Release-Zeitplan

Our team is dedicated to providing the MMORPG we all have been waiting for. Thanks to our community’s incredible support, we successfully pinpointed critical systems in need of revision for Alpha One through the use of our Apocalypse testing ground. After taking the time needed to finalize these revisions, we are happy to announce that starting August 20, 2019 at 11:00 AM PDT the Divine Gateways will open once more for limited Apocalypse testing sessions. We can’t wait to hear your feedback on the updated performance, user interface, art iteration, and combat changes that you’ll see during this phase. We’ve learned a lot from our previous testing and we are using that knowledge to ensure smoother testing periods moving forward. Once we have successfully vetted our back-end changes with Apocalypse during August and September, we will have better insight for future dates involving Siege Mode, Horde Mode, and the highly anticipated MMORPG’s Alpha One. We hope you'll join us for this incredible journey! – Steven Sharif

The Ashes of Creation release schedule is subject to change.

Phase	Release	Estimated/Actual date
Pre‑alpha	Alpha-0.	December 15, 2017.
APOC	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse arena stress test (NDA).	September 7, 2018.
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale (NDA lifted).	October 19, 2018.
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse open beta.	December 18, 2018.
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse castle siege mode.	To be announced.
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse horde mode.	To be announced.
Alpha	Alpha-1.	To be announced.
	Alpha-2 (persistent alpha).	-
Beta	Betas won through the weekly drawings ("Beta-0").	After Alphas, but before Betas.
	Beta-1.	-
	Beta-2.	-
Pre‑release	Head start for crowdfunding backers at the Founder level and above.	1-2 days before launch.
Release	Launch (live) release.	To be announced.
Post‑launch	Major releases (DLC expansions).	Quarterly.
	Minor releases.	Monthly.

Quarter two is no longer going to be the proposed date for alpha one delivery. The delay will not be in a number of years it'll be in a number of months. However we are not going to- we give this commitment going forward to the community that when we give you a date we are going to be confident 100% that we can hit that date, which means that those core systems will need to be complete and stood up in a QA format or setting to where we are confident that that date's going to be deliverable. – Steven Sharif

Early access

Alpha and beta key concept art.

Ashes of Creation early access packages:

• Alpha-0 and "Beta-0" are the invite-only "raffle" alpha and beta test phases.
• Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Beta-1, and Beta-2 were available for purchase during the Kickstarter and Summer crowdfunding campaigns.
• Alpha-1 was available in the Intrepid pre-order pack from the cosmetic store.
• Alpha-2 and Beta-2 were available during PAX West 2017.
• Alpha-2, Beta-1, and Beta-2 are currently available in Vorbesteller-Pakete on the cosmetic store.

Ashes of Creation

Ashes of Creation (AoC) ist ein MMORPG in der Entwicklung, das in einer offenen Welt der hohen fantasie spielt.

Ashes of Creation ist ein MMORPG in der Entwicklung, das in einer Welt der hohen fantasie spielt, in der die Entscheidungen der Spieler die Welt um sie herum formen und gestalten werden.

Ashes of Creation ist eine einzigartige Interpretation des MMO-Erlebnisses. Unsere Weltstruktur ist dynamisch und darauf ausgerichtet, auf die Handlungen unserer Spieler zu reagieren. Städte werden aufsteigen und wieder fallen, ihre Bevölkerung basiert auf der Geschichte der Welt, wie sie die Spieler erschaffen. Quests werden freigeschaltet, wenn sich die Völker versammeln, ihre Bedürfnisse wachsen und Geheimnisse freigeschaltet werden.

Da die NSC-Struktur der Welt in Echtzeit aufgebaut wird, haben die Spieler die Möglichkeit, das zu zerstören, was sie geschaffen haben und ebnen den Weg für neue Entwicklungen, neue Bevölkerungsgruppen und echte Veränderungen. Politische Auseinandersetzungen und Intrigen werden eine sehr reale Rolle in der Struktur deiner Welt spielen.

Vorbei sind die Tage der statischen Welten, der Wandel ist hier, um zu bleiben.

Alpha-1

Alpha-1 environment preview.

Alpha-1 PvE combat preview.

Testing third-person MMO camera mode for Alpha-1.

Alpha-1 (previously called Alpha-1 phase 2) is a testing release of Ashes of Creation. Alpha-1 will test hybrid action/tab combat.

• Entwicklung to level 20.
• 4 playable races.
• Charakter-Erstellung.
  • This may be released prior to Alpha-1.
• 8 base archetypes.
• Portions of player housing.
• Portions of crafting/artisan classes.
• Knotenpunkte will be fully featured.
  • Node progression to Village (Stage 3).
  • This was previously stated to be Town (Stage 4).
• 120 km² of world map.
  • This is 25% of the total world space.
• Questing.
• Soziale Organisationen.
• Guilds.
• Name reservations.
• Corruption.
• Merchant systems.
• Player trading.
• Two to three servers.
  • 1,500 concurrent server population.

Alpha-2

Alpha-2 is the Persistent alpha. This release is expected to include the following:

• Tulnar race.
• Schiffe.
• Religionen.
• Secondary classes.
• Emblem, logo and symbol editor (tentatively).

Beta testing

The Beta-1 and Beta-2 testing phases of Ashes of Creation will be short.

The game should be pretty much done (at beta stage) and final polish and stuff like that being put in. We don't want people to get totally burnt out on the game before we actually release. So once we get to the beta phases it should be short and sweet. – Jeffrey Bard

Beta testing of Ashes of Creation (the MMORPG) will be closed.

