The Ashen Forge: Episode 100 - Hello Steven Sharif | An Ashes of Creation Podcast
209For our 100th show we are joined by Steven Sharif, the creative director for Ashes of Creation.
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00:00 - Intro
02:51- When is nodes 3?
06:27 - Publishing new articles
08:00 - Bill Trost influencing decisions?
13:20 - Ashes moving the genre forward
18:30 - What resources are use to bid on a freehold?
20:58 - Religious nodes and favor
22:36 - How is bidding done? When? Frequency?
23:30 - Always subject to change
24:55 - Ashes before 2030
26:30 - We will not know when NDA spot testing occurs
29:52 - Parcels and plots
31:18 - No skin restrictions in parcels
33:06 - No neighborhood benefits
33:57 - Min Maxing tech trees for freeholds
35:58 - Making crafters important
37:00 - Players remain corrupt in open seas and penalties remain the same
37:30 - Non-corrupt players get a debuff and gear decay upon death in open seas
38:14 - Owning housing does not make you a citizen
40:08 - There is a soft cap on the number of citizens per node
41:25 - Instanced apartments allow for crafting/processing
42:15 - Can own freehold and apartments at same time
42:50 - Level 50 maxed out artisan tree daily activities
47:00 - The spreading of corruption
49:50 - Corruption is not on freeholds
51:40 - Animal husbandry and farming public plots
53:10 - Giving family permission to get to grandmaster
54:28 - No blocking people from your tavern
54:45 - Crafting station degradation
55:55 - Diminishing returns in farming/animal husbandry
56:39 - Mounts do not degrade or die
59:34 - World persistence
01:02:25 - Creating narrative that might not be seen
01:04:50 - Different servers, same expansions
01:06:55 - Summoners, bards and Tulnar
01:10:45 - Summoner creature types
01:11:54 - What systems are still need for alpha 2 to start
01:14:04 - Class synergies
01:17:48 - Working on naval combat?
01:18:45 - Naval assaults on coastal nodes?
01:20:34 - Ship building
01:21:35 - Full list of services from freeholds
01:22:43 - Brothels
01:23:54 - What core measures looking for in A2 as indicator for success
01:28:32 - Naval gameplay will be in alpha 2 but not at start
01:30:10 - Moving content to later parts of A2
01:32:47 - You came your naval ship
01:33:47 - Can players kill non-combat NPCs
01:35:32 - NPCs returning after node destruction and cultural dependence
01:37:30 - Player created NPCs
01:38:23 - Gear versatility
01:41:10 - Encounter challenge ratings
01:43:40 - Micro and macro metas
01:45:29 - Paizo Pathfinder
01:47:00 - Anticheat mechanisms
01:49:20 - Augment system update not known when
01:49:39 - Character creator is still set for prior to A2
01:50:06 - Gear breaks if over-enchanting
01:50:54 - How many apartments per metropolis?
01:52:20 - Guild management systems will be in A2
01:52:43 - What would Steven like to tell the community?
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