Leveling

Alpha-1 early iteration of the level-up effect by Jim Sanders.

One of the cool abilities we all love seeing and gives us a major dopamine response is when our character levels up. – Steven Sharif

水准 won't follow a traditional linear path, although classic mechanics for leveling exist.

Leveling: the act of of going out and adventuring, of killing monsters, and combat in general is the most tactile and moment-to-moment type of gameplay that you're going to experience in Ashes of Creation; and I think at every step of the way in that adventure it should be fun, and it should be something that you enjoy doing, and it should be something that's rewarding, and it should be something that teaches you more about the immersive world that you're in and allows you to follow a compelling storyline. – Steven Sharif

• Players will have the option to rush their vertical progression to level cap or spend time building infrastructure through horizontal progression.

• Experience (XP) is gained through a variety of vertical and horizontal progression paths, such as PvP, PvE, 探索, 采集/加工/制造, Events/任务, Grinding mobs.
  • XP will be awarded for participating in objective-based PvP on a diminishing returns basis.

• A character's level is visible to other players.

• Some levels may offer more rewards than others.

I think you can emphasize some levels more than others and that's a great way to do progression. But I think ultimately that you should see a reward for your progress or effort spent. – Steven Sharif

• There will not be level boosts or auto-leveling (AFK leveling).

As part of our ideals as a game we're not going to give boosts away. We're not going to auto-level up a character. You have to spend time acclimating yourself to what this game is, to what the world that you're part of is; and that's an investment- a time investment; and that plays towards our ideas of risk-versus-reward; and I've always said our game's not going to be for everybody and that's okay. – Steven Sharif

• There won't be any damage dampening due to differences in levels in either PvP or PvE.

If I have a skill that does a thousand damage to a target of equal level I don't want my skill to do zero damage to a target that's five levels above me. – Steven Sharif

• A player could in theory level to max level at a single node, providing that node was at a high-enough stage, but it would not be the most effective means of leveling.

职业成长

• 玩家在游戏开始时选择主原型。
  • 玩家无法更改主原型。

• 技能点会在升级时获得，用作提升技能树中的技能。
  • 技能点将不足以将所有技能提升至满级。

• 达到等级 25 时，玩家可以选择副原型。 主副原型的组合称为职业。
  • 副原型不会赋予新技能。
  • 玩家可以变更副原型，但不会是处时处地。

• 玩家可以透过副原型的能力来增强主要技能。
  • 每个主技能树的技能也会有数个由副技能树赋予的增强选项。这是个横向成长的例子。
  • 增强主要技能将改变技能的本质 – 了解技能本来的用法，并将其与副原型/职业的特性融合。

若一名斗士选择法师为副原型，其将变成 Spellsword. 组合原型后，玩家可以将主技能树的技能增强。斗士的冲锋能让他们冲向敌人，对其造成伤害并有机会击倒敌人。而法师的逃脱增强可以应用于冲锋，让冲锋变成将玩家传送到目标的位置，移除了本来向敌人冲锋所需的时间。

职业成长与玩家的匠人成长无关。

世界事件不会直接影响职业的效能，但将可能有一些附带影响，例如装备、附魔和纹身的供应。

由原型组成的职业

由八个原型互相组合，职业总数为六十四。

副原型
		吟游诗人	牧师	斗士	法师	游侠	盗贼	召唤师	坦克
主原型	吟游诗人	Minstrel	Soul Weaver	Tellsword	Magician	Song Warden	Trickster	Songcaller	Siren
	牧师	Scryer	High Priest	Templar	Oracle	Protector	Shadow Disciple	Shaman	Apostle
	斗士	Bladedancer	Highsword	Weapon Master	Spellsword	Hunter	Shadowblade	Bladecaller	Dreadnought
	法师	Sorcerer	Acolyte	Battle Mage	Archwizard	Spellhunter	Shadow Caster	Warlock	Spellstone
	游侠	Bowsinger	Soulbow	Strider	Scion	Hawkeye	Scout	Falconer	Sentinel
	盗贼	Charlatan	Cultist	Duelist	Nightspell	Predator	Assassin	Shadow Lord	Shadow Guardian
	召唤师	Enchanter	Necromancer	Wild Blade	Spellmancer	Beastmaster	Shadowmancer	Conjurer	Brood Warden
	坦克	Argent	Paladin	Knight	Spellshield	Warden	Nightshield	Keeper	Guardian

职业技能

Alpha-1 preview primary skills.

If from the eight archetypes whatever you choose as your secondary, you're going to receive a choice of augments that relate to some core ideal of that class. You know like a tank is about controlling the battlefield, is about surviving. The mage is about dealing damage and elements and ability in AoEs. The rogue is going to be about stealth and critical damage. So those augments are going to to play towards those identities. – Steven Sharif

The idea behind the system is that you're skirting the line through these augmentations of your role, right. We have the traditional holy trinity that's present in class designs for MMOs and it's often that those either are not deviated at all or completely deviated from entirely. The augment is to offer a balance between that where you still maintain the semblance of that trinity system while offering the opportunity to customize your play experience towards one of the other angles in the triangle. – Steven Sharif

主要技能 (class abilities) are based on a player's archetype.

• A player may choose a secondary archetype when they reach level 25. The player can then augment their primary skills with effects from their secondary archetype.

• Outside of class-specific skills there may be a subset of universal skills, such as active block and dodge.
• Class skills are not affected by the type of weapon that is equipped.

• 主要技能 in Alpha-2 are expected to be very different to those in Alpha-1.

Rested experience

酒馆 offer rested experience (rested XP) for those who rent rooms or spend time as patrons of the tavern.

• Rested experience allows players to gain experience at a faster rate for a period of time.
• There are no current plans to replace rested experience with another bonus for max-level players.
• Rested experience increases the rate that experience debt is paid back.

其他

• 匠人成长
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