Ilysia News

Hey, everyone!

The time for Early Access is finally here!

You’ll be able to jump into the world of Ilysia starting TODAY, October 11th at 5PM PST 🎉

Our team has been working hard to address the feedback from our community, and along with hundreds of bug fixes and changes to what you might have seen in our previous testing phases, you’ll also notice some more brand new changes in Early Access:

🔸 We’ve brought back the FreeForge system, and players will be able to adventure through Ilysia while utilizing different skill trees!


Warden | Embrace the power of the hunt, refine your archery skills, and summon powerful beasts to join you on your travels.

Mystic | Dabble in the Arcane, draw your powers, and cast spells that bring enemies down with intricate arcane rituals.

Holy | Call upon magic that mends or fuels those around you, channeling the sacred energies of healing spells to restore and protect.

Martial | Get up close and personal with heavy attacks and strike combos against formidable foes.


🔸 llysia in Early Access will feature 4 playable races in two opposing factions, the first 15 levels of character progression, 4 skill trees, 3 dungeons with different design mechanics, and a sizeable world to explore!

🔸 We're happy to announce servers in the following regions for launch:
- US East
- US West
- Central EU
- Australia


What can you expect as we go into Early Access?

First and foremost, during EA, you can expect open communication and weekly Tuesday patch days addressing incoming bugs and feature updates with detailed patch notes. Additionally, we are working on our public roadmap and looking forward to sharing it with you in the coming weeks about larger quarterly updates and future plans!


🔸 Known Issues:

Outside of smaller tweaks, below are some of the known issues we're currently working on:

• Quest objective POIs do not clean off the Waydar when you complete them;
  
• Quest NPC Turn in POI markers only show on the Waydar if you're within 200 yards;
  
• If you get stuck and have to use the 'return to graveyard' button while on the starting island you may have to walk back to the keep to resume questing;
  
• Warden pets have sleepy attitudes and don't always do their special skills;
  
• The Oculus Quest 3 has broken player skin textures;
  
• Interacting with world graveyard stones can inadvertently lower your health;
  
• Some mobs will get bored during battle and ignore you, we are meeting them one on one and will be issuing a performance action plan to remedy these behaviors;
  
• Shields behave oddly when equipped in the right hand;
  
• The airship crew has been a bit overzealous waxing the ship. Watch out for some take offs as you may slip off! Should be solved once we get 'em to wipe off the excess wax;
  
• PVP flagging will unflag after two minutes of play;
  
• Some UI text is hard to read on mobile VR;
  
• The power of gravestones currently negatively affects the living. Some townsfolk say they are feeling weak when touching them. Until we can consult our expert necromancer, we recommend leaving gravestone interaction to the dead.
  
  

🔸 Your MagePortal account works in conjunction with your platform store accounts to access the world of Ilysia™

Below are some instructions that, while explained in the login scene, we are also putting here in step by step detail to help you linking your accounts to play Ilysia.

1. Launch game
2. Click Oculus/Steam button
3. Enter email/password
- If you already have a MagePortal account, use the email/password you use to log into MagePortal
- If you do not have a MagePortal account, enter your email/password and an account will be created for you

4. Click "Create Account"
5. When the message comes back that a verification email was sent to you, go to your inbox and follow the instructions in that email
6. Go back to the game and click Oculus/Steam again to finish logging in.

Each time you launch the game after following these steps, clicking Oculus/Steam will log you in without needing to enter an email/password.

Hey everyone! Beta 2 is now live! Read up on the full details below!


This testing phase will run: Friday 8/18 - Wednesday 8/23

This is an extension from Beta 1 into Beta 2, focused on community feedback and continual polish of features!

We heard through development feedback on how it would be difficult to balance Freeforge and decided to put structure around it with originally changing to starting classes in Beta 1. We’re actively listening to player feedback and are going back to the old system. It will take a few iterations to bring down the fences but we’re on it! Balance is still something we are greatly focused on. This is the first stage to the changed Freeforge system.


PATCH NOTES | Ilysia Beta 2

• Beginning stages of Freeforge have been re-implemented, Items & weapons are no longer bound to a “class”.
  
• Shields have been fixed and now block damage instead of just acting like a very wide, very weak sword. Hold trigger to block. While blocking, each time you are hit, the damage will be reduced and a heat charge will be consumed. Starting shields have 4 heat charges and recover at a rate of 1 heat charge every 10 seconds.
  
• The codex for warrior skills has been updated with the activation sequences in the descriptions
  
• We've captured the sneaky toka that has been stealing player's underwear. Tighty-whities have been restored to all!
  
• Players backpack has a few extra things to start them on their way.
  
• The many birds and crickets of the world now listen to the codex audio sliders.
  
• The many bands, bards and quartets have been at work and filled the world with music.
  
• Certain angry enemies realized they were being quite selfish with their loot and will now be more generous.
  
• Mobs were tired of running all the way back to their spawn point after chasing players and decided to go on strike. We've renegotiated and mobs will properly chase players again after returning to their spawn point.
  
• The compass now points north again.
  
• Added a build number to the login scene.
  
• Various Quality Of Life Improvements.
  

