ok im new,

Hippychick

ok, im new.. not sure how this works, so please hang in there.. so, what i dont understand is if i buy a pack, when can i start playing? i would hate to spend $350 and not have anything to show for it.

Dreoh

Alpha 2, which is sometime next year or later

bloodprophet

Welcome.
We don't have dates as of yet. This is closest we. Someone posted last couple days that it was just updated.
Lots of good info on the wiki and Ashes101.com.
Happy reading.

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Release_schedule

CaptnChuck

Alpha 1 takes place towards the end of this year. About 10k people have been registered for Alpha 1.

Steven has previously said that he might re-open alpha 1 access if the server is able to handle it. So you might get lucky. Otherwise, you will only gain access to alpha 2, which will take place sometime next year.

LieutenantToast

Hi there - the packs currently available in our pre-order shop grant you access to Alpha Two at the earliest (which is planned to be our persistent test server). You can check out our latest plans on Alpha/Beta release dates in our helpful knowledge base article here: https://ashesofcreation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016315013-What-are-the-Alpha-Beta-Release-dates-

I'm going to go ahead and close this thread out now, but please don't hesitate to reach back out if there's anything else we can assist you with in the meantime!