Development Update with Caravan Preview - 11AM PT Tuesday, October 31, 2023

[@MargaretKrohn]

Glorious Ashes of Creation Community! We hope you all had a Happy Halloween! This month, we previewed our Caravan System which will play an integral role in the economy of Verra! We would greatly appreciate your feedback! Let us know what you think. Thanks again for continuing to following our development journey. 🎉❤🎊

[@danielschimit]

Please put Ashes of Creation with Portuguese from Portugal our brazil in the subtitles. Espanol too!

[@frequentsee3815]

😍😍😍

[@M.A-k6u]

Hey AoC. Do you drive the caravan with a keyboard? or do you point and click with a mouse where you want the caravan to go? Or do you just click on predetermined paths?

[@danielschimit]

@@M.A-k6u A caravana segue sua rota de acordo com evolução das cidades. Mas eu gosto ter duas opções, mas clicar em caminhos pré determinados deveria ser para jogadores end game que tem que se deslocar muito rápido voando.

[@antonious1685]

Caravans are looking extreamly exciting, im sure its due to the work in progress but the way the push back ability worked was a little goofy. Positive side was definetly the Cargo being visable, the lanterns on the carage itself moving was very nice, would be epic if they light up at night! It is all looking amazing and i cant wait to help test the game! hope this helps even a little!

[@kyskei]

I like the rebranding of monster certificates into Glint. it sounds clinky, fun and valuable

[@popasmurf6834]

It would be very cool if when multiple caravans travel the same path through the wilds, over time a dirt road would form (with a speed buff💨)

[@pearson674]

I like this idea however it should maybe just be more of a smaller dirt path, created in places like the shortcut they took.

[@popasmurf6834]

@@pearson674 Yes like a cart track, with grass in between the tracks 🙂

[@FcoAngelPD]

Been following you from the very beginning. I just hope you guys realize the candid and warm admiration we all feel for you, on a personal and a professional level, for bringing up this amazing piece of multifaceted art over our shared passion.

[@simongarza5322]

Each showcase is exciting- thanks for posting them so regularly! Also- Margaret kills these!

[@SteampunkGG]

Man these guys are easily one of the most transparent MMO companies I've seen so far. They never fail to impress with each update, can not wait to play this on release!

[@NeafPlays]

Agreed, I can't wait to play!!!!!

[@gobira26]

just wait until 2035

[@markosz22]

@@gobira26 I'd rather wait that long, than play just another online "game" with $90 price tag, full of crap mobile f2p monetization with season passes and other cheap psychological manipulation to spend, spend, spend money...

[@probad-]

I love that you can move the UI windows when talking to an NPC - that is AWESOME

[@NotPaws]

I absolutely love that the tree was blocking the road and you could rely on a person with high enough tree cutting level to clear the road or have to go around!!! Absolutely looovvveeee the look and feel of the game so far!!! :)

[@allecio]

Also, I can't be the only one that feels like Steven is such a wholesome, huggable guy. Y'all are doing some of the most diligent work for this community. I can't wait to see what wonders you bring us.

[@AliothAncalagon]

I am honestly impressed time and time again by Stevens vision. Everyone can come up with a super ambitious concept and many experienced players could pitch a convincing presentation for a promising one. But to see the leading force behind a project both fully enjoying the vast number of nice bonus things such a project consists of, while simultaneously sticking like super glue to the innovative core principles that are supposed to carry the experience in the long term, is something I have not seen very often. If someone can do it, its you guys!

[@paulanderson1113]

I'm an old man, .... lets get this game started!

[@victorhughgo2376]

I hope this game is a stunning success when it finally comes out, I really do. I'm rooting for you. I hope it's the best MMORPG that the MMO game playing community has seen since the invention of MMO's. I hope it's going to be bigger than WOW.

[@paabeatz]

Caravans are my #1 most loved feature when it comes to MMOs!! This is it, I will preorder a game for the first time in like 15 years. PS: Would love to see the other side of that feature, e.g. how a party of robbers attacks a caravan and how they can then flee and sell it to a fence or something.

[@Clixian961]

Take as long as you need! This is the game i'll be playing for 10+ years and i want it to be just right!

[@husleman]

I really enjoy watching these update streams. Its exciting to see the progress yall made and watch the game transform into something amazing. keep up the good work yall.

[@pearson674]

the game looks beautiful, I hope it will be able to run easily on most modern-ish computers. I really like how clean the UI is, simple yet still all the information one would need. The caravans are really cool, I would love to see the world around be more active as you're traveling. That was really cool when the world boss just walked up on you while traveling and its unpredictable moments like that, and the thought of what could happen next that seems really fun.

