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Skills (Abilities) in Ashes of Creation are built using a custom ability system developed in-house by Intrepid Studios.

Q: There are folks wondering is there an underlying system for the skills and combat from the UE gameplay ability system or is this a proprietary solution that we've created?

A: This is our our custom ability system that's been created at Intrepid. Adam and Keenan and Mike have had a significant hand in creating that. There is functionality that we need to occur in our ability system that's not capable of being done through what's natively available through Unreal Engine; and so as a result many of our systems that we utilize in Ashes of Creation are made custom in-house in order to better facilitate our needs. – Steven Sharif

Q: Do any abilities change based on weapon choice? For example, if I have a bow a equipped will Whirlwind be different based on that?

A: No. So one thing that we've changed since Alpha-1 is we now have a dedicated ranged slot and a dedicated main-hand, off-hand for melee slots; and so if you use an ability that is utilizing your ranged slot, you will spawn that weapon as you're using the ability, and then go back to your basic weapon selection. And you can toggle back and forth between using the ranged weapon slot or the melee weapon slot for your basic weapon attacks.

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