Ashes of Creation Dev Tracker

Glorious Ashes community - it's time for another Dev Discussion! Dev Discussion topics are kind of like a "reverse Q&A" - rather than you asking us questions about Ashes of Creation, we want to ask YOU what your thoughts are. Our design team has compiled a list of burning questions we'd love to get your feedback on regarding gameplay, your past MMO experiences, and more. Join in on the Dev Discussion and share what makes gaming special to you! Dev Discussion - Time Dedication How much time do you think someone should invest in order to become an expert at an MMORPG? What are the differences between an expert player versus a casual player - time commitment, skill, and game knowledge? ----- Here are some additional thought-starters that might help you with this discussion:

• "Expert" and "Casual" can be subjec...

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Love the helpful answers here. Y'all rock! As @SnowElf mentioned, keep an eye on your email if you have A1 or A2 access, so you don't miss out on any spot testing invites!

This is a good piece of feedback coming out of the livestream. I'm going to merge this thread into the main feedback thread ;)Don't be afraid to keep the conversation going in that thread!

As others have pointed out, the goal is to make the game's UI fully customizable. The UI is certainly still a work in progress, and likely will be for some time <3 Creating UI for a game like Ashes of Creation is quite a lofty task. We know that UI is important, so we want to make sure we do it right :)

Marriage will exist in game! @SkylarckTheBotanist provided that wiki link for you @castuskrait in case you're wanting to learn more! As for dating, this might be something best left to player creativity, rather than an in-game system to support it ;)

I moved this thread to the Community Creations section of the forums :) It's cool to see you talk about your inspiration for becoming a content creator :) Make sure you apply to the Content Creator program: https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/49164/content-creator-program#latest

Looks like opinions are varied on this subject! Feedback like this is always helpful for the team, so if you're stopping by this thread, we'd love to see you give your thoughts on what you prefer for health + mana regeneration!

OP used a few quotes from the wiki, so I'll go ahead and drop those here! Rogues: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Rogue Stealth: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Stealth ----- I'd like to add a question for OP and the folks of this thread; It seems like some peoples' fantasy or perception of what a Rogue should be is primarily, if not entirely focused on stealth. Is that what you prefer in your Rogue classes and archetypes in MMORPGs? Do you think the archetype itself should be centered around stealth, stealth should be just a feature, or maybe you'd like to ... Read more

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Quick bug-report since I am re-watching the video: The name of the recipe for the Stormcaller's Axe has a typo in it "Recipe: Stromcaller's Axe".

Hehe, nice catch! We caught that and fixed it shortly before the livestream, but the show had to go on!

Hello glorious community, We’d like your feedback on the Commissions Preview shown during the February 2024 Development Update Livestream. To help guide this conversation, here are a few thought starters you can choose from:

• How do you feel about the Commissions Preview?
• What excites you about playing and interacting with the Commissions system?
• Is there anything in particular you’re excited or concerned about regarding what was shown with the
Commissions Preview?
• Are there similar systems you’ve seen in other games that you like or dislike? If so, please explain!
• How do you feel about the way Commissions, side quests, and story arcs worked together during the
Commissions Preview?

Please don’t feel limited by the thought starters above. Feel free to share anything you’d like about Ashes of Creation’s Alpha Two Commissions Preview sh... Read more

Hi @Spenta :) I'm not sure if there is an issue with the images, with the forums, or some unknown issue happening, but we were hoping to grab these images, especially the second one, for our Fan Friday showcase before it disappeared from this thread! Is there a possibility you can reupload these?

I'm glad to see you're excited about the upcoming livestream topic! While it may not be as exciting of a topic as Caravan PvP to some, Commissions are a system many players will interact with often, so it is important! The team looks forward to showing their progress and getting feedback ;)

Here is the Dev Discussion asset w/o the text, as some have requested :)

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Now this is what I’m talking about @Nightmarelol @Option Let’s go for that 3v3 team death match style E - Sports title

3 man arena deathmatches sound fun! As a reminder, you can read more about our plans for Arenas here, on the wiki: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Arenas With that said, are there any tools you’d like that would make competitive events easier for players to run? Perhaps you have thoughts or opinions on Esports in other MMORPGs that you'd like to share?

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https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/58885/the-arena-thread Here’s a thread I started few days ago With a compromise to smaller scale competitive Arena gameplay and still keeping the aspects of the game in mind Would absolutely love E-Sports involvement

Awesome thought starts you made in your other thread! Looking at this segment specifically: Pyrolol;d-58885

The Arena should focus on player vs player, working as a team using skill, game knowledge, cooldown management and coordination to defeat the enemy team with zero respawns. There shouldn't be arena gear - it should be what your character has earnt from raids, dungeons, crafting etc and that is what you use to compete with, therefore skill can only be used so much before it is time to go back out into Vera and get some upgrades (preventing people...

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Glorious Ashes community - it's time for another Dev Discussion! Dev Discussion topics are kind of like a "reverse Q&A" - rather than you asking us questions about Ashes of Creation, we want to ask YOU what your thoughts are. Our design team has compiled a list of burning questions we'd love to get your feedback on regarding gameplay, your past MMO experiences, and more. Join in on the Dev Discussion and share what makes gaming special to you! Dev Discussion - Esports What are your thoughts on esports and player-run competitive events in the MMORPG genre? What type of competitive, spectator-friendly content do you think could be fitting for Ashes of Creation? Are there any tools you’d like that would make competitive events easier for players to run?

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What mechanics do you think would make for fun small and large scale PvP and what makes boring PvP?

Great prompt for discussion, OP! There are already some great perspectives and answers being shared in this thread!

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The playable area is "flat". No wrap-around. The planet is probably round but we can't traverse the entire planet.

Well said :) You can read about this and many other facets of Ashes of Creation ... Read more

Glorious Ashes of Creation Community, Now is your chance to think 🥵romance🔥 with our 2024 Valentine’s Day Giveaway! Please fill out the template and create text for a candy heart. Write down your cutest, most heartwarming, and funniest candy heart text for a chance to win Alpha Two access! (Bonus points if you make it Ashes of Creation related 😉) Submissions end on ... Read more

There were two threads on this same topic of health bars. They have been merged :)