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Announcement Regarding Changes in Plans
Greetings, Saviors! We have been having much internal debate after seeing your feedback and would like to hear what you think about the following. First, we would like to explain why we had devised the 3 month Exclusive Access plan. The main concern we had with the Steam launch was whether we could provide a stable service upon release to a massive international audience. There are numerous factors that can cause instability, but we anticipate that one of the main causes would be a higher concentration of players than we expected. Many unprecedented problems may affect the servers and creating waiting queues to counter this would merely cause inconvenience for everyone. Furthermore, intrusion of numerous bot accounts would also bring detrimental results to the server and the community. We thought that the best way to provide a much more pleasant and stable gaming environment would be to estimate the approximate amount of players before the massive international release. This would prepare us to respond ideally as we gradually increase the player base. As such, we decided that launching different types of Founder's Pack sequentially would be the most realistic option after researching other cases in the past. However, we thought that Founder's Pack purchasers for other games were not receiving sufficient benefits from the Early Access. Thus, we decided to increase the Early Access period. This decision would also allow us to have enough time to stabilize the servers and adapt to international service before opening up to the mass public. However, we realized that we had missed some critical points after seeing the feedback on yesterday's announcement. The largest point that we missed was that the 3-month gap may cause a divide in the gaming community. We had made options to access the game at lower prices after 1 or 2 months in order to lessen such a divide but realized that it wasn't enough. The feedback gave us a chance to reconsider the initial plan of having 3 months of exclusive access as it proved to be too long for many players. We consider communities to be an integral part of MMORPGs and we consider each and every single player to be important to us regardless of whether or not they pay for the game. We would also like to offer our sincerest apologies for changing to a Founder's Server after announcing an Open Beta without sufficient explanation. We would like to find a way to make amends for announcing a news that let many players down who had been waiting for an Open Beta. Therefore, we would like to ask the users for their opinions on the following before making the final decision. We understand you may not agree with any of the options mentioned below. In that case, please tell us what you think is a more reasonable method. We are always attentively listening to your feedback. As always, we thank you for your interest, enthusiasm, and love for Tree of Savior. Please refer to the information below for details of each launch plan before proceeding to the poll. The poll will end in 24 hours at 4 a.m(EST) March 18th, 2016. Service shall start on a similar date regardless of which option is chosen. The poll can be accessed from the following link : https://forum.treeofsavior.com/t/announcement-regarding-changes-in-plans/145592/1 [ 1 Week Staggered Exclusive Access Period ] The first option is to reduce the Early Access period to 1 week. Founder's Server : Exclusive Access 1 A. Price : $49.99 B. Exclusive Access Period : 7 days C. Benefits : 650 TP + 2 Hair Accessories (Hanaming + Popolion Doll) Founder's Server : Exclusive Access 2 A. Price : $29.99 B. Exclusive Access Period : 4 days(3 days after previous pass) C. Benefits : 380 TP + 1 Hair Accessory (Popolion Doll) Founder's Server : Exclusive Access 3 A. Price : $9.99 B. Exclusive Access Period : 1 day(3 days after previous pass) C. Benefits : 130 TP [ 1 Month Exclusive Access Period ] The second option is to reduce the Early Access period to 1 month. Founder's Server : Exclusive Access 1 A. Price : $49.99 B. Exclusive Access Period : 1 month C. Benefits : 650 TP + 1 x 60 day Token + 2 Hair Accessories (Hanaming + Popolion Doll) + 1 Companion (Hoglan) + 1 Stat / Skill Reset Potion Founder's Server : Exclusive Access 2 A. Price : $29.99 B. Exclusive Access Period : 1 month C. Benefits : 380 TP + 1 x 30 day Token + 1 Hair Accessory (Popolion Doll) Founder's Server : Exclusive Access 3 A. Price : $9.99 B. Exclusive Access Period : 1 month C. Benefits : 160 TP [ 3 Month Staggered Exclusive Access Period ] The third option is having the 3-month Early Access period as we mentioned. Founder's Server : Exclusive Access 1 A. Price : $49.99 B. Exclusive Access Period : 3 Months C. Benefits : 600 TP + 2 Hair Accessories (Hanaming + Popolion Doll) Founder's Server : Exclusive Access 2 A. Price : $29.99 B. Exclusive Access Period : 2 Months(1 month after previous pass) C. Benefits : 350 TP + 1 Hair Accessory (Popolion Doll) Founder's Server : Exclusive Access 3 A. Price : $19.99 B. Exclusive Access Period : 1 Month(1 month after previous pass) C. Benefits : 200 TP