[@AshesofCreation]

The team is working hard on optimization as it will allow us to bring Ashes of Creation to as many fans as possible! 🤗 💕

[@j.s.t.6515]

Unreal 5 is not doing so hot on terms of low end rigs but I guess that come with the territory of a next gen engine. Probably time to start saving 🫣

[@wildyoda2931]

Save your money for a nice gaming laptop or pc I just order my gaming laptop from a Black Friday sell. I can’t wait to play alpha 2 on it. Take advantage of these Black Friday sells bro I saved 500$ on my gaming laptop it’s top tier

[@ccloudleaf]

Amazing look at a first past. I appreciate you hard work and passion. This will be very exciting for economy gameplay, and provide tons of story telling.

[@ArticulateDesignASMR]

I've been listening to this while working and it was such a great video! Im sure ive commented in the past about my hopes and dreams for a trade packing (caravan) system! I am astonished at how detailed it seems already, with lots of variables in play. The art is so beautiful and the upgrading/tailoring syatem looks amazing. One of the team breifly touched on the solo caravaner and i really hope there is at least a route that can be solod. I absolutely understand the game emphasises team play and the solo rewards should be heavily reduced. However selfishly, my playtime is very limited and i took so much pleasure from trotting across the safe routes of the local provinces in archeage. I think i bought some kind of founders pack for AoC years ago but ill need to double check and ensure i can get in as early as possible 😅 Thanks so much for such a rich and engaging video too btw!

[@ArticulateDesignASMR]

Scratch that, just picked up the voyager plus and I'm so excited haha

[@gonmordevol7245]

AWESOME ARCHEAGE VIBES AND LOOKS EVEN BETTER

[@mrdegraaf166]

The game just looks good and I have to say, I watch every stream with growing anticipation

[@alexandrealfa3664]

Brazil is waiting for this beautiful game, looks so good!!

[@rebornipgames]

Não vejo a hora desse game sair e perder uma vida jogando!

[@madmage4207]

This game never fails to deliver amazement!, I'm still not sure what character to select because they all look so good and the environments incredible

[@Christian-ev5yb]

uuh game is starting to look good. just waited for it since summer 2017, but it seems like you guys are finally getting closer :P

[@DazePhase]

Very interesting concept. You guys made it well.

[@DbooneTravels]

Being as community oriented as these devs seem is exactly why this game will be amazing . Thank you guys I can’t wait for this game in as excited as I was 18 yesrs ago when I first got into mmos 👏

[@koda7720]

Godspeed Ashes of Creation.

[@kerokupo]

exciting to watch. haven't seen any innovation or new stuff in the mmo scene. will keep paying attention

[@phatpingu]

My son is about to turn 7.. this will be our first MMO together.. 🙂

[@Thameno]

I think I'm one of the first Bakers and I love watching this mega project slowly come to life. Unfortunately, I'm not one of the testers, so I don't have a feel for how this game will feel anytime soon. But what you get to see looks really lively. I hope you don't get bogged down in all these wonderful details of the game for too long, so that we can all get a feel for what it feels like to be travelling in Ashes of Creation.

[@warlordbk]

This looks absolutely amazing!! I CANT WAIT to become a renown Mercenary, The knight with the Giant 2hand sword, Legendary for Defending the Caravans !!

[@Paul_______]

i wish this was out. ive been hyped for years since deltia mentioned it in an eso stream

[@barti560]

I mean, they did transfer to new engine, so that was big setback. But imho thay was worth it. 5.3 UE is fkin monster

[@lordy3n]

I wish the best success to the team at intrepid studio for their approach to designing this game

[@antondovydaitis2261]

Was hard to listen this on Twitch at work, looking forward to this time.

[@RuneRelic]

Nice work by the way. Especially the caravan dynamics, aside from the scenery.

[@xSkyMason]

Great showcase

[@les121476]

Can't wait to buy and play!!

[@bonshwananon7269]

Looks great!

[@andrewenes5670]

Caravan is perhaps the most hype I've had for an MMO feature ever lol.

[@gdim925]

I ve never been hyped so much for a game! Hopefully you ll be the exception of the rule and you will deliver what we re expecting,even if it takes time. The first weeks of the game will decide it s longevity. Wish you good luck guys and please dont rush it!

[@extremeowan7930]

Hats off to u guys

[@shadowrodney]

53:13 xD my first thought "OOH It's a Strawbearry" lol

[@Narubeat]

Juste can't wait for a the release !

