Faxion Online is slated to bring the literal battle between good and evil to MMO gamers around the world. Recently, MMORPG.com Community Manager Michael Bitton had the opportunity for a first hand look at Faxion Online with UTV True Games Senior Games Systems Designer Sean Dahlberg. Check out our exclusive first look preview and some never-before-seen screens. Leave us a comment or two when you're done.

Faxion Online is a free-to-play PvP centric MMORPG developed by UTV True Games , and if you’re thinking that the game sounds familiar but you can’t quite place it, former Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Manager Sean “AshenTemper” Dahlberg left BioWare in order to take up the mantle as Faxion’s Senior Game Systems Designer. For my preview, Sean was on hand to guide me and a few others through the game and answer questions we had.

Read more of Michael Bitton's Faxion Online Preview.

I'd be totally remiss if I didn't point out the fact that we're currently accepting sign-ups for Closed Testing, btw:

You can find more information about it here on MMORPG.com on the Faxion forums:

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/559/view/forums/post/4026035#4026035

- Sean

Love it, signed up for beta long ago and cant wait.

PS: Is it just me, or the website is'nt work at this moment?

Originally posted by Piasek

PS: Is it just me, or the website is'nt work at this moment?

It's down for a website update/upgrade. Should be back up soon!

Sorry for the inconvenience.

- Sean

Attribute points can also be allocated as they are earned whichever way a player sees fit.

That makes me sign up.

This game seems to be inspired by an old asian game, A3.

The more I read about this, the better it sounds. Faction-based world pvp, no instances, tactical use of terrain?

Yes, please!

Looks like Aion stripped of the PvE part and dungeons done with considerably lesser budget.

Looks pretty cool.

Looks like a nice pvp game to play on the side.. I'am just wondering if the Cash Shop is gonna consist of gamebreaking items that'll make this pay to win or is it cosmetic items only? If someone can clear that up for me i'd have no problem going in and giving it a try..

I only ask because this year i spent a good 7months playing Heroes of Three Kingdoms (released by PWE) and at first the game was AWSOME only offering cosmetic items and some dbl xp items.. It had huge territorys owned by guilds to battle over and was really fun.. Then, about 3 months into the game PWE tightens its clutches and starts restricting the ammount of in game gold you can get and also offering game breaking overpowered gear for sale in cash shop for outrageous prices that people actually bought.. Turning the mass pvp into 1man kills 100.. Ruined the game for me.. And before that i had spent around $40 in cosmetic costumes (cool flashly mount and fashion) and around $20 on dbl xp items.. Thinking that the game would stay actually "FREE TO PLAY" not knowing it'd turn "PAY TO WIN"..

Heh sorry about that rant lol.. But its important for PvP-centric MMORPGs to NOT offer gear for sale through the cash shop that cant easily be earned in game also.. :)

Originally posted by Hellfyre420

Looks like a nice pvp game to play on the side.. I'am just wondering if the Cash Shop is gonna consist of gamebreaking items that'll make this pay to win or is it cosmetic items only? If someone can clear that up for me i'd have no problem going in and giving it a try..

We have a rule that you cannot "buy a win" that goes into our itemization of the TrueCoins shop. What you will find is basically a time vs. money kind of attitude. Most of the items that are for sale via TrueCoins can be found in the game world by adventuring (or at least a version with the same stats but maybe a different look). The things that are outside of this are vanity items which are generally going to be in the TrueCoins shop only. There are also some other limitations (for example, you only get so many free slots in your bank to but extra bags but you can purchase additional slots for a one-time fee).

We even go one step further and there are items in the game world that can only be accessed via adventuring that are more powerful than things purchased on the TrueCoins shop... but even then, the majority of a character's power will be based on their character's statistics and not the items themselves.

Overall, the TrueCoins shop is more about convenience. Anyone looking to use it to make their character "uber" will be sorely disappointed.

Hope that helps answer your question.

- Sean

That sounds awsome.. Sounds exactly how HOTK was set up before PWE ruined it with their greedy little nubs! I'll be giving this game a look-see for sure :)

You had my interest, up until you mentioned that free slots were limited...sorry not interested!

WORLD PVP? OMG IN IN.

Does the game sound a bit like DAOC..or is it just me ? (hopes it is )

Ok i registered for Beta.. looking forward to doing some testing for y'all :)

Originally posted by AshenTemper

Originally posted by Hellfyre420

Looks like a nice pvp game to play on the side.. I'am just wondering if the Cash Shop is gonna consist of gamebreaking items that'll make this pay to win or is it cosmetic items only? If someone can clear that up for me i'd have no problem going in and giving it a try..

We have a rule that you cannot "buy a win" that goes into our itemization of the TrueCoins shop. What you will find is basically a time vs. money kind of attitude. Most of the items that are for sale via TrueCoins can be found in the game world by adventuring (or at least a version with the same stats but maybe a different look). The things that are outside of this are vanity items which are generally going to be in the TrueCoins shop only. There are also some other limitations (for example, you only get so many free slots in your bank to but extra bags but you can purchase additional slots for a one-time fee).

We even go one step further and there are items in the game world that can only be accessed via adventuring that are more powerful than things purchased on the TrueCoins shop... but even then, the majority of a character's power will be based on their character's statistics and not the items themselves.

Overall, the TrueCoins shop is more about convenience. Anyone looking to use it to make their character "uber" will be sorely disappointed.

Hope that helps answer your question.

- Sean

Sounds like exactly they way a cash shop should be... too good to be true? heh

I like that Sean is so involved in his game he takes time to log on here and answer questions. This makes me want to try this game (and also that i love PvP) because I feel like a game that blocks out their players and ill informs them late is already dead. Thanks dude and keep up the great work! Can't wait to play it looks awesome!

Already applied, but if I come visit your offices in person will you get me into the beta faster?

Originally posted by Dhaeman

Already applied, but if I come visit your offices in person will you get me into the beta faster?

 

Bring some milk and cookies and im sure he'll say "yes"

Whoa, where did this game come from? It sounds very interesting indeed, however I am concerned that it will fall into the same stale feeling that WAR did where you could not actually win anything but rather it is an endless squirrel wheel of flipping zones back and forth ad nauseum.

Still, worth to keep an eye out for this game.