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@Razvan It's in the FAQ.

8. What business model does Fractured follow?

Fractured follows a “buy to play” business model. This means that a single initial purchase gives you permanent access to the game, without any content restriction!

On top of that, the game features an Item Store selling cosmetic perks and an optional VIP membership.

9. VIP membership? What's that about?

VIP membership is a monthly subscription planned to be priced around $10/month. It provides the following perks:

• Discounts on Store items
  * Unique cosmetic rewards for accumulated VIP time
  * Other vanity rewards we might think of in the future
  * Additional study slots
  * Increased Knowledge Point gains

10. Is VIP membership "Pay to Win"?

Fractured characters are already competitive from day 1. The core of progression afterwards consists of completing tasks requiring you to travel and perform a wide range of exploration- and experimentation-related activities.

The bonuses from VIP membership have nothing to do with the above, since they only impact the passive “studying phase” that kicks in once the tasks have been completed. Moreover, they've been balanced so that they only speed up progression for "completionists" who want to learn a ton of abilities (beyond what's actually useful for each character). Because of this, VIP membership ultimately has no impact on actual PvP competition, not between individuals nor between guilds.

@Tuoni A tool to generate interest, not a burden. He just wants a community that doesn't need incentives to stick around. However, if the community enjoys the Foundation and wants it to stay, I'm sure he'll take it into consideration. No final decision has been made yet.

Hey everyone!

Engagement Drawing - Week 109

Each of the winners below has gained 1,000 Foundation Points!

@Gorf
@Yitra
@Greenfire
@kellewic
@reyuqe
@Shivashanti
@Pluto
@Psymantis
@Cotrabotieso
@Logain
@dj35
@Accol
@Eurav
@BrynnMawer

Congratulations to everyone and thank you for being part of this awesome community! See you at next week's drawing!

If you're wondering what types of drawing exist and how to participate, check out this explanatory thread.

Please note: Drawing winners are drawn on Wednesday - so Week 109 ended on February 19th (last Wednesday).

Please note: the leaderboard is updated once per day. If you've won a drawing and want to trigger the update immediately, you have to open your own foundation page first

I can confirm that the backer houses won't be bigger than 5x5 at most. (And I believe the other buildings won't be bigger than that either). It's mainly due to space constrictions really. It would be a shame if one building took up half the space of a city.

@Recoil The backer houses can be placed in a city.

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and is like 7\8 weeks that they are totally missing.

Double that.

The devs are working on a solution for the big backlog of drawings. I believe they're going to make some changes to the website so I can give the points to the winners.

Hey everyone!

Engagement Drawing - Week 112

Each of the winners below has gained 1,000 Foundation Points!

@Farlander
@Gothix
@Razvan
@Kralith
@flyvendeKLAT
@Gibbx
@Meiki

Congratulations to everyone and thank you for being part of this awesome community! See you at next week's drawing!

If you're wondering what types of drawing exist and how to participate, check out this explanatory thread.

Please note: Drawing winners are drawn on Wednesday - so Week 112 ended on March 11th (last Wednesday).

Please note: the leaderboard is updated once per day. If you've won a drawing and want to trigger the update immediately, you have to open your own foundation page first

@VyrVandalous A governor can't control more than one town. With that said I assume a governor who doesn't want their town can give their town to someone else. In the worst case scenario through an election if no other methods exist.

The link is coming tomorrow, most likely shortly before or at the start of the second test. New builds are still being pushed to the server so there's no point in letting you install it now.

@Charem They're still trying to make it happen in the last week of June but it might get postponed to early July.

@OlivePit @Eurav @GamerSeuss 100 points instead of 120 is intended. The devs are still working on finding the sweet spot. 120 points made it possible to max 3 out of 6 attributes, which was a bit too much from what I understood.

Please calm down everyone.

@Farlander Friendly fire is certainly not turned on everywhere. Beastman can't harm each other on Arboreus.

