Last day of Q3 is the only answer.

Holy cow, I never realized that Fantmx had such blue eyes before. He is somehow making a 33 year old dad swoon. Also, good video!

i think we could still see it Q3, near the start it is cutting it close but if you come to the end of Q3 that is when Margaret no doubt will take a step back for the birth of her baby kind of makes more sense to drop it while she is still there and actively working to help rather than drop it and then be down one of the main members of staff, other than that we would see a delay but my minds still fully set on early Q3.

Thinking August For A2... Launch in 2 years, Give me summer 2026.

Big fan of this content format! Good hearing about everyones opinions

You're doing the lord's work

17:50 Sunny's ooh is JUST like his soundboard hoot, wth! Great episode as always doc!

Nyce!

that character creator announcement was about 6 weeks ago

Sep 1, it’s the start of a long weekend!!

Definitely waiting for the delay.

Will probably be August i think because summer holidays. The birthday launch scans tho. The Gold feather Tavern lady (Bree?) Had a good answer. They announced the quarter aiming for the start of it and having 2 months of leeway, bwcause Steven Time is a thing.

gray shirt guy is going to be right, Q4 A2 and 2027 release. They are going to find out a whole bunch of their planned game design won't actually work in A2 and they'll spend years refining and fixing

Okay, I think the only real answer for release dates "we simply don't have enough information about the state of the game and its systems." When it comes to Alpha 2 release date we know Q3, and probably the August guess is smartest. In the middle, allowing time for it to be pushed if need be etc. The length of Alpha 2 is something unanswerable until we playing it. Once we know how developed all of the classes and their respective archetypes are. How developed each Artisian class is, the weapon skill trees, the Node system which we've been told we'll only see up to a certain Node level during Alpha 2 (is this because the other levels aren't done or they don't want to spoil it? We just don't know). There is so many other systems to mention in here that we've only seen a surface level of and haven't actually had any non-developer, public relations hands/eyes on them. Give the community two weeks of playing Alpha 2, which however many zones, systems, classes, artisans classes, etc are up and running and we can give real credible speculation on the length of Alpha 2. Until then, enjoy the monthly updates

*Right off the bat, Ashes can literally do whatever they like - because they have no competition on the horizon. Zero.* *I think A2 would have already started, but selling well over 200K A2 packs caused Steven to raise the quality bar.* *A2 starts in July, runs for a year, B1-B2 3 months, release October 2025. But again, they can do whatever they want.*

pretty sure it was mentioned that the betas only last a couple weeks each

I wake up everyday like it'll be a surprise A2 release day.

Thanks Doc, excellent video as always. Putting my money on early July so they can capitalize on those extra eyes.

If they have great automated regression testing, the production time could be substantially reduced.

Last day and minute of September

My bet is Fall (November) 2025 for Live.

I could see it being Summer of this year, MAYBE

I played the Crowfall Alphas, and then eventually sold my 500$ Kick starter account for 450$. Thankfully I got most of my money back

Do you think they should push launch until every single mechanic and node is implemented or release earlier and implement stuff like naval warfare and more nodes at a later date? Even if it means that the game launches 2 years earlier/later depending on that choice? Let's say 2026 vs 2028.

Love these!

Let it cook, it's gonna be worth the weight

Internal roadmap probably August. If something happens they have one month to fall back and open the gates to Verra in September. They said they have the assets of 7 out of (18?) biomes. The right continent is not in the game. We have not seen all base classes and so on. Alpha for 3 years. The last year will have 2 betas. Release in 2027. People forget that even if everything is in the alpha - you have to test that stuff. That takes time.

I think long testing phases won't be as big of a problem because of how fast intrepid has been going.

late september at best

There's no shot the game releases in less than 1 year of alpha 2. No shot. Not with how massive this game is.

"I'm sick of games that flop really bad" *Scot Lane starts sweating profusely*

Persistent should be more on than off imho

July for Alpha 2, Release Christmas 2025 Book it! :)

If this game is expected to release in 2027, forget it, we've all moved on by then. You cannot expect to maintain hype for this long. IMHO. Also, I'm just that impatient.

My guess is August for A2 and release Q2 2026

its pretty obvious they will aim to release never before summer 2026 if u consider we need 2 betas

I'm guessing August or September for Alpha 2. Full release in Q3 or Q4 of 2025. Pre-launch testing will only be 1 year max. MARK MY WORDS!

AoC 2027, who cares just get me the Character Creator !

Say what? Aint no way this game is coming out before 2028.

7:07 saying a beta runs for a year is insane.... Beta's are no longer than a few weeks...

Jesus, some of these "optimistic" answers are the exact reasons why there are so many whiners spreading hate and rumours in these comment sections. I like some of the older people's answers. - Late Alpha 2 start. - Long Alpha 2. - I think there will be a longer break between Alpha 2 and Beta 1 than some of those Alpha testers want to admit to themselves. Keeping servers online and maintained is expensive; the main development needed at that time won't be "balancing," it'll be creating quests, level design, dungeon/boss fight design, and node-type-specific AND season/climate-specific asset design. - Decent Beta 1 & Beta 2 troubleshooting of server capacities; perhaps network code and graphics performance optimisation efforts. Total? Idk, could be 2027, could be 2031. Perhaps some funding drama in-between. What matters to me is that we've seen so much functional, passionate design that we know that if Intrepid wants more time and funding to deliver a product that will captivate the masses for many years with a fulfilling experience, then they can get that time and that funding. And that's what I hope they will do. The one thing I don't need is another rushed failed MMO that's nothing but dailies, constant pointless distracting events, soul-less dungeons, and soul-less PvP dictated by a few dominant tryhard & zerg guilds. If that happens, I give up on the genre.

I think Alpha 2 will still release in Q3, but I think people will lose sight that its still an ALPHA and expect more polished features/systems in this early testing phase. I expect plenty of issues to arise with the sheer size of the game and amount of different systems intended to interact with one another. Full release in 2028 at the earliest :)

i would preffer alpha2 had winows or maybe 1-2 weeks every 3 months when its playable .. imagine 2 years of alpha2.. and if they wanna show everything thats gonna be on live game ppl will discover everything there is to game before even full release. theres alot to this game dont think we getting full release before 2027.. praying im wrong

2025 launch is mad copium

Moneys on it being delayed

losing hope for this game the same way i lost hope for hytale.

UwU