If there is a question that gets asked more than any other by our fans, it's "When is 2.0 coming out!?". We're happy to say that we can finally announce that we are currently on track for a 3rd week in December release (the week of December 16th). The exact day is still subject to change or delay, but we're currently confident we can meet our goal.
What can you expect with this release? As we've already announced, we're adding major features like an increased level cap, a ton of new abilities, and the recently revealed Wardrobe feature. We've also made a lot of minor systems improvements, such as the addition of a quest tracker during combat. Over the next few weeks, we'll continue to preview these new features and abilities.
We'd also like to announce that we're trying something a little bit different with this release of this content. A lot of what we've been doing over the last few months has revolved around making changes to our staffing, tools, and production pipeline of new quests, raids, and content. With these changes, our goal is to roll out the story in a more expedient and episodic fashion.
Currently our next "story arc" is centered around the cliffhanger we left at the end of our last story update. You'll be traveling with your fellow heroes INTO the Vile Realm itself in order to defeat Caliban once and for all. Currently we have 5 "chapters" of content planned. For the 2.0 release, we will be releasing chapters 1 and 2 of the story and the level cap will be raised to level 32. As we release chapters, we will continue to raise the level cap by 1 to a maximum of level 35 once we release chapter 5. Of course, with each chapter there will be new quests, continued story, new dungeons, and new raids.
But wait, I can hear the cries, "Does this mean that I will have to wait a full year again to see the story continue?" Absolutely not! Our current plan is to release this new content relatively quickly over the next few months. We are currently targeting once every month or two for chapters 3,4, and 5 to be released.
All in all, we couldn't be more excited for 2.0. Now that it's finally around the corner, we hope that you're excited too!