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Discussing the State of Ashes of Creation with Alpha 2 Testers

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Ashes of Creation is an Immersive huge open world Sandpark MMORPG that is redefining the gaming landscape. Created for fans of PVP, PVE, and Roleplay, this ever-changing world promises the ultimate MMO experience. This game, which began development in 2016 and upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 in 2021, is now on the cusp of revolutionizing the MMORPG genre. Intrepid Studios are working towards delivering these highly requested features to an old school playerbase waiting for that MMORPG to bring them back to the golden age of the early 2000s:9 different playable races with both male and female options.A massive 1200 square kilometer world size at launch with 85 Nodes.A fully open world game with no loading screens, offering complete freedom to explore.A rich array of features including Dungeons, Raids, World Bosses, Open World PVP, Caravan PVP, castle sieges, node sieges, arenas, duels, guild wars, and more.A vibrant player-driven economy, crafting and artisan system, political system, citizenship, player run shops, taverns with parlor games, and a unique character customization system.Ashes of Creation offers an experience like no other, combining the best elements of both sandbox and theme park MMOs. This is a game built by an MMO fan for MMO fans, fully funded and committed to a zero pay-to-win model.

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@Narc 2 месяца назад

Thanks for coming on the stream @Fantmx I appreciate your time and openess (maybe this is the gateway for me to talk to other creators?) Fantmx will be live discussing his experiences and answering questions over at twitch.tv/theoryforge soon after I uploaded this video!

@Glundberg84 2 месяца назад

I liked it! 👍 He felt a bit unusually toxic, but I guess he cooler than me. :P You interviewing other people is the way to go! :D Keep up the good work 👏

@Fantmx 2 месяца назад

@@Glundberg84Sorry if it came across that way. Just having fun with Narc!

@Fantmx 2 месяца назад

You the best and thanks for the shout out. I will gladly talk any time

@Glundberg84 2 месяца назад

@Fantmx np mate. 😊

@demonovMX 2 месяца назад

@@Glundberg84 did you watch the stream when they talked ?

@cavemantero 2 месяца назад

the fact that the devs actually play their own game is a huge positive for me...I think they'll succeed and the game will be great at least for a good amount of time

@Razdasoldier 2 месяца назад

Testers have said what they see in game looks night and day better than what the stream shows.

@gamememo2680 2 месяца назад

@@Razdasoldier Nice if they says its even better, then i'm even more happy!

@Razdasoldier 2 месяца назад

@@gamememo2680 If you talk to Fuppo in any of the streams he has a TOP set up and he says 4k looks shit verse what he has PLAYED in game.

@JabbarTV1 2 месяца назад

This is the group copium we been waiting for

@ImSarpD 2 месяца назад

took the comment right out of my mouth

@CrackedZac 2 месяца назад

“It’s nothing massive or impressive.. like a I have a 4060…” mate I’m playing on a 1060 that’s pretty massive

@barrywhite1770 2 месяца назад

Dood I just bought a 1080 ti for a couple hundred bucks a year ago and everything runs pretty good man.

@oldsenpai4337 2 месяца назад

this man saying "4060 nothing massive" and i'm like, whats above it? lol I'm over here with my old 2070 and I feel behind on updating my computer.

@sicarius8900 2 месяца назад

@@oldsenpai4337 I have a RTX 3080 and even I feel a bit nervous for the coming games. Requirements for shit are accelerating faster than the affordability of newer cards.

@squatchbigfoot8577 2 месяца назад

i’m purposely not upgrading for A2 so i can test it on a lower machine (1060, i5 here also) i’ll upgrade later on though.

@seanheller3335 2 месяца назад

You’ll probably be able to play it just fine at lower setting and 1080p, but come on man. The 1060 is an 8 year old mid range card.

@Auld17 2 месяца назад

This was a funny interaction to watch, with Narc being a 24/7 jokester, and Fantmx being humorless. What a mildly awkward, yet funny dynamic.

@weirdoproductions6714 2 месяца назад

Tbh the reason I’m not to worried if it’s only river lands and only 2 arcs at A2 launch is because they’ve said that they will semi frequently add new things to the alpha as it goes on and the betas until launch, so the way I see it if we only stay with 2 arcs and river lands then hey more stuff to look forward to throughout alpha 2

@TheHighborn 2 месяца назад

It doesn't need to be ultra mega big on launch. It just needs to be updated.

