Glorious Alpha Two Testers!
Alpha Two Phase III testing has begun! During this phase, our realms will be open every day, and we'll only have downtime for updates and maintenance. We'll keep everyone up-to-date about downtimes in Discord.
If you have Alpha Two, you can download the game launcher here, and we encourage you to join us on our Official Discord Server for the most up to date testing news.
Alpha Two Phase III testing has begun! During this phase, our realms will be open every day, and we'll only have downtime for updates and maintenance. We'll keep everyone up-to-date about downtimes in Discord.
If you have Alpha Two, you can download the game launcher here, and we encourage you to join us on our Official Discord Server for the most up to date testing news.
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take down Lotharia and Shol realms, HOW some player testersfeel
TO be Honest. Leading the player base of active paying player testers to believe severs will be up 24/7 than pulling them down to hopefully force population to the PTR is shady as hell.
1,) People purchased active realm sever testing as advertised
2.) TRYING TO say anything in the realm of, "oh you can still test PTR is up." IS MORE bullshit because that was not the intent Phase 3.0.. When released and or sold to the community.
3.) Using the "this is testing, subject to change"
IS abuse of situation your positions as leaders. .
90 Percent of Testers are Paying Players first that IS the reality.. This type of action is just piss ass poor customer service and a poor experience for many .
VERY bad experience, does not reflect good on the company as whole.
Actions Always speak louder than words.
1,) People purchased active realm sever testing as advertised
2.) TRYING TO say anything in the realm of, "oh you can still test PTR is up." IS MORE bullshit because that was not the intent Phase 3.0.. When released and or sold to the community.
3.) Using the "this is testing, subject to change"
IS abuse of situation your positions as leaders. .
90 Percent of Testers are Paying Players first that IS the reality.. This type of action is just piss ass poor customer service and a poor experience for many .
VERY bad experience, does not reflect good on the company as whole.
Actions Always speak louder than words.
Re: Linux Tips, Tweaks and Troubleshooting Thread
MargaretKrohn wrote: »Just want to note that we are not limiting Linux users from playing. We are not targeting any OS.
You have to make sure that you have EAC installed and active while you are playing.
Hello Margaret,
First, I would like to thank you for the statement; it's not something you see everywhere regarding Linux. Many devs are hesitant to even comment on Linux, almost as if it's the plague.
What’s difficult about this statement, though, is the part where you say that "we" are supposed to ensure that EAC is running before starting the game. Now, how are we supposed to verify that?
We are being completely transparent here in this thread about what we are doing and what flags we are setting to start the game normally. Each of us has EAC installed as part of the process. Even when we start the game, the little EAC logo boots up beforehand. I don’t know how we could bypass EAC by launching the game through Steam or using the Wine server port to allow the client to communicate with the launcher.
What I can say about this issue is that without Steam and without these start parameters, it ran natively until around March-May 2025. Then, something was changed on your side with EAC, and even Windows players started receiving EAC errors.
The question is, how do we move forward from here?
No one feels comfortable testing the game right now due to the unpredictability and the fear of losing their account. We are only 3% of the Steam player base at the moment, but the Linux community is steadily growing, partly due to the Steam Deck. But often, it’s those 3% of players who send 65% of the bug reports to the developers.
What would we like?
We would like you to take responsibility. Correctly implement EAC and not actively block Wine/Proton in EAC. This is no extra work for you, just a decision. We’ll figure out the rest of how to get it working. But don’t pass the responsibility onto us to ensure EAC is working correctly, because frankly, we don’t know how.
A recent example is Embark Studios with their hit Arc Raiders. They make the same statement that they don’t officially support Linux, but they also don’t block it, and they even partnered with CodeWeavers to ensure compatibility. Like I said, we don’t expect that same level of support right away, but as mentioned, we don’t want you to pass the responsibility onto us.
We are not all developers. We just want to play our hopefully successful main game on Linux in the future without having to be afraid.
Azalroth
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Re: So... how "real" is everyone by now for the longevity of Ashes?
