Just before the end of the month, Ashes of Creation received a comprehensive content update for Alpha 2. This ambitious MMORPG is taking an important step towards Alpha 3.
What’s new in Ashes of Creation? With the recent update for the current Alpha 2 of the MMORPG from Intrepid Studios, several important new features and systems have been introduced to the servers. Here are the highlights:
- A new class, the Rogue, has been introduced, which uses two daggers, can strike from stealth, employs tools like smoke bombs and poisons, and delivers a combination of high burst damage along with excellent mobility.
- The tropical region “Turquoise Sea” has been expanded, featuring 8 dungeons, a trading post, fresh events, and more.
- In the “Turquoise Sea” region, you’ll also find a harbor where you can purchase the new caravelle ship. This ship can hold up to 8 characters, allowing you to transport goods and reach the islands of the region where dungeons and valuable resources await.
- With the integrated potion launcher, you can attack other ships or rafts from your ship. You can use this to ambush other groups transporting their loot from the dungeons or goods across the river.
- Players can now use the new “Node Siege System” to besiege a node of level 3 or higher. The sieges offer 100 vs. 100 battles.
- The system is tied to new relics that can drop from bosses and certain mobs. These relics provide useful buffs when brought with a caravan to your own node, and of course, these relics can change ownership through a successful siege.
You can find the full patch notes at ashesofcreation.com. An update is expected in the coming weeks to expand node sieges with a destruction system. A besieged node fortress can then temporarily become a ruin, turning the region into an open-PvP zone that attracts special loot.
Here you can see gameplay of the new Rogue class from Ashes of Creation:
“This is SO COOL”
How does the community rate the new update? Especially under the respective announcement videos for the shipping system and the Rogue class, there has been much praise.
- VanillinV writes on YouTube about the Rogue: “It feels to me like I’ve been waiting years for exactly this.”
- Xo1ot1 adds on YouTube: “I really like the idea of having only 2 ‘combo points’ that are visible on the hands as effects.”
- zach2004 expresses excitement on YouTube about the ships: “This is SO COOL! Wow, I didn’t expect the marine system to come so soon. Keep it up, dev team, it looks great!”
A recent discussion on Reddit also shows that the stealth of the new Rogue class is not yet functioning perfectly or well. Dreadker describes, for instance, that you cannot cloak as soon as any player character, NPC, or mob is within sight of the Rogue.
I have played many rogue and ranger/archer archetypes, and it [stealth, note from the editor] has never felt so silly – I completely understand that this is an alpha and it will likely be improved/changed, but in the current implementation, it is pointless – which is really bad, as the “opening combat” aspect is often what defines characters in the rogue style – surprise, massive, quick burst damage, and if you mess it up, you either die, run away, or disappear back into stealth.
Next, you can watch about 40 minutes of gameplay from the preview stream for the new ship feature of Ashes of Creation:
What is the next milestone? On May 1, 2025, the third phase of Alpha 2 will begin. Then, Ashes of Creation will be live not for five, but for seven days a week. According to studio head Steven Sharif, this is a great time for anyone wanting to experience Ashes of Creation before the launch to dive into the MMORPG for the first time.
When the beta will continue is still unclear. However, the developers also want to divide this testing phase into two sections: Beta One and Beta Two.
What else do I need to know about Ashes of Creation? Ashes of Creation is a sandbox MMORPG set in a fantasy world, featuring a vast open world. You fight against world bosses and engage in PvP battles. Additionally, there will be a system where you level areas, thereby improving cities and altering parts of the game world – the so-called “Nodes”. Development on the MMORPG began back in 2015. More about this can be found here: Release, roadmap, Alpha 2, classes, gameplay, payment model – all important information about the MMORPG Ashes of Creation.