@Scema12 2 месяца назад

So if that’s the case alpha 2 will run for like 2 + years ?

@weirdoproductions6714 2 месяца назад

@@Scema12 I know it’s persistent and the release date is likely to be 2 or more years, but cos the alpha is persistent you can play it (almost) until release

@misterragnar2521 2 месяца назад

If its a couple zones in a persistent state we may see large development of first settlements which in itself will be historical on the servers. When new zones are added you will see the caravans directly in place, people will be physically moving shit to other zones when they are released. I personally cannot wait for the ill gotten gains that I gain on the ocean when they add it.

@glennmiller5772 2 месяца назад

There will be plenty of things to learn and test and take advantage of in alpha testing inbetween updates. Everyone that hits the ground in alpha has a massive experience advantage once the game launchs if they do infact take the time to learn the game.

@makkura9245 2 месяца назад

Typical 2.5K spender, “it was fun” as their only feedback without trying to test out any of the actual mechanics.. WHAT MADE IT FUN, WHY IS IT GOOD, ELABORATE. In all seriousness, it’s looking promising. Even if Alpha 2 was to launch with only the Riverland for the initial testing period, I personally wouldn’t mind. I don’t need to travel the entire map to test out basic gameplay loops and mechanics. Before they apply bad concepts to the entire world, one biome is a smarter move tbh.

@Skull7Prayer 2 месяца назад

He probably couldnt give more infos. I am sure he asked Steven before the interview in which topics he can and cant give answers.

@coadamolx0100 2 месяца назад

Watch the kaos and lane video with DA he actually gave a lot more information

@CestPasFaux-kt9zq 2 месяца назад

@@Skull7Prayer maybe cause there is nothing to say about the game. just spamming skills, spamming AOE spells .. that's all

@bigbob3772 2 месяца назад

@@CestPasFaux-kt9zqMight be time for you to break out the Lincoln logs or Legos little buddy.

@lukeit7949 2 месяца назад

Player colision is super important in a pvp game, like in warhammer online

@EB-bl6cc 2 месяца назад

really depends on the style theyre going for. Plenty of great pvp games have no player collision

@lukeit7949 2 месяца назад

@@EB-bl6cc then for plenty of mmos are lacking something. Imo it's a must have and super important for pvp, especially to make tanks useful.

@anthonyw4722 2 месяца назад

@@lukeit7949 Yeah I believe it is important also. Warhammer Online was a good reference. They did tanks correctly in that game, the guard mechanic was great. It really added so much more strategy to pvp.

@glennmiller5772 2 месяца назад

I wouldnt mind player collision to be at an absolute minimum unless prompted by the actual player. For instance if you have a front line of tanks and they are all blocking with sheilds it causes a sheild wall effect that broadens player collision so that players zergs rushing in can not pass. So basically a player blocking may give a wider diameter necessary to move around them. With multiple players blocking in unison there may be no pass through but with out blocking a player might easily squeeze in.

@Crash1991. 2 месяца назад

The ranger gameplay at 12:00 is so fucking clean

@Dexiray 2 месяца назад

you think so? llooked like shit to me

@mu551988 2 месяца назад

Looks like shit to me also.

@martinkulich4784 2 месяца назад

Considering that they did not have all the spells and options available I'd say hell yea! It was fucking amazing and I got goosebumps. If this is an alpha, I MUST get the best set up for the launch because I will be living on that gaming chair.

@lukeit7949 2 месяца назад

The ranger is really the most ridiculous class

@Skull7Prayer 2 месяца назад

Yeah its fucking clean cause the enemy standing still and the ranger does free damage with lock target. Its dope if you intend to play ranger i get it tho.

@lostinfrance9830 2 месяца назад

Sounds like the guy just wanted to have fun, run around and enjoy the mashup 😂 Narc is in proper back seat driver mode

@Playthrough_Pulse 2 месяца назад

The game is skipping frames and lagging all over the place throughout the node war with even just half the players walking near each other on the way to the areas.

@anthonyw4722 2 месяца назад

Just say you don't know what an alpha is.

@Playthrough_Pulse 2 месяца назад

@@anthonyw4722 Alpha is no excuse for bad server performance. You never want to see this at any point in development. Just say you don't know how games are made.

