Dev Talk: Knightfall Introduction
While Albion East has helped bring record numbers of players to the game, we’ve been hard at work on our next major patch, called Knightfall. In this Dev Talk, Game Director Robin Henkys takes a look at some of the features and improvements that will be introduced with this patch (subtitles are available for all supported languages):
The Mists: New Features
Three new gameplay features added to the Mists:
Caches: a new type of chest found in Mob Camps, with personal rewards for each player who completes the objective Coffers: similar to open-world treasures, but only reveal their location to nearby players Knightfall Abbey: a new type of dungeon within the Mists, which will be explored in a forthcoming Dev Talk
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Roads of Avalon: Changes and Improvements
Various changes made to the Roads of Avalon:
Elite Camps: Difficulty and rewards rebalanced for groups of 5-7 Journey Back cost from Brecilien to the Roads halved More off-road paths added, as well as more roaming Mobs New upgrade levels of Avalonian Mages and Archers Hideouts can be declared a Headquarters even without a booster Power Cores in the Roads more concentrated on Raid regions
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New Items
A new trader, Eralia Wayfarer, can be found in Brecilien. Depending on your Brecilien Standing, you can purchase several items here:
Ingredients for Brecilien Capes, with a Mists-inspired design and protective shield ability Eggs to grow Mystic Owls or Elite Mystic Owls: Have reduced load capacity, but very high speed Elite Mystic Owls have a Glide ability, flying upwards and becoming temporarily unhittable ‘Wanderer in the Mists’ Avatar and Avatar Ring for Mists veterans//assets.albiononline.com/uploads/media/default/media/b0422ef0a6876b2b90630972e84662c778f9a3b0.jpeg
At the Energy Manipulator you can now also buy ingredients for Avalonian Capes, which have a damage-debuffing energy explosion ability.
Quality-of-Life Improvements
This patch also brings several big Quality-of-Life improvements:
‘Travel Mode’ display option: a partly-transparent Region Map overlaid on the screen Items can be repaired at the Marketplace Character gender can be changed for Gold Directional movement can be bound to hotkeys (for example WASD) …and much more
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Along with all this, Knightfall comes with a significant number of combat balance adjustments to shake up the meta.
The patch is now on the test servers, and we look forward to receiving your feedback on these features. Join us again for another Dev Talk soon, where we’ll dive into the new Mists dungeon: Knightfall Abbey.