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Next Live Stream + Q&A Submission - Friday, May 29, 2020 at 11AM PDT

edited May 2020 in Announcements
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Glorious Ashes Community!

Our next live stream will be Friday, May 29 at 11AM PDT! (Click here to convert this to your local time.)

For this upcoming stream, we'd love to gather some questions from you to answer live! Please submit your question for our development team in the thread below, and we'll select 10 of them at random to answer at the end of our live stream. In order to accommodate a variety of questions from our community, please only post ONE question below, and the more direct/succinct the better! Submissions end Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 11AM PDT so we can select your questions before the stream.

We'll see you next week for our development update live stream! https://www.twitch.tv/ashesofcreation

In case you missed it, our monthly development update live stream video is now up on our YouTube channel!

👇🏼 Click the link to watch our journey as we shape Ashes of Creation, including a preview of early Freehold footage! https://youtu.be/SUkEWE6kBMc
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  • Magic ManMagic Man Member
    edited May 2020
    It was stated that ''there will be no one-shoting in Ashes''.(fights lasting between 30 seconds to 1 minute) How exactly will this be achieved - by reducing the effectiveness of gear (so that it doesn't become overpowered) and/or by balancing the abilities or something else?
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  • burnthefernburnthefern Member, Settler, Alpha One
    edited May 2020
    How involved will the sailing of ships be? Will it be something a single person can do, or will it demand an entire crew to raise, lower and turn the sails, drop anchor, etc.
  • KarthosKarthos Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One
    edited May 2020
    What is a feature you're excited by that no one has asked about yet?
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  • TroniczTronicz Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter
    edited May 2020
    Is there an Adventure's Guild/Bounty Board to recruit people to help in sieges/caravans/etc. that are not citizens but want money/reputation for their work.
  • skearnzskearnz Member
    considering that mages, rogues, clerics and tanks have largely explained utility, what kind of utility can we expect for summoner?
  • WongWong Member, Intrepid Pack
    edited May 2020
    Will there be a Summoner+Something class combiantion that is holy/light/divine themed in contrast to the undead/dark magic themed Necromancer? (If Necromancer is kept as a theme for Summoner+Cleric)

    P.S. You guys are amazing!
  • Wandering MistWandering Mist Moderator, Member, Founder, Kickstarter, Alpha One
    I've noticed from the gameplay we've seen so far that weapon-specific abilities are on the hotbar and that activating those abilities immediately switches the weapon with no discernible cooldown (aside from the global cooldown). Is this how the gameplay is designed or is this just for testing purposes?
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  • JahlonJahlon Member, Intrepid Pack, Alpha One
    edited May 2020
    How do you craft in a node (defensive items, siege engines) when a siege has been declared if all your gatherables are locked in storage, craft directly from storage or some other mechanic?
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    Make sure to check out Ashes 101
  • tricksykitsunetricksykitsune Member, Pioneer, Kickstarter
    edited May 2020
    Will there be more to do in the world than just the classic mmo formula activities like dungeons, crafting, and raiding; Things that bring life into the world, help flesh it out, tell stories through, and give points of interest to keep visiting/participating in?




    Brief Example -
    Such as a mysterious giant sized labyrinth that players can attempt to explore. Having a lofty entrance that players gather around before entering in groups. Randomly generated layouts with more than just walls, but obstacles, traps, and monsters that are within as well. Something people can keep coming back to and enjoying for fun or some form of gains/mysterious world knowledge/backstory hidden within. Things like this that may not even have creatures to fight, but have platforming or anything you can think of to give fun stuff to do with friends.
  • shintaroshintaro Member, Founder, Kickstarter
    Have you already checked back with Epic Games how easy it will be for you to upgrade to Unreal 5 with your engine code changes?
  • OyerthOyerth Member, Pioneer, Kickstarter
    I know you guys get this question every time Unreal Engine updates, but with the Unreal Engine 5 announcement they showed off some of the impressive new tech (especially Nanite). Is there any possibility you guys are looking to upgrade to UE5 in a future expansion/major update?
  • TycondraesTycondraes Member, Braver of Worlds, Alpha One
    Will there be any classes that can shapeshift? Maybe into an animal or something like a werewolf/werebear.
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    Necromancy is when you raise the dead. Necrophilia is when the dead raise you.
  • PachaPacha Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One
    So, I'm posting it here once again because No, Toast, it's never been answered. :D We got a Yes at one point, and a No at some point.