[@Geometrys]

When a caravan goes into a river, it should have the option to just float down the river. Could be utilized as an alternate route for caravans to other nodes. Maybe a means of escape

[@TheLordUmbra]

I have a small community on discord, and I don't wanna step on toes because I love intrepid studios as devs you guys have my most respect, and I would like to ask if it's okay if I did a watch party of videos for all of them to talk about the videos to come out absolutely loving the updates btw we are all so so exited to play this masterpiece. :)

[@MrAdemptio]

Watching this while doing Trade Run in ArcheAge makes me want to play AoC even more.

[@TimTimYoutube]

How is that game still alive? Nothing but whales right?

[@kingarzal1502]

​@@TimTimKZbinprivate server doing good it seems

[@pongclone8786]

Love the map honestly

[@franklinrichards8851]

That mount look mad cool

[@Noze_LoL]

It looks like a caravan on the silkroad. It's a really great feature. There should be Trader, Hunter and Thief classes.

[@mauricejones735]

Glad to see it is coming along. Hopefully it will be released by year 2030 or the latest 2050.

[@aaroncrites5393]

The caravan system is very exciting! I love the idea and the current implementation is looking great! I would add that the repulse ability of the caravan in its current form is a little wonky. I can't wait to see future iterations including other features such as the raft aspect and possibly a caravan raid.

[@Brugllione]

Archeage traderuns are back on the menu!

[@markosz22]

About the leveling talk during reminders: The absolute best thing would be if the game didn't require you to be "max level" for all of it's content to be available. Because if it's required to be max level for the game to open up, most players will inevitably rush and ignore whatever they can to get there faster - devaluing all content below the level cap and will continue to shut off zones and content when the level cap increases in the future. I can think if only early Lineage 2, where reaching level cap was extremely hard, but not required and anyone within like 10 level range could do any content together and didn't separate "leveling players" and "max level players" so much. I don't know what the current plan is for Ashes, but that would be cool.

[@bounarts4885]

Does anyone know anything about a release year? Looking forward to the game I wanna follow the development. However I'd like to know a realistic release year.

[@Freki_The_Bold]

i remember playing everquest and everquest 2 and leveling up was a massive adventure in itself and it was like that in the beginning with WOW but that died out the more expansions were released archeage it wasnt so much of an adventure but end game was so vast that it made it worth it.

[@JasonEdgar-gr6pi]

i used to love the old silkroad caravan system. Youl could register players as guardians (they would get a split of your sale), other players could be thieves and they could gank your caravan to loot the goods then sell to a black market dealer for a lower % than a straight sale. If you spawned a caravan it would spawn npc thieves that would have to dealt with even if no other players came to gank you.

[@SpyroTheReptar]

Spoken like a true gamer what princess?

[@stickyrubb]

This is looking great! I have two questions; - _Will caravan components be in the theme of the skin of the caravan?_ - _Can caravans be blocked by other caravans?_ Thanks for the update

[@gruntag5939]

Wonderful job Intrepid! I'm looking forward to testing in Alpha 2; especially this caravan system. Question: Will Caravan vehicles be able to be dyed/painted different colors (outside of changing skins, or upgrading components)?

[@grimfodr837]

I really hope that delivering certain types of good effect prices/quality of some of the goods and services in the receiving towns. Towns that get a variety of exotic ales having spiffier tavern drinks, or high quality lumber being able to make better wooden crafts. Would be nice if it effected food served for the node too. To incentivize bringing seafood inland, etc.

[@baska-]

I hope that Alpha 2 won't be persistent. No testing phase should be forced to be persistent, there's no reason for it.

[@Brioche-12]

It says persistent so it is

[@baska-]

@@Brioche-12 it says everything is subject to change, so it isn't

[@Brioche-12]

@@baska- I mean when you go to buy the alpha 2 key it says persistent and doesn’t say subject to change it just says “preorder the pack to get access to our persistent server alpha 2 test”

[@aaavild]

Great showcase. I love how the concept of the caravans have evolved. But for caravans to make sense in moving player items, there is a need for players to be able to move an exceptionally high amount of items to make it worth the risk. And while restraining player inventory size especially for ressources is a great way to solve that, I don't think it will be quite enough by itself. Example: If I can at max stash 3 iron ore in my inventory and I can transport 20 iron ore at a time with a caravan. Then it would hardly be worth it, taking into consideration that there are mounts, PvX and maybe I only need 10 ores in the destination node. I'm thinking it's gotta be around at least x10 the players inventory size to be considerable, but if each iron ore will be a drag and drop into the caravan, it will be a very big caravan UI even if they get reduced to 1x1. And upgrades which improve caravan size also has to make sense making the UI enormous. So I propose that either items becomes stackable/more stackable in a caravan or, what I think is better, some weight system. The weight system should only be relevant for caravans, such that one could quickly assign similar items to a caravan and also simplify mixing commodities and player items. To avoid confusion maybe hide the weight attribute unless specifically toggled in some way. Maybe there's a even better solution I haven't thought of, but one thing is clear: The drag and drop UI doesn't make sense for massive quantities.

