We are another week down and one week closer to the expansion!

The teams have been continuing their efforts and preparations for the expansion and with the next update for the game. The major focus this week again, is still on the preparation for the expansion and preparation for the Alternate Advancement System testing. As conveyed in the previous community update, a lot goes into the Alternate Advancement System and it all has to come together in order to complete the big picture. The new system is a very complex feature that includes many new enhancements to both player progression and class advancement for the upcoming expansion. That’s not an easy task to take on, but the teams have been working hard to pull it all together and bring you something that’s both exciting and rewarding for the expansion.

This week we also have a small addendum from the Systems Team. While working on the new systems for the expansion, the team wanted to highlight that we are adding hundreds of new abilities to the game, and those abilities will be spread throughout all classes for the expansion. They are spending a lot of time with internal testing, reading Advocate reports and reading the forums for feedback with how players view their current classes. The Systems Team will also look towards the future on where each class currently stands before and after the expansion. They are very excited about the coming Alternate Advancement System and believe it will keep true to the existing class themes in its original design. Other classes that players may feel need some more direction, may also receive some more fine-tuning in order bring them up to the focus that the designs want them to be.

Last week we mentioned briefly about capturing footage for the GDC presentation. We are happy to announce that we have put together a very nice showing that includes some awesome footage of what’s to come with the expansion. We gave our developers a sneak peek at the presentation for the morning Conan team meeting and everyone is looking forward to what we have to bring this year for the show. So stay tuned! There will be a lot of great information coming your way after the convention this year.

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