Alpha Two Roadmap Showcase and AMA Livestream - Friday, August 16, 2024 at 11AM PT

Vaknar · July 31

Glorious Ashes of Creation Community,

We’re on the Road to Alpha Two, and you won’t want to miss this Alpha Two Roadmap Showcase and AMA livestream with our Creative Director, Steven Sharif on Friday, August 16, 2024 at 11 AM PT (convert to your local time). We'll be streaming this AMA over at www.twitch.tv/ashesofcreation.

During this stream, we’ll give an overview of the Alpha Two Roadmap, explain what players can expect during this Ashes of Creation testing phase, and we’ll be answering your questions!

If you have questions for us, please submit them here as replies to this forum thread. We’ll be answering as many questions as we can during this livestream. In order to accommodate a variety of questions from our community, please only post ONE question below - and please keep your question to just one or two sentences! AMA Question Submissions end Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 11 AM Pacific.

We’re grateful for everyone’s enthusiasm and support, and we hope you can join us for this Alpha Two Roadmap Showcase and AMA livestream over at twitch.tv/ashesofcreation.

Tryol · July 31

Which node stages and node racial styles will we have access to at the launch of A2?

Kalevi · July 31

What were some of the main driving factors behind the month long delay? Expected release was Q3

(alternate question: What is the biggest upcoming change to A2?)

nonameftw · July 31

Will Kickstarter Backers receive their cosmetics in the Alpha 2 Phase?

Mattyklol · July 31

Hello!

Do you guys have plans to add some type of damage meter or metric? Almost like how the addon Details works in world of warcraft? It would be nice to see which spells are contributing most to your damage output. The same idea could be applied to healing as well.

SonicXplosion · July 31

What are some potential roadblocks that you can foresee occurring during A2?

Creyes · July 31

When will naval content be added to alpha 2?

Aniion · July 31

During Alpha 2, bugs and exploits will be very common. Is there any level of abuse of bugs/exploits in-game that could lead to any sort of punishment? e.g. Corruption bug, so an entire guild spawn kills people in a town for days.

RangeCraft · July 31

What updates will receive the highest priority during alpha 2? Besides bug fixes and stability, what will you and the team be focusing on?

Nilah · July 31

Hi, regarding game translation. Are we going to have the game fully translated to other languages (like spanish) during alpha 2? If it's not at the start, is it going to be fully translated from one patch to another? Or are we going to see only some translations and progressively you'll be adding more? Will the community be able to help with those translations?

Senator Dodo · July 31

Are you able to give some information on the Summoner/Rogue time frame and when they will be dropping in Alpha 2? You've said they won't be available at launch, can we expect a similar time frame as the other classes, a couple months? They happen to be my two favourite classes

Hylmew · July 31

Will the user interface be aesthetically changed during A2, or is it considered to be complete design-wise and only missing in functionality?

I know it will be somewhat customizable, but to what extent?

Senator Dodo · July 31

I've seen the "magic power" scaling in the UI, is that taking inspiration from League of Legends and can we expect that same or similar ideas in future UI?
I've always thought LoL had uniquely readable stats which made picking items/understanding spells (and their power) much easier.

PlasticLemons · July 31

Will the monthly streams keep the same format of revealing information on new features or change to a different, A2 focused, approach?

Senator Dodo · July 31

How often can we expect large (testing) events during Alpha 2? Can we expect to be decently involved in some of the new showcases or testing grounds for (for example) monthly streams?

Aumo · July 31

How do you feel about the current iteration of character stats and attributes in the game? Do you expect it to change significantly with time or do you think it’s a solid foundation build on top of?

Over1ander · July 31

Do you plan to make specific elemental attributes and defenses a significant factor in gear choices, contributing to a rock-paper-scissors combat dynamic in terms of elements, or will they be more of a secondary, personal flair in your overall design?

Gaul_ · July 31

Last time Steven talked about family summons in 2022, he said they still needed to prototype them in design and then potentially test them in A2. Are family summons still in or were they removed for being too strong in light of the game design's reliance on travel time?

Goalid · July 31

Having duels available to players really helps us push the envelope when it comes to PvP, since we can practice against each other without suffering XP debt. Is dueling planned to be available at the start of Alpha 2, or quickly after?

Socillia · July 31

Do we have the technology to have socks? If my character is wearing tights, stocking, socks and any garment of the like will their stompers be socked?

DiscipleDude · July 31

What does “We will share more information about Alpha 2 sales reopening in the August 16th livestream” actually mean? Is this confirmation sales will 100% be reopening, or does it merely mean information will be given regarding how it may reopen under certain Circumstances?

My friend has Cancer and i want to give him hope by talking about Ashes and our plans but we are late to the Project and don’t want to get his expectations too strong if the opportunity won’t be there.

A response to this question would be greatly appreciated, right now All I want is my friend to survive Cancer and for us to have something fun to keep him going.

Thank you so much for your time!

baliso · July 31

Are the ashes apocalypse cosmetics making a comeback at any time or are they going to be exclusive to that play window ? ( their wasn’t a lot of people relatively speaking who played it - let alone capped the prog path trees for rewards ) would be cool if they remained exclusive.

Egregious · July 31

sweet when can we play it

Barab · July 31

Will we see racial leveling (highest contributing race to level has their architecture, npcs, quests represented) of the nodes in alpha 2 ?

Noxenith · July 31

Are you considering adding additional archetypes beyond the initial 8 in the future? I'd like to see the addition of '"laborers" and "academics" because archetypes based less on combat and more on professions could be interesting for some playstyles.

Abertorics · July 31

How many biomes will we have access to at the launch of Alpha 2?

Axiom_Nescient · July 31

What professions are going to be on A2? there's little to no information in regards of scribing and arcane engineering.

Marakaivo · July 31

Are we going to be able to create unlimited content once we have access to Alpha 2, both streaming the game, creating guides, videos and publishing whatever we want everywhere?

Snekkers · July 31

Currently character models don't really match the quality of what we saw in character creator or even the quality of environment. What is your stance about that topic? Can we expect some major changes like with lighting?

Chicago · July 31

will A2 launch with the same client that is shown in the live stream showcases, and what is happening with the character creator?

Hypervisor · July 31

What are some Alpha2 specific events that the team is particularly excited to experiment with? Do you have a siege planned already that you can talk about?

Alpha Two Roadmap Showcase and AMA Livestream - Friday, August 16, 2024 at 11AM PT

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