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UPDATE!

Added link to the knowledge system spotlight.

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1. DEVELOPMENT:

• There will be a wipe after every time-limited testing phase. That includes beta testing phases.

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2. FORUM, HERO/GUILD PROFILES AND THE FOUNDATION:

• The hero profile isn't the actual way you will create a character ingame.

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5. EXPLORATION AND SURVIVAL:

• There will be recurring PvE events, especially on Arboreus.
• Maps are unlocked with tools, but you don't create an actual tradeable map.

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7. COMBAT AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM:

• Prometheus's response on cookie cutter builds.
• A bit more info about what interactions with animals entails.
• There's nothing inherently bad about a demon being cut off from a few level 3 abilities :rofl:.

Q&A SUMMARIES:

• Summary of the first Q&A.
• Survival & Travel Q&A Livestream.
• Crafting & Building Q&A livestream.

UPDATE!

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1. DEVELOPMENT:

• The testing phases will be time-limited.

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4. PLANETS & ASTEROIDS:

• Biomes blend gradually without any hard boundary.
• Aside from major events, maps won't change over time.

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5. EXPLORATION AND SURVIVAL:

• Swimming is not planned.
• It will be possible to loot Goblin camps, ruins, etc.
• There will be a minimap.

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7. COMBAT AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM:

• Grouping will remove friendly fire for now. The devs might reconsider this decision.
• There's full collision between players and creatures. Alpha testing will determine whether or not it's feasible on a large scale.

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11. SERVERS AND TECHNICAL INFO:

• You can zoom but you cannot change the camera angle.
• The server will be hosted in NA. If latency is an issue, DS will open a server in the EU as well.

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UPDATE!

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1. DEVELOPMENT:

• Kickstarter backers who upgrade their pledge on the website still receive all the Kickstarter backer-based rewards.

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7. COMBAT AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM:

• Spell ranks are no longer a thing. Instead, higher ranks will grant alternative versions.

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8. CRAFTING, EQUIPMENT AND ECONOMY:

• Items will lose durability and eventually break.
• Fractured will not have "legendary armor" but will have very rare cosmetics, trophies, etc.
• Mines have an outdoor area and a dungeon-like area.

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10. GUILDS:

• Bit of info about the custom guild crests.

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So, you visit the forum and discover there's a new feature: Hero profiles. Like any other starving foundation point addict, you rush to your profile for your glorious new quests to raise your internet points to higher levels. Unfortunately, one of those quests require you to create a guild. This is not hard to do, but why would you waste 3 precious clicks on making a guild of your own when there's a much better solution! Without further ado, let me introduce to you: Foundation Point Inc! The one guild for all your foundation point needs. With just one click, you can claim your precious points for free! This is 2 clicks less compared to making your own guild. Join now: https://fracturedmmo.com/guild-profile/id/14/ THE solution to all your foundation point needs.

(In all seriousness, I have created this guild to gather all the people who just want to finish their quest into one guild, instead of hundreds of 1 member guilds. You're free to stay after joining, and I wouldn't be surprised if the devs introduce more quests related to guilds in the future. However, it is very unlikely this guild will still exist after the game goes live and the foundation ends.)

So, you visit the forum and discover there's a new feature: Hero profiles. Like any other starving foundation point addict, you rush to your profile for your glorious new quests to raise your internet points to higher levels. Unfortunately, one of those quests require you to create a guild. This is not hard to do, but why would you waste 3 precious clicks on making a guild of your own when there's a much better solution! Without further ado, let me introduce to you: Foundation Point Inc! The one guild for all your foundation point needs. With just one click, you can claim your precious points for free! This is 2 clicks less compared to making your own guild. Join now: https://fracturedmmo.com/guild-profile/id/14/ THE solution to all your foundation point needs.

(In all seriousness, better to have one guild for the foundation point addicts than hundreds of 1 member guilds. )

UPDATE

I've updated the main post with some more information.

Additionally, I've updated the number of devs because Prometheus corrected me in a private message that they now have 8 full-time devs!

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• GAMEPLAY

Loot rights:
Little bit of info about loot rights:
https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/topic/244/loot-system/5

Exilement:
It's possible to be exiled from your own race's planet.
https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/topic/117/hello/4

Hunger/Thirst system:
Confirmation that a hunger/thirst system exists:
https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/topic/166/hi/5

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• SERVERS AND TECHNICAL INFO

Windows XP and Fractured:
The game can be played on Windows XP apparently.
https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/topic/29/operating-systems-being-looked-at/7

It's buy-to-play with a cosmetic cash shop. No mandatory subscriptions or anything like that from what we know.

UPDATE!

I have finally discovered how to hotlink on this forum, and thanks to this I can finally overhaul the thread the way I had always envisioned it. I have added more catagories and slimmed down the list. In addition to that, I have updated the OP with a lot of answers given by Prometheus over the last week.

