Development Update With Befallen Forge Playthrough - 11AM PT Friday, December 20, 2024

[@SpaceBrain-1]

Steven keep the vision! You are doing such a great job, the whole team, the whole project, phase 1 gave me such oldschool nostalgia yet with so many next-gen game design systems, and choices. The lighting pass made me fall in love with the graphics. This game will be special. It will be popular, keep the vision true and we will follow! I cant' wait for sailing........... Margaret great job too!

[@jayjays_shed2158]

Yeah, please don't go the way of listening to streamers on behalf of the playerbase! Like WoW.

[@M4N0L17O]

Merry christmas Ashes Dev team, ALL of you and ALL the players

[@TravMan3211]

Something special is in the making. Im happy to be an early adopter a LONGGGGGGG time ago. So worth it. Keep it up team.

[@PsychTheory]

I love when the staff express themselves and have fun on the streams, shows how great the work environment is. I love the pvp it looks like you are actually going back and forth and not just mashing buttons at each other.

[@ChristopherCDaniels]

Everything is look really great. Keep up the exceptional work. Kudos to the entire intrepid team. Happy Holidays.

[@Teyloune]

I really enjoyed watching this! The Befallen Forge looks pretty awesome. I’m especially loving the lava - it makes me want to see it utilized as part of a castle’s defensive arsenal, like lava traps. Imagine murder holes or machicolations pouring lava down on attackers. I can’t wait to see the Dracolich - I’m sure it’s going to be totally badass and awesome! Wishing everyone happy winter festivities! Stay warm, and I hope no one catches a cold! ☃

[@rienvermeulen5051]

Love the forge, my favorite of all time dungeons in all of the mmo's i've played is wow classics black rock depths, this definatly has brd vibes.

[@PherPhur]

BRD has such a vibe. The whole mountain really. The long form dungeon format is sorely missing from MMOs. It even rivals raid length, i love it

[@kumoz495]

Can’t wait for this game!! It looks amazing its own thing from ASHES. The updates are just going to get better. I’m waiting for the wood elves race!!

[@Saintphoenix86]

i love the bug fix segment

[@blueknight8709]

I got to say this. Going over hot stones that just came out of the lava and have holes for the lava isn't a bug. But flying over boiling lava and not getting burned is a bug Steven. To walk across the bridge I would say you need heat and fire resistance passive skill that you get from being a giants, cyclops, dwarfs or the desert race Vaelune or gain being a blacksmith, cook or fire mage. Or being able to cool the bridge down with ice magic or cast a heat barrier or drink heat and fire resistance potion.

[@Rehd66]

Woot. Merry Christmas

[@Granger_LV]

me and my guild will deffenetly joint the adventure as the game will be ready

[@M.A-k6u]

*I can't wait to play this game in my retirement

[@phoenixbote]

Merry Christmas to the glorious Intrepid team. My question is about the launch of the planned Content Creator program. When can we expect it? We creators in the EU in particular feel a bit neglected and would be delighted to officially be part of the Content Creator team!

[@blueknight8709]

You said there is some Christmas stuff in game. Are there Christmas monsters like a Present mimic, sugar gum drop slime, gingerbread man and girl, Cookie dough golem, Christmas ghost, Peppermint snails, Snowmen, or Nutcrackers, . Then you can also have Christmas bandit's who's weapons are Bell's, candy cane weapons, presents boxing gloves, smoke bomb, sleeping, dance, elementary and laughing gas ornaments. You could also have Christmas themed skills and recipes for the different archetype or professions.

[@kayvee256]

Been checking in on the projcet off and on since it kicked off. Game still doesn't look like it's in a state where I'm ready to jump in, but the progress is encouraging! Looking forward to jumping in on release.

[@Zeromint]

We went straight to the deep roads. I knew this was dragon age.

[@mkbijnaam8713]

nice to see the new Metin 2 server is popping off .

[@demonovmx]

You are cooking something good here

[@WinterSina]

love the game progress!

[@zenwilds2911]

Could we please get a video explaining how we obtain housing, if there are any maintenance requirements to not lose your home, and the different furnishings?

[@zenwilds2911]

I've considered buying Alpha access, but there is nowhere with information strictly about housing. Housing is all I'm interested in.

[@farbor]

I've been waiting for a long time but how can I join the alpha?

[@Saintphoenix86]

I love my Dwarf flip

[@infinitely-random]

a skill improvement to chain lightning: more damage, but you chain some lightning tendrils to allies and damage them. And with healer double class it does healing.

[@icoivo5529]

Will the Freeholds that are purchased by players that become inactive be available again after a few months?

[@jayjays_shed2158]

I am just sitting here with my 🍿 and 🫖 waiting patiently for the game to come out. I hope that this game keeps to its origins and we don't see it slowly slip away to another wow.

