SOE launches the Dragon's Prophet first big beta update bringing quite a few additions to the game. Winter is coming!

Winter has come to Dragon's Prophet and a plethora of new features and improvements are making their way to the game as its first big beta update goes live. Wintertide is here!

Before going in to some of the details of the Wintertide update, Senior Producer, Todd "Tanthor" Carson, took some time to talk to the community about the new changes.

"It might be summertime here in San Diego, but at SOE we are preparing for winter...well, Wintertide that is! Last night we released our first major content update for Dragon’s Prophet, OB_0.2 (which means Open Beta version .2). With this update, there are quite a few additions to the game as well as significant bug fixes and improvements..."

Todd went on to talk about some of the housing and guild additions they've made, as well as some quality of life changes to the game such as emotes. Because let's face it, we all like a good "/laugh" whenever our teammates accidentally get eaten by the dragon they're trying to tame.

However, as with any new zone addition there is usually a pretty lore-heavy story associated with it; Wintertide is no different in this regard. Wintertide is a zone that was once plagued by perpetual war dating all the way back to the Second Dragon War that took place over 500 years ago. Since then the Scars of past conflicts have been slow to heal; since conflicts continually crop up between the Torran Dominion, Blood Rage Trolls, and Ice Giants who all fight for control over the area.

"...geographically speaking Wintertide is connected to Korhala on the Mangard continent through the Mangard Skyrail. Wintertide has a long and rich history with plenty of lore for players to discover while exploring this war-ravaged continent.  Notably, Wintertide was once ruled by Methus the Red Flame, instigator of the First and Second Dragon Wars and even after his death, Methus’ combative nature has continued to remain a strong presence in this zone."

In Wintertide, players will also be introduced to 4 new dungeons. "Yodrak's Thunder", "Lodar Cave", "Torran Prison" and the new legendary dungeon"Irionfang Fortress". These dungeons bring new challenges and rewards to players who manage to complete them and the new tamable dragons introduced throughout Wintertide may be of great assistance when trying to tackle these new and improved challenges.

If dungeons aren't your thing, this update also brings a pretty substantial list of changes and additions to Dragon's Prophet including housing additions and price changes, new achievements, a dragons chamber, guild improvements, an increased level cap of 70 and much more. The full list of patch notes can be viewed here.

Be sure to keep an eye on the Dragon's Prophet official Twitch Channel as they will be doing a live-stream of some of the new content this Friday at 3:00pm PDT. Dragon's Prophet is currently in open beta so if you'd like to try the game out go visit the official Dragon's Prophet website and register an account!

Good Hunting!

Corey "Crimzen" Jenkins

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