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Phase I of Alpha Two testing will occur on weekends. Each weekend is scheduled to start on Fridays at 10 AM PT and end on Sundays at 10 PM PT. Find out more here.
Check out Alpha Two Announcements here to see the latest Alpha Two news and update notes.
Our quickest Alpha Two updates are in Discord. Testers with Alpha Two access can chat in Alpha Two channels by connecting your Discord and Intrepid accounts here.
Do you want a welcome section on the forums specifically for new players?
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Prior to the new forums, we had a section dedicated to welcoming new players. However, there did tend to be a lot of miscellaneous conversations not related to Ashes of Creation itself. When shifting to the new forums, we decided that the welcomes could take place in the Ashes General Discussion instead as that is more higher-trafficked section and can more easily be brought around to why people are excited about Ashes specifically. Please note that if we add this section back in based on your feedback, it may increase the total areas on the forums, making them more difficult to sift through at first glance, as we will be adding additional forum sections later on.
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It creates a more open environment and prevents the "flud" of the general chat.
It's a nice and easy way to just say hallow and maybe create some first contacts, I don't see the harm in having some general chatter there, it certainly beats having to sift through 20 extra topics in general discussion.
Other points were already adressed so I won't repeat them.
You won't have to worry about that section not being frequented. I think we'll always have kind players going to those threads and welcoming the newbies.
personally i liked the newly arrived section, it gave us a place to welcome the newer people and point them in the right direction for information and the discord etc
It allows new players to get their foot in, instead of diving into the sea of threads in general etc
Also they are more likey to get a response, leaving them feeling included
Cause i couldn't introduce myself ^^
Maybe to help people "remember" where they are posting, when they create a new post in the new player forum, have the title auto-filled in with "Hi! I'm new to the community!". Which they would have to delete manually and put in whatever title they want. This small nudge would probably be enough to have people stop posting unrelated topic in the new forum.
You can also put the general discussion forum 2nd to the announcement forum, then have the new player forum 3rd. People who don't care which forum they post in tend to pick the top one first.
Sometimes without the New Player Forum people may feel intimidated and not want to jump right into posting. They may instead look for an off-topic thread to make a few posts, then jump into the threads about this game itself. So it is a nice comfort zone for new people to ease into the threads and feel more welcome to the rest of the forums!
As someone said its usually a place you write "Hey there I hope this game will be good", and then never look again. The people that don't do that often ask questions that could just as well be in the general section.
https://www.ashesofcreation.com/forums/#/discussion/10158/quotebin-quotes-of-intrepid-team-from-discord
where a new player or someone looking for information can find already answered information.
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