Over the last two months Gala-Net and Astrum Nival have been working extremely hard towards the launch of Patch 1.1.0.

We realize that players have had some concerns with the patch, and we wanted to let everyone know that we’ve read all of the feedback and that we are listening. We are proactively working with the developers and discussing how player suggestions could be integrated into future versions of Allods.

We know that players are most concerned about the cursed items, incense, and the leveling experience. We acknowledge that these changes may be unappealing to some players because they require players to use items that originate from the Item Shop, and players now feel that buying Item Shop items are necessary.

However, we want to assure you that the game has not become Pay-to-Play or Pay-to-Win. At the core of Allods you can still enjoy the game without ever having to worry about spending money. Yes, Holy Charms, Incense, and Scrolls of Purification are only offered through the Item Shop, but they can be purchased from other players and the auction house. It’s important to reiterate the fact that in order to play Allods, no game purchase is required and we do not ask for credit card information in order for you to play. We assure you that the majority of active Allods players do not pay a dime and are still able to experience everything the game has to offer.

With that said, Patch 1.1.0 is a critical building block for Allods Online. This was confirmed with a conversation we recently had with Astrum Nival where they stated that, “Patch 1.1.0 is a major turning point for Allods Online.” This patch makes significant strides towards improving various aspects of the game such as rebalancing classes and introducing players to the zone of Gipat.

Allods Online is a growing game with a very strong and passionate community. Without your support and dedication this game would not be as successful as it is now. Changes made are not short-sighted. Much of what is implemented introduces the framework for upcoming patches to build an even more engaging and enjoyable game for the players.

Change is part of every MMO. Mechanics are altered, classes are rebalanced, and new features are introduced. We hope that you join us on this amazing journey as the game continues to grow and reach new heights.

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	sand
F2P games are always going to have this problem until they implement a hybrid system. Why not do a monthly subscription that would give people a set amount of incense per day. Basically - each month choose to pay for that, or use the cash shop. Not both. The people who want to spend a lot of money will have the option, and people looking for a game they can enjoy will give $15 or so a month to a game. The "free to play" model is pretty much a dud and cash shops are nice but they have to realize many people have a limit on what they can spend - either make the game playable for *real* without having to spend money or give an actual playable subscription as well as a cashshop.

 

	paul
The trouble is when others buy the items from your item shop and then put them in the AH its put in at such a high price only the rich or high lvl can afford it anyway. so doing that makes no change at all to making it easier to obtain. In a way its a hidden pay to play game. ok i dont mind the things like mounts from an item shop as thats up to the player if they want it but to have your gear useless if you die in a fight and can only use it again if you buy from the item shop. as the real money others spend just bumps up the AH price they put the item in for.

 

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	Unicron
Lets be real here, people have complained about the same stuff since like 2 weeks after beta started. Now it is like months later, and people are still complaining about the same stuff. They made a public statement saying they would address it, and now we are here again with another public statement and nothing to show for it. I really wanted to come back to this game, but it is like whoever administrates has absolutely no idea how to think outside the box, even when working F2P models are out there to get logical ideas. The fact is that the administration wants money, players want a fair game, but the administration doesn't want to integrate things that people actually 'want' to buy, instead they add things people 'need' to buy. Perhaps someone upstairs should actually look at how real F2P models are done and go back to your drawing boards. If you want profit you are going about it the wrong way.

 

	Vick
Loved the game ... i`m out thanks solely to damage nerf.

 

	Robert
Yeah, uhm, the whole new "area of gipat" is not a noteworthy "pro." My huge problem is that this patch screwed everyone over and not only made questing harder and less rewarding but also cause a lot of the players that you did have to quit, thus causing a good deal of party-ing problems. In relation to the Gipat, adding higher-level content is not going to gain support from your players when it's very hard and extremely time consuming just leveling in the first place.

 

	Vors
im just glad they really are looking at our feedback. ive yet to come across a free-to-play mmo that actually cares about wat the players are saying. good job!

