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Class progression
Class progression in Ashes of Creation proceeds as follows:[1]
- Players receive skill points as they level. These can be used to level up skills within their skill tree.[6]
- It will not be possible to max all skills in a skill tree.[6]
- A player may choose a secondary archetype when they reach level 25.[1][2] The combination of primary and secondary archetypes is referred to as a class.[2][5][7]
- The secondary archetype does not provide additional skills.[8]
- Secondary archetypes may be changed, but not "on-the-fly".[4][9]
- The player can then augment their primary skills with effects from their secondary archetype.[2][3]
- Class progression does not relate to a player's artisan progression.[10]
- World events do not directly impact class effectiveness but there may be ancillary effects in terms of availability of equipment, enchantments or tattoos.[11]
Classes by archetype combination
With 8 Archetypes to combine, players may choose from 64 total combinations to create their class.[2][5][7]
Class abilities
Primary skills (class abilities) are based on a player's archetype.[15][3]
- A player may choose a secondary archetype when they reach level 25.[1][2] The player can then augment their primary skills with effects from their secondary archetype.[15][1][2][3][16]
- Outside of class-specific skills there may be a subset of universal skills, such as active block and dodge.[17]
- Class skills are not affected by the type of weapon that is equipped.[18]
- Primary skills in Alpha-2 are expected to be very different to those in Alpha-1.[19]
Ambachtelijke vooruitgang
Ambachtsklassen staan niet toe dat een character een meester in alles kan worden.[20] Een speler moet voor elk character een pad kiezen in de ambachtsvaardigheidsboom.[21] Het vertakken in specifieke paden staat de speler toe om zich te specialiseren in bepaalde vakgebieden. Dit moedigt een spelers inderdependentie aan, wat op zijn beurt de ambachtservaring verrijkt.[22]
- Beroepskeuze heeft geen effect op de statistieken van een speler.[23]
- Characters binnen een account, ofwel alts, mogen verschillende beroepen hebben.[20]
Wanneer we refereren naar het niet-zijn van meesters van alles, betekent dat niet dat je geen meester kunt zijn binnen jouw eigen ambachtstype. Dit type kan maker, verzamelaar of verwerker zijn. Je zult een meester zijn van een van die drie, je zult geen meester zijn van de andere twee.[24] – Steven Sharif
Religion progression
There are player progression paths within a religion.[25][26]
- Players may follow only one religion at a time.[25][26]
- Religious progression is based on quests that are only offered to followers of that religion.[25]
- Religions have a ranking system based on a player's performance in these quests and the number of quests completed.[25][27]
- Changing religion will cause loss of progress in a player's previous religion.[25][26]
- It depends on their dedication to the religion itself; their performance when it comes to certain religion's religious objectives; their contribution to the development of that religion within the world. There's a lot of different markers that we use at each stage to determine how they progress within the religion.[28] – Steven Sharif
Node progression
Citizen and non-citizen player activity (questing, gathering, raiding, etc.) within a node's ZOI counts toward that particular node's advancement (progression) to a higher node stage.[30][31]
The advancement of a node unlocks its unique content, which comes at the cost of locking out an increasing ring of neighboring nodes from progressing to the next stage.[32]
- Nodes advance to the first stage quickly. This enables NPC services such as vending or banking items.[33]
- The more advanced the node is, the larger its ZOI becomes.[34]
- Less advanced nodes (referred to as vassal nodes) that fall within a more advanced node's ZOI can still gain XP, but must remain at a lower advancement stage than the dominant node.[35]
- The vassal system begins when a node hits Dorp (fase 3), but neighboring nodes starting from Expedition (fase 1) also block the growth of their immediate neighbors.[36][37]
- Certain quests, such as story arcs, may not be able to be turned in after a node has advanced.[38]
- The territory expansion algorithm takes into account the nearest coast, neighboring nodes, and the heatmap of players in surrounding areas over the last weeks or month.[39]
- Due to the way the progression algorithm calculates territorial (ZOI) expansion during node advancement, there is a small possibility that two nodes of the same stage end up being close to each other.[40]
- The way that the algorithm expands the territories takes into account a few things: One it takes into account the coast like where's the closest coast. Two it takes into account the neighboring nodes so it can take over and essentially vassal state those nodes, but what's more important is essentially the initial population based on like how players choose their races. Because we have nine different races and four different starting points that branch out, each server's population density is going to dictate essentially the first few nodes that are highly populated and then that initial seed is what's going to determine the node structure as it moves inland into the into the world essentially; and based on the performance and successes of different sieges will determine which nodes that got locked out from the previous the initial advancements what nodes can now be available to advance further. So I really think that with so many variables that are present in the equation of how nodes advance and stay existing with the more variables you have, the higher likelihood there is for there to be a significant diversion in world progression.[39] – Steven Sharif
- Normally the algorithm that's applied to the node territorial expansion will prevent significant nodes from being in close proximity to each other... There could be a perfect storm where all of the algorithmic progression of territory leads to having these nodes very close to each other because there's certain requirements that should that need to be available to satisfy node vassal takeovers; and it's possible that two nodes would never take each other over as vassals and end up close together and spanning their territories in opposite directions: The Tale of Two Cities thing.[40] – Steven Sharif
