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daewulf
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Check out the DPS meter Megathread topic in the forum , it's pure open world PvP.
Steven is also quoted in saying that once Alpha 2 concludes, beta 1 & 2 will be following not far behind, as most of the model of the game should be solidly in place.
So I'd say 25' or 26 at the latest for full official release. What we do know though is that progress is going along at an accelerated pace and Intrepid is very pleased with their progression as of late, so that is a positive sign.
Tune in this upcoming Wednesday (the 31st) for any further development updates. Steven and Margaret will be streaming on Twitch with some fun gameplay footage also!
My honest Guess is and stays " Autumn 2025 " right now,
because at the End(?) of September 2023, Sir Steven announced that the Game will not be "YEAR/S*" away, right ? Years as in plural.
So if the Game is not even 2 Years away < - > because "Plural" - meaning it is at Maximum a time like 1 Year and 364(!) Days,
this means it would be 2 Years Minus One Day, right ? If it would be around the Time of when September ends in 2025 -> it would be the very early start of Autumn.
I am never really sure what i should think about the Fact, that everyone usually completely ignores it, when i mention this.
I mean,
am i off or something ? Did i misplace this Memory by a Month into the Past or Future ? Is it late Autumn or late October ??
But then again, who really cares ? All we know is, that it will still take a lot of time.
Didn't he say that Alpha 2 wasn't years away? I can't see a 2025 release when alpha 2 goes live Q3 2024
Yep, Alpha 2 was not years away, Steven did not talk about the finished game and thinking about what they have to test during the Alpha, I'd say it would be surprising if that phase would be shorter than 2 years. Just seeing the Node succession cycle play out "naturally" will take an aweful lot of time.
I'd guess that the earliest would be late 2026 if things go extremely smooth from here on out (which I don't think will be the case) but I am more inclined to say late 2027 to mid 2028. And even that with only mild conviction.
Alpha 2 starts in Q3 this year barring any delays. So at most 8 months from now
If the game launches 2 years from now two things to note. 1 that would be launching a MMO of this size in a timely manner. 2 Many people will shut up and just play the game. Forum warriors will stop bashing and just pay a monthly sub to have some fun.
"The Beta-1 and Beta-2 testing phases of Ashes of Creation will be short.[1]
The game is intended to be feature-complete before Beta-1.[2]"
And they will run parallel with the end of Alpha 2:
"Alpha-2 will last until launch and will run in parallel with Beta-1 and Beta-2.[26][29]
Alpha-2 is intended to exist up until launch. There's going to be different testing periods that we will be releasing either new content locations or zones or systems that we want to have players focus in on. In those situations, if we're having participation drought because of the length of Alpha-2, we can set them up in a more focused setting. We can even incentivize that. We can offer unique testing to potentially new testers as well.[26] – Steven Sharif"
Also, with regards to the comment above about the need for a long Alpha 2 to get the nodes to high levels, I think this may not be necessary. High level nodes could be automatically created by the devs, perhaps connected with one of the server wipes. So, after a few months of A2 we may log in one day and "POP" the nodes are level 5+ and our levels might be upped comparatively as well...for test purposes.
To be honest they'll probably just change XP/drop/progression rates at some point towards the end of the alpha or in one of the betas to speed things up if they intend to fully test metropolis nodes in alpha or beta (they may only test those internally)