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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Honfold

I went into this pre-alpha weekend expecting to play a few hours, submit some bug reports and help stress test the game. My expectations were blown away. The art team has done a great job. The zones are beautiful, unique and immersive. If I explored one zone, I explored the next. I wanted to see what was around the next corner. I ended up playing every hour the servers were available.

The combat was remarkably smooth for this early in development. You guys have done a great job of making the skills feel powerful, like they have some weight to them. The capability of the devs to troubleshoot the performance issues early on also inspired confidence.

Keep it up! Very excited to see what you all can create.

Mickjay67

I'm incredibly impressed by the effort shown over the weekend to address issues, it was amazing to see issues like rubber banding being worked on real time as we tested and seeing actual improvements the next day.

Also the game in it's current state is pretty dang good, resolving some of the annoying issues like rubber banding and there was one where people would become invisible on mounts (I never saw it so I couldn't report it, just saw it in discord) would put the game in a state where I would easily recommend it to friends to try as an "Early Access" game as steam puts it

Keep up the great work and keep doing what you're doing because it's working wonderfully!

Tenguru

Absolutely amazing work. Great start for a game, great community outreach, the absolute best ideologies surrounding payment models. Can't wait to see what's in store for the future.

Chilly OG

YES... while this is for the Dev's we shall not forget it takes a whole team to make it great.
Moderators
Marketers
Developers
Visionaries
Players too!

Thanks to the Ashes of Creation community and for sure sending a shout out to you Toast and Maggie!!!

Creamdreamer

Devs - I can't thank you enough for putting such blood, sweat and tears into the development of such a stellar experience. I had a true sense of joy and wonder when I stumbled across my first settlement area, wondering what it could look like once the node advances. I absolutely creamed my jeans when I returned later to see the node advanced and looked just absolutely beautiful.

I had so much fun in the alpha. I am kicking myself for only really diving deep and playing today and not giving the game my entire weekend! I found myself able to find a groove in the game and was absolutely shocked at how much I found to do and achieve with such little there is to do in the game at this stage. I am thrilled to be a part of the development process, no matter how small it may be, as I have complete faith in you guys to bring me (and the rest of the MMO community) the game we have been waiting for; and quite frankly, deserve. Its a good feeling being even a small part of that!

Keep up the incredible work! Looking forward to giving up my entire weekend (or week...

) for the next test!

Greenshaw

Got to try it for the first time this weekend and it was an absolute joy. Thank you so much for the time you have put into making this game for us. I maxxed out the cleric class and am greatly looking forward to the other iterations of healer!

Magnusbaine

I just want to say thank you very much for all of your patience and badassery. I cannot stress enough how refreshing it was to play this game. Even throughout the bugs everything was engaging and will be so much fun in the future. Only suggestions I have are possible area of effect looting or a quality of life pet to pick them up for you that we can quest for. While the idea of clicking each body is awesome the first couple hundred times it does get monotonous while grinding for levels/node xp. Otherwise everything I experienced was awesome and the world was beautiful. Thank you to the entire dev team for doing amazing work!

maltory

To the Glorious Dev Team,
I think I speak for everyone when I say what a wonderful test. The turn around on game breaking issues and the ways to make sure that not only did we get to enjoy it, but the fact that we were so included in the testing of the game and kept in the loop on what was going on was enjoyable. I have never been part of an alpha that took the time to try to fix things during the alpha as quickly as you all did. The best part is that you can see the amount of love, sweat, determination, and (probably) tears that you all poured into the game so far. I know it has been a long road, with a lot of doubters along the way, but you proved them all wrong this weekend. I can not wait to see what else The Glorious Dev Team has in store for us Adventurers! Onward to Verra!

WhiskeySouth

After experiencing this game I eventually understood, because of the concepts and they way the entire game comes together, this game is on a whole nother level of the MMORPG experience. Their is nothing like this, its truly epic. Riding my horse through this beautiful world I realized are we are finally about to get the MMORPG the world deserves.

Maliken

I love that you folks seem very approachable, especially you Steven. Keep up the great work. See you in tbc classic

Pizzadude

Steven, your drive to put out a product is amazing! Keep up your great work! Keep following your goal to make this game even more amazing!

Developers, I can't remember the last time I enjoyed an MMO so much! It's been well over a decade and with this being your alpha product, you have something already amazing and I can't wait to see more!

Discord support staff, your time spent helping this community is awesome! You guys continue to do do great work!

To the rest of the Intrepid staff, I love all of you! I look forward to seeing the continued efforts from everyone involved with this awesome game!

McKaySama

Thank you so much for allowing me to participate in the test! I enjoyed every second of my time in Verra and am looking forward to spending a whole lot more time in the future. I believe I had more fun in this game than I have with other MMO's out on the market... and this was just the Alpha!! Thank you Steven for being the passionate person you are because without you, this may have never taken place and all us MMO fans would have little to no hope in the future of MMO's. You and your team of developers are incredible!!

Excylis

This was my first opportunity to participate in the Alpha testing and I was blown away by the progress so far. Heeding Steven's explicit warnings, I truly went in with no expectations, and yet the current state of the project exceeded my wildest. I do not regret my decision to purchase the Adventurer pack in the slightest. I am eager to participate in future tests and to experience the growth of the project.

The art and environment teams have done an amazing job creating a world I want to explore, and considering the current combat is pending a revamp I am eager to see the improvements.

I want to thank the whole team at Intrepid, not just for their work on Ashes, but for getting me excited about gaming again.

Shabob

The game all ready feels great. It'll be a long haul to fill a giant world with all the content, but I am very optimistic. This is the best looking immersive MMO I've been in, and I've played 10's of thousands of hours over the last 20 years.

Shenrah

This was my first alpha one test and I can't be any more impressed. I know you guys were primarily testing patching/downloading and server stability but you also had quests, tons of different spells, monsters, and a plethora of other things to make testing fun. You guys are really making a game worth playing, not just doing the minimum to call it an mmo and keep people subscribed. I can't imagine how many hours you guys put in and how much sleep you sacrificed to give us stable servers to test on. I truly mean it when I say I appreciate your hard work and I am proud to be able to play the game you guys are making.

Kaien

Thank you all for your hard work and dedication but do not forget to stay safe during these times. My faith in you guys has not faltered, especially not after this weekends test. It was a fun test and i got to see your vision and i agree with that vision i honestly believe you guys are on to something really good here. Do not lose faith and stay the course and most importently stay healthy.

Playbook

You guys are the best!!!

Glamdring

Markytark

As someone who has dabbled in a bit of game design, I am beyond impressed with what you have created so far! I really appreciate your hard work and dedication to this project! To all the people I see often in the streams and on Discord, and to all of you behind the scenes.. you have my gratitude. I hope you are proud of your progress like so many other people are!
I am unable to write words to compensate for what you've all sacrificed to bring Ashes to life. The late nights, the debugging etc. But I can offer my unyielding support.
Thank you.

Shoelid

I went to sleep Saturday night excited to wake up and play more. The fact that the game has been this much fun with 10% of the features and 100% of the bugs says something about how talented you guys are! This game has real promise and I'm excited to see the results of your labor.

Thanks for the long hours this weekend! Looking forward to participate in the future with every chance I get.

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