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We are not years away from Alpha-2, but also Alpha-2 is not right around the corner... As a project that is visible from the outside during its development, it's important that we execute well during these testing phases; and early on in the project we made- I made some missteps in when we were anticipating coming to certain testing periods. Obviously, I have learned a considerable amount over what it takes to to build these games over the last six years; and we made a promise to the community that we would not give dates again in the future unless we were very certain that we were going to hit those dates, or at least be very close to hitting them. – Steven Sharif

The Ashes of Creation release schedule is subject to change.

Prior to Alpha 2 we will test some more spot-oriented testing with some of the Alpha-1 testers and/or PI leading up to what would eventually become the Alpha-2 launch. – Steven Sharif

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Phase	Release	Estimated/Actual date
Pre‑alpha	Alpha-0 測試	2017年12月15日
APOC 此翻译可能已过时	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse 大逃殺壓力測試 (保密)	2018年9月7日
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse 大逃殺壓力測試 (保密解除)	2018年10月19日
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse 大逃殺公開 beta 測試	2018年12月18日
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse 大逃殺優先測試	2019年9月24日
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse 攻城戰 PI封閉測試	2019年12月19日
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse 大逃殺測試完畢	2020年3月10日
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse 攻城戰	Alpha-1 測試後
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse 生存模式	Alpha-1 測試後
Alpha 此翻译可能已过时	Alpha-1 測試早期預覽直播	2020年3月27日
	Alpha-1 小型 QA 測試 (保密)	2020年5月28日
	Alpha-1 預覽初次測試 (保密)	2020年12月18-21日
	Alpha-1 預覽二次測試 (保密)	2021年2月19-22日
	Alpha-1 預覽不定期抽樣測試 (保密)	2021年3月19-7月9日
	Alpha-1 預覽週末 (非保密)	2021年7月9-11日
	Alpha-1 測試 (非保密)	2021年7月14-8月15日
	Alpha-1 不定期抽樣測試	2021年8月15日後
	Alpha-2 (不關機 alpha 測試)	尚未公布
Beta 此翻译可能已过时	Beta-1 測試	尚未公布
	Beta-2 測試	尚未公布
Pre‑release	搶先體驗 for crowdfunding backers at the Founder level and above.	1-2 days before launch.
Release	Launch (live) release.	To be announced.
Post‑launch	Major releases (DLC expansions).	Quarterly or six-monthly.
	Minor releases.	Monthly.

Testing phases

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Alpha and beta 鑰匙的概念圖。

Ashes of Creation 優先測試產品包：

• Alpha-0 測試只有透過抽籤邀請取得資格的親友參與。
• Alpha-1、Alpha-2、Beta-1 及 Beta-2 測試資格曾在 Kickstarter 募資和夏季眾籌活動中開放購買。
• Alpha-1 測試資格曾包含在 Intrepid 預購包，目前可以透過購買時裝商城中的Adventurer 預購包取得。
• Alpha-2 和 Beta-2 測試資格曾在 PAX West 2017 開放購買。
• Alpha-1、Alpha-2、Beta-1 及 Beta-2 測試資格目前可以透過購買時裝商城中的預購包取得。

Ashes of Creation

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Ashes of Creation website redesign preview (WIP).

Ashes of Creation 設定在中世紀奇幻世界，將想像結合尖端的遊戲畫面。我們希望透過獨特、新穎的機制，賦予玩家行為意義，將大型多人的元素體現出來。Ashes of Creation 將傳統 MMORPG 最出色的特點與創新的沙盒概念結合。玩家可以自由決定自己的命運，而玩家作出的選擇都伴隨着後果，讓任務線會根據玩家與世界的互動而改變。文明會打擾大自然的規律，令怪物到處肆虐。決定市鎮的位置以至城市的大小都將改變世界的面貌。每個世界都有獨特的文化、生態和經濟。

Ashes of Creation 是一款開發中、設定在古典奇幻世界的 MMORPG，玩家的行為將影響世界的形成。

Ashes of Creation 打造的 MMO 體驗是個獨特新嘗試。有着動態的世界，並會隨着玩家的行為而改變，繼而出現的是經歷興衰存亡的城市、隨歷史變遷的人口、以及因人口聚集和需求增長而解鎖的任務和秘密。藉着實時的NPC架構，玩家可以摧毀自己創造的一切，開闢全新的發展和人口，帶來真正的改變。政治紛爭和陰謀也對世界的形成影響深遠。靜止世界不復存在，改變將成常態。

Ashes of Creation 的暫定名稱原是 The World of Origins。

Alpha-1

Alpha-1 Teaser.

