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Intro

0:00

When is nodes 3?

2:51

Publishing new articles

6:27

Bill Trost influencing decisions?

8:00

Ashes moving the genre forward

13:20

What resources are use to bid on a freehold?

18:30

Religious nodes and favor

20:58

How is bidding done? When? Frequency?

22:36

Always subject to change

23:30

Ashes before 2030

24:55

We will not know when NDA spot testing occurs

26:30

Parcels and plots

29:52

No skin restrictions in parcels

31:18

No neighborhood benefits

33:06

Min Maxing tech trees for freeholds

33:57

Making crafters important

35:58

Players remain corrupt in open seas and penalties remain the same

37:00

Non-corrupt players get a debuff and gear decay upon death in open seas

37:30

Owning housing does not make you a citizen

38:14

There is a soft cap on the number of citizens per node

40:08

Instanced apartments allow for crafting/processing

41:25

Can own freehold and apartments at same time

42:15

Level 50 maxed out artisan tree daily activities

42:50

The spreading of corruption

47:00

Corruption is not on freeholds

49:50

Animal husbandry and farming public plots

51:40

Giving family permission to get to grandmaster

53:10

No blocking people from your tavern

54:28

Crafting station degradation

54:45

Diminishing returns in farming/animal husbandry

55:55

Mounts do not degrade or die

56:39

World persistence

59:34

Creating narrative that might not be seen

1:02:25

Different servers, same expansions

1:04:50

Summoners, bards and Tulnar

1:06:55

Summoner creature types

1:10:45

What systems are still need for alpha 2 to start

1:11:54

Class synergies

1:14:04

Working on naval combat?

1:17:48

Naval assaults on coastal nodes?

1:18:45

Ship building

1:20:34

Full list of services from freeholds

1:21:35

Brothels

1:22:43

What core measures looking for in A2 as indicator for success

1:23:54

Naval gameplay will be in alpha 2 but not at start

1:28:32

Moving content to later parts of A2

1:30:10

You came your naval ship

1:32:47

Can players kill non-combat NPCs

1:33:47

NPCs returning after node destruction and cultural dependence

1:35:32

Player created NPCs

1:37:30

Gear versatility

1:38:23

Encounter challenge ratings

1:41:10

Micro and macro metas

1:43:40

Paizo Pathfinder

1:45:29

Anticheat mechanisms

1:47:00

Augment system update not known when

1:49:20

Character creator is still set for prior to A2

1:49:39

Gear breaks if over-enchanting

1:50:06

How many apartments per metropolis?

1:50:54

Guild management systems will be in A2

1:52:20

What would Steven like to tell the community?

1:52:43
Hello Steven Sharif! - The Ashen Forge: Episode 100 | Ashes of Creation
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2023Jul 10
For our 100th show we are joined by Steven Sharif, the creative director for Ashes of Creation. Join us every Sunday for live shows at 9PM Eastern / 6PM Pacific on Twitch! Twitch:   / theoryforge   Referral Link: https://ashesofcreation.com/r/3EF4J8N... Discord:   / discord   Twitter:   / theoryforge   The Ashen Forge playlist:    • The Ashen Forge   Shorts:    • Ashes of Creation Shorts   00:00 - Intro 02:51- When is nodes 3? 06:27 - Publishing new articles 08:00 - Bill Trost influencing decisions? 13:20 - Ashes moving the genre forward 18:30 - What resources are use to bid on a freehold? 20:58 - Religious nodes and favor 22:36 - How is bidding done? When? Frequency? 23:30 - Always subject to change 24:55 - Ashes before 2030 26:30 - We will not know when NDA spot testing occurs 29:52 - Parcels and plots 31:18 - No skin restrictions in parcels 33:06 - No neighborhood benefits 33:57 - Min Maxing tech trees for freeholds 35:58 - Making crafters important 37:00 - Players remain corrupt in open seas and penalties remain the same 37:30 - Non-corrupt players get a debuff and gear decay upon death in open seas 38:14 - Owning housing does not make you a citizen 40:08 - There is a soft cap on the number of citizens per node 41:25 - Instanced apartments allow for crafting/processing 42:15 - Can own freehold and apartments at same time 42:50 - Level 50 maxed out artisan tree daily activities 47:00 - The spreading of corruption 49:50 - Corruption is not on freeholds 51:40 - Animal husbandry and farming public plots 53:10 - Giving family permission to get to grandmaster 54:28 - No blocking people from your tavern 54:45 - Crafting station degradation 55:55 - Diminishing returns in farming/animal husbandry 56:39 - Mounts do not degrade or die 59:34 - World persistence 01:02:25 - Creating narrative that might not be seen 01:04:50 - Different servers, same expansions 01:06:55 - Summoners, bards and Tulnar 01:10:45 - Summoner creature types 01:11:54 - What systems are still need for alpha 2 to start 01:14:04 - Class synergies 01:17:48 - Working on naval combat? 01:18:45 - Naval assaults on coastal nodes? 01:20:34 - Ship building 01:21:35 - Full list of services from freeholds 01:22:43 - Brothels 01:23:54 - What core measures looking for in A2 as indicator for success 01:28:32 - Naval gameplay will be in alpha 2 but not at start 01:30:10 - Moving content to later parts of A2 01:32:47 - You came your naval ship 01:33:47 - Can players kill non-combat NPCs 01:35:32 - NPCs returning after node destruction and cultural dependence 01:37:30 - Player created NPCs 01:38:23 - Gear versatility 01:41:10 - Encounter challenge ratings 01:43:40 - Micro and macro metas 01:45:29 - Paizo Pathfinder 01:47:00 - Anticheat mechanisms 01:49:20 - Augment system update not known when 01:49:39 - Character creator is still set for prior to A2 01:50:06 - Gear breaks if over-enchanting 01:50:54 - How many apartments per metropolis? 01:52:20 - Guild management systems will be in A2 01:52:43 - What would Steven like to tell the community? #AshesOfCreation #mmorpg #pvp #pve #freeholds #guildwars2 #guilds #intrepidstudios #combat #exploration #archeage #lineage2 #newworld #node #sieges #cosmetics
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