Devilian wanted to open only 2 of the 4 servers for the head start – a lightning-fast reversal now prevents the shitstorm.
Quickly reversed again
It was more than close. A shitstorm was brewing over the action RPG Devilian, as players with early access felt cheated. Yesterday, the developers announced that only 2 of the 4 official servers would open for the head start. This would have meant that many who did not have early access would have migrated to the other two servers – making a head start pretty obsolete.
They could have played earlier, but would have had no advantage on their server because players without head start could simply start on the launch servers. And this, where the cheap founder package “Early Start” costs $19.99. The name already makes it clear what it was marketed with.
Now they quickly reversed and corrected: All 4 servers will go online directly for the head start, thus all players with early access will really have a significant advantage and the community will not be divided.
In the official statement in the game’s forum it says: “We will open all four servers for the head start. (…) We hear loud and clear that you all want all four servers, so we will choose this option.”
“Bullet dodged” is perhaps the only thing to say in conclusion. Someone has successfully fought for their privilege, for which they paid.
Devilian officially releases on December 10th and will then be free-to-play, available for download via the Steam platform.
