[2023] [Feedback Request] Alpha Two Caravan System Preview Shown in October Livestream

Hello glorious community, We’d like your feedback on the Alpha Two Caravan System Preview shown during the October 2023 Development Update Livestream. To help guide this conversation, here are a few thought starters you can choose from:

• How do you feel about the Caravan System Preview so far?
• What excites you about playing and interacting with the Caravan system?
• Is there anything in particular you’re excited or concerned about regarding what was shown with the
Caravan System Preview?
• Do you have thoughts or feelings regarding some of the aspects of Caravans, such as Caravan components, Glint, Commodities, Exchange Rates, etc?
• 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 above. Feel free to share anything you’d like about Ashes of Creation’s Alpha Two Caravan System Preview shown during the October Development Update We’ll be compiling a report for the design team on Friday, November 17, 2023, so please try to get your feedback into this thread by then! Everyone here at Intrepid Studios looks forward to reading all the feedback you have to share! -- @Roshen EDIT (Nov 9): We announced Office Hours for Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 11AM PST (convert to your local time). Changing the date for when we'll start the report to Friday, November 17 (after Office Hours). Here are the discussion prompts for Office Hours, and timestamps to specific moments in the livestream if you missed them. Feel free to respond to any of these discussion prompts if it helps you share feedback on the Caravan System.

Glint and Commodities - What are your thoughts on Glint and Commodities, and how they interact with the Caravan System as a way for players to make gold? For more information on what Glint is, see here (timestamp to conversation in livestream).
Caravan Components - What do you think about the Caravan component system modifying stats and granting passive and active abilities to Caravans? For more information about Caravan Components, see here (timestamp to conversation in livestream).
Caravan Risk vs Reward - How do you feel about how PvP factors into the risk vs reward of running Caravans? What feedback do you have about the current plans for how caravans will be looted? Learn more about looting caravans here (timestamp to conversation in livestream).