Hey everyone!

Engagement Drawing - Week 149

Each of the winners below has gained 1,000 Foundation Points!

@bawz
@Ostaff
@Kraxis
@DjBIGGZ
@kuunkhaai
@Razvan
@Shivashanti
@Harleyyelrah
@KirwinHansel
@Ramsus
@Nekrage
@darwinjay
@AlcribLP
@Houngar
@rocketman
@Whitebear
@Rife
@muker

Congratulations to everyone and thank you for being part of this awesome community! See you at next week's drawing!

If you're wondering what types of drawing exist and how to participate, check out this explanatory thread.

Please note: Drawing winners are drawn on Wednesday - so Week 149 ended on November 25th (last Wednesday).

Please note: the leaderboard is updated once per day. If you've won a drawing and want to trigger the update immediately, you have to open your own foundation page first

Hello everyone. we've taken some extreme measures here to ensure that all of your ingame issues get fixed. In short, the devs have put me in charge of the server while they're on vacation. (Oh dear ). So if you have a house that's bugged for whatever reason, just contact me and we'll get it fixed.

Your house didn't progress to the next stage? I'll delete it for you and help you rebuild it back to the stage where it bugged.

Were you one of those unfortunate souls who ended up with this bug? https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/topic/11894/bug-can-t-build-anything-in-my-house/18?page=1 Contact me and we'll destroy the old one and I'll autocomplete a new one for you.

Did you leave a weird ghost copy of yourself behind in the world after a DC? (Apparently a thing now, especially in Necropolis). I can delete it for you.

Please keep in mind I cannot help with any login issues aside from "Character with ID XXXX is still logged in".

@Xzait The original plan was to remove it after the pre-alpha, but a lot of players didn't want it gone and it seems they've managed to convince the devs. Eventually the Foundation will cease to exist though, because Prometheus feels he shouldn't have to rely on the Foundation to have an active community. (We know many forum members disagree with this assessment, hence why the Foundation is still here).

@grofire The devs are aware that with the removal of spell ranks, Fractured might not have enough progression systems to give the players something to work towards. It's something they will monitor during future test phases.

@Nukem

@Specter said in Next test phase:

Well, I can give you an update on a few things:

• The devs went to Milan Games Week earlier this week and showcased Fractured there. (Hence the influx of Italian members on the forum over the last few days.)
• I have no update on the porting but a week ago Prometheus told me it was almost done, so it's probably done by now or very close to done.
• Znirf is currently on vacation, hence the lack of content pills and answers from him.
• I have no update on the test weekends but I've asked Prometheus for an update.

@Farlander Yes. Some races like the Tiger-Kin are going to be faster than humans, assuming the devs haven't changed their plans.

@humerus No resources are strictly better or worse, so some people will certainly be looking for resources from Arboreus. Different resources provide different stats to gear, and also different looks to buildings. With that said, since every planet has unique resources, the Demon player who risked his life to obtain a rare resource on Tartaros doesn't have to worry that he's going to get undercut by a Beastman player who got the same resource on Arboreus without risk. Also keep in mind it won't be easy to move resources between planets, certainly not through automated means like NPC trade caravans. (It was mentioned in a recent Q&A on Oxfurd's stream I believe). The difficulty of moving resources between planets will also affect the prices obviously.

@Tuoni @Gothix Correct, Beastmen who die on Arboreus will drop their items just like anyone else, but since Beastmen can't loot each other anywhere on Arboreus, it'll be easier for Beastmen players to retrieve their items.

@Farlander @humerus @Logain Endgame on Syndesia and Tartaros will revolve largely around politics, conquests, city building, etc. Arboreus will have the largest amount of PvE events to compensate for the lack of PvP there. If during testing it becomes clear that endgame is lacking, the devs will certainly address it.

I can confirm that alpha 2 test 3 has indeed been postponed to July. But don't worry, we're getting there.