• Ashes of Creation Apocalypse has an open beta testing phase, starting December 18, 2018.

Head start

Head start icon.

Head start grants early access one or two days prior to the live launch of Ashes of Creation for crowdfunding backers at the Founder level and above.

The point of head start is twofold: One for testing, making sure that the live launch servers pre-wipe are good; and then Two, it's a way to stagger the population move into the game. Because if you have servers with 10,000 concurrent player capability and you have everyone logging in at the exact same time, that is a problem I've never seen an MMO tackle successfully, ever. – Steven Sharif

Headstart Server

The number of head start servers is estimated to be three. This is subject to change.

• There will be an OCE headstart server.

Einschränkungen beim Headstart

The game functionality is limited during the head start period so that players cannot decide the world-scape earlier than others.

• During the head start, the node system will be deactivated.
• Head start specific servers are also planned.
• It will not be possible to secure player housing during the headstart period due to the deactivation of the node system.

NDA

• Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Beta-1, Beta-2 are not covered by NDA.

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale stress testing NDA was lifted on 19 October 2018 at 6:30PM (PDT).

• This NDA applies to visual content from the Ashes of Creation Apocalypse stress test.

Stress testers may discuss their experience. However visuals, including streams, video recording and screenshots for the stress test are under NDA. Unlike other studios, our community quite literally is first in, to Verra. And the stress test might be messy... Only visuals are under NDA. – Steven Sharif

Beteiligung

• Alpha-0 had over 2,500 participants.

• Alpha-1 and Alpha-2 are expected to have 10,000 participants.

• Beta-1 and Beta-2 are expected to have 27,000 participants.

Alpha and Beta participation is expected to grow with the sale of pre-order packs.

Server wipes

Alpha and Beta servers will be wiped prior to launch.

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse logo.

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse.

In Apocalypse, you land in a world on the brink of destruction. The only way out is to be the last one standing. It is an arena based game which will support a number of different game modes, including battle royale-style gameplay, castle sieges, and gigantic monster hordes! Not only is Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse an exciting standalone experience, but we're also using it to help test new tech and features for Ashes of Creation - the more you play, the closer we'll get to the final launch of our MMO. Not only that, but any rewards you earn in Apocalypse will carry over to the MMO as well! Our high fantasy setting, the vast array of gear and spells, and our massively destructible environments make for an experience unlike anything you’ve played. Hop in, stay alive, and win the glory.

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse.

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse (also referred to as Alpha-1 phase 1 and APOC) will focus on the action side of combat.

• Ashes of Creation Apocalypse is a matchmaking-based arena style testing phase with three primary game modes.
  • Battle royale (battlegrounds).
  • Castle sieges.
  • City defense horde mode.
• 6.25 km² map size.
• Possibly a revised Weapon use ability system.
• Ashes of Creation Apocalypse testing modes will be implemented side-by-side with Ashes of Creation.
  • Use the Charakter-Erstellung to create and save characters for use in the full game.
  • Establish Spielerbehausungen and save Möbel arrangements for use in the full game.
  • Alpha-1 testers will test each arena mode for a month before that mode is granted to all registered users.
  • This mode will continue during development and post launch.

Apocalypse will be a free-to-play mode, so you won't even have to be a backer necessarily to play in it. – Steven Sharif

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse is available for download on Steam.

Steam really provides a great platform that reaches a lot of different users all of which you know exists in different demographics and interests; and it makes sense from a matchmaking game standpoint for a game like APOC to really funnel as many players as possible, because it gives us the most amount of data. It allows us to kickoff matches very regularly and it also introduces people who might not normally be introduced this early on to what Ashes of Creation is as a IP. As a MMORPG development it gives us access to those people. So that was really kind of what led us to you know change our minds with regards to our approach to steam with Apocalypse. With regards to the MMORPG, there are currently still no plans for the MMORPG to be on steam. – Steven Sharif

Meilensteine

• First team members were hired in December 2015.
• Ashes of Creation development began in February 2016.
• Official website was launched and project announced, December 10, 2016.
• Official discord was launched, January 18, 2017.
• Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign launched with $750,000 funding goal, May 2, 2017.
• Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign completed with 19,576 backers raising $3,271,809, June 3, 2017.
• Summer crowdfunding campaign launched, June 21, 2017.
• Summer crowdfunding campaign completed with 2,485 backers, July 22, 2017.
• Raised $16,500 for Extra Life children's hospitals, November 4, 2017.
• PAX West 2017, September 1-4, 2017.
• Alpha-0 released on schedule, December 15, 2017.
• Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2018, March 19-23, 2018.
• PAX East 2018, April 5-8, 2018.
• Last day for purchases of Alpha-1 through Intrepid pre-order packs, August 15, 2018.
• At Gamescom with My.com, August 20, 2018.
• 100 developers working on Ashes of Creation, August 27, 2018.
• PAX West 2018 panel, September 1, 2018.
• Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale (previously called Alpha-1 phase 1 battlegrounds), October 19, 2018.
• Raised $20,518 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life, November 4, 2018.

Errungenschaften

• Kickstarters meistfinanziertes MMORPG.
• Kickstarters 7. meistfinanziertes Videospiel.
• Am meisten erwartetes MMO – MMORPG.com's Best of 2017 Awards.
• Das am meisten erwartete MMORPG mit frühzeitigem Zugriff auf die Inhalte. – MMOs World.
• Gamescom 2018: Bestes unabhängiges Spiel.
• Gamescom 2018: Bestes Online Spiel.

Siehe auch

• Alpha-1
• Meilensteine
• Ashes of Creation