Steven Opens Up About the Alpha 2
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
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Ashes of Creation is an Immersive huge open world Sandpark MMORPG that is redefining the gaming landscape. Created for fans of PVP, PVE, and Roleplay, this ever-changing world promises the ultimate MMO experience. This game, which began development in 2016 and upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 in 2021, is now on the cusp of revolutionizing the MMORPG genre. Intrepid Studios are working towards delivering these highly requested features to an old school playerbase waiting for that MMORPG to bring them back to the golden age of the early 2000s:9 different playable races with both male and female options.A massive 1200 square kilometer world size at launch with 85 Nodes.A fully open world game with no loading screens, offering complete freedom to explore.A rich array of features including Dungeons, Raids, World Bosses, Open World PVP, Caravan PVP, castle sieges, node sieges, arenas, duels, guild wars, and more.A vibrant player-driven economy, crafting and artisan system, political system, citizenship, player run shops, taverns with parlor games, and a unique character customization system.Ashes of Creation offers an experience like no other, combining the best elements of both sandbox and theme park MMOs. This is a game built by an MMO fan for MMO fans, fully funded and committed to a zero pay-to-win model.
Hope you enjoyed the AMA! I have very deliberately tried to leave out majority of strong opinions in this breakdown to keep it concise because we're deep diving the AMA on stream right now:
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The reason he wasn't part of the AMA was so he could release this video within an hour.
This is dedication. This is copium.
Haha I saw this and started looking for the official vod to watch it first but I don't think its out yet
@@relhaz4326Yeah, I was looking for it, too
Do not listen to the propaganda, Narc is the only content creator for AoC, there rest are paid actors for marketing purposes. We pray to Narc 🙏
@@ThatGoodOldUsername Narc actually owns AoC
Thanks!
Well done, Narc. Thanks for going through all of this and condensing it for us.
The way that he answered the land management question was interesting. All that I have to say is that they better have some top of the line bot detection measures in place.
They won't, no one actually does.
Well... For me, it sounds like they wont care and players must to deal with using the reputation system.
I imagine dealing with bots might end up being on the group that "owns" that land. Setting up a node war and having "security patrols" to knock out the bots, I think will be the go to. Just speculation, of course, but if it's just a gathering bot, they'd be no more difficult than some trash mobs that need cleared out. My question with that is if you start a node war, can other groups come in and start fighting for your stuff? I wouldn't enjoy that the solution for dealing with bots means your land is open season 24/7.
@@UnknownUsername131 Yeah that's a good point. I played one of those flash games for a little while. One called Evony online. If you were not online 24/7 you could get screwed. The people who don't touch grass owned that game. It's on of my concerns for Ashes. I hope that it doesn't play out like you are speculating or like Evony played out.
@@UnknownUsername131 the problem is not about How difficult to kill the bot, but how useless It is. Bots always come with multiple accounts, are u going to patrol ur land 24/7 to prevent bots from getting ur land dry?
cant believe it took YT 3 weeks to show me this vid..
Nice vid mate.. keep it up.
never enough Copium!
That was a great AMA. They all did a fantastic job and the questions were really good.
I look forward to being retired in ten years and finally playing the release of this game.
After alpha 2 the game progressions should speed up I’m hoping for a full release in 2 to 3 years after alpha 2
@@wildyoda2931 nice joke
how long has this game been in creation?
I mean. MMOS generally take 10 -15 years to develop. Ashes has been in dev for 9 years. They got another 1 - 6 to go. If it's not out by 2030 I'd be a little concerned.
@@jairusstrunk94 5 year is too long at current state of technology, VR will dominate games in 2030
I want to play two shields one in each hand one for blocking attacks and one for defending against spells and a two handed spear on the back.
Dam that only took an hour u sure work fast love how u make long vid condensed on to small bit soo we can eat it easy
Probably gonna die before I get to play this.
are youy like 98 yo?
