Weekly Update 310: Huge step forward

The time has come to show you the first iteration of one of the biggest coding tasks that our programmers were working on in recent months. Gloria Victis is receiving a dedicated system of clustering, which will ensure an enormous performance boost, and opens countless new possibilities: Private guild areas, dungeons, unique events, and more!

First global tests of this new system are starting now, as the system was used to rework the backend on the Valley of Death Tournament. VoD itself receives a long-awaited third map!

We are also welcoming you to the new Glory Season! The top players of last season have earned their rewards and titles, so it's time to once again start the cyclic competition and fight your way to the top of the new season’s ladder!

And yes – we increased the worm's drop from weeds. And fixed looting players in crops. And the horse indicator position reset after relog. Among others. :)

Let’s read the details!

The screenshot’s authors have been awarded. Drainthar, Yilda, and YoYoo – check your Ambers!

Changelog v.0.9.9.3 Beta

Cluster system

Our main goal to leave Early Access is to make sure we are able to scale up our servers and keep many more players concurrently playing on them. Today, we are doing the first huge step which we were working on for a few months already.

The Valley of Death tournament will be put at a different cluster, which means it will work on different applications server-wise, and so it won't affect the main map of the game, and the main map of the game won't affect VoD performance.

This is very important, as we are already hosting servers that can handle around 600 players, a few thousand AI enemies, and more than 10k other network objects like walls or resources at the same time. This is a huge number for a single application of such a dynamic game, and dividing the world into clusters will allow us to increase this capacity greatly.

From the player perspective, nothing should change in terms of gameplay mechanics, but after some initial tests and expanding this system, we will be able to handle much more playerbase with much better server performance. Please be aware that such a huge change, even if it was tested by our testers for weeks can have some regression on some edge cases, especially while moving from the main world to the Valley of Death event and returning back, please report any regression you will find and we will be fixing it as soon as possible.

New Glory Season

The new Glory Season starts now! Each player who became Arena Master or earned the God of War title in the ending season will receive unique, signed swords as a souvenir. Additionally, players from the top of the ranking list receive proper gold rewards and titles. Beyond the fame and respect, there are many reasons to push your way to the top! We’re planning to deliver all rewards in the next 48 hours, so please, stay patient.

A little explanation for the new players: Glory is a season-based ranking that rewards you for activity in the faction v faction v faction PVP. The seasons last 2 months and are rewarded with unique titles, as well as gold. Also, every Thursday night you’ll get Contribution Points – an in-game currency used to purchase special items from the Glory Quartermasters. The amount of earned CP depends on your position on the leaderboard, so climb