If You Could Get One Thing Added to AOC...

Steven comes to you and one time only, you get to suggest a single idea to be included into Ashes. 100% it's getting in the game. What do you tell him?

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Sarevok

nagash wrote: »

More races of just add undead.

P.s Steven please give my a lich skin

Or if this could be added as a passive effect in the Necromancer class, a special item effect or an option for Tulnar?

Ghoosty

Another payment option beside subscription like: 10 EUR/24 hour playtime.

Nagash

sarevok wrote: »

nagash wrote: »

More races of just add undead.

P.s Steven please give my a lich skin

nagash wrote: »

More races of just add undead.

P.s Steven please give my a lich skin

Or if this could be added as a passive effect in the Necromancer class, a special item effect or an option for Tulnar?

shhhhhhhh you get nothing this is for me only

Karthos

ghoosty wrote: »

Another payment option beside subscription like: 10 EUR/24 hour playtime.

Help me out, but the math doesn't add up for me.

Why pay 10 Euro for 24hrs of time when you can pay ~15 for as much time as you want in 30 days?

Ghoosty

karthos wrote: »

Why pay 10 Euro for 24hrs of time when you can pay ~15 for as much time as you want in 30 days?

The 24 hours is playtime what can spend in a year. It is good for casual gamers or for busy periods.
Not everybody play more than an hours each day. Especially in summer when we go for a 2 weeks vacation, or you have exams you know you will not be able to play as much as you usually can, but you have 1-2 days play. etc.

burnthefern

karthos wrote: »

ghoosty wrote: »

Another payment option beside subscription like: 10 EUR/24 hour playtime.

Help me out, but the math doesn't add up for me.

Why pay 10 Euro for 24hrs of time when you can pay ~15 for as much time as you want in 30 days?

I can't speak for him, but I would imagine it would be for people that may play very little on a monthly basis, or within a particular month. Paying for playtime hours lets you potentially extend that purchase over multiple months instead of having to pay every single month. They might also be able to just pay for only the time they intend to play.
I personally plan to hit more than 24 hours monthly, but I can see how it could be useful.

EmeraldDarkholme

burnthefern wrote: »

karthos wrote: »

ghoosty wrote: »

Another payment option beside subscription like: 10 EUR/24 hour playtime.

Help me out, but the math doesn't add up for me.

Why pay 10 Euro for 24hrs of time when you can pay ~15 for as much time as you want in 30 days?

I can't speak for him, but I would imagine it would be for people that may play very little on a monthly basis, or within a particular month. Paying for playtime hours lets you potentially extend that purchase over multiple months instead of having to pay every single month. They might also be able to just pay for only the time they intend to play.
I personally plan to hit more than 24 hours monthly, but I can see how it could be useful.

Sounds pretty logical to me. I can certainly see appeal in something like that. All-in-all, It’s not for me but I could see value in it.

Sarevok

EmeraldDarkholme wrote: »

burnthefern wrote: »

karthos wrote: »

ghoosty wrote: »

Another payment option beside subscription like: 10 EUR/24 hour playtime.

Help me out, but the math doesn't add up for me.

Why pay 10 Euro for 24hrs of time when you can pay ~15 for as much time as you want in 30 days?

I can't speak for him, but I would imagine it would be for people that may play very little on a monthly basis, or within a particular month. Paying for playtime hours lets you potentially extend that purchase over multiple months instead of having to pay every single month. They might also be able to just pay for only the time they intend to play.
I personally plan to hit more than 24 hours monthly, but I can see how it could be useful.

Sounds pretty logical to me. I can certainly see appeal in something like that. All-in-all, It’s not for me but I could see value in it.

ghoosty wrote: »

karthos wrote: »

Why pay 10 Euro for 24hrs of time when you can pay ~15 for as much time as you want in 30 days?

The 24 hours is playtime what can spend in a year. It is good for casual gamers or for busy periods.
Not everybody play more than an hours each day. Especially in summer when we go for a 2 weeks vacation, or you have exams you know you will not be able to play as much as you usually can, but you have 1-2 days play. etc.

How casual is 24 hours playtime in a year? Might as well not even play the game at that point unless you enjoy spending ~15 minutes a day on the game. I hope to hit 24 hours a week if life will let me.

HEAR ME LIFE?! 24 hours A WEEK!

EmeraldDarkholme

sarevok wrote: »

EmeraldDarkholme wrote: »

burnthefern wrote: »

karthos wrote: »

ghoosty wrote: »

Another payment option beside subscription like: 10 EUR/24 hour playtime.

Help me out, but the math doesn't add up for me.

Why pay 10 Euro for 24hrs of time when you can pay ~15 for as much time as you want in 30 days?

