Dragonians!

This July, the portal to the Magmus Volcanoes will finally be opened to gamer-access.
A legion of 2000 will be invited to face off the toughest version of Lavalon currently available worldwide, as well as test their blades against a host of newly-buffed monsters and mini-bosses in El Grego.

Details: The portal to Magmus will be unlocked from 5pm Fri (2^5th July 2008 GMT 8) during the Alpha II period (24^th - 28^th July 2008).
Fire extinguisher recommended.

We are regretful to announce that Magmus Rising will be postponed to Thurs, 24^th July 2008, as the initial Alpha II client has failed our internal Quality Assurance test round.

We seek your understanding for the slight delay as we will not compromise basic game quality, even for an Alpha test. All participants will be notified here on the registration site, as well as on the forum and blog the moment a client is available for download on MMOsite.com.

Important News: Alpha II vs CBT

Due to massive architectural differences in the OBT client, the current build is no longer suitable for a Technical assessment of OBT stability. Hence,"Magmus Rising" in July 08 will now be an Alpha II test instead of Closed Beta (CBT), with the focus placed on content issues like game-balancing, new job skills, etc. We seek your understanding for pushing the launch date back by 2 days, in order for a content-update patch to be delivered, installed and checked.

A larger-scale CBT (at least 2 times the current content) will be scheduled for a later date.
Registrants who signed up for the 15th July CBT with access keys will still be guaranteed access for the rescheduled one. We are unable to fix a concrete date at this point, as there are too many dependencies to be factored in before a final decision.

At current standing, ICE's China OBT (which we will be basing our CBT on) is slated for October 2008, while NCSoft's Korean version will likely only be available earliest December 2008. We will fight to launch ours in 2008, ahead of Korea if possible, but stress that game-readiness is the foremost consideration for Dragonica.

We are sorry to make you wait.
But we are not sorry to make you wait for a good game!