This is a true development alpha. This is not a marketing alpha; and what that means is as you know part of the process here in developing Ashes of Creation is being open with that development so you guys can see that progress; and it is a double-edged sword. There are going to be a spectrum of people that exists who are very involved with the game's development and those who are just completely at an arm's length away in understanding the process; and they may look at alpha one- the people who don't really understand the development process or haven't been a part of it- they may look at it and they may think oh you know this is trash, looks like trash, you know whatever it's the end-product. But at the end of the day what's important for us and what yields the best possible product is for us to include as much as possible the community in that development process with no NDA so that you guys give valuable feedback; and as we go through the iterative process in further defining the game and fleshing out that content were doing so with the player in mind and their voice in our ear. That is I think one of the key distinguishing factors between our development and many developments that you guys may have seen in the past. – Steven Sharif

Alpha-1 preview ancients mobs.

What this experience for Alpha one is going to be- that month-long experience- it is not intended to be a content experience... It is not intended to be a game experience. It is not intended to be a fully-fledged content experience. So keep that in mind. – Steven Sharif

Alpha-1 PvE combat.

Alpha-1 is a testing release of the Ashes of Creation MMORPG. Alpha-1 will test:

• World
  • The Alpha-1 map (Alpha island) consists of a mainland area and several islands. This was approximately 70 km² of playable area.
  • Alpha-1 takes place in the north west part of the map.

• 角色
  • 成長 to level 15.

    The composition of class skills or archetype skills has to tread a fine line between two roads: One we wanted to be representative of skills not just that would traditionally be found 1 through 15 but we're actually introducing some skills that might be found later, because we want to test those particular ideas and how the skill functions. – Steven Sharif

  • 角色創建 (basic).

• 原型
  • 牧師, 法師 and 坦克 archetypes.
  • 遊俠 may be added later in Alpha-1.
  • 鬥士, 吟遊詩人, 盜賊, and 召喚師 archetypes will follow in later in development (after Alpha-1).
  • Secondary archetypes will not be present in Alpha-1. These are planned for Alpha-2.

• 種族
  • 4 playable races Kaelar, Vaelune, Dünir, Empyrean.

    A lot of times people ask well why haven't we seen the other races and stuff? We want to establish the quality bar and process with these races first and then when we move into further content production for the other races we have have those pipelines in place and we have the processes in place and we know how to approach them.

• 戰鬥
  • Hybrid action/tab combat.
  • Revamped combat systems will be rolled out during and post Alpha-1 testing.

The weapon attack is an important component of the combat system, so we want to make sure that as we're doing this combat revamp that we are essentially taking into consideration player feedback and sentiment about how they want a reactive and more mobile weapon attack system. – Steven Sharif

• 節點
  • 節點發展 to
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• • There are 9 node locations in Alpha-1.
  • Normally there would be 18-20 nodes in the same area.
  • A basic vassal system is in place.
  • The node ZOI's is larger than the final map.
  • Node locations are subject to change prior to Beta-1.

• 经济
  • The economy present in Alpha-1 is not reflective of the final state of the game.
  • Merchant systems and player to player trading.

    We have an economy but it's not really going to be reflective of the final how the economy is going to work. It'll work for alpha one and there'll be plenty of things to trade and buy and exchange, but it's not going to be really super representative what the final state is. So keep that in mind as well it's a stubbed-in system. It's not a complete or really finalized system at all. – Jeffrey Bard

  • Approximately 10 percent of the artisan system.
    • The core basics of the artisan gameplay loop is facilitated via the merchant (NPC) system.
  • 採集, 加工, 製造 is expected to come online in Alpha-2 and the Betas.
  • Previously this was targeted for Alpha-1.

