Hello my friends, I hope you all enjoyed this latest update for the Alpha Two Cleric Archetype. As always, your feedback is a vital part of our development process, so please leave your thoughts on our progress with this archetype, the combat in general and the glorious world our team is creating. See you all soon in Verra! Much love ❤️🙏💪

The Chain heal thing is pretty cool, I think something that would key the player to knowing how many bounces were gonna happen would be nice. maybe a sectioned casting bar.

Even in the darker areas, I like that I wasn't seeing the "flashbang" from previous showcases! Every month, the team is showing consistent progress and that's the best part.

Solid update. Can't wait to see the other classes in this light.

Phenomenal showcase. Especially loved that gap closer heal even in an unfinished state. Look forward to seeing more of the offensive kit of the Cleric! :)

I love what you did with making the healer interesting to play! Usually have no interest but with keeping it super action oriented I may actually give it a try. I really enjoyed the reactive and predictable spell combo.

I’m not a healer at all, but cleric is looking absolutely phenomenal!

As a Cleric main this makes me happy and I love the variability on deciding if I full cast or not. Thank you. Truly excited!

You can tell Intrepid really cares about their game! Can’t wait to adventure in Verra!

@22:26 KEKW This is a stellar showcase for the Cleric; Ashes is really coming together. I love that you and your team are taking their time and putting real thought behind each archetype. This has me stoked for the Bard Archetype.

Finally !! Thank you lntrepid for making the pure healer class great again. Us, players who only focus on healing abilities, REALLY want to thank you very much.

Glad to see you guys learned from the last cleric showcase!

The combat really seems to be coming together one by one. Nice job!

This update was amazing and Steven was a great healer!!

As a 15 years main healer this showcase was really cool, the most interesting part was when Steve changed heal target at the last second of the big heal cast because of the target bug he mentioned, idk if this interaction is intended but I really liked it as it makes micro-gameplay more interesting, same for simultaneous casts you showed here. I wished to watch some cool externals apart from HoTs but I assume that is more suitable for Bard Archetype so I'm looking forward to that showcase to have a more complete idea of how will be the party/raid gameplay

I am so hyped for this! Take all the time you need. It looks stunning. The progress you guys showcase each time is beyond me

Thank you Steven! Wishing you and the team at Intrepid ongoing support. Loved the video. Those cleric ability icons are gorgeous and fit true to the class fantasy!

I never really played healer, but I appreciate the update and especially the timing. I think the story fits and I’m looking forward to more of the changing environments

Big props to your mount designers

Really love the update. One thing I'd like to see improved upon is a visual representation for the different stages of held abilities. For example Resplendent Beam can jump between 3 different targets depending on how long the ability is held on cast. The channeling bar could use some sort of lines to indicate at which point the spell will be able to jump to a second or third target. For the Deliverance spell I'm not sure if it's necessary. That is dependent on whether or not the scaling is step based like with Resplendent Beam or if it's a linear scaling. If it's linear then sectioning of the spell channeling bar isn't necessary. But if it has different points at which the scaling is increased then sectioning off the would help to know when it is okay to release the ability to get the effect we want.

Okay something has clicked. the game is looking brilliant and very clean. clear improvement on other showcases, so great progress guys!

Combat looks better every stream and If I give my 2 cents, I was wondering if there would be Mob traits in the future, random traits apply to mobs when they spawn, ex: fire resistance, Always target healer, calls for backup mob, CC mob, random traits that makes the combat more engaging cuz you don't know what trait they have until it manifests it self, some fun twist in pve.

looks really great!!! watched everything i have no added notes for this one, so much fun watching you guys do the quest at the end

Being a healer main for decades now I love the extra resource. I love seeing a good amount of different heals, hots, charges, aoe, conal. I am even more excited for this game. Every monthly update never disappoints.

I really love the purple orange colors on the charge heal

This has me hyped, have not been keeping up with your progress. Very impressive!

Ashes of Creation ambience is just a dream, great job Intrepid cant thank you enough

One of the best Cleric’s I have seen in any MMO!!! You have a ton of options and I’m sure we will get amazing build diversity to play with! I can’t wait for this game… lol you guys done yet? 😂 great work guys!

