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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Easy enough to skip past the colorful phrasing and just translate the message as..."I disagree".
At the end of the day...the forums are here for you to share your opinions. If your opinion truly weren't worth a discussion, it would be moved to the 2nd page of topics already.
That’s a fair point! However, an alternative could be community voting on art content releases!
Guess this is just be a difference in perception then. I don't think I have thought that way since maybe Wrath. There are hard to get items that i can appreciate but in general, good looking gear just means you have played a lot.
Well then, let's discuss.
I am not convinced of the fact that the way Achievement players are affected by cash shops is a thing that Ashes is going to cause.
In my mind, in order for that to happen, you would need to be able to buy an Achievement. Let's assume that we consider 'The Golden Sandal Of The Bestower' to be a Cash Shop item you can buy, and 'The Silver Sandal of the Bestower' to be an ingame item you achieve by defeating the Sandal Lord, Arbiter of Cake and Pie.
At what point has the cash shop user bought an achievement?
Is it because a person could look at the Golden Sandal and think it was the Silver one?
Is it that they have achieved 'The Golden Sandal' and it is exclusive to those who spent money on a specific day and that is in some way an achievement?
Is it because the Golden Sandal somehow looks incredibly cooler on their foot than the silver one?
In what way is the Achiever (not the Completionist) harmed by this?'
If this is something you are against in all forms, then you should look for games that don't have a cash shop - just as someone that is against PvP in all forms should look for a game that has no PvP.
This game is not the game for either of you.
Yea, I'd like a quote on this, because I can't find anything to confirm this.
Don't forget that "Embers" are a virtual currency that you can use you purchase cosmetics from the store after release.
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Embers
If there is no cosmetic store after release, what are the Embers for?
"Embers can be saved and used in the Ashes of Creation MMORPG to purchase cosmetics after launch."
The idea that the cosmetic store is closing is easily-debunked misinformation. I know Dygz isn't just making stuff up, I'm sure he just misremembered something.
Here's an idea... they could just *delete* them and nothing would change once it's released! The game isn't released yet.
Remind me.
Your confusion is likely that the method for how the shop will operate will change when the game goes live. The shop itself will not change.
As pointed out above, you need only consider the fact that embers exist to know and understand that the shop will be a feature once the game is live.
Not sure where you got this information, but its a little hard for Intrepid to have an anticipated $23 ARPPU if they dont' have a cash shop.
Also considering Steven has said the cash shop will exist post launch.
If we're at a tavern in Ashes, I guess we'll be betting on "what's the next repetitive 'change ashes for me' thread?" now.
a. yet another remove cash shop thread
b. yet another safe pve thread
c. yet another total free pvp (no corruption) thread
d. yet another cheaper fee / f2p plz thread
and while we're at it
e. yet another proximity voice chat thread
and of coz how can we forget
f. yet another rename-the-tank-archetype thread \o/ I mean, this is of uttermost importance!! Calling the tank "tank" or not is a very delicate and controversial issue!! We must debate this thoroughly and a hundred times over!!
... what else? I think I've seen dual-shields threads a couple times too ...
(nooooooooo..... shhhhhhhhh..... we'd just got rid of that one...)
Nothing to see here, people. Move along.
Believe me there was PRIME opportunity to revive that thread just last week.
The thought was delicious.
But I didn't want the responsibility.
I'm tempted on a near regular basis to do so with all the random dumb puns I come up with relative to it. But I don't for the same reason. Maybe when alpha 2 is drawing near I'll revive it for the sake of all the new people getting initiated.
The fact that those ideas keep coming up is PROOF that we need to implement all of them. Let’s make another thread asking for them all. Intrepid Studios are fools for not standing up to Steven and demanding each one. I believe there are 3 people in the world who want all of them and if they aren’t all in the game then they are being excluded.
Ah yes. the : tAnK iS A sTuPid nAmE, pLeAse cHanGe
Prince among classic thread topics
Well, it is a stupid name, but clearly it ain't changing.
.. Oh my.. what have I done ?
No, no, clearly it should be called Anti-Damage.
I’d love to actually hear some *conversation* about these points if anyone is able instead of just hurling insults.
I just had the same thought.
I sincerely apologize for mistakenly casting a necromancy spell on an undead thread's temporary tomb.
I mean ... I was just trying to join the necromancer's cult ....... *sobs*
Nah, we're talking about class names in this thread now. The other thread is about the cash shop still.
I like the idea of anti-damage for clerics. I would support that all the way. I mean, it's just common sense.
I love this! I am somewhere in between a Workaholic and a Whale. I do not mind spending a ton of money on a game i'm truly investing into and enjoy playing. I'm a casual at times, but when i do have time, i'm hard core. I do feel bad about people who cannot afford anything and everything and i feel for them. But it should be affordable, a good balance. GW2 cash shop is fair to me, while ESO cash shop is straight up greed.
Speaking of whales.
It reminds me of a P2W mmo ... tactics?-ish mobile game I've played a couple years back.
As the game progressed the casual crowd realized that one of the best option-for-survival they could take was to social-engineer the whales --- befriend (or suck up to ...) relatively friendly whales and get them on our side, make peace with & pacify whales that won't join but are still willing to negotiate, then try manipulating said whales and have them collide explosively with hostile barbarian whales who just want to steamroll all the casual peasants ...
It essentially became an entirely different game, was fun in that very narrow aspect though ...
Anyway. Why don't we call tanks "Steam Tanks" instead? Sounds more fantasy-ish, and more dwarven. Steamroller's also cool.