Status of PFO?

[Nightdrifter]

So...long time since I've been here. Wondering what the current status of PFO is in late 2018. I remember leaving around the time 'NewCorp' was supposed to bring in new funding, but in the years since have heard nothing about it.

How much has been developed since then? Have all the kickstarter rewards (the bonus items, packs, etc.) been implemented yet? Is it still only a couple of devs left? Basically just curious how things are going.

[Bob Settles]

There are still just two of us, Cole and myself, but we've gotten quite a bit done since you last checked in, including:

• Settlement Structure Upgrades: Each structure is upgraded individually to determine its capabilities.

• Development Indexes: Placing/upgrading structures requires sufficient DI, which is provided primarily by controlling territory.

• Taxation: Settlements and Holdings collect taxes for various activities (e.g. crafting, hiring mules, auction house sales) to help pay for their upkeep.

• Ninjas: A new escalation, Over the Crown, brings ninjas of the Ruby Crypt clan, as well as samurai and wizards of the Shojinawa family employing them, all the way across the world from Tian Xia to the Echo Woods.

• Adventurer’s Cottages and Crafter’s Studios: New premium player housing options give characters a personal home in their settlements.

• Azoth: Premium item that improves the output of refining and crafting projects, or can be converted into months of game time.

• Harvesting: Find resource “gushers” that attract attacking creatures while being harvested.

• Raids: Attack each other’s vulnerable Holdings to steal bulk resources.

• Invasions: Creatures from nearby escalations, or just from the hex itself, can attack holdings to steal that day’s bulk resource production.

• Hex Security Levels: Settlements/companies can set rules for unsanctioned combat in their territory, providing more control over your own territory.

• Protected Hexes: Holdings/outposts in hexes neighbored by 4 allied hexes can't be attacked, allowing alliances to build a more defensible perimeter.

• Finding Your Path: New quest to guide new players up to Tier 2 capabilities.

• Ammunition: Most ranged attacks use arrows or charges, with higher-quality crafted ammunition making those attacks much more effective.

• Line of Sight: Attacker and target need clear line of sight to attack each other.

• Settlement/Company Messages: Communicate with settlement/company members through messages they see each time they log in.

• Friends Lists: Keep track of other characters you'd like to interact with regularly in-game, using pull-down lists to make those interactions easier to initiate.
  

We've made lots of other bug fixes and improvements along the way, which you can read more about in the various Release Notes posts on our blog.

We haven't gotten to more of the Kickstarter rewards yet. However, our next big update (late October) will deliver Enchanting, which will include the Bags of Holding and Rings of Protection for the New Player Packs. Enchanting will also put us in a better position to finish off the Daily Deals, which we hope to get to soon.

[Nightdrifter]

Necro:

Since the game is shutting down later this year, I'm curious if those kickstarter rewards ever got completed? I sold my account years ago so it's been a long time since I've cared about those rewards, but I'm still curious if those were ever completed.