Glorious Verrans! Again, thank you for tuning into this months update! We are diligently working on preparing for Alpha Two! Commissions are your most basic quest in the world of Verra, and they are constantly changing to show the state of the dynamic world. These commissions feed every other quest system, and reflect your actions in real time! Leave us your thoughts on the preview as our wonderful Community Team will be compiling your feedback! We appreciate your thoughts greatly, and love that you spend time with us each month sharing your feedback to help improve Ashes of Creation!

@rjswas

4 ай бұрын

Hope you guys sort out the audio issues, this time it was steven loud then quiet, you were quiet most of the time like last update, makes it really hard to watch, i was turning the volume up and down and getting blasted both times, please test and fix it, it has been fine until the recent couple of updates.

@rjswas

4 ай бұрын

That mask would be an awesome Halloween outfit item, i want one, and i am in Australia.

@j.s.t.6515

4 ай бұрын

Margaret, that hairdo is fire!!

@adastra2243

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for answering my question! I feel like I won the lottery 😁

@Saintphoenix86

4 ай бұрын

So I say this most streams, I'm very keen to join alpha 2, vie been in many beta tests and I find it as a very fun aspect of gaming, trying to find bugs and help the team squash them, but I just wasn't able to justify the $400 plus that it cost in Australian dollars to join alpha 2, if there is a cheaper way to get in id be happy to, I have no luck with give always so id need to purchase my way in, I just cant justify $400

Every showcase has improved drastically art-wise. Definitely feels like a high fantasy and immersive world now.

@AshesofCreation

4 ай бұрын

Every month the world of Verra gets built out more and more. 🥰

@echo5827

4 ай бұрын

Still waiting for them to figure out the lighting, lot of the assets look really nice just lit horribly. Art style gonna be insane for an mmorpg

@empire5235

4 ай бұрын

@@echo5827 they announced in this very stream that they are currently undergoing a complete revamp of the lighting system

I really hope we get to see more of these world focused systems in future updates. As cool as it is to see classes, what I really want to see is how I'm going to be interacting with the world on a day to day, week to week basis.

That resurrect effect is legendary. Kudos to those who worked on it.

This was quite a pleasant surprise! I loved how the gameplay loop was shown with how commissions can lead you to finding events and story arcs you may not have known about! Plus they can get you familiar with the area so you know where the mobs spawn and so on.

If one day my dream of being a part of a game dev team as an artist comes true. I hope my team will have fun together like u guys do! IM so hyped for this game, u have no idea.

@AshesofCreation

4 ай бұрын

We are a passionate group of gamers doing our best to create a glorious MMO! We are hiring so take a look at our careers page. 😉 intrepidstudios.com/careers

The Carphin Light set is beautiful :O The pattern on the chest looks like a ribcage and the red strips hanging off look like sinew. Even the tiny pieces of thread holding the frayed robe together. I love the anatomy/bone/muscle motif. The concept artist and model are brilliant - I love storytelling through clothing.

@AshesofCreation

4 ай бұрын

The team really killed it with that set! Thanks for the kind words. 🩸

the evolution of spell effects is extremely impressive! well done guys

Steven jumping off the cliff at the end 😂

Wow its been a minute since Ive updated myself on Ashes, its come such a long way. Im impressed with spell visuals, specifically Chain Lightning looks AMAZING and you FEEL powerful while casting it. "Unlimited POWER"

wow you guys doing a good job

Greetings AoC team, this will be my first post in the community. I've really enjoyed tracking the progress of this game and am very grateful for how transparent you all are with development. Please keep up the great work- the game looks really nice and we cannot wait to try it. That being said, I have a question I would like to ask about combat: Will there be any kind of aggro tracking GUI? As a player of other MMOs, I really can appreciate the value that a simple aggro table can provide to me to let me know how many enemies I have on me, the health level of each one, etc. Thank you again for all that you are doing.

@donaldgannon5746

3 ай бұрын

they've already said there wouldnt be, we are going to have to keep track of aggro based off how the enemies are acting(who they are moving towards and attacking)

I didn't expect it but every video seems some improved graphics. I have not yet seen the weather looking that detailed and the caster animations! wow!!. Frost on the ground, lightning from the fingers. just amazing progress from many fronts. still super excited.