 

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	Razputon
I read some of the post. Goodbye free loaders!!! Look to have servers to play on. To develop new content. To have a website for YOU to complain on. COST $$$$$$. Deal with it. there is NO I repeat NO MMO out there that does not have some sort of Cash Shop for which the get revenue off of. As long as the prices stay down, and are very reasonable (I can think of a game where the prices are outrageous) then just spend 5 to 10 dollars a month on this game and help it grow. its not like u have to spend it every month if u really dont play. I think what they did is fine, u dont like it GOODBYE. its a shame to lose ppl but it seems that the ppl that are leaving never had to pay for anything in their life before so the concept that this game cost the Company money eludes them. If you like a game and u spend hours playing it. Isnt it worth a few dollars here and there. If u say no, then ur a freeloader and well good riddens, freeloaders whine about everything as u can read. Give them a chance and if u ever like this game then be willing to spend a little. Think of it as Donations to keep ALLODS alive. And a way of saying Thanks for the enjoy of this game. U know the GAME that is keeping u from being completely bored in life.

 

	Robert
Well, first off, Thank You, really, the game is intriging. I hope that you will continue to develop the lore and world. Kudos to the Devs, Public Relations Depot, and Management. You guys have been polite and quick with responses. I don't mind if I have to spend a little money to help keep Allods going. I appreciate you all for allowing us to enjoy the game for free. I know there are other ppl that dont mind spending money on this game. Hopefully they will join me in posting. The enjoyment of the game is worth my time and money specially if keep add to this game. To me though, when I spend my hard earned money its a way for me to say "Hey, thanks for the hard work that you all put into this mmorpg. Keep it up!" I will continue to use the cash shop as needed. And really there is nothing wrong with capitalizing on a good game that you have spent time and resources in developing. Ppl don't forget that we use their servers that they have to keep up and running. Well anyways, thanks again, Just one thing though would like to see some more lore on the races and few more instances to run and maybe a LFG system so we can just que up for runs and stuff.

 

	Tyler
Ok CHOMP. U explained all of the problems except for level grinding. Point Blank: The logic behind this still hasn't been explained and it seems lacking. Maybe you guys think that making it harder to level keeps players playing longer, but this is quite the opposite. In Allods, quicker lvling= more time to create more characters later on. Right now u r pushing a lot of ppl away.

 

	Koropo
30g for one incense (if the player puts a buy out its like 50g) and 400g for a box of incense. Charms follows about the same price. Now tell me, how can a player level 20-30 keep buying incense, and reputation gear and rubies? Clearly the only ones that can play without paying the item shop are the level 40's.

 

	person who doesn’t want to pay
item shop should be a luxury, not a necessity... no matter what you say without incense you can't really do much... changing it back would be the best solution. and i've heard people complain about every single class as being overpowered... and i know that any class can beat any other class. it really depends on the player and not the class because they really are balanced

 

	meatwad000
Suggesting people can adequately play the game by getting these items from the AH is ridiculous. I'd guess a large number of people who play(ed) this game have payed a monthly subscription for another MMORP, they may not have liked it but they still did. With that said, something is so off-putting and downright deceptive when saying a game is "free to play" when with the change of a patch the bare bones of it is still free, and all the enjoyable parts of it become "pay to play". Sure you can play for free, but while being very frustrated and as a below average character... Who wants to waste time being a "handicapped" character in this game? Isn't the whole point of these equipable "gear buff" games to seek out and have good items? The fundamental part of the game is "pay to play" with this patch... Who wants to run around with crappy gear, let alone CURSED gear... The appeal of this game was that it was free and now that's done. Even if this patch gets "fixed", the fan base that wants a genuinely free to play game has every right to not trust where the game is really headed after this. I would so much rather pay a one time fee for software and be done with it. I hope one day monthly fees for a MMORP will be a thing of the past.

 

	Whitebeard
you are very correct in one thing, this is a major turning point... and it opens my eyes too... much time and effort have been wasted... much money have been turned to nothing.... i should go back to real life..

