Fellbeak Macaw
Fellbeak Macaw was a cosmetic pet in a pre-order pack.[2]
Due to the hostility and danger within its natural environment, this vibrant and beautiful flightless bird has slowly evolved its beak into an adept hacking tool for fending off predators and accessing the nutritious innards of hard plants. Any hunter who comes across one must take care not to be distracted by the deluge of bright plumes, lest their blood be added to the canvas.[2]
A Fell Venture (lore)
Day: 1
We Kaelar have always been an inquisitive folk, even more so since we had begun to document our findings of this new, yet strange land. Research into the local flora and fauna has begun in earnest, with my domain lying within the local jungles, and only the gods know what I might find.[1]
Day: 3
Unfortunately, the unabating heat and humidity that seems to accompany all jungles is no less present back beyond the portal than here. The retinue commissioned to ensure my safety has made no small effort to voice their complaints in this matter. Nevertheless, a task needs finishing. Though, through the haze, I've caught glimpses of a curious, feathered creature. A brilliant deluge of blue and yellow in stark contrast to the green drab of the jungle. It turned to look at me with an almost unsettling focus before letting out a loud squawk and running off in the opposite direction.[1]
Day: 6
My research continues, with more and more new life being documented each hour. Yet again I find the strange yet colorful creature along the path of our journey. It was closer this time, granting me a more thorough opportunity to study. It possessed a pair of black avian legs with short, but sharp talons, yet its wings were clearly underdeveloped. Indeed this bird was relegated to a life of subsistence along the jungle floor. Curiously, and perhaps more unnervingly, it's black beak was lined with what I could only describe as teeth. This strange combination of hard, hacking beak and sharp teeth lend me to believe it is, in fact, an omnivore. Luckily it has shown no outward signs of aggression, though I'm sure a hard strike from this bird would fell any man. I wish to press yet further, much to the chagrin of the guards, but the promise of a heftier coin purse seemed to motivate them well enough.[1]
Day: 7
Gods, the danger has passed for the moment, yet my hands tremble so. We found the bird at last in the center of a clearing, occasionally turning to glance at us. We moved farther inward for a better view when the creature’s shrill shriek broke the silence. All at once, from every direction, the damnable birds burst forth from the canopy. The guards held for a time, desperately cutting a path back into the brush. It was only a matter of time until they got to me, and all I could do was run, to run and dare not look back. These birds are far more cunning and predatory than I could have thought. Only now do I realize that I'd never seen more than one of the creatures at any given time. The creature my unfortunate retinue and I had been tracking must have been a sort of scout, and saw fit to lure us to its brethren. To say I underestimated them only bespeaks my naivete.This small cave has allowed me to elude them thus far, but the ambient light is fading. Damnit, the expeditionaries must learn of this before mor...[1]
捆绑在
- Expeditionary pre-order pack: Apr 2019 - May 2019
- Voyager plus pre-order pack: Apr 2019 - May 2019
- Voyager pre-order pack: Apr 2019 - May 2019
视觉效果
時裝
時裝 provide a wide array of customization in Ashes of Creation.[6]
- There are no pay-to-win gameplay benefits from any purchasable items.[5][7]
- All skin cosmetic items are cosmetic items only and do not grant the user any other benefit. The lore text is flavor text, and background of the creatures and items in the world of Verra.[4]
- Types of cosmetics:
- Equitable cosmetics, both from a quantity and quality standpoint, are achievable through in-game means.[8][9] Cosmetics achievable in-game will be on-par, and in the case of legendary skins, even more elaborate than shop items.[10][11][5]
- I want to make sure that equitable cosmetics both from a quantity and quality standpoint are achievable through in-game achievements. Time, effort should let you be happy with what you can accomplish.[9] – Steven Sharif
- In my opinion quality of cash shop cosmetics should be equal to in game achievable cosmetics, but offer a diverse selection of unique looks.[12] – Steven Sharif
- There will be legendary cosmetics that are only achievable in-game that will never be offered in the cosmetic shop.[10][11][5]
- The most grand looking cosmetics will be from in-game achievment only.[13] – Steven Sharif
- There will not be recolors or material swaps on the monthly cosmetics as a means to populate in-game achievements.[10]
- There will be variants of the monthly cosmetics for NPCs and Mobs.[10][14]
- Component pieces of cosmetic armor may be reused in other in-game achievable gear sets.[10]
- From an armor standpoint, we cut armor sets up into many different pieces. These pieces can sometimes be used as part of other sets, that may include helmets, wrists, gloves etc. So while you will not see an achievable white version of the corvid castigator set in the game for example, you may see its shoulder piece used in another set, or its leggings, or wrist piece used in another set (not every piece as to form the whole set, but perhaps a couple pieces). This would be difficult to notice at first glance, due to the material, texture and color variation used, but this modular approach to content creation makes achieving a wide variety of looks achievable for an MMORPG of our size.[10] – Steven Sharif