- A node does not receive XP from the nodes within its ZOI until these nodes have reached their cap.[35]
- Node experience gain opportunities will be equitable across the four node types.[42]
- Different people have different resources invested in nodes progressing and it would be a little "gamey" if you could know exactly what was necessary at that point because that would disincentivize people from participating.[43] – Steven Sharif
Node advancement spawns a series of animations and visual effects (within the footprint of the node).[44][30]
- Players within the node are teleported to a safe location, likely a respawn area near the node.[44][45]
- Supplies will spawn around the node and system driven caravans are spawned to bring these supplies into the node. These caravans are not able to be attacked.[44]
- NPCs will begin construction activities.[44]
- Players outside the node will see the new facade of the node pop into existence as the node advances in stage.[44]
- The Development Area of a Node is where civilization will appear as the Node advances. As the Node Stage increases, different buildings, NPCs, and services will become available in the Development Area. The higher the Node Stage, the more complex and populated the Development Area becomes. Development Areas will also vary depending on the Node Type - Economic, Military, Scientific, or Divine.[30] – Margaret Krohn
Node development
Node layout and style is determined by several factors:[47][48]
- The way that the node system is built is that they can exist across a spread of 18 biomes, but at the same time have to represent the cultural influence of these cultures that are intrinsically a part of a specific biome.[49] – Steven Sharif
- Environment (biome) and location of the node.[49][47][48]
- Nodes will adjust the local topography to fit the aesthetic and mechanical requirements of the node.[50]
- Currently the way that the platform system is set up, is it's capable of adjusting the topography of the node's footprint, regardless of the surrounding terrain. So the reason for that is we want to have flexibility in the presentation of the node's layout and how it is essentially both from an aesthetic standpoint as well as a mechanical standpoint with node sieges- how it's constructed and that construction should have the ability to take on a variance of different types of topography. So it shouldn't be dependent on the surrounding area. Now that's not to say that the surrounding area isn't going to have some influence over. So for example... we're experimenting a little bit with the platform tech and putting up a node up against the side of a mountain or on the edge of a cliff or something that has a beautiful vista. Those are things that we're going to test out obviously as we continue to work on the node tool and how that platform system works, but the idea is to have the node independent of the surrounding terrain.[50] – Steven Sharif
- Some parts are determined by the area it's in. Some parts are determined by the type it is. Some parts are determined by the race it is; and then the rest of it is determined by the mayor.[48] – Jeffrey Bard
- Race that contributed the highest percentage to the node's advancement will alter the racial appearance of its buildings, NPCs, and props.[51][52][47][30][48][53][54]
- All nodes, whether they're associated with a castle or associated with normal node structure, has cultural influences that replicate over to the buildings that are produced and the NPCs that are present.[56] – Steven Sharif
- The rest is determined by the node's mayor.[48]
- It should be possible for a node to complete several building projects within a mayor's one month term in office.[57]
- Q: How long would you say it will take players on average to fill/build up a node completely from wilderness to metropolis?
- A: It's one thing to get a node to a certain level: it's another thing to develop the node; and I can't really give you an on-average expectation, because there's a lot of variables at play. There's how many citizens does the node have attracted to it; what's the type of traffic that the node is attracting to it based on things like its tax rates, or the specialization that it chose to spec into, based on the building types it's chosen to build. All of those things are variables that can affect the quote-unquote "average build-out time" of a particular node. So it's difficult to give you an average when there's so many variables along those lines. But the idea is that if there is a particular project that players are interested in in developing based on the node stage, that they would have the ability to complete several of those projects as within a single term of a mayor; and a term of a mayor is one month.[57] – Steven Sharif
Zones and progression
Dungeons, Raids, World bosses, Mobs, Quests, Events, Resources, Narratives and other content within a node's ZOI will have a diverse level range; but will scale with the advancement of that node and its racial influence.[58][59][46]
- Portions of the spawn tables (for mobs and resources) are static and other portions are dynamic and adapt to node development.[60]
- We don’t have a strictly level 25 zone. Instead, that zone might have some level 10 creatures near the road, some level 20 creatures deep in the forest, and some level 30 creatures up the mountain. These ratios will change based on the Nodes that inform them, becoming generally more dangerous as the Node grows. All this civilization attracts the attention of Things-That-Should-Not-Be. This does not mean that wilderness areas are safe, by any means. Some may be safe-er, but all will have dangers that even the most experienced traveler needs to watch out for.[61] – Steven Sharif
Guild progression
Guild progression occurs through participation in different systems.[62]
Guild progression grants skill points that the guild can allocate to unlock aspects of their skill tree, such as passive skills, augments and membership count.[62][64][65]
