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Ashes of Creation is an upcoming MMORPG, set in a high fantasy open world.[1]

Ashes of Creation is an upcoming MMORPG set in a world of high fantasy where player’s choices will shape and define the world around them.[1]

Factions

There are no predefined factions in Ashes of Creation.[2]

Box cost

There is no upfront box cost associated with Ashes of Creation.[3]

Subscription model

Ashes of Creation is a subscription based game.[4]

"This allows us to avoid the pay to win mentality many free to play games employ, as well as maintain a steady flow of new content for all our players."

Pay to win

Ashes of Creation will not be pay to win.[5]

"Ashes of Creation will not be pay to win, that is our pledge to the community. One of the core principles we set forth with Ashes of Creation is a very strong desire to maintain the game's even playing field."

Alts

Localization/Translation

Efforts will be made to translate Ashes of Creation into multiple languages.[16]

  • Translation will be done in the game client based on interest.

Platforms

Ashes of Creation will be released on the Windows PC platform.[17]

  • Console support may be decided at a later point.

Performance

The developers are rewriting the Unreal engine 4 back-end to add proprietary networking code that will enable Ashes of Creation to achieve the mass combat in the open world, such as PvP, Node sieges, Castle sieges, Dungeons and World bosses.[18]

Servers

The world will be the same on each server, but Nodes will develop differently. Different servers will have different narratives. Things that happen on one server may not happen on another.[19][20][21]

To answer your question about "what stops all servers from from progressing the same nodes," the answer to that question is "other players." Certain content is locked behind different nodes that develop. If we assume that at some point all of the information regarding node progression is available, not all players on a server may agree on what content they want access to, or that they want other players to have access to. Even if a certain perks from node progression are considered "best value" to players trying to solve a node meta, that doesn't mean all players on a server benefit from that in the same way. Because of this, some players make act against your best interests, because it isn't their best interest. Nodes define (and redefine) the world around you, influence points of interest, world quest lines, story arcs, drop tables, resource pools, and even spawn tables for NPCs and bosses. The cycle of nodes leveling and triggering events is something we expect to see play out in a variety of different ways, across different servers, based on how players choose to play Ashes of Creation.[19] – Ry Schueller
  • There will be a multitude of servers located throughout the various regions of the world.[23]
    • Server selection will show the region where the server is located and/or the ping to that server.[23]
With regards to live launch when the server's go live, you'll be selecting a server to play on; and that will be your character's home; and that server you'll be aware of where that server is located usually by either a ping or a region that's notated on next to the server.[23] – Steven Sharif

Regions

Ashes of Creation will launch with the following server regions:[26][27]

At this stage we do not have numbers on how many different servers will exist for different regions. We've said in the past 8-10,000 concurrent users per server is what we'd like to aim for. Obviously, the number of servers that exist in a region are going to be dependent on the population that's playing.[34] – Steven Sharif

Other server regions will be considered based on interest.[28][27]

  • South America is under consideration due to traffic from that region.[35]

Once we get closer to launch we'll update this information, which may include additional regions.[28]

Certain regions will have "harmonized" subscription prices that better reflect their local economies. These regions will be segregated from other regions.[36]

  • Players will be able to make characters on any server they wish. There will be no region locking (outside of harmonized regions).[37]

Folks have always been able to make characters on any server they wish. We are not region locking anyone.[37] – Margaret Krohn

Server population

Population limits will be enforced on each server.[38]

  • Around 8-10k concurrent users per server is projected.[39][34][40][41]
  • Initially there will be a limited number of registered accounts (approximately 15,000) per server to help mitigate login queues.[42]
    • This limit will increase over time to around 50,000 registered accounts per server.[42][43][44]
  • There may be queues to get into high population servers, but the aim is to avoid excessively long queues.[44]
  • The developers intend to carefully manage server populations via the use of character creation throttles to avoid the need to merge servers.[43][45]
  • The developers may occasionally release stats relating to server populations and archetype/class makeup, but there isn't going to be an official page that surfaces this information.[24]

Server instancing

There won't be server channels (sharding) on a server.[46][47]

Server types

  • There won't be separate PvE and PvP servers but some servers may be more PvP focused than others.[48][49][50]

