Update: Changes to our Plans for the Fresh Start Servers
Greetings Inheritors,
Our goal with ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained was to deliver the experience that you desired from the start. Our intention was for it to be rewarding, seamless, and to remove many of the barriers to enjoyment. After listening to some of the feedback we have received, we realized that we were missing that mark, especially where the Fresh Start servers are concerned. With this in mind, we’ll be making the following changes to our original plan.
[Update]
Added more information on Housing Storage Chests, Auction House and the Evernight Welcome Event.
Housing Storage Chests
* Setting storage permissions will be changed from Ancestral Lv.10 to Ancestral Lv.30
* It can prevent abusers from setting it early in the new servers. Meanwhile, we can find the better option if it needs such as disabling the function forever.
Auction House
* Use Auctioneer will be changed from Lv.30 to Lv.55. We agreed that it could be a high hurdle when the normal players want to build a house if AH is limited by a high level. So we changed this to Lv.55.
Evernight Welcome Event
* We will get rid of this event in fresh start servers. But in the existing servers, players will receive the rewards.
Progression Cap: We have adjusted the specifications for the Fresh Start servers.
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Type |
AAU (EU) |
AAU (NA) |
AA (EU) |
AA (NA) |
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New |
Nehliya |
Kyrios |
Kyprosa |
Erenor |
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Classification |
December 2, 2021 |
TBD, 2022 |
TBD, 2022 |
TBD, 2022 |
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Equipment |
◆ Open Erenor Hiram Guardian Equipment T3 Deranged Bookroom T1 |
◆ Open Awakened Erenor Hiram Guardian Equipment T4 Deranged Bookroom T2 |
◆ Open Brilliant Erenor Hiram Guardian Equipment T5 Immortal Warden Equipment |
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Level / Skillset |
No Level Limits |
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Region |
■ Limited Eastern Hiram Mountains Garden of the Gods Ipnya Ridge |
◆ Open Eastern Hiram Mountains |
◆ Open Ipnya Ridge |
◆ Open Garden of the Gods |
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Raids |
■ Limited Nehliya, Queen of Annihilation Black Dragon Charybdis |
◆ Open Nehliya, Queen of Annihilation Black Dragon Charybdis |
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Design |
◆ Open Radiant Hiram Awakening Scroll Abyssal Library Awakening Scroll |
◆ Open Brilliant Hiram Awakening Scroll Abyssal Library Awakening Scroll |
◆ Open Immortal Warden Awakening Scroll |
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Tower Defense |
■ Limited Decorated Warrior |
◆ Open Faction Honor Arena (Independent) |
◆ Open Faction Honor Arena (Global) |
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Dungeons |
■ Limited Ipnysh Sanctuary Black Thorn Prison Kadum Hereafter Rebellion Red Dragon's Keep |
◆ Open Kadum Red Dragon's Keep Abyssal Library 4F |
◆ Open Hereafter Rebellion |
◆ Open Ipnysh Sanctuary |
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Arena |
◆ Open Gladiator Arena 1v1 (Independent) |
◆ Open All Arena Matchmaking Global |
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Lunagem |
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◆ Open Splendid Lunagem Honor Point Lunagem T5 |
◆ Open Glorious Lunagem Honor Point Lunagem T6 |
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Main Content |
■ Limited Chronicle Quests Exile Claim Area / Siege / Faction Alliance |
◆ Open Chronicle Quests Exile |
◆ Open Claim Area / Siege / Faction Alliance |
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Farmhand |
■ Limited Farmhand Max Level: 10 |
◆ Open Farmhand Max Level Cap Removed |
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Event |
■ Limited Permanent Return Event Separate Reward Change |
◆ Open Permanent Return Event Equal Reward Change |
Double the Gain: This event will now be removed from the Fresh Start servers.
[Edit]: This event will be removed on ALL servers.
Initial limitation of Player to Player Trading, Auction, Mails, and Storage box: Concerns over the use of multiple accounts and also hacks and RMT have led us to make this difficult decision. Whilst this may be disliked by some, as it removes social aspects of the game that are at the core of ArcheAge, we ultimately believe that this will help combat some of the issues that you felt strongly about. This change is not permanent and we will be monitoring the economy and server activity until such a time as we feel it is safe to enable again.
Player to Player trading will become available only after reaching the required level.
* Sending Mailbox: Ancestral Lv. 10
* Private Trade: Ancestral Lv. 10
* Set Storage Permissions: Ancestral Lv. 10
* Use Auctioneer: Lv. 30
Known issue: The in-game text states that you must be lv65 to send mail. This will be fixed in an upcoming patch.
Peace Time: There will be no peace time on the Fresh Start servers.
We hope that these changes are closer to the direction that most of you wanted. We also know that we must do better at understanding the needs and wants of the community. The CM team will begin preparing some initiatives that will enable us to hear your voice and live up to the expectations you have.
- ArcheAge Team