@glennmiller5772 2 месяца назад

Honestly i have very little idea of how games are made but i do assume lagging is something that occurs at some point during development and is then addressed. Basically just changing 1’s and 0’s and different scripts until the lag is corrected. I would imagine a game in development would encounter lag at some point when it has so many systems and game mechanics that you cant always perfectly predict what will happen when you mesh them together. If you are not expecting a shit show during alpha and at least pre-alpha i don’t know what to tell ya man this game is being accessed before completion and is not backed by the richest humans and corporations like jeff bezos and amazon on planet earth.

@Playthrough_Pulse 2 месяца назад

@@glennmiller5772 you can optimize the game as you add content. it just shows that the server architecture is always going to be playing catchup based on their priorities. Not great for the player experience. There are plenty of games in alpha that are unoptimized for your hardware, but the server not being able to serve 60 clients does not bode well and is not something i would ever want to see for a game that is trying to serve thousands at a time. It seems like their talent is just too old school to bring the project together at this stage. Planetside and everquest 2 was 20 years ago...

@glennmiller5772 2 месяца назад

@@Playthrough_Pulse i mean good servers are expensive AF arent they? I get what you are saying though 30v30 and the server they are using cant handle it… doubt that is the server set up they will use for launch though lol. But servers are not the only reason games have these problems. Ill have to watch the live stream i didnt see anything other then commentary on it after the fact and didnt see lagging.

@Medjayon 2 месяца назад

This dude is more oblivious than someone who has not played the game at all.

@novercalis4846 2 месяца назад

the perfect representation of general gamers. 90% of the playerbase are him. people dont give a fuck about half the shit Narc speaks. it feels "heavy", clunky, animation... bro 90% of the people are gonna be on potato pc with minimum specs and low setting to give a shit about that. in the end - its like Fant said - it was fun, felt fun, felt great - doesnt know why it felt great but felt great. thats all we need.

@daze4135 2 месяца назад

@@novercalis4846 but that's not what you want out a playtester, though. As a playtester you have to at the very fucking least articulate what parts felt fun and specify what was great, what you didn't like, sometimes you can even accurately tell why it was fun or not.

@Ecksplisit 2 месяца назад

@@daze4135very much incorrect. You want a variety of people. Experienced and not experienced. Some people who never played an MMO but played other games. People who have only played MMOs. People that are casual in MMOs or hardcore. Having the variety is key.

@daze4135 2 месяца назад

@@Ecksplisit that is true, but this guy creates content, though. You'd think he would have more to say than the casual video game enjoyer. If his analysis is that shallow, it's no wonder I never heard of him. Edit, didnt wanna double post: I also never mentioned anything about level of experience and type of gaming experience. You can come from clash of clans to playtest this game and have a good analysis and a mire nuanced opinion.

@SuperBlackatude 2 месяца назад

Man the dude really turned his brain off to just be a part of the node war. Pay attention to the little details god dammit 🤬

@OursHommePorc 2 месяца назад

Why would the opinion of this guy be relevant? He is a tester that doesn’t cost anything And Claims that his GPU is shit when it’s cost what most people’s computer are worth the dude seems like a golden spoon boy

@sevenddeadly 2 месяца назад

If Narc had been a PI, this interview would have lasted for 24 hours. Fantmx didn't really care for the same stuff. Thx for the interview Narc!

@PhurPher 2 месяца назад

Considering how Intrepid went for the clean/orderly and high fidelity visual style, animations are objectively important given that the games an MMO and especially one that requires a good amount of players in it. What a jarring thing it is to be in a clean/orderly and high fidelity world, and have this constant 180 degree whiplash of janky animations constantly. They are like polar opposites and it screams of "overly high ambitions and no skill". Grand and jank. It puts a weird taste in peoples mouths. It's like a lot of the electronics that come from China. Overly designed, flashy, and janky as fuck. HOWEVER... If they can manage to get the netcode and the animations done up super well, then it'll just add to the visual style creating a super interesting experience. If they can pull that off then this game is going to have a really unique vibe. If they can't at least get the netcode done up well, it could single handedly kill the game depending on how great the combat is.

@ZzeaLoT711 2 месяца назад

Borderline unwatchable being serious for more than a minute would've helped...

