Steven Sharif
Steven Sharif is Creative Director at Intrepid Studios.[1]
I’ve been an avid gamer for over 25 years, and time after time I find myself playing MMORPG’s. There is something about the Massively Multiplayer part of the game that has always intrigued me. Nothing compares with the experience of playing with thousands of people, from across the world. Everything in my design for Ashes of Creation, stems from that role of “community” in our game. I want to see the players dictate the direction of our story. I want to see the world we develop, adapt and react to the player’s actions. Most importantly, I want to see a game built by gamers FOR gamers.[1] – Steven Sharif
The best way you can create a product is by listening to the the feedback that your community gives you; and that's just not on a design front that's also on a product front as well- a business front. Also so you know there's a lot of things that I have the luxury of doing with Intrepid as a company because I am the sole share owner in the company I don't have to answer to a board and I have that luxury. Not a lot of companies have that luxury and that's why it's important for consumers to speak out and give their their feedback because the board does see that and the success of other companies that try new things, that take risks like Intrepid is taking or that Ashes of Creation is taking. It's important for those risk takers to get the love and the support so that it shows other businesses really the direction that the genre should go in.[2] – Steven Sharif
The bottom line is I am committed to this project's success and completion and that means that when it comes to funding for the additional years that perhaps were not planned for, that's coming out of mine and John's pocket and we're okay with that. Because what we see in front of us is not only a team of extremely talented individuals but also a community that is extremely passionate about the project and wanting to see it come to fruition. It's not just about what our personal desires are, John and myself being MMO players, but really it's about the fact that we've created a following, a community of players who want the same thing or similar to the same thing and that's something that's at the forefront of my mind anytime I walk into work is how is what we're doing today going to impact the players tomorrow. That's a very important question. It's a product driven development aspect and you know I believe based on the millions of players we already have pre-registered for the game that Ashes of Creation is going to be one of the most successful and largest launches in MMO history.[3] – Steven Sharif
Quoted in
- 2017-05-04 Dungeon Crawler Network podcast interview with creative director Steven Sharif
- 2017-09-06 - Jason Wivart - Ashes of Creation @ PAX West 2017 combat Q&A
- 2018-04-16 DVS Gaming - Interview with Steven Sharif
- 2018-04-23 Dungeon Crawler Network podcast interview with creative director Steven Sharif
- 2018-05-11 Ashen Forge - A Night with Steven Sharif
- 2018-05-11 Ashes of Creation Community Podcast with Steven Sharif
- 2018-08-08 Discord Q&A
- 2018-08-17 Discord Q&A
- 2018-08-21 Discord Q&A
- 2018-08-24 Ashestalk.de interview
- 2018-08-27 MMORPG-Gamescom 2018 Interview: Responding to Criticism
- 2018-10-20 Lazy Peon livestream interview with Steven Sharif
- 2018-10-21 Krojak livestream interview with Steven Sharif
- 2018-10-31 Simurgh interview with Steven Sharif
- 2018-12-06 Discord Q&A
- 2019-01-25 Dungeon Crawler Network Q&A with Steven Sharif
- 2019-03-07 Blog: Creative Director's Letter
- 2019-04-11 Steven Sharif Interview - Dungeon Crawler Network
- 2019-04-15 Steven Sharif Interview - Paradox Gaming Network
- 2019-04-17 Steven Sharif Interview - Ashes Pathfinder
- 2019-04-19 Steven Sharif Interview - The Golden Feather
- 2019-08-15 Dungeon Crawler Network podcast interview with creative director Steven Sharif
- 2020-03-27 Discord Q&A
- 2020-05-31 Video - Pre-Alpha Gameplay in 4K
- 2020-07-08 Steven Sharif Interview - Paradox Gaming Network
- 2020-07-18 Steven Sharif Interview - Summit1G and Shroud
- 2020-07-19 Steven Sharif Interview - Asmongold
- 2020-07-20 Discord Q&A
- 2020-07-25 Live AMA with Steven Sharif
- 2020-07-26 Ashes Pathfinder Podcast with Steven Sharif
- 2020-07-29 Steven Sharif Interview - TimTheTatman
- 2020-10-17 Steven Sharif Interview - Paradox Gaming Network
- 2020-11-15 Ashes Pathfinder Podcast with Steven Sharif
- 2020-12-22 Video - 4K Alpha-1 Preview - Level 10 Boss Fight Footage
- 2021-02-07 Ashen Forge - Super Sunday with guest Steven Sharif
- 2021-02-26 Video - 4K - Alpha One Gameplay Update
- 2021-04-11 Ashes Pathfinders Podcast with Steven Sharif
- 2021-04-30 Video - 4K - Alpha One Raid Boss - April Update
- 2021-06-13 Live AMA with Steven Sharif
- 2021-12-23 Livestream
- 2022-10-14 AMA Livestream with Steven Sharif
- 2023-04-07 Community Q&A with Steven Sharif
- 7th Lancer
- Accessibility settings
- Account management
- Accounts
- Achievements
- Acolyte
- Action bar
- Active blocking
- Active skills
- Adaptive content
- Addons
- Adjacent nodes
- Adolescent Faybeast
- Adolescent Galestalker
- Adventurer pre-order pack
- Adventurer pre-order pack: Aug 2021 - Sep 2021
- Adventurer pre-order pack: Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
- Adventurer pre-order pack: Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
- Adventurer pre-order pack: May 2021 - Jun 2021
- Aegis
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- Aelan
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- Aerospire
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- Arctic Prowler
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- Ashes of Creation
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- Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale
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- CC
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- Collision
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- Combat
- Combat logs
