Glorious Alpha Two Testers!
Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!
For our initial launch, testing will begin on Friday, December 20, 2024, at 10 AM Pacific and continue uninterrupted until Monday, January 6, 2025, at 10 AM Pacific. After January 6th, we’ll transition to a schedule of five-day-per-week access for the remainder of Phase II.
You can download the game launcher here and we encourage you to join us on our for the most up to date testing news.
Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!
For our initial launch, testing will begin on Friday, December 20, 2024, at 10 AM Pacific and continue uninterrupted until Monday, January 6, 2025, at 10 AM Pacific. After January 6th, we’ll transition to a schedule of five-day-per-week access for the remainder of Phase II.
You can download the game launcher here and we encourage you to join us on our for the most up to date testing news.
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If I happen to play a healer (which I do often), nothing's worse than just standing still and only healing.
Why I am excited about Ashes, they don't seem to be pigeonholing people into a single playstyle.
The problem was due to lack of healers, all priests were required to main heal in raids, but that's another problem.
Dreaming for now... excited for the possibilities!
Good to know that damage isn't tightly tied with healing. Worst thing is all heals guzzling because their damage counterparts are being deflected.
Your primary archetype will always be your class role. A Cleric will always be the primary healer for a party due to being the only one to be an effect group healer. Cleric as a secondary archetype may not allow group heals but instead heal yourself. You are right in saying that Ashes will offer players flexibility on how they play their role.
Just a hypothetical example:
A Tank/Cleric won't be a viable healer but will be tanky due to self healing- which is a unique playstyle for tank in comparison to a Tank/Mage Tank/fighter etc
A Cleric/Tank won't be a viable tank but might be able to play as a more close range playstyle due to having more defensive flavours to their skills than say a Cleric/Ranger or Cleric/Summoner
This will probably be more clear once they release the 64 Class list.
Like other people have stated, once we start seeing blogs about the classes, it's gonna blow up, but everything so far is already exciting!