The brand new Ashes of Creation developer update stream is the topic of today’s video. Hopefully you enjoy, let me know what you think in the comments below.
Ashes of Creation is a unique take on the MMO experience. Our world structure is dynamic and built to react to the actions of our players. Cities will rise and fall, their populations based on the history of the world as the players create it. Quests will unlock as these populations gather, their needs grow, and secrets are unlocked. As the world’s NPC structure is established in real time, players will have the ability to destroy what they’ve created, paving the way for new development, new populations, and real change. Political strife and intrigue will play a very real role in the structure of your world. Gone are the days of static worlds, change is here to stay
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https://ashesofcreation.com/r/JGZUSBC6FXEP1GJL
Transcript used if you want to not listen to me:
https://ashespost.com/1-29-21-livestream-transcript/
Official vod video that has much more context if you have a spare 90 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-fU0DJL7wY&t=714s&ab_channel=AshesofCreation
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#ashesofcreation #mmorpg #2021
0:00 Intro
0:26 Alpha 1 pack sales
0:49 Next Alpha Test
1:06 Number of biomes in the game
1:08 New Website launch and shop update
1:16 Design Team Updates(New Hires, feedback)
2:43 Environment Team Updates(Planned biome types, water/lighting reworks)
3:52 Character Art Updates(Starter gear reworks, hair models, character customisation)
5:07 Q&A Start
5:30 Tavern NPC function(Buy/Sell)
5:43 How will marriage impact housing?
6:40 Sending mail without resources, instant?
7:05 Will you be able to race change for augment purposes?
7:35 Will paths/roads be pre-gen, or will they by dynamic?
8:18 Can you toggle chat bubbles ?
9:00 Can summoners rename their summons?
9:26 How can we interact with the minimap/map? Pins/pings/notes?
10:19 What happens to mules inventory when they die? Is it lootable?
10:50 Will players be able to see caravan contents before attacking/defending?
11:15 Talking about why I suggest not to buy ashes right now
14:15 Why
14:58 Outro and stuff
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Game is good but combat style is trash ..
Black desert is more epic ..
I can't believe they're still asking for money for this fkn game. I got scammed into their first round of "unique rewards", now they're on what their 5th or 6th round of asking for cash for "special" in game sh&t, fu&k their sh%t game. Guild Wars 2 have already done everything that AoC could hope to do and more. Don't be scammed by them anymore people move on!
Painful ignorance in these comments…
What the fuck is wrong with these people?
In my times devs WANTED people to test their game and give feedback on it.
They want me to pay THEM to test THEIR game? I get it that the packs also contain gametime, but what if Ashes of Creation isn't my kind of game? What if I want to give feedback so that I can return later when the feedback was considered and implemented?
Fucking donkeys. It's like back when I signed up for WildStar Beta and never got an invitation and I was like "Oh well, if they don't want feedback then I can only guess how the game will progress". And I've been constantly invited to Betas and CBTs. Even to Alphas (And Pre-Alphas – like Tera). Not even doing a good PR job makes a game dead on arrival for me, including sending out keys.
And I have no clue if there will be a Open Beta for everyone or just CBT, but Open Beta is too late. Open Beta is for testing servers with amass population and for PR purposes, everything else is set in stone and feedback cannot be considered, making a launch really risky – especially when you gate behind pay to access on a unfinished game with extremely overpriced packs. I'd pay 15 bucks for access maybe – it's like paying for a early access game. But 75? Nope.
Atleast make CBT not gating behind paywall…. wtf 75 bucks to pay access to Beta.
This game going to suck
To be honest, that game is ugly as hell, and the animation to cast a power is just stupid.
What? To TEST the game we need to PAY? I think not, thank you very much. Pure bullshit. If I were to test your game you can surely give me alpha/beta access for free and once formally released only then would I consider paying a dime. Keep your game. I will read and watch the reviews as and when they are available.
all of their game packs are way too overpriced – 500 is such a bullshit price – make it like 100 – 150 would be fine…but 500 …oh jeez
Wait did you just say FF14 is a bad game ? xD
Another eye candy ? But does it have qualities of a good game ?
Those promises at the end. I'd vote for Kira hands down, I've never trusted someone more in my life.
Never ever buy any founder packages or preorder games in general. If disasters like Bless online and ArcheAge didn't teach you enough then nothing will. People who pay for this are the reason why we never get a solid mmo these days.
This feels star citizen all over again
Always appreciate your rawness man! Great stuff! Keep it up buddy!