 

	Saler
If u want to build economy and if u want ppl to spend money in Item Shop, motivate them. More different mounts, and useful items. (like HP charms they replenish your HP if its lower than 50% - u can see it in PWI) if mount need food from Item Shop its useless. Keep mounts in Item Shop, but food as ingame item or eliminate feeding system. And u can see, ppl will buy more mounts for many reasons - that one is cute, second one is faster.... ect. This is way how to lower prices in Auction and how to get real money to game.

 

	JW
The problem w/ your logic is that you fail to see where the original source of incense was coming from on the AH in the past patches it was coming from the daily quest that everyone can do. Also because you didn't need incense to play the game many people sold theres on the AH, but now that everything costs real money, and unobtainable through questing, u think many people will share? I'd rather just not waste my time or money.

 

	Beletia
I quit the game several days after the patch because my character can no longer level up. I tried for several days, using the incense, but I'm no longer able to kill any mobs at the level she's at in Asee-Teph. There are no quests to go back to, I've done them all to get where she is. Since it is now pay per character, instead of pay per account (despite what is said, it's impossible to buy incense at reasonable prices in the ah with lower level characters), I will not pay to level another character just to bang my head on the same brick wall in Asee-Teph.

 

	Matt
This patch makes me a very sad panda. I liked this game a lot and even dropped some cash on it, because I felt I should support a game that had promise and although flawed, was fun--and man I just wanted more bag space. I would maybe have even survived the whole incense is necessary to kill same lvl mobs nerf for a little while.. because I had some stocked up.. but the fact that item DECAY even when you aren't playing the game makes it extremely discouraging for casual players. It means even if you do the daily quest and stockpile incense, spending many hours doing so, oh that pile will completely be gone in 6 days no matter how big it is. Also, what was this crazy memory I had of incense lasting 1 day now? It's 30 minutes... maybe if it were really 1 day that would make the game playable. This means even if you are crazy enough to pay for cash shop incense to be able to play at this point, if for some reason you need to take a week off all that incense$$ evaporates. There are sooo many problems with the new patch I will end my rant with just one point. Item expirations are the worst part of the new patch. -=Disgruntled Heatlar

 

	Blathor
Well..ty for the response, but even in the auction houses, someone had to get the charms or scrolls from cs, so it doesnt change too much... And talking about this major updates, we can notice at the forum that the community is not going to grow as devs think. I personally noticed that now, the characters need cs items to do the same ammount of damage that they normally used to do before update, and if its not a Pay-to-Win so wht is that?? We can see that the pvp combats are not so frequent cuz no one want to get their items cursed... Im almost sure that the devs didnt noticed 1 stuff: before patch, you needed patience to turn debuff out..now you need Cash shop.. Why didnt they used the old fear of death system and putted holly charms to rpevent this curse?? this way they are not imposing the cash shop items..they are just a implements and a very usefull one at wars, where you dont want to loose time...and the damage reduction and incense..ohh well...maybe at next update they force mobs to use incense too and lower their damages to balance game again...

 

	EA
As much good as the new Gipat patch brought in - incense aside - (ie: an attempt at balancing classes, new zones for 40s, new factions, mounts), it seems that they weren't completely tested before released. I still notice that summoners have a much easier time than healers or archmages, the new faction quests are in dire need of map markers, and the mounts need to have a greater impact on movement speed to match their cost.

 

	nephandys
Sure you can buy the new item in the AH in addition to the item shop. However, due to the fact that high level players need these items as much if not more than low level players the price in in-game cash is ridiculous. Considering you could purchase the item to remove FoD from a vendor in game for a reasonable price this is clearly just a money grab on the part of G-potato and Astrum Nival. This does not even touch on the nerf you have done to player damage and the buffs you have done to mobs that now require you to use incense to even bother playing. Thanks anyway I'll take my time and money elsewhere.

