Easter event delayed and some development news

[Magic 1506]

Easter event delayed

Let's get this out of the way first, Easter event will be delayed by at least a week. Yes it sucks, yes there will be new things, no it's not ready. Sorry guys. I tried to get everything released by this weekend, but that's just not going to happen. While the content is more or less done, I haven't even started to properly test the new stuff. I can't release it until everything is confirmed stable. 

An update on Destiny development

For the past 6 months we've been mostly working on the server code and get things in place to make development faster and more streamlined. The way we used to do events was holding everything back. It took us ages to make unique items, enemies, quests and such and actually a lot of the time goes into planning and testing things to make sure everything works correctly on all your PSO installations. Some events consist of over 40 server files that have to be replaced or edited manually in the right place, and after a month, reverted back. This is painful, I'm getting too old for this lol.

With every update behind the scenes the development became less hassle and more fun, and I've already reduced the amount of files required for an event by about 50% compared to before, without losing quality. We've field tested this new system last year with anniversary part 2, and besides a few minor issues, it works as intended. This means we can use the extra development time for more fun stuff and less dealing with problems. For Easter and future events, I've reduced the amount of files required even more. But, there's still a lot of testing ahead.

The end goal here is that we can keep making fresh events that can be activated with barely any effort, while also working on new content, balance, bug fixes, tools, etc. For example, we've been working on some crazy endgame content for some time now, which, like I said in another post a while back, is not related to any events. That's still coming, and I promise it's worth the wait. In other words, endgame content is one of our main priorities.

Anyways, I hope this gives some more insight of what we're all doing behind the scenes. And definitely don't miss this Easter event! Even though it will be late, I have a feeling this will be the best Easter event we've ever had. I'll be working hard to get it released by next weekend.  

Magic

[NEVER* 57]

Thank you for the hard work and the update. <3

[Magic 1506]

Unfortunately the testing didn't go well, there are still several things broken that need to be addressed before release. So I'm afraid Easter event will be delayed for a bit longer. 

Thanks so much for all the patience, here's a little sneak peek.

[Lipelis 327]

[gesseluis 133]

No problem, here in Brazil right after Easter we have a very fun party called ''Sao Joao'', with bonfires, flags, character clothes and typical foods, we celebrate this event on this date without any problems. I already know the party will be guaranteed!

[VEL(JP) 1130]

free id and exp*10 is activated from now.