Membership will come out on 9 July 2026 5:00 PM PST / 8:00 PM EST / 10 July 12:00 AM GMT.
This is definitely later than we initially expected. We hit two major setbacks that led to this:
1. We underestimated some of the work around building the foundational quest systems and building Valen City.
2. One of us was unfortunately sick for a couple of weeks, limiting the amount of hours they could work on the game per day.
We were trying very hard to get the update out before the end of June. However, after all this waiting and all the work we have done, we decided it was better to give ourselves some breathing room to ensure the update goes smoothly and is something we are proud of.
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Solo Darklands and Server PerformanceThis week we were focused on the quality and health of the game, as well as adding the "Solo Darklands" which makes PvP combat in the Darklands limited to 1v1 on select servers. Solo Darklands We want players to partake and have a fair chance in the Darklands even if they're playing solo. To address this, we are enabling "Solo Darklands" on Server 1. Solo Darklands will have some draw backs to…1.16.2 FixesQuick patch to address some urgent issues. More Darklands improvements planned for end of week patch including Single Combat in Darklands in Server1. - Fix for force quitting bypassing logout timer in Darklands. - Adjusted level bracket per danger level 15 -> 10 - PJ timer moved from 10s -> 15s - Fixed items missing from level guides - Fixed ore loss penalty applying multiple timesDarklands and PvP UpdateNote on PvP Changes Darklands update is coming with a bunch of new items and we want to clarify our intentions with our design up front. We don't want PvE only players to feel forced into PvP so we took great care in our design to ensure that they don't miss out on any important or meta items by refusing to partake. The new items coming are designed to meaningfully equivalent to existing items…