 

	Player
I actually have no big objections to the new patch expect the damage nerf. Most people can't even kill monsters their own level now without the use of incense. Holy charms and purifying scrolls are fine but reducing the damage so people can't complete quests kind of ruins the game. If anything were to be fixed, the damage should be reworked and balanced so people can complete their quests WITHOUT the use of incense. Incense should be optional, not a requirement.

 

	Michael
I am glad they actually listen :) Now this is what should be in every MMO :D

 

	Alan Jones
I am upset about leveling in the new patch. I keep a record of every date I level and I see a BIG difference with the new patch. A discouraging difference so much that yesterday I start looking at other MMORPGs. I left ROM for numerous reasons and after playing Allods I find that the animation is superior, the MODs are more fun, and this is only at lvls 27 and 29. To make a good game you have to pay your staff. I have no problem with a reasonable outlay of cash a month. With "free to play" I can budget it. Thanks for reading and thanks for the game.

 

	claudia fitzgerald
i really enjoy the game although some of the quest directions are not very clear on what to do to complete them i do like the map that gives an idea of where to go could you plz add beside the quest possibly like needs to be raid or suggested players to complete this would appreciate this ty for a wonderful game....i pay for wow but my change to allods in the near future this games is very close ty ty

 

	Godown
You still on that " This is a definite step in the right direction."

 

	ZiLLaTroN
Shadowmagic, couldn't have said it any better.

 

	Dreamscape
What about corrupted files ... I still can't play

 

	bigred1o1
first as many have said there is no way to afford the items needed at lower levels from the AH bc they are the same items as the lev 40s need and if you are a high level player you have way more gold some sort of sliding scale for say ever 5-10 levels would be nice that would make it cheaper to play at lower levels and make the game more welcoming to new players as well buffs the shaman heal over timer is broken the old 15min buff was very handy not over powered and all in all was a great thing to be able to cast on someone how needed some help the new one last seconds with a minuet cool down not so handy the real question for me anyways in when will you fix the friends list and ignore list sins the spam filter dose not work it would be nice to not have to see gold spammers whenever i want to have the zone chat on anyways here is hoping thanks

 

	Travail
Ok, i'm not here to whine about anything like prices, or the new system sucks. I would like you to re - examine the damage nerf, I quit the game solely for that reason, Incense, Cursed, Items, and Mount prices are fine. I would suggest a GM make a normal account and try to play till level 20+, see how much of a pain it is to find incense which is now needed to compensate for the lack of damage. All i'm saying is Cursed Items, Mounts, and Incense Prices are fine, just the necessity of Incense from the damage nerf is not fair. I would come back and most of my guild I know would come back if the damage nerf was lifted.

 

	Rick
heey i have a questen? i dont know why the russian server has talking people and the english server not gr deathweapen

 

	Rahsheen
Sounds very promising. Lets all hope it doesnt stay with words and that the current bugs are getting fixed very soon. I see a bright light at the end of the tunnel !

 

	Chris
Ok but listen guys, what you say is technically correct.. but at the low levels, WITH incense and Patron blessing I still cannot complete my quests and kill same level mobs. My issue is with that "BALANCING" you speak of.. The game is NOT playable and I would be willing to buy from the CS. Can we at least make some changes in the area of balancing so a lower level toon has a chance at making it to end game?

 

	Dimiter
do not pay a dime and are still able to experience everything the game has to offer. You cant lvl normally without incense and u cant think of instances so dont bs us.

 

	Debbie
on the holy charms you buy it should only take a charm when you die if there is a curse instead of everytime you die.

 

	Tom Sorensen
Thanks for the nice posting, its nice to know what we write Actually gets read. Yes, a better interaction between players and GM's would be very nice. Also, not sure if you guys have heard from others but personally do not care for the chat bubbles for 1 reason. (Please correct me if I am wrong)...but I don't like knowing when I whisper something to someone else, everyone else can see it. After all its called whisper for a reason, if I wanted everyone to know what I was saying I would yell. Wondering if there is anyway to turn chap bubbles off or reconfigure them?

