“Thank you so much for Dark And Darker Gold Coins joining us on our Early Access launch,” writes Graysun. “There are a few critical bugs right now we are taking care of before we start Season 1. Abusing some of these bugs to gain high amounts of wealth can result in-game suspension, or the deletion of your character. Please be fair to the community you are part of, and report these bugs rather than abusing them.”

As the Dark and Dark early access launch continues, Ironmace has confirmed already that the RPG game will feature microtransactions, and that it is deploying a range of fixes to help with stuttering issues. Now the developer says it is introducing a controversial feature found in other seasonal games such as Diablo 4, Rust, and Escape from Tarkov, as it also works towards the full Dark and Darker release date. If you’ve spent a while building and refining your Dark and Darker character, they might not be around forever.

Ironmace has confirmed already that Dark and Darker will “realistically” have to include microtransactions. Now the developer says it will introduce seasonal character wipes, and offers a potential time frame for how long each season will run. As part of a recent Q and A, the developer is asked “are wipes planned?” The response may be frustrating for players who prefer to keep their character builds long-term.

“Yes, there will be wipes at the start of each season and preseason,” Ironmace says. “There will not be a wipe when the leaderboard opens on [Monday] August 13 [and Tuesday, August] 14. We implemented the countdown because we foresaw bumps during the first week of the launch and wanted to get most of the game-breaking bugs fixed before everyone started to compete for the rankings.

“Yes, there will be wipes at the start of each season and preseason,” Ironmace says. “There will not be a wipe when the leaderboard opens on [Monday] August 13 [and Tuesday, August] 14. We implemented the countdown because we foresaw bumps during the first week of the launch and wanted to get most of the game-breaking bugs fixed before everyone started to compete for the rankings.

“We do not know,” Ironmace says. “We do cheap Darker Gold hope to get back on Steam in the future and we will be better prepared to answer this question at that time. However, we will do everything possible to have the player pool shared between the PC platforms, like they are currently between Chafgames and Blacksmith users.”

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