Glorious Alpha Two Testers!

Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!

For our initial launch, testing will begin on Friday, December 20, 2024, at 10 AM Pacific and continue uninterrupted until Monday, January 6, 2025, at 10 AM Pacific. After January 6th, we’ll transition to a schedule of five-day-per-week access for the remainder of Phase II.

You can download the game launcher here and we encourage you to join us on our for the most up to date testing news.

Next Livestream + Q&A Submission - Friday, August 30, 2024 at 11am Pacific

VaknarVaknar Member, Staff
edited September 20 in Announcements
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Glorious Ashes of Creation Community!

Our next livestream featuring an Alpha Two Citadel of the Steel Bloom and Firebrand Preview will be Friday, August 30, 2024 at 11am Pacific! (Click here to convert this to your local time.)

If you have a question for our team, then you’re in the right place! Please submit your question for our development team in the thread below, and we'll select 10 of them at random to answer during the end of our livestream. In order to accommodate a variety of questions from our community, please only post ONE question below - the more direct, and succinct the better (think one to two sentences)! Submissions end Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 11am Pacific, so we can select your questions before the broadcast.

We'll see you soon for our development update livestream! twitch.tv/ashesofcreation
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Hello again, glorious Ashes of Creation community!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and shared a question with us for this month’s stream. Q&A submissions are now closed, and we’ll see you at 11AM Pacific on Friday for our livestream!

twitch.tv/ashesofcreation
👀 #ICYMI, we showed the Citadel of Steel Bloom POI, and a fire-breathing raid boss in our most recent Development Update! https://youtu.be/pfdnNWkUov4
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  • TenguruTenguru Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    It's mentioned multiple times that The Seven created "The Four Parent Races", "The Four Great Races" or "The Four Divine Races". If the Toren Empire predates the Aelean Empire and Pyrian Kingdom, did the Toren Half-Elves exist before Humans and Elves?
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    I'll tend to the flame, you can worship the ashes.
  • LudulluLudullu Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 23
    In a multi-boss encounter, how is player perfomance tracking impacted, when that encounter becomes a PvX one?
  • SonicXplosionSonicXplosion Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    edited August 23
    There are 6 unique node layouts being added in phases 2 and 3. How many unique node layouts are planned for launch?
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  • SkylarckTheBotanistSkylarckTheBotanist Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 24
    We know that the animal husbandry system will follow the mendelian inheritance from the Feb 2022 Livestream, could you elaborate on the number of gamete pairs the Pets, Mounts, Livestocks and Beasts of Burden will have?

    i.e. what ratios of phenotypes among offspring would results from animal husbandry. (3:1 or 9:3:3:1 etc)
  • TawniTawni Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    What is your approach regarding QOL updates? Inventory management, previewing and applying dyes, map / UI improvements, adding settings/options.
  • AiyaraAiyara Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Where are the runes socketed into gear obtained from and how does the enchanting system work ? (where to obtain enchanting mats to craft scrolls, how does the gear enchantment work, what does the scribe profession do except blueprints and scrolls etc..)
  • momojimomoji Member, Leader of Men, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    As an osrs clue junkie, i saw that Treasure Maps are things in A2 and in the main game. Can you talk more about them, and how they are executed compared to other games (runescape and other games have these kind of systems).
    thanks
  • DoozerDoozer Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 28
    Do guild castles have similar node distribution under them, ie, 4 diplomatic, 4 economic, 4 divine and 4 military with +1 here or there, or do they vary significantly from each other?
  • NyceGamingNyceGaming Member, Alpha Two
    Are you willing to change the tank archetype name for the community if I give you $3.50?
  • VyrilVyril Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 23
    What are the systems for node atrophy, and will materials be required for upkeep?
  • TamToucanTamToucan Member
    Any design/provision for killing a bots and not becoming corrupted? e.g. reporting the bot, killing them and if report confirmed then corruption removed.
  • CrashAndooCootCrashAndooCoot Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 23
    SkylarckTheBotanist wrote: »
    We know that the animal husbandry system will follow the mendelian inheritance from the Feb 2022 Livestream, could you elaborate on the number of gamete pairs the Pets, Mounts, Livestocks and Beasts of Burden will have?

    I wonder, up to what ratios of genetics they are considering just the 3:1 or also including 9:3:3:1 or even deeper than that!


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  • destroyer1724destroyer1724 Member
    Will there be more Regions than the Wiki has listed in terms of Regional Pricing?
    (North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Oceania)
    Probably not before release but what about after?
  • PlasticLemonsPlasticLemons Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Will there be any game mechanics related to being in or out of combat, such as being able to mount up?
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  • TexasTexas Member, Alpha Two
    Will mob types and drop tables be dynamic with changes in weather; similar to how they are with day/night and the seasons?
  • RoubiRoubi Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 24
    We have been seeing the staff (weapon) for some time now, could you tell us caster mains which phase, if any, is staff planned to be put into the game? :)
  • CrowigorCrowigor Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Castles/nodes sieges will be in the open world or in an instance? If in the open world, how do you plan to limit the number of participants?
  • GarrenGarren Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Would bosses like Firebrand provide exclusive mats to players who take the Hunting profession?
  • Liz_VermillionLiz_Vermillion Member, Alpha Two
    Is the world map found on the Verra article of the wiki the land layout we can expect to see in game, or has the apocalypse created/destroyed land regions and the map is from a pre-apoc state of the world?
  • GerryGerry Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 23
    Will we be able to use the character creator even if the realm has reached the maximum number of players (CCU)?

    So flow number 1 or 2?
    1. Login into AoC > select realm > create character > select character to join realm > enter the queue > play/test
    2. Login into AoC > select realm > enter the queue > create character > select character to join realm > play/test
  • soukeytsoukeyt Member, Alpha Two
    Hello there, hope you're find

    What are your human ressources to develop the game at this time and how are you confident in the next months to carry out the job to do ?

    KR ;)
  • Heavy_Heavy_ Member, Alpha Two
    A2 phase 1, what time will the servers be available?
  • SkkornSkkorn Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 23
    What is intrepids plan from a design perspective on managing to keep PVE fun, exciting and hard? While also having most of its content open world leaving certain mechanics and ideas potentially off the table in fear of allowing PVP to exploit the PVE in ways that are not healthy to the game.
  • HeilmichmaHeilmichma Member, Alpha Two
    Can I also give my feedback in German in the Alpha 2 ? Because my English is not the best.
  • ChaosFactorChaosFactor Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Will future expansions for AOC primarily focus on expanding the scope at which we operate?
    Will there be a point that we're battling the pantheon itself?
    Or will the scope of our efforts on Verra stop at the destruction of low level Ancients?

    Please spoil lore in the process of answering this question, thank you.
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  • SandiesSandies Member, Alpha Two
    What will the gear progression be like for dungeons? Will the Grand Dungeon require that you have grinded the pocket dungeons and artisan skills, or can a player progress to max gear in any dungeon(grand or otherwise)?
  • FalkathFalkath Member, Alpha Two
    What content, systems or zones won't be available in alpha or betas that you want to keep for launch ?
  • NyronkeNyronke Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 24
    Will there be other seasons than the classic spring, summer, autumn, winter as for example raining season, sandstorm, etc or even some events with tsunamis, thunders, cyclones, etc?
  • SpeznasTachankaSpeznasTachanka Member
    What is your intend with lawless zones? Are they transition "content" for filling up the empty bioms? Or is it a genuin idea u want to expand on?
  • LithionLithion Member, Alpha Two
    With new races being added in after A2 launch, will there be easy ways to change race for free?
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