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07 Oct

what about the casual / intermittent player?

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    Vaknar on Forums - Thread - Direct
I think the beauty of MMORPGs and Ashes of Creation by nature is that they can often be played in drastically different ways by different players. For example, I know some people who have put thousands of hours into WoW and all they do is RP, where as all I do is raid and PvP.

I think a way to look at this situation is to think of and explore all the different ways you can enjoy the game and it's many systems with your particular schedule and lifestyle :)

THE Solution to Leveling AND “Archetypes” —— Be something new!

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daveywavey

Gh0stSK

I’d say I agree with the counters here but can anyone tweak it to make it work instead of shoot it down? How has it failed before and what could be changed to make it work?

To start, maybe some of the skill passes over as a baseline for other skills. So.. you start a little higher with swords even though you’ve never used one, because you’re really good with axes (hand weapons in general).

IMO.. The new content should be hard when it first drops!



I think as Noaani suggested, it'd be better as an addition to the levelling system, rather than a replacement. I remember in the Guild Wars expansion Nightfall, the further along the main questline you were, or the more of a certain type of enemy you killed, the better your Rank in the Sunspear Title Track, and as your rank got higher, you'd get a bonus to your damage against the main questline en...
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05 Oct

The Dying of the Light

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Standing against the heralds of corruption, the Lightpact once carried the hopes of all Verrans on their shoulders. Their flames would ultimately be dashed on the rocks of betrayal and destruction. Corruption, death, and evil now grasp and consume the light that once led the way. With the re-emergence of the Divine Gates, will the beacon of faith be set ablaze once more?

The Dying of the Light cosmetic add-ons will be available in the Ashes of Creation shop from... Read more

Dedicated RP servers

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    Vaknar on Forums - Thread - Direct
Very interesting! I hope that every server naturally has plenty of RP players, if I'm being honest. Thankfully there are already large Ashes of Creation RP communities that are being built up and recruiting. We will have to see what kind of impact those communities have as the game progresses in development. I find the idea of having an RP friendly tag on servers just making it so players know that that server might have more like-minded players very interesting, though!

$15 per month

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I remember when paying $15/mo for WoW a decade ago was certainly not cheap to me at the time. Now I pay like $18/mo for Netflix as well I think?? I know I play way more games than I watch Netflix haha.

30 Sep

Some GREAT Info Reveals between both Sep Update and the Sep 28th Interview!

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Even I was surprised by how much juicy new info we've gotten over the past month! :)

KangaDeer

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I love the idea! I could've sworn I had seen a cool rough sketch of what this could look like somwhere :wink:

Questing suggestions

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    Vaknar on Forums - Thread - Direct
We actually just did a Dev Discussion series topic on this for this month! I encourage you to go check it out and see what others have said on the topic :)

https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/51141/bonus-dev-discussion-level-progression/p1

Build and Spend Mechanic (Rage)

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    Vaknar on Forums - Thread - Direct
We will have to wait and see when all the archetypes are implemented into testing! If it does end up being the case and for whatever reason we were to not enjoy it or have feedback, I'd hope that feedback is shared here so that we can discuss it when the time comes! :smiley:

MMO Etiquette

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I'm very happy that the community for this game is already so awesome! I hope that Ashes as a game not only redefines the genre but that the community will as well! :)

20 Sep

(Bonus!) Dev Discussion - Level Progression

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Glorious Ashes community - it's time for another Dev Discussion! Dev Discussion topics are kind of like a "reverse Q&A" - rather than you asking us questions about Ashes of Creation, we want to ask YOU what your thoughts are.

Our design team has compiled a list of burning questions we'd love to get your feedback on regarding gameplay, your past MMO experiences, and more. Join in on the Dev Discussion and share what makes gaming special to you!