Release schedule

Alpha Two is coming in Q3 2024! We have not announced specific dates or testing schedules for Alpha Two, Beta One, or Beta Two yet.[52]

The Ashes of Creation release schedule is subject to change.[53]

Spot testing has begun, some limited NDA'd testers are participating in spot tests and December will see more, including some major headless client testing. Also those of you that still have the A1 launcher may see an update in the next couple weeks.[54] – Steven Sharif
The NDA spot testing that will be before Alpha-2: We will have first one with our PI members, then we'll have some with our Alpha-1 users, and then our Alpha-2 users; and of course Alpha-2 will not be NDA, but that spot testing will be NDA.[55] – Margaret Krohn
Phase Release Estimated/Actual date
Pre‑alpha Alpha-0.[56] December 15, 2017.[57]
APOC Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale stress test (NDA).[58] September 7, 2018.[59]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale stress test (NDA lifted).[60] October 19, 2018.[60]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale open beta.[61] December 18, 2018.[62]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale early access.[63] September 24, 2019.[64]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse castle siege mode PI closed testing.[65] December 19, 2019.[65]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale testing ends.[66] March 10, 2020.[67]
Alpha Alpha-1 early preview livestream.[68] March 27, 2020.[69]
Alpha-1 limited QA testing (NDA).[70][71] May 28, 2020.[72][73]
Alpha-1 preview pre-test 1 (NDA).[74] Dec 18 - Dec 21 2020.[74]
Alpha-1 preview pre-test 2 (NDA).[74] Feb 19 - Feb 22 2021.[75][76]
Alpha-1 preview intermittent spot testing (NDA).[77][78] Mar 19 - Jul 9 2021.[77][78]
Alpha-1 preview weekend (no NDA).[77] July 9 - July 11 2021.[79][80][77]
Alpha-1 (no NDA).[77] July 14 - August 15 2021.[81][82]
Alpha-2 spot testing (NDA).[55][83][84][85] November 2023.[54]
Alpha-2 (No NDA).[55][84][86][87] Q3 2024.[52][55][88]
Beta Beta-1. To be announced.[82]
Beta-2. To be announced.[82]
Pre‑release Head start for crowdfunding backers at the Founder level and above.[89] 1-2 days before launch.[89][90]
Release Launch (live) release. To be announced.[82][91]
Post‑launch Major releases (DLC expansions). Quarterly or six-monthly.[92][93]
Minor releases. Monthly.[92][93]

Franchise

Rogue Pre-alpha preview.

Ashes of Creation will be a franchise.[94]

  • The Ashes of Creation MMORPG is one of many intended products in the franchise.

