The Tarisland team is addressing continued questions about balance, known issues, lack of communication, and even if we’ll see Season 0 content again.
Tarisland recently got a December roadmap and a new update. Today, the team released a new S1 FAQ, Intended to address some of the lingering issues as well as an occasional lack of updates on what their plans have been. One of the promises they made here is to offer more consistent and more frequent posts on content updates, fixes, events, and issues.
One theme that comes through in many of the questions addressed is a sense that some fine-tuning is needed on the balance. They acknowledge changes are needed and are ongoing. Short-term, we can expect more dungeons and events. When asked about expanded PvP access, they make the point that opening PVP into much longer periods could make things more scattered, so they’re not going to expand too quickly. We will see more solo friendly activities coming along with guild and raid events.
When it comes to keeping things balanced between more casual and more hardcore players, this is the eternal question when it comes to MMORPGs that aim for a wider audience. Some S0 raid completion rates were very low, so the balance in S1 dungeons swung, some argue too much, in the other direction. For hardcore players, they emphasize challenging content like raid/arcane realm floor challenges and the new Twisted Dreamland.
As for other S0 content, we will see some of it again. Certain events will return. They're still in the planning stages for slowly bringing the raids back, including reviewing the content to make sure that it scales with current S1 progression and possibly updating the mechanics.
Overall, there are a number of issues addressed, from cheats to leaderboard issues, and even inquiries as to whether or not the profession system and resource Gathering will get some improvements. The economy is an important thing to consider and their plans are to merge trading centers across different servers to increase item circulation and to address economic issues.
