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Common Questions for Ashes of Creation

Here are just a few of the most repeated questions asked for AoC. If anyone sees new players, try link them this so they get the base idea of the game ?

Can I play the game yet? No. The game is currently at Pre-Alpha, meaning that it wont be released for a while.

When will the game be released? The game doesn’t have a specified release date, but the game does have a estimate date of when Alpha will come out (October-December/Q4 of 2017) But if you want a estimate of when the game will be released, the best I can give you is 2018-2019.

Will there be any gender-locked classes? Nope. The devs are trying to stay away from classes being gender-locked classes.

Is it Open World Pvp? Yes. There is a flagging system though, just to keep PKing to a minimum.

Will there be an OCE server (~ Silv's suggestion)? Currently it is just an idea. But they will add an OCE server and Asia servers depending on the amount of people connecting from those places :D

What type of classes are there? There are a total of 64 different class combinations, but there are 8 main ones and 8 subs you can pick. Here is a chart of what I’m talking about. Only 2 class names have been confirmed though: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gMzA_kPvweWLQHxdHXA88qKRO8E-50_mugG2iDSDqO4/edit#gid=0

How many players in a server? We have not got an answer to this question yet ?

How is the player customization? It will be, if not better, on par with BDO’s character creation system.

Who will be financing the game? Steven is the main person to finance the game ? Steven is also the Creative Director of the game who’s bio is here; https://www.ashesofcreation.com/the-team/

What type of PVP is it? It’s going to be a tab target/action combat combined into one. Although I’m pretty sure that they will be making options so we can choose between the combat syles ?

Is the game Open World? YUSS!

How can we get Alpha/Beta keys? Being active on the forums will give you Alpha! Being active on the Discord will give you Beta + Mount ? Although the hand picked giveaways are every other week, the random raffle is also in every other week. So the easiest way to earn a key is by being helpful to the community on the Discord and Forums. (Although its mainly on the forums).

How much races are there? Some races have been confirmed, all except two! We have 2 human races, 2 Elf races, A dwarf, A orc, and 2 mysteries! A total of 8 races :D

Anyways, that’s that ? I’ll see you guys around ?
~Thanks Silv and Brane for telling me 'bout the Orc race :DDDD

Comments

  • If you do have any questions you see coming repeatedly, reply here, so I can edit my post and place it in :D
  • You could also link them to the <a href="http://www.mmogames.com/gamearticles/interview-ashes-of-creation-wants-bring-virtual-world-life/">MMOGames Interview</a> where they discuss the PvP flagging system in more depth. In case they want to know more about it.

    Edit: Also a mention regarding OCE servers.
  • hey, thanks for the post!

    Just found out about this game got 1 question. Will it use the holy trinity system? as in tank dps healer?

    Thanks!
  • think so, base on the videos that iv'e seen. but not 100% sure
  • Yes, I believe it was said by Steven that it will be a holy trinity game. With the classes, and ability to augment abilities, I feel like that may give a little bit of room to work within the standard cleric/tank/dps with some of the "easierish" content.
  • deathsproxy youtube channel is a pretty good source for info about the game. I really liked his "what we know so far" videos because he split them up into categories so it's easy to find the one your looking for if your looking for something specific and they're only a few minutes long since each one covers only one subject
  • One question I've seen pop up a few times on here is for the system requirements, which I'm guessing won't be known until the Alpha is released.
  • Yeah, they won't be known until alpha, but we can be hopeful a medium spec pc will run it well. I saw something about looking into low spec pcs can play, but don't quote me of I'm wrong. More on this will come in the future
  • Hmm. Test, test, test.
  • cool post. It answered a lot of my questions and i'm excited to play as an elf. Maybe ranger/tank or ranger/rogue. The more I read on this game the more excited I get
  • Which combat system is used ? Like BDO or more target like wow? ty
  • [quote quote=8555]Which combat system is used ? Like BDO or more target like wow? ty

    [/quote]

    It will have a mixture of Tab targetting and action-based combat.
  • Question for the Devs on the UI.. Will I be able to configure it fairly easy? Especially the font system. I have had eye surgery (yes I am an ole' fart) and since then my eyes are not what they used to be :( Hopefully we will be able to move the UI area around to our satisfaction & able to make fonts larger.

    I know this is way early to ask, but it does depend on if I can play this game without too much eye strain.

    Thanks for listening..
  • Did I see info about a Kickstarter somewhere?
    That seems like a good nugget of info to add to this post.
  • Hey Rimirg! First of all, cool post and a very good idea! Not so many newcomers have enough interest to read the whole doc Niv and Duckie made so a tldr-most-common-faq is really needed.

    I have a couple corrections for you in here:

    - Don't speculate the launch date being anywhere near 2018. Steven has stated it will launch before 2020 so that's what we should share to people.

    - I would add to the flagging system that it's to "keep <strong><em>unfair</em></strong> PKing to a minimum."

    - The classes need a more clarifying explanation here without external links (it's supposed to be quick read, no one wants to open up links)

    - Change the "What type of PVP is it?" into "What type of combat system does it have?" and leave your own questions aside from the answer. It's best to only promote what has been confirmed, so "The game will have a tab target system with traits of action combat and evading mechanics."

    - I don't believe the beta+mount -key is discord only. They do share those even with random draws too! You should also mention that also referring people has a positive effect on the chance of being handpicked.


    Other than that I feel this is a great idea. Please make these changes and I could just link the newbies here :)
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