ETA on single player content?

[diji]

Hey, just grabbed the game after playing through the tutorials in the demo. I was wondering if there's any ETA on single player stuff aside from skirmish, even if it's just vague like "soon" or "not this year".
Unfortunately it appears that multiplayer isn't particularly active during this time, so I'm unable to test whether having >200 ping is playable and I'm wary of spending most of the refundable period waiting for a game.

[JDee]

Originally posted by diji:

Hey, just grabbed the game after playing through the tutorials in the demo. I was wondering if there's any ETA on single player stuff aside from skirmish, even if it's just vague like "soon" or "not this year".
Unfortunately it appears that multiplayer isn't particularly active during this time, so I'm unable to test whether having >200 ping is playable and I'm wary of spending most of the refundable period waiting for a game.

Welcome to the game. No official indication on how long until Conquest is released or even enters testing. With the completion of a Major update a few weeks ago its safe to say it could be a bit as the devs have described it as "building a game within a game"

That said MP with a high ping is fine as long as the connection to the game is stable as there isnt a way to rejoin a game. I regularly play games with ping of 200+.

Edit: Also there is a demo to which will take you all the way through the tutorial if you are wondering if the game is for you and you are worried about the refund window.

[diji]

Originally posted by JDee:

That said MP with a high ping is fine as long as the connection to the game is stable as there isnt a way to rejoin a game. I regularly play games with ping of 200+.

That's good, I was worried it would make giving orders impossible

[Star_Kindler]

Originally posted by diji:

Unfortunately it appears that multiplayer isn't particularly active during this time

The game's multiplayer is very active actually, especially after the OSP update. It takes only a few minutes to get a full 8-player match started at some times of the day, and I usually see 2-4 no-password lobbies open at once. Although during some times it might be more like 15 minutes, hearing from a friend that played the game at 5am his time.

[NotSoLoneWolf]

Originally posted by diji:

Hey, just grabbed the game after playing through the tutorials in the demo. I was wondering if there's any ETA on single player stuff aside from skirmish, even if it's just vague like "soon" or "not this year".
Unfortunately it appears that multiplayer isn't particularly active during this time, so I'm unable to test whether having >200 ping is playable and I'm wary of spending most of the refundable period waiting for a game.

The previous two major updates have each taken around 6 months. However, the Conquest Update which is coming next is a bigger task, and the devs have said they are slowing down from their breakneck pace for life reasons. My guess is that Conquest will be here very late 2023 at the earliest, early to mid 2024 at the latest.

[diji]

Originally posted by Star_Kindler:

Originally posted by diji:

Unfortunately it appears that multiplayer isn't particularly active during this time

The game's multiplayer is very active actually, especially after the OSP update. It takes only a few minutes to get a full 8-player match started at some times of the day, and I usually see 2-4 no-password lobbies open at once. Although during some times it might be more like 15 minutes, hearing from a friend that played the game at 5am his time.

Yeah it's probably my timezone, I only saw like 2 no password ones.

Originally posted by NotSoLoneWolf:

Originally posted by diji:

Hey, just grabbed the game after playing through the tutorials in the demo. I was wondering if there's any ETA on single player stuff aside from skirmish, even if it's just vague like "soon" or "not this year".
Unfortunately it appears that multiplayer isn't particularly active during this time, so I'm unable to test whether having >200 ping is playable and I'm wary of spending most of the refundable period waiting for a game.

The previous two major updates have each taken around 6 months. However, the Conquest Update which is coming next is a bigger task, and the devs have said they are slowing down from their breakneck pace for life reasons. My guess is that Conquest will be here very late 2023 at the earliest, early to mid 2024 at the latest.

I think I'll keep the game anyway because it's not that expensive and at least skirmishes are kinda fun to muck around with even if I can't find a multiplayer game.

[Schmime]

Originally posted by NotSoLoneWolf:

Originally posted by diji:

Hey, just grabbed the game after playing through the tutorials in the demo. I was wondering if there's any ETA on single player stuff aside from skirmish, even if it's just vague like "soon" or "not this year".
Unfortunately it appears that multiplayer isn't particularly active during this time, so I'm unable to test whether having >200 ping is playable and I'm wary of spending most of the refundable period waiting for a game.

The previous two major updates have each taken around 6 months. However, the Conquest Update which is coming next is a bigger task, and the devs have said they are slowing down from their breakneck pace for life reasons. My guess is that Conquest will be here very late 2023 at the earliest, early to mid 2024 at the latest.

Zero chance of 2023