Game is moving forward really well. Looking forward to this game, keep up the good work.

the spell effects for mages are cool for starters, also the world looks very immersing, i look forward to hear the games fantasy music in the future it plays a big part in every first impression for mmos.

In regards to that persons question at 1:25:09 about low mob drop rates for quest items, I agree that it is really frustrating when you need to loot 5 quest items from mob kills but it takes 10 or more kills to get 1 quest item to drop. Maybe a good work around, which preserves the quests difficulty, could be to increase the amount of items needed to complete the quest by a lot (maybe to 50), and have every mob guarantee drop anywhere from 1-3 quest items? This could give players a sense of guaranteed progression with the added dopamine hit from occasionally looting multiple items from 1 kill. To me, in a low drop chance scenario, finally getting a drop feels more like a relief rather than a burst of excitement. I've always found high or guaranteed drop chance with high volume required for completion feeling much better.

@TheHighborn

3 ай бұрын

killing 10 mobs for 5 items isn't frustrating. Killing 100 mobs for 20 items, is. i don't mind the not 100% droprate but if you need 700.000 items and they drop every 5 mobs it's no a quest. It's an EXP grind.

The Idea with the Cross-Server-Competitions is GREAT! I particularly would like to see -> - Dungon Raidingspeed competition - Mount off :D - Transmog competition - Castle sieges - Arena Fights Pleas add your own Ideas as ResponsesMount off :D - Transmog competition

An amazing showcase. Was mostly impressed with the difficulty of open world mobs. They had legitimate threat even in groups of 3 which encourages group play. Also noticed mana sustain and management seems to have impact and difficulty too! - Question: Can we have an update on current plans or progress for the summoner archetype? It’s been a while ♥️

Much love for your Team Steven! You are doing such a nice work with your whole Team and the Progress with that amazing Game I would say WE ALL as a Community are fucking hyped. At least I am - LOL Keep it up like that!

That was a very satisfying sound that played when you accepted the commission board quests. Don't scrap that kind of menu sound design consideration for the final product! I think the sound of spamming buttons or other UI elements is very important and plays a roll in generating that gamer serotonin.

I wonder how many others out there are like me. I was super excited for this game and bought into the aplha 2. This has just taken so damn long that my life has changed enough where i just no longer have time in my life to play this game and enjoy it. Feelsbad.

I really love the concept of harvesting bosses that make sense

okay this showcase really sold it for me , looks SUPER epic. The call of lightning from the skies strike - KaBOOM mhmm :D im so ready

I hope that quests will have similar or even better functions as, for example, events in GW2. I really liked how an area changed when an event started and you either made it and the situation in an area changed positively or when you didn't make it and it had a negative impact on an area .

As someone who is planning to make their first character a Py'rai, I love the starting armor!

The mask is so cool!! So well done!

Change the blue defense aura to a horizontal flow around character or to a small orb that flies around the body and shoulders

The game looks great. im excited again... let's gooo

This looks AWESOME!! Way better than all the games out since DAoC! Splendid work, you might release the game every MMO fans was waiting for!

For the server vs server events. Have Monthly, Quarterly, or Annual. Ascension events. Where we fight in divinity castles. Same as normal server castles, but reskinned to match a theme. Organized player save cut offs, so get your consumables on hand for the server reset during the cut off date. Then week or so down the line, during next server reset or during a planned game patch day, the Ascension events begin! Players queue in and ready for battle in a GM streamed event, meant to entertain players while the in game world is having it's major patch implemented. Perhaps add in rewards like server wide buffs for whichever team wins after patch is complete and event is over.

love the cards and quests board, and how it will evolve would be cool if there were bonus objectives within them aswell giving you extra bonuses if you chose to so or have time to do them or secret bonus tasks that you could find and add to more exploration and story building

1:21:08 - custom book of grudges next to the keyboard it is then.

Now I am only worried that my Gigabyte G5 GD RTX 3050M laptop won't be up to Alpha 2 at 1080p. But I really liked Commisions, as it feels like a great way to play.

@patrickobrienstr

4 ай бұрын

At what time did they talk about the specs?

@antondovydaitis2261

4 ай бұрын

​​@@patrickobrienstrAt the very end of this video, they said that the specs had been updated on the website and to check it out. It says that the minimum GPU for 1080p is GTX 1070, and checking benchmarks, a mobile RTX 3050 4GB is not there. I don't want to upgrade this year.

