Alpha Schedule Update

Now that it's almost March, I thought it would be helpful to everyone for us to provide another update on the current schedule for Avaria's ongoing alpha phase.

First and foremost, people can still expect to set sail for Omrazir in the spring, though it's going to be a little later in spring than I originally hoped for. This will probably happen somewhere around later April/early May, and then there will of course be sailing time of possibly 3 weeks after that. So if all goes well (  ), everyone should get to actually set foot in Omrazir itself by June. (Please nobody hold to me that though because LIFE IS UNCERTAIN.)

In the meantime there will continue to be storyline developments in St. Loomis, which will hopefully create a natural-feeling conclusion by the time the ship sails. This is not to say that all the ongoing plotlines and mysteries will actually be all wrapped up by this time, because A LOT of different story threads (most of them, really) will remain open and available to pursue in the future, both back in St. Loomis and in connection with Omrazir. But I'm hoping it ends up feeling like a reasonably satisfying point of embarkation onto even more and different stories.

Originally these plot developments were planned for March/early April, but what with so many people being off on various lengths of hiatus for the month of March, this will probably now be pushed back a little bit. This actually ends up working out pretty well for me, because long story short I have spent a ridiculous amount of time being just stupidly sick since basically right after Christmas, and not having planned for this at all (LIFE, I say, IS NOT A STRANGER TO UNCERTAINTY), it has wreaked havoc with my original development schedule. So pushing back story stuff until April/May will allow me to put a lot more time and focus into Omrazir during the month of March.

That said, there will still be some little things happening here and there during the next month, and I will not just be stopping my SPC interactions for the whole time! They'll probably just be a little shorter or less frequent, and it may take me (even) longer to react to queries and correspondence. Also, people are obviously still welcome to OOCmail me about any little lore questions they might have, or contact either me or Pilgrim about story things and plot hooks.

That is it for now! Thank you all for your ongoing patience and kindness and for roleplaying awesomely with one another! We appreciate you guys very much. <3

Very sorry to hear you've been unwell! :( I hope 2025 continues to only improve for you despite inauspicious beginnings.

Thank you heaps for this update, very exciting. It's been fun to dip my toes back in and catch up on all the story, and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next.

Are we looking to move to opening up again in June? I have a lot of friends who are keen to get involved, and it'd be nice to have more people in my timezone when the player counter is up ^^'

It will probably still be a short while (a few weeks) after arriving in Omrazir that we'll open up registration again, but that said, we'd be glad to bring in any invitees that current players have in mind. It would definitely be nice to have activity spread out through more of the day for all our off-peak and non-US people.

Currently we're still close to my original schedule, but it may get pushed back by a tiny bit, and there are probably some areas/interiors which I'd originally wanted to have complete that I will not in fact get done before everyone arrives in Omrazir. Things beyond my control are still throwing wrenches into my RL, and besides that.... uhh, yeah, I seem to have still spent a lot of time doing RP stuff with people in Avaria, I AM SORRY.

But, I figured we're all pretty stoked for Omrazir and will be happy to get there even if we have to sort of handwave a few things that aren't well fleshed out yet. I'm seriously excited to continue working on it and adding stuff while having people ACTUALLY PLAYING THERE!  :D

I don't think anyone's going to begrudge you for wanting to play in this game you've been making! It sounds like it's not so far off even with that extra time- I'd ask about inviting people in at Omrazir if not for the fact the amount of people I'd want to invite is in the dozens >.> probably smarter to wait and let everything happen as a big opening.

That said though, another semi-related question- at what point are we getting additional character slots to play with?

Additional character slots should be a thing as soon as the game shifts over to Omrazir, so everyone who wants to will have a chance to play around with some new character concepts.