 

	Warondar
You hit the nail right on the head. Seriously, how do people think these games are able to be created, then expand and grow? There has to be revenue coming in from somewhere? You want to kick and scream about a cash shop item or two that you think will put you at a disadvantage? Then use up some of your money or allowance to buy some of those items you feel you 'need'. This game is well worth a few dollars of your money. If you just can't afford or able to buy items, then you should you probably will just have to spend some of that ingame currency towards getting them off players or AH. Nothing is absolutely free in life. There's some associated cost to everything, and not just monetary. Keep on what your doing Allods, your doing great.

 

	Broken470
Yes that is true that the cursed items, incense, and the scrolls etc are obtainable through players and the auction house. However, these items are costing way to much. I mean 50 gold for 10 holy charms? Not many players can afford some of those. That is really unfair with the prices to some people. I mean i had 800 gold. I quit the game though because of the patch. To me the prices for everything that was required was way to pricey. I mean if they were cheaper sure, id pay the gold. And really, Incense is like 120 Gold. Once again not many people can afford this. Ive talked to some of my guild members and theyve asked me how i get over 100 Gold. Sorry but it is just really unfair. We either Pay-to-play or we Pay in game gold, lose it all, run out of all our required items and now were stuck with nothing, therefore quit because we cant do anything. All summing up to either you quit or you Pay-To-Play or Pay-To-Win.

 

	qazaam
I agree with one thing...it was a major turning point.

 

	arkist
Chomp, and to the rest of the allods team. First, thank you for publicly acknowledging player concerns. From what you stated its clear that you have been in the community listening to what actual players are saying. But simply stating that allods is not pay to play, does not make it a reality. I challenge you step into the server and look at the auction house, there is no incense. You believe that players who use the cash shop will both supply themselves and their community with items NEEDED to play the game. But the reality is that this is not happening. If I had no gpotatoes right now, there would be no way I could actually play the game. Thank you for your time. Please don't let allods die.

 

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	Allods Player
This is a game i discovered a week ago, and i think it's the best Free MMO that mature players can play. It would be sad that this game goes to cemetery by this way. I hope this situation can be solved soon.

 

	Kathleen Luty
It's great that you can buy Incense at the Auction House..... but the problem is that it is selling for 500 gold! The most I've had in my bag is 9 gold, so I would have a lot of mining to do to get up to 500... particularly as I can't mine in Darkwater, my level is not high enough. So how does one make 500 gold on Allods? And how do you get your level up if you can't mine or herb anywhere? I've paid $50 just to be able to use some incense and buy a bag, so I have quite a bit left over. I will use that up but then I won't be paying for any more. I do love this game but I would rather pay a monthly subscription than have to fork out constantly for items to enhance my character/s game play. I refuse to buy a mount as I object to having to buy feed for it, as that's more ongoing expense.

 

	Pandycane
While this is true, in fact. How will we afford Scroll of purification at level seven, if the item is very important to us, and we can't get it again [I.e a drop from Xaes] What will we do then? Also, Disregarding all of that, Will anything be done about the hacks / exploits ?

 

	roman
my purification scroll dissapeared right after i got it, game glich or only me?

 

	jaidi
well..... I really like the update... but... I hate the fact ... People who are buying things from the Item Shop... Trys to sell the items for extremely ridculous prices... There should be like a limit... Like one gpotato should be worth 1g (just an example) sort of thing.... So.....for example... Lets say I bought "Large Incense Kit" which costs 350 gpotatos... soo...now look at it this way... The game-trade system should say that each gpotato of this SPECIFIC ITEM is worth 1g each which can be sold for a maximum of 350g. Now, lets say I wanted to buy a Horse, I believe tthis costs 1150 gpotatos. soooo... lets look at this, aswell... The game-trade system should say that each gpotato of this SPECIFIC ITEM is worth 1g 50s therefore, we can say that 1150 gpotato for Horse will cost 1725g ANOTHER IDEA would be thhat if you approve the idea above, would be that there be a Minimum & Maximum price for items such as a Horse because everyone wants a Horse, correct...so lets say that the Minimum worth of each gpotato of a Horse will be 1g to a Maximum worth of each gpotato of Horse will be 2g thus it would be worth 1150g to 2300g Please, if you like my idea & have any questions about it,e-mail me.... OR if you have something in already to do something about the riduclous pricing for gpotato items... Thank you for your time