@reddrake4451

4 ай бұрын

@@antondovydaitis2261 the good news is that most of the issues is a matter of VRAM the 3050 ought to be fine.

@antondovydaitis2261

4 ай бұрын

@@reddrake4451 3050 Mobile only has 4GB of VRAM. I am willing to deal with lower settings during Alpha 2, at least to start.

@rodzwart6360

4 ай бұрын

@@antondovydaitis2261 You wont need to upgrade this year. Game wont be out until late 2025/2026.

Loving the simplified but colorful ui

i have really high hopes for this game! i would personally love to see some voice acting at least in the main quest because it really makes the immersion that much better

Man this game looks phenomenal for pre alpha 2! I cannot wait to test it out myself.

Have been following Ashes for half a decade. I will be playing Bard.

Please have a set of Story Tellers that drive storylines. I used to run 60 to 100 person LARPS of Vampire with 3 STs. It is amazing what a small group working together can do, prod here poke there. JUst want to see an MMO that has folks watching over things as well as the system stuff.

the idea of unique quests is sick, reminds me of shanri la frontier anime

I think it's great that leveling can also be a challenge. I don't like it when I just run through the qest without having to worry about my character dying. THANK YOU

Margaret, please mate, can you turn up your mic... those of us with hearing impairments can barely hear you and have to rely on reading captions (which can be very hit and miss). Steven... congrats on being the first person I have ever said "Wow that is loud" to. :)

@rodzwart6360

4 ай бұрын

In 99% of streams, Margaret is turned up too loud. This stream had an audio glitch, rather than her volume being turned down.

@Grimasaurus

4 ай бұрын

@@rodzwart6360 funny, she is always quiet to me... that said, I did have jobs to do yesterday and once I returned (post the original comment) I did hear them discussing the issue regarding audio.

I enjoyed Ashes preview before, but this year they got next level exciting. I really start getting the MMORPG vibes, not just a puzzle pieces. Hope to see guild and naval content soon-ish

ive been following and throwing money at this for what feels like almost a decade...shit looks good....lemme freaking play it hahahaha ... love the node level event!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is the rain just a personal screen effect? It seems to have no impact on the ground or water. Also, it was raining while Steven was inside a cave. That would imply that I wouldn't be able to see a rainy territory from afar. It also seems odd that I could go inside a house, look out the window, and it's not raining, but the effect kicks in when I leave the house.

@reddrake4451

4 ай бұрын

I would assume it would have to be both. The random lightning during the rain implies that the rain exists within a volumetric zone. the water splatter on the screen is likely clientside but surely there is some sort of shader or effect for the exterior of the volume.

Ragnarok was my favourite mmorpg. Hope you do any of their success formula. Pretty Please -Freaking good BGM -Difficulty -Skills matter, are distinct and matter from the beggining -Rare Items from nearly any monster with huge impact on either cosmetic or Skill Basis

Loving how AoC is shaping

Дужа гарна ігра дякую вам

@FlankerAOC

4 ай бұрын

Та не то слово, чекаємо

With the massive success of other indie teams (Helldivers 2 and Last Epoch for example) and the network/connection issues that followed, what steps have the team taken in order to make sure players get in as easily as possible when A2 launches? Any lessons learned from A1? Can't wait for Q3 and the launch of A2!

26:33 this for me is great atention to what players want, i hate when mobs get out of their position range an immediately get their health back so seen how you are available to kill him when he is going back is aweasome, specially after a hard fight without mana.

Thank you for another great showcase. I do have a question. In the live stream Steven was shown looting his team mates items off his ashes. Do you ever gain corruption for looting another player's corpse? For instance if I'm walking down the road and see a dead player can I loot it all willy nilly? Are there any downsides? I feel like in other games if you see a player struggling with a mob you might help them. But in Ashes if you see that you might just let them die because you know you could loot the body without actually engaging in pvp.

Magneto , Game is looking awesome.

Question: Has Intrepid figured out what happens to people in a node when it levels up? Will people be ported out of the node when it levels or maybe something else? Awesome livestream btw =)

@jessethames883

4 ай бұрын

They have talked about this, i think they actually demonstrated at one point. When it levels up, if a character is somewhere that a new building will appear, they will be quickly moved out of the way. i believe just outside of the node walls if i remember correctly.