Citizen of Creation
I can't wait to be in my nursing home playing this game through a blow straw and toe pedals
So excited to play this game when it releases in 2052!
I'm back it's been 6 months and I still associate a soda opening with this channel
u should get a little shady npc with ur name in the game for all ur work u have put into this whole project, ty for all ur time and passion ! love ur content
He should, a dude that's hooked on gossip or a crier wandering around towns shouting out news from other nodes.
Nah , make it a baker that sends players on a hopeless quest to find his lost pants
With copium tank on the back
I know these devs. Trust me there is no game here.
Looking forward to alpha 2 just hoping they release it when it’s actually ready and don’t feel pressured
I need me some BARD info so bad. i love support with tons of control and I feel like I can work that with bard, cleric'ish builds
it will be in alpha2 at the start , rouge and summoner are probably not gonna be in it at the start but they will be the first update
Bard will most likely be in the June development update
Bard update is the number one thing I've been wanting at this point.
@@jonathanhaven1690 Same bro! Next month, hopefully.
So hyped for A2
we are making a copium guild at launch, right? right?
"Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim darkness of the FAR FAR FAR future there is only COPIUM"
As a star citizen backer since 2016, you guys really need to temper your expectations... lol
Open development with iteration based on community feedback takes a long time... and there are always mishaps, mistakes, bad decisions and unforeseen problems.
and now SC is getting content SO FAST its insane! People just dont have any patiance.
@@RED--01 yeah it's finally making good progress! I got burnt out, haven't played since around 3.16, tempted to try 3.23, but will probably hold on until Pyro is in for a more impactful experience.
Hope they make the end of year mark for it, but I'm doubtful :P
Do they really sell 20k USD Spaceships in that game?
Thats literally all ive ever heard about that game and it disappeared from my mind.
@@kellywilson137 yeah, technically it is a "pledge" / donation. But they have 1 pack I think, around that price.
I only bought a $45 pack, and it gave me full access to the live version of the alpha mmo plus the single player game (coming out hopefully by the end of this year or next), you can buy every ship in-game with in-game currency, over the years I decided to donate a bit more since I like the project , but not much.
But the monetization practices are really bad, bordering on insane with packages like the one you mentioned.... I guess for some people that kind of cash is peanuts, suppose that's the target audience.
You should check the latest tech demo of the game engine, it is insane! Star Engine it is called.
@@AndrewVisse Is this game out? Wanna play too
Great AMA! thank you for the summary as well
This game never leaves alpha/beta state
lookin more and more like GW2 and that isn't bad GW is a great game low key
I'm not surprised AT ALL about the rogue news. Rogues can be designed in lots of different directions, and be overpowered in a variety of gameplay vectors. I am SO excited to see what these industry experts land on and expect to be fully impressed with what their careful deliberation generates. :D
To me most games make rogues too overpowered. I would make them either single target no access to stealth or too many stuns, cc kings, or poison focused with stealth and some cc. What happens is rogues ruin open world pvp for a lot because they usually have access to all the aforementioned and kill players relatively easy, they just don’t excel at pve dps due to a lack of aoe damage. I daresay rogues really are the downfall of open world pvp in a lot of games-they draw the personality types that like to farm and gank and taunt, but are given the power to do so and most people quit after trains of invisible rogues cc lock players and kill them with very little counter play if any. Then all that’s left is rogues roaming open world pvp and nothing else because they literally killed it. I very much hope they resist the urge to allow this and build them without the insta gank power vs. players at least. Pve go at it.
Respect for all the work you do on a game that dont Exist ❤
Feature creep is real... By the time this game launches there will most likely be a few other possible new great mmo's to play before or by the time we will be able to play this, it is sad that they are missing a time where they could have soaked up all the players and attention where there are no current or new mmo's that could compete. As years go by they are loosing that hype and hope by gamers in my opinion. They need to speed this up as we all are waiting to climb on the ride and hoping not to miss it
Wut? I've been following since 2016 and there hasn't been one item of feature creep.