I'm always blown away by those that say it isn't gonna last. Why still here then? Why still involved? This is an alpha. Your job is to give feed back. The game not gonna make it isn't feedback. lol. This is open development, maybe some of you should not pay attention to this game and wait a few years until it launches and then be a doomsayer.
Grimm16
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Re: So... how "real" is everyone by now for the longevity of Ashes?
I think Ashes missed its launch window.
Most people will play other games instead of Ashes.
If Ashes was complete and released in early 2020, it would have made a killing.
Noaani
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Re: Linux Tips, Tweaks and Troubleshooting Thread
Just want to note that we are not limiting Linux users from playing. We are not targeting any OS.
You have to make sure that you have EAC installed and active while you are playing.
You have to make sure that you have EAC installed and active while you are playing.
Re: take down Lotharia and Shol realms, HOW some player testersfeel
Wait....what....I paid based on the fact that it was a 24/7 test but now they are taking the realms down?
Here's what it says in the PTR notes: 'The PTR may not be available every day and may be frequently taken down for updates. If there is a banner across the top of the Launcher indicating that the realms are down, the PTR is not available at that time.'
'Glorious Alpha Two Testers!
Alpha Two Phase III testing has begun! During this phase, our realms will be open every day, and we'll only have downtime for updates and maintenance. We'll keep everyone up-to-date about downtimes in Discord.
'
This is definitely not 24/7 and the purchase price should not say that. It is false advertising and misleading to the consumer. They state that the realms can go down for updates I get that all good, but to turn the realms off to force people to the PTR that may not be available every day is where I have the issue. Not what I paid for.
Here's what it says in the PTR notes: 'The PTR may not be available every day and may be frequently taken down for updates. If there is a banner across the top of the Launcher indicating that the realms are down, the PTR is not available at that time.'
'Glorious Alpha Two Testers!
Alpha Two Phase III testing has begun! During this phase, our realms will be open every day, and we'll only have downtime for updates and maintenance. We'll keep everyone up-to-date about downtimes in Discord.
'
This is definitely not 24/7 and the purchase price should not say that. It is false advertising and misleading to the consumer. They state that the realms can go down for updates I get that all good, but to turn the realms off to force people to the PTR that may not be available every day is where I have the issue. Not what I paid for.
Re: Balance PVP and PVE for PVX please....
There are two.potential answers to this.ok...explain this to me, how is it possible that feedback i gave is in games,
The first is that it happened with inexperienced developers.
I've done exactly this - a new developer for a game I had been playing for years was put in charge of crafting. She needed to basically redo crafting. She was shown the technical side of how to do things, but she didn't know the game well enough to know what items were actually needed.
So, she asked on the forums.
A few people gave her a few suggestions, but nothing overly useful. After a few days of no one being that helpful, I gave her a complete list of every weapon type that was needed (damage type, combination of base stats).
That list still forms the core of crafted weapons in that game, 25 years later.
You'll perhaps note in the thread above that I am talking about lot about experience, and that there is a lot of it at Intrepid. That doesnt mean there is a lot of experience with every game.
The second is that you are mistaken.
There has been a lot of talk on these forums about the family summons. I have said the game is better off without it. Others have said the game needs it.
At present, the family summons is Stevens idea, and so jot subject to that experience Intrepid has.
If it ends up being removed from the game, that doesnt mean my feedback changed the game. That decision is one thst will be made by those with that experience - I just may have happened to come to the same conclusion that they do. With something like the family summons, there were so many opinions that *someone* would have said exactly what ends up happening - but that doesnt mean there developers took it from that poster.
Hope that answer helps.
Noaani
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Re: take down Lotharia and Shol realms, HOW some player testersfeel
I'd imagine they're bringing them down to force as many people into testing the new stuff as possible, cause afaik PTR has been getting fewer and fewer people with time.
Don't think they've confirmed any wipes yet, nor even new realms.
Don't think they've confirmed any wipes yet, nor even new realms.
Ludullu
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