Cracks an eye open after 4 years....

[Magnir]

Hey there, Istarians. I was one of those that left during the... fiasco... that involved Istaria switching hands and Blight closing down and... lots of stuff that doesn't need to be re-hashed.

But what I'm wondering is this - Is there any easy way for me to see what improvements have been made to the game since Virtrium has taken control? I see that there are a few concept sketches here and there and I like the new dyes but... what about the memory leaks? What about the unstable underlying structure of the MMO itself? I remember there being a ton of user-maintenance required so that teleports in-game didn't take 10 to 20 minutes to complete.

Another concern was the tiering system for materials. Tier 1 was all well and good. Tier 2 a little harder and then.... you're spending an inordinate amount of time just figuring WHERE to go for Tier 3 materials. I remember that there was going to be a revamp for all of that... did that happen?

Gah! Sorry, but this game had a lot of small problems and I don't expect everything to have been solved in just 4 years, but I do wonder if the team is working on improving the underlying structure and user-friendliness of the game.

Finding where to go next and what you need to do to advance shouldn't be a massive hurdle in any MMO.

[Chasing]

Welcome back Magnir

The answer is, a lot has changed.

Too much to describe in a single post to be honest, best thing I can suggest is to read all the patch notes.

Brief summary

• T2 has been revamped
• Loot tables have been revamped
• 2x T2 dungeons
• 1x T6 dungeon and delgarath T6 area
• ROP & AROP have been amended
• Confectioner revamp (completely changed)
• Lots of new high level quests
• Lots of T1-T2 quests added
• Cargo Discs are quicker and new discs
• Changes to client and patcher to address issues (still ongoing)
• T6 resources in game
• Chests & Keys
• Resurgence of some mobs (Mylocs, AOP, blight anchors etc)
• New Mobs (Scorpions, Crabs, Dung Piles, Carrion Crawlers, Azulars, New undead models)

and probably a lot more I have missed.

[Magnir]

Thanks for the response, Chasing. Sounds like I've got some reading to do in those patch notes.

Although I've seen that they are trying to revamp/remove things that are simply annoying or not fun to do in the "Talk to the Developers" forum.

[LungTien Temeraire]

Hello Magnir, and welcome back on Istaria. Feel free to ask here or in game if you need help.

[Magnir]

It will be a bit before I return (or simply create a new character) and then I'll have to do the free account because of economic realities. I've been doing some reading and I'm excited about the changes I've seen. I wish that the base client could be completely replaced, but I know that Virtrium doesn't have the resources for that.

[Theramin]

Welcome back Magnir!

You should be able to set up a free account to see how the world and client has changed.

The world has been made a lot more ordered with the tiering. There is also a player made map pack that has a lot of locations in it.