I can't speak for him, but I would imagine it would be for people that may play very little on a monthly basis, or within a particular month. Paying for playtime hours lets you potentially extend that purchase over multiple months instead of having to pay every single month. They might also be able to just pay for only the time they intend to play.
I personally plan to hit more than 24 hours monthly, but I can see how it could be useful.

Sounds pretty logical to me. I can certainly see appeal in something like that. All-in-all, It’s not for me but I could see value in it.

ghoosty wrote: »

karthos wrote: »

Why pay 10 Euro for 24hrs of time when you can pay ~15 for as much time as you want in 30 days?

The 24 hours is playtime what can spend in a year. It is good for casual gamers or for busy periods.
Not everybody play more than an hours each day. Especially in summer when we go for a 2 weeks vacation, or you have exams you know you will not be able to play as much as you usually can, but you have 1-2 days play. etc.

How casual is 24 hours playtime in a year? Might as well not even play the game at that point unless you enjoy spending ~15 minutes a day on the game. I hope to hit 24 hours a week if life will let me.

HEAR ME LIFE?! 24 hours A WEEK!

good point. I still can’t help but wonder if plans like the one suggested could still be lucrative for the devs. But I can imagine it being more trouble than it’s worth and a standard subscription model seems less chaotic for the company. I don’t know

Also, I laughed out loud when I read “HEAR ME LIFE?! 24 hours A WEEK!

Emowyn93

augment-able summons(builds for not only the player, but for the summon to make it unique to a point)

Ghoosty

sarevok wrote: »

How casual is 24 hours playtime in a year?

It was just a silly example, the important thing is that you have more than a month to use the 24 hours. In an average month I plan to play more than 24 hours, but I know that in my life I have some periods where I will be able to play much less.
But the 24 hours was also just an example, it can be 10EUR/48 hours and you have 3 month to spend it. Or multiple packages like 5EUR/24 hours, 10 EUR/50 hours, 20 EUR/110 hours. I believe that Intrepid can find out the price what is fair and they also have profit from it.

puppet

A mentoring system akin to the one from EQ2. It made powerleveling alts or just grouping with noobs so much fun. Nobody feels left behind when their friends can simply mentor down and run low level areas with them to help them catch up. I've never understood why such a basic yet helpful tool is not implemented in more mmos.

Also, the ability to turn off xp gain - especially if a mentoring system is not viable.

Kovrm

karthos wrote: »

Steven comes to you and one time only, you get to suggest a single idea to be included into Ashes. 100% it's getting in the game. What do you tell him?

Taken from my post in the crafting thread:

"There was a game years ago, I think around 2007 or so.. It ended up going under before it was ever released. Can't remember the name... anywho!

It had seasons, day/night cycles, weather, and astronomy that all affected the outcome of crafted items. Location also played a part, if I remember correctly.

A *very basic* example would be something to the effect of, say, crafting a 2h Axe during the winter, would yield stats in favor of say frost/cold damage. But, then you would also factor in the weather, the constellation/sign it was crafted under, whether it was crafted during night or day, and where you made it; like on a mountain, or in a cave, etc. The same factors could be used across all crafting professions, ofc...."

There were a lot of other really good ideas in the crafting thread as well that dealt with a really immersive and in depth crafting system.

So, if Steven came to me, and one time only I got to make a suggestion that would 100% make it into the game, it would be a crafting system this diverse, in depth, and unique.

You could/would have some potentially super rare items, that wouldn't last forever, and would be very hard to acquire. If season were real time, you theoretically would only be able to make a batch of a certain quality once a year. Crafters/trades-folk could begin to accrue and hold "secrets"/knowledge as to how they create said items. I personally hope that crafting professions have specializations, like blacksmith can take the armor or weapon route, then further specialize in what type of armor or weapons they make. Not the type of crafting where 1 person can master all aspects/specializations and essentially be self sufficient.

Thank you to those who took the time to read this post!

reidarG

I would want something which I find to be really detailed and it enables versatility to how you would play the game. I draw inspiration to this idea from a game I used to play back before the RNG took over it.

The idea includes that instead of focussing on just basic skills (like you have in e.g WoW) like your class role, and your crafting skills, you would rather have a number of skills which can be categorised. Skills like Eloquence which you need to progress in order to purchase and sell higher level trade goods. Under Eloquence you would have stunt skills which you also would have to progress. The stunt skills are basically passive skills. These skills would be Purchasing which allows the player to purchase higher trade goods at traders, Vendition which allows the player to sell more items on a stall, Negotiation which gives the player discount when bribing raiders while you're transporting goods from point A to B.

