The Sandpark MMO ArcheAge aims to make a strong impact in the second half of the year, promising a lot of new gameplay content, fairer game systems, and a golden age.
The now not so new producer of ArcheAge, Merv Lee Kwai, has reached out to fans in a letter and outlined the direction for ArcheAge in the second half of 2015. One section is titled “The Golden Age” and states that ArcheAge will be the MMORPG people will be talking about for years to come.
ArcheAge’s Golden Age
Short-term: Submarines, Glider Upgrade, One-Year Celebration
Next week, submarines are set to arrive, and Trion Worlds will also implement the glider upgrade system and bring the “most beautiful weapon skins” to the public during the one-year anniversary celebration later this year.
Long-term: Major Update – Server Merger
In the western ArcheAge, it has also been decided to merge the Korean patches 1.8 and 2.0. This aims to bridge the gap to the Koreans even faster. The patch will include new player housing, guild expansions, hero systems, and many new features. By the end of 2015, they aim to have brought nearly all the gameplay content from the Korean ArcheAge.
Additionally, the server merger, the “Evolution” is coming. In Europe, the following servers are under consideration: Orchidna, Melisara, Nui, Janudar, Nebe. These may soon no longer exist. Two evolution servers will then be created, which players can transfer their characters to. A third server will be “new,” allowing only fresh characters.
Feedback Heard, Collaboration Great, Game Should Become Fairer
Furthermore, Kwai assures that player feedback will be heard. The collaboration with the Korean partners is going better than ever before, and they plan to revise some “unfairly understood” game mechanics. Additionally, they continue to take action against cheaters and exploiters, actively banning about 1,180 bots daily.
You can read the entire producer’s letter here.
“Golden Age” A Bit Misleading
Mein MMO says: It all sounds very good, but it’s not as if players would stop playing because of a lack of content.
From every corner, even from former advocates of the game, one hears that ArcheAge has landed on the wrong side of “Pay2Win.” Especially the upgrade mechanics for items are sharply criticized, not by “outsiders who have no clue about the endgame,” but by players who have ventured into that endgame and give up at a certain point.
With that in mind, the term “Golden Age” has a connotation.
