Allods Online is a revolutionary sci-fi fantasy MMORPG developed by Astrum Nival, creators of Heroes of Might & Magic V. With a $12 million development budget and four years of development, the production values are top-notch with full motion-capture animation, top award-wining artists, and a soundtrack by Mark Morgan, composer for the hit TV-series Dexter, Fallout & Fallout 2, and Planescape: Torment. The game features an unprecedented amount of content for a free-to-play MMORPG: 2 factions, 6 races, 8 archetypes, 28 classes, and over 1,500 quests. The premise of the game is two warring factions, League and Empire, vying for control of allodsislands floating in Astral space. The truly unique aspect of Allods Online is the Astral ship system. Players can create their own ships which can be crewed by multiple parties where each player has a distinct role, from navigator and helmsman to gunner and besieger. From there, players can explore randomly generated astral space where they can explore uncharted allods, fight massive Astral demons, and engage in Astral piracy on unwary fellow players. The mysterious allod of Gipat has finally been rediscovered, and adventurers from both the League and the Empire are racing to uncover the secrets of this entirely new zone. Journey to a lost land filled with ghosts of the past, and delve into the history of the mysterious June civilization as well as the terrifying Astral demons.

Great changes have also arrived to the entirety of Sarnaut. Adventurers can now obtain their Allods Gold own mounts, many archetypes have been rebalanced, and a plethora of new quests are available from a group of scholars known as the Anthropologists.

Discover the wealth of new features and improvements that have been made to Allods Online, with Patch 1.1.0: Revelations of Gipat!Free to play fantasy MMO Allods Online has had a chequered past when it comes to its take on microtransactions, implementing systems that encourage players to pay for items to overcome death punishments. The most recent update has taken significant steps towards resolving some of the problems that many Allods players have been struggling with.

Initially, players who died while scrapping in Allods Online’s universe of floating islands would suffer a stacking 25%Allods Gold  stat debuff that would last up to an hour. This could only be removed using Incense, an item that had to be bought with real money from the in game item store, or from other players at auction for extortionate amounts of in-game money. This system was changed earlier this year. Now, upon death, there is a roughly 10% chance that one of the items you have equipped will have their stats reversed, rendering Allods Online Gold useless. This can only be stopped by preventing the curse using a Holy Charm, or by removing the curse after the fact using a Scroll of Purification, both of which had to be purchased from the item store, or from the player auction house.The changes caused an uproar among much of Allods Online’s playerbase concerned that they were being forced to purchase Allods Gold in order to be able to play the game competitively, meaning that Allods Online was technically no longer a free-to-play MMO. The latest update goes some way towards reassuring these players, adding a series of daily quests that will allow players to earn Holy Charms and Incense without having to buy them in the item shop. All existing players on the European servers will also be receiving a free gift of incense and Holy Charms if they log in within the next 30 days.

For more information on the latest update, the full patch notes can be found on the Allods Online forum. If you fancy giving Allods Online a go then the Allods Online Gold can be downloaded for free over at the official Allods Online site.