With the Eloquence skill you would be able to instead of buying and selling everything straight off an auction house, you would be able to open your own trading stall which is completely dynamic and can be placed wherever in a city node you want it to be. It would have a 24 timer on it where you would stand or one of your NPC servants which would trade, purchase or sell items that you have specified in your own trading stall. This would populate the nodes with a lot of dynamic stalls and people would have to spend time going from stall to stall in order to find if anyone is selling that item or goods you need, or are buying any goods you have to sell for the price that is set there.

Other skills would be Voyage used for sailing. Naval Warfare which progresses when you are using the ship's weaponry against another ship. Fighting Skills which is a category for all the weapons that you can use and will have to progress seperately from another weapon. Some of the Collection Skills would be Timber Felling where you stay for a good while (not 4-5 seconds like a lot of the other MMOs) and gather different levels of wood, depending on the tree you are felling and the area you're in. Wood could be used to build different levels and tiers of caravans, ships and other structures. Mining where you gather different levels of Ore, Copper Ore, Nickel Ore, Iron Ore, Charcoal, etc to be used for other Production Skills such as forging weapons, jewelry, etc. Planting which I already know is confirmed, but I'll write it down anyway. It enables you to plant crops and wait for them to grow and harvest them. Fishing which I am pretty sure will be in the game. And lastly you have different Production Skills like Blacksmith for making weapons, armors, etc. Builder for building structures such as ships, caravans, furniture, houses, etc. Sewing or Tailor for making clothing, furniture, etc. Alchemy for producing potions and other stims. Taming for taming wild horses and other animals to make mounts.

aurhia

The ability to have a tavern -- meaning the dedicated mechanics of a tavern space that they've already discussed like a bounty board, restorative effects, and mini games, etc -- on a ship. Preferably a ship that was subject to the same sort of rules as a freehold rather than being attackable at any time. Maybe in exchange you can't mount weapons on the ship either, except during times when a similar freehold would be attackable (like during a node siege), and it can't be used to transport goods like a caravan, to keep the mobility fair. (I would have a separate ship for combat or trade, in other words, and this one would be a dedicated freehold or guild space).

Than again, if that were available, I might never come ashore except to go into town for supplies...

Nagash

aurhia wrote: »

The ability to have a tavern -- meaning the dedicated mechanics of a tavern space that they've already discussed like a bounty board, restorative effects, and mini games, etc -- on a ship. Preferably a ship that was subject to the same sort of rules as a freehold rather than being attackable at any time. Maybe in exchange you can't mount weapons on the ship either, except during times when a similar freehold would be attackable (like during a node siege), and it can't be used to transport goods like a caravan, to keep the mobility fair. (I would have a separate ship for combat or trade, in other words, and this one would be a dedicated freehold or guild space).

Than again, if that were available, I might never come ashore except to go into town for supplies...

good news you can indeed own and run your own tavern

aurhia

nagash wrote: »

aurhia wrote: »

The ability to have a tavern -- meaning the dedicated mechanics of a tavern space that they've already discussed like a bounty board, restorative effects, and mini games, etc -- on a ship. Preferably a ship that was subject to the same sort of rules as a freehold rather than being attackable at any time. Maybe in exchange you can't mount weapons on the ship either, except during times when a similar freehold would be attackable (like during a node siege), and it can't be used to transport goods like a caravan, to keep the mobility fair. (I would have a separate ship for combat or trade, in other words, and this one would be a dedicated freehold or guild space).

Than again, if that were available, I might never come ashore except to go into town for supplies...

good news you can indeed own and run your own tavern

The important bit of that was "on a ship"

I'm already planning to run a tavern as a base for our guild.

Nagash

aurhia wrote: »

nagash wrote: »

aurhia wrote: »

The ability to have a tavern -- meaning the dedicated mechanics of a tavern space that they've already discussed like a bounty board, restorative effects, and mini games, etc -- on a ship. Preferably a ship that was subject to the same sort of rules as a freehold rather than being attackable at any time. Maybe in exchange you can't mount weapons on the ship either, except during times when a similar freehold would be attackable (like during a node siege), and it can't be used to transport goods like a caravan, to keep the mobility fair. (I would have a separate ship for combat or trade, in other words, and this one would be a dedicated freehold or guild space).

Than again, if that were available, I might never come ashore except to go into town for supplies...

good news you can indeed own and run your own tavern

The important bit of that was "on a ship"

I'm already planning to run a tavern as a base for our guild.

pay no mind then ^^

EvoW

Large scale summoning that lasts forever. Like, being able to summon a massive horde of demons or a gigantic Dragon or something. Wouldn't be able to control it unless you have the prerequisites tho, so you might just unleash a calamity

EvoW

jahlon wrote: »

The ability to change your main class like Archeage or Final Fantasy XIV.

Hmm I think that would take away from the importance and significance of choosing a class when making your character. Perhaps it could be possible via a quest or a huge "training" payment, but I don't think a free change system like in Archeage would fit this game as well.

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