Feature creep teams "adding more and more new design features into the stream that weren't in the base proposal" none of that is present. Everything they've shown is part of the original plan.... maybe you just got the wrong term?
how they are missing something they couldn't get? if they launched the game already it would be another New World or worse
I'm glad they are planning to release rogue in the first patch after A2 start. It is a pity that players who want to play rogue will have to wait for a month to get started, or dive into the experience with a class they otherwise wouldn't play. I think this does show, as Narc commented on a previous video, A2 will not be delayed for any reason and they're willing to not have some of the content that was planned if it means delivering on a Q3 release - they can always release it during the testing. Also I'd rather rogue get delayed than have another gamebreaking error on launch day like with rangers in A1.
I’m just happy we get the summoner before a2
After hearing that they only have 1 node type ready to go for alpha 1 I've lost a little steam for this game. I was holding on for a 2026 release. But seriously they only have 1/3 of the node types ready and at that rate it'll be at least another 10 years. By then i will most likely be dead so i probably will never play this game in a complete state. Breaks my heart
There are four node types btw
Apparently there's only 1@@morganmorgan5664
@@morganmorgan5664 scientific, religious, and the war one. Which am I missing?
@@paradise_calls_83 economic
@@morganmorgan5664 oh yeah ty for the reminder
"The dented one"? You sir, are you a detractor?
YEET!
this last section implies that some guilds might sell their fighting power as mercenaries, so other guilds might be able to either transport or attack a caravan.
this is spicey
2 out of 8 archetypes might not sound bad, but think about it this way:
6 archetypes = 36 classes
8 archetypes = 64 classes
Steven said they focus on fleshing out the augments of the first 6 archetypes first. This means they work on the first 36 of 64 classes currently.
But all in all, I'm still positive.I don't think A2 will be as long as numbers thrown around e.g. in your stream (6/7 years). I think you can implement most of the node system without having all node types, because many systems don't depend on them (e.g. how the mayor is selected, on the divine quests etc.).
IMO they should still cut some content and put it into a DLC. Can't do that with nodes types unfortunately.
But you could throw out naval content, monster coin stuff, perhaps even the summoner class in total (then 7*7=49, saves quite some work on the class system).
I think we'll see a great start into A2 at the end of August. 3 months to go!
It's okay, I'm not sad about rogue, they'll be there eventually.
Open dungeon reminds me of Dark Age of Camelot and it works great considering it was a Realm vs Realm and there are 3 realms total. I am excited to see how this will work in AoC
Great video!!!
Rogue and Summoner will not be available "at the start" of A2, they plan to implement them in the first update.
I think friendly fire with consequences would be ground breaking, people need to not get comfortable using giant damaging abilities on their own teammates with zero repercussions, instant immersion break.
Your asking for too much, man.
@@allthatishere i know i do this alot my bad man but imagine lol u will deff get some strong team fights at the top levels.
Would the node systems go far enough to punish specific guilds on all interactions? Say an economic node gets harassed by a nearby military node, could the economic node give discounts to alliance guilds funding a cities defense while harshly taxing aggressive guilds?
I love bad news! ☠
Is Narc wearing a Valheim's troll armor hoodie?
This game is going to look fantastic when they upgrade it to UE6 ahead of the alpha 9 test in 2031! Can't wait.
That said, I'd rather they take their time and create something they're happy with. It's not like they're going to be left behind in the genre, since most of their competitors are either in maintenance mode, or scrapped their projects.
Whats will all the videos usung valheim music? Its multiple creators doing this. Is it royalty free?
Gimme 2h axe, me orc me like axe
GW2 meets lost ark. As a boomer, I probably won't live to play it. But, my kids might enjoy AoC(an unfortunate acronym).
