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Faster travel in Ashes of Creation refers to the use of player ridden mounts and automated creatures that connect certain nodes.[1][2][3][4]

There will be connection points between certain nodes via the use of like flying automated creatures that you can use.[4]Steven Sharif

Estimated travel times

So why is travel important? We've talked about this in the past, the reasons why. We've all existed in games where teleportation is very easy to use and sometimes that can be a detriment because you may have activities like a caravan run that's happening and one person sees you from a certain guild and they do the raid callout to their guild "everyone open your portals and come here within a split second and we're going to just mob this group". No, well instead that opportunity doesn't exist. If you want to provoke or to gank an operation of another guild, you need to have foreknowledge. You need to prepare. You need to place your forces around that area; and that is an important aspect. In addition, it makes that travel meaningful. If you are having to spend time to move to a location, you're going to think about what can I do along the way? Why am I moving to that location? How is it more beneficial for me to be in that location versus where I am now? This is also in association with the fact that you are a citizen of a particular node and that node needs your assistance within its vicinity; and if you want to move outside of that vicinity there should be a really good reason for that and there's lots of great reasons for it.[8]Steven Sharif

Travel objective Running.[9] Mounted.[9]
From one end of a Metropolis (fase 6) node to the other 2.83 minutes 1.67 minutes
From the center of a node to the center of its direct neighbor 5 minutes 3.5 minutes
From the northernmost to southernmost points of a continent 75 minutes 50 minutes

Fast travel

Fast travel is limited in Ashes of Creation. None of these fast travel methods allow transportation of gatherables or materials.[5][10]

There is very little teleportation in the world. Some of that does get unlocked through metropolises of a certain type. Additionally there are mounts that are faster travel and there are services that are fast travel between nodes.[7]Steven Sharif

Faster travel in Ashes of Creation refers to the use of player ridden mounts and flying automated creatures that connect certain nodes.[4]

Family summon

Skill Icon Base skill
Family summon Long duration cast (30 seconds to a minute) with an approximate 30 minute cooldown that slowly summons each of your family members to your location (up to eight members).[15][16] Players cannot be summoned in the following cases:
This will be tested in Alpha-2.[19]

Roads

Road blocked by an environmental hazard due to a caravan event in Alpha-2.[20]

Our road system in-game is essentially driven by pre-placed routes that lead to this main artery of what was once the ancient highway system of Verra; and from there there are roads that become exposed when nodes advance; and we call those veins. They come off the main artery and then as nodes advance there are points of interest as Jeff was discussing earlier. These POIs that exist around the world and some of them share coverage with multiple nodes, but depending on which node advances to the stage that activates the point of interest it'll create these capillary roads so to speak that then stem off of the node itself. So you go from the main artery ancient road that's large- that runs through different zones and whatnot- and that breaks down into the veins that lead to the specific encampments and villages and towns that then spawn off separate capillaries that lead to the points of interest in these areas that are hunting grounds. Those are not exposed initially and they come online as players advance the world.[21]Steven Sharif

Roads adjusting to adjacent node progression.[22]

As nodes advance, these pre-laid road spots that exist connecting every possible route between certain node structures is going to adjust and adapt, both its material presentation, the type of roadwork that's present: It'll move from dirt road type, to perhaps a brick road, to perhaps some super ornate beautiful metropolis style road that will adjust around the world according to how these node structures begin to populate and advance.[22]Steven Sharif

Roads in Verra are both pre-generated and player influenced.[21]

  • The largest roads are referred to as arteries. These are remnants of what was once the ancient highway system of Verra.[21]
  • As nodes advance smaller roads, referred to as veins, connect the arteries to the nodes.[21]
  • Depending on the stages of node advancement, capillary roads will stem off the node to connect to points of interest.[21]
  • Roads or pathways are not worn into the landscape by repeated traffic over the same area.[21]
  • The quality, safety, and maximum transportation speed of roads is influenced by node building upgrades, policies, relics, and the level of nearby nodes.[23][24][25]
Q: Could you upgrade roads in the node to upgrade the roads and speeds of caravans?
A: Absolutely. So that buff that you saw is a buff that can be changed in the world based on the world state. Some of those world state interactions include certain types of relics that the nodes which govern your area might have access to and might be actively employing. Some of it might have to do with policies: You might be able to extend the guard influences across the road radius further out for certain nodes if you have certain policies. You might be able to enhance and empower those guards through itemization choices that are granted by building upgrades that the node selects to build.[23]Steven Sharif

