Glorious Testers,

With this week’s patch, we’ve officially kicked off the first phase of stat balancing and progression tuning in Alpha Two. This update brings foundational changes to character leveling, gear stat scaling, mana/health regeneration, enchanting, and TTK (time-to-kill). These systems will continue to receive frequent tuning passes over the coming weeks as we dial in the pacing and feel of progression. AKA Don’t lose your sh*t, instead help us refine the results! <3 - Steven

This is a multi-patch process, and your feedback will play a major role in shaping the outcome.

🧪 Help Us Test

To support this effort, we’ve created a Google Form you can use to submit focused feedback directly to the dev team: https://forms.gle/oVkyogDxTVEpNyiy8

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We extended Alpha Two testing this week

This current Alpha Two testing period has been extended to go through Monday, April 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM pacific time. Here's the message in the Ashes of Creation Discord where this was announced, and it will localize this to your local time

Please DM me on Discord.

We will be iterating on the mechanics over the coming weeks. I’ve asked design to include a mechanic that allows stealth to ignore the proximity cast requirements when under the effect of smoke bomb.

Keep up the feedback! 💪

This is a known issue and something we will be focusing on soon, it has taken a bit of a backseat in favor of other higher prio bugs/feature deliverables.

Also brother, I feel your passion. Might I recommend remembering, that we are real people behind the reddit screen. It's ok to remember we are still developing, and sh*t is gonna be a little jank in certain areas. <3

📢 🎬✨ The March Development Update is here! From the stealthy Rogue to the high seas of naval combat, Alpha Two just got even better! 🗡️⛵
https://youtu.be/mHzgod6sSt0

Which new feature are you most eager to test? Let us know! 👀

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⛵ ⚔️ Set sail for battle! Ships have arrived, bringing epic ship vs. ship combat to Alpha Two! Watch the action unfold: https://youtu.be/mz5hL69UzaU

🔧 What features would you love to see added next? Let us know! ⚓ 🔥

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We are solving some HLOD issues with the new zone that’s affecting large arch meshes and foliage from rendering in at a distance. Should be fixed within the next day or so

🗡️😈🗡️ The shadows have a new master. The Rogue is LIVE! 
https://ashesofcreation.com/news/rogue-sneaks-into-alpha-two!

⚔️ Learn about their deadly kit, and then sneak into Alpha Two to put your skills to the test!

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