There’s no tab targeting players will need to aim their attacks with the crosshair. There is no mouse movement it’s completely focused on action combat. The movement feels like Guild Wars 2, the combat is weighty and impactful like Black Desert Online, and the familiar gameplay loop shares much in common with Lineage 2. If you enjoy Guild Wars 2, Black Desert Online, or Lineage 2, this game is for you. They needed me to press the any key to start the game! Fortunately, the game decided that clicking the left mouse button was an acceptable input. I personally had issues finding a keyboard with an “any” key. A a particularly nasty bug causes the launcher and other critical game files to get quarantined by the player’s antivirus software, which brings up some memories of the PSO2 PC launch.

Moving forward, we’ve got some good data to prepare for the full launch day.Īside from the login errors, the closed beta has revealed some pretty glaring issues. While a few players totally missed the point, everyone else saw the value: These problems are happening during a closed beta. Shoutout to the CMs and GMs that had to deal with all the whining. Lucky for us, the CMs and GMs used to have to deal with BDO players, so they were pretty well prepared. Artist depiction of players trying to login this morning. Apparently in this reality, login issues on the first day of a closed beta is a telling sign for things to come. A few others declared how Kakao really messed up a closed beta launch and was the wrong company for this. A few blamed “streamer bias.” Someone requested a server rollback so players that got in earlier didn’t have a five- hour head start for a closed beta. There were some pretty eye-rolling comments.

Much crying ensued on the Discord (some might even say it was discord on the Discord). And the login servers didn’t hold out long before it crashed. The servers in the west coast opened at around 7:00 a.m. And for some people, it came as a total surprise. Thank you for your patience and your understanding. Published in North America, Europe, and Oceania by Kakao Games and developed by Bluehole (the folks behind TERA), I can say with complete confidence that this is going to be one of the MMORPGs that’s going to define the decade.īut of course, as the first day of closed beta, there were a few hiccups.Īfter a rocky start of our Closed Beta yesterday, we're happy to announce that all log-in issues have been resolved. People have been excited for this game since it was called Ascent: Infinite Realm, and just from the first couple of hours of actual play, I can tell you that this game’s going to be a keeper. I can’t believe I’m actually playing Elyon on local servers.

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