    I'd like to know if we'll be able to do text emotes in the game-chat. Not emoji, not animated emotes. Text emotes.

    example:

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  • MeowsedMeowsed Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One
    edited June 2023
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  • supernesuperne Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One
    would it be possible to visually accent your spells for additional customisation (as in just a change of particle colour) e.g. change the wavey aoe thingy to appear red instead of golden. or would we be restricted by whatever is set by the devs.

    this would allow someone to appear to cast like the red of a bloodmage healer or the green of a druid healer without changing the actual function of abilities (because function is restricted by primary/secondary class)
  • EtalimEtalim Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One
    Hi,

    I'm intrigued by the way you'll let the players shape the world around them.

    Have you considered making it so that i.e. if a lot of players take a shortcut or walk a lot on the same paths, the vegetation would gradually be replaced by a dirt trail? (which of course should be reclaimed by nature if not enough players per "unit of time" walked on it)

    Thanks.
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  • sunfrogsunfrog Member, Founder, Kickstarter
    Will the NPCs befriend you and give you stuff like in Animal Crossing?
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  • AnvilAnvil Member
    edited May 2020
    Will PvP be TOTALLY open world? Or Will There be Non-PvP Zones (other than inside a town.) I have nightmarish visions of stepping out into the World and Getting Hit by the first griefers that spot my character trying to Harvest/quest/ or Farm. (Yes, Yes, Corruption system.. It Ain't working on a lot of MMOs I've seen so far, Some players just Don't Care)...
    The Truth has 3 sides, Your Point of View, Their point of View, and The Actual Truth, so, Be careful How you wield the Sword of Truth, It Cuts 3 ways!
  • CatspurrCatspurr Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One
    With the node system you guys are planning to have, how are you going to incentivize people to go into rivaling nodes and do various activities like gathering, exploring and killing mobs?
  • mccheshiremccheshire Member, Pioneer, Kickstarter
    Here's my Question: In the Latest tease from Steven that showed mage gameplay, we saw spells that used ground visuals to represent the cast time of that particular spell. Is this a standard with all cast time spells and abilities? Or will we eventually see traditional cast bars?
  • OdynStarOdynStar Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One
    Will crafting have set animations as well as tool / armor sets for each type of crafting specialization similar to FFXIV or will it be more like WoW how you have 2 professions to have but no gear required with basic animations?
  • LyonLyon Member
    Who is in all honesty right now the most skilled AoC player in the company? And Hi Toast *waves*
  • IRavenIIRavenI Member, Pioneer, Kickstarter
    A question regarding crafting: Will, for example, crafting work where you create components such as a blade, hangle, crossguard, pommel, and then combine these into a weapon? Or will it work like other games where you collect 5 ingots, 2 gemstones, and then poof you have a fully forged weapon?

    This could also lead to more interesting loot potential such as a boss dropping a sword blade, or an axe head, which can then be combined with other parts into an amazing weapon, as opposed to always dropping fully formed weapons/armour.
  • Which languages you want to add this game? To support the game's continuity and create new communities such as "Turkish Ashes Community" are you planning to work with someone except than moderators about translating game? If the answer is yes what will be the requirements?
  • As it was announce earlier this month we saw the release of unreal engine 5 and what it promise to do for game development in the future, are you guys planning on utilizing or upgrading to the new version once is out?
  • HexcatHexcat Member
    edited May 2020
    Is there a plan to include the weapon in every skill and cast animation instead of the character only using it in the basic attack /combo?
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  • HjerimHjerim Member, Leader of Men, Alpha One
    Is the progress that we currently seeing (weapons, armor and creatures) final passes, or how far are we from seeing finished "bi-products"?
  • CaelronCaelron Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One
    edited May 2020
    For those of us who love adventuring and exploring the beautiful world of Vera, will there be a profession or skill related to Cartography (map-making)?

    This could be related to "unlocking" parts of maps either by yourself, or by purchasing maps and discovered areas from other players. Possibly with adding the ability to include 'notes' like "hidden winter passage here" or "hidden cave" marked over there, or "field of herbs found here" - similar to "stamps" like in other games, but more customization/personalization, up to and including letting other players see your notes/scribbles/treasure-locations/etc. (i.e. creating a "legend" to your map with markers, or a hidden 'key' to the legend). Perhaps this could lead to a secondary "treasure hunting" profession, unlocking quests, rare finds, and more!?
  • How will group PvE work in such a dynamic world? Will there be a few set locations that won't depend on node progression or will end game PvE players be forced to find a new raid should a node regress too much?
  • unknownsystemerrorunknownsystemerror Member, Phoenix Initiative, Royalty, Kickstarter, Alpha One
    edited May 2020
    Weight or volume(meaning stack limits) for inventory management? We have been given both answers in a flip-flop-flip.
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