For the Devs

Hello friends,

With the release of the verbal NDA, I'd like to share this thread to the community, so they have some insight to the testing that is ongoing in the Ashes Alpha One Preview testing.

It's important to note, that the Alpha One experience is not meant to be a content test. But rather, standing up core systems in their bare bones state and vetting our technical architectures, while providing the opportunity for us to optimize and squash bugs.

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Amma

Thank you Devs for your hard work. You are making many people very happy with what you create. There are not many jobs out there which can put a smile on so many faces

playman45

loved the testing so far, the event we had on the Kal server this morning was insane and i even held up quite well frames wise throughout that encounter. all in all this test went extremely smooth and was more than a surprise for many of us. keep on pushing through! you guys got a fantastic product on your hands!

glakuns

Thank you for all the optimization, fixes, and DevOps you do! And the work shows through!

Chilly OG

I have been in I.T. since 1990..... yeah I am old hence the O.G. tag. The point is during that time - all gamer time too - I have seen a great number of "Done it right" and "Done it wrong" games developed and released to the world. YOU ARE DOING IT RIGHT! Stick to your guns - take your time. Good release is always greater than fast release. If you let AoC get out and it isn't fully developed or is buggy then that is the killing blow. If you take extra time to get it right - that will be forgotten the day it is released IF IT COMES OUT CLEAN!

Rock on you have my support - the full weight of Chilly's Tavern patrons - and everyone I talk to backing you that say it is expecting to finally be an MMO worth spending real time in like the old days of EQ and DAOC and even WoW .... meaning this game is set to be one of the "Greatest of all Time" games!

Thanks a ton for allowing me to participate in your development process. I look forward to helping further in the future

Chilly O.G.

StrategicNap

Having seen the issues forst hand it was an amazing decision to delay the NDA. Getting to see the day to day changes fixes and improvements was exceptionally encouraging and exciting. Thx for all your hard work!

Opa

To the amazing Devs and all the teams that made this weekend possible.

You all did an awesome job, the world is looking beautiful and I cannot wait for another chance to see how you continue to improve it. Get some much needed rest as i am sure you are running on the last of your energy drinks at this point

Thalric

Just wanted to stop by and say, for a pre alpha game I was incredibly impressed, all of the developers did a fantastic job. I haven't had so much fun in an MMO in roughly 10 years which says a lot given it's in pre alpha state. I cannot wait to see the finished product as I have no doubt it'll be fantastic.

WetnHoly

Hey guys and gals, I had an excellent time during the alpha! It was an amazing experience and I'd like to thank everyone that's apart of the Ashes of Creation team, you all are the real mvp! 💙 Thank you!!! 💙

KayRock

Great work guys, I'm really impressed.

The fact that the rubber banding issue was almost completely resolved within 24 hours during the testing phase, impressed me a lot. I can honestly say that my experience on Sunday was better than I've had with most fully released games out there.

Overall great experience, I've already told all of my friends and family how great of an experience this was. I can't wait to see what comes next! I can really see the vision of the world coming together and can't wait to keep participating in future tests.

Twigete

amazing job with the response and updates keep it up cant Waite to try the final version

chaoticwaffles

That was a ton of fun and i see huge potential that you guys are sure to deliver on. Good job to everyone on the team!

Bloodmace

As seen already, AoC in pre-alpha is already more fun and put together than new releases in the last 5 years. Already meeting new friends and exploring a portion of a world that I hope to spend many years shaping and changing. Y’all are amazing and the work and dedication shows with the progress made each and every time a clear issue appears. Keep up the amazing work!

Prism_Stardust

Thank you Devs for all of your hard work! I was really impressed about the server stability, for an Alpha one. I know you all must have gotten zero sleep working, so get some rest!

veeveeluv

Thank you Dev's! Today is my birthday and it was magical to be able to see pretty much the whole map thanks to a friendly guild whom picked me up in front of the newb dungeon to the East. Being able to participate in the final raid was epic. Thanks for the invite and experience. The world is looking pretty great, and for the most part navigating worked with minor hang ups. The dragons were awesome!

I think you all are doing a great job on such a big task. Thanks for your dedication and looking forward to seeing the progress next time!

Sluggs

This was the most fun I've had in any MMO since the launch of original WoW. The environment is gorgeous and immersing. I truly want to say Thank You. I was excited to come home and play every day. I found myself eager for 11 am to arrive. I was legitimately sad when 9 pm arrived today. I spent the last hour just traveling the map and appreciating the beautiful work you have created. I wasn't sure what to expect as this was my first time Alpha Testing an MMO but it far surpassed whatever my expectations were. Running into battle w/ GMSteven and 100+ players on Server Kal was the highlight of my weekend. It was a real community and sharing it with real GMs and our fearless leader Steven (I think it was him lol) was amazing. I have never invested in early packages for any video game until now and I am so glad I did. I am so excited for this game to move into full non-NDA Alpha so I can finally talk about this with all my friends and the broader gaming community. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Saedu

Great work Devs! thank you!

Esko12

Huge thank you to the Devs, Steven, and the community managers so much for the fun weekend! Thanks for sacrificing your weekend time to work on this for us all! I think we all learned a lot and hopefully we helped you get the information you wanted. Thanks for pulling me out of the ground a few times as well haha

Tee

Thank you to all of the devs for the hard work and love put into this game!

I know the purpose for this was testing but I also really enjoyed the quests as well, the cave quest was a really nice introduction to the importance of teamwork and I really enjoyed the way we had to collect the flowers by actually utilizing the terrain and jumping from feature to feature

I can’t wait to continue testing and experiencing the game as it progresses through.

Ddodge

Keep up all the great work. Had a blast bug smashing. Exploring and combat was a lot of fun. Stay positive and most of all take care of yourselves, your making something beautiful.

Birdie

Thank you dear devs for all the hard work! We really appreciate it. Also a huge THANK YOU to Maggie and Toast for taking care of the discord channels.
You guys are legends.
Much love!
Birdie

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