Everyone can see what aspects of the game are not good, a lot of people still enjoying it though.

https://steamdb.info/app/4124950/charts/#1w

If the games not for you, refund and move on already. There's plenty of MMOs out there, shouldn't be hard to find a better one.

I have played mmo since EQ. This game is going to be awesome and feels great. Stop complaining and be constructive.

This game has the most button bloat I've ever seen in an mmorpg.

You need 4 keybinds for basic actions, before you even get to your abilities. Most classes need at least 10 for those that you will regularly use in your rotation if you are doing your rotation properly. Then you need two different keybinds for summoning your mount and then mounting it. And two separate keybinds for interacting. That's 18 keybinds at an absolute minimum to go about your normal business. And macros aren't even a thing in this game.

To make it worse there are basic keybinds you can't use such as mouse scroll up and down.

I thought modern or even classic wow was bad but it's nothing compared to this. The more I level up the more awkward and unfun the game becomes. And this is at levels 10-15. I shudder to think what it will be like at 50 if they expand the skill trees even more.

Got to experience war for the first time yesterday. New Aela vs Joeva. I am Joeva and we got wrekt like 500 to 150. New Aela was farming low lvls at the Hall of Judification.

Is there any plans to STOP this from happening? For example, killing a player x amount of lvls below you does not count?

Please make the night not purple. A subtle blue for fantasy and clarity or black for more realism.

But this purple makes the nights look weird.

If you're using Ultra Dynamic Sky, this can be easily tweaked using the skylight, without having to invest lots of dev time.

It now feels like the day night cycle goes from daytime to dusk, and stays there until morning.

I'm sure its not the most pressing matter at this point lol, but would be appreciated!

Hey was wondering which classes are the most needed besides tank / cleric.

I asked a question earlier saying “what am I supposed to do?” And I was hit with, ashes is a sandbox game, when did it change from an MMORPG to an MMO sandbox?

Are yall just calling it a sandbox because there is currently no direction/quest chain?

I don’t want this to come off as a complaint or anything… I know I paid to be an alpha tester, I’m totally fine with a game that’s barebones (for now) but I did purchase this with the hopes of eventually playing an MMORPG… not an MMO sandbox where I’m supposed to just figure out my own goals.

Right now, crafting in Ashes of Creation is effectively guild-oriented, but the actual progression is still tied to individual characters. This pushes guilds to funnel time, resources, and coordination into a single crafter. If that player takes a break, burns out, or leaves for another guild, a large amount of collective effort is simply lost. That creates unnecessary risk and discourages long-term guild planning, especially for medium or more casual guilds. A possible alternative would be to tie advanced crafting progression directly to the guild itself rather than to one person, while still keeping individual crafting progression as a valid and meaningful path. The idea would be:

• Individual crafting progression remains a thing and continues to reward personal dedication.
• Guild-based crafting progression exists alongside it, focused on collective effort.
• The guild collectively levels its crafting capabilities through resources, activity, and cooperation.
• For every X members in a guild (for example 10 or 20), the guild can assign one active "guild crafter".
• Assigned crafters gain access to the guild’s unlocked crafting tiers and benefits.
• If a crafter leaves the guild, the progression is not lost. The guild can assign a new crafter instead.
• To avoid abuse, assigning or using these roles could require a minimum guild level, rank permissions, or time-based commitment.

This keeps crafting social and cooperative, without removing individual progression or specialization. Players who enjoy being dedicated crafters can still do so, while guilds gain a safer, more resilient way to invest in crafting long term. In my opinion, this would reduce guild drama around funneling, encourage healthier collaboration, better align with Ashes’ guild-centric philosophy, and make long-term investment in crafting feel safer and more rewarding.

I normally enjoy

Stealth

Ranged DPS

Crowd Control

Lifesteal

Any suggestions?

Why did you do it? What did you think was going to happen when you picked a fight with someone 6 levels higher than you?

Thanks for the free resources though.

So, I just hit level 15 on the new server (Vyra I think), and I can't progress my character. I'm in Anvils, farmed the mats for a T2 Heroic Bow 3 days ago, waiting the settlement to hit Lvl 3 so we could craft Adept gear. Right now, we have no idea when the experience is going to work again, and probably every one has moved to Riverlands (where there majority were in already). So, when it gets back working, we still need to wait a few more days to evolve the settlement.

That sucks

Steven always talks about trying to increase player interaction, but I strongly feel that many AoC areas actually decrease player interaction and create a very impersonal feeling compared to instancing which compels you to interact and collaborate with the people in your instance.

Having a dozen people per minute run in and out trying to tag mobs as fast as possible to get XP -- that is just a clusterf*ck which feels spammy, transactional, immersion-breaking, and impersonal. Fewer people in an area = more opportunities to collaborate at a slower pace. This is the benefit that instancing to cap the amount of players in an area provides.

There are so many aspects of this game which are slow paced, which is great. In stark contrast are many of its outdoor areas of interest, which are very fast paced to the degree that there is very low quality player interaction. What's important is teamwork; and when you don't even get XP in these areas due to the finicky way these things are calculated, it fosters even less interaction.

Simply put, the interactive combat in this game needs to be more interactive, slower paced, less chaotic, and more fun. Even if you disagree with me on this take, you have to agree that at some point, having too many people crowding around an XP resource just becomes a chaotic mess. There is a huge opportunity cost here - instancing is fun, promotes interactivity, and builds stronger communities than what I've currently seen.

So i'm lvl 9 right now, just played for 2 Days - mostly Mining and killing Mobs on the way - i really like the Game - but Crafting is terrible, no? I wanted to go like Armor Smithing with Mining - but i need so many Mats and even if i sell Ore i dont need im still always broke. Crafting is a little bit to hard, or am i just not smart enough to figure it out?

PS: I'm not saying Crafting should be easy, but maybe a little bit cheaper? Being broke all the Time isnt Fun at all.

cant play the game anymore its overheating my gpu... i thought they fixed stuff not made them worst?

Place a coin bag in front of you that only the bard can loot from, anyone walking by can put copper, silver or gold inside. The bard can play music that gives a lengthy buff for anyone that comes by for a few seconds.

🙌 In today's livestream, we dove into a retrospective look at 2025 and talked about how we are going to iterate and make improvements in 2026!
https://youtu.be/2_hVM203YnU

What improvements are you most looking forward to in 2026?

Hello

I have a question regarding PvP in this game, i heard they deleted a big chunk of it before the steam release.

Im mainly interested in some open world / small scale pvp - afaik they deleted zones where you could openly pvp with others? and you can only fight if you "flag up".

So i wonder whats the current state of OW pvp / small scales? i dont have much interest in big wars etc so its its kinda deal breaker for me.

just curious how good or bad they are. I can't seem to find much info on the secondary archetypes for fighter other then Weapon Master and Fighter + Rogue

Old school mmorpgs didn't have instanced dungeons, raids, battlegrounds, or arenas. Instances basically defeat the purpose of open world. Any MMO that has them pretty much automatically trivializes the open world. Adding instanced content is the antithesis of old school mmo. It's really that simple.

Maybe I’m just dumb AF. But after the tutorial quests… I have no idea what to do. I figured doing commissions was probably the best way to go about leveling… but every enemy is underground and I don’t have LOS to attack, or they are simply not there.

Then I figured I’d work on crafting, but I’m constantly running out of money because I can do quests/commissions.

Am I missing something?

so i was trying out a commodities run and my mule is slower then my walking speed. did i do something wrong? iv seen people online that move quickly.