Glorious Ashes of Creation Community!
Our next Development Update Livestream featuring an Alpha Two Citadel of the Steel Bloom and Firebrand Preview will be Friday, August 30, 2024 at 11am Pacific! (Click here to convert this to your local time). We'll be streaming over at www.twitch.tv/ashesofcreation.
Now is your chance to have your question answered! [Please submit your question over on the Ashes of Creation...
Read more External link →Wish I would have picked up the heat and harmony voyager pluss pre order pack in the day or maybe the mushroom one. That little fire fix looked dope.
There will be other in-game cosmetics/items you can get that will be similar. <3
I do not believe we ever said "all" alpha one users would be invited in August. We will be expanding invites to all A1 testers ahead of A2 starting Oct 25th.
#ICYMI we presented our Alpha Two Roadmap and AMA! https://ashesofcreation.com/news/2024-08-18-alpha-two-roadmap-and-ama
Thanks to your glorious feedback, we have made some adjustments as you can see in the above article. We appreciate our community beyond words, and we want you to know that we hear you.
Read more External link →Why has no open test been planned yet to stress test systems like nodes against zergs and large co ordinated communities? Both betas are supposedly going to be closed tests too which sounds like a bad idea to leave for launch.
We have been stress testing these systems.
Asking for clarification, does "New Phase 2 keys will consist of week long testing (5 days at a time) beginning December 20th." mean we can expect the 2 days downtime to be Wed/Thurs?
Thanks
That is currently the plan but subject to change.
Earlier on the stream with the demonstration of Server Meshing, you said that all Alpha 1 players will be invited to the spot tests of Alpha 2 in August. Is this still the case?
We have so far invited over 3k Alpha One testers into our spot testing.
Steven, just out of curiosity, would there be any cosmetics we would be able to buy during the Alpha testing or will the cosmetic shop not be available?
It may be possible that during later stages of the Alpha testing, we may want to begin testing the cosmetic marketplace in preparation for launch.
Will purchasable cosmetics be on sale during Alpha 2?
That is not currently planned. However, it may be possible that during later stages of the Alpha testing, we may want to begin testing the cosmetic marketplace in preparation for launch.
Great to see that the new A2 keyholders will have access to the beta servers aswell!
Will there be a way of gifting a key to someone else? Would like to purchase a phase 2 key to my brother for Christmas but it feels off to either give him cash and say "this is for the Ashes of Creation alpha 2" or set an account without him knowing.
I know this might be such a niche "problem" that it isnt worth dealing with, but would be nice to have a way to generate actual keys and a way for someone to redeem said key.
That is not yet a feature we will be supporting in the near future. Sorry my friend.
Will there be any giveaways or chances to get in besides that price tag? Regardless, cheers to hoping itll be as fun as Archeage's alpha
There absolutely will be. We will conduct giveaways and lotteries when the time is right.
And thank you my friend.
Will there be dedicated OCE/SA servers in the future alpha phase?
Will there be a certain amount of alpha 2 keys released? First in best dressed...
Thankyou.
Thank you for this post Steven. Your dedication to transparency and tireless efforts to do right by the community while following your passion are appreciated.
TY my friend for your support <3
Only question I have is about the Alpha servers. And when they become PTR. Will there be different versions of the service on the Alphas prior to that version going to betas?
There may be slightly different versions of the Alpha or Beta systems, but generally they will consist of the same content.
Hi Steven, big fan of the change to allow beta access for A2 buyers.
Will there be future community events for alpha keys?
There absolutely will be. We will conduct giveaways and lotteries when the time is right.
Could you clarify why there have been multiple tax liens in the past few years? And why you refuse to share financials with the investor that apparently gave you 2 million? To be clear I am VERY excited for this game. It seems like everything I want in an MMO. But I have read some things that make me concerned to give you money at this stage of development.
Tax liens stem from us as a company changing payroll providers and how the state filings were done. This coupled with our change in address from 2020-2021 and not receiving the proper notices. With regards to the suit, that was dismissed and withdrawn and I am not able to speak to it. I want to be clear, no person should give Intrepid money at this stage, unless they are doing so to support a vision or to test a product. Neither of which are a game. Wait till launch, and then you wont need to evaluate concerns, the product and company will speak for itself.
Intrepid has become more greedy than Ubisoft and EA with their $120 Alpha pricing :) Downvote me, white knights, and Corpo boot Lickers.
This pricing is in part intended to reflect the costs associated with running the Alpha for a year. It is often forgot, that the primary funding for this game comes from me. And that the company or myself has never made a profit. This is a passion project, not a project of greed my friend.
Is the "Alpha Key holders have access to Betas" a change that you made today?
And if it's not a super recent change then why did Vaknar tell me that my A2 key (that I got for the food contest last winter) would not give me access to the Betas?
Or does this functionality only work for people who have paid for their A2 keys?
During the stream, there was some confusion around clarifying that giveaway keys we have done in the past, for example the food contest keys, do not provide access to subsequent alpha/testing phases.
However, any keys that have been purchased provide access to subsequent testing phases. So if a user owns a key to any Alpha phase that they have purchased, they also own access to Beta as well.
Were Alpha 2 keys already sent out to those who preordered packages in the past?
Users who own a package should be able to log into their account and see their package in their account inventory. If not they should submit a ticket to our CS team
On the topic of outsourcing for content creation, can you expand on that? Is that just things like assets, or things that are more involved?
Thanks for the response btw
This is mostly assets like buildings, icons, anims, creatures/armors etc.
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