Hello, fellow gamer and MMO fanatic!
As introduced within the final replace publish, the precise date of our transition to free-to-play is now public! The day is…
Wednesday, November 20, at 3pm UTC!
Learn on for all the small print!
Why F2P?
As mentioned in our Fall Roadmap, the reasoning behind this alternative is easy: the present field value of the sport ($15) could be very low, particularly in growing markets (the place it’s discounted additional on Steam), and solely accounts for a minority of our revenues. On the identical time, the very fact a field value exists in any respect nonetheless acts as a significant barrier to buying new customers. That is made even more durable by the presence of robust F2P rivals available in the market.
Our preliminary plan was to transition in October already, however following group suggestions we determined to postpone so we may get extra content material into the sport. On this regard, we’ve a little bit replace under.
Compensation
Evidently, everybody who has bought or will buy the sport paying the field value (be it on Steam or by shopping for a Founder Pack) can be compensated for the $15 they’ve spent!
Extra intimately, everybody will get 1 month of VIP time, besides purchasers of the Everlasting Founder Pack or greater, who have already got lifetime VIP. They’ll as an alternative obtain the identical greenback worth in Dynamight Tokens (3750 tokens).
Everybody who acquired the month of VIP time will be capable to activate it once they really feel like. No compelled activation.
Monetization
As soon as the sport transitions to F2P, the merchandise retailer and the VIP subscription can be our solely sources of income. This has made some group members involved that we may add P2W gadgets to the shop or VIP.
This isn’t taking place: there aren’t any modifications deliberate to our retailer or VIP! What you see now within the sport is what you’ll see as soon as we’ve hit F2P. The one addition can be a second rewards monitor for VIP gamers participating in Seasons, on high of the common rewards monitor.
Additionally, there aren’t any modifications deliberate for Founder Packs, which can be renamed to Supporter Packs (a extra becoming identify for a launched sport). They’ll nonetheless be there to supply higher worth in comparison with buying VIP and tokens individually!
Improvement Replace
We’re glad to tell you that growth of the options for the F2P launch is proceding on schedule.
- Guild Alliances are nearly full and set to go reside subsequent week along with a handful of bug fixes.
- Seasons are being labored on. The design and UI have been accomplished, as you’ll be able to see from the picture gallery above.
- The sport’s Backend has been upgraded. It could now restart crashed server processes, which signifies that if it occurs once more {that a} portion of a continent “dies”, it will likely be “resurrected” in lower than 5 minutes with no world and no participant information loss. Extra upgrades will comply with.
We’re preparing, people!
That is all. Keep tuned for the Guild Alliances patch subsequent week!
Cheers!
