Ashes of Creation Dev Tracker

Azherae;c-500793

@Vaknar is this thread supposed to also gather the impressions of those who only watched footage of the siege? I ask because it's a Dev Discussion in the General and not, like, a Feedback Request in the A2 forums, so it's a little ambiguous on that given the secondary, specific prompts. I can see how the 'main prompts' could be engaged with from just videos tho, so...

Everyone is free to participate in this thread! Whether you played in the Node Siege events or watched them :)

Dev Discussions are an opportunity to join in on player discussions about topics that Intrepid Studios want to hear your thoughts on. This is less about asking us questions, and more about us asking YOU the questions! If you do have questions about Ashes of Creation, keep an eye our social media channels for our monthly livestreams, check out the ... Read more

Hey all! I edited the OP with additional questions that the team would like targeted feedback on. Please spread the word to your Rogue-playing friends! (As you share feedback, please note what level your Rogue is at!)

• General Rogue Feedback - What feels fun, and what doesn’t? Which abilities do you like best, and which abilities do you feel need the most improvement?
• Visual Effects
(VFX) and Sound Effects (SFX) - How do you feel about current VFX and SFX for the Rogue archetype? While these are a work in progress, we want to know what you like, and what you don’t.
• Rogue Class Mechanic “Advantage” - How does it feel to generate this resource and spend it to empower abilities?
• Rogue Stealth - How does this feel to use in PvE? How does this feel to use in PvP?
• Dagger Weapon Combos - What do you like about Dagger weapon combos, and what do you feel needs improvement?

Glorious community, Our latest Development Update Livestream has wrapped up, and we unveiled some exciting new content! This showcase featured the stealthy new Rogue archetype, node sieges, relics, and the naval system! What were your favorite moments from the stream? What new content has you the most excited? Let’s chat below! 👇

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I merged the existing conversations on the Gatherable Spawning System into this official Dev Discussion. Thanks for getting the conversation started everyone :)

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Volgaris;c-499794

We don't know for sure @Vaknar said they're going to make an official thread for it, but we're still waiting.

Correct! We'll be posting a Dev Discussion on this very soon. I just finalized all of the work for it, so putting it onto the calendar is the next step :) I'll merge threads like this one into the official one once it's posted!

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Hey friends! Going to be making an official thread on this topic very soon. I'll merge this thread into the official one when it's posted :)

Gaul_;c-498172

PS I would not consider any community event directly managed by Intrepid to be "community-run." Extra Life, for example, is a great community-based event but it is not a "community-run" event, since Intrepid employees and mods managed the entire process. A good example of a community-run event would be some small PvP tournament or WoW's World First Race. In the World First Race, the event is presented by the guilds themselves with other community streamers/presenters involved. Blizzard observes but does not directly manage the event presentation, nor do they officially declare winners and losers.

Apologies, this was a matter of semantics. I edited the post to "community team-run" for clarity.

Hey folks! Popping in here to provide some more insight. The heart of many MMOs are guilds. Guilds provide folks a sub-community of the larger game community where they create friendships and memories. We as gamers at Intrepid Studios have been a part of these guilds for many years, and we have always dreamed of companies actually working with guilds. We want to ensure that we are fostering good relationships with guilds similar to what we want to do with Content Creators. ❤️ Just to note, and we have updated the OP to include these notes:

• So long as your guild's
Intrepid Studios Accounts are in good-standing, no matter the size, this program would be available to you. No favoritism in who is invited.
Intrepid Studios has no plans of this program providing advantages in-game.
• This is a community-run program, and would not take away from development.

As a reminder, this post is NOT for in-game guild feature requests. This is for a community tean-run program between Intrepid Studios and guilds to foster quality relationships for guilds and communities of all sizes that are in good standing <3

Leonerdo;c-498134

What the heck is a Guild Program? Sounds like an excuse for the devs use to play favorites with some mega-guilds. No thanks. Keep all the guild incentives purely in-game.

I suppose someone could compare it to something like the Content Creator Program. Your concerns of a program being for large guilds o... Read more

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Hello glorious community, We’d like to hear your thoughts on the Treasure Hunt Playthrough and Pocket Dungeons shown during the January 2025 Development Update Livestream. To help guide this conversation, here are a few thought starters you can choose from:

• How do you feel about the Treasure Hunt and Pocket Dungeon Playthrough?
• What excites you about playing and interacting with Treasure Hunts and/or Pocket Dungeons?
• Is there anything, in particular, you’re excited or concerned about regarding what was shown with the
Treasure Hunt and/or Pocket Dungeon Playthrough?
• What does a perfect treasure map system look like to you? In your opinion, what makes for a fun treasure map system experience?
• Are there similar systems you’ve seen in other games that you like or dislike? If so, please explain!

Please don’t feel limited by the thought starters a... Read more

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I'll bring it up with the team. Feel free to share any feedback you have on how it could be clearer <3 We also recently released a schedule, which should help some understand how it works. https://ashesofcreation.com/news/-alpha-two-phase-ii-testing-schedule

Ludullu;c-491860

I'd imagine it's the same as the last time. They'll just take questions from chat during the stream.

Correct! For the time being, we're shifting focus over to live questions from social media, Discord, and Twitch/YT chat <3 I did enjoy doing the Q&A on the forums with yall, but it took... a considerable amount of time 😅. We may do it again in the future, but for now, it'll be live questions c:

The answer we have for you is unfortunately not the one you want :( We aren't in the optimization phase yet. The team is indeed always looking at new tech and what makes sense to implement and optimize for as we progress with development ;)