Weekly Blog Update 1/13/20 Free Mode Henesys, Library Updates, and Length (Patreon)

Hello all! Welcome to the first Blog Update for 2020. I came back from my vacation last week and since then I have been busy writing to get caught up with the days I was away.

Anyways let's talk about what is going to be going on this month, starting with another Free Mode update.

Free Mode Henesys will be the most significant update for Free Mode since we started creating it. What we will be adding is a new town aka Henesys BUT we will also be adding the first Job Class Bowman to the game. This class and all of it's weapons and skills is something that you cannot get in the King's Fall campaign. Not only will you be getting an exclusive experience but you will be getting a new way to play through everything.

The Bowman class will have it's own Skill Set once you finally unlock it through the quest line. These Skills focus on Long Range and hiding from enemies. Here are is an example of what to look forward to in terms of Skills.

So you will be getting another way to add damage to your attacks on top of adding more ways to use your MP. There will be more Skills but we don't want to spoil them all here. We will be talking about more as we near the release of Henesys in Free Mode. 

This update will also be adding quests spread around through Lith as well as possible expansions to Maple Island but we are still working through what to add. Once we know what direction we're heading we will show off more.

Now while we are prepping Free Mode Henesys, Baka has also been busy adding a few more items to the database, the game, and the Library. We will be adding Pendants very soon which will spread out stats over multiple categories. There will also be Pendants that augment the MC's Darkness abilities like the picture down below. Since the Henesys update to King's Fall is adding more Darkness Abilities we thought it was time we added more ways to customize your Darkness Build if you head in that direction.

Over time you will be getting more and more ways to mix and match what you want your Hero to do. The Henesys update is a large update that provides more for players to work with and we will be adding more in the comings weeks. 

Now the next thing I wanted to talk about was the Henesys update for King's Fall itself. At the moment it's clocking in at around 2 hours of content but we know players will be going through it much faster. We do have bad news on this part but your old saves from Lith Harbor will not work in the Henesys update BUT I have added more items, exp, Meso, and quests early on to help you get to newer content faster. I feel it's right to make changes to early game if we are forcing players to restart their saves and I am also adding in a Cheat to the first area of the game for those that just want to speed run. 

Lith Harbor will also be getting quests that are spread around a bit more to give you more items, exp, and Meso. Once you get to Henesys you will be ready to tackle the Asuna and Leonore questlines. By the end of both you will have new abilities to tackle the side quests we have in Henesys Part 1. Henesys Part 2 will have much more difficult quests but for those that play through Part 1 you will be more than ready. 

Right now I am jumping in between Free Mode and King's Fall so I don't have any dates in place. By this upcoming weekend we should be ready to discuss release dates and see where we are in terms of content that is ready. Our artist Jelly has commisions on the side since we are still not getting a lot of Patrons but he is still drawing for us. Once we get some core art we know exactly when to release. Hopefully this weekend proves fruitful for all of us. 

That will wrap up this week's Blog Update. We would like to again thank our Patrons and fans. You kept us going through 2019 and you will keep us going in 2020! Here's to another year of fun! Thank you from everyone at BGE!

See you next week!