In Swordsman Online, a free-to-play martial arts MMO, the first expansion, Gilded Wasteland, is now live.
Swordsman Online is a relatively late ported game from Asia. The advantage of this is that a lot of content is already available, allowing for a quicker release in Europe. It was released in China in June 2013. It made its debut in Europe on July 29, 2014, just a week later plans were announced to release the expansion as soon as possible, and here it is.
Gilded Wasteland now takes players to areas of a desert region. According to Perfect World, the operators, Gilded Wasteland offers the following:
Gilded Wasteland Patch Notes
- Level cap raised to 94 with new quests added to the storyline
- The event agents from the schools now offer new school-specific gear that can be purchased with alchemist stones earned daily for logging in.
- Three new zones for high levels (Ping Liang, Dukhan, and the Shadowed)
- You can now complete daily quests to receive gold and silver weapon shards, which can be used to craft divine weapons.
- Three new instances for high levels added (Songshan Path, Songshan Mountain, and Desert City).
- The dungeon “Palace of the Empress” in Dukhan is now open for higher-level players. Warning: You can attack each other.
- The companion interface has been revamped, companions can now gain focus abilities for combat.
- Companion focus abilities can be acquired from the Curiosity Merchant in Luo Yang.
- Single players or ranked teams can now battle on two new battlefields (6v6): Capture the Lion & Deathmatch.
- There are now additional options for duels in the arena, such as excluding Lost Arts or Esoteric abilities.
- The crafting of throwing weapons has been added to the game. Throwing weapons can be used unlimited for 30 days.
- The filter in the friends list for automatic blocking now works correctly.
- Items dropped on the ground have been adjusted to make their names more visible.
- All storyline quests now grant more experience as a reward.
- Players with level 50+ unlock slots for spell equipment.
- Place names with umlauts are now displayed correctly.
- The focus ability display will now show from level 6 instead of level 40.
