The Elyon team has updated its website with some positive news after an initial delay in the pre-download feature. Pre-download is now available and also there’s a Elyon Gold new schedule for the lead up to launch, which includes earlier head-start and character creation.
Pre-download had been delayed for a while due to an issue with the backend, but is now available on Steam to all who have bought at least one of the games. Pre-download is available as of 5 am Eastern this morning, which means those who have purchased an item can get it started at any time.
Character creation in the early stages, another pre-release perk affected by yesterday’s initial delay also has a new timetable. this process will now begin shortly before the head-start and will begin on the 14th of October at 10am Eastern/2pm UTC. This will run until October 17th at 4am Eastern 8am UTC. During this period, you are able to create up to three characters on one server open for each region, and then name them. When you’ve got these names when you launch, they will not be account-dependent, therefore they could be subject to being released if you’re not active or for any other reason.
The head start has been scheduled to start on 17th, but it will begin following a scheduled maintenance following when the character development period has ended. The head start will begin at 8am Eastern and will end at noon UTC. While you will be capable of logging in and play at this period if you’ve purchased any pre-release packs or pre-ordered Elyon prior to the switch to play for free launched, it is possible to be able buy an account and play the headstart even if you purchase it during the period of headstart.
If you’re waiting for the full official launch to get into Elyon the launch date is still set on October 20th at 10am Easternat 2pm UTC. There will be one server dedicated to North America and one for EU at first, and there will be the possibility of a queue being set up and the decision made based on capacity on whether additional servers will come to be determined.