@whatwouldericdo 2 месяца назад

Fantmx was so great! Love to see the CCs getting to chat for a bit. Learned some good info

@dawizze1 Месяц назад

Listening to this podcast. Made me think the tester was just playing and didn't test things lol. I feel like Narc should've definitely been a tester based on his questions haha. The disappoint in his voice when he asked which spec he built into as a cleric haha.

@EmperorLie 2 месяца назад

im 26 rn this game was anounced 8 years ago in 2016 i think but man 8 years and its not done yet,i bet that at the time i turn 30 afpha 3 is gonna come out and when im 80 the game is gonna get realeased holy shit they are taking theyr time its insane

@snekkers1609 2 месяца назад

not really, ashes development time is not unreasonable

@vbm4780 2 месяца назад

MMOs take around 5 to 7 years on average to release the base version, AVERAGE is the key word here. Lost Ark took 8 years, Throne and Liberty took nothing less then 12 freaking years. Ashes is a massive project, 8 years is a long time, sure, but it's still normal for a MMORPG. MMOs are just way to complicated, is rough to follow one from start to finish.

@snekkers1609 2 месяца назад

@@vbm4780 also this avg is in weird place, wow took 5 years, it had larger development team than ashes in first years and wow released with much lower scope than ashes plans to do

@John-iu9kl 2 месяца назад

Its pretty impressive tbh given the scope of the game and the size of the team working on it.

@gobira26 2 месяца назад

@@vbm4780 8 years would be ok, but its in alpha 2, prob will take 4 more years to be full released, rofl

@Nobody-dc8dp 2 месяца назад

UI needs maximum minimalism and the ability to remove and move.

@XDarkEcho 2 месяца назад

pretty sure they Steven has stated that'll be in the game when it releases.

@The-Issus 2 месяца назад

Spending alot of bucks and some of the basic things he didnt even bother looking at.

@mucool328 2 месяца назад

He has been covering this game for more than 7 years , he has forgotten more than you know about this game. Also following partial NDA and doing focus tests is tricky to navigate. Plus he has lifetime access to the game, so he is going to end up playing regardless, so he is not thinking the same way as you or I are.

@Skull7Prayer 2 месяца назад

Maybe he did but couldnt give infos.

@bobbob-iq8yn 2 месяца назад

I love how much you focused on the feel and physics of the movement and combat in your interview, Narc. It's truly a huge factor I think in the overall experience, and whether folks will choose to play it or not. Also completely agree about how WoW combat/movement feels grounded/high quality/satisfying, especially compared to it's "competitors".

@ghanthony72 2 месяца назад

combat and movement have to be snappy for it to be successful

@paladin304 2 месяца назад

Collisions will breed griefers blocking people in buildings and in corners.... It happens in every game with collisions lol

@dankone3 2 месяца назад

How the fuck is he one to give feedback when he doesn’t bother to actually test anything out? How can he tell the devs “yes it felt nice” when he didn’t bother checking how spells queue (or don’t queue) up, character animations, etc. WHY would you sign up to be a tester and not want to test any of that….? My only hope is that they’ve actually got some thinkers in there providing real feedback.

@AuxxiliaryATC 2 месяца назад

Am I the only one that thinks people run too fast? Like the animations are rushed. I like really everything else don’t get me wrong.

@DustinKeiser 2 месяца назад

The combat in WoW classic still feels and looks so good even 20 years later

@saltybulldog3241 2 месяца назад

LMAO

@Clay44444 2 месяца назад

Ashes just needs an overhaul to the character models. Everything else is good

@trojancs16 2 месяца назад

And combat.

@teethpastaa 2 месяца назад

I feel like as long as they go with the elden ring approach for vfx, we will be chilling

@seanmcmahon165 2 месяца назад

I think Ashes is looking very good. Looking forward to it !

@Idontrololol 2 месяца назад

4060 counts as basic shit now?FKING LOL

@mchonkler7225 2 месяца назад

It's even more hilarious that he pays $2500 to be in an alpha test but spent $400 on his gpu.

@takotako3321 2 месяца назад

4060 is around number #31 on the performance list of GPU's, so it's pretty basic.

@Idontrololol 2 месяца назад

Its literally the latest generation of graphics cards, thats not basic at all.

