If you’re the right level of big spender on Ashes of Creation, then today is a very good day for you. Ashes of Creation Alpha 1 will officially be underway, or at least a bit of a stress test of alpha before alpha begins. So a pre-alpha for alpha. It’s kind of weird.
Here’s the word directly from the digital mouth of the most recent forum posting:
“Starting on September 7th, 2018 at 6 PM PDT we will be starting a series of stress tests to prepare our servers for your arrival to Alpha 1 Phase 1. Admission to this stress test will be incremental and based on package tier. We cannot even begin to express how grateful and excited we are to include you all in this amazing journey!”
From there, Alpha 1 will enter its first phase at some point later in September. These tests will be PvP-focused, offering open world battlegrounds, castle sieges and city defense “horde mode”. Phase 2 will begin at some point during the first quarter of 2019, with progression to level 20; four races and eight archetypes; Node progression to Stage 4; and a variety of other basic advancement features.
All of these tests have Ashes of Creation on-track for a persistent alpha build in the third quarter of 2019, beta testing at some point later in that same year, and full-on launch projected for some time before 2020. Of course, all of these are extremely broad-stroke estimates and so anything and everything could change.
Our Thoughts
Yay! We are extremely ready for this particular sandbox MMO to be put through its paces. Here’s hoping that things go about as smoothly as they can and these projected phase release windows can be met. Honestly, we are very eager to watch this Node develop. Hah. See what I did there?
Source: official forums
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