A slew of new features and invites!
We have a new update coming to the Combat Beta next week that will bring with it some exciting new features — all in preparation for the release of Early Access, which we will be announcing the date of soon.
To begin with, all players who have an account level of 50 and above will be granted Beta access. This is the last big push of new users into the Combat Beta, so take advantage of it!
Secondly, we will be implementing a test system for Seasons. Normally Seasons would run for a number of weeks, or even a month or so, but since the Beta isn’t going to carry on for that much longer we’ll instead be running two seasons over the course of two weeks. With this comes reward testing, rankings, and everything else you would expect to come with a Seasonal PvP system.
Alongside Seasons we’re adding Asynchronous PvP to the Beta, which means you can PvP against an AI controlling a player team. This means you can jump right in and play without any questions asked. Pure fightin’ goodness.
Last but not least you can look forward to combat specific Achievements, as well as a balancing tweak to prevent the abuse of one-hit mechanics seen in top level play.
We will require two hours’ maintenance to push this update, which will take place on Monday, March 20th, beginning at 5PM UTC. As such, the Beta servers will be taken offline until the update is fully implemented.
We hope you have a great time scrapping in the Arena, and we look forward to letting all of you know when you can finally dip your toes into the real deal with Combat Early Access!