[@rjswas]

RMT transactions happening in the in-game Global chat right in front of them.

[@Supacek]

Can we get demo to test our pc atless somethink short to test FPS ??

[@cooller8888]

Rogue preview when? Pls have true stealth, pls have true stealth, pls have true stealth

[@itotallycare]

Dungeon looks great and I'm sure will look even better come release. I hope that you will work more on the open world environment as a lot of it is very "clean". It needs more bumps, rocks, pebbles, grass, flowers, dead trees, branches etc. I haven't played the game yet but have watched quite a bit of it and I have noticed that the roads seem to be copy paste and you can see the edges/seams on them. This looks really strange and I'm hoping they are placeholder. The roads and the ground around them is also too flat and clean. The standard in terms of what you want to aim for idea wise in regards to this would be the "Complex Parallax Texture for Northern Roads" mod for Skyrim. Look it up if you don't know what it is. I'm sure UE5 can make it look even better. Again I'm just talking about what to aim for looks wise, not saying that the mods themselves should be incorporated. This is the internet, I need to clarify for someone I'm sure. I am someone who values immersion above most things in MMORPGS. If it doesn't feel like a real place that my character is in I struggle to get engaged and ultimately end up dropping the game. The details matter massively!

[@arkturhellsing1484]

Since this is an alpha the graphics are in a very unpolished state. The road texture will be smoothed out to blend in but the focus in a alpha is game mechanics working more then polishing graphics. It will only look better as time goes.

[@PherPhur]

​@@arkturhellsing1484bro the games got completely overhauled visually like 3 or 4 times. Who knows at this point

[@ewelinamatys8716]

Levitation was not looking like a bug. It was looking like 100% designet skill. This is somthing what I was waiting for many years, somthing what I have never seen in any MMO, looks like dreams come true. Freedom. All mague classes should have Levitation skill in high lvl. Ofc. It should consume a lot of mana evry sec more and more and mague should get 30% more dmg during levitation but yes no limits give us levitation. Personaly I will be play rogue. Hope for stealth and gear to imorove stealth. Rogue should also consume energy during stealth. Leather classes should have multiple jumps in the air 3x and climbing (like rope ?) So levitation for light armour classes, multiple jumps and climbing for medium, but still wondering what for heavy armour classes... Any ideas guys ?

[@ShortRopeProdutions1]

When will the quests actually work?

[@Xiongaming9000]

P3 of alpha

[@onlygravity]

When turning the camera, it breaks the immersion for me when standing still. It doesn't look natural and would love to see a change in the future. Either feet movement or head turning on the character model, something

[@SpaceBrain-1]

just put it in action mode

[@lordcorgi6481]

Befallen Forge...I see what you did there

[@falkath]

Why is the character creator so far behind what you showcased a long time ago?

[@Snickerv12]

Different branch of the game, not something that needs to be test in early alpha.. basic priority stuff..

[@falkath]

@@Snickerv12 this isn't early alpha, it's alpha 2 after 8 years in development and close to 3 years after the character creator showcase

[@ickabodunk]

⁠@@falkathWhat you’re seeing in game right now hasn’t been in development for 8 years.. The concept of the game and the beginning of the team maybe, but the first thing they did was apocalypse in 2019 to 2020 just to understand combat designs. None of that is in the game we know today. Then they had to scrap most of what they had due to “core code and game mechanic” issues they found, followed by the delay jumping to unreal 5. What you’re seeing in game might have 4-5 years total. Maybe..

[@Elegancia95]

Ashes of longevity

[@ThaCNO]

Rez the party instantly attack no buffs or med

[@DustinLee2001]

i cant wait til this has controller support man. Hands cant handle the kb.

[@blueknight8709]

I know that Steven was flying with Gm commands. But it would be cool if thier was a flying skill or a flying battle platform that players could use in game.

[@NhanTran-gy8xk]

It’s been a long time, the UI are still stuck in 2017. They might need to give them an update

[@PherPhur]

The UI needs a major makeover aesthetically. Right now its got this vaporware look to it

[@mistervo8185]

Can this game tear me off of Once Human? No clue, Can't find out for another couple of years 😂😂😂

[@PherPhur]