 

	Mauro
Ok. i think you guys are right. Ive just downloaded this game yesterday ... ive been playing MMORPG for about 10 years... It is Free To Play, yes. but most of the people will always complain if ItemShop is not organized. I think you should take notes on what the people in the server talks about , i wish this game doesnt transform into other MMO's, that support is shit and they only care about the ItemShop money. So far, i like the game pretty much. Good luck people

 

	Furrier
Your logic in saying that the items can still be purchased from other players is flawed... someone is still spending money on these items for you to get them. If all of these players get fed up with the costs of items what do we do then? Also if you were not moving to a pay to play system incense once used would not have its timer still going when logged out. This system makes it where you buy a 21 day subscription when using an incense kit...

 

	Lookclosely
maybe you can buy it with in-game money, but FIRST someone will HAVE to pay for it

 

	Richard
Though if you drop the damage by 250% you need to buy incense to compensate that. With my level 19 I can hardly kill a level 18/19 NPC. I think you should raise the damage to a more normal point.

 

	Shadowmagic
I believe you just invented a new term: pay-to-survive. This is a bit of a disappointment, so I'll just repeat once more what I've been saying all along: I would LOVE to pay for outfits, a mount or a ship, but I refuse to pay for a system that actively boots 90% of the community. Nobody really cares the classes get rebalanced, nor do we mind the new zone. The problem is the entire setup of the new system: you have to actually pay to enjoy the game in a normal way. People at lvl20+ who do not buy incense are so weak they can't even kill mobs of the same level! And so they leave the game... some anticipating a rollback or at least a new patch, some disillusioned and looking for a new game that's doing things right: with an item shop that rewards people who pay, not one that penalizes people who don't pay (dixit MMOhut.com). At any rate, this was the post I was waiting for, like so many others... but it still says: "We see what's happening, but it's your fault for not getting it." This is what Apple's been doing recently: "You're holding your phone the wrong way!" while it's obviously a reception issue. Real bad for your PR and it shows a fundamental disrespect toward the consumer. Well, let's still hope for change...

 

	Aire
^_^ The F2P players can't afford the AH prices. :lol: But anyway, thank you for the effort to respond to the allod community. I really like the game and I just hope the future patches won't take too long to come to NA server. The current patch is a total letdown. From what I know... People left but they will come back for future patches... That is if they the future patches content are indeed answers to the countless issues that this patch has given. Cheers and more power to AO.

 

	bonez369
we understand that we can get the cash shop items in the auction house but the prices there cannot be fixed so players make it so we the players who don't buy stuff from the cash shop have 2 pay up to 100 to 400 gold 4 the cash shop items that's what worrys me alot of players are not willing to pay such insane pricing and are just deciding to quit the game instead this is a great game and i dont want to see it die out but if somthing isnt done it will

 

	Gorgonak
I dont see anything about what they're changing/fixing and how. Please tell.

 

	Mesdoram14 Skain
This game is a challenge and I like it.

 

	G.B
Yes we players understand you developers saying that it is not a Pay-to-play game but the fact is why were theses changes brought in? I think at the rate of which genuine players are leaving, the game may just be another throw off! we players loved your ideas before and would rather see them follow through without the massive changes. we much rather the fear of death and we did like how the damage rates were fixed. just to let you know what some of your genuine players are saying! Thank you again for this game and the wonderful graphics which were enhanced.

 

	Brandon
when should the servers be back up? me and my brother are trying to log in but it keeps saying that the game can not establish a connection, even though our internet is fine... please respond :/

 

	Anonimate
the game is online now or not?

 

	MrKhan
Nice save

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