Thom "PhAtHoM" Terrazas hat im
offiziellen Forumdie weitere Vorgehensweise für Game Update 3 vorgestellt. Demnach soll Phase 2 soweit es keine Probleme gibt in der Woche um den 29. Oktober erscheinen. Diese Phase wird 2 Raid Bosse, die außerhalb von Dungeons sind und größere Optimierungen von Khal beinhalten. Ca. ein bis zwei Wochen nach Phase 2 soll dann endlich der Raid-Dungeon Ancient Port Warehouse live gehen.
- Setting the Vision for Vanguard
- Update #3 - Phase 1 - It went live this week and for the most part it was a very good update. Performance gains were noticed by many in many different areas of the game. However, we had a chat server issue requiring us to spend some extra time on a fix that was updated tonight. Our apologies for any inconvenience, but we felt it was necessary for your playing experience over the weekend.
- Update #3 - Phase 1 post mortem - There were some unpolished items pushed out this week and we're not too happy about it. There are no excuses for us to lose focus on not pushing out polished content each update. So we're going to get better about that.
- Update #3 - Phase 2 - Overland Raid Encounters - Khal Optimizations - In regards to pushing out polished content, Update 3 Phase 2 will not be published until it is ready. We had hopes of pushing it out very soon (possibly next week) but we feel that we owe it to you to ensure that our updates are finished in every aspect. How are we going to ensure that? Well, we're going to make sure we play test internally as much as possible before it gets out into your hands. We're going to work closely with our Testing/QA team to address all issues no matter how severe. We're going to take the extra week to make sure we haven't missed anything. So our soonest date to ship out Phase 2 will be the week of October 29th (A week and a half from now). If for any reason we are not satisfied with this update, we will take the extra time to fix the problem and make sure you get a finished product that you enjoy and that we can be proud of. Oh, and I almost forgot... Khal has been optimized. There has been an awesome artistic over haul of Khal that is not only more pleasing to the eye, but the performance increases alone will make most of you happy adventurers. It's pretty cool!
- Update #3 - Phase 3 - Ancient Port Warehouse - There has been a lot of testing, tweaking and bug fixing for APW during the past few weeks and we're going to continue to make improvements before release. Estimated time of release is about 1 to 2 weeks after Phase 2.
APW is finally bringing in that Raid content that many people have been waiting for, for quite some time. During the testing, the team (coding, design and art) has found numerous issues to improve upon that not only has increased the performance in APW but has also allowed us to make changes that increase the performance of the entire game. Phase 1 has really got us off in the right direction as far as performance and optimizations go. I think you're really going to like the future improvements of Player Characters and NPCs.
Needless to say, we've had a busy week. We have a lot of items to share with you over the next few weeks and will be asking for your feedback on some changes we would like to make with the game. All for the better!