2019 was supposed to be the year of Ashes of Creation. But now, after the release has already been postponed, the MMORPG is becoming quieter.
What’s new with Ashes of Creation? In March, the developers announced that Ashes of Creation will only be released in 2020. The Alpha 1, which was originally planned for the second quarter of 2019, was postponed indefinitely.
To sweeten the wait for players until their first steps in Ashes of Creation, a specific feature of the game was to be introduced every month.
This was still quite successful in March. There, we were introduced to the Node System, which will play an important role in the MMORPG. Further blog posts then discussed destroying cities and the different types of Nodes.
The topic for April was actually set to be Housing, but there has been no sign of it so far. This makes many players nervous again, as the drought phase in communication seemed to have just been overcome.
However, the developers briefly discussed the PvP standalone Apocalypse in the latest livestream, which they are still committed to.
Apocalypse causes many problems at Intrepid Studios
What is Ashes of Creation Apocalypse? A Battle Royale for Ashes of Creation was actually supposed to be released back in December 2018. This game was primarily meant to test the combat system of the MMORPG.
Originally, Apocalypse was only available to participants of the first Alpha. However, since Intrepid Studios also wanted to stress the server structure directly, they decided to release the mode as a standalone game.
Where were the problems with the game? It quickly became clear that Apocalypse was not advanced enough to function as a standalone game.
On December 20, the game went live, and by December 26, it was already offline again surprisingly. Particularly, the movement in the game, many server crashes, and the microtransactions bothered players.
When will Apocalypse be released? In a revised development plan, the release was then scheduled for February 2019. However, it has not yet taken place.
In the latest developer livestream, the topic of Apocalypse was briefly touched upon. It was announced that the final backend content for the standalone is in progress. They are in the final phase of the last 10%.
Did the problems affect the MMORPG? The live operation of a game is not comparable to development. Intrepid Studios should have been aware of this as well. Nevertheless, there were incredibly many problems during the release attempt of Apocalypse.
Resolving these issues and setting up the servers and the backend has significantly delayed the development of the MMORPG.
On the other hand, later players of Ashes of Creation can be pleased. Intrepid was able to collect a lot of data and learn a lot from the problems with Apocalypse. This, in turn, could benefit the MMORPG.
A look behind the scenes of development
This is how new buildings and environments are created: In addition to the brief mention of Apocalypse, there was also a developer diary on the topic of “Building Technology”.
It discussed how and with what methods environments and buildings can be created quickly in Ashes of Creation. However, these tools are only available to developers and not to players.
What else was shown in the livestream? The rest of the livestream consisted of the announcement that new employees were hired and are still being sought, as well as an anecdote about the first mayoral election in the MMORPG.
The latter took place in the testing environment and was successfully conducted. However, the NPC for administering the city did not appear. Also, the first caravan sent to another city crashed at some point, flipped upside down, and flew across the world map.
It’s certain that Ashes of Creation will not be playable until at least 2020. However, there are plenty of other MMORPGs set to be released this year:
It discussed how and with what methods environments and buildings can be created quickly in Ashes of Creation. However, these tools are only available to developers and not to players.
What else was shown in the livestream? The rest of the livestream consisted of the announcement that new employees were hired and are still being sought, as well as an anecdote about the first mayoral election in the MMORPG.
The latter took place in the testing environment and was successfully conducted. However, the NPC for administering the city did not appear. Also, the first caravan sent to another city crashed at some point, flipped upside down, and flew across the world map.
It’s certain that Ashes of Creation will not be playable until at least 2020. However, there are plenty of other MMORPGs set to be released this year:
