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you have lower penalties if you die purple, this incentivizes pvp…

if you turned the penalties off completely, people could abuse it…

I agree that the general feeling is that the archetype is weak and unfinished.

However, I disagree that the problems should be solved by introducing secondary archetypes.

I remind you that the secondary archetype is a modifier of the base archetype, that is, if the base is not good, the modification will continue to be bad. Therefore, I believe that the summoner needs adjustments to its base, its identity and function need to be better developed. That is why my suggestions were focused in this sense, on mechanics and identity.

Hey Intrepid,

​I'm reaching out because I really hope you'll reconsider the total restriction on combat trackers in Ashes. Ive been playing MMOs for nearly twenty years now, and for me, trackers have always been a huge part of why the game is fun.

​Honestly, I think not having a tracker can actually cause more unfair toxicity. Just the other day i got kicked from a group after a wipe because the other players blamed my healing. Without a tracker, I had no way to defend myself or see what really happened. Without the data, youre just left guessing and feeling defenseless when people start pointing fingers. Not having a combat tracker to show that youre actually doing alright can cause a huge loss in confidence. On the other hand, if you actually did perform poorly, at least then you'd know for sure and have a proper tool to help you improve.

​The hardcore community is going to grow in Ashes no matter what, but the experience is just way less rewarding if we can’t measure our own growth. We don't want these tools to be mean to others, we want them because we love nerding out over our characters progress.

​Toxicity is a social problem that needs social solutions, and I don't think the fix is to limit the data that helps us play our best. Please dont take this part of the MMO experience away from us.

​Thanks for all the hard work you're putting into the game, it's looking great.

I just hit lvl 10 in lumbermilling and i can't figure out for the life of me where the guy is that levels me up to apprentice? im currently in windstead.

Same Issue on the EU Side. Purchased the game on the 20th of December, first issue was the EAC 5 validation issue, second issue was an infinite loading screen during Aysnyc loading screen and now this issue - crashing after getting to character select. I have attempted every fix, file validation on steam, install reinstall, updating my system, SFC via the command line, opening ashes as an administrator, deleting Pak files, enabling ashes through the file wall. All of this and ashes keeps presenting issue after issue. To put things in perspective, I have logged "49 hours played" through steam but I haven't been able to take a single action in game. That 49 hours has been spent working through the above solutions with the launcher open. Now I understand it is an alpha two and there are going to be issues like this but as another thread said, it should a priority not just because we all paid for it but because these public domain tests are meant as a medium for feedback and appropriate feedback cannot be collected if the game is not playable. At the end of the day, releasing a product should mean even in early access it should have rudimentary functionality but it has not demonstrated that in the slightest. The player base are not developers should not be expected to perform backend diagnostics as a front-facing consumer.

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The Summoner is just overall bad right now.

Hunter dies to everything, and does next to nothing in auto attacks and the special ability hits for lvl 10 initiate geared mage, rangers level.

Mystic, sure the heals are okay as a backup…. overall I use this pet the most as it wont die to cleave damage and has similar dmg output as the hunter.

Guardian… I mean for solo sure its fine to tank things while it takes me an hour to kill it.

The Summoner is horrible right now…

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i dont tank with the tank pet, i tank with my character and heal myself with the pet XD. but even if you tank with the pet, it doesnt take that long to kill things. the single target dps is quite good for the character because of hex and disintigrate resets. the aoe damage is decent too, although you do more with the other pets. and yes hunter dies to everything T_T

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The Summoner is horrible right now…

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I would generously say - > not t~oo bad … … … … but there is still Room for Improvement. 😉 😎

you dont. quests and stories are still being developed and added to the game slowly.

the fastest way to 25 is to go and kill mobs, no quests. there are some areas with a 1 time quest that you can do while you kill mobs in that area, and there are also some old random 1 time quests in town that do not give that much exp.

if you really want to do quests, do commissions and town boards.

I also had a similar experience today…. i logged out in a different zone. when i got on i was in postion 17 for like an hour i was at 1 then at position one i sat for 1.5 hours. thought it was glitched or something. restarted new queue started back at 27 not that bad right?? nope ive been waiting for about 3.5 hours now on this new queue.. currently position 8…. this is the start of a new mmo on steam so honestly. it sucks but this game is awesome so far i really like it. i feel like im getting my old school need for a mmo scratched finally! been a long time waiting for that so a few hours in queue for growing pains is not that bad. still sucks but im posting this so it gets addressed and fixed. ive been apart of mmo launches for a while so it is what it is. guys did a great job making this game so far looking forward to seeing it grow. woot woot number 7 in queue while writing this. great game so far guys