Greetings, warriors!
Let us welcome you to the new Glory season! The top players of the just-ended season have earned their rewards and titles, so it's again the time to compete against the others and fight your way to the top of the ladder!
A little explanation for the new players: Glory is a season-based ranking which rewards you for activity in the faction v faction v faction PVP. The seasons last 2 months and are rewarded with unique titles, as well as gold. Also, every Thursday night you’ll get Contribution Points – an in-game currency used to purchase special items from the Glory Quartermasters. The amount of earned CP depends on your position on the leaderboard, so climb up it!
We also took an opportunity to reserve some more time to polish a huge QoL feature announced a week ago – the Party Finder. We are sorry for the delay, but such a vast and complex system requires a lot of testing and we want to be sure it will work properly to improve your game experience. But we can already share with you the idea that’s behind it, and as well some details about how it will work.
The screenshot’s authors have been awarded. MrGamerman1, and John – check your Ambers!
Work in progress insight: Party Finder, part 2
In the previous update, we shared with you some information about the current situation of the party and grouping features in our MMO. We believe it is about time to make it better, more intuitive, and convenient for players.
Since our game has tons of features and things to do when logged in, but it is not always entirely clear for players what they can do, and that they can do something together, we wanted to create a system that will help our community to gather together, find a common goal and enjoy the game with a company of allies and friends.
Party Finder was in our designers' heads for a long time, since they wanted to improve the warbands management systems and creating another layer of information which will show and give easier access to various features of the game, at the same time socializee community more, creating bonds between new and old players and improving the player's retention overall.
The game will leave Early Access later this year, and before that huge milestone, our team is working on refreshing one of the least polished aspects in the game – the user interface. Of course, redoing the whole interface is a huge and time-consuming task. To avoid locking our further work on the regular weekly updates, we will be updating the UI step by step. The Party Finder will be the first new system that will be done on the new interface, so you can already see how it will look, while the rest of it is being processed in the background.
The system will be a sort of a lobby, where players will be able to create or join a Warband or party, and also manage your friends' list and blocked/muted players!
Players who want to create a party will be able to do it in a new way, using a dedicated button in the (upcoming) socials tab. During creation we will be able to name it, providing information about the goal of the group, choose the party type (open / joining only via request / no leader: all the options you already know from the current system) and mark if the number of players in the party should be public or not.
All the systems that allow you to create parties in the old way by inviting players by /request command or right-clicking on them are staying in the game, but you will be able to add parties created in those ways to the lobby list too!
So it will be much easier to know that something is going nearby and we can join the fight or event, players will not need to plead on the chat to find a group or request help. It will be much easier and convenient to find something to do in the game and be more united in the common conquest.
When players will be in a nearby location where an event is ongoing, and there are any parties dedicated to that event in the lobby, players in the area will receive a suggestion to join or request access to the biggest open party around, or if there are no open parties, to send a request to the biggest closed one. If there will be no parties around, but there will be at least two players, the system will suggest and make it easier for them to create a party. In the same way, players who are participating in the same quest or event will be encouraged to group up.
The minimap will receive a dedicated button, which will be showing the number of active parties in the area. Clicking the button or proper shortcut on the keyboard will open the socials tab with the lobby and friends list.
We hope you will find the new system helpful and it will be a great tool to share and improve your game experience with others. Party Finder will be implemented to the game at the beginning of the upcoming week and we will be thankful for your constructive feedback and opinions about it! Additionally, the next update will also include a lot of other Quality of life improvements and fixes, requested and reported recently by the Community.
We wish you the best of luck in the new Glory Season, and as always – See you in battle!