Alpha One Kickstarter

Hi All,

I have been a supporter since kickstarter, May 16, 2017. I had read that some kickstarter supporters are being given access to Alpha One, but I am not sure if my level was sufficient. I have been really eager to play this game for quite some time (obviously, since about, 2017 : ) I have the Pioneer - Early Bird Limited!, and Upgrade to Founder package. Will I be considered for the rolling admissions to Alpha - 1

Looking forward to playing

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Invoice

I did the Kickstarter "Braver of Worlds", which stated it came with the earliest access to ashes or something like that...I'm still not in, so I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.

Edit to add description directly from Kickstarter. My pledge states "Invite to Closed Alpha - Phase 1 (Earliest Access to Ashes!)" I'm not sure what they mean by earliest access to Ashes when I don't have access but others do....

Anyway, I wouldn't count on getting in anytime soon or pretty much anything your told.

ZephronRedblade

Is that Pioneer or Founder? It changes depending on the reply, right?
Flesh DP - The lady in the next room.

busturdust

I did an Upgrade to Founder later. I guess seeing the earlier reply I shouldn't hold my breath, Guess Ill keep waiting a couple more years

DevilsPrince

busturdust wrote: »

I did an Upgrade to Founder later. I guess seeing the earlier reply I shouldn't hold my breath, Guess Ill keep waiting a couple more years

LOL.

ZephronRedblade wrote: »

Is that Pioneer or Founder? It changes depending on the reply, right?
Flesh DP - The lady in the next room.

*EYES WIDEN* What he said. *Winks*
The name's Abraaxis Stygian. \/

ZephronRedblade

Oh? Mirror image of some/body/, both come into play.

unknown

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unknownsystemerror

Founder is A2.

Those with A1 access from Kickstarter/Summer are being allowed access to testing of a ramp up to A1 in waves based on tier. The latest announced will be LoM from August, then the BoW will get access during the ramp up. Then once A1 is ready the remaining Intrepid Pack holders will get access. (There was an Intrepid Pack that had A1 access sold until Aug 2018)

FuryBladeborne

OP,

While I was typing this post, a PI backer that has more firsthand knowledge than I do answered the question. I will leave my post here anyway though.

Currently only Phoenix Initiative and Leader of Men backers have access to alpha testing. Braver of Worlds is on the next group to gain access. They're trying to have alpha fully running by fall. Further info below.

We were informed about alpha access by email a couple of months ago. The same message was posted in creative directors letter located news at the ashesofcreation.com. Link: http:/https://ashesofcreation.com/news/2020-04-01-creative-directors-letter/

About halfway down, there is this quote,
"...limited Alpha One testing will begin in May of 2020 starting with our highest level Alpha One backers from Kickstarter. This testing will include our Phoenix Initiative backers and above at first. As the game client becomes more stable during this limited testing, we will begin to introduce our Braver-of-World and above backers.....goal is to have the Alpha One game client ready for full testing in Fall of 2020"

In one of their recent Twitch streams (I think it was from May), they said that were not ready for Alpha yet and sounded like they were back peddling on the release time. Also, it sounded like they only did a couple tests or so far. I think we may not be missing much at this point.

unknownsystemerror

Alpha one will take however long they need. In the current form I can talk about it is not ready for a public release. Looking at the 2 hour vid of gameplay they released from the second test we can talk about people can see this for themselves. The point is not to have a "playable" experience like many Eastern alphas, but a true Western alpha. That means systems not done or only half finished, no polish, and absolutely no quality of life. The bugs found in the testing were huge and game breaking, and even if they had let thousands of people log on to a larger experience would still have meant time to fix. The good news is that those issues found were fairly easy for them to fix from what Jeffrey said in the latest livestream. No progression is being kept, systems and mechanics are placeholder and have no resemblance to what will be there in later iterations. That they are doing this all from a work from home environment, have been up front about the difficulties of onboarding new staff during a lockdown, and yet we still see progress being made weekly should be heartening to people.

Noaani

unknownsystemerror wrote: »

Alpha one will take however long they need. In the current form I can talk about it is not ready for a public release. Looking at the 2 hour vid of gameplay they released from the second test we can talk about people can see this for themselves. The point is not to have a "playable" experience like many Eastern alphas, but a true Western alpha. That means systems not done or only half finished, no polish, and absolutely no quality of life. The bugs found in the testing were huge and game breaking, and even if they had let thousands of people log on to a larger experience would still have meant time to fix. The good news is that those issues found were fairly easy for them to fix from what Jeffrey said in the latest livestream. No progression is being kept, systems and mechanics are placeholder and have no resemblance to what will be there in later iterations. That they are doing this all from a work from home environment, have been up front about the difficulties of onboarding new staff during a lockdown, and yet we still see progress being made weekly should be heartening to people.

