Season 3 Early Access Roadmap | Harness the Storm | Predecessor

Season 3 Early Access Roadmap | Harness the Storm

Learn more about what awaits in Early Access Season 3: Harness the Storm!

Sep 7, 2023

Summary

We recently said goodbye to Season 2 in Predecessor. What a wild ride it has been! But this is not a blog if you want to reminisce on the past - check Kari’s August Pred Report from last week! We’re looking into the future here! Speaking of the future, it feels like a perfect time to let you know what you can expect in Season 3, doesn’t it?

Let’s take a look at Harness the Storm!

Season Structure

Season 3 will start on September 12th and will wrap up in early 2024 (we’ll communicate the exact end date a little later).

It will consist of 5 main updates released regularly and each of them is going to bring something new and exciting, 5 new Heroes, and one new original Hero among them! We will also release regular balance patches between each update, as we have done so far.

Update Frequency

We are making an important change to the release cadence of Season 3. After 0.11, the speed at which we release each patch will slow down slightly. Larger content patches will be roughly every 6 weeks and balance patches will follow them approximately 3 weeks after.

The reason for this change is to allow us to focus more on adding the remaining content into the game that is necessary for us to reach our Free-To-Play goals. We will also be using the extra time to streamline our release process for our upcoming console release. After this season, we will reassess this new cadence and make adjustments.

The Heroes of Season 3

If you follow our social media channels or are a member of our Discord or community subreddit you probably already know that we’re kicking off Season 3 with another fan favourite, Serath! Prepare to handle this new Hero at her best and at her worst next week!

The rest of the Heroes for the season remain a closely guarded secret for now, but we will share a hint regarding our next Omeda-Original Hero…

Codename: Emerald is a powerful new Hero that has harnessed the energy of the Soul Storm in their pursuit of power.

End of Season Rewards

As has been the case in previous seasons, those of you who play during Season 3 will earn rewards based on the final level you achieve by the end of the season.

Additionally, your player level will be reset once again at the end of Season 3. While we’ve discussed before our intentions to avoid this, it’s a necessary step to take at this stage in Early Access while we continue to flesh out the systems surrounding player levels.

So let’s talk about those rewards! As always these rewards will be distributed at the end of the season and are still subject to change.

Console Release - PlayStation®4 & PlayStation®5

There you have it - Season 3 is the season when the Predecessor console version will be released! While our aim is to release the game on both Xbox and PlayStation, the submission process for PlayStation is the furthest one along meaning that the game will come out on this platform first. As a reminder, Predecessor will launch on console as an Early Access title. Game updates will be synchronized across all platforms.

Hero Affinity

One of the other big additions that you can expect in Season 3 is Hero Affinity, our take on the beloved Hero Mastery system from Paragon.

With this system, you’ll be rewarded for spending time mastering each Hero. There will be various rewards, with each tier reflecting the hard work and dedication required to achieve it.

Jungle AI Improvement

Playing as a Jungler is about to become even more exciting! We’re planning several improvements to make the fights with Jungle minions more challenging and more thrilling.

Minions will be able to exit their camp radius, attack while moving, jump off nearby ledges, and have improved pathfinding!

Player Account Portal

We’ve been teasing a new Player Account Portal for quite a while - and we’re pleased to share that it’ll finally launch during Season 3! The Player Account Portal is going to be a hub for you to link your Predecessor game account to a variety of other accounts.

Support Portal Release

We realize that we do not have technical support to match and this is something that we need to address prior to console release. We will soon be launching a beta version of our support portal, a place to get technical help quickly and easily.

Season 4 and beyond

Season 3 is planned to be the last Early Access Season in this format. More information on this will be shared towards the end of the season!

Finally, we’d like to once again thank you for your unwavering support, patience and continued excitement and enthusiasm for the future of Predecessor. We’re beyond excited for what the future holds for us and we can’t wait to bring you with us as we continue the next big step in our adventure!

─ Zuzu (Community Experience Manager) & alex (Lead Game Designer)