Announcing OrbusVR: Reborn -- Our First Expansion and a Major Overhaul of the Game

[Riley_D]

Yes I would consider adding them for a very high amount of tokens, we’ll see.

As with any MMO expansion, there will be newer more powerful recipes of things such as healing potions to support the higher health pools from advancing to a higher level. So a healing potion that’s great for level 20 today will still be great for level 20 in the expansion, but it won’t be relevant for max-level content. Some current ingredients will be used in the new recipes, some new ingredients will be introduced as well. All of that itemization is not finalized yet though.

I do want to point out that we are at least 6 months away from this coming out, and we have plans for the Defend the Realm event that involve using some of those current items up, so just something to keep in mind.

[Riley_D]

Sadly I cannot reveal anything else about the other two classes at this time

[sean_d]

will There be a easier or more consistent way of getting our favorite dyes? I don’t mind having to replace them but certain dyes are really annoying to obtain. I’d love to be able to use tokens to buy toxic dyes. Is there any plan to maybe make dyes like transmog sets? Once you obtain the dye it’s yours, but it still costs dram to apply it.

[Rickness_Voidwalker]

Yes I would consider adding them for a very high amount of tokens, we’ll see.

[Logan]

imagination runs wild The possibilities are endless!

I’m already preparing for the future beta tests. 20 bottles of water and 7 packs of granola bars. Suit up!

[Riley_D]

All of the current dyes will be available in the new game as well as some new ones. I don’t think it would ever go to a once-unlocked system though. There will be some new ways to get those current hard to obtain ones though.

[sean_d]

Awesome! I just want a reliable way to obtain my favorite toxic dye.

[Orednod_wandering_gl]

Guess this means I wont be the only bard class character in the game anymore.

How do we sign up for the beta?

[Tohuki]

Great, thanks for the reply. I’m looking forward to the update already!

[Justin]

I’m in awe with this Blog Post!

Great Job Riley and the Team.

[Cameron_W]

First off I want to say this looks amazing, Im really glad to see what looks like very promising improvments and additions to the game it all looks great. I am just curious though if we should expect any changes to the classes and talents up to level 20, I assume there will new ones with the level increase but are we to excpect the current ones to stay the same?

[Riley_D]

How do we sign up for the beta?

More details on that will come in the future but basically if you’re already playing the game, you’ll be able to participate in the beta. It’s not going to be limited to a certain number of slots or anything.

[Riley_D]

I am just curious though if we should expect any changes to the classes and talents up to level 20, I assume there will new ones with the level increase but are we to excpect the current ones to stay the same?

I think I addressed this already here:

Announcing OrbusVR: Reborn -- Our First Expansion and a Major Overhaul of the Game

My long-term hope is that we’re going to bring the current Raid back as a “retro” stand-alone activity at some point. It’s actually not too bad in terms of what we’d have to re-work to make that happen compared to say the overworld zones. I would say there is a good chance of that happening at some point, and then the pets would be available to get via that. But other than that, no plans to make those pets (or capes) available anywhere else. Note that there is not a new pet for the Expert Mode …

But if there’s something in particular that doesn’t answer let me know. In general I don’t have all the details on that yet.

[Logan]

Looking at the character customization. It looks really cool ((not a fan of the face) We all want to look badass and beautiful!)) And I was curious if we could rotate the body. I notice it turns when you turn, but it could be hard to set proper proportions when you’re view is limited to only front-facing.

[Alex_F]

Will the market system change?

[Riley_D]

You’re not a fan of that specific face in terms of the eyes/nose/mouth you mean? Yeah there will be a lot of other options than that one. Like, way more than before.

I notice it turns when you turn, but it could be hard to set proper proportions when you’re view is limited to only front-facing.

Yeah there will be some changes to how that works. It’s basically just a prototype at this point.

[Riley_D]

Will the market system change?

There are going to be changes to how the in-game trading works in general, yes. We will have more details on that in the future. Market Stalls will be sticking around in general but there will be an expanded set of options for those who don’t have a stall to sell their goods to other players as well.

[Alex_F]

Thats good to hear! Can you tell us maybe a little about the new crafting Discipline? I hope it doesn’t replace the old ones.

[Logan]

I’m not a fan of the eyebrows,eyes,mouth. He looks. . . old and sad? lol With a narrow face he looks malnourished and sunken. With a chubby face he looks super depressed.
I don’t have any examples of what I’d like (always easier to criticize than to correct) but the body changes themselves are really really cool

[Johann]

Looks really cool. Will this expansion allow us to see healing numbers and show dmg number on players? Will this expansion have our movement grid be a circle instead of square?