Kakao reveals revised plans for ArcheAge Fresh Start server, adding new content for day one

This is the first day of Kakao Games as a publisher for ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained and with them acting as publishers for the first time, the team revised their plans to open up the starter servers.

“Our goal with ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained is to deliver the experience you want from the start. Our aim is to make it rewarding, seamless, and remove many barriers to enjoyment. After listening to some of the feedback we received, we realized we missed that mark, especially where Fresh Start servers were concerned.”

Don’t worry, the new head of honchos will still open new servers for those who want to start over. However, they are change a few key details, the first of which is the opening day.

EU’s Nehliya will remain open on December 2^NS originally scheduled but NA’s Kyrios has been pushed back to January 6^NS. Double XP events on Fresh Start servers will also be removed, and level limits will be applied to player-to-player transactions and access to in-game mail, auctions, and storage boxes . New servers will also be opened without Peace Time contrary to the original announcement.

“Concerns about using multiple accounts as well as hacking and RMT led us to make this difficult decision,” explains Kakao. “While this may be disliked by some, as it removes the social aspects of the game that are at the core of ArcheAge, in the end we believe this will help combat a number of issues. that you feel strong. This change is not permanent and we will monitor server economy and activity until we feel it is safe to reactivate. ”

Meanwhile, the team has rolled out the Day 1 patch that introduces a bunch of new content, including the Sea Shanty quest, the Spelldance skill, the Black Thorn Prison dungeon, ghost ship content retools, improved guilds advancements, new PvP content, new channel global chat, ability to choose different colors for each character’s eye in several races, bag search and sorting features, changes to new labor recharge and quick entry feature for dungeons.

Players can also look forward to more content and quality of life improvements in 2022, such as expanded harvests, progress balance tweaks, additional clan PvE content, new equipment, and more. new Great Plains region. Trade, crime, fishing and air combat systems are also on track for release next year. You can check out the full patch notes on ArcheAge . official website.