A lot of our players have already left for a couple of reasons. The game feels too grindy, theres not enough time to play, and costs (for in-game services) are too high. The 1.9 update fixes the road to the new content. It paves the dirt road of levels 1-50, improving the play experience so when 2.0 comes out players will really want to explore the new instances for sro gold, new skills and such. 1.9 will fix the issues and 2.0 will bring the new content. Which brings us to update 2.0, entitled: Assault On Balaurea. As well as all-new story arc involving Asmodae and Elysea turning the tables on the invading Balaur, it boasts eight new areas across entirely new zones, bumps the level cap up to 55, and adds pets. Pets? Now youll have an adorable magic fluffball to pack all your stuff into and act as a Spider-Sense, tingling whenever troubles afoot.
Patch 1.9 is finally hitting their Public Test Servers, which means that players should be expecting Patch 1.9 on the official Silkroad gold servers sometime next week. Just today at 7:00 AM, the team took the PTS down to implement patch 1.9, and they note that they should have these servers back up within three hours (so about 30 minutes from the time of this news post). So be sure to check out the Public Test Servers if you need to experience Patch 1.9 in all its glory, or you can wait until next week when the official patch comes our way. Also, if you have problems connecting to the PTS, swing by official Public Test Forums and complain your little hearts out. See you there!