External links

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 A reactive world - Nodes.
  2. ↑ Livestream, 26 May 2017 (39:36).
  3. ↑ kickstarter box cost.png
  4. ↑ kickstarter subscription.png
  5. ↑ kickstarter p2w.png
  6. ↑ Livestream, May 15, 2017 (18:25).
  7. ↑ Podcast, May 4, 2017 (51:52).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Livestream, April 7, 2023 (1:04:16).
  9. ↑ Livestream, April 30, 2021 (1:17:40).
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Livestream, July 30, 2021 (1:14:33).
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Livestream, May 15, 2017 (19:15).
  12. ↑ steven-cosmetic-reassignment.png
  13. ↑ Kickstarter item application.jpg
  14. ↑ kickstarter mounts.png
  15. ↑ Livestream, May 24, 2017 (32:07).
  16. ↑ Livestream, 17 May 2017 (1:09:22).
  17. ↑ Livestream, 26 May 2017 (38:30).
  18. ↑ Livestream, 3 May 2017 (26:50).
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 roshen servers.png
  20. ↑ Livestream, May 19, 2017 (37:03).
  21. ↑ MMOGames interview, January 2017
  22. ↑ Official Livestream - May 4th @ 3 PM PST - Q&A
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Livestream, September 27, 2018 (48:13).
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Livestream, November 19, 2021 (52:35).
  25. ↑ Livestream, January 27, 2023 (4:18).
  26. ↑ Interview, May 8, 2017 (22:06).
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Livestream, May 24, 2017 (40:50).
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 server-locations.png
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 na and eu servers.jpg
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 Ashes of Creation FAQ: Where will your servers be?
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 servers SEA OCE.png
  32. ↑ steven-oce-servers.png
  33. ↑ Reddit Q&A, 2019-01-8.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Livestream, 2018-04-8 (AM) (26:41).
  35. ↑ Livestream, July 9, 2018 (47:54).
  36. ↑ Livestream, July 25, 2020 (1:21:03).
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 margaret-region-locking.png
  38. ↑ Livestream, May 17, 2017 (59:25).
  39. ↑ Livestream, October 29, 2021 (1:14:00).
  40. ↑ Video, September 6, 2018 (4:25).
  41. ↑ server population.png
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 steven-jahlon-accounts-per-server.jpg
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 steven-server-accounts.png
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 Interview, July 18, 2020 (12:56).
  45. ↑ Interview, July 18, 2020 (10:04).
  46. ↑ Livestream, May 8, 2017 (36:26).
  47. ↑ Livestream, July 28, 2017 (35:42).
  48. ↑ Livestream, March 29, 2024 (2:27:46).
  49. ↑ Livestream, May 12, 2017 (24:52).
  50. ↑ MMORPG Interview, 2016-12-12.
  51. ↑ Livestream, May 10, 2017 (35:27).
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 Intrepid Studios Support - What are the Alpha/Beta Release dates?
  53. ↑ kickstarter release schedule.png
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 steven-a2-spot-testing-started.png
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 Livestream, September 29, 2023 (55:34).
  56. ↑ alpha-0 pre-alpha.png
  57. ↑ Livestream, January 18, 2018 (2:48).
  58. ↑ Livestream, September 1, 2018 (54:06).
  59. ↑ alpha-1-stress-test-3.png
  60. ↑ 60.0 60.1 alpha1-phase-1-update.png
  61. ↑ Press release - Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Launches December 18.
  62. ↑ apoc-beta.png
  63. ↑ Blog: Ashes of Creation Apocalypse heads into early access.
  64. ↑ @AoCApocalypse on Twitter.
  65. ↑ 65.0 65.1 Livestream, December 17, 2019 (18:33).
  66. ↑ Blog: Early Access for Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Battle Royale Testing Ends.
  67. ↑ apoc-offline.png
  68. ↑ March 2020 newsletter.
  69. ↑ Video, March 23, 2020 (0:01).
  70. ↑ alpha-1-nda-2.png
  71. ↑ alpha-1-nda-1.png
  72. ↑ steven-a1-testing-start.png
  73. ↑ Creative Director's Letter, 2020-04-1.
  74. ↑ 74.0 74.1 74.2 Blog: Creative Director's Letter, October 16 2020
  75. ↑ Livestream, February 26, 2021 (14:58).
  76. ↑ Blog: Creative Director's Letter, January 2021.
  77. ↑ 77.0 77.1 77.2 77.3 77.4 Alpha One Schedule Update, May 10 2021.
  78. ↑ 78.0 78.1 An Update on Alpha One Schedule, March 12 2021
  79. ↑ steven-a1preview-end.png
  80. ↑ Ashes of Creation Twitter - Alpha-1 Preview Weekend Begins
  81. ↑ alpha-1-end.png
  82. ↑ 82.0 82.1 82.2 82.3 release-dates.png
  83. ↑ Interview, July 9, 2023 (26:35).
  84. ↑ 84.0 84.1 Livestream, March 31, 2023 (5:57).
  85. ↑ Livestream, October 14, 2022 (17:05).
  86. ↑ Livestream, January 18, 2018 (25:22).
  87. ↑ alpha and beta phases.png
  88. ↑ vaknar-a2.png
  89. ↑ 89.0 89.1 founder.png
  90. ↑ braver of worlds.png
  91. ↑ Livestream, March 8, 2019 (57:26).
  92. ↑ 92.0 92.1 Interview, February 7, 2021 (21:57).
  93. ↑ 93.0 93.1 Livestream, May 8, 2017 (11:14).
  94. ↑ Livestream, 17 May 2017 (41:27).
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