The pirate MMO Atlas has been in Early Access since the end of 2018. Since then, it has been constantly expanded, but there are also recurring issues. Now all players who had exceeded level 80 were reset. Cheaters were to blame.
What is happening with Atlas? At the end of July, a patch was released for the survival MMO, which brought several new features, including a special “fix”.
This ensured that all characters who had exceeded level 80 were reset back to exactly that level. The max level in Atlas is currently 120, so some players likely lost significant progress.
Why did Wildcard take this step? In the overview of the patch, the developers of Atlas explained that this step was necessary because there were players who exploited the system. However, all players must suffer, whether they cheated or not.
The step was not easy for the developers, and they apologized in the statement to everyone who now has to grind again.
It is difficult to assess how many players were affected by the reset. There have already been server wipes since the launch in early access and the player numbers on Steam have generally not been large in recent months. However, it is currently slightly improving after a larger patch was released on July 4.
Rework helps the game, but are the updates enough?
What’s new in Atlas? As early as summer 2019, the developers admitted that the MMO Atlas has problems. Therefore, they planned a major rework for summer 2020. The goal of the developers was:
- To completely overhaul the game map
- To focus combat on naval battles
- To place more emphasis on PvP
- To introduce trade winds
- To bring farms and warehouses as new content
On July 4, it was released, at least in part. The update included a new island, the overhaul of the game map, and some balance adjustments.
Many players were disappointed afterwards because they had expected all these contents at once. Originally, it also sounded that way from the developers.
Other players, however, felt optimistic after the update. This was also because the next patch did not take long to arrive.
What is next? The latest update on July 24 brought farms and warehouses as completely new content. It seems that the major rework will be released in individual updates.
The farms are already proving to be a lucrative farming method. So if you haven’t been in Atlas for a while, you might want to take another look at the game.
It is at least planned that from now on a new update will be released every month.
If you don’t connect with the pirate setting of Atlas, you might find a good and interesting alternative in our list of the best survival games.