- Different variants of store purchased cosmetic creatures (Pets and 坐騎) may exist in the wild.[15][16]
- While the exact same skin will not be available again in the future once it's gone from the Shop, these skins are all variants of creatures that you can expect to see across Verra - so perhaps you will find one with a similar style in-game![15] – Sarah Flanagan
- 時裝 can be used by all races but there may be slight variations to make them work with the body builds of each race.[17][18]
- There will not be mascot looking/furry cosmetics.[19]
- It's important to remember, Ashes is a NO-BOX COST subscription only game, with an optional cosmetic marketplace. This achieves a few things from a monetization model. Having a lower barrier to entry for players to try the game when they don't have to fork out $60 for the box price is good, our box price is 0$. This also places an emphasis on the game's retention and our continual updates and content creation to keep players playing and staying subscribed (a put your money where your mouth is sort of philosophy for us as a company). It also means players don't have to spend $60 every time there is an expansion.[10] – Steven Sharif
- Is there an answer that satisfies everyone? Nope. And that's ok. We are open and transparent with our philosophies and business model. You know what you are getting with Ashes and to me, given my experiences in other games, it is a nice breath of fresh air.[10] – Steven Sharif
- Costume and pet cosmetics don't have a level restriction. Building, ship, caravan and mount cosmetics require an in-game item to be obtained first to apply the cosmetic.[20][21]
- I know there have been quite a few questions regarding cosmetics over the years. As we get further along in development, we'll be providing more specific information regarding what specific buildings, items, etc., you can place each cosmetic on. We'll update this for all past items.[22] – Margaret Krohn
- 時裝 are not tradeable with other players but can be reassigned to other characters (alts) within the same account.[23][24]
時裝商城
The 時裝商城 enables players to purchase 時裝 for use in Ashes of Creation.[26] The cosmetic store offers limited time, limited quantity items to help sustain game development.[9]
- Equitable cosmetics, both from a quantity and quality standpoint, are achievable through in-game means.[9]
- Nothing in the cosmetic store will be pay to win.[7]
Nothing in our shop will ever be pay to win as we believe this practice greatly hurts the MMORPG genre.[7]
- Cash shop cosmetics will offer a diverse selection of unique looks.[12]
I want to incentivize purchase in the cosmetic shop for sustainability of what expansions we have intended, since we are not a box cost. I want to incentivize purchase by offering limited items: limited time, limited quantity, so you have confidence that when you purchase them, they won't be offered later on in some other way.[9] – Steven Sharif
- All cosmetic store items will be non-tradeable.[24] There will be no gifting mechanism for cosmetic items.[27]
I don't want cosmetic items that can be purchased from the market to be transferable... because it is in a way a transfer of money for potentially something in-game.[27] – Steven Sharif
造型
Accessories/armor, Buildings, 商隊, 坐騎, Pets, and 船舶 sold in the cosmetic store are skins.[30][31][32]
- Skins are cosmetic items that do not grant the user any benefit.[4]
- Skins are only be able to be applied to things that have already been earned, crafted or found within Ashes of Creation.[33][34]
- Owning cosmetics does not guarantee the acquisition of the item the cosmetic can be used on. Players must still achieve the corresponding item/building.[33] – Steven Sharif
- Caravan skins change the appearance of an in-game mount and in-game caravan that are hooked up to each other.[37][38]
- The best skins will be in-game achievable.[39]
- The best skins will be in-game achievable (obviously “best” is subjective, so I’d say the most ornate and detailed/unique).[39] – Steven Sharif
其他
引用
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Blog: A Fell Venture.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ashes of Creation Store: Fellbeak Macaw.
- ↑
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Rime and Regal.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Ashes of Creation Reddit - Heat and Harmony.
- ↑ 直播, 2017-05-08 (48:52).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2
- ↑ 直播, 2024-02-29 (1:12:23).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 直播, 2018-04-8 (PM) (58:29).
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 直播, 2020-07-25 (1:53:46).
- ↑ 12.0 12.1
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ 15.0 15.1
- ↑ 直播, 2019-06-28 (1:25:55).
- ↑
- ↑ 直播, 2020-06-26 (1:42:55).
- ↑ Podcast, 2020-11-15 (49:02).
- ↑ 20.0 20.1
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 直播, 2020-11-30 (57:50).
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ 24.0 24.1
- ↑ Ashes of Creation cosmetic store.
- ↑
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 訪談, 2018-05-11 (32:36).
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Store: Fellbeak Macaw.
- ↑ 直播, 2020-11-30 (56:02).
- ↑
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- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2
- ↑ 直播, 2018-12-06 (41:43).
- ↑ 直播, 2023-06-30 (1:15:34).
- ↑ 直播, 2020-08-28 (2:14:06).
- ↑ 37.0 37.1
- ↑ 38.0 38.1
- ↑ 39.0 39.1