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Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!
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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.
Predictions for June Livestream and Alpha 2 Timing
Faimith
Member, Alpha Two
Hey everyone,
With Alpha 2 scheduled for Q3 2024 (announced back in December 2023), what are your predictions for this month’s livestream? Do you think Intrepid will finally reveal a specific month or exact date?
Given the upcoming new MMO releases in Q3, do you think there's a chance Alpha 2 might be delayed to Q4? Would such a delay matter to you, considering how long we’ve already waited? Remember, it will be in a true Alpha state regardless.
Looking forward to your thoughts and discussions! And can't wait to get my hands on the Alpha 2
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With Alpha 2 scheduled for Q3 2024 (announced back in December 2023), what are your predictions for this month’s livestream? Do you think Intrepid will finally reveal a specific month or exact date?
Given the upcoming new MMO releases in Q3, do you think there's a chance Alpha 2 might be delayed to Q4? Would such a delay matter to you, considering how long we’ve already waited? Remember, it will be in a true Alpha state regardless.
Looking forward to your thoughts and discussions! And can't wait to get my hands on the Alpha 2
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A small delay of a couple of months is ok, but I would be very worried if they delay for another year, for example. I very much doubt that will happen.
War within is confirmed release date August 26 this year, how is it avoiding it in September?
Well they "should" ... ... ...
When the End of 2023 was at Hand -> it was announced " WHEN " in 2024 the Alpha Two would come out. In Quarters, i mean. Before that, we only knew it would be in 2024.
So now,
it would be lovely if the same could be repeated for the Quarter. Now that the End of "Quarter Two" is at Hand,
wouldn't it be nice if we could get either the exact Date - or at least the exact Month ? Like for Example if it is in August or in September ?
You know ?
Sloooowly giving more Information closer to the actual Date.
People in the last Months felt already so shitty deep inside (lol ?^.^) that they feared the "Alpha Two" will be pushed back. These People are enveloped into as much Fear-Energy than Narc, or even worse.
(Plus they have like Zero Trust in Sir Steven and his mighty Crew ^.^)
Please nobody laugh,
but i think the only time i can remember how much " i " suffered like a complete Fullvictim from Withdrawl for good Content, was between the End of Wrath of the Lichking in WoW - and the Release of Cataclysm.
Feeling punished for loving to play good Content ... ... ... damn.
You know ?
It is funny that i addressed " EXACTLY - THIS " - just a Moment ago.
Well well well,
the only Reason/Guild in which " SOME " People still play, which i really like and who also bring me back to WoW once every Two Months between like a 10th or 15th or every Month,
is the "Garde Mekkadrill" on the german Server DieAldor. Very positive People.
Plus the Trading Post is " nice Pastime " every now and here.
What i would feel when Alpha Two would get pushed back ? Well, the same crap and excrement i feel so much regarding MMO's which i felt in the last handful of Years or so.
Disappointment.
But You can bet it would be different than Disappointment like when it's another, new Shitshow in Worst of Warcraft. Because i just know, that Ashes of Creation and Intrepid are just not there yet. Maybe my Impression is completely wrong, but i think they are struggling hard to just get up onto their Feet alone.
Once they " are " steady and firm on their Feet -> regarding they finally "have" the MMO ready for Income from the Customers, this is where the true Era of "Ashes-Intrepid" will begin.
Right now i just refuse to doubt Intrepid and Ashes the same Way i would doubt any MMO out there, which is already present and existent for VideoGamers and which happened to deliver an absolute Shitshow from time to time.
Shitshow in New World ? Check !
Shitshow in Elderscrolls Online ? Check !!
Shitshow in Worst of Warcraft ??? Check !!!
But nope. Not Ashes. It would be the Height of Folly to judge it under the same Standarts as all other Games, when it is not even here yet.
But i will never stop cracking a silent Smirk in my dark, brooding Edgelord-Corner in the Tavern,
knowing that a "LOT" of People have probably passed away, which actually "BOUGHT" - Pre-Order Stuff from 2018 or maybe even before that. Now THIIIIS - feels like being punished for loving the Idea and Concept of good MMO's.
The Fact that this never gets addressed whenever i bring this up, makes me crack a silent Smile every single time. And no, i am aware Nobody of You Guys is obliged to answer me on that.
It is just that i never witnessed such a frightening Time of Absence of a good MMO as a VideoGamer in my entire Life. Well i guess this kind of "Time" is always good for all of Us in a certain way. -> Meaning we can go outside and work/do something for our physical Health and Fitness - and we just know we are not missing anything. No "Fomo".
Why ? Because most if not all other MMO's out there are currently Soul-less Trash mostly, with annoying Grinds instead of meaningful and fun Content.
Alpha Two pushed back to Quarter Four ? What else would be new, in the World of MMO's ? Is Bobby Kotick grabbing Women by the Genitals again ? You know, the stuff People accused Donald Trump of.
Is China f~ing over Blizzard again ? Making a new Copy from WoW ?
Is New World failing once again ? Or is the next Asia MMO dead again in the first Days or Weeks after it's Release, because it attempts to make all of it's Players into mindless Bots grinding for even a single Item they would love to have for Months or their Life ?
If Alpha Two would get pushed back to Quarter Four, this could barely compare to all the Shitshow i had to witness against my Will in the last handful of Years. Because Ashes is still in Development and such things just happen sometimes.