[@RockahD91]

Intrepid stated before that mounts will have (up to) 10x inventory of players, caravans will have (up to) 10x inventory of mounts. What is shown in this video is not what the end result is going to be balance wise, as this is just the showcase for the core mechanic :) I imagine/hope that they make it like this: Lets say you have 100 iron. At the caravancery you could upgrade your caravan with 10 crates that can hold 10 iron each, you ctrl click to put 10 iron in each individual crate until you unloaded your 100 iron into the caravan or shiftclick to autofill every crate. Or a slider to transfer x amount of iron from your inventory to the caravan.

[@phoenixbote]

Hello glorious team at Intrepid, will we know what passive bonuses each race will have before the release of Alpha 2?

[@infinitely-random]

Any ways you plan to escape inflation of gold? Resource based economy?

[@darsin7860]

Nodes /towns is the auction house localized . For instants in Albion Online banks and the auction houses are not connected, which makes it good for transporting goods.

[@judemartin6329]

You're saying that in Albion there's more incentive to transport goods because banks and the auction house are not global? If so, yeah that's a big feature/goal in Ashes of Creation, they want it to take significant time to travel across the map and for trade and other things to be meaningful.

[@focusedcoach]

Anytime i see that AoC up date i have to tell myself ... keep down, you dont have to be hyped, its to far away to get this feelings^^

[@NatureDerek]

can we expect to see an increase in the quality of the ground, using megascans assets and nanite?

[@Nyce-Gaming]

With the game not having to go offline for some updates, can you kill-switch a bugged or op skill, consumable, or mount? Are you able to tweak things live and simply such as corruption numbers or healing based on feedback at your whim?

[@koyaanisqatsi2855]

What is the risk/reward for the attackers of a caravan? Which mechanic will prevent entropy in the carvan system? How do you prevent everyone becoming a hawk? Wonder about that.

[@gasdaddie1390]

Can I do play test and find bugs within the game and report them this game looks so amazing and everything seems so new and intriguing

[@cooltrashgamer]

Oh my goodness! The amazing amount of aim required in this game looks so fun. I'm always looking for a new game for my blind nephew to play and this happens to look perfect.

[@JI-ev9pp]

I wonder if there will be people offering taxi services in game since there isn’t going to be many forms of fast travel. It might literally pay to have some fast light caravans that can get other players from one point to another.

[@tibispeedo]

I hope to play in 2024

[@RuneRelic]

How will the shield wall skill of tanks effect siege weapons, caravans and ships ? You said players cant obstruct but effects/skills can impede ?

[@haste3]

I feel like the time taken to get to the closest node even may be a little too much currently. This was just a demo and to the closest node and was approx 15 minutes.

[@_Starhammer]

If I'm to buy a caravan, I feel like there should be a Brad Pitt inspired character who introduces me to the unlicensed boxing community.

[@hzunasdfgbciw]

Playable game - when?

[@jermania7467]

Thanks team for the great vid and awesome caravan system thus far. 1. Will we see four horse drawn caravans? Quad horsepower for even faster transportation. 2. What's in it for defenders of a caravan? 3. This feels much like archeage caravan and it was a gank fest waiting at the ports. Hence, NOT FUN... I like what I see, I think it's great so far, however players will be players and with that comes any "cheap" advantage they can get. In archeage the time invested just wasn't worth the risk or reward and was only aggravating. 4. Why begin your caravan off-road when you're only going to go back onto the road? Are you really gaining anything especially if the event is area advertised? 5. Can players ride on the caravan instead of walking running along side it? I.E..., running boards. 6. Will caravans provide potential offensive seats on the wagon. Example a war wagon, with turret that another player mans to help defend. Or perhaps can players deploy their own war wagon to help defend a caravan?

[@jikal9032]

My great-grandkids are gonna love this when it comes out

[@JohnClark-jn7wi]

I don't like that the caravan is summoned out of thin air. I like that it takes longer to summon the further you are away from the node. The caravan should have to be spawned at the node or from player housing if they own a stable. Also how did the cargo get on to the caravan other than clicking the cargo and dropping it in to the window.

