Greetings Mortals,
The PTR for the Sprint 2 patch will open up tomorrow, on Wednesday the 10th of April during the afternoon in the CEST timezone. The PTR will be up for a few days, so you should have plenty of time to hop in and have a look around, as well as participate in a small siege event.
Our next update comes with another new dungeon to explore, as well as the introduction of the second character slot, a new system for sieging and some newly rideable mounts!
There is also the usual nice list of bugfixes, some quality of life improvements and balance changes.
Second Character Slot
Once the patch goes live, all accounts will now have access to a second character.
This second character has no restrictions or limitations, apart from player housing which is limited to one house per account, meaning you will share one player house between your two characters and will not be able to place a second house.
The introduction of this second character affected many areas of the game, and we would very much appreciate you all trying to mess with and break it as much as you can during the PTR!
Siege Challenges
This PTR also contains the first iteration of Siege Challenges.
The details of this new system are explained in this previous Into the Vault post:
Into the Vault #137 – Second Character Slot, Siege Changes, Roadmap Update
New Dungeon
This patch will contain the third new dungeon made with the new module system we used for the Undercroft and Melisar’s Vault.
The new dungeon contains some interesting new elements that are not found in other dungeons, and we can’t wait to see you go through it on patch day!
However, as with the last dungeon, this one will not be on the PTR to avoid spoiling it.
PTR Siege Event
We will be hosting a simple siege event during the PTR, to make sure everything is working as intended.
We currently plan to host the event starting at 8:00 PM CEST on Thursday the 11th of April. There is the possibility this event time may change however, so keep an eye on our official MO2 Discord channel for any updates regarding this!
Due to the specifics of the new Siege Challenge system, we will need to manually start the siege time during the event rather than waiting the minimum 24 hour window.
What we will primarily be testing is that everything regarding regular siege mechanics and the new balance changes to supply structures is still in working order.
We would very much appreciate any guilds out there to hop on and play around with the new challenge system outside the event we’re hosting, again to try and break it as much as you can so we can find and fix any remaining issues.
We can’t wait to see you on the PTR!
We Want Your Feedback!
We will be hosting a feedback survey after the PTR has ended, where you can tell us all of your thoughts about what you experienced on the PTR.
Your feedback will help us to improve the patch wherever necessary, and is extremely valuable for us.
See you on the PTR,
The Star Vault Team