Snow boner
fr I love these videos, cuz the dev updates are like 50% weird pseudo feeling pozzies and giggles and its the same weird giggly pozzies everytime and it feels really time wasting lol. And with combat I mean fuck, just throw in a dodge roll, throw in a meaningful skill based blocking system, and ur 50% of the way there
Also (wow third comment im simping hard tongiht) besides watching/liking/sharing ur vids is there any other way to support the channel?
I wonder if anyone here ever played Silkroad Online back in the day. The Caravansystem is surprisingly close to what it was in Silkroad, this was one of my favourite features I am so looking forward to it. Hope they ain't fucking it up!
I agree with your sentiment at the end. I've been watching AoC for a little while now. I'm cautiously optimistic that it's something I would like and something that will turn out great. That said, I've invested exactly $0 in this game, and $500 for Alpha access is a bit too much for me. Not that I couldn't afford it, but I don't see the value in it. I will continue to watch and monitor this games progress. Perhaps when this game reaches beta and is much more stable, I'll look at whether or not I want jump into it, but for now I'm content to watch from the sidelines.
There are far to many examples of MMOs (and people who pumped a bunch of money into them), that ended up folding and never getting released. History has shown that investing early in MMOs very often doesn't pay off. I'm much more hopeful for AoC, but then again, so were the people who invested in those failed MMOs. Use you head, not your heart, when deciding how to spend your money.
"Because I'm a cunt."
I seriously need this on a T Shirt.
4 out of 16 biomes. So at the very least 3 more years of development plus another year to polish perhaps. Honestly the Alpha schedule feels rushed, sadly, there aren't many alternatives to put one's faith in. But it is definetely getting better.
game looks amazing. 😮
great video. I think its great the way that you give level headed opinions and are not just some circle jerking fan boy. It really gives your content value and weight.
I am excited for this game and have been for years but I will not be putting any money upfront yet or maybe at all. I have gone from wariness to cautious optimism and look forward to seeing what happens. This is the game I am most excited about but as you said its not easy to make a game and especially one from this genre. Its nice to know its fully funded and I don't think that Steven would push out a half baked product but there are 100's of things that could go wrong.
Fingers crossed
Spell effects still need to be scaled way down.
God I need Asmongold back
so maybe i dont hear well, are u saying that ESO is a bad game? wtf its amazing game with millions players , how the hell is bad game?
So ppl who backed it and got the packs are gonna be p2w?
game looks like shit
I hope so dearly that they nail the combat… It is sooo important for an mmo. And I want this to be the best mmo ever!
I really hope they can improve the combat animations.
It's hard to not forget how good the animations in wow is.
Wow gets boring and stale but their animations are something u won't see anywhere else …sadly.
Really hope they get the combat down Would like to see more of a focus on action combat
All they need to do is give the game BDO-ish style of combat and im sold.
Fingers crossed it will be worth playing for a few years. Interesting to see how the node and castle sieges work out, get it right, could be awesome experience.
The animations for the abilities all look soooo sloooow. Like, they look awesome and the abilities themselves, like Black Hole, are interesting takes on cc; but holy crap. Casting a Drain Essence takes like 3 secs. A Fireball takes forever. Hope the combat isn't slow af. If the rotation is slow, the abilities will have to feel very impactful to compensate.
Yes! Snowy areas are my FAVORITE! Give me some aurora borealis… gysers…frozen lakes… huge snowy mountains…frosted trees! I love it
The worst combat system I've ever seen. Everyone is fucking mages and even if you're a shield user you still use tons of magic and shield is just a part of your costume.
dear lord do these partical effects really need to be gold
The landscapes, mounts, art, and whatnot are all cool and whatnot. But really Hoping they start doing stuff for the combat. Its really the most important aspect of the game
Is it me or the characters are a bit disproportionate in leg lenght. It looks like the up body part is almost the same lenght as the leg lenght. Looks a tiny bit weird no?
OK so when is this going to be released already?? I mean it like its 2 years late now. The hype is fading
I really hope that the world is MASSIVE. Really massive and alive. None of the FFXIV tiny regions
14:58 "I encourage people to not buy the game…but if you do please use my referral link so I you could support me. I might use it on illicit substances" (1) which is it? (2) wtf drugs?
Lol the prices they offer for ppl to get access still makes me very sus and i honestly believe they will keep pushing everything out because they r making bank off these b.s packages.
German server?
$500 to play a game for 4 days?????
Chat bubbles are important to RPers
I still can not wrap my head around why they only allow positive comment to be shown in the comment section of their videos on youtube if they truly are interested in the feedback from the community. I really hope for the best for this game but small stuff like that makes me sceptical very fast.