I like the held abilities. Gives you more options without having to use more keybinds

Wow! I must say this has gotten me very excited for the potential fun to be had on healing classes. Amazing progress on the Cleric. Now here's some more detailed feedback: First of all, right out the gate the spell icons look top notch! These seem like a higher level of quality than the spell icons we saw for the mage. In particular the consistent colour scheme is really satisfying that class identity itch. They have cleric written all over whilst looking vibrant and varied. Fantastic! Now, with regard to the spell effects themselves, overall every effect is looking pretty darn great, but one thing I'm finding quite jarring is the use of refraction/heat haze type visuals. A prime example of this is Communal Restoration. The casting effect and initial burst look great, but after each player has been healed, there are these refractive shards that appear to hover around the player for a moment and then shrink inwards. Honestly this part of the effect looks kind of glitchy and in my opinion just adds visual clutter. In that particular case, I wouldn't be opposed to that part of the effect being removed completely, or reworked perhaps so that the refraction is a more general haze around the player as opposed to these glass-like shards. Many of the other spells use a similar effect but more subtly and were far less jarring as a result. However I do think it could be reduced across the board. I also want to praise the casting effect on Judgement. That blue wispy flame emanating from the casters hand, coupled with the blue glow lighting the player is just *chef's kiss*. Beautiful! Lastly, as many others have noted, I do think the overall brightness and bloom of these effects is a little high. Fantastic job Intrepid! Keep it up. We're all routing for you :)

looks really great, the progress you guys have made is really impressive!

This game is shaping up to be a phenom just like how Wow was back in '08, '09!

Simply amazing showcase. I am fully onboard for utility friendly kits classes will have. Having a robust repertoire of spells to combine and get creative with is a game changer.

Holy Trinity a great skill name. A battle res that costs 1/2 of your life, mana, and yellow bar. Specing it increases the targets revive health and decreasing healers cost. Can be used as a sacrifice res, killing the cleric (if the Clerics health is below50% its a self sacrifice) but resurecting the target at max 50% health. This becomes an UNHOLY TRINITY cast by sacrificing a teammate for greater target health on res (75%) for 1, (100%) for 2 teammates instead of the cleric. Now that will cause some conversation in the group.

Love the Cleric update! A suggestion on the Mage... The rolling lightening ball. It just isn't doing it for me visually. I would make the spell so that the assigned key on the action bar flashes once you cast it and you can hit the button again and the ball explodes and releases a chain lightening affect on targets. I think part of problem with that spell is visually it doesn't appear to show much interaction with the targets it is hitting. Well done on the update Steven. Anxiously awaiting to play this game.

I so far love where you are taking the cleric right now. The different ways to cast spells is amazing, I love the chooses and challenges of healing.

I _love_ how powerful Deliverance feels, it's got such _weight_ and impact to it, and the animation is appropriately dramatic considering you're taking a buddy from near death to 60%+ health. I can already tell Deliverance is going to be my favourite healing spell. Honestly, you guys are crushing it- keep up the great work! Sidenote: I love how cool the wizard looks in combat; those wand animations are awesome, reminds me of the duels in the later Harry Potter movies which, visually, were very cool (even if they weren't lore friendly :P).

As someone who nerds out over UI stuff, I absolutely love how super clean this looks. Amazing job on the icons, textures, cast bars and the floating combat text. It is super slick

I loved the impromtu RP at 4:10 lmao

Amazing baseline healer work! Spells are complex enough to feel varied, but not too much to be confusing. Very curious to see what ya'll do with some quality of life things, like incoming healing indicators on a friendly player's health bar, but this is a fantastic start.

This was awesome, everytime more impressive too see your creation improving.

Flash Cure is clearly intended to be a spot heal for when ure channeling a powerful ability on the tank, or any long cast really that u dont want to interrupt, but have to spot heal someone else. Incredibly well thought out, really. I would also say Soothing Glow should also function similarly since it really doesn't last long enough for u to want to prebuff with it, and it doesn't feel too impactful of a button when u do press it, but make it an ogcd ability and u have urself an incredible combat pattern for the Cleric. Really loving this possibility of this Battle Cleric, clearly Steven didn't show off its full potential literally touching it the first time and having to absorb 18 unique abilities that are intended to be used in different circumstances, but he fared really well regardless and displayed how fun this class can be if u dare to come out of the niche "i only press green buttons" mentality. I can imagine that Cleric should be regenerating a ton of mana with the buff, dealing decent damage, applying barriers and hots and aoe, abusing the crazy creative Divine Infusion(?) mechanic with the yellow resource bar. We haven't seen how mobile all the classes are, but it does seem that Cleric has a lot of options in group play to kite, with a couple of stuns and a repositioning tool, and I imagine choosing the correct soloplay talents would transition well, not to mention the offspec u select also changing the way u play fundamentally.

The spell effects are so beautiful... I want to try every of them xD

Incredible Alpha 2 showing. The design ideas mix extremely well and demonstrate the design team’s efforts to make abilities special and not simply “spend time and mana and get health”. Theres considerations, like placement, timing, range, front-end, back-end, efficiency versus emergency, cooldowns vs. consistency. It creates a wonderful balance of options and I can imagine this impacting player choice in a really interesting way. I LOVED the wings+close range heal combos that looked so fun! Dynamic movement options for offensive and defensive gameplay with that. Awesome job! Really looking forward to seeing how these options expand with the class system implementations in the (distant 😅) future!