Different seasons and events may affect access to various roads.[26][27][28][29]

  • Pathways that are open during summer may be closed during winter.[26][29]
  • Seasonal affects may cause obstacles or blockages to the transit of goods via caravan.[26][27][28][30]
  • Caravan events can cause roadways to be blocked off or hostile mobs to spawn to attack the caravan.[20][27]
    • Obstacles may present barriers on roads that players must remove or bypass to allow transit of goods.[20][26][29]
  • Water turning to ice in winter, enabling players to walk over the water but blocking access to what is underneath.[29]
    • Ice will make roads bumpy and slippery.[31]

Sottorealtà routes will open or close dynamically (based on node states).[32]

  • The location of Underrealm entrances throughout the world is focused around natural geographic choke-points that exist above ground. This provides alternate subterranean routes that can be used by caravans, raids, and other player activities.[9][32]
  • Not all entrances to the Underrealm will be open at the same time. This can shift dynamically (based on node states) that cause different routes to open up, which may be more or less advantageous than other routes.[32]

Caravan components can be utilized to improve on-road or off-road speeds of caravans.[33]

You will travel faster over roads, but that obviously comes with the increased risk of running into other players or monsters that are blocking the road.[33]Chris Justo

Freeholds may not be placed in close proximity to roads.[34]

Public transportation

There are multiple types of public transportation services where players can go AFK and be driven somewhere.[6][12]

One of the nodes has the idea of an airship that can go from node to node and I'm certain that we will have harbors that do similar things with other node types... It might be something that could be player-driven... We're sure to have a taxi system where you load up a couple people and you drive them somewhere while you AFK.[6]Jeffrey Bard

See also

Riferimenti

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Trasmissione in diretta, 2022-10-14 (45:31).
  2. Trasmissione in diretta, 2022-02-25 (1:14:21).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Trasmissione in diretta, 2020-08-28 (2:06:42).
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Colloquio, 2018-08-17 (24:48).
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 steven-stream-clarifications-august-2022.png
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Trasmissione in diretta, 2018-06-04 (45:30).
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Trasmissione in diretta, 2018-05-04 (51:57).
  8. Trasmissione in diretta, 2022-08-26 (57:28).
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Trasmissione in diretta, 2022-08-26 (53:26).
  10. caravan zerg.png
  11. Node series part II – the Metropolis.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Trasmissione in diretta, 2017-11-17 (50:52).
  13. 13.0 13.1 Blog: Know Your Nodes - Scientific Node Type
  14. Colloquio, 2020-07-19 (1:20:58).
  15. Colloquio, 2020-07-19 (1:20:58).
  16. Podcast, 2020-07-26 (1:34:47).
  17. Podcast, 2020-07-26 (1:32:15).
  18. steven-family-summon.png
  19. steven-family-summon-2.png
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 Video, 2023-10-31 (34:12).
  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 Trasmissione in diretta, 2021-01-29 (1:13:04).
  22. 22.0 22.1 Trasmissione in diretta, 2022-01-28 (33:25).
  23. 23.0 23.1 Trasmissione in diretta, 2023-10-31 (1:16:34).
  24. Video, 2023-10-31 (28:06).
  25. Trasmissione in diretta, 2018-02-09 (45:48).
  26. 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 Video, 2022-05-27 (15:50).
  27. 27.0 27.1 27.2 Podcast, 2021-04-11 (23:36).
  28. 28.0 28.1 Trasmissione in diretta, 2020-06-26 (1:29:06).
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 Trasmissione in diretta, 2017-05-08 (20:27).
  30. Our immersive world - Environments.
  31. frosty-roads.png
  32. 32.0 32.1 32.2 Trasmissione in diretta, 2020-10-30 (1:19:13).
  33. 33.0 33.1 Video, 2023-10-31 (20:17).
  34. Trasmissione in diretta, 2017-05-19 (32:23).