Glorious Alpha Two Testers!

Alpha Two Phase II testing is currently taking place 5+ days each week. More information about testing schedule can be found here

If you have Alpha Two, you can download the game launcher here, and we encourage you to join us on our Official Discord Server for the most up to date testing news.

Next Livestream + Q&A Submission - Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 11am Pacific

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  • TyranthraxusTyranthraxus Member, Alpha Two
    The wiki is still a little vague on leaderboards, and what type of leaderboards there will be. It does say that these will be something we can "opt into".

    Can you please elaborate on whether there will be leaderboards for things like Tavern games, and whether we will have the option to be anonymous on the leaderboards?
  • LeonerdoLeonerdo Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 2023
    Is it intended for players to be able to enjoy this game without a guild? In particular, could you treat your home-node as your de-facto guild, and find plenty of content, party members, and economic tools just from the node?
  • ElectronnElectronn Member, Alpha Two
    Will it be possible for a Cleric to spec into a viable dps role with the right choice of secondary archetype and skill points?
  • balr0gbalr0g Member, Intrepid Pack, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Will it be possible to use NPC services during node seige/turnover as a neutral party?

    Are any resources returned to incumbent when another faction takes a node?

    Will there be a grace period after a node is taken before it can be asked again?

    Are quests impacted when a node changes hands?

    What happens to players that own property in a node when it changes factions?
  • LithionLithion Member, Alpha Two
    Can people physically block the doorways to your house or tavern by standing in your way and locking you out?
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  • SometimesmilesSometimesmiles Member
    Will mage's elemental combinations be the main source of damage or will a pure arcane mage still be viable in end game content?
  • StalwartStalwart Member, Alpha Two
    Lithion wrote: »
    Can people physically block the doorways to your house or tavern by standing in your way and locking you out?

    "Inertia and momentum physics will help prevent blocking doorways/access points. This is based on a character's direction and movement speed, and can be used to push people out of the way."
  • -T0Mb--T0Mb- Member, Alpha Two
    Do nodes provide to their citizens some kind of clothes or ornaments (capes, tabards or something else) which can be used by players to represent their nodes or is this clothing thing left to the guilds only?
  • KLC_RocsekKLC_Rocsek Member, Founder, Kickstarter, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Will gatherables have a quality system? Something akin to SWG, or similar system?
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  • RhynedahllRhynedahll Member, Alpha Two
    Can a player be stripped of Node citizenship by any player agency other than Node destruction? (I.E, being exiled by some government process)
  • Demonhunter1Demonhunter1 Member, Alpha Two
    When for the life of me are you Steven going to tell us what the divine and military nodes superpower is going to be and when are you going to publish the progression perks regarding those nodes on your website? Since you claim that everything about nodes have been decided in your past comments ?!
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  • RazThemunRazThemun Member, Alpha Two
    Will guilds and alliances be able to be formed in alpha 2 for testing? If so how will the players know who the alliance members are.
  • FiddlezFiddlez Member
    edited August 2023
    CC breaks, will they apply in PVE as well? What sort of CC break will we have? Item, universal ability etc? Will there be diminishing returns? Any chance we will see some small scale PVP? Pretty sure I heard Margaret said Steven wasn't good at PvP 😉
  • Dovaric_OakforgeDovaric_Oakforge Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 2023
    How will Tul'nar cities affect nodes? Meaning, will they be above or below ground (For dwarfs as well)? If below, does the distance or location of the nodes still apply like they would around other nodes in development?
    Including the progression of their race in development thus far.
  • SirChancelotSirChancelot Member, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Any idea when we can get some crumb of information about how the summoner will play?
  • RattieRattie Member, Alpha Two
    What are the currently planned ways for players to earn account bound favor?
    Do all events and quests in the nodes zone of influence reward favor of some kind, or can we grind for it with some lesser, more bounty like tasks?
  • SaucissonSaucisson Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    edited August 2023
    What kind of node informations will be visible on the map ?
  • RoseburiaRoseburia Member, Alpha Two
    The land management system asks groups of players to cooperate to conserve resources. But if cooperation can be easily undermined by a single tree-cutter, why would anyone cooperate?
  • VoeltzVoeltz Member
    When will we be getting a PvP update on any related systems such as arenas, caravans, corruption, bounty hunting, sieges and wars?
  • CadacCadac Member, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Will progression in Social Organizations be permanent, or need to be maintained like PVP?
  • AliandriaAliandria Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Can we get a complete list of racial augments? While no classes are race locked, it would be great to pick a race/class combination that synergises well.
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  • SeulrackSeulrack Member
    Will it be possible to create an only one race node and for a mayor to be selective of who can get the citizenship ? So a race could create it's own kingdom.

    Will node be all the sames, or will there be nodes under a mountain (like a dwarf kingdom) or to

    other insolite places ?
  • SweatycupSweatycup Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Will there be benefits to not using augments?
  • VissoxVissox Member, Alpha Two
    Often times MMOs will put quest destinations on the map, and players can end up steamrolling through everything and driving all meaning out of the questing experience other than the reward. My hope is that ashes will bring a return of having to read the quest to find a destination rather than POI hopping on the map, will that be the case?
  • FiddlezFiddlez Member
    edited August 2023
    How much content will possibly be "hidden" as a result of nodes being unable to upgrade?
  • Schwann36Schwann36 Member, Alpha Two
    Will there be level appropriate content around each node for both low & high level players, or is it likely that a player may need to relocate to another node to get the most efficient gameplay experience with equivalent level mobs & resources?
  • MayhemMayhem Member, Intrepid Pack, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Will there be downsides/benefits doing inbreeding/linebreeding with animal husbandry?
  • lemuletlemulet Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    edited August 2023
    How frequent can a guild/node expect to afford war? Will it be possible for someone to constantly have war targets to fight?
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  • CoacolaCoacola Member, Alpha Two
    Will there be Stakes in instanced on demand pvp? (Duels, Arenas, PvP game modes)
    Will there be any sort of PvP Tourneys? (As in bracket 1v1s, or Team v Team)
    if yes, will there be stakes?
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  • ChaosFactorChaosFactor Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    There are always tons of conversation floating around when playing MMORPGs that involve the complete lack of balance when it comes to PvP. In these games it's fairly obvious that true balance is literally impossible due to there being infinite combinations of gear, spells and stats.

    Are there plans to regulate scaling or balancing during PvP encounters? Or will your prowess in combat be directly related to the status of your gear?

    There are many games that make gear specifically designed to be taken into combat, there are some games that completely separate the balance/scaling of PvP from your character in the open world to make PvP far far easier to balance. Perhaps the balancing will be different between different forms of combat, but with PvP having such incredible stakes in Ashes, it seems deeply important to explore your methods of balance.

    Thanks team!
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