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1. DEVELOPMENT:

• What inspired the devs to make Fractured?

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2. CHARACTER CREATION:

• There will likely be a limited amount of attribute respecs are character creation.

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3. RACES, PLANETS AND INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL

• Information about human technology.

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4. EXPLORATION AND SURVIVAL:

• Fractured will have a temperature system, so dress properly.
• Fractured will not have multi-passenger mounts or vehicles.

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10. SERVERS AND TECHNICAL INFO

• Authenticators will be implemented when the first alpha tests go live.

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6. COMBAT AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM

• Some abilities are tied to specific weapons.

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7. CRAFTING, EQUIPMENT AND ECONOMY:

• Information about the differences between armor types
• There's no global bank, auction house or market.
• Carts and carriages to transport goods will exist.

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8. ROLE-PLAYING

• Little bit of info about role-playing.

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11. MONETIZATION

• No decision has been made yet on whether or not Fractured will have a VIP subscription.

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I agree with you @Holya that the necroing is starting to look bad, especially in the welcome section where people dig deeper and deeper to post a standard welcome post for their daily. With that said, I think the main reason why it's messy right now is because there simply isn't much to talk about. Hopefully when the game is further along in development we will also see better discussions.

UPDATE!

Small update.

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4. RACES AND PLANETS:

• You can change your alignment within the limits of your race.

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7. COMBAT AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM:

• You can only worship one god at a time.
• There's no limit to what your character can learn.
• How character strengths and weaknesses will affect you.

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UPDATE!

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2. FORUM, HERO/GUILD PROFILES AND THE FOUNDATION:

• More information about the Foundation.

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7. COMBAT AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM:

• There are several alchemist/herbalist abilities.
• Knowledge points from exploration and bestiary are limited, relics and item identification are unlimited.
• The Knowledge System covers the role of an achievement system in a way.

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10. GUILDS:

• There will be a variety of guild rankings in-game..

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UPDATE!

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7. COMBAT AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM:

• Info about creature density and combat.
• Some info about the primal form's abilities, which are currently fixed instead of customizable.

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8. CRAFTING, EQUIPMENT AND ECONOMY:

• Primal forms are for fighting, not crafting.

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10. GUILDS:

• Guilds can own more than one city.
• Some info about guild member caps.

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UPDATE!

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2. FORUM, HERO/GUILD PROFILES AND THE FOUNDATION:

• More forum sections are coming in the future.

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6. EMPIRE-BUILDING:

• A bit of info about governing a town.

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7. COMBAT AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM:

• How to deal with immunities.
• Mounted combat is not planned for Fractured. Also a few other details about mounts.

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8. CRAFTING, EQUIPMENT AND ECONOMY:

• More info about gear/weapons.

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12. MONETIZATION:

• Can you pay with cryptocurrency?
• The VIP sub will be account-wide.
• The lifetime VIP sub is a crowdfunding-only reward.

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14. MISCELLANEOUS:

• Fractured is GDPR compliant.

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UPDATE!

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1. DEVELOPMENT:

• The world(s) will be scaled based on the amount of players expected for each testing phase.

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3. RACES & RELIGION:

• both your look and your attribute bonuses/maluses as an Angel or Abomination will depend on the family (sub-race) of your character.

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4. PLANETS & ASTEROIDS:

• Info about world size.

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6. EMPIRE-BUILDING:

• You can repair buildings yourself, you don't need a carpenter to do so.

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7. COMBAT AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM:

• More info about combat.

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11. SERVERS AND TECHNICAL INFO:

• Beta is the target for MacOS support.

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@teeboned said in Feature Spotlight #2 - Universe, Planets and Travels:

This post is full of awesome clarifications. Trying to get a few friends on board with this but they are being hard to sway with what there is available at the moment.

Yeah, it's hard to get people on board right now. We'll just have to wait for more information to be revealed. Once the devs start talking about stuff like the knowledge system, I think we're going to see a lot more activity.. Hopefully.

@Prometheus, thanks for the answers. Good to know survival isn't going to eat up all our gametime.

It's an isometric click-to-move game, similarly to games like Diablo 3 and Path of Exile.

Oh yeah I would love to be a simple peasant rather than being the center of attention. It's one of the things I used to love about WoW's starting experience. Your character didn't start as a champion of justice sent down by the gods themselves, but as a simple citizen with a spade for a weapon.

@greenfire said in Hero and Guild creation now live in The Foundation:

Yes, you get points, but why make one now, when it isn't going to be reserved in game. I'm sure there will be players happy to take guild names and hero names from other players, you know, just for fun...

As long as the foundation quests don't have expiry dates on them, you can do this later, hopefully once you're able to reserve your guild and hero name in game.

I get what you're saying. Griefing is certainly a concern yeah. If you just want to join a guild for the sake of it, Foundation Point Inc is always open.

@lohen I assume Prometheus meant that for example animals drop crafting materials while bandits drop currency.