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Bought Mortal Online? Have 7 Free Days On Star Vault

Mortal Online’s launch feels like forever ago, and player reaction is still mixed. Ask a current player and they’ll likely tell you that the game has improved leaps and bounds but still has a long way to go before it is stable, complete, and balanced. Ask an ex-player and you are likely to walk headlong into a Hitler analogy accompanying a rant about how much Star Vault hates making money and just wants to drive their customers away. Either way you look at it, Mortal Online had a rocky launch, not lethally rocky like All Points Bulletin, but heavier than your normal MMO launch. For months, de-synchronization was the biggest issue plaguing the game, among other smaller but numerous problems. Star Vault launched the Epic Patch, promising to fix many of these faults.

Star Vault wants to apologize to their customers, both current an prior, by giving seven free days. In the November Newsletter, Star Vault announced:

Of course actions speak louder than words, so in order to reimburse our customers for the grief the latest patches might have caused we are adding 7 days of additional gametime to each active account today. And in order to give customers who are not subscribed at the moment the chance to check out the new engine build and the new content, we are adding 7 days to every customer who bought any of the game versions earlier and does not have an active subscription at the moment.

In addition, the company is offering free days to those who resubscribe. Five days for one month, twenty days for three months, and fifty days for six months. If your account was inactive, you’ll be able to log into the account section on the Mortal Online website and see:

Your subscription has been cancelled,
but has not expired.

No further payments will or can be processed on your current registered payment method. Your subscription will expire on Fri, 26 Nov 2010. If you want to continue playing after that you need to reactive your subscription.

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Henrik: This Patch So Epic, It’s Like Mortal Online 2!

slot_machine — This is a Mortal Online picture, right?

Mortal Online has been trucking along at a slow pace since its launch several months ago, but there’s no doubt that the game has had its hitches. Over the past couple of months, Star Vault has been pushing forward the miracle patch that is the Epic patch (named after Epic Games, the company that created the engine), that will end all of Mortal Online’s woes. Okay, not all of them but you get the point.

Henrik Nystrom of Star Vault is very excited for the Epic patch, to the point where he believes it will be Mortal Online 2.

[23:17] <@HenrikNystrom> epic patch is getting closer, we just want it to work well, and of course to live up to most expectation
[23:17] <@HenrikNystrom> As, there is indeed major differences

[23:19] <@HenrikNystrom> if you wont notice a diff, then I dont know hehe..
[23:19] <@HenrikNystrom> We are talking Mortal Online 2
[23:23] <@HenrikNystrom> like I said before, it gives tools yes, and also instant changes and fixed,
[23:23] <@HenrikNystrom> but also the possibility to fix tweak other areas better
[23:23] <HobboBobbo> instant?
[23:23] <@HenrikNystrom> yes, the most critical issues will get an update along with that update.
[23:23] <@HenrikNystrom> hence thats why we focus evertghing on this patch

You can read the full log in the link, but everything is getting fixed! Lag, login issues, a new installer, high resolution, a new inventory(?), new AI, GM capabilities to help players, more PvE rewards, pet improvements, and a lot more. Henrik also revealed plans to advertise Mortal Online once the new patch is out. This sounds like a lot of change, Henrik…

[03:04] <@HenrikNystrom> but I think it will be worth it, as it wont look like the mo you are used to anymore

Thank you Henrik. I still have Mortal Online installed on my system, so I might check it out when the Epic patch goes live.

Henrik: This Patch So Epic, It's Like Mortal Online 2!

Henrik Nystrom of Star Vault is very excited for the Epic patch, to the point where he believes it will be Mortal Online 2.

[23:17] <@HenrikNystrom> epic patch is getting closer, we just want it to work well, and of course to live up to most expectation
[23:17] <@HenrikNystrom> As, there is indeed major differences

[23:19] <@HenrikNystrom> if you wont notice a diff, then I dont know hehe..
[23:19] <@HenrikNystrom> We are talking Mortal Online 2
[23:23] <@HenrikNystrom> like I said before, it gives tools yes, and also instant changes and fixed,
[23:23] <@HenrikNystrom> but also the possibility to fix tweak other areas better
[23:23] <HobboBobbo> instant?
[23:23] <@HenrikNystrom> yes, the most critical issues will get an update along with that update.
[23:23] <@HenrikNystrom> hence thats why we focus evertghing on this patch