I don't understand how you came to that conclusion. I can't see anything Gw2 in the content or structure of the nodes, I'm not going to be building custom bases full of creatures/dinosaurs I can breed and catch.
It's like you said the next halo was need for speed. What are you talking about?
The mythical game that will be released next generation, biggest copium community there is lol
Man this game is never releasing at this pace, it looks good enough to release as an EA?
2 handes spear lets goo
But you forgot to mention that the rogue and summoner will be available during the first patch/update!
No two-handed maces? Guess I can't go full dark lord then.
I think it should just be “bows” probably
I’m gonna be retired by the time I get to play this or on my death bed
This game will be ready by 2030, alpha 2 is 20% complete.
Why is no one talking about what's the still the biggest problem imo in this game which is the sheer amount of greifing that this game will have. Small groups and God forbid solo players that either don't want to be in a guild or don't have the time to dedicate themselves to one will basically not be able to participate in the majority of the content be that dungeons,raids, freeholds,caravans etc. His answer to this was that the balance there when it comes to dungeons and raids is that low risk low reward meaning there will be a finite amount of loot available from bosses. But all that means is that large groups are going to go raid to raid, dungeon to dungeon, boss to boss gaining loot for their whole party slowly but surely dominating any small groups in there path. The answer to this is to either not have open dungeons especially when it had been proven to fail in the past or have instanced versions for low groups sizes. Or the easiest fix just have a normal flagging system for pvp and just give people that are flagged a loot buff and xp buff of some sort. What's going to happen is that no one except the hard-core players is going to play the game which will not be a healthy player base which is the reason Wildstar died.
well that sucks, have to waste the beginning of the A2 testing with a class I have no interest in playing.
That’s the point of the alpha though, to test things. It’s not the release of the game.
@@gaijinkuri684 Rogues are what I know, it's the class I play the most and have the deepest understanding of, and where my testing efforts would be best spent.
Selfish yes, but I would rather test the class I intend to play to find errors that will impede game play at release
No rogues? Sounds like good news to me
Narc you should do a 1 on 1 with Vlad before he does a 1v1 with Steven
Are there people who still think this is anything other than a scam? 🤣🤣🤣
4:16 lmfaoooooooo
I really do hope AoC won't play like BDO, because I really don't like the mind AFK grind nor the "contesting" with other player groups.
Idk man, I feel like this game is gonna be a let down
Yeah this game fixin to be trash
Alpha 2 in 2222
games is going to have 100 skill trees and resources bars. What a disaster.
Well they got 2 bad apples working for them
What is this in reference to?
@@dimitreus99 Steven and Margot, or whatever her name is.
They got arrested more recently.
@@allthatishere lmfao where u getting that from
@@allthatishere lmao are you just making things up or what 😂
wait, why the hell was not narc invited to this?
Wooo narc going to talk to Ashes of Relation!
bs no body toobers get picked but the man of the people doesnt
When you said UI, you probably meant UX
i want to know about botting. how will they stop people using bots to farm out nodes completely?
Good, dont show rogue to early or people will just have more time to whine about how their class choice looks crap in comparison...Its the same in every mmo that has rogues, FUN DETECTED.
Honestly. Rogue is probably going to my main, since this is an alpha I'll probably play everything besides rogue simply because i want to save that until the game actually releases.
No Rogue and no Staff. I really wanted to try out that combo.
@@ericdevarney4089 that's a good idea
@@ericdevarney4089 Reminds me of the Daredevil in GW2.
Can't get any worse tbh
This game is aging in 2024...
So many whiners lol. Long development means better game release.
If you can’t wait well that’s too bad for you.
Patience is a virtue.
I like how you make that sound factual.
There have been tons of games that had long development cycles that came out and flopped.
@@allthatishere good point. but how much community interaction and hands on content were shared during those developments?
Why is everyone hyping Ashes of creation instead of throne and liberty?
