Annihilus 7.0 Timeframe Update

[Game]

Hello friends! We are in the middle of May, and while there has been much content shared with the Subscribers, we still don't have the beta ready for them yet. This has become clear to some of you already, but unfortunately the full launch of the 7.0 patch will not be ready in May. I hate making "excuses", but I've had many health related things going on in my life over the last few months and they really slowed things down more so than I anticipated. While these issues are still ongoing, things are stable enough to the point where I can give my full attention to finishing up this patch.


Now that the bad news is out of the way, let me lay out what the current timeline looks like in my head going forward. We are still REALLY pushing to have a playable beta for our Subscribers by the very end of May. As made abundantly clear, guaranteeing this is out of the question, but I am at the moment still feeling quite confident in the beta being out this month. There will be multiple phases to the beta, the first will be to test the skill rework and progression of the game and storyline. After that we will be testing the new endgame content after completing Hell, which has also been reworked from the ground up. I am not going to give an exact time frame for when the beta will complete and we will officially launch because clearly anything can happen during the beta phase, but I want you all to know 7.0 is now being worked on in full force, regardless of IRL and health issues.


We really do not want to cut any promises we made or sacrifice quality, so while we're definitely pushing to get it out ASAP, we won't take any shortcuts here. This is supposed to be a groundbreaking patch for Annihilus, and we only get one chance for a first impression.

I don't want to leave you with bad news and run away, so I will share some very small clips that the Subscribers have already seen, just so you can get an idea of just how big the skill rework is going to be. Again I am so sorry for the inconvenience, and I appreciate you all understanding the situation.


PLEASE NOTE THIS IS VERY EARLY STAGES OF 7.0. THE USER INTERFACE, GRAPHICS, ETC ARE NOT DONE IN THESE CLIPS!



https://youtu.be/QlmeaMozpNw




https://youtu.be/TlZcVAUgWuE




https://youtu.be/gtB7Tp_HRM0




https://youtu.be/nWZrXhUJDf8




https://youtu.be/xScru-LeBAk




https://youtu.be/o2xrrS6k1VY




https://youtu.be/tuPf1QgEXVo



https://i.imgur.com/Vd8ZYsa.jpg



https://i.imgur.com/L5CZJbw.jpg



https://i.imgur.com/bdqBCIa.jpg

[jurat]

So sorry to hear about the health problems. Hope everything is going good with that. But new skills look pretty sick also

[player]

damn i wish i could sneak into game laboratory to see other chars' new skills! crazy work, gg!

[Nedyar]

Thank you for the update Game, as much as I would like to play 7.0. I would enjoy it more hearing your healthy and well when it comes out. Thanks for all the hard work.

[Killemaul]

I like the current patch as is, I just wish there were more people online. Anyways, you do a great job and get well soon

[Icehammer]

Thanks for all and get well soon! You're the best modder ;)

[shinxcreate]

Cool, glad to hear about the progress, not so much on your health, looking forward to playing again.

[shadowblack]

it seems very good work I guess there are new skills for the other characters (Nec, pally, dudu, etc)

[mito]

When can we play 7.0 patch?

[altctrldel]

Hello! Are there any news about patch progress?

[Game]

Hello! Are there any news about patch progress?

It's still under heavy progress! We're working on it everyday but fleshing everything out the way we want it so it works properly is taking a bit more time than anticipated. I hope to have some more "official" news out soon to get people in the know of what exactly we're working on and what is left.

[caca]

Thanks for all Game :)
Keep it on !

[shadowblack]

hi any news of the 7.0 ....?

[wonderbgr]

Sorry about your health problems. I Hope for the best !

[Crusade]

Hope all is going well brother; best wishes to you and your kin. btw i still have the facebook page up and it still attracts minor attention, if you ever want I can try to go hard on a gofund or something to get more support for the server o,O

[xxkix]

How much it cost each month to keep our server going i can help brother

[Blitz_2K]

Is this project dead?

[Game]

Is this project dead?

It is not, there is still a large update coming. I hope to have some news for the public soon!

[vrabec]

thank you, game!
happy new year :)

[billz]

so theres absolutly no timeframe not even a rough estimate?

[billz]

lets pool this guy the cash he needs to make this game big its got legendary potential from its d2 lod roots

[billz]

i personally thing hc mode should have clans that dominate and loot corpses and be very competitive and softcore the very opposite

[Dax]

so theres absolutly no timeframe not even a rough estimate?

http://annihilus.net/showthread.php?t=13043