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- Combat revamp
- Definition:Combat targeting
- Companion app
- Concordat Case
- Confectioner’s Delight
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- Conveyer's Go-Pack
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- Copper Pickaxe
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- Cosmetic armor
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- Cosmetic store
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- Courage
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- APOC:Crossbows
- Crowd control
- Crowned Coach
- Crusher's Carriage
- Crystalgazer's Raiment
- Crystalline Revenant
- Cultist
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- Currency
- Cygnus Galleon
- Daggers
- Daily quests
- Damage
- Damage types
- Darkness
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- Death's Bastion
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- Debuffs
- Decaying Thrall
- Deepwood Syrinx
- Deepwood Vyla
- Demon skin
- Design pillars
- Desks
- Desolation Outlander
- Destructible environments
- Development
- Diadem of Plenty
- Diadem of the Majestic
- Diamond Tipped Pickaxe
- Dillia's diary
- Diminishing returns
- Diplomat's Conveyance
- Directional attacks
- Divine gateways
- Dragonborne's Maid
- Dragons
- Drain Essence
- Drake of the Canopy
- Dreadcrawler
- Dreadnought
- Dredgehorn
- Dressers
- Drill Spiderling
- Dropped items
- Drywind Company Caravan
- Dual wielding
- Duelist
- Duels
- Dunewing Falcon
- Dungeon bosses
- Dungeon difficulty
- Dungeons
- Duskthunder Rhino
- Dwarven appearance
- Dye usage
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- Dynasty Beetle
- Dünir
- Dünthol’s Forge
- Dünzenkell
- Easter eggs
- Ebon Omen
- Economic regions
- Economy
- Elder Dragon of Flame
- Elder Dragon of the Tundra
- Elder Dragon of the Wood
- Eldercrown Caribou
- Elemental Empowerment
- Elemental abilities
- Elemental magic
- Elemental status effects
- Elements
- Elites
- User:Elleandria
- Embered Kit
- Embers
- Emberstorm Dragon
- Emblems
- Empyrean
- Encampment
- Enchanter
- Enchanting
- Enchantments
- Encounters
- End game
- APOC:Engineer
- Environments
- Epic items
- Escrow system
- Estimated travel times
- Eternal Guardian of the Dark Seas
- Evasion
- Event levels
- Event states
- Event types
- Events
- Expansions
- Expedition
- Expeditionary pre-order pack
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Apr 2018 - May 2018
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Apr 2019 - May 2019
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Apr 2021 - May 2021
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Apr 2022 - May 2022
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: April 2023 - May 2023
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Aug 2019 - Sep 2019
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Aug 2020 - Sep 2020
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Aug 2021 - Sep 2021
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: August 2022 - September 2022
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Dec 2017 - Feb 2018
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Dec 2018 - Jan 2019
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Dec 2019 - Jan 2020
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Dec 2020 - Jan 2021
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: December 2022 - January 2023
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: February 2023 - March 2023
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Jan 2019 - Feb 2019
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Jan 2020 - Feb 2020
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Jan 2021 - Feb 2021
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Jan 2022 - Feb 2022
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: January 2023 - February 2023
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Jul 2020 - Aug 2020
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: July 2022 - August 2022
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: June 2022 - July 2022
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Mar 2020 - Jul 2020
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Mar 2021 - Apr 2021
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Mar 2022 - Apr 2022
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: March 2023 - April 2023
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: May 2018 - Jun 2018
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: May 2021 - Jun 2021
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: May 2022 - June 2022
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: May 2023 - June 2023
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Nov 2020 - Dec 2020
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: November 2022 - December 2022
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Oct 2020 - Nov 2020
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Oct 2021 - Nov 2021
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: October 2022 - November 2022
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Sep 2018 - Oct 2018
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Sep 2019 - Oct 2019
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Sep 2021 - Oct 2021
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: September 2022 - October 2022
- Experience
- Exploration
- ExtraLife Crane
- Face of Sorrow
- Factions
- Falcon hawk
- Fallow's Hold
- Families
- Family summon
- Farmhands and NPC assistance
- Farming
- Farms
- Fast travel
- Faster travel
- Fateborne Nightwing
- Fathomveil
- Featherstone Expedition Pack
- Featherwatcher
- Felbark Berserker
- Felgaz Stalker
- Fellbeak Macaw
- Festive Protector's Garments
- Feyguard's Vengeance
- Feykin's Affection
- Field Marshal's Command
- Fighter
- Fighter classes
- Fire and frost
- Fish
- Fishery
- Fishery of the Waves
- Fishing
- Fishing boats
- Fishing poles
- Fishing types
- Flags
- Flailrunner
- Flamefin Frigate