Greetings, friends! The time has come to finally break the silence and give you a status update regarding the upcoming content!
Get ready to find out more about Ahros in our future November content update
Since Sarantales class had won the poll, we decided to dedicate all our time and effort to making a larger portion of the Azaries-Sarantales’ unique story and class-exclusive content instead of releasing small portions of content for every in-game class simultaneously. Thus, get ready to find out more about Ahros, his feelings, personality and motivation! We’re so thrilled to finally show you what this young talented om’verai was up to while Azaries was encountering the first foes on her journey!
Current status of the upcoming update (percentage indicates the amount of content ready):
• 80% of text/dialogs and 60% of EN localization;
• 93% of sprites and backgrounds;
• We’ve already created basis for the new battles and optional encounters;
• We’re currently revising and updating existing localization (including other two classes);
• Some tweaks and fixes for the UI are currently being tested.
Also, several new characters will be introduced and more details about characters already familiar to players will be revealed. If you paid attention to Niravel during the journey, be prepared for surprises!
Important notice regarding event-exclusive allies
We’ve been discussing the idea of implementation of the event-exclusive unlockable allies on our Discord server and some of our community members criticized the concept of limited-time event-exclusive characters due to possible emergence of balance issues, as well as inequality based on persisting impossibility of obtaining some of the characters under discussion due to different real-life issues. Also, some of our players expressed concerns regarding possible introduction of paid DLC-packs with event allies, which could potentially ruin the very essence of the in-game combat mechanics, making the battles too easy for those who purchased additional support characters. Worry not! We’re not pursuing any of the malicious malpractices introduced by some companies. Moreover, we will never sacrifice the quality of our game to temporarily boost the sales of HotA! Thus, we’re not integrating any premium features that can potentially turn our game into pay-to-win garbage!
Arteya, as well as any other possibly introduced event-exclusive allies, will be available to everyone via completion of special side stories and/or meeting certain in-game requirements. Once you accomplish the series of objectives and/or successfully beat certain side stories, you will unlock a special achievement granting Azaries ability to summon the event character(s) during combat and exploit their expertise. Depending on the power and/or possible impact of the event characters, some of them will require collecting some materials, purchasing in-game artifacts, unlocking achievements, speaking with certain characters. In order to get the most powerful and valuable companions, you must find, undertake and successfully accomplish a series of exciting side stories, which will put Azaries’ skills to the test.
Everything is going according to plan, so the approximate release date remains unchanged (end of November).
Thank you so much! See you in Nanraas!