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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In my analogy, falling in the water is conflict with players it's just inextricably part of the experience.
I don't mean to speak for Dygz, but the ocean is a significant portion of the map and is the only way to access the other continent and all the islands. How is a person that wants to explore the world going to avoid it?
you can't. If he does not want to opt in then that is his choice.
could teleport to a family member on the opposite continent
How so?
You don't thats the point. But choosing that option is no different than just choosing not to play that content in order to go play a different game. Really it just comes down to how much content there is available for specific playstyles, and there should be plenty of pve focused content that leverages the corruption system, within the huge map of Ashes.
Maybe you could help me understand your perspective on this opinion of mine.
My primary goal in an MMORPG is to explore the entire map.
Also, I am not going to enter permanent zones that auto-flag to FFA, Corruption-Ffree PvP.
Especially because I abhor being flagged as if I'm in the mood for PvP because I am rarely in the mood for PvP.
I'm not going to play a game where my map has space that remains permanently unexplored due to FFA PvP.
And that's OK. I don't have to play every MMORPG. There are plenty of MMORPGs that are too PvP-centric for me to play.
I don't consider auto-flagging to FFA PvP to be opt-in. I consider that to be auto-consent.
And I don't play on servers with auto-consent (Corruption-free) PvP because I find that concept to be repugnant.
I wonder if different from my earlier days!
I was hoping to see more thoughts on what players might do for those that don`t like to pvp.
Making friends and good reputation goes a long way..!
So, not meaning to sound off, but.... why are you still here? You hoping they're going to remove PvP from the game?
I've never played on PvE servers. And I do not know why people are playing on them if they can just play single player or co-op game with richer story or mechanics. So it is hard for me to get your mindset.
p.s. ty for sharing the bartle score! It's new test for me. And I am AKES somehow
There is a saying about Minecraft that might relate to why you would prefer to play a PvE MMO over a single-player game. It goes roughly that "a build isn't finished until you have shown it to someone". I might be paraprasing it a bit, but it should be close enough.
thats a good question. what to do after the map has been explored completely? explore on another game and come back on an expansion?xD
I'm still going to test the Alphas and Betas.
I still hope the game launches and is successful.
I still support my game dev friends who are working on the game.
I still have fun having discussions with people in these forums.
I still support all the Ashes fans by inviting Steven to join us on The Ashen Forge so we can get some more info, and some new dev quotes into the Ashes Wiki.
But, also... For, like, 3+ months, I was too preoccupied with the 15+ dance classes I had per week in addition to 60+ hours of work - to be active on the Forums.
I got Steven to agree to the podcast and came to the Forums to try to grab some questions for him - first thing I see is, like, 5 posts asking why Steven is still doing interviews with me and when am I gonna stop supporting the game if I'm not going to play after launch.
And... then people asked me why the Open Seas is a dealbreaker for me.
And I've been responding to those questions ever since.
Again - notice that I have not started any topics.
Also, I have never asked for the game design to be changed to suit my playstyle.
But, also... I was expecting to pursue a variety of progression paths - Archetype/Adventurer; Social Org; Religion; Racial.
I'm no longer interested in pursuing any of the progression paths after launch.
I am a little bit sorry you will not play the game, because you are a nice person.
But you may end up playing it in Alpha 2 and that might be the best experience.
Other people here on forum may also end up not playing it but they don't know yet. Or don't admit.
Plus, I'm an altaholic - I am an actor who loves to roleplay my avatars - so I typically have at least 3 or 4 alts.
And always, the first thing I do when I hit a new level, is to uncover as much of the fog-of-war as I can before getting one-shot by skulled mobs way above my current Level (who can see through my Stealth).
I rage-quit PvP servers I'm playing on when I realize I'm playing with assholes who don't respect the concept of non-consensual PvP. I could go into detail with some real-world analogies, but the Ashes moderators get upset when I do so.
Yep. Might mean something different to me than it does to you.
To Steven, it means massive PvP battles.
To me, it just means I get to socialize and "rp"/cosplay with a ton of other RPG fans.
(And, you know, prior to UO - RPGs rarely, if ever, included PvP.)
I like it best when I can do some drive-by buffing as I pass by strangers.
I like to aid individuals who are on the same quest I am or who are adventuring in the same area.
I especially like to help newbies near the starting areas.
I tend not to like to group with strangers because I want to be free to leave when I'm ready to leave - and it's been common for the group I've joined to become upset when I leave because they hoped I would group with them for more than an hour.
Sometimes I like to offer to Harvest or help gather resources for Crafters. I especially like to do that to add to guild storage, but I'll also volunteer to do that for people not in the guild.
Sometimes I have helped players acquire the traits they desire for their pets - so the pets can help them win Arena PvP Battles - due to my knowledge of the game's pet breeding system.
Sometimes, I hold and/or organize in-game tutorials/classes discussions on class builds and ability synergies.
Lots of times, I attend and/or organize in-game parties. Or events, like fashion shows.
i mean in general. for example, other games where the map doesnt change
Then I play through the story again with alts of a different Race and Gender and Profession.
And then I stop playing and wait for the next expansion.
On all of the alts, the first thing I do when I level is uncover the map as far as possible until I am one-shot by skulled mobs.