@takotako3321 2 месяца назад

@@Idontrololol It might be new, but it's basic/slow in terms of performance (31st place). It's equivalent to a 2080 which was released 6 years ago.

@Idontrololol 2 месяца назад

The average, basic, gpu that the average Joe has in his computer is lower than what you call an average performing card. Calling the newest line of graphics cards basic is naive at best

@EmperorLie 2 месяца назад

Oda is gonna finish one piece before ashes is comming out i this steven wants to race oda who is gonna finish theyr masterpiece first

@klaymagyar5794 Месяц назад

armor info at 10:50

@ShalowRecord 2 месяца назад

They need to increase these damage up. The time to kill another player takes too long from what I’m seeing. I barely see any health bar going down.

@lukeit7949 2 месяца назад

Agree 100% ttk was aaaages

@Skull7Prayer 2 месяца назад

From what i heard they want to make battles (1v1) last for about 30seconds. They dont want 5 seconds battles which i am ok with that personaly. The health bar aint going down cause if you see closely its split into 4 pieces. So if somene has full life at 100hp it wont go down until it reach 75hp and then at 50hp and then at 25hp which personaly i dont like at all.

@coadamolx0100 2 месяца назад

Lmfao fuck no , there is literally a thread in the forum about this , no one wants a shitty 3 second TTK where people get deleted instantly

@misterragnar2521 2 месяца назад

I think a big thing is the healers there. Healers are huge and can spec into AOE heals.

@noahmoore2608 2 месяца назад

This is wild! I can’t believe it. This game is ACTUALLY going somewhere. Is it truly possible it’ll be playable?

@chucknorris5476 2 месяца назад

Dude the spell effects are just too much straight up. Maybe we’re just used to games made in 2005 but idk. The world looks amazing and immersive and next gen but when there’s two raids fighting the spell effects are insane lmao

@DaGrox94 2 месяца назад

It has been said many, many times but there will be options to reduce the amount of spell effects

@chucknorris5476 2 месяца назад

@@DaGrox94I don’t know if that will solve it. It looks awesome don’t get me wrong but sometimes simplicity and how easy it is to recognize incoming effects is what makes combat “good” and competitive. I’m just worried a massive piece of the already small mmorpg community is going to be pushed back to playing a vanilla WoW era server haha. The best example I have is ball lightning, people seem to love that spell but when 15 mages cast it it’s going to be an absolute clusterfuck lol. Maybe I’m just yapping we’ll see

@im1085 2 месяца назад

So your saying 20-50 people all casting at the same time seems to look a little hectic. Wow im surprised. Im hearing this for the first time

@chucknorris5476 2 месяца назад

@@im1085 haha. The main thing I have a problem with is the wave of green vomit arrows from archers being stacked etc. mass pvp is always hectic to the untrained eye but some of the spells are just jarring

@im1085 2 месяца назад

@@chucknorris5476 Thats because you are not used to them. LoL looks hectic in a teamfight if you have no idea what the abilities do but is pretty obviouse when playing. You just dont know whats going on

@Jezato 2 месяца назад

2:05, asking the important questions.

@willsteuer1621 2 месяца назад

The Rangers are armed with a semi-auto/full-auto assault rifles (aka Shortbow) with unlimited ammo. Ridiculous!

@Killswitch1986 Месяц назад

Druid class? Nature magic wolves n grizzly?

@dausciklas7537 2 месяца назад

Bro this dude spent 2.5k to test an alpha without actually testing shit or seeing how the game plays and feels. Literally no response to any questions based on how the game plays. "It wasn't my focus." Yeah cause I just like to blow 2.5k out my ass just to play the game without testing shit.

@HiYurd 2 месяца назад

Sounds like a highly focused test for PI testers.

@snekkers1609 2 месяца назад

to be fair, it's probb the first time fantmx did pvp in his life, he didnt know what to look at

@Fantmx 2 месяца назад

Nah but I will readily tell you I'm a pver that likes to pvp sometimes

@psymight Месяц назад

My account was hacked like 3 weeks ago and nobody at intrepid will talk to me about getting it back. $375 pledged. So scared I won't get it back.

@MrBlessreborn 2 месяца назад

Spent 10k on the game but has a 4060 what universe am i in

@ElderSign32 2 месяца назад

did he play the test with his monitor turned off? how useful is a tester who has no observations?

