City Sieges Now Live In Fractured’s Spring Alpha Test For A Limited Time
City Sieges are now live in the ongoing Fractured Spring Alpha test. The team acknowledged the late arrival of the feature, citing the complexity of the siege system as the reason for the delay.
“We’ve largely underestimated all the issues that could arise from such a complex system,” admitted Dynamight Studios. “Having multiple developers work on this feature saw very “diminishing returns”, so it was one person who implemented most of it.”
“The rest of the team wasn’t slacking of course – we’ve been hard at work on the Summer Alpha on a different build of the project,” they added.
The Alpha test is open to all backers regardless of tier but since most players are already done with this round’s testing, the length of testing for City Sieges itself will depend on how many players come back to participate. Testing will run until June 27 if enough players participate. If not, then testing will only run until May 31.
The cost and requirements as well as the siege start times have been reduced to allow the developers to gather as much feedback as possible during the testing period. More information about how City Sieges work can be found on the Fractured official site.