Announcement on Founder's Server and the Future Schedules
Greetings, this is the TOS Team. First of all, we would like to show our utmost gratitude to all of you who have been eagerly waiting for the TOS English Version for a long time. We are glad to inform you that our schedule has been confirmed. The TOS English version on Steam will kick off by offering ‘Founder’s Server: Exclusive Access’ that will initially allow access to the buyers and service will be open to everyone after 3 months. 3 types of ‘Founder’s Server: Exclusive Access’ will be released sequentially as the service period elapses. Founder's Server: Exclusive Access is scheduled to be sold from March 16th, but it is subject to change depending on the timing of Steam's authorization. We’ve come up with this initial access to prevent numerous Bot Accounts from the early stages of service and to provide a stable in-game environment to our users. Furthermore, the TOS English version will contain various customized contents that won’t be seen in the Korean version. We will continuously develop or make changes on various contents specifically for the TOS English Version so we hope everyone knows about this in advance. (*Please refer to notices and precautions below.) We’ve requested review for the exclusive access to Steam and sales will commence as soon as Steam authorizes it. We will continuously update you with the future status. Thank you. [Notices and Precautions when purchasing 'Founder's Server: Exclusive Access'] - The users from territories where we have local partners will be restricted from purchasing from the Steam Store and login to the English server. - The following territories will be restricted. “Korea/Japan/Taiwan/Indonesia/China/Hong Kong/Macau” - As for Taiwan, we will make a separate announcement soon. - The composition of items at the TP shop and their prices may differ from the Korean version. - Maximum 5 TP can be accumulated free of charge. 1 TP will be recharged every 4 hours. - Some contents, character balance, etc may differ from the Korean version. - The number of Worlds that will be opened will depend on the number of initial users online. - When the game service goes into Free to Play (June 19th), the new worlds might be added accordingly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [MAR 16th UPDATE - Further Details / Clarification] - We have plans to add new servers in June in accordance to the player base - New players may decide which server they wish to play on depending on the server situation. - There will be no data wipe of Teams or items [MAR 16th UPDATE - FAQ] - Servers will be located on the east coast of the US, same as the iCBT servers - 100 TP is priced at approximately USD$9.00 - EXP gained through hunting will be at the same rate as kTOS - The price we announced is based on the price that will be applied to the US. Please check the Steam Store Page for your regional prices. They will be adjusted by Steam Standards. [MAR 18th UPDATE - FAQ] - Access will aslo be restricted from Hong Kong and Macau
Website Renewal Announcement
Greetings, Saviors! Thank you for your continued enthusiasm and huge interest in all that is going on with TOS! Here's a short status update, for all of you tireless sentries on the lookout for more news! - International Website Renewal We are proud to announce that the Official Websites have been renewed! Please take a look and let us know what you think and whether you deem them worthy of the goddesses! - Dedicated Contributor Recognition We wanted to show our appreciation to those of you that went the extra bit to help realize iTOS sooner. As such, we have created a separate discussion category to allow the dedicated translators get their feedback across a little more easily. If you also wish to help us out and gain access to the category, see if there is anything you can do to help at Github(https://github.com/treeofsavior)! Just wanted to say that we're trying our best to get iTOS out to all you fans worldwide. We wouldn't have been able to progress so quickly without your continued enthusiasm, support and love. With love, IMC Staff
A Special Thanks to all Saviors!
Greetings, Saviors! We just wanted to use this chance that the website renewal gave us to thank all of you! Thank you all for your outstanding participation during the Reader's Choice Awards 2015! We were able to be awarded several times in the Client Games category thanks to your support! Here's the list of awards we received - 1st in the 'Most Anticipated in 2015' category - 1st in the 'Favorite MMORPG in 2015' category - 1st in the 'Best Soundtrack in 2015' category - 2nd in the 'Best Graphic in 2015' category Awards Results : http://event.mmosite.com/gameprize/?action=history Once again, our most sincere gratitude for your enthusiasm and support during the past year. We will try our best to live up to all your interest and love in 2016 as well. With love, IMC Staff