Seen you on Narcs stream today Steven. In case you didnt see it or haven't already come to this conclusion on your own: Player enjoyment should supercede efficiency in dev pipeline for testing. People paid a lot to test, they dont want to grind mobs for another couple hundred hours because it was slightly faster to get quest out for P3 instead of P2. Grinding in P1 was fine, but a second go around on a fresh wipe is a nogo for so many. That being said, its probably also a better idea to walk back plans on phase schedules by the looks of things and instead opt in for less content and a little more completeness. Its really rubbing people the wrong way shoveling in highly scuffed content. People understand its an Alpha, but it gives the wrong impression, even if it is merely for the sake of efficiency. Treat these players right and give them some fun while they test and youll not only have more testsrs and feedback, but youll also maintain your image and keep that momentum of hype, which is paramount. Its possible, just gotta give way to it. Dont need much, just a nice core loop, and grinding aint it. Give people a solid zone with solid quests, a couple solid dungeons and start drip feeding appropriate things that complement what you already got. On your end think a little less about the testing perspective and more of the gameplay. Think if all these indie games that start with a fun little loop, sometimes kind of scuffed but fun, and then they start expanding with updates. What they're essentially doing is a kind of EA testing if you think about it. They're just doing it in a highly effective manner. Its a test in disguise, and its a round of investor funding. Its okay to have promised this gigantic highly ambitious MMO and start with that. You have peoples faith dude, or you had it, just give them something fun, even if it's small, and they'll cope fine. The absolute last thing I would have done is wipe hundreds of hours of progress from mob grinding(one of the most tedious things you can do in a game. The combats nice but everything has its limits) just to tell them to do it all over again as you add in tons more highly scuffed barren content. You basically just gave them an irritant, then forced them to get bored, and so now they go have a look around to cure that boredom and they've got all this scuffed content to vent their boredom and frustration at. What did you think was going to happen? You can tell people its an alpha 200 times, but at a certain point, despite me and you not liking it, you gotta meet people where they are and see it through their eyes which are incapable of seeing it through yours. And I know, you cant snap your fingers at a bug, and there is an order to operations for efficiency, but theres also an aspect of all this I think you fail to see. Others before you have and look at them. Look at those indie games I just talked about. These are some of the most successful games thats ever been made. Its a highly effective strategy. Part of it was born from their lack of funding, but just cause you have the money to shovel content at peoples face and try doing it the way youre doing it, doesnt mean you should. Might get the game out faster, but at what cost?

[@bonshwananon7269]

The game is in an alpha state

[@SpaceBrain-1]

What an entitles load of bullshit. You paid to test. You test. You dont get a single tiny say in what order things are done in. Developers can see the entire project scope, they decide if fixing a bug right now or later is best for the game, not you... If you're stupid enough to just grind out max level in an alpha and not actually test the game, then that's on you.

[@PherPhur]

@@SpaceBrain-1 I mean I understand it sort of, but most players aren't or won't. Besides, there's a lot of things that take some serious grinding to test out which could have gotten tested without the wipe. Although there's some things that probably needed tested with a wipe? Though if that's true maybe they should have held off until rogue drop because it would have been like a partial wipe with so many people rerolling to test it out. They got siege scrolls so people would have been nuking nodes and rebuilding them from the ground up, like a wipe. I mean... I'm just saying, they should probably have sacrificed some efficiency to bring a better experience to testers. Like I said, look at these highly successful indies, they get to test and release major updates in chunks, just gotta start with a good loop and add things appropriately. Like a test in disguise. This in AoC though is just like some job level testing

[@chrisoneil2805]

Bro your a tester lol sure its fun most of the time but u paid to test the game

[@bonshwananon7269]

I think if they need max level testing they might boost characters levels to get that testing done

[@davidnovak3327]

hello, I want to ask after every week, on Friday, when I start the game on the weekend, I have to create a new character, is it on purpose or some kind of mistake, and today it didn't even allow me to create a new character

[@jesperburns]

That sounds like a bug, have you reported it through the ingame functionality?

[@davidnovak3327]

@@jesperburns ah, I'm going to see if the menu where the character is created can report an error, I didn't think of that, thanks for the advice

[@lottefassbender3329]

Make sure you pick the right realm as its not picking the realm you played last in to start with. I have also made two chars just to find out I played on different realms with each.

[@lordpico7436]

Sounds like u kept making a new character on a different server every week. Everytime you get in the server selected would be random. They have since fixed this and made it to where the last server you were on is the one that stays selected it’s too late to check now since it has freshly wiped for the first time today and we are now in Phase two of the Alpha testing

[@davidnovak3327]

@lottefassbender3329 yes, that's right, I'm sorry I didn't notice it, my fault, thank you all for your help

[@engintorun2730]

❤

[@exodus3461]

Woohoo!

[@mikegeyer4138]

🤘🤘🤘

[@Grimmnight16]

Margaret is stunning

[@ripteye]

Loot is so hard to get

[@hanns-boys]

"Ashes of Creation is all smoke and mirrors. PvP is unbalanced, PvE is sluggish and needlessly punishing. It feels like a Sim’s game for old folks. I deeply regret buying into the alpha - I wish I could get a refund. Expect a toxic mentality, not just tolerated but encouraged by the dev team. This isn’t even a real PvP game; it’s more of a friendly GvG where most players need to consent. In short, a game far from the expectations and promises. The only redeeming quality is the environment. Try it at your own risk - the content is done and dusted in a week." Let me know if you'd like to adjust the tone further!

