Vaknar

Tyranthraxus;d-52281

Ruined weddings, ruined guild expeditions, ruined public events; Yours truly has both hosted and attended plenty of player events that have been ruined/crashed by trolls.
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This post reminded me of that raid a guild called Serenity did back in the early days of WoW... 😬
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEpv7YxnLCQ

I'm curious - If I'm understanding you correctly, you only don't want players to... well, do stuff like that ☝ in safe zones? Freeholds are safe zones, so maybe it would be best to host RP events such as weddings within those? 😜

As @NiKr pointed out, these are our current plans: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Persistent_alpha 🏗

Hello glorious community,

We’d like your feedback on the event system discussed during the April 2022 Development Update Livestream.



To help guide this conversation, here are a few thought starters:

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[*] What aspects of the event system are important to you?
[*] Do you feel anything is missing from the event system we’ve shared so far?
[*] Are there types of events in other games that you feel are done well? If so, what makes events in those games good?
[*] Is there anything, in particular, you’re excited or concerned about regarding what was shown for the event system?
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Please don’t feel limited by the thought starters above. Feel free to share anything you’d like about the event system for Ashes of Creation.

We’ll be compiling a report for the design team... Read more

Otr

Go learn something. A foreign language maybe.
Do some volunteer work to help people or nature.

This is also a GREAT idea! I study languages as a hobby and back when I could afford it, I took classes and made friends through study partners!

I think @AidanKD did a good job of pointing out how Sieges won't happen as often as you may be concerned that they will. Siege scrolls won't be overly easy to come by, and sieges from the very beginning to finish won't happen overnight! That'll give you time to prepare for sieges so you're not blindsided.

When it comes to animal husbandry being an aspect of what is lootable from a freehold... We will have to stay tuned for more information! That might not be a bad question for our monthly Q&A whi... Read more

It's certainly interesting seeing this thread, and others like it come up recently. I think we still have yet to see a large majority of the different gear appearances in the game (whether in-game achievable or cosmetic). With that said, I think there may be gear sets in the future that please some who are concerned about this! Steven has said he doesn't like the idea of 'bikini armor' but hasn't ruled out form-fitting gear appearances, or more revealing ones ^_^ If you have thoughts on this and you're just happening to see this thread, please feel free to drop your thoughts in a comment!

We understand that some of our players would like to see macros. Though as @bloodprophet mentioned, Steven has said in the past that it's a difficult decision to make. One of the primary reasons is because of security concerns.

Great question and topic, @MybroViajero ! Personally, I love WoW's chatbox. I believe I use an addon that hides it when not in use which makes it a little dynamic, but I think it's a great tool for communication and serves its purpose very well. I especially liked when they added class colors to the chatbox! It's cool seeing the visual examples that @MybroViajero provided of some other MMORPGs that I am both familiar and unfamiliar with! I'm certainly curious to read more about what everyone thinks is best for Ashes of Creation!

This is something I'm currently struggling with as well, having moved to a new city across my country to work at Intrepid Studios. You're not alone :sweat_smile:

Making new friends can be difficult, especially for some more than others. As a gamer, I find it all too easy to head straight home after work and hop on LoL all night. Certainly not a good way to meet people lol.

So, I've been doing things on my own more often. Going on hikes, I go to the gym multiple times a week (which can be a good way to meet people who are also into fitness), I've gone to some local PC gaming cafes rather than home to game, which is a great way to interact with people who have similar interests as us! I also have been using a few meet-up apps (which is not my favorite, but I'll try anything at least once!)

I recommend finding some hobbies and interests that you like or perhaps that make you feel comfortable or excited. Preferably ones that might involve other... Read more

Hello glorious community,

As we go through your feedback on the Alpha Two Character Creator that was seen during the March 2022 Development Update livestream, we’ve noticed many players discussing the desire for different types of hair and hairstyles to be available in the ... Read more

Deleted my original comment to avoid confusion and misunderstanding.*

We will have to wait and see for more information as we progress further through development. I'm also curious to see what the design team decides to do when it comes to the direction of healing and dealing damage to corrupted players!

Perhaps a color accessibility feature for colorblind players to choose different color schemes for UI elements would be helpful? ^_^

Part of what makes Ashes of Creation so neat is the fascinating and impactful stories than will unfold on any given server. This is because the servers will be unique to themselves, and no single server will be the same as another.

While there may be some cross-server functionality (arenas, for example) I don't believe that the current design intention is to have a cross-server auction house or economies. If that were to change, we'd let you know! ;)

Well, I can answer some of this for you :)

The design team wants our combat to feel weighty and impactful. Like @George_Black said, nice animations are also a main focus for combat.

There's a balance between restrictive and agile that was being played around with during the Alpha One playtest that we got some good feedback on.

We will have to wait to see what the design and engineering teams have been working on most recently, but I know that they can't wait for feedback on it once they show it off :)

I'd love to hear more about your favorite combat experiences in other games, what you liked about combat in Alpha One from what you saw or experienced, and more on what is most important to you with combat in RPGs and MMORPGs :)

I look forward to reading this question in the Q&A thread ^_^ thanks for the submission!

Virtek

Rednam

so a cleaving weapon type attack, while not 'tab-targeted' will still only hit one player, and only if they are combat-flagged?

You have it half-right.
A cleaving type of attack might damage multiple "targets," but it will not hurt a non-combatant player unless the attacker has opted-in to allow damage to non-combatants.
The same holds true for healing. Unless you have opted-in, you will not heal a corrupted player if you are not corrupted as well. Even if it is an AoE heal.

The default has these options turned off.

Well said, @Virtek !

I think glass cannons are integral to the MMORPG genre :) I myself never play them in MMOs (though I love playing them in D&D) I like the idea of assigning skill points into larger hitting abilities at the cost of other parts of your kit for big damage. I suspect spell casters in Ashes of Creation will have the possibility of outputting major damage, but we shall see as we progress further through development ;) What other cool ideas can you come up with for the Archmage? ^_^

Neat ideas! I especially like the #1! What other great boss mechanics and abilities can you all think of? ^_^