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With four live-streams done now in the last 8 days, there is information overload out there.

Some of you may still have questions. Go ahead and put them here.

A lot of different creators are working on a lot of different projects, and we have some more interviews coming up, so load up those questions and lets see if we can't either direct you to an answer, or get your question queued up to the next CCs doing interviews.

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Jahlon

Dummo wrote: »

Jahlon wrote: »

Dummo wrote: »

We know the secondary class will give augments to modify the primary class' abilities with. These augments exist of four schools. I'm assuming each school exists of multiple augments, so:

Are we able to choose one of four schools per ability or can we only choose a school once which then applies to all abilities?

I was gone for a few days on vacation. Where did this "Schools" thing come from?

Each secondary archetype offers four different schools of augmentation.[8][11]
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Augments

Thank you, I had missed that interview. I listened to it but I missed the "schools" thing. That changes a bit about it. Will maybe need to poke Steven for more details, which then he'll ignore me.

Faolchu wrote: »

Rather small question: Will master smiths/crafters be able to apply a unique name to their final product.
Example: GM Smith (sorry old UO references) creates epic/legendary quality sword and rather than saying longsword or whatnot or if the system has a prefix/suffix system, instead it can bare the name of "Rune Fang" or something etc.

There is no naming of weapons that we know of, but your name will be on the weapon since you are the crafter.

TwitchTaraniss wrote: »

does the toilet paper roll go on over or under?

According to the 1891 patent it is supposed to go over the roll, however, a 1933 patient for a different type of holder shows it being used under.

So, to avoid confusion, you just plop it on the back of the toilet or on the sink.

Hubris wrote: »

Thank you for your time on answering everyone's questions, I have three main questions that I'm hoping someone from the team may see.

1- Will there be any intention in the future to add corruption zones? I made a post earlier mentioning how cool it would be to dive deep into a castle looking for rare loot ,but by entering you become flagged corrupt . This would be a huge High risk high reward mechanic.

2- When can we expect to get more info on class skills?

3- What is the benefits to doubling down on a class? (Mage/mage)
What exactly would the augments be in this situation, would they just increase the power or will we have unique abilities by doubling down that we wouldn't get other wise?

If some of these have been answered I'm really sorry. You can just state that and I'll dig deeper for the answer.

1: No. They do not want you to be corrupted. There may be a future for zones that are "corruption-free open world battlegrounds" where you do not need to flag for PvP, if you are in there you are flagged.

2: Class Skills you mean Augments that is A2. Archetype Skills is A1. Those class blogs are coming. I promise. Soon™

3: The double downed Classes are the most powerful but the least versatile from a quote from the developers a few years ago. Now, don't ask me what that means.

FuryBladeborne

@Jahlon
I occasionally come across someone on the forum complaining the IS did not meet some date they seem to have made up and are saying that IS is falling behind, the project may never release, blah, blah, blah.

Do you think that you could post your spreadsheet that you mentioned in one of your recent videos of all their announced dates and whether they met the date or not? Perhaps it could be stickied somewhere on the forums or put on another website such as Ashes 101 where you could update there for each update. Then whenever someone comes in with some complaint about progress, anyone could just reference it for them.

It would be nice to have

Jahlon

FuryBladeborne wrote: »

@Jahlon
I occasionally come across someone on the forum complaining the IS did not meet some date they seem to have made up and are saying that IS is falling behind, the project may never release, blah, blah, blah.

Do you think that you could post your spreadsheet that you mentioned in one of your recent videos of all their announced dates and whether they met the date or not? Perhaps it could be stickied somewhere on the forums or put on another website such as Ashes 101 where you could update there for each update. Then whenever someone comes in with some complaint about progress, anyone could just reference it for them.

It would be nice to have

Well as you mentioned it is tracked at Ashes101.com

its not my most favored product, since well it does sort of point out the good, the bad and the ugly.

Right now given Covid its hard to really be hard line on deadlines. Its Semper Gumbi right now...always flexible.

FuryBladeborne

Awesome, just hadn't seen it

Ulquiorra

Will older exclusive cosmetics become purchasable again for eligible Intrepid package holders(like my.com)?