This bonus Dev Discussion comes directly from our Design team based on feedback you all shared during our recent playtest! Thank you again for all the wonderful feedback, suggestions, comments, and questions that arose from the Alpha One test period :)

Bonus Dev Discussion - Level Progression
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17 Sep

Thoughts after playing New World Open Beta

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I also look forward to playing New World and giving it a real attempt! I didn't want to get too into it during the betas as I was afraid I'd spoil it for myself :)

Next Live Stream + Q&A Submission - Friday, September 24, 2021 at 11AM PDT

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Glorious Ashes Community!

Our next live stream will be Friday, September 24, 2021 at 11AM PDT! (Click here to convert this to your local time.)

Similar to our past streams, we'd love to gather some questions from you to answer live! Please submit your question for our development team in the thread below, and we'll select 10 of them at random to answer at the end of our live stream.

In order to accommodate a variety of questions from our community, please only post ONE question below, and the more direct/succinct the better! (thi... Read more

14 Sep

Guild Gathering #8 - App Integrations

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Glorious Ashes community - we're excited to continue our new series called Guild Gatherings! Guild Gathering topics are a "reverse Q&A" similar to our Dev Discussions, where we ask you about your thoughts on everything related to guilds.

Our team has compiled a list of questions we'd love to get your feedback on regarding guild tools, gameplay, your previous experiences, and more. Join in on our Guild Gatherings and share how your gaming family is special to you!


Guild Gathering #8 - App Integrations
If you had a phone app that integrated with your guild, what sorts of things would you want from it or be useful?

Keep an eye out for our next Guild Gathering topic regarding management tools!

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13 Sep

If you were able to create your own creature within AoC, what would it be?

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JustVine

Nice try Intrepid Spy ;) but no really.

A giant octopus that can javeline you off the ship with a tentacle and pull you into the watery depths to drown while paralyzing and poisoning you is pretty high up there.

An angry storm cloud that can change shapes to use different class abilities on top of its lightning based magic. Ignores hard cc unless it's solidified for an ability.



Oh wow. Not picking favorites or anything here but I really like these lol. I'd love to see monsters that will threaten my ships during naval activities!

What idea that is outside of the MMO genre would you put into AoC to help it be a great MMO?

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McShave

I've always enjoyed game modes like Gears of War's "Horde" mode, where you have to defend from increasingly difficult waves of bad guys. I enjoy testing my abilities with the ramp up of difficulty, and if the game is made well, you have to work together with your teammates when it gets really difficult.



I could totally see this being fun! The follow up question I would have to this and the topic would be - Would there need to be progression or rewards tied to it or could it simply just be for fun? If you look at a game like Left 4 Dead, there isn't much progression other than skill. Would your average MMO player let that fly or would they expect progression elements and rewards since it's an MMORPG. Very interesting! :)

10 Sep

In-Game gambling

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I think as long as there aren't tavern slot machines I'll be happy c:

What would you suggest to keep a sane community on Ashes ?

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Monitor choose for AOC (hertz or 4k)

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    Vaknar on Forums - Thread - Direct
IMO it really depends on what your machine can handle. I have an 2k 100hz ultrawide I use almost exclusively for MMOs. I used to use a 60hz 4k HDR one before that and I have a 144hz 2k 1ms for fps games.

Unless you play a lot of FPS games, refresh rate doesn't matter that much. I'd focus more on resolution, brightness and display size :)

I can't recommend ultrawide enough though. Once I made the switch, it was a total gamechanger for MMOs. I'd shoot for 120hz+ if you can, and 2k is fine but 4k would be very nice :) budget is obviously a big variable lol.

Good luck on your search!

Try before buy

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    Vaknar on Support Forums - Thread - Direct
I'm gonna pop in here to sort of agree with
bloodprophet

There will be no box cost. Just wait for launch and sub for the $15 then and try it out.

this quote.

If you're unsure about how the game will perform on your machine, and you (understandably) don't want to purchase a testing package (which the next Alpha-2 testing phase date isn't announced yet), I would recommend waiting a while longer when the game is further in development so that you can get a better idea! There are system requirements information available, but being that the game is in an Alpha state, they can be a bit finicky.

I moved this thread to Support & FAQ and I'm going to close it out. Lmk if you have any further questions and you can always message me and Sarah on Discord as well! :)