MagePortal & Key Activation
Your Beta 2 keys are posted to your MagePortal account under "Keys & Items". To redeem, copy and paste your 16 character key into the activation box and hit activate. Following this you will see it transferred to your "Activated Keys" on the same page. You are now ready for when servers go live and downloads are available. When servers do go live, you will be able to navigate to the downloads page that is listed on the right side drop down menu.

For further instructions on how to download and install Ilysia, please follow this guide here: Beta 2 Setup Guide

All players will need to re-download the newest build of Ilysia on MagePortal under the downloads tab!

It is recommended you remove the previous build files from your computer or if on Quest, uninstalling the APK file prior to installing the new one!


Bug Reporting
If you are finding any bugs during your adventures in Ilysia, please submit a bug report here: https://wkf.ms/45K335B

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Hey everyone! We've rolled out another hotfix for Beta 1 today!

All players will need to re-download the newest build of Ilysia on MagePortal under the downloads tab!

It is recommended you remove the previous build files from your computer or if on Quest, uninstalling the APK file prior to installing the new one! For help with install, please see: Beta 1 Setup Guide

HOTFIX 2- Beta 1:

- We found out that Bellamy was casting the wrong ritual and was wiping your memories instead. She has been taught the correct spell and should no longer cause you to forget quests you've completed after helping her.

- Tavern Keeper Willus' Quest line fixed. We used Bellamy's memory spell on him to make him forget why he started imprisoning players in the first place. Victims have been released and may continue questing again.

- The high level Mage spell Blink had a decimal point in the wrong place and caused the user to teleport all the way around the world and end up back where they started. Blink has been re-calibrated to be short distance again.

- Broke the link between mage's wands so that your cooldowns would stop showing on someone else's wand.

- Confiscated all of the Amulets of Regeneration that Bal'Ramos was passing out like candy. Enemies should no longer passively regain health while in combat.

- Several quests have been fixed.

- Gliders added. Dispelled the invisibility effect on gliders and added more padding to your shoes to give you a softer landing.

Beta 1 hotfix is here!

All players will need to re-download the newest build of Ilysia on MagePortal under the downloads tab!

It is recommended you remove the previous build files from your computer or if on Quest, uninstalling the APK file prior to installing the new one! For help with install, please see: Beta 1 Setup Guide


HOTFIX 1 - Beta 1:
- Spells are now castable with friends
- "Return to Graveyard" button added to Codex->Settings
- Quit Button now closes the app rather than returning to login scene
- Pets unsummon themselves when their summoner leaves the game or zone
- Pets now display their owners name
- Mob movement speed increased slightly
- Armor "class" restrictions removed (Weapons are still class restricted... for now)
- Several performance improvements on the server
- Shoulder Slot fixed
- Staff Spell Origin fixed
- Fixed POI for Honey paw kill quest
- Fixed greyclaw titles
- Increased loot chest respawn time
- Fixed some mobs spawning inside of cave walls
- Inventory Items no longer grow infinitely when hovering over them
- Fixed tooltips for many items
- Buffed Trogre/Bal' ramos
- Fixed several mob issues across the world
- Fixed Potion sell prices
- Fixed several incorrect drop tables
- Fixed NPC bubbles that were hindering movement
- Frost spell debuff duration increased
- Fire Arrow added for Hunter at level 2
- Casting spells that have yet to be trained will now result in a "Fizzle"
- Fishing spots should have fish again

Known Issues
- Pets sometimes loose their display info (comes back after the pet damages an enemy)
- Quest log - Cant abandon quests from Codex
- Cooldowns for spells appear on nearby players wands. (only visual, not real cooldowns)
- Blink sometimes doesn't teleport the player forward
- Backpack may increase in size each time it gets pulled out

Hello everyone!

We have some good news! We are ready to get this Beta rollin and by that I mean, TODAY! Read up on the details below!

Beta 1 will run: Today 8/12 - Wednesday 8/16

Downloads page on MagePortal and the Ilysia servers will go live at: 5pm EDT

Following this testing phase, Beta 2 will be going live: Friday 8/18 - Wednesday 8/23


We heard our community and wanted to make sure you had an opportunity to participate given the short notice. We sincerely appreciate your patience these past few weeks as our team worked to resolve a last minute bug that hindered our Beta 1 launch prior. Towards this we are extending both Beta 1 and Beta 2 by a couple of days, and additionally, players that purchased a Beta 1 Bundle will also have access to Beta 2!

This Beta 1 has a focus on stress testing the network on a large scale.

We anticipate users encountering instances of disconnections when logging with new characters during the tutorial phase. Our team is aware of this issue and ask that players encountering any disconnects to wait momentarily and try reconnecting by pressing the “Enter World” button at main menu. Users might see “Map server not available” and “Disconnected from server” when connecting during this large scale stress test. Again, please wait for a few minutes and try reconnecting if this happens.


MagePortal & Key Activation

Your Beta 1 keys are posted to your MagePortal account under "Keys & Items". To redeem, copy and paste your 16 character key into the activation box and hit activate. Following this you will see it transferred to your "Activated Keys" on the same page. You are now ready for when servers go live and downloads are available. When servers do go live, you will be able to navigate to the downloads page that is listed on the right side drop down menu.


For further instructions on how to download and install Ilysia, please follow this guide here: Beta 1 Setup

Feel free to join us on Discord for more information and regular updates through this testing phase!
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