The developers of Pax Dei have adjusted their roadmap for 2025 and detailed which improvements are to arrive on the early access servers in spring.
What is planned for spring? The combat remains one of the biggest weaknesses of Pax Dei even almost ten months after the start of the early access phase. The developers are well aware of this and wish to implement further improvements with the upcoming spring update. In the revised roadmap for 2025, the team promises:
- Revised equipment made of cloth, leather, and metal
- Revised skills for melee weapons
- Introduction of the new weapon healing staff
- Provision of more than 15 new spells
- Improved group control
- Revised character development through combat experience
Additionally, the developers write on playpaxdei.com:
Combat remains an important focus for us. […] In its current form, combat often lacks meaningful choices. Our goal is to reach a state where your choice of equipment and skills influences your tactics and encourages you to develop specialized roles. This will be the central part of our next update. […]
We are making some changes to the combat system by adding several new spells and new attributes for equipment. We are adding a new weapon type, the staves, which can be used for healing spells.
Furthermore, all melee weapons will have three different skills to further differentiate their gameplay. These additions aim to create a more dynamic combat experience, deepen the interplay between roles, and offer more tactical options. Whether you prefer the brute force of melee, the resilience of a tank, or the supportive role of a healer, you will find more options to customize your build.
Here you see the early access trailer of Pax Dei:
Roadmap 2025 for Pax Dei
What else are the developers planning? With the spring update, the developers also want to deliver a new skinning tool, fresh building sets, storage, and craftsmen for the starting area, wild goats, the fast travel option Miracles, and revisions for the Heartland provinces.
Later in the year, the province of Lyonesse and PvP are to be revised, and trade towns introduced. You can expect new roles such as knight and soldier, fresh equipment adjustments, furniture, and enemy types, controller support, mounts, expanded NPC behavior, and more.
How does the community evaluate the updated roadmap? Although the roadmap addresses several important issues, a recent discussion on Reddit shows how much work still lies ahead for the developers.
Several comments revolve around the fact that Pax Dei urgently needs a recycling system for unused items that would return some of the invested resources. jub-jub-bird writes on Reddit: “This would help the economy and the current waste situation greatly.”
generalmasandra, on the other hand, misses important core systems: “Again nothing about the fact that there are basically no cooperative systems. […] Monetization is already being discussed, even though not a single important system has been implemented. Religion? No. Kingdoms? No. The economy? Incredibly simple.”
Speaking of monetization: At the end of the current developer post on playpaxdei.com, it is stated that details on the new monetization plans will be announced soon. Apparently, the current Buy2Play model is not sufficient “to cover server costs while ensuring fair value for players.”
Free_Beats comments on this section on Reddit as follows: “The last paragraph says everything you need to know. They are running out of funds, so they will expand monetization.” Once more details are available, MeinMMO will keep you updated.
In the meantime, we hope that the team’s finances will be sufficient to fully leverage the potential of Pax Dei. No one wants a half-finished release shot due to lack of funds.
How is Pax Dei doing? In early November, the largest update so far, Proving Grounds, was released for the early access version of Pax Dei, which partially reset the progress made so far. There were extensive adjustments for terrain, biomes, crafting, building structures, combat, PvE challenges, UI, camera, and much more.
All of this was sorely needed, as the beautiful MMORPG lacked many important features for a functioning social sandbox experience in its early months. The progress wipe also cleared away the somewhat depressing graveyard of unfinished projects. More from our last visit to the game can be read here: Pax Dei is the best bad MMO for relaxed walks in front of a beautiful medieval backdrop in early access
