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Alpha Two Phase III testing has begun! During this phase, our realms will be open every day, and we'll only have downtime for updates and maintenance. We'll keep everyone up-to-date about downtimes in Discord.
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.
Harvesting Animals
arcainx
Member, Alpha Two
in Artisanship
I wanted to share some thoughts on the way harvestable animal nodes currently work in the starting areas. Right now, players need to defeat animal mobs until a harvestable version of the animal spawns. At that point, the special “node” animal can be harvested.
The issue I’ve run into is that while I’m actively fighting mobs to trigger the spawn, another player—sometimes higher level—can simply run up and harvest the animal the moment it appears. This can feel discouraging, especially in the early game where every bit of gathering and progression matters.
I absolutely understand that competition and open-world interaction are part of Ashes of Creation’s design philosophy, and I think that’s an exciting element of the game. That said, in this particular case it can feel less like competition and more like having progress taken away, since the player doing the combat work isn’t the one who benefits.
The issue I’ve run into is that while I’m actively fighting mobs to trigger the spawn, another player—sometimes higher level—can simply run up and harvest the animal the moment it appears. This can feel discouraging, especially in the early game where every bit of gathering and progression matters.
I absolutely understand that competition and open-world interaction are part of Ashes of Creation’s design philosophy, and I think that’s an exciting element of the game. That said, in this particular case it can feel less like competition and more like having progress taken away, since the player doing the combat work isn’t the one who benefits.
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