Dev Talk: Year-End Update
The past year brought some major changes, improvements, and new features to the world of Albion:
In total we released 29 updates and patches with the majority happening out of our homes. Albion now consistently has over 500,000 active players every month, and player numbers are still growing.
Major changes coming in the next year include:
Improvements to the open world and world design of Albion:
Combat improvements:
Additional goals:
For guilds in general, we want to expand on Hideouts with additional open-world buildings guilds could use to protect territories, collect resources or provide combat support in the open world. And for beginning players, we want to introduce a mentoring program called the Albion Academy.
As usual at the end of the year, were looking for your opinions about Albion Online. What are we doing well? What do we need to improve? And what features would you like to see? You can tell us in our end-of-year survey which well be sending to active players who have opted-in to receive the newsletter in the coming weeks, or fill out our Roadmap Survey here. Your feedback will help us decide which features to prioritize as we continue our journey to make Albion Online the best Sandbox MMORPG in the world. Thank you for your continued support, and we'll see you in 2021!
[ 2020-12-17 13:22:57 CET ] [ Original post ]
2020 was Albion's biggest year yet, with numerous patches and updates, a host of major new features, and an ever-growing player population. In the final Dev Talk of the year, Game Director Robin Henkys looks back at the past year in the world of Albion before looking ahead to what's coming in 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxosGPJl3f4&feature=emb_logo
To take the year-end survey mentioned in the video, click here.
No time to watch the video, or prefer a written summary? Then read on...
2020: Albion's Biggest Year Yet
The past year brought some major changes, improvements, and new features to the world of Albion:
- Complete Outlands overhaul
- Introduction of Hideouts
- Open-World Territory Battles
- Avalonians and Elite dungeons
- Crystal League
- Avalonian Weapons and Armor
- Roads of Avalon
- Wardrobe Skins
- Corrupted Dungeons
- Outlands Banks
- Updated UIs
- 2 new languages
- Combat Balance Improvements
- Mobile improvements: New mobile HUD and control scheme, auto-updating, beta of the Google Play Store version
- 20v20 Crystal League battles and other Season 11 adjustments
In total we released 29 updates and patches with the majority happening out of our homes. Albion now consistently has over 500,000 active players every month, and player numbers are still growing.
Looking Forward to 2021
Major changes coming in the next year include:
- A complete Faction Warfare rework to bring open-world warfare to every player
- Improving Hellgates to make fair, smaller-scale PvP widely accessible and rewarding
- Loadouts, which allow you to save, share and quick-equip item sets on your character
Improvements to the open world and world design of Albion:
- Reworking the fundamental building blocks of the world
- Improving visual quality while reducing dead ends and nonsensical layouts
- Improving open-world locations like large static dungeons, making them high-value hotspots
- Making treasures appear less predictably to trigger smaller-scale fights as intended
- Improving the world map with more information about ongoing activities
- Loadouts for quick-equipping items
- Additional functionality to quick-buy Loadouts from Marketplaces
- Adding better information about actual costs to crafting UIs
- Tackling long-standing convenience issues like a Use All functionality for Tomes and Silver bags
Combat improvements:
- Giving each type of mount, even non-rare mounts, their own spells and abilities
- Further expansion of equipment choices available to players
- 2021 will be the year Albion Online officially releases for phones and tablets
- Will launch on both iOS and the Google Play Store
Additional goals:
- Long-needed Castle improvements
- Siege equipment and defensive structures
- Roaming mob improvements
- Additional content and exploration goals for the Roads of Avalon
- Expansion of options and visual improvements for Destiny Board
- Trade contracts allowing players to offer Silver for item delivery
- Revisiting the role of laborers and offering additional features and variety on player islands
- Legendary item crafting to leave a permanent mark in the world of Albion
- New mounts and equipment (gathering mounts, potential new resource tier)
- More lore and quests
- Special collectible rewards for completing quests
- Increased capabilities for guild management
- Improved Web API
For guilds in general, we want to expand on Hideouts with additional open-world buildings guilds could use to protect territories, collect resources or provide combat support in the open world. And for beginning players, we want to introduce a mentoring program called the Albion Academy.
We Need You!
As usual at the end of the year, were looking for your opinions about Albion Online. What are we doing well? What do we need to improve? And what features would you like to see? You can tell us in our end-of-year survey which well be sending to active players who have opted-in to receive the newsletter in the coming weeks, or fill out our Roadmap Survey here. Your feedback will help us decide which features to prioritize as we continue our journey to make Albion Online the best Sandbox MMORPG in the world. Thank you for your continued support, and we'll see you in 2021!
Albion Online
Sandbox Interactive GmbH
Sandbox Interactive GmbH
2018-05-16
RPG MMO Multiplayer
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https://albiononline.com
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Albion Online is a sandbox MMORPG set in an open medieval fantasy world. The game features a player-driven economy where nearly every item is player-crafted. Combine armor pieces and weapons suited to your playstyle in a unique, classless "you are what you wear" system. Explore the world, take on other adventurers in thrilling battles, conquer territories, and build a home.
Craft. Trade. Conquer.
Dive in now and become part of a living fantasy world where everybody matters.
From basic tools and clothes to mighty armors and powerful weapons – nearly every item in the game is crafted by players, in player-constructed buildings, from resources gathered by players. Buy, sell, and trade with other players at local marketplaces all across the world of Albion. Craft rare and powerful items, then sell them to the highest bidder and grow your fortune.
