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Re: [NA] Knights of Shadowhawk | PvX | EST | Casual/Competitive | Player Friendly | Player Focused

30 days to Alpha 2!

The Knights of Shadowhawk are still actively recruiting!

🌟 Join the Knights of Shadowhawk: Your Adventure Awaits! 🌟

Looking for a guild that’s not just about the grind but also about building an incredible community? The Knights of Shadowhawk is ready to welcome YOU! Whether you’re a seasoned MMO veteran or new to Ashes of Creation, we’re here to help you experience everything Verra has to offer.

⚔️ Why Join Us?

Family-oriented playstyle: We’re more than just a guild; we’re a family. Our ‘no knight left behind’ mentality ensures everyone has a place and a role in our ranks.
Epic goals: Server-first achievements, raids, dungeons, node patronage, and sieges—if it exists in Ashes of Creation, we’re here to conquer it!
Balanced gameplay: Whether you’re competitive or prefer a more casual experience, our guild is built to support all playstyles.
Experienced leadership: Led by MMO veterans with decades of experience, including top-tier PvPers, master dungeon delvers, and crafting experts!

🌍 Alpha 2 is Coming!
Want to help shape the game while expanding your skills? Our Alpha 2 squad is gearing up to explore and test Verra to ensure we hit the ground running when launch comes! Even if you aren’t able to play during Alpha, we’ve got you covered with updates, insights, and support.

🛡️ Ready to take the first step?
Join the Knights of Shadowhawk, and let’s make history together. Join our Discord for more info or to ask questions. Your adventure starts here!
🎮 https://discord.gg/knightsofshadowhawk

Trisitan

Re: Alpha 2 Recommended Specs for 4k Max Settings

Zabr wrote: »

I haven't been able to find any recommendations for playing at 4k. If anyone has any insight that would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!

Aside from not knowing what max settings entails just yet, are we talking 4k max settings, massive battles and 144 FPS or more? Maybe with DLSS and framegen we can get those numbers, but not even a 7800X3D and a 4090 will likely get that at native resolution. Unless of course the game is good at auto-lowering detail in those big battles.

Nerror

Re: How Did You Join Your First Guild

KingDDD wrote: »

With all the various pro solo discussions, I started to wonder how do players get into guilds? As group centric as AoC intends to be, having systems in place to help facilitate those critical social interactions in the first few hours of gameplay will be critical to the success of the game. So I ask you, how did you join your first guild? What do you remember about your reasoning for joining?

I don't understand why people are suddenly associating Solo with not being in a Guild.
Solo is just adventuring while not joined in a Group.
We can have plenty of social interactions in MMORPGs without being in a Group or Guild.
Solo is not the same thing as being non-social.

My first Guild was with Jens Anderson, my Activision co-worker who told me I should play EQ and run with his homies on the PvP-Optional Server. Don't worry about PvP. They would protect me.
But, I was working on UK time rather than US time. So, they were typically sleeping when I had free time to play. Which means I mostly Soloed deapite being in a Guild.

My WoW main joined a Carebear Guiild that ran the Carebear Challenge of reaching max Adventurer Level with 0 Kills. I mostly Soloed that character, too. Despite being in a Guild.

In 2013, I joined CohhCarnage's Neverwinter Online Guild from hanging out in his Twitch Channel during Beta.
I think a gang of us who mostly Soloed and Duoed end up leaving and starting our own, more casual, Guild.

Dygz

Re: Hypothetical: Item loss issue & player expectations

Server-wide rollbacks - sucks but if it is a complete database snafu then there is very little else to do.

Caww

Re: Hypothetical: Item loss issue & player expectations

Yep, full server rollback literally as soon as Intrepid learns of this issue. And I pretty much agree with everything else Azherae said.

Ludullu

Re: Next Livestream + Q&A Submission - Friday, September 27, 2024 at 11am Pacific

Toothpaste wrote: »

What are the differences between water mounts and aquatics mounts?

The mounts used in water are called "Aquatic Mounts". Anyone using "water mount" is just referring to these.
This link may help you: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Mounts

daveywavey

Re: Next Livestream + Q&A Submission - Friday, September 27, 2024 at 11am Pacific

Superplus wrote: »

Hi Steven,

The roadmap for Phase 3 is still incomplete. Could you share more information about the missing content, such as the Underrealm and secondary classes for everyone, Are you planning to include these in the beta phases?

This was discussed during the Alpha 2 Roadmap Showcase, somewhere 2:13:26 onwards, by Steven: Anything that you see that's in phase 3 again pertains to the first few months of phase 3 beginning; and then after that, those additional systems will come online sometime between phase 3 and beta.

Ysandre

Re: Next Livestream + Q&A Submission - Friday, September 27, 2024 at 11am Pacific

SnowElf wrote: »

With Alpha 2 just within reach, when can the playerbase expect the Content Creator program to go into full swing?

I'm not sure if you saw, but they just hired someone for the Content Creator Management position. I imagine they will need time for onboarding and such, here is hoping soon though! So many apps to go through

chibibree

Re: Splinter Topic: Local vs Regional vs ServerWide (vs GameWide?) Markets

JamesSunderland wrote: »

Q: Do you have any specific opinions on how the Markets should work?

A: I do believe player stalls will have their place and utility in Ashes(even past lv 25), far from optimal even with alts like in L2 but still fuctional.

Realized that I was unclear the first time, hopefully it's not needed but...

I meant that player stalls alone or in conjunction with only local markets would not be sufficient for economic play past level 25. This is fairly irrelevant as a whole, because Ashes doesn't intend to have many/any situations where they're the only thing players can rely on.

Got caught up in the L2 discussion, and it probably wasn't fully relevant to even that.

Azherae

Re: Question to the devs: arenas and server meshing

NiKr wrote: »

I'm also kinda confused as to how this would work in-game. If it's just a spectator mode for literally any arena in the game - I'd be the opposite of Lae. I want daily arenas to be viewable, but anything that's rare and more important should require in-person presence to be spectated, cause I want those events to draw people to nodes where the events takes place.

I obviously don't mind big in-person events either, the more important point I was trying to make is to avoid encouraging people to bum around at the arena all day, when they could be engaging in open-world PvP.
That's how open world PVP becomes less appealing in the first place. People not bothering to show up for it because there are too many other themepark attractions to be distracted by, and the whole server realm is just everyone doing their own thing separately.

People will spend their time however they feel like, but the more risk and cross-node interaction an activity generates, the more appealing the game should make it with rewards and glamorous bling. Encourage people to seek out allies and enemies in the field as a daily activity, not sit around doing 1v1s. You can do 1v1s or 8v8s on tournament day, or while waiting for the siege/war to start.

Laetitian