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Phase I of Alpha Two testing will occur on weekends. Each weekend is scheduled to start on Fridays at 10 AM PT and end on Sundays at 10 PM PT. Find out more here.
Check out Alpha Two Announcements here to see the latest Alpha Two news and update notes.
Our quickest Alpha Two updates are in Discord. Testers with Alpha Two access can chat in Alpha Two channels by connecting your Discord and Intrepid accounts here.
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You have some fundamental misunderstanding of what ‘competitive’ means (and a misunderstanding of Ashes of Creation’s design pillars) if you genuinely think either of these statements are true
In fact, I consider that the assistance in quests destroys immersion in the universe, and prevents from telling stories that create common among players.
What’s more, I think it would be wise to replace objectives like "kill 5 goblins" by "exterminate the goblins". the objective would be the same, but it would give a different identity to the quests, and break the routine side.
Example for "kill 5 goblins":
- Attack the goblin camp
- Avenge the captain who
- eradicate the goblins
- ...
I kind of doubt that Ashes is gunning for the kind of audience that would enjoy this exclusively though.
IMO it would make the most sense to implement several quests with that kind of design (and perhaps also have a more interesting story), while also having , perhaps "more generic" quests as well (that will probably not be read properly).
Personally I do prefer all quests being well written stories that have to be navigated in world by carefully reading the quests and asking nearby npcs etc.