Completely agree.

I'm due to get an alpha invite sometime in the next wave - I assume. Yet I don't want to see that next wave of invites go out at all if there are people that are looking at it as a chance to "play" Ashes, rather than as an actual test of systems.

I can already see the complaints - people saying the game will be shit because they waited three years to get in to the game, and then when they finally got there, a bug prevented them getting past level 8!

ZephronSolinari

busturdust wrote: »

Hi All,

I have been a supporter since kickstarter, May 16, 2017. I had read that some kickstarter supporters are being given access to Alpha One, but I am not sure if my level was sufficient. I have been really eager to play this game for quite some time (obviously, since about, 2017 : ) I have the Pioneer - Early Bird Limited!, and Upgrade to Founder package. Will I be considered for the rolling admissions to Alpha - 1

Looking forward to playing

Looking forward to seeing you play Ashes of Creation once alpha-1 comes around the corner.

Jahlon

So, the ole "earliest possible access to Ashes of Creation"

For those who have not developed the production of Ashes of Creation, originally the plan was to give everyone access at one time.

However, in late 2018 when they launched Apoclyapse, which among other testing goals (mainly action combat) they were also testing their back end. What they found was that their back end was unable to handle the stressors of the combat in the fashion they desired. So they did a 9 month rework from square 0 back to completion.

Learning from that they discovered you can't just let 10,000 testers into the servers at one time.

So they decided to do ramp up testing leading into Alpha 1

Phoneix Initiviate got in in May
Leaders of Men package holders are due to get in August
Then Braver of Worlds will get in
Then Intrepid Pack holders.

Yes, I know some people want to hold onto things that were said during the kickstarter having to be absolutes, however, a lot of things happen during the development of an MMORPG, and hiring on different producers (ones with a lot more experience) and a rookie company growing and having 3 years more seasoning, led them to deciding to change their schedule and do it right instead of continuing to make mistakes.

darthaden

Dont get me wrong as a braver of worlds backer I'd love to play the August test. With that said I think they're handling it 100% right by slowly letting more people in.

To those getting caught up on the "earliest access possible" statement think of it this way. These tests aren't the continuous alpha, they're 1 day tests. These tests will help ensure that when Alpha 1 truly starts there will be less issues. If they let 10,000 player on the server all at once this early into development they'd get nothing out of it since the game would undoubtedly be unplayable at best and most likely completely crash.

If you have a alpha 1 package pray these tests go well and we get alpha 1 on schedule......and be glad we're actually getting a legit alpha , imagine how the COE pledges feel.

bloodprophet

One of the big problems is perception. Alpha one is NOT playing the game. Your there to test the most basic systems so the developer can find and fix problems early on. That is why so much is just place holder stuff and not the finished graphics(UI, animations and so on). Odds are as unknownsystemerror said above the client may crash or game breaking bugs where stuff don't work at all never mind as intended. This same perception then will lead some to head here or other forums and spout a bunch of nonsense about how the game is crap because they fail to understand what Alpha Testing really is.

Personally I look forward to breaking stuff so they can figure it out and fix it so when launch comes we have as few concerns as possible.

busturdust

Thanks for all the information everyone, still looking forward to whenever the hell i get an invite!

busturdust

Also I had not realized they were only 1 day tests. That makes me feel a little better

Noaani

busturdust wrote: »

Also I had not realized they were only 1 day tests. That makes me feel a little better

It will be mid to late beta before we have persistent servers, I would imagine.

unknownsystemerror

A1 if the stated plan goes will be up 24/7 by the end. A2 has been billed as "persistent" since the beginning. This only means that the servers will stay up except for problems and updates. Wipes will occur all throughout the process and there is a final wipe before live launch. Nothing done in alphas and beta will carry over to the live launch servers beyond cosmetics earned (talking about package sales, not earned through questlines during testing) and any possible extra cosmetics given during that time for special events like the covid statue everyone is getting.

zorlofe

busturdust wrote: »

Thanks for all the information everyone, still looking forward to whenever the hell i get an invite!

Same, lol.

Arvandor

ZephronSolinari wrote: »

busturdust wrote: »

Hi All,

I have been a supporter since kickstarter, May 16, 2017. I had read that some kickstarter supporters are being given access to Alpha One, but I am not sure if my level was sufficient. I have been really eager to play this game for quite some time (obviously, since about, 2017 : ) I have the Pioneer - Early Bird Limited!, and Upgrade to Founder package. Will I be considered for the rolling admissions to Alpha - 1

Looking forward to playing

Looking forward to seeing you play Ashes of Creation once alpha-1 comes around the corner.

I, too, am looking forward to Alpha-1. Hopefully within six months or less.

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