Solid Clouds Announces ‘Dissidence’ Expansion For Their Open Beta MMORTS Starborne

Here’s something we don’t usually see in the MMO world: an expansion for a game that’s still in open beta. Starborne developer Solid Clouds has just announced an upcoming expansion for the MMORTS called Dissidence. According to the press release, the update will introduce a new map and new map effects, a new game mode, improvements to the UI, new rank categories, and the new “one path to victory” mechanic which defines clear victory conditions for every player.

Dissidence will also introduce new lore which the developers have been obsessing on over the past few weeks. As part of their new lore-centric approach, the team have hired two new creative writers to help flesh out the game’s narrative and will be adding new historical servers that will determine how the fictional timeline will play out.

“We are introducing historical servers! Historical servers have the additional effect that their specific outcome not only claims a region in space but a lore piece will be specifically written about it. The very first Dissidence server is a historical server, where the players are actually defining the outcome of the first major conflict between all three blocs at Tau Scorpii.

What this means is that the outcome, maybe some major battles (or their locations) and perhaps some high level political shifts will be taken into account as we write a lore piece about it. That lore piece will be the centerpiece of a release, forever becoming a part of the Starborne universe.”

Don’t forget to check out the official Dissidence announcement trailer below. Solid Clouds has also published a Dissidence Prologue piece on the Starborne official site.