- Passive abilities increase certain stats relating to a guild member's ability to perform in combat or in other aspects of the guild, such as the economy.[62]
- Augments may apply at the upper tiers of guild progression.[62]
- Guild members do not need to be citizens of the same node in order to benefit from passive skills and augments.[66]
- Guild size can be traded off for guild progression.[62][67]
- The higher the guild's member cap, the fewer available skill options will be available to that guild.[68]
- Guild alliances may be a key part in creating a larger "guild".[67]
- Guild halls can be unlocked at a certain stage of guild advancement.[64]
- Guilds cannot respec their skill points once allocated. This is subject to testing.[69]
- It's not always going to be combat. You could have an economic focus guild. You could have a trade oriented guild; and there's all sorts of things that you can put together and give your guild its own identity.[62] – Jeffrey Bard
Social organization progression
Social organization progression is achieved through accomplishing tasks or quests within that social organization.[70]
- Some progression is static, but more competitive achievements will be seasonal, based on a ladder system.[71]
There are hierarchical paths pertaining to specific questlines for the organization's thematic.[70] These quests will either be cooperative with or adversarial against other nodes based on their mutual war status.[72]
- - For example, a Thieves' guild may have objectives and quests toward securing a particular item to enable players to advance within the organization.[70]
- Social organizations are going to have questlines that players participate in which some will include sabotage, espionage, intrigue... While it's not necessarily player versus player in the combat sense, it is player versus player in pitting communities in those organizations against each other in a competitive atmosphere, where only some things can be accomplished by certain communities; and not everybody can succeed at a particular task. So, I think that that's a unique way to involve meaningful conflict that doesn't necessarily have to relate to PvP, because obviously we have a lot of PvP systems in the game and and there are many ways for players to participate in player versus player combat; but we also want to make sure that from a progression standpoint, from a system standpoint there are going to be abilities of individuals to follow these questlines, these tasks that will pit organizations against each other, specifically from an organizational standpoint.[73] – Steven Sharif
Zones and progression
Dungeons, Raids, World bosses, Mobs, Quests, Events, Resources, Narratives and other content within a node's ZOI will have a diverse level range; but will scale with the advancement of that node and its racial influence.[58][59][46]
- Portions of the spawn tables (for mobs and resources) are static and other portions are dynamic and adapt to node development.[60]
- We don’t have a strictly level 25 zone. Instead, that zone might have some level 10 creatures near the road, some level 20 creatures deep in the forest, and some level 30 creatures up the mountain. These ratios will change based on the Nodes that inform them, becoming generally more dangerous as the Node grows. All this civilization attracts the attention of Things-That-Should-Not-Be. This does not mean that wilderness areas are safe, by any means. Some may be safe-er, but all will have dangers that even the most experienced traveler needs to watch out for.[61] – Steven Sharif
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Livestream, 2023-07-28 (1:04:27).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Interview, 2020-07-18 (1:05:04).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Livestream, 2017-07-28 (19:05).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1
- ↑ Livestream, 2017-05-03 (50:50).
- ↑ Livestream, 2017-07-18 (37:43).
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- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Livestream, 2017-05-08 (44:51).
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- ↑ Livestream, 2017-06-01 (33:40).
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- ↑ A reactive world - Nodes.
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- ↑ Node series part II – the Metropolis.
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- ↑ Livestream, 2024-02-29 (53:58).
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Interview, 2020-07-18 (10:04).
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 Interview, 2020-07-08 (1:00:15).
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- ↑ Livestream, 2021-09-24 (1:21:23).
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- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 Blog - Know Your Nodes - The Basics.
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 Livestream, 2020-10-30 (39:17).
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 48.3 48.4 48.5 Livestream, 2018-09-27 (53:06).
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 Livestream, 2022-02-25 (41:00).
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 Livestream, 2021-02-26 (1:12:18).
- ↑ Livestream, 2022-03-31 (4:57).
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- ↑ Interview, 2018-05-11 (54:34).
- ↑ Livestream, 2017-05-26 (21:23).
- ↑ Podcast, 2021-04-11 (23:36).
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 Interview, 2018-05-11 (47:27).
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 Livestream, 2022-07-29 (1:13:09).
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 Interview, 2020-07-19 (19:35).
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 Livestream, 2017-05-15 (30:53).
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- ↑ 61.0 61.1 Interview: Ashes of Creation on Building Their Virtual World, 2017-04-13.
- ↑ 62.00 62.01 62.02 62.03 62.04 62.05 62.06 62.07 62.08 62.09 62.10 62.11 Livestream, 2018-09-27 (55:39).
- ↑ 63.0 63.1 63.2 Livestream, 2017-05-19 (22:10).
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- ↑ 70.0 70.1 70.2 Livestream, 2017-05-17 (7:27).
- ↑ Livestream, 2023-09-29 (1:07:50).
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