T&L it's not doing well in KR and lots of western players already played and it gets boring really fast + P2W
I was so into this game. Years ago. Maybe I'll check back in 2026, if I'm still alive. I wish them well tho.
Why is Narc never apart of these streams?
So no rouge at the beginning of A2 I’m fine as long as I get to play it this year
💀
artisan need to be a class and not just something everyone can do. It make no sens at all that a warrior take time to learn to be a blacksmith... If you want to be a very dangerous warrior you put all your time in training warrior. The trinity in most MMO is somewhat bad when you think about it. DPS - TANK - HEALER.... But what about artisan or engineer or rogue to open a door or a chest, destroying a door or helping for repair, or a miner that help to get resource.. People should have the right for four type, dps - tank - healer - help, Each dungeon should have stuff for the help to do that other class can, but help should always be less effective in combat. Getting an artisan in your guild will be very important, and you can make group way bigger because now you have a class that need protection but can give you bigger reward or can break a difficult part in a dungeon because they can remove traps or open a door for a better path way.
probably the worst suggestion i have ever read in my life.
not first
Looks like no Alpha 2 this year
Wym
Alpha 2 is confirmed to be releasing in Q3 this year. And they said that they are still on track to achieve this goal. Please inform yourself a bit more before making such assumptions.
@@YoShJiX good to know, also cut me some slack it been 5 years since i learned about the game, i just want something solid to play
@@JabbarTV1 it doesn’t even say anything about the release of alpha 2 in the video, why would you even make that assumption xd
Click bait thumbmail...
AWWW No Javelins for Javazons??....
Noice vid
DOUBLE HANDED SPEARS!!!! AHHHHHHHH GW2 EAT A DUCK
Ya new world did the territory storge only then made in shared territory storage cuz no one like traveling back to a territory to get what they need lol this game is a joke and the community lol
game looks bad
Correct.
This game isn't it.
Correct.
AoC will fail big time with it open PvP approach.
no because there are no forced upon factions and a corruption system. This will make people join guilds and create their own factions, and try to find other players that fit their gameplay wants. So if there is a powerfull guild in the area you are in you join them to do or avoid pvp, or you can join a neutral one that is kind of like a merchant guild or something to avoid pvp to the fullest even if its not entirely avoidable. Reguardless, because it is player made factions, pvp will be not be rampant unless there is conflict between major guilds. Which is something that will not happen as often as you playing wow in a pvp server and getting ganked and body camped to the point where hordes of people server swap or faction swap killing the pvp and or the server entirely. New world is another example of this that wasnt as bad because of 3 factions, but it was terrible, because city were ownde by guilds and not the factions, it caused people to grief people within their own factions and to do anything about it you had to swap faction which wasnt worth it, or server swap.
Your argument about open pvp is a bad approach, is like saying openly buy guns in america is a bad approach, without specifying the conditions that even make it open pvp, like the condition of people being able to kill each other reguardless of being in the same guild?, or the conditions needed to be able to buy guns in the first place, like the condition of getting a gun license.
All this faction and karma systems have failed all the time in MMO as long as there is no option for opt out PvP complete.
@@BaerBodo They have failed because of forced factions and no system that allows for guilds or factions to be made that give similar pvp friction to having a forced one from the get go. Its either you pick a side or there are no sides. This game will be the first to have multiple sides that will come and go over time due to players.
@@202adr I and the big majority of MMO players want to opt out from PvP completely!
People are just going to gank with alts, like in Eve Online.
Should not be surprised about no alpha 2 on a game that literally does not exist 😉
This is an incr3dibly complicat3d endeavor. If you know even a little bit about gam3dev, that should be obvious. So far everything makes perfect s3nse to me.
pax dei is garbage
first...
No duel wielding swords, im out
1st
im done waiting for this game tbh...
thanks for letting us know
Yet here you are.....
You do you
No you’re not
The game is releasing this year. Just a little longer, dude.
Lol you fast af with the upload