Hello, fellow gamer and MMO fanatic!
It’s lastly occurring: Fractured On-line is hitting full launch on…
Wednesday, July 24, at 1pm UTC!
As with all video games, full launch is a defining second, the end result of 7 years of arduous work through which we run a profitable Kickstarter marketing campaign, launched a number of alpha and beta testing phases, discovered a writer that launched the sport on Steam Early Entry, broke up with stated writer, painfully relaunched… and eventually, right here we’re!
Throughout this time, some design concepts had been cherished by the neighborhood, whereas others merely made us lose a variety of gamers and needed to be overhauled fully. Some unplanned content material was added, and another content material needed to be moved to post-release. In some ways, this has modified the sport from the way it was envisioned initially, however not at its core.
As an 8-people staff, we’re pleased with the insane accomplishment that’s Fractured On-line (severely, no sane individual would embark on growing such a recreation beginning with nearly zero funds). Now, it’s time to deliver our dream sandbox MMORPG and our 20,000 backers (plus all of the followers who haven’t purchased the sport but) into the following period of its lifetime!
Earlier than we transfer to the standard FAQ, right here’s a really temporary recap of all of the adjustments you’ll be able to anticipate to go reside earlier than / at launch:
- A recent server, referred to as Elysium, going side-by-side with the present one, referred to as Genesis.
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New PvP guidelines for the sport, shifting PvP from planet-based to zone-based.
- Earlier than: one planet as an entire (Aerhen) featured non-consensual PvP, the opposite (Terra) didn’t. Each planets had been just about equal by way of rewards/hour.
- Now: PvP is consensual-only within the bulk of each planets, however each have static and dynamic zones with free-for-all PvP. These zones are fairly massive and exceptionally rewarding, which signifies that correct risk-vs-reward dynamics are lastly in play. Then again, gamers can now discover each planets and attain max rank / study all skills with out being ganked and killed within the “leveling” course of.
- A completely revamped tutorial, rather more complete than earlier than, which incorporates new beginning backgrounds, quests and rewards.
- Summons that may be evoked with varied spells and instantly managed by the summoner – very helpful for fragile ranged builds!
If you wish to know extra on the factors above, you’ll be able to learn this publish, or watch for the video/weblog previews coming within the subsequent days, as detailed right here.
Now, to the FAQ!
FAQ
How can I play?
You should purchase the sport on our retailer and play from our launcher, or you should buy it on Steam. Should you decide the latter, you’re nonetheless going to be requested to attach your Steam account to a Fractured On-line account the primary time you launch the sport. Should you don’t have one, you’ll be able to create it instantly from the sport!
What has modified because the Early Entry launch in November 2023?
Lots! We’ve launched three main updates: Endgame Changer (video 1, video 2, video 3), The Invasion (video) and VIP & Skins (publish), plus a number of patches with bug fixes and minor adjustments.
Will my Founder Pack, VIP time, Dynamight Tokens and Skins which I’ve bought / activated on the Genesis server work on the Elysium server too?
Sure, they may! They’re all linked to your account, and your account is similar on each servers.
Will there be character transfers from Genesis to Elysium?
Character transfers should not deliberate in the meanwhile. The aim of the brand new server is to create a stage enjoying discipline for the tens of hundreds of gamers we expect to hitch us at full launch.
What about planet Tartaros?
Work on Tartaros has already began, and can proceed after full launch. The planet has been re-envisioned as end-game content material and can preserve its unique free-for-all PvP ruleset.
Any advertising and marketing deliberate?
Sure! After we launched in Early Entry, we did stealth launch with zero promotion. This time, we’re going to work with quite a few content material creators to make sure full launch has most visibility.
Effectively, it was large information immediately, wasn’t it? 👀
See you quickly in recreation – be it on the brand new server or the previous one!