@MRMichyBio

4 ай бұрын

I actually quite like the idea of everyone being TP'd out together. Just imagining a massive blob of people running back through the front gates to view their newly upgraded node, like a reveal of a renovation on grand designs

@WildFyreAshes

4 ай бұрын

They spoke about this during the node stream, I forgot what min, but yes. All characters will be removed

hey i rly believe in our game and would love go invis in bushes or sth. its a good way to play stealth more intuitiv specially in combination of line of sight i will start playing end of year with u!!!

That is by far the BEST minotaur i think I've ever seen in an MMORPG! You could even see his chiseled ABS! 😅

When it’s raining the distant landscapes should be obscured with fog and rain etc

Hi, you can add card games inside the game. Add pets so that gladiator fights between pets would be held. I think it will be interesting

If rewards from open world events like these are valuable in endgame then it'll be hotspots for team pvp in open world. Interesting to see how that unfolds.

Look great, I don't know if they already talked about it, but I hope they don't remove hair when using any head gear

Can't wait to watch my grand kids playing this game on 2040

I think this system could work well if. It would only be available to city residents above a certain level (lvl3). And the missions are constantly updated. It wants to be a competition between cities. But if you can do a mission in every city, I think it is very destructive to the community. In order to avoid going from city to city just for these missions, if you are thinking about a daily mission or want to put large CDs on it, it is available everywhere. And even if you put a big cd on the missions, my main problem is still the alt characters. (sorry if it's hard to understand, I'm writing with a translator)

1:26:47 I hope that doesn't mean that there's crazy mob density when traversing the world. One of the worst things to me in so many beautiful, open games is that they are positively bursting with hostile mobs. It makes traveling and exploring the landscape a slog when you can't walk 5 steps without getting pounced by a jaguar or a group of bandits - forget RP.

Wow!.... I really hope you are paying these developers handsomely...... this game is look Amazing!

There's a typo in the Stormcaller's Axe recipe name

i hope we get dungeonfinder.

@FlankerAOC

4 ай бұрын

According to Wiki: "There will not be a generalized group finder in Ashes of Creation, instead Bulletin boards are used to encourage localized grouping."

If quests are all shareable (as of now) does this mean there are no chain quests? Or would attempting to share a later portion of a chain share the intro quest to the chain? Or just not be shareable?

@drewblock1365

4 ай бұрын

Also noticed Steven calling the mobs storm weavers but the nameplate said streamweavers. Well, which is it? 😅

58:01 Will there be commissions that contribute to node development in the sense of, "This commission will progress the blacksmith/building level." Or, "This commission will affect buy/sale rates, and taxes." As two examples. Or will they exclusively progress world development? I could see the rarity system becoming an issue if blue rarity increases blacksmith, but I want to increase lumbermill but it's white.

@essmac30

4 ай бұрын

Like, is there any reason/incentive to choose lower rarity commissions over higher rarity tier?

When you know this is being made in UE5 and you realize that UEVR is a thing, AOC will be playable in VR. That's crazy. I only hope that Steven and the AOC team don't hinder UEVR. Because following your character with a 3D perspective is going to be cool AF. Though for obvious reasons I can't see 6DOF controls ever being a thing for this, KB+M and seeing Verra from a 3D perspective is going to be awesome.

wow the ui is glorious

For E-Sport I'd like to see a colosseum arena that operates like wow's brawlers guild. Spectators and teams may come and congregate in the stands. When it's a teams turn they spawn out on the arena floor. People in the stands can spectate. Obviously this system would limit the volume of matches that could happen, which would need to be worked out. Maybe layer 60 people per one arena or something.

@Saintphoenix86

4 ай бұрын

MMO's suck as e-sports, the only one that came close is WoW and even they canceled their esports side, i want ZERO effort and money from the devs spent on a useless waste of time aspect and all focus spent and things just for the game

@sumasaum

4 ай бұрын

@@Saintphoenix86 You are so insightful. Next time I want to comment with an idea, I'll be sure to run it by you first.

@Saintphoenix86

4 ай бұрын

@@sumasaum at least my reply had a point, yours is just you being a cunt

Oh boy,Fetch quest. How innovative.

wish minotaur was playable race

@AshesofCreation

4 ай бұрын

They may be playable through the use of the monster coin system! 😉

@antondovydaitis2261

4 ай бұрын

Tulnar can be very "horny."