[@poblocki15]

Świetnie to wygląda 😊 Pozdrowienia z Polski 🇵🇱

[@The0neGreatest]

It makes me wonder, when thinking about collaboration in this game, including grouping together with strangers to start a caravan.. Will there be in game/UI systems to enable this collaboration? (Such as the auto-group function in world events) Or will it be on the players themselves to speak to each other and form these groups? I genuinely don't know which I would prefer personally.

[@iamDeviMist]

Can I successfully live in Vera just by gathering and hunting as a solo player? I'm only interested in gathering, crafting and sell my stuffs to other players.

[@PokeAmp]

oo silkroad online vibes nice

[@ReeI3oK]

That's why Silkroad was amazing , this game will be even better than anything out there. Can't wait for gvg fights over overloaded caravans. Just imagine...

[@Vospha]

Hello, hope your all well at intrepid. I have a question the about character creator, with alpha 2 quickly approaching will we be receiving the character creator to play around with any time soon AND will out characters made in the creator cross over to our alpha 2 so we don't have to remake stuff that we liked?

[@allecio]

Will there be guild size limitations, or will it be unbound? How much functionality will guilds have, especially for assigning people certain gameplay roles?

[@wildyoda2931]

How long can we expect the open and closed beta after alpha 2?

[@1ts_easy108]

Tell me, is it possible to purchase access to Alpha 2 without purchasing the latest set, since its style does not suit me?

[@warlordbk]

So this can be pvp'd right? Was hoping you guys had a little gm vs gm battle planned to show it off :(

[@Doak_85]

Already thinking of names for caravans: Steven’s caravan, not Steven’s caravan, caravan dam , 2 fast 2 caravans, cara dele- van-gine ,cara mini-van, cara van diesel

[@sarkamen1495]

Dear Devs. I was thinking about buying one of pre-order packs and having a chance to join tests but you never say when the next tests will be. I'd love to try your game but spending at least 75 bucks and waiting who knows how long is a bit discouraging. Can you pleas tell us something about next tests ?

[@RuneRelic]

Clearly you need your best healer in the driving seat then, if they are impervious to damage.

[@flange_pickle]

Amazing work guys! Will there be a way for guilds to enable a hostile button with other guilds so they can PvP each other without having to worry about corruption?

[@SmockTurtle]

Can you export the content of this video to a more friendly medium such as a Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation? Please and thank you.

[@M.A-k6u]

Hey AoC, I have a fundamental question about playing AoC. *As a player, what is my goal?* I can explain: When you are playing a video game like WoW for example, your goal is either A) Slay the final boss of the raid or B) Have the highest pvp rating in the game... Both which require you to climb the gear/skill ladder. Every patch & expansion, the ladder gets a little higher and people continue the climb. Whether it's gear from Mythic+, or Raids, or PvP seasons, every few months there is a patch that provides a higher climb of that ladder to get more powerful. That is why, WoW for example, continues to hold a strong player base even after 20 years almost. Other games like Elder scrolls online, for example, decided to opt out from that ladder. Every patch/expansion adds more content but does not require you to do that content to get stronger... Which is why ESO struggles to maintain player numbers. I've had my same legendary set for the past 3 years and I never had to do anything else to get "stronger". So that said... What is AoC's plan? Is it going to go down WoW's path where every period of time, there will be a higher ladder to climb? Or is it going to go down ESO's path where it's laid back and "do what you want" kind of deal? Thanks :)

[@mix19tape]

Think it as an eso, but not as much.. Bcs when flaged for pvp theres a chance to lose materials, as well as gear when you die..

[@MwelwaOnCos]

It is not right that games should take this long man. It's not fair

[@rolandgrobler1288]

Hi would like to see bandit, skellos, beastman etc. ambushes that the caravan can't move. So the group have to beat the ambush before you can progress. I love the decision options to relocate and find other paths around postictal but I feel the game must gave some authority in activities like the caravans. Cant wait for A2 and experience this amazing looking world.

[@prezzir]

In my opinion if you want have natural playerbase trhought leveling, you can just require specific item drops for high level recepies, that won't drop unless your in level range of that specific monser that it will drop from. And it shouldnt be some common drop. That will get boost in economy and people will have fun grinding mid level cap.

[@Romansoldi3r]

Do you guys know which month's livestream will showcase the naval system and will it be in alpha 2? Thank you!

[@user-me7iw6ft8z]

The wolf death sound effect is 100% the same as in metin 2