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✓ Currently no guild !! (o_o)
It's possible it'll be delayed, sure, but it seems like Q3 will actually happen unless there's a total curve ball.
If we don't hear A2 info this stream I think there will be a small riot, but Intrepid I'm sure it aware of that. Maybe we won't hear the start date, but I'm sure we'll hear something, like maybe a start month.
T&L isn't even on my radar, and while I intend to try the new WoW expansion, I'd pick A2 over it in a heartbeat if their launches overlapped.
Any delays will involve how much of AoC is released at the beginning of A2, Some of the systems might get pushed back a bit, but that is OK....we will have Plenty to work with.
The Question is,
why should it be somehow affected of the Releases of other VideoGames ? o_Ô
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tech stream can be pretty interesting it all depends what else they throw in there tho, a hour or so of just server meshing and explaining how that works will make for a pretty boring stream
gives a whole month to get TWW out of the way and most people at that point would have grinded and then be focused on raids, for me if ashes drops sep 30 itll be ashes 90% of the time and then prob 1 day total a week on wow doing raids / weekly stuff
I personally think Alpha 2 won't get delayed for a few reasons:
- Alpha 2 will be persistent and available for years until launch, so the timing of other MMO releases doesn't impact it much.
- The release of other MMOs might actually help by preventing server overload.
- Steven has stated they are still on track for Q3 and I think he learned from the Alpha 1 experience.
Your thoughts on this?
They might want server overload to test how well their server infrastructure holds up.
On the other hand, since this is an alpha test there are going to be a lot of tourists who play for a day or two, realize it really is a test, and go somewhere else. It might be good if those people didn't inflate server populations right off the bat and slowly joined over a few weeks instead. Maybe then we could avoid long queues.
You're welcome. 🫡
Not wanting to sound passive-aggressive, but this is not really a Accomplishment.
I am just glad they manage it at all.
Did we ever had an MMO where Seasons are present ? Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn ?
Where You can admire the beautiful Evolution from an Encampment of yours, into a Village, then possibly a Town, City, or even a Metropolis ?
Where You can own beautiful Estates (Freeholds), Houses, Taverns, Apartments, etc -> and own Castles with your Guildmates after conquering them ?
Where You can escort Caravans ? From like One Player-Node to the other.
Where You can make Alliances or make Enemies - and then engage into mighty, long Wars for Dominance, probably making new Vassals or Masters who serve under You or rule over You ?
And i personally hope they bring in the Monster Coin System as completely badass. And a bit of a Game-changer in Power. Not just some cheap Entertainment. Hopefully You can use to weaken an Enemy Nodes' City Walls and Defenses before attacking with a Node Siege to either level down or destroy your Opponent.
Where the Oceans resemble a bit of Sea of Thieves -> You rob and Pirate* or you yourself may be the poor Vessel that gets robbed and sunk.
Who is ready for our last Shot of a good MMO in the current VideoGame Industry ?
I sure know i am.
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What I would like more would be a "manifesto" for the Alpha, where they detail what they currently intend to start with (archetypes, impletmented core features, regions, server size, level cap, available weapons) and order of new implementations without time predictions (just to get an idea of how things may expand from launch onwards)
I wont be surprised if they delayed it to October but i hope not
A2 is a testing environment, think a few people on here might have forgot that, we're all excited to be testing the game and help the development until it's launch but A2 shouldn't be treated like a game launch or expected to play like one.
My friends are having to pick between WoW and T&L, because WoW raids are locked until Sept 10th, and Mythic+ starts Sept 17th. I'm playing T&L
IMO A2 will release a couple weeks after Labor Day (US end-of-summer holiday Sept 2nd)...and if so, I'll largely ignore it until T&L drives me away.
If he was really trying to wait until they were sure they could hit the date - 2 month prediction would have been a better choice, but...
Ultimately, Steven is a gamer who is learning on the go and has never released a game. Gamers like that have lots of optimism about what they hope to accomplish.
And learn it's not all as easy to accomplish as they thought it would be.
We'll see...
They might be able to hit the mark.
Yeah, if I were in his shoes, I’d be looking at what planned scope I need to cut from the targeted A2 release, then push that branch as A2 MVP. They will incrementally build the A2 base upward, and this allows them to start the A2 effort on time.
Throne and Liberty comes on 17 Sep, 2024
So AoC might chose to delay to end of October.
Or release on 17 Sep too. Why not?
If it was the launch of the full game, yes, a release date that doesn't fall on the same dates as other games is important, due to the amount of money that is spent on marketing to market that specific date.
Since the End of September 2023, since "Alpha Two" was announced in 2024,
i immediately thought/"suspected" (
Why ?
Simply because i know -> i th~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiink i saw our dear VideoGame Jesus from Texas, Asmongold, play in Alpha 1(?) or Zero or so, in 2018.
Like wh~UUAAAT ??
The Game is not even in Beta by then ? It is still so early/much in Development, that it is still Alpha ?
Things like Delay due to Covid and so on aside,
i just know with all of my gutfeeling that when a Game needs so incredibly long get developed,
that the waiting Times for the desired Steps - like for Example the Start of Alpha Two -> will also take a proud bit of time. It is just how actually fun Games work. They always need a long time to come out.
Yes. * sigh *
Annoyingly, September is also still in Quarter Three ... ... ... ^.^;"
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In the last stream they said some tests will still be done in August and that they are ready to keep players in login queues rather than create new servers which later have to be merged.
So I think Alpha 2 opens on September 17th or 18th.