In Ashes of Creation, the developers showcased many new PvE content in the last livestream. Those who enjoy large raids will be pleased.
Where do the recordings come from? Ashes of Creation hosts a livestream about once a month, where the developers showcase various aspects of the new MMORPG. This livestream was again led by Creative Director Steven Sharif.
This time, the livestream was entirely focused on the new PvE content. An instance and a raid boss with 40 players were shown.
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First Instance then Raid
What was shown first? In the livestream, the developers initially presented an instance. The instance was modified by the current world event and is set at a higher difficulty level. The group of developers consisted of 8 players, the support class Bard was also included.
The development team had to fight through various elite enemies and later protect an NPC named “Lady of the Rose.” The NPC can also be healed and attempts to complete a task while enemies continuously try to prevent the NPC from achieving its mission.
In the livestream, the developers manage to keep the NPC alive and successfully complete the mission. As a reward, they receive a dragon egg. This can be used to summon a massive raid boss named Firebrand.
How does the raid unfold? With the looted dragon egg, the raid boss can be summoned. However, this is not designed for 8 players, but for 40. The team thus recruits additional strength to take down the massive dragon. In classic “World of Warcraft” fashion, the raid group rushes at the dragon, and the battle begins. Correspondingly, the music of the game changes to match the fight.
The dragon boss has many different mechanics. Besides the expected things a dragon does, there are also some unexpected surprises during the fight, and players in the group repeatedly die from the boss’s attacks.
In the last 25% of its health, the boss spawns additional fire monsters that complicate the fight and reinforce the boss until they are dealt with. In the end, the group defeats the boss and secures the loot. This loot can be rolled for using “Need,” “Greed,” and “Pass.”
However, completing the instance is not meant to be the only way to summon the raid boss. Steven Sharif explained in the livestream that there are to be additional options for this. The boss serves as a kind of end boss for Alpha 2 of Ashes of Creation and drops the best loot in the game. Those who want to play the Alpha need to invest a lot of money: Ashes of Creation takes criticism into account, adjusts paid packages for Alpha, but has lost a lot of trust.