Really loved the inclusion of more melee focused abilities and the gap closer. The changing of pace and mobility made the cleric look FAR more interesting and fun to play, amazing job.

Anyone else watching this again after the fighter showcase? Super excited to see how the updates treat what we’ve seen so far here

Absolutely killing it! Great job!

Everything looks great! But I am wondering when we are gonna see the other classes like Bard, Rogue, and Summoner?

Wow this is a step forward in gameplay mechanics. Very impressive. Variability is lovely. Perhaps 1/3 of the health bar in temp health, or an ability to increase that if not too much time to do.

Iplayed Cleric Healer in New World and love it in all games. I must admit this update is a huge upgrade to the last cleric video and also the offensive and the defensive mechanism seems fun to watch and they look satisfiying❤

Love how you're not afraid to allow players take responsibility agency is king!

Awesome update. The cleric spells and the environment in this video looks polished and ready to ship! 🎉

I'm so glad that over the years you guys have adapted archeages aesthetic, and enhanced it to a whole new level. There was never PVP or PVE to me that had that archeage feel and any other games, but I can't wait for this to come out.

"I brought some additional mobs" "Oh, God" Steven always make me laugh during these. The Cleric is looking amazing and progress has been fantastic. I'm REALLY looking forward to this world.

Animations and VFX looks amazing on the cleric, clean!

I've never really liked healers in MMORPGs but after watching these Dr. Fate's animations, visual effects and skill uses now I wanna try them. Really nice. I believe that's the impression that all classes should give. So cool that you'd want to use them even if you're not used to them

I caught the last 5 mins of the showcase and even in alpha this game looks better than most mmos out right now

Top Tier Cleric gameplay by Steven

Apart from the visual content, one thing I enjoy the most listening to these is how passionately, competently and experienced these devs sound. The snippets of engineering design I pick-up sounds so interesting. Story Arcs, that respond to the overall State of the world. I'd love to see that State Machine code 😂

What a excellent show people. Thank yoy so much for this quality of content. This is for much a niceeee update for cleric. That fenomenal and really good job. Keep it up!

Woo! Been waiting for the VOD LETS GOOOOOO!

I started playing MMORPGS with Everquest in 1999. I played several others including Dark Ages of Camelot, Age of Conan and World of Warcraft. I have not played in many years, but from the preview videos all I can say is... Wow. This game looks like everything the core mmorpg'ers ever wanted as well as things we did not even know we needed! Amazing job thus far!

Words cannot express my desire to visit and adventure in Verra!

Cleric seems like it will be a very fun healer class

Cool showcase c= and smart design decisions as well x3 being a healer is one of my favorite things to do on MMOs and can't wait to play AoC, seeing you guys talk about MMO things and typical relationship / drama between tanks and healers helps show that this MMO got heart c= thanks for all the hard work you guys ♥

I just finished playing Baldur's gate 3 recently and I like how the graphics in this game looks like the graphics in bg3, very modern and up to date. But I believe this videogame will be way better as it's an MMORPG. Can't wait for the launch to explore this new universe and experience the new era of MMORPGs.

Really awesome Showcase ! the color variants of the Environment are getting better and better ! i love the bright colors of the Spells. very cool :)

The views look amazing, i love how sun rays hit the trees.

One thing that I noticed is that the instant or shortened cast time on Resplendent Beam doesn’t really have the oomph to want to use it not as a chain. All the spells have relatively short or instant cast times, so there's not enough value from being cast quicker alone. It would be interesting as a charge count spell where the number of targets healed detemines how many charges are consumed.

It was really nice to see that you actually need to use your brain and think on the go during the fights using all your ability for the situation, their is nothing more boring than the tank just pulling everything and just killing them like every other mmo at the moment.

Excellent Update Guys, I’m loving the cleric archetype mechanics. I normally play hybrid classes that involves healing and damage dealing. This cleric looks like it’s shaping up into my favourite version yet. I love the fact that the mobs are genuinely challenging to kill and requires strategy and resource management. Please keep this consistent across the rest of the game. Well done team!

This is amazing guys - I'm eso fan and playing eso since the release . I played most of MMORPG games but what you are doing is another level.

I could have missed it but I didn’t see a lot of synergy among the spells. From the top of my head there’s that one off global cooldown and the dash + heal but it would be great to see stuff like (and this is just an example): ability “X” heals more if the target ally has a HOT. Other than that, absolutely fantastic showcase.

Another great update, I really like the direction of combat as it closely resembles GW2 with some elements of Archeage like the combo system. A very good combination, IMO. Great job!

