Nexus Ascension

We are rebuilding the server from the ground up: a new engine, written from scratch, with every game rule worked out from the game client itself. The old progress tracker described the previous server, so it has been retired. This page says where the new one stands.

Working in the new engine

• The open world is populated: creatures stand, patrol, fight back, drop loot and respawn. Their health and abilities match the original game.
• Combat: abilities, telegraphs, shields, class resources, critical hits, death and resurrection.
• Items: starting gear, bags, vendors, loot, and character data that survives a crash.
• Quests can be taken, completed and handed in for rewards.
• Stormtalon's Lair: Blade-Wind the Invoker and Stormtalon run their scripted fights, and a five-player test party has killed both.
• Test players log in over the network and play quests the way a person would.

Still to come before anyone can play

• Signing in with the real game client. This is the main thing between here and a playable test.
• Showing creatures and vendors to the game client.
• Every quest in the starting zones, then the zones up to level 20.
• Chat, groups, housing and mounts.
• The rest of Stormtalon's Lair.

When

There is no date yet. We would sooner say nothing than promise one we cannot keep. This page will change as the list above gets shorter.