@feflechi 2 месяца назад

Why do the graphics look so different (cartoony) today, (I know they transitioned to UE5) was it because of the bad quality or they actually changed something !?

@iCantEditBro 2 месяца назад

The effects need to be scaled way the fuck back tbh. Maybe it's the youtube compression or video filter but they seem extremely saturated and frankly very distracting.

@Damasscus311 2 месяца назад

I just want this game to not...suck...

@novacadian4745 2 месяца назад

Great to hear from FANTMX. Had to stop following his channel because of that killjoy, DYGZ.

@kfarbarata 2 месяца назад

Have any of u noticed in the stream that they showed a cleric on bot or macro sometimes? That got me worried. The cleric mosdef was on macro/dual or was a bot. Later on he played normally. First appearences u can see the cleric spammim bless weapon, mana channel and rolling untill infinity. Later u can see the Plannindorf (name of the cleric) stucked in a corner trying to reach a enemy character (clearly a bot/macro trying to get the target that is out of range) and proceedes to die horrible. That got me worried that this stream is mostly of dual accounts that they made and left just on macro/bots. The whole video is cool, its very promising but this cleric gameplay got me worried. The first time I noticed this was at minute 46:00 of the 'Node Wars Preview' video only (the one with 1:19:04 min). Anw, hope that Ashes continues do dev, its becoming a very cool game. What worries the most is not the chance that his is a scam but that they dont test properly before launch. There's a bunch of ppl willing to test. Hope Alpha 2 and Closed Beta runs smooth and the player testing keep improving the game. ps: copying my comment from ur yesterday video cause Ive just noticed that I posted in the wrong video. Anw, I want ppl to see that. That was very strange to see.

@priestguardian2587 2 месяца назад

Remember back in 2016 when this game promised it was going alpha in 2018....LOL You can figure out the rest = not a good report card

@bamjo9 2 месяца назад

There is no collision among players looking from the video. Am I wrong?

@Grimasaurus 2 месяца назад

Nice interview Narc, if memory serves me (an my memory has failed me in the past), I believe you have stated that this stuff isn't easy for you. To do it with your polar opposite, successfully, is a job well done mate.

@ToHarvestTheStorm 2 месяца назад

i love your content out of thin air! keep it up

@gamingtemplar9893 2 месяца назад

The best animations I have seen in an MMORPG are Throne and Liberty ones, I could say the same for graphics and sounds, and optimization.

@Edg30fd3w0r1d 2 месяца назад

AoC animations and VFX are not final. Game is in alpha, so everything you see is for the sake of proof of concept.

@Zach-rw6jf 2 месяца назад

Dude paid $2k+ to play and didn't even look at his armor value...he's not worthy.

@The-Dark-Tower 2 месяца назад

how many more years do thy need to release this game? it looks nice according to video thy have shown us; but visual effects are so bright and shiny

@AecelotGrimmWyrdStudios Месяц назад

Really cool video!

@ghanthony72 2 месяца назад

If movement left/right has acceleration instead of instant, I'm out

@Ceisri 2 месяца назад

"transition animations" is not a thing...the game engine just takes all the animations the character has available and blends them by a value...in order...like if you just finished an attack it will blend and mix the end of that attack with the idle animation or the next attack... giving the illusion of seamless animations. It would be worrying if in 2024 they don't have it. i mean you allegedly tried unreal engine, and like all game engines it has this feature, it's very basic and among the first things you do.

@EdgePitSwing 2 месяца назад

You know you say his priorities aren't in the right place, but I would argue they were in the only place that actually matters: IS IT FUN I am sick of these min/max neck beards who micro the fuck out of everything. Just have fun.

@eddievale9066 2 месяца назад

This game looks incredibly outdated to me. Despite years of development, it somehow appears worse than World of Warcraft, which was released back in 2004. The graphics are lackluster, the textures are low-resolution, and the overall visual design feels clunky and uninspired. For a game that's been in the works for so long, it's disappointing to see such a lack of progress in its aesthetic appeal.