We know that the normal death penalty incurs a myriad of penalties for the player, but we don’t know the numbers behind this penalty. For instance, what percentage of materials do players drop? What percentage of glint is dropped? How severe is the skill and stat dampening? What is the average time it will take a player to work off xp debt from one death?

You guys should try to snag Todd Pappy and the other Devs that recently parted ways with CIG

it would be nice to have some environmental effects alla baldurs gate 3, for example, lightning and the mobs are on water ?, then it spreads to all nearby ....

Is the Objective Tracker re-organisable? Like when I have a bunch of quests listed, but I want to be able to rearrange them in the specific order I'd like to complete them in. Are the quests listed in the Objective Tracker able to drag/drop to different order?

Steven is a clicker say it ain't so Great video as always, really hyped for Alpha 2. Much love

13:55 Will those pennants, vertical banners, etc. receive wind physics like the foliage and clothing?

Would be cool if the Stormcaller actually got buffed when he gets hit by a lightning bolt would make more sense for the character.

Large trunks of trees probably shouldn't be swaying in the wind as much as saplings.

Bard/summoner will be my first character for sure. I just hope minions will be strong enough to last to top teir.

not excited about how the mobs aggro and leash but the meta mechanics look great

44:13 lol , leeroy would be proud

If im in a small group and we level up a node does the node level up for everyone or just those in our group

13:00 bro I tune into those to fall asleep to. I thought I am gonna die 💀

10:27 in regards to esports and mmo’s why not give nodes arena customisation functions? Be it one node has a 1v1 tournament another 4v4 or yet another that does “mage quest trials” I think a lot of fantasy based anime’s have some solid concepts in them that could transfer to the mmo space that would work for spectators? Since from what I’ve seen of this game it leans into individual towns developing there own unique flavour, why not allow this to be enhanced in the pvp space? There’s even possibilities for cross node tournaments like a “tourism” boost to them? Just provide an arena customisation option for this space ?

SEE YOU IN A MINUTE!!!! Wooooah okay

Hello! I have a question. Will there be collecting items from monsters like in other mmo's? I didn't notice (maybe I missed) the moment of picking up the items. I mean inventory items, some vendor items, potions, etc. Regards!

⚠WARNING HEADPHONES USERS: 13:05⚠

@eeffoo

27 күн бұрын

Wish I would've seen this sooner- about gave me a heart attack at 1 in the morning.. I really hope they can finally figure out how to fix the audio issues before starting the stream!

I really hope AoC will have fully voiced NPC dialog. Not just the greeting when you click them. Nothing brings world alive than hearing NPCs talk. It's one of the few things that make FFXIV appear a tad dated. ESO is miles ahead on this front.

Great stream guys!!! Plz INCREASE FALL DAMAGE xD...

I have a question for the next stream. What races can we expect when we eventually gain access to the character creator Pre-Alpha 2? Also, will we be able to save those characters to load up when Alpha 2 begins?

Nice, some updates!

Hi! I have a quesiton: There are recipes that can be obtained through commissions, are there other ways to get them? Let me explain: if the commissions change every X amount of time and have factors such as the level of the node, time, etc. Could it be the case that you are rewarded with a recipe for a commission and then that mission does not appear again for that node? So that would make the recipe or reward for that mission only available to whoever made it at the time it could be done. Is it planned to repeat the commissions so that everyone can access their rewards?

Game looks great. Excited to test in Alpha 2! Please fix the outro music 1:34:10 it is catastrophically tacky to have two different music tracks in two different incompatible keys playing on top of each other and it makes me want to set myself on fire every month

When taking the commission is it still available to other players? Or is it first come first serve

On screen, wearing armor, the races don't appear distinguishable.

Yessssss please esports❤

If I'm in a group and take a quest like such will it be shared to my party in order to increase the effectiveness of our actions as a group or would every single player have to pick up the quest to dig deeper in the story line attached to it?

Question about the PvP caravan: If the defender loses their caravan and plans to take their loot back, and they succeed, will they receive a penalty of corruption for attacking the attacker?

When it comes to the events will healers get just as much participation credit as those doing all the nob killing? Or are healers going to have to focus DPS just to be able to get decent rewards?