Faolchu

Hubris wrote: »

Faolchu wrote: »

Rather small question: Will master smiths/crafters be able to apply a unique name to their final product.
Example: GM Smith (sorry old UO references) creates epic/legendary quality sword and rather than saying longsword or whatnot or if the system has a prefix/suffix system, instead it can bare the name of "Rune Fang" or something etc.

Sorry this isn't the notification u were hoping for , but I love this idea

We were able to in Shadow Bane, but the crafting system didn't rely on any skill based system. So, I figured there should be a qualifying method so GM smith (UO) made more sense.

Faolchu

Ulquiorra wrote: »

Will older exclusive cosmetics become purchasable again for eligible Intrepid package holders(like my.com)?

It says they won't be, but that doesn't mean other variations won't be released.

Ulquiorra

Faolchu wrote: »

Ulquiorra wrote: »

Will older exclusive cosmetics become purchasable again for eligible Intrepid package holders(like my.com)?

It says they won't be, but that doesn't mean other variations won't be released.

No, the same exclusives will be available for my.com backers and KS backers who migrated to my.com, because the store was disabled for them for months and they didn't get the chance to newer cosmetics.

Arkethos

Hi Jahlon,

I started a thread on this before realizing I should have checked w/ you first!

What insights have you to share regarding the following damage/mitigation types (and sub types)?

Damage Types
- Will there be differing damage types, beyond just physical/magic, that will have different levels of effectiveness against different armor types? Basically, more sub-types of damage such as Physical-Piercing or Physical-Bludgeoning? Magic-Fire vs Magic-Ice?
- If so, will these damage types be bound to weapons or actions? For instance could a sword be effective with a "Flat-Blade" type blunt attack as well as Slashing and Piercing attacks?
- Further, will different damage types (and sub types) be more effective against different mobs in PvE scenarios? Fire vs Plants or Lightning vs Fish? My experience FFXI weighs heavily on mechanics like this, where as it felt less impactful in other MMO's.

Mitigation Types
- I thought I heard in one of the Q&A sessions w/ the Intrepid team that some armor will do better against physical vs. magical damage, but does it get more granular with successive sub-types such as Mail vs Plate vs Leather, when it comes to damage types?

Example Damage/Mitigation
- Slash | most effective against cloth | least effective against plate/heavy
- Pierce | most effective against mail | least effective against leather
- Blunt | most effective against plate/heavy | least effective against cloth
- Hack | most effective against leather | least effective against mail

With magic, a circular hierarchy along the lines of:
Fire > Ice > Wind > Earth > Lightning > Water > Fire

Faolchu

Ulquiorra wrote: »

Faolchu wrote: »

Ulquiorra wrote: »

Will older exclusive cosmetics become purchasable again for eligible Intrepid package holders(like my.com)?

It says they won't be, but that doesn't mean other variations won't be released.

No, the same exclusives will be available for my.com backers and KS backers who migrated to my.com, because the store was disabled for them for months and they didn't get the chance to newer cosmetics.

oh sweet, did not know that caveat, thanks for correcting me.

Jahlon

Ulquiorra wrote: »

Will older exclusive cosmetics become purchasable again for eligible Intrepid package holders(like my.com)?

There are only 2 months that are eligible for this back dated purchase, and that is December 2018 and Jan 2019.

Arkethos wrote: »

Hi Jahlon,

I started a thread on this before realizing I should have checked w/ you first! What insights have you to share regarding the following damage/mitigation types (and sub types)?

Damage Types
- Will there be differing damage types, beyond just physical/magic, that will have different levels of effectiveness against different armor types? Basically, more sub-types of damage such as Physical-Piercing or Physical-Bludgeoning? Magic-Fire vs Magic-Ice?
- If so, will these damage types be bound to weapons or actions? For instance could a sword be effective with a "Flat-Blade" type blunt attack as well as Slashing and Piercing attacks?
- Further, will different damage types (and sub types) be more effective against different mobs in PvE scenarios? Fire vs Plants or Lightning vs Fish? My experience FFXI weighs heavily on mechanics like this, where as it felt less impactful in other MMO's.