Thanks to often give us videos about game intrepid studio, keep going it look like you're on the good way ! Cheer from France*

Thank you for the update, I'm really excited to see the way you continue to develop Cleric :) Regarding the question of feedback (13:20-14:00), I absolutely adore and completely agree that giving spells different functionalities per situation is incredibly meaningful, and I love any game that does that. It definitely lets me flex game knowledge/depth of knowledge and decision making. As such, thank you. My main feedback would be to make sure that the decisions are 'Meaningful' either way. For instance, in this video, in what situation would I use the chain heal spell as a single target heal over one of my other heals? I think that, if one of the choices is lacklustre, or doesn't compare to another option, it could potentially impact the 'meaningfulness' of choosing which spell. Specifically for the beam, I think that it could probably have a minimum of 2 or 3 targets to chain, to keep its identity, with it being able to chain up to a large number (or potentially bounce back, depending on charge, could even have a spell or way that marks a target to be prioritised for bouncing back to) Thank you again, the design direction is looking super interesting, can't wait to see more!

This update had me Hooked! I've honestly never liked healing but now im highly considering playing the Cleric. This class seems like it'll be very valued within the party i love the heals over time oh man im so keen to get my hands on this game

Great to see my 2nd Favorite Class getting much love, Raids in this game will become something of Dreams. Something I had noticed, when sitting down, would it be cool if you have campfire kits you can use to boost health and mana regen. This can also be used to cook food and refresh yourself with a campsite buff for 10 to 20mins. Hope to see Bard next.

It was fun watching. Thanks for sharing.

I love how you've taken the time and thought about the down time issues alot of casters have in mmos with the common rotations.

I like the UI , its simple. As a restoration druid in wow, I'd like to try the Cleric in your Game. Love the Sounds and the Animations.

I wish to have fewer buttons to press similar to New World. Seeing the 21 buttons gives me flashbacks of old games.

Cleric seems really fun and coming together nicely. I like the idea of having abilities that deal damage in a certain way if targeting an enemy and heal when targeting an ally, more of these types of skills would make the class more fun and also more viable for solo leveling.

This looks so good!! Keep up the amazing work you guys.

As someone who has been playing Clerics, Priests etc. for about 30 years, I love the spell kit and class identity so far!

Hi, one of my personal favourites as a healer was being able to wade into combat and every succesful hit was healing people around me a little bit. Cant wait for the alpha.

This is absolutely my class. Good job.

the environment and the sound effects, as always, are just AMAZING!

Looks good. My 2c for next spell effect pads, the guardian spirit’esque ability Defiant Light needs a noticeable flashy spell effect so people 1. Know when it’s up and no one else needs to use it or an equivalent ability 2. Know that it was you who made the pro play that saved the tank or whatever target that was about to die. Guardian spirit had a great and uninvasive spell effect that let everyone know an important piece of information without needing to look at raid frames necessarily. Good for all bigger cooldowns/big save abilities.

Models, environments and animations looking great. Can't wait to try it out.

Cleric looks AMAZING. I wasn't planning on playing Cleric, but this update has me seriously reconsidering. The kit looks so fun.

I've been watching every month's video updates. I have been looking forward to playing AoC for a long time, but this is the first time a video of the game play has made me feel giddy. It's looking so good!!!! Please keep up the good work team!!!!! Thoughts: 1. Looks like there is a pathing glitch with the wolf that was under the outdoor cover. around 42:00~ 2. I personally loved finding little chests in WoW, at random places tucked away on the outdoor world. Adds to the excitement of exploring. 3. Is there a way to increase the GUI health bar width/height. 4. Love that you can move around the UI!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG ITS HAPPENING!!!!

I always enjoy class specific resource pools. This is a very interesting healing set up.

Cleric looking very fun, rewarding, and epic. Group vs npc combat looking interesting, fun to watch, and pretty well polished as is - looks like we will see high intensity raids and addictive adventuring! Great job guys, keep up the great work! 👍

The problem with modal skills is that if you hit for example, the chain spell by accident it has a long cool down. I'd like the cool down to be dependant on the effect, so a quick cast recharges reasonably fast but the longer charge also takes longer to cool down.

WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE SUMMONER ARCHETYPE VIDEO I CAN FEEL IT IN MY BONES--!!

That flight at the end was awesome

Cool to see Metered spells. Seen good implementations of it with Lost Ark and WoW's Evoker. Solid engagement.

Would be cool if the bubbles interact with a visual effect when they touch. Even better if they were like electrons and repel :)

Great showcase! IMO healing specifically, feels better as a more tab-focused playstyle like this. Adding velocity to some of the healing spells as well as having the option to instant cast or charge some spells, is a great way to make things more exciting, fun and responsive while leaning into tab-targeting for those more supportive roles.