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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This is my concern. Although there may be enough housing for everyone, I'm worried the rush to grab specific land plots will leave those not able to play in the first hours (or even days/weeks) having to search far and wide for any kind of plot to claim. (how have other games handled this?)
@TheGoodzilla perhaps you'll want to take part in the "red march event" and prevent the rush of land grabbers
Why a joke? You know there is going to be someone out there who will, even it's to say I was the first to gain corruption. Some people just like playing on that side of the fence.
Housing is based on node size, and can be increased by the mayor.
I'm not 💯 sure on how free holds work but I know you can put a house on em. Since you have to be a citizen of a node to have a free hold, maybe you'll be able to sell your apartment once you've built your homestead?
The housing based on node size is the in node housing (apartments and static houses), not the Freeholds. There will be plenty of land for all to obtain a freehold.
With that said, a node must be level 3 (village) or higher for you to purchase any type of housing, in-node, static house, or freehold.
You get housing first, then you can become a citizen.
From the wiki:
"Player housing offers a number of benefits:[7][8]
Ability to claim citizenship to a node.[9]"
Sure, get an apartment for easier travel and storage. Remember, your paying taxes. You really want to have a heavier resource drain?
You guys keep thinking nodes will grow, overnight. The resources to grow a node, will slow growth to an almost standstill, without cooperation and serious effort. Nodes will take forever to grow.
First your going to have to exp the node with quests and killing and crafting.
Then, when the node hits stage 3, your going to need resources (lumber and stone) to build the node. Some nodes might be in a desert and need lumber transported to it. Are people gathering these resources? What about the other nodes growing? They want lumber to. Resource shortage!
As the node grows, more resources and activities (exp) are going to be needed. Compounding slower growth.
Look, someone just got jealous or wants to grief the node, it gets smashed and now you have to start over.
Get your heads out of the box, people. This is a MMORPG. Things take time (leveling, questing, loot getting, finding our real guilds, making friends, building an empire, etc). The longer sh*t takes, the more time the devs have to add content.
@Kneczhevo
Ah my understanding was that you had to own a home to be a citizen, not just property.
Good to know freeholds count and don't require a homestead. Thanks for the info. 😁
I'm with you @Hystorix; I'm hunting for an economic node to make me coin. If it happens to be next to the ocean or large lake all the better!
oceanfront/ lakefront freehold...yeah, i like the sound of that
I'm picturing the race scene from Hidalgo - whatever that 3000 mile horse race movie was - everyone sprints the first mile just to give a show before they settle down and trot because they realise it's a marathon.
With one Divine gate on the Western Continent and two on the Eastern, where will you start? Where will you go?
To me, the Western is looking very tempting; provided not every one is thinking the same, we may have a smaller population to start and it could be easier to head out and explore the 'new' lands...and yes, I'm still looking for an economic node to advance
Well if we weren't before, we are now!
There are two portals on each continent. And each portal represents a races natural area. You can portal (start) wherever you chose, but you might choose outside your race, like the Tulnair, since they don't have one.
I totally missed the 2nd starting spot on the Western Continent...shhh don’t tell anyone, it will be our secret. We will have the West mostly to ourselves. 😆
Nice... Except you need to divide the continents into quarters, as there are 4 realms on the surface. The fifth realm being in the under realm, and it's just that, an under realm (huge caverns), linked to the surface in various areas.
You can over lay the starter portals, on your map, and get an idea about the division.
Dig deeper, and you will find where the castles are.
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On the launch day of Ashes of Creation i'm thinking i'll start in the snowy/winter area first, if not there i do like swamps and tropical rainforest type areas lol