[@Auld17]

It was cool watching Steven levitate. Too bad they took that ability away from all the other Mages...

[@allthatishere]

It was never an "ability," dude. Steven is just using developer commands.

[@salonleberiel6770]

will this get done by 2050?

[@allthatishere]

2051, bet!

[@renebaan7430]

great job scamming and falsely marketing to your customers

[@thetigle6288]

Meanwhile its not out yet, lets go play path of exile 2

[@MasterofLOLsha]

The conplaints about chistmas in the game is so stupid. Rename it into a another event/holiday but i eeally enjoy seeing the games celebrating and things decorated in the game to. Even if it's not called Christmas. How boring to have the real world decorated and lit up and the game is just the usual...

[@tommypham1101]

dude i already gave up waiting for this game.

[@Penguen007]

The time will pass anyways

[@mikoyb.1291]

Patience is a virtue my friend

[@RahzZalinto]

99% of gamblers quit just before they win big

[@tommypham1101]

@@RahzZalinto is that what you tell yourself when you go back to the atm?

[@jesperburns]

@@tommypham1101 Then why keep clicking on these videos?

[@GaniSowie]

will this game be woke? pandering to treinies fuyries joggies ? you know body type 1 body type 2 shit ?

[@GaniSowie]

never mind i just watched character creation screen. got my answer there. PASS

[@itotallycare]

And what did you see in the character creation screen that makes you think that the game will be woke?

[@galador8089]

you people need to touch grass

[@itotallycare]

@@galador8089 I touch plenty of grass. I'm just asking because the character creation is super bare bones, there is barely anything to it so I'm curious what this guy could have possibly seen.

[@galador8089]

@@itotallycare was talking to the original commentor

[@yoh1914]

Happy New Year team.

[@kajukuja]

🙂👍

[@bluestprotocol3972]

This honestly looks really bad like they literally couldn’t program a bridge

[@Eptackt18]

I've been following this project a long time since but this is dissapointing: 1) Dwarfs carve in stones, they don't use bricks. 2) Mechanics from mobs are just not there. No spells almost, no different types of mobs, just diferent skins and animation. The place doesn't feel crawled with danger it's just a mob here and there with a ton of HP. 3) The lightning with the lava and the fires is absolute trash, the ambience is not there. 4) Lava doesn't flow from the ceiling if we're not deep into the earth. There's a lack of tunnels and downspirals till you get to the bottom where the forging and lava starts. If they feel proud of this, this game is dead. And i'm sorry to say, i really need that game to be good i really want to, you don't even know.

[@biodelik5164]

Looks cool but honestly watching flying mounts around and not being able to get one is enough for me to not pay for your game.

[@allthatishere]

Just become a mayor, dude...

[@jhedges8301]

Phase 2 has been miserable so far. If this is the population density you guys want, I think I'm out.

[@BombayPotnoodle]

Great game for 2015...

[@stefanw2500]

Having respawns when engaging boss? No thanks!

[@rjswas]

That wasn't a boss, it was just a named mob, mini boss if you will, they literally talked about it...

[@stefanw2500]

@rjswas Yeah they say it's the first boss. Where were you? lol The cask master?

[@KOLLOQ]

cheapest early access package is $100. F that

[@krzysztofkozowski5676]

You re crying because you are poor :(

[@KOLLOQ]

@@krzysztofkozowski5676 a made up account justifying devs greed

[@KOLLOQ]

@@krzysztofkozowski5676 You forgot the ' in you're. I'm not poor, and I know my spelling, and grammar. I just don't support greedy devs

[@krzysztofkozowski5676]

Poor ppl excuses ​@@KOLLOQ

[@KOLLOQ]

@@krzysztofkozowski5676 if you say so buddy

[@enigmafarstrider9729]

can't even play. Servers were more stable in phase 1 than phase 2. couldn't get in until 6:30 pm then wait in que of 821 then get locked up, then was in que at number 5 then it jumped to over 600, finally got in then locked up again. Then was kicked twice. People would think that servers would be better now since they already had 2 months at it.

[@benjaminadelmann4342]

seems fine now

[@sneakz7120]

Bra it’s a test phase, holy shit lol. They are trying to test with more by closing realms to get as stable as possible. Chill

[@Touchin-Grass]

This is perfectly normal. Also, when new stuff is added, servers have problems.

[@krzysztofkozowski5676]

Thats why IT calls testing phase.