In Albion Online's classless combat system, you are what you wear. The weapons and armor you use define your skills, and switching playstyles is as easy as switching gear. Test out new equipment anytime and change up your weapons, armor, and mounts to suit any situation. Hone your character’s skills by crafting new items, or by simply using your favorite equipment.
From solo to small-group to large-scale battles, you'll need strategy, tactics, and skill to prevail. Test yourself against other adventurers in high-risk, high-reward full-loot fights. Level your combat specializations, create unique builds with complementary skills, and use every tool at your disposal to emerge victorious.
Join a guild and carve out your own piece of Albion in massive open-world battles. Claim territories for access to incredible resources, construct guild halls, and conquer entire cities to levy taxes and grow your wealth. Build a Hideout to give your guild a powerful home base deep in dangerous lands. Lead your guild to victory in the Crystal League, and track your progress against other guilds worldwide on a constantly-updated seasonal leaderboard.
Claim a city plot or private island and make it your own. Grow crops to sell or craft into food, raise your own livestock and mounts, and place crafting stations for other players to use for a fee. Stock your house with custom furniture and trophies, build chests to store your growing collection of loot, and hire laborers to keep everything at your homestead running smoothly.
From small scouting bands to massive bosses, from dungeons to full-blown faction bases, the inhabitants of Albion’s open world await your challenge. Take on six different factions, each with different enemies that require unique strategies. Partake in solo or group Expeditions, or seek out the ultimate thrill by facing demons and other players alike in Hellgates and Corrupted Dungeons.
Explore five beautiful biomes, each with its own challenges. Gather valuable raw materials for crafting, or cast a line into Albion's waters to catch rare and valuable fish. Seek out randomly generated solo and group dungeons and slay powerful foes for valuable loot. Enter the mystical Roads of Avalon to discover ever-changing paths between distant zones, face off against long-dormant foes, and build your own Hideout in this vast and ancient land.
Albion Online is a true cross-platform MMO experience. Whether you prefer Windows, Mac, Linux, or even Android or iOS (mobile currently in beta), one account lets you play on all platforms, with all players on a single shared server. Forge alliances with other players worldwide and take part in massive battles to determine the fate of Albion.
Craft. Trade. Conquer.
Dive in now and become part of a living fantasy world where everybody matters.
Key Features
From basic tools and clothes to mighty armors and powerful weapons – nearly every item in the game is crafted by players, in player-constructed buildings, from resources gathered by players. Buy, sell, and trade with other players at local marketplaces all across the world of Albion. Craft rare and powerful items, then sell them to the highest bidder and grow your fortune.
In Albion Online's classless combat system, you are what you wear. The weapons and armor you use define your skills, and switching playstyles is as easy as switching gear. Test out new equipment anytime and change up your weapons, armor, and mounts to suit any situation. Hone your character’s skills by crafting new items, or by simply using your favorite equipment.
From solo to small-group to large-scale battles, you'll need strategy, tactics, and skill to prevail. Test yourself against other adventurers in high-risk, high-reward full-loot fights. Level your combat specializations, create unique builds with complementary skills, and use every tool at your disposal to emerge victorious.
Join a guild and carve out your own piece of Albion in massive open-world battles. Claim territories for access to incredible resources, construct guild halls, and conquer entire cities to levy taxes and grow your wealth. Build a Hideout to give your guild a powerful home base deep in dangerous lands. Lead your guild to victory in the Crystal League, and track your progress against other guilds worldwide on a constantly-updated seasonal leaderboard.
Claim a city plot or private island and make it your own. Grow crops to sell or craft into food, raise your own livestock and mounts, and place crafting stations for other players to use for a fee. Stock your house with custom furniture and trophies, build chests to store your growing collection of loot, and hire laborers to keep everything at your homestead running smoothly.
From small scouting bands to massive bosses, from dungeons to full-blown faction bases, the inhabitants of Albion’s open world await your challenge. Take on six different factions, each with different enemies that require unique strategies. Partake in solo or group Expeditions, or seek out the ultimate thrill by facing demons and other players alike in Hellgates and Corrupted Dungeons.
Explore five beautiful biomes, each with its own challenges. Gather valuable raw materials for crafting, or cast a line into Albion's waters to catch rare and valuable fish. Seek out randomly generated solo and group dungeons and slay powerful foes for valuable loot. Enter the mystical Roads of Avalon to discover ever-changing paths between distant zones, face off against long-dormant foes, and build your own Hideout in this vast and ancient land.
Albion Online is a true cross-platform MMO experience. Whether you prefer Windows, Mac, Linux, or even Android or iOS (mobile currently in beta), one account lets you play on all platforms, with all players on a single shared server. Forge alliances with other players worldwide and take part in massive battles to determine the fate of Albion.
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- OS: Ubuntu 14.04 - 18.04 LTS 64 bit or SteamOS (other distributions may work. but are not officially supported)
- Processor: Intel/AMD CPU with SSE2Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card with OpenGL 3.3 support or betterNetwork: Broadband Internet connectionSound Card: SDL2: libsdl2-2.0-0
- OS: Ubuntu 14.04 - 18.04 LTS 64 bit or SteamOS (other distributions may work. but are not officially supported)
- Processor: Intel/AMD CPU with SSE2Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card with OpenGL 3.3 support or betterNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 8 GB available space
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