@leanture3685 2 месяца назад

Are you really taht blind?? You are comapring carooney world of warcraft with jagged ridges edges and 2D pixelated grahpics with AOC???? hahahahahhah Omg what a hater!!! The game littery looks 100000000x better tan any mmo currently out there!!!!! At the moment imo gw2 looks the best for its time!!!! AOC looks beyoond sick!!!!! There nothing low resolution about it! I think you are wtachigg the youtube clips onon old computer or your graphics card is outded or something cuz we are not seeing the same thigns! I see highes purest super clear high def graphics with super sharp crips pixels and zero sharp edges and very realsitic enviroenmetn! World of warcraft looks a like a low pixelated cartoon game!

@danny3120 2 месяца назад

DPS players instantly crying when the tanks are strong. Hope they don't make tanks useless in pvp like in literally every other mmo.

@Allhavengames 2 месяца назад

ive been trying not to pay attention to Ashes really. as much as I desperately want a new good mmo idk how much this game will change between now and release especially if its 5-10 years out still. the node stuff seems kind of gimmicky to me. I usually play with a small group of friends so what im looking for is all the normal mmo stuff, all the dungeons, gear, mounts and cosmetics you can get from both. hard to obtain gear that is really cool looking at higher levels with low drop chance. crafting that is actually worth crafting to sell or use. im worried a Asmongold or some one will just take over a node with all his viewers and no one else has anything to do and the first week

@SkudderzPLUR 2 месяца назад

Kinda goofy expecting him to join a streamed play test, likely adding pressure, to stop and inspect the game like some impatient fanboy who just got their first chance to play.

@MashTheKeys 2 месяца назад

Thanks Narc, I'm glad you touched on the character movement because its one of the most important things for me. I have always felt that WoW (despite its age) has excellent character movement, and in the 20 odd years since its release has rarely been equalled in other MMOs. Some people may not care and those that have WoW as the only MMO they've ever played probably do not know how good they have it, but this has been in my top 3 primary concerns for this game.

@minorishimizu4241 2 месяца назад

it's 2024 (maybe release in 2027).... but graphic is uglier than ESO or Black Desert Online came out more than 10 years ago. gameplay: skill is clunky, animation look like student project, very generic skill just like every other MMOs, fire bolt, check, ice AOE, check, some random purple magic shot, check...... i mean..... why should i spend my precious time to play a game that has nothing special than other game i'm playing? because it's new and i quit after 2 weeks?

@tftg458 Месяц назад

The spell animations look cheat tho :(

@richardgray9284 2 месяца назад

Looking good Narc!

@yexiu5649 2 месяца назад

So i learned absolutely nothing new from this guy. I think i know more about the game than him and i haven't even played it lmao. Narc carrying the video 😅 cant wait to test Alpha 2 this year!

@7F0X7 2 месяца назад

Overly burdensome ongoing NDA's should be a huge red flag to anyone following this game.

@Infidel. 2 месяца назад

Nah, showing too much can create alot of negativity. First impression is important, and people really don't care if it's a work in progress. Example, when they showed combat for the first time.

@7F0X7 2 месяца назад

@@Infidel. "showing too much can create alot of negativity"

@CestPasFaux-kt9zq 2 месяца назад

this tester is not even a tester.... he just played like a kid. spamming spells ... doing the pre made scenario that's all. A total noob who did not even test mechanic or try to go deep into the gameplay just look his answer.. he is clueless

@mintsharpii258 2 месяца назад

5:44 you gotta get better sources man.

@Deimos866 2 месяца назад

Don't worry, the excel spreadsheet gods will play the game

@Hat_Uncle 2 месяца назад

Soon(tm) My wife counted my alpha/beta test total in our 34 years of marriage, amazingly I've done 117 of them. True some were only a week or less, but that's more than I figured. LOL

@mynameisforrest 2 месяца назад

Is the client stand alone or Steam?

@jax3520 2 месяца назад

This game will get released in the year 2375 😂

@AverageYTer 2 месяца назад

Narc, you’re unbearable in this interview. Just soak up what he’s giving you and hush. Bashing him stopped being funny after the first time. The dude literally volunteered to be interviewed by you.

@WasabithePom 2 месяца назад

Thank you Narc and thank you Fantmx

@TinyGremolin 2 месяца назад

Player collision has to be one of the worst ideas ever for an MMO. There is no benefit to it, just remove it.

@ImmortalityV 2 месяца назад

Now go talk to Wololo

@rainmaker6456 2 месяца назад

Jesus… why even talk to this dude you can tell he was muzzled since the first question.

