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Ashes of Creation Release Dates
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Ashes of Creation Testing and Release Phases
Alpha 0: Pre-Alpha, Friends and Family testing, NDA Alpha
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December 15th, 2017 commenced
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Access Points: Weekly key drawings , Extra Life Charity Stream , All Hallows Eve Contest , Twitch Stream drawings
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Scope Summary: Back end server testing, login server testing, load balancing and basic world interactions
Alpha 1: Earliest Access to Ashes of Creation
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September 2018 commences
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Access Points: Kickstarter Backers at Braver of Worlds and Above , Summer Sale Backers at Braver of Worlds and Above , Intrepid Pack Holders ($500 package), Official Content Creators
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The last day for Alpha One package purchases (Intrepid Pack) ended on Wednesday, August 15th 2018. Kickstarter and Summer Sale upgrades to packages including Alpha 1 remain available until a date that will be announced in the future.
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Phase 1 of Alpha 1: Accessible beginning in September 2018, will be focusing on the action side of combat, and will include mode of; Open World Battlegrounds, Castle Sieges and City Defense “Horde Mode”. This phase is designed to test the mechanics of our action side of combat, as well as, our castle siege systems, and adaptive AI mechanics in the Horde mode. We will be detailing this phase further on our next stream and at our Panel.
- Starting on September 7th, 2018 at 6 PM PDT we will be starting a series of stress tests to prepare our servers for your arrival to Alpha 1 Phase 1. Admission to this stress test will be incremental and based on package tier. We cannot even begin to express how grateful and excited we are to include you all in this amazing journey!
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Phase 2 of Alpha 1: will be accessible near the beginning of 2nd Quarter 2019, will feature our Hybrid Combat testing of Action/Tab skills that players will be able to customize through their class skill tree. In addition, this phase will include;
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Progression to Level 20
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4 Playable races
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Character Customization Suite
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8 base archetypes
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Portions of our housing systems
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Portions of our crafting/Artisan systems
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Node Progression to Stage 4
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120 sqkm of world map
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Questing and Society/Guild Systems
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Phase 2 of Alpha 1 is the more traditional Alpha Testing for an MMORPG, and will have 2 World Servers available. Name Reservations for Alpha 1 participants will begin during Phase Two. Announcements of the Server Names will be made at PAX Prime, during our panel.
Alpha 2: Persistent Alpha
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Date for release 3rd Quarter of 2019
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Access Points: Kickstarter Backers at Founder and Above , Summer Sale Backers at Founder and Above , Voyager and Intrepid Pack Holders, Official Content Creators
Beta 1:
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Date for release TBD, estimates 2019
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Access Points: Kickstarter Backers at Pioneer and Above , Summer Sale Backers at Pioneer and Above , Expeditionary, Voyager and Intrepid Pack Holders, Official Content Creators
Beta 2:
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Date for release TBD, estimates 2019
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Access Points: Kickstarter Backers at Settler and Above , Summer Sale Backers at Settler and Above , Wayfarer, Expeditionary, Voyager and Intrepid Pack Holders, Official Content Creators, Official Content Creator Key Giveaways
Production Launch:
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Date for release TBD, estimates before 2020
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Access Points: General Release to Public, no box cost. Monthly subscription fee will apply
*** Please note that all dates conveyed in this post are subject to change
The above information is based on information provided by Intrepid Studios. It is subject to change as new information is provided
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Let battle be joined!
Because i am first i can`t attack now so i end me turn.
You're turn.
Alpha 1: Earliest Access to Ashes of Creation
September 2018 commences
It does start this month
It would also be helpful if people would stop posting wild guesses as if they have some kind of special knowledge.... which obviously they don't when two subsequent posts make clearly different statements.