Major Release Brings Necromancy, Player Shops & More
Greetings Citizens of Aria,
The
release of our most recent patch marks one of the largest in Shards
Online to date since the release of Pre-Alpha 3 in December. If
you are an alpha supporter and it's been a while since you've logged in,
there's no better time than now! We will also be reactivating trial
codes on Thursday for the rest of the week.
Our
release delivers new content for adventurers, new abilities and skills,
new tameable creatures, an improved new player experience and a wealth
of quality of life improvements to our user interface. With the
introduction of new resources and improved craftables, our new hireable
player vendors allow Citizens of Aria to take part in a true player
crafted item economy.
We also have
exciting news to share with you regarding our Steam Greenlight, our new
Immortal program, and upcoming in-game events!
We've Been Greenlit!
We
are happy to announce that Shards Online was successfully greenlit on
the Steam platform in only 16 days! Thanks to everyone who supported us
in our Greenlight campaign and for the overwhelming support we received
during this period. We still have much to do to be ready for Steam, but
expect to launch on Steam in Q4 of this year.
Trial Weekend
To
celebrate our patch release and greenlight, we would like to invite
former trial players back for another week in Shards Online. Trial
accounts will reactivate Thursday, July 14th and players will have an
excellent opportunity to explore our new content and participate in our
Sunday event!
New Features
Lower Levels and Death's Lair
Explore
the new depths of our raid dungeon The Catacombs, encountering new
monsters, new mini-bosses and the final boss Death! New quests have been
added along with many new weapons and items to be looted.
Crafting & Player Vendors
Citizens
of Aria may now hire merchants, turning their homes into player run
shops! Our in depth decoration and storage system allows for endless
options in customising your shop front to suit your customers.
Crafting resources have also been expanded, allowing 12 new rare
resources to be gathered and used to create advanced weapons and armour.
Master the Dark Arts of Necromancy
Master the necromantic arts with new spells including Void Blast, Soul Drain, Reanimate Skeleton, Summon Imp, and Grim Aura.
A combination of direct damage and summoned minions makes any master of
this skill a force to be reckoned with. The higher your skill, the more
minions you can control at one time (up to 3).
Tame a Young Dragon!
Become a master of a Young Dragon, the strongest tameable creature to be found in Aria.
And more!
Improved New Player Experience
Recruits of The Order - New Player Guild
Redesign of the ability/skill interface
Fully responsive UI functionality
Improved character movement and collision
July Community Roundtable
Check
out this week’s Community Roundtable as Supreem joined members of the
Shards Online Community in showcasing some of our recent changes:
Immortal Program
Immortal
player characters now inhabit the Shards of Aria. Immortals are GM and
player characters who have achieved the Immortal status, dedicating
their lives to the community and supporting new and current players.
Immortals will be working closely with the Recruits of the Order new
player system, our upcoming events and will be a source of information
and guidance for players.
You will find Immortals regularly available in the Eldeir Village. Recruits of the Order may contact them via guild chat.
In-Game Events
Coinciding
with our latest release, we will be starting regular In-Game Events on
the Shards of Aria server. We’re excited to start showcasing the dungeon
mastering potential of Shards Online; roleplay nights, monster hunts,
PvP events, dungeon crawls and more!
Our first event will be Sunday, July 17th
at 3pm EST! We will be meeting at The Golden Lion and then heading into
the Level 2 Catacombs!
Tuesday, July 19th 4pm EST - RP Night - The Golden Lion
Thursday, July 21st 7pm EST - PvP Competition - The Arena
You can see the full patch notes here: Patch Notes 0.3.4
That's all for now, but it's back to work on the next patch to bring more exciting features to Shards Online.
We hope to see you in Aria soon!
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