Like, if I play multi right now, collect some items, then at the beginning of march, when multiplayer is officially released, if a friend comes to play with me, will I be able to give them some stuff ?
I know about the whole trade shenanigans and I'm aware this wouldn't work, but let's assume EHG changes some things, then would it work ?
Also, if I level characters now, will I still have them in march or will everything get reseted on the official release date ?
External link →Currently progression is not multiplayer. Your existing characters will go to an off line mode and multiplayer becomes a fresh start. Currently save files are stored locally so people can tamper with them. Would be very unfair to be able to keep your character with 2 billion gold and 250 spent passive points when multiplayer drops.
I see this phrase quite a bit and it's a little ambiguous.
Your existing characters will go to an off line mode and multiplayer becomes a fresh start.
Characters created offline in 0.8.5f and before will continue to be offline characters going forward.
Characters created online in the multiplayer beta events pre-0.9 will not be available at all when 0.9 launches.
Characters will not transition from online to offline.
If this is the case, and let’s say someone wants to play only multiplayer, then what is the point of playing until 1.0 comes out? Will 0.9 multiplayer be whipped before 1.0 as well? Cuz leveling to 70+ for the 3rd and 4th time isn’t happening.
The main purpose of the multiplayer beta test events that happen pre-0.9 are to help us find bugs and test the servers so that when we do launch 0.9, it's stable and fun. This comes with the added bonus of a sneak peek at the upcoming content changes.
I expect that to most people this isn't an enticing thing really and that's totally fine.
We have been very careful to not wipe characters. We just can't trust that every character that people have played up until online is 100% legit. We can't migrate that data to our online environment smoothly and cleanly. These characters are still playable offline going forward.
Characters created between 0.9 and 1.0 are currently planned to be rolled into a "standard" cycle. The environment where characters go when a cycle finishes. We are not planning on deleting them.
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