Darkfall: Rise Of Agon Enters Closed Beta On August 5th, Free For 14 Days

Big Picture Games announced today that Darkfall: Rise of Agon will be entering Closed Beta on August 5th. The Closed Beta will be available to everyone for free for 14 days after launch. After August 19th, players will be required to purchase a Founder's Pack in order to keep playing.

Some of the changes being made in the initial Closed Beta patch are as follows.

User Interface Updates

• Ability to cycle spells including by First Available
• Ability to auto-cast spells and alter their trigger function
• Customizable stat bars

New Player Experience Enhancements

• Adjusted stat/skill magnitude curves to decrease the power gap between new and veteran players
• Built numerous passives into starting characters by default
• Enabled Online Meditation for all skills outside of crafting and masteries/intensifies
• Changed default key-bindings and UI placement
• Unlocked transfers and all three starting weapon slots for new characters
• Starting weapons now provide skill gain on select skills/spells

Quality of Life Changes

• Keybind and hotbar changes now save automatically
• Ability to loot items and bags with one-click
• Batch-move functionality to transfer and sort non-stackable items
• Increased ship speeds
• Reduced resource weight
• Increased party size to 15

Rise of Agon already lost the race to first public testing phase to New Dawn, which has been live—for free, no less—for several weeks now. It remains to be seen if that will affect the title in the long run.