Mitigation Types
- I thought I heard in one of the Q&A sessions w/ the Intrepid team that some armor will do better against physical vs. magical damage, but does it get more granular with successive sub-types such as Mail vs Plate vs Leather, when it comes to damage types?

Example Damage/Mitigation
- Slash | most effective against cloth | least effective against plate/heavy
- Pierce | most effective against mail | least effective against leather
- Blunt | most effective against plate/heavy | least effective against cloth
- Hack | most effective against leather | least effective against mail

With magic, a circular hierarchy along the lines of:
Fire > Ice > Wind > Earth > Lightning > Water > Fire

all sounds like good stuff, that we have NO idea about yet. More to come so standby to standby

Xenotor

How will nodes types be determined?
Will the first major of the node decide if its a Military or scientific node?
Or is the node type determined at launch?

If its the second then i hope they allow us to see the node type at level 0. At least while inside the node.
Would really suck if you put effort into leveling a node only to see that it wasn't the one you wanted to level.

Jahlon

Xenotor wrote: »

How will nodes types be determined?
Will the first major of the node decide if its a Military or scientific node?
Or is the node type determined at launch?

If its the second then i hope they allow us to see the node type at level 0. At least while inside the node.
Would really suck if you put effort into leveling a node only to see that it wasn't the one you wanted to level.

They are pre-set and fixed; cannot be changed

HiddenDaggerInn

Hey Jahlon, I asked this in general and no response, maybe you know the answer,

Hey guys I prolly missed this, but are caster's spell's slowed down if hit, or interrupted completly, or nothing at all?
Also will there be weapon speed in the game, IE. 2.5 dps sword takes 2.5 seconds before you can strike again?

Thanks in Advance

Demidreamer

Is it okay to be part of the 4% crowd on youtube? Have you ever played Starcraft2? Look me up on SC2 if you do, same ID tag as here.

Heru

Aside from the Mayor role what other roles are there to help support the Node as it progresses ?

I.E. Council Members with unique titles and jobs to aid the mayor in making decisions and pushing the ideals and vision of the mayor with the citizen's suggestions in mind. Basically a cabinet of individuals.

Durdel

My question is quite simple: With the benefits of joining a node, most will do so. However, is there any provision for players who don't want to participate in any form of politics (i.e. no citizenship, guild, etc)?

Xenotor

Jahlon wrote: »

Xenotor wrote: »

How will nodes types be determined?
Will the first major of the node decide if its a Military or scientific node?
Or is the node type determined at launch?

If its the second then i hope they allow us to see the node type at level 0. At least while inside the node.
Would really suck if you put effort into leveling a node only to see that it wasn't the one you wanted to level.

They are pre-set and fixed; cannot be changed

Thank the Dead Gods.
and Thanks for the answer

Do we see what node type it is at level 0?
Or do we have to level them up first?

Frosty_Tips

Heru wrote: »

Aside from the Mayor role what other roles are there to help support the Node as it progresses ?

I.E. Council Members with unique titles and jobs to aid the mayor in making decisions and pushing the ideals and vision of the mayor with the citizen's suggestions in mind. Basically a cabinet of individuals.

The devs have said that a mayor will be able to appoint cabinet members below them to assist in the governance of that node. Wish I could link the live Q&A that steven said that on but I can't remember which.

In addition to those cabinet members, each node will have other social organizations that have leaders in them that will alter the node in smaller ways as well. Like a node with have a primary religion and a player will be its head priest, nodes will have NPC ran organizations like the Scholars Academy, the Trader's Guild and the Thieves guild. Leaders from these groups may alter how you manage the city as well. And finally patron guilds, depending on node size, 1 to 3 player run guilds can be awarded the patron title and have land in and powers within that node.

Frosty_Tips

@Xenotor At stage 0, a node is just barren wilderness, there will be no clues as to what node type it will be. At stage 1, Expedition, the NPCs in it will tell you what type it is just by looking at them. From what I gathered in videos, it sounds like getting a node from 0 to 1 wont take but a few days to do, maybe even faster.

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