    What's present in Alpha-1 doesn't even really scratch the surface for crafting. – Steven Sharif

• 裝備
  • Approximately 49 unique gear sets.
  • These are unique sets with different stats, but some may be similar in appearance.
  • Daggers (Dual weapons).

• PvE
  • Approximately 6 or 7 dungeons with one almost raid-level difficulty.
  • Two world bosses requiring party-sized groups.
  • One true 40 person raid boss.
  • Over 200 quests.
  • Questing is placeholder until Alpha-2.

• 行会.
  • Alpha-1 攻城戰 and Castles are in a zone accessible via a NPC teleporter.
  • This zone includes three Elder dragon raid bosses.
  • These bosses also appear in the open world (outside the siege zone) with slightly different mechanics.

• Naval content
• 船舶 for "island hopping".
  • Temporary teleportation points are present in early tests until ships are introduced later in the alpha testing.

• Other
  • There is no instancing in Alpha-1.
• UI and tutorial systems are placeholders until Alpha-2.

以下某些信息最近尚未得到开发人员的确认，可能不在当前的开发路线图上。

• 社会组织.
• Portions of player housing.
• Corruption.
• Name reservations.

Alpha-2

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Alpha 2 測試目標是推出幾乎所有核心系統，玩家到時候將可以開始看到更完善的系統。 – Steven Sharif

Alpha-2 將為不關機 Alpha 測試。 預計屇時將推出所有核心遊戲系統，包括：

• Tulnar 種族
• 船舶
• 完整的匠人職業系統
• 信仰
• 副職業
• 自製紋章、標誌及符號 (暫定)
• 召喚家人

第一次 Alpha 測試中，介面、教學系統、以及大部分任務都是暫時性的，較正式的版本於第二次 Alpha 測試時才會推出。 – Steven Sharif

擁有 Alpha-1 或 Alpha-2 測試資格的玩家將有機會被邀請參與 Alpha-2 測試前的抽樣測試。

Beta 測試

The Beta-1 and Beta-2 testing phases of Ashes of Creation will be short.

• The game is intended to be feature-complete before Beta-1.
• Bear McCreary's music will be unveiled in Beta-1.
• 節點種類 will be definitive (finalized).

The game should be pretty much done (at beta stage) and final polish and stuff like that being put in. We don't want people to get totally burnt out on the game before we actually release. So once we get to the beta phases it should be short and sweet. – Jeffrey Bard

Beta testing of Ashes of Creation (the MMORPG) will be closed.

搶先體驗

搶先體驗 icon.

搶先體驗 grants early access one or two days prior to the live launch of Ashes of Creation for crowdfunding backers at the Founder level and above.

• Head start is a means to gradually ramp up the population to avoid player concurrency issues at launch.
• Head start will also be a way to address any last-minute launch or deployment issues.

The point of head start is twofold: One for testing, making sure that the live launch servers pre-wipe are good; and then Two, it's a way to stagger the population move into the game. Because if you have servers with 10,000 concurrent player capability and you have everyone logging in at the exact same time, that is a problem I've never seen an MMO tackle successfully, ever. – Steven Sharif

搶先優驗伺服器

The number of head start servers is estimated to be three. This is subject to change.

• There will be an OCE headstart server.

搶先體驗的限制

The game functionality is limited during the head start period so that players cannot decide the world-scape earlier than others.

• During the head start, the node system will be deactivated.
• Head start specific servers are also planned.
• It will not be possible to secure player housing during the headstart period due to the deactivation of the node system.

Head start was not a mistake, I tend to listen to my development team with regards to their vast past experiences in mmo launches and development. Advice from engineering on head starts was they are extremely desired in order to test any last minute launch/deployment issues that “always” happen. So I did as much as possible to mitigate the potential p2w elements/issues while still adhering to sound development principles. Including designating which servers are head start servers. So wanna make sure we don’t “chop” this one as a mistake or misstep. Everything done is done to ensure a quality launch/product. – Steven Sharif

保密協議

• Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Beta-1, Beta-2 releases are not covered by 保密協議 (non-disclosure agreement).
• Alpha-1 testing prior to the full release of Alpha-1 was covered by NDA.

