pond]

yeah

[dusty fable]

Uwu

[grim breach]

This is a different question than I have worded after you but I don't think there's a concrete answer to both questions yet.

[dire pond]

i think i found my answer

from what i read, the player summon the caravan at a point of storage and "becomes the caravan", so it may be related to the components that the player has acquired.

[patent onyx]

Hi everyone, just a few questions regarding mounted combat if their is any? Will I be able to use weapons on mounts such as a one handed melee or crossbow. Will I be able to apply armor to mounts. Will mounts be able to fight?

[dire pond]

No skills or AA while mounted, some mount have skills, some mount can combat with you, armor, upgrade and skin can be put on it.

[patent onyx]

@dire pond thanks 🙏

[split summit]

Was there a rough outline for Beta 1 & Beta 2?

In terms of dates

[feral hamlet]

I'd assume they'd want to keep them as vague as possible and not make any promises

[split summit]

Ok thank you, I think I found the release schedule for Alpha one and it goes until atleast end of april/early may so I imagine Beta probably wouldn't be until End of this year at a minimum

[feral hamlet]

people don't expect a launch for 2-3 more years. I wouldn't know about it, but apparently MMO's take a loong time to be made

[split summit]

Looks like ill need to buy into Alpha 2 then 🙂

[full badger]

They do take a long time. WoW originally took 5 years to make, and that was with a fully staffed experienced studio with tons of money behind the project.

[craggy totem]

40 people made original wow, not too many tbh

And then 80 by releasing

[golden perch]

a lot of what goes in to actual development is organization and efficiency. Look what happened to anthem, likely too many cooks in the kitchen.

[full badger]

Indeed. Tell you what guys, let's move this down to #general-discussion now. It's fun to delve into this kind of thing properly

[tender smelt]

How do games like this, that take so long to make, keep up with graphics and not look outdated by release?

[full badger]

@tender smelt Gunna move that down to #aoc-discussion I think, it's a very open-ended question 🙂

[fleet briar]

Are they gonna sell again access to alpha phase 1?

Feel like we need more players to stress the servers tho 😉

[full badger]

We'll get more information about possible Alpha 1 sales in February

[fleet briar]

Oh well that's great didn't expect that

Thanks

[craggy totem]

For now there is no way to buy A1

[fleet briar]

Then to who need I to sell my soul?

[granite sun]

Are they going to have proximity voice chat or will you have to be in a party to hear each other? A friend of mine was asking and I couldn’t remember:I

[rose wind]

There will not be proximity based voice chat

Though it's been mentioned there'll be tavern-wide voice channels as well, not just voice channels for party/raid

[full badger]

!wiki voip

[tender hearth]

wiki results

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

...player's friend list. User created chat channels. Tavern chat. In-game voice (VOIP) channels include: Party. Raid. Guild. Tavern voice chat. Voice chat is not...

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

...player's friend list. User created chat channels. Tavern chat. In-game voice (VOIP) channels include: Party. Raid. Guild. Tavern voice chat. Voice chat is not...

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

...player's friend list. User created chat channels. Tavern chat. In-game voice (VOIP) channels include: Party. Raid. Guild. Tavern voice chat. Voice chat is not...

[proven crystal]

What class when paired with rogue will be most viable for a crit build? Or is that unknown or work for all of them

[craggy totem]

we know very little of the classes atm

we will have a better picture of that in a2 and betas

[golden lintel]

will all node type be available in A2?