Hello everyone!
I know, I've been on the quiet side for a long time, but I just saw a video I think you should all see. Hopefully a forum post hasn't already been made about this game.
https://youtu.be/eOdU6gJ07rQThe gist of it is this: As far as I can tell,
Ashes of Creation is the spiritual successor to Everquest Next.
The Team working on it also worked on Everquest, Everquest 2, Star Wars Galaxies, both Planetsides, and most importantly, Everquest Next. A lot of the mechanics that were being hyped in Next are being planned for in Ashes - player-aided NPC towns that grow and unlock questing areas as they do, player-built housing, assisting with resource movement between cities, bounty systems for chaotic players, etc etc. Player classes are described as "sandbox" so each character will be relatively unique, crafting will come in three tiers (gathering, processing, and crafting), and exp will be gained in great enough amounts to level up from doing a variety of activities, from exploration to crafting to pvp (I assume on the last one).
And speaking of PvP, it seems that this game will be a core aspect of the game. The amount of towns and outposts in the world are limited, and if another is to be built up after the cap is reached, another town must be demolished. So players will be the driving force behind that sort of decision. Some players won't want to give up on the city they've helped built, while others want to build up in new areas for even greater rewards.
By the same token, it also means that no two servers will look exactly the same. Some servers will have thriving metropolises in places that are barren on other servers.
I'll be checking this game out when it becomes available, for sure.
