The version that running on Live was from last July (!), so there is value in refreshing the environment and getting God's Reach and Infected in front of new players for that reason alone. Both the Dregs and the new player experience will be added to this version once they stabilize to a point where we feel comfortable; at a minimum there are some campaign scoring issues that we need to iron out.

We're working on both of the above as we speak. and yes, they will both be added to the alpha environment prior to beta.

Beta, for us, will trigger when we feel comfortable enough with the build to begin inviting in the registered crowfall.com players (360k or so) in waves.

Todd

If you want to continue playing Dregs, then stay on Test.

Live was so out of date (almost a year) that it needed to be updated.

Todd

No, our investors and partners weren't consulted on this, and there are no contractual obligations or monetary triggers behind it. I made the call to push GR and Infected up to Live because it's a better experience for new players in almost every way -- as you would expect from 9+ months of development. Client performance is far better, as you suggest (we're seeing an increase of +20 for most players, and even up to +50 fps for some), but every other game system is better as well. Lighting is improved. Seasons now change the appearance of the world. AI is better. The user interface has been significantly overhauled. The powers system has 9+ months of bug fixing and polish. There is a mountain of new features and content.

Propping to Live now also spreads out two different risks that were previously tied together (launching such a large build AND launching a new type of Campaign) so that we can tackle issues that arise in one or the other without fighting a war on two fro...

We'll never let it fall that far behind again.

Todd

Yes. Didn't we already cover that?

Todd

Oh, got it. I meant "if you want to play on Dregs right now, then stay on Test."

Todd