@leanture3685 2 месяца назад

I agreee! He clearly did nto want to tak about anything else but the node system as if he got clear contractual commands to not speak abouta nything else but teh nodes! He dodged every questions! Al lof themmm!!!!!!! He did not even wanna talk about the chracter creatio or character customization! Jesus!!! I get it! He is muzzeld by the devs so why even bother interviewing him??? You wotn egt anything out of him that the devs have not already shared with us! He is not allowed to add any extra new insights only copy past what the devs have already come out with!

@matthewkeating-od6rl 2 месяца назад

Great vid

@bobthor9647 2 месяца назад

Is this an indy game designed on Nintendo switch?

@asdffdsafdsa123 2 месяца назад

nice to here this game is shaping up

@spooky7220 2 месяца назад

man that fantmx guy has like zero personality lmao

@Fantmx 2 месяца назад

Zero. Actually less than zero

@Zaneirth 2 месяца назад

As they work on it will get better and better over time. There is lots of stutter on players and mobs in the foreground that are very far away in the distance still. Movement looks better than alpha 1 still needs work of course. VFX isn't as much all in ya face as it was before, but if players can turn that right down but still be helpful to said players then that will be fine. Cluster is there but not as bad as before. Hopefully we get to test lots of core systems in A2. However Beta is where a lot more will be shown I bet.

@trojancs16 2 месяца назад

Intrepid should hire more combat designers or combat engineers, they need to improve this aspect a lot. The warrior is horrible, he doesn't look like a warrior. The magician, those rainbow magics, wtf? The graphics must improve a lot, I know they are in alpha, but you have been developing for 8 years?

@chiefsosa8450 2 месяца назад

MOAR

@Ordo1980 2 месяца назад

It still feels too much. Just like in WoW (and probably in other MMOs) in similar cases. Too many effects. The players can move too quickly, etc. It is just a mess to do battles with many players.

@xecor4450 2 месяца назад

go play Minesweeper old man

@ME-vk3ke 2 месяца назад

Steven has said that the VFX soup issue will be fixed, it’s in that state because it is in Alpha

@nicolasdiskskd7456 2 месяца назад

They specified, like 10 times, that they are currently working on UI and effects.

@Ordo1980 2 месяца назад

@@nicolasdiskskd7456 Thats true. I've seen the original video as well. And I have a lot of hopes in Ashes, so it's not like I'm just here to be negative. It was just my first thought seeing the footage.

@lukeit7949 2 месяца назад

I agree, the effects are plain horrible

@ForTheBoyz 2 месяца назад

Games without collision are dog shit

@CountingBuck 2 месяца назад

Stop with the click bait titles. There are no alpha 2 testers right now because they're not in Alpha 2!

@bobthor9647 2 месяца назад

Are the red gummy bear walls red enough ? #NotAScam

@qwertpoo1 2 месяца назад

Alpha 2 is coming!

@CestPasFaux-kt9zq 2 месяца назад

not this year you dream

@Butch808 2 месяца назад

Shits on Pax Dei test but at least they didn't con you out of 250 bucks.

@Fantmx 2 месяца назад

Only because of the lack of specific test objectives

@ryqarst4690 2 месяца назад

Looks meh.

@francescozuccarini5713 2 месяца назад

auto aim in pvp? seriously?

@home4485 2 месяца назад

this dude just has a sense of arrogance in his voice its annoying

@trojancs16 2 месяца назад

The guy is proud to have paid 2500 to test lol

@levonschaftin3676 2 месяца назад

@@trojancs16 it's $2500 to test the game? seriously???

@kdf_dudu 2 месяца назад

@@levonschaftin3676only for the phoenix initiative aka the ones who bought the A1-B2 package when the game was announced. after that, it was 500 usd for A1-B2. from A2-B2 etc idk the price but it’s cheaper obviously

@kdf_dudu 2 месяца назад

@@levonschaftin3676 only for the phoenix initiative aka the ones who bought the A1-B2 package when the game was announced. after that, it was 500 usd for A1-B2. from A2-B2 etc idk the price but it’s cheaper obviously

@eLISikcz 2 месяца назад

@@levonschaftin3676 he paid 2500 on kickstarter to support new company in game development... is it wrong or what's your problem? I think he is old enough to do what he wants with his money.. people these days are so fkin toxic