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We'll let people know when the time for spot testing comes. We updated everyone with our general plans for this during the March 2023 Development Update. Timestamp to that conversation here.

As for people under NDA, we'll let everyone in tests know what they can and can't share, so there's no confusion. 😎


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04 Apr

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Glorious Ashes of Creation Community,

We’re excited to do a Q&A Livestream with our Creative Director, Steven Sharif, and some content creators from the community on Friday, April 7, 2023 at 11 AM PT (convert to your local time). We'll be streaming this Q&A over at ... Read more
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    Vaknar on Forums - Thread - Direct
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skotty

Garrtok;d-55346


Lets be realistic about that, there will be zergs farming both ways as soon as they pop up.
It will be like events in guild wars or public quests in warhammer online, just that some part is locked behind node progression and they will be farmed over and over again.



Hi all! Thanks for the feedback :) I was one of the designers on the livestream.

As a huge fan of public quests in both Warhammer Online and in GW2, I wanted to mention here that story arcs don't quite function in this way.

They are sometimes simply locked behind node progression, but we look at other variables, too. Some of which will, I hope, be a delightful surprise and be fun to satisfy even when they're datamined/discovered/whatever y'all do.

In terms of "farming" them, that's where I think you'll see the biggest departure from pu...
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03 Apr

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    Vaknar on Forums - Thread - Direct
ICYMI here is a link to what has been said regarding a group finder in AoC.

In my own unbiased opinion, the idea of a bulletin board is a pretty good medium between either side of the spectrum (say, auto-grouping with a queue system vs walking up to people around you and asking them).
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    Vaknar on Forums - Thread - Direct
Looks like the wiki link to farmhand NPCs that can be hired was posted.

The idea of choosing specific NPCs with different stats and then assigning them to roles that you feel best befit them is an interesting conversation topic and might be worth forming as a question for the Q&A section of the next livestream! ;)
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    skotty on Forums - Thread - Direct
Garrtok;d-55346


Lets be realistic about that, there will be zergs farming both ways as soon as they pop up.
It will be like events in guild wars or public quests in warhammer online, just that some part is locked behind node progression and they will be farmed over and over again.



Hi all! Thanks for the feedback :) I was one of the designers on the livestream.

As a huge fan of public quests in both Warhammer Online and in GW2, I wanted to mention here that story arcs don't quite function in this way.

They are sometimes simply locked behind node progression, but we look at other variables, too. Some of which will, I hope, be a delightful surprise and be fun to satisfy even when they're datamined/discovered/whatever y'all do.

In terms of "farming" them, that's where I think you'll see the biggest departure from public quests in other games. These aren't like events wit... Read more

02 Apr