參加人數

• Alpha-0 had over 2,500 participants.
• Alpha-1 testing had approximately 9,600 participants as of August, 2018. There were slightly over 13k participants as of May 31, 2021. There were 5,300 unique logins during the 3 day weekend test of May 27, 2021.

• Alpha and Beta participation is expected to grow with the sale of pre-order packs.
• Alpha-2 is expected to have over 100,000 participants.
  • Previously Alpha-1 and Alpha-2 were expected to have 10,000 participants.

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• Beta-1 and Beta-2 are expected to have 27,000 participants.

刪檔

Alpha and Beta servers will be wiped prior to launch.

• Servers may be wiped between individual tests.

As a general rule, if the testing phase contains the word Alpha, it is safe to assume there will likely be wipes. – Steven Sharif

里程碑

December 2015	First team members were hired.
February 2016	Ashes of Creation design documentation and prototyping.
December 10, 2016	Official website was launched and project announced.
January 18, 2017	Official discord was launched.
May 2, 2017	Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign launched with $750,000 funding goal.
June 3, 2017	Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign completed with 19,576 backers raising $3,271,809.
June 2017	Game production began with a team size of 15-20.
June 21, 2017	夏季众筹 campaign launched.
July 22, 2017	Summer crowdfunding campaign completed with 2,485 backers.
September 1, 2017	PAX West 2017.
November 4, 2017	Raised $16,500 for Extra Life children's hospitals.
December 15, 2017	Alpha-0 released on schedule.
March 19-23, 2018	Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2018.
April 5, 2018	PAX East 2018.
August 15, 2018	Last day for purchases of Alpha-1 through Intrepid pre-order packs.
August 20, 2018	At Gamescom with My.com.
August 27, 2018	100 developers working on Ashes of Creation.
September 1, 2018	PAX West 2018 panel.
October 19, 2018	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale (previously called Alpha-1 phase 1 battlegrounds).
November 4, 2018	Raised $20,518 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.
April 15, 2019	60 developers working on Ashes of Creation at San Diego offices (following disengagement with Malaysian art team).
November 3, 2019	Raised $20,901 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.
August 21, 2020	Announced a mutual parting of ways with publisher My.games.
October 17, 2020	Almost 3,000,000 registered accounts for Ashes of Creation.
October 17, 2020	~87 developers working on Ashes of Creation.
November 8, 2020	Raised $88,546 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.
February 26, 2021	Official ashesofcreation.com website redesign.
May 5, 2021	Alpha-1 sales resumed with the announcement of the Adventurer 預購禮包.
May 17, 2021	Verbal NDA was lifted from Alpha-1 testing.
July 9, 2021	Alpha-1 no-保密協議 preview weekend began on schedule.
July 11, 2021	Alpha-1 no-保密協議 preview weekend completed on schedule.
July 14, 2021	Alpha-1 no-保密協議 month long test began on schedule.
August 15, 2021	Alpha-1 no-保密協議 month long test completed on schedule.
November 7, 2021	Raised $34,485 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.
December 23, 2021	Announced that Ashes of Creation is moving to Unreal Engine 5.
January 14, 2022	Over 120 people working on Ashes of Creation.
November 5, 2022	Raised $77,939 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.

成就

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• Kickstarter资助最多的MMORPG.
• Kickstarter的第7位最多资金的视频游戏.
• 最值得期待的MMO – MMORPG.com的2017年最佳奖项.
• MMORPG.com的2017年最佳奖项 – MMOs World.
• Gamescom 2018: 最佳独立游戏.
• Gamescom 2018: 最佳在线游戏.
• 2020年最佳独立MMO – massivelyop.com reader's poll.
• 2021年及以后最值得期待的MMO – massivelyop.com读者投票.

其他

• Alpha-1
• 里程碑
• Ashes of Creation