The program is intended for content creators looking to cooperate in building up our communities. Currently we are looking for streamers and video content creators, though this may be expanded in the future.

What we can offer for you

• Streamer specific features (Twitch, Mixer.com, Smashcast.tv):
  • Featured on the streams page on our website. It will appear at the top of the section, then all non-featured streams will follow after that.
  • Only featured streams get notifications through the Discord and our live-stream channel.
• YouTube/video content creator specific features:
  • Only featured YouTube channels get notifications through the Discord and our youtube channel.
• Shown in our widget...

Glorious Ashlings!

The September cosmetic skins are now live in the store!

• If you are a Kickstarter or Summer backer you can purchase each of these items as add-ons!
• If you have a previous months Pre-Order pack you can purchase the items from the same pack tier as add-ons!
• Remember these cosmetics are skins and will apply over an in-game item! No P2W!

You can take a closer look at the cosmetic skins from the media gallery!



Wayfarer Pre-Order Pack - 75 USD

• Access to Beta 2
• 2 months of game time ($30 Value)
• $25 in Embers (in-game marketplace credits, NO P2W!)
• Khyber’s Jewel! *NEW*...

I was one of the lucky 250 to gain access to alpha 1 stress test on Sept. 7. Here's a few thoughts on the game's battle royale mode and visuals...

The game mode was a standard battle royale last Man standing. We were only allowed to queue for solo. If you've played fortnite or are just familiar with the genre, you know how the game mode goes. Special abilities like high jumps or explosion arrows were locked to the weapons. Some armor dropped with camouflage specials which did seem like a major cheat mode.

The visuals on the other hand were out of this world. My game defaulted to epic settings causing a minor stutter, which was corrected by dropping shadows down. Playing on lowest graphic setting didn't hurt the visuals much at all, even looking better than other AAA games on max settings. Every element of the game looked beautiful. Plants to trees to water. The weapon effects and physics were just as amazing.

The action combat was fluid. I was able to snipe players 200m+...

Last night at ~0300 CEST, the Alpha 1 stress test for Ashes went live. The stress test will include a limited number of testers, which will increase each week. The first week only has about 450 testers (but this may be increased), the second will increase that to over 2000 testers, and finally 5000 testers for week 3. The point of this stress test is to test their server backend, login-system, matchmaking, etc. All those underlying mechanics that need to be working properly before they open the gates for all those with Alpha 1 access.
The participants are chosen from Kickstarter backers, then summer backers, and finally the pre-order pack backers. If you are not selected in these weeks, don't be alarmed: After about 3 weeks of stress testing, Alpha 1 will be open to all those with access to that phase.


NDA is still active folks, hold your streaming horses!

As for NDA, Steven confirmed on Discord yesterday that there is still an active...

Main headlines

• Over 100 people are working on the game right now in their developer team, and this is expected to grow to 200 people before the end of this year.
• New gameplay video showcasing the new action combat system
  • Castle siege mode is shown
  • Horde mode - city siege is shown
• Alpha 1 Phase 1 stress test phase begins this week! A selection of Alpha 1 backers will be drawn randomly.
• Alpha 1 backers will be testing each of the 3 battleground modes first for about a month, but then anyone with a registered account can also test the battlegrounds!
• Alpha 2 confirmed to begin in Q3 2019
• 40 000 signed up for alphas and betas

The team: Akil Hooper (lead technical designer), Jeff Bard (lead game designer), Steven Sharif (CEO, creative director), Mat Broome (lead character artist), Micheal Bacon (lead environment artist). ...

With the unveil of the Alpha 1 combat trailer, I decided to share my analysis of the trailer to highlight noteworthy elements and discuss them in detail. In case you missed it, you can view the full trailer here. The key points that I took away from the trailer are below, followed by my thoughts on each of them. Please let me know if you enjoyed reading this article, I'd love to do more of these in the future!

• Melee Telegraphs
• Potion Launcher Physics
• Headshot Hitboxes
• ADS (Aim Down the Sight)
• Weapon Swapping & Reloading
• Mobile Casting & Mobility
• Sonar & Stealth Counters
• Un-obstructed Teleport
• Weightless Actions
• Final Thoughts

Melee Telegraphs
The closest combat system that this can be compared to is Wildstar. I’ve created a simple visual...

Today Volker at My.com posted an official statement on the Ashes of Creation Discord channel, in an attempt to calm the worries of the community in regards to customer service, pay-to-win, server stability and account security. I personally think that this is promising, as it shows that Intrepid and My.Com is taking this very seriously. Of course, only time will tell if this actually holds true, but I think EU fans of AoC should relax and have faith in Intrepid and their strategy. You can read the full statement from Volker bellow.

Pay-to-Win
"As previously communicated, we at My.com are, and remain, fully committed to supporting the creative vision that Steven and Intrepid Studios has for Ashes of Creation. Their vision appeals to the desires of western MMORPG fans, and we are fully committed to bringing this non-Pay-to-Win vision to the European players. In the past, My.com has published and developed primarily titles that...

In preparation to the coming Alpha 1 start, and NDA lift, in mid-September, we are introducing:

Media of the month contest!

Every month, users can vote on their favorite media (image/video, anything in the media section). Was it a cool picture of a massive city sige? Rare cosmetics? Anyone can vote, and anyone can upload their own candidates. The first contest will start when Alpha 1 starts!

The winner will get a cool MOTM ribbon above their avatar.

As a bonus, the winner of the first contest will also get a free 3-month premium membership. Later winners may also get some cool free stuff, though this can vary from month to month.

The MOTM vote button, which can be found inside most of the categories in the media section.

Improved media section

• We've added a lot more categories, to make it easier to...

Special Announcements:

• Over 500,000 players are registered on the site with Alpha 1 beginning in September.
• Public Roadmap of the game's development to be unveiled at PAX west.

Player Choice playing a key role:
Steven and Jeffrey insisted on player choice, the goal being to offer various choices to the player (in regards to crafting, exploring, etc.). As such, they hope to steer away from standard progression paths by implementing the following methods:

• Diversified progression paths.
• Advancing the economy of the world.
• Contributing to a node as a citizen.
• Focusing on your interests within your freehold.

Everything contributes to the development of the world, resulting in each server being different.

Games that AoC draws inspiration from:
When asked regarding games that AoC derived inspiration...

Good news today! Lately the community has been worrying that we may not be able to chose ourselves what region we want to play on. (as some from Europe might not want to play on EU servers..) Thankfully, today's update from Steven, on the official Discord, puts that to rest. There will be no region or IP blocking. He also confirmed that Intrepid will handle the game client packaging, so my.com won't be doing that either.

Yesterday he also dropped a small update, reassuring fans that the game will stay subscription based, with no box cost, and a cosmetic-only marketplace, the same as in NA.