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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.
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Speaking up isn't the problem. The problem is most groups who have run raids before usually don't want to waste time teaching how to run a raid or waste time as a result of a group wipe. They usually only care about their treasure and time. They want the most gain for the least amount of time, and they don't want the frustration of constantly failing the same fight over and over again. This is usually why it is hard to find a group that doesn't require raid knowledge, especially for casuals.
I have had this happen to me many times. Where I join up, they ask me if I know the raid, then they kick me out right away because I don't know it or they find someone who does. Therefore I never get to learn it unless I go read a guide or watch some videos. Plus experiencing it is different from reading or watching a video
My experience learning a raid shouldn't be the result of someone guiding me through it because they ran it already. It should be as different to them every single time just as much as it is to me or a new player. It shouldn't be the results of the first raid group completing it, then writing a guide that every one follows and is expected to know going into it. Every Raid should feel different and new to every person, no matter how many times they ran the raid.
If I have to go read a guide before I can join a raiding group because I have to know what ability I have to use during said phase against said mob, then ashes will just be another mmo like every other mmo.
This is why it is hard to join raid groups, because of outside of the game requirements. Requirement the community puts in place. If I have the game and I meet the in game requirements I should just as easily be able to join up with a random raid group and run it like everyone in the group is running it for the first time not knowing what they are going into.
Changing the bosses around, skill repetoire, and the like will just lengthen guides and make it so you are required to know more, which means more time reading and less time gaming.
I am really sad about this, because i like the game and will support it, but for lots of people this game is already dead...
No.
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Mounts
"We wont have mounted combat, but mounted abilities."
I believe most of the negativity comes from people wanting to play the actual MMORPG and not a Battle Royal.
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