Ashes of Creation - Steven Sharif Interview 15 April 2019

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Published on April 16, 2019 9:48:20 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep5Dsglari8

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Ashes Of Creation (2017)

Duration: 56:12

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I would like to thank Intrepid Studios for the wonderful opportunity to interview CEO & Creative Director Steven Sharif on Monday 15 April 2019.

We had a very long conversation about a lot of things, not so much digging into new stuff, but instead going over the foundational stuff in the game and making sure all the Ts were crossed and the Is were dotted.

We covered a ton of topics from Tulnar, to Nodes, a little bit on the Artisan System, Corruption, Airships, as well as stuff about the studio, Stormancer, Malaysia, Staff Numbers and more. This interview is chock full of information, some of it I wasn’t even expecting. I do apologize for the audio, we had technical issues at the start of the stream and didn’t have any time to do an audio check.

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Also remember that I am live on Twitch on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at https://www.twitch.tv/paradox_gaming_network If you have any Ashes of Creation questions, or really any questions, feel free to swing by and let’s talk.

Time Index for Stream:
00:00 - Start
00:40 - Forum Launch
02:45 - In House Quality Assessment on Battle Royale and Alpha 1
03:55 - Staff Sizing Increase (200 to 300 hands on projects)
05:10 - December Numbers vs Present Day (Why the staff pictures don’t add up)
05:53 - How many “Butts in Chairs” in San Diego?
06:42 - 28 Developers in France? Stormancer? What is it?
07:52 - Nodes 3 - What's going on with it? Why the delay?

Castle Siege Design Change
09:14 - Castle Siege Changes - Weekly Events at Nodes

12:51 - Steven, Leaks, and Discord
15:38 - How much information do we have?
17:30 - Not seeing it before day 1 (Transparent Development)
18:41 - The Archetypes that didn’t make the cut and why
19:48 - Tulnar Race Creation Info
21:40 - Corruption - Non-combatants attacking and maintaining their non-combatant status
23:34 - Who can scoop corrupted loot?

Personal Caravans
24:35 - Share the Attack/Defend/Ignore mechanic (Construction Effort)
25:40 - Reward for Defending Personal Caravans
Development Paths for Being a Defender or a HighwayMan (Brigand)
26:51 - Where do you redeem certificates from personal freeholds
28:30 - What happens to Personal Caravans when they are destroyed?
29:25 - No magically repairing your stuff!

Node Sieges
30:38 - Individual Buildings attackable during Sieges

Airship Travel
33:10 - Instant Loading Screen? Real time ship ride
33:47 - Will people be able to see the airships from the ground?
33:52 - Potential for events/attacks on the airships?

34:15 - Pirates on the open water?

The Word Legendary
35:37 - Legendary vs Legendary Unique?

Abilities
37:10 - Contained - Fewer than 30
37:30 - Ballpark for number of abilities a character can choose from
38:04 - What is an action skill? What is a tab skill? Ashes of Creation definitions
39:16 - Negative XP Restoration Abilities (Endow Life being the example)
40:06 - Healers that do their healing by doing damage

Artisan Classes
40:55 - Is there a lumberjack class confirmed?
41:15 - Fishing

Mechanics
42:00 - Fog of War
42:45 - Bestiary information from most recent blog
43:56 - Player Made Maps
44:28 - Battlemaps in Taverns

44:45 - Open World Battlegrounds phrase meaning

47:43 - 20 Man Free For All
48:10 - What are the victory conditions for Node Wars
50:10 - Sieges are reflective of the server’s time zone (respectful of time zone)

51:34 - Steven’s signoff message

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