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Or theyre gonna dev it during the weekend too x_x

Well, lets try to be a bit more optimistic, i think xD The game ran insanely well yesterday, probably the best ive seen during my playtime (since 2014). LO is trying, despite all the crap they got this year, yesterday made it seem like theyre on the good track. Lets just have a bit of faith and support them, cause they really need it lol. Heck, they deserve it.

Cause: * we might break something (by accident). * some that got cancer for brains might take the chance to break something intentionally. * we might see a broken feature that didnt survive all the host / hardware changes, decide that "omg they changed it to crap, noooooo" and cause a stupid riot over something that isnt even going to happen. * the game may not be in a playable state when devs quit for the day, easier and faster to just lock us out for a while. * probably something else too, but cant think of anything more at the moment. FE is gonna be fine, looks like you really might find it up and running after the holiday. Edit: steam charts say that its up, try your luck.

Nah, seems like everyone got kicked, LO switched back to internal testing. ----- Info:

There should be an option in the G1 launcher to "use steam authentication", was at least earlier. That should work if accounts are linked. I think. I dont use steam, but still trying to help. Which ever way you try - the update takes LONG for some, so tab out and let it do its thing for a while. The G1 launcher might exit after logging in or after completing the update - should work normaly after you relaunch it. If nothing at all works, then i guess thats just how many people are allowed to log in into this.

The game is up, but not for everyone. We sneaked into LO testing it, so for some it doesnt work (afaik - some steam users can log in via steam. but it doesnt work for all. G1 launcher seems to work for most). FE UPDATE, YAY: LO is the best thing that ever happened to FE.

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Have a nice trip! And yea, you are quite likely right xD ----- LO may be moving their EU data center again: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Bonus: regarding progress with the anticheat: [8] [9]

A wild Matt was sighted in the FE section of LOs discord: Link

Oh, i get that. Playerbase size and marketplace revenue played a big role in their decisions. APBs was a few hundred when LO bought out both games, FEs was a lot smaller. Naturally, APB seemed more reliable to prioritize. In an ideal world, we would already have the remake to play, and new content for it. In this one, we have to wait it out just for classic. The anticheat is right above FE in priority, its just a very annoying wait, especially when it seems like the game is so close now.

APB anticheat patch (along with a content update) has been delayed. No word yet on how it will affect work with FE, but a delay on any kind of progress with FE is likely. Looks like "days, hopefully not weeks" just turned back into "weeks, hopefully not months". Initial post about the patch Patch delay notice Further details (mostly same info on discord, so linking just forum posts)

They are a relatively small company dealing with a big pile of dumpster fires (FE, APB had its own moments too, also Unsung Story and STFU) and this year sure wasnt gentle on them xD Its probably safe to assume that theyre diverting what manpower they have to more essential tasks, at least until they arent swamped so bad. And writing a quick notice on Discord is faster than a more formal post here (for comparison - APB gets more minor updates / news via discord too, mostly the big ones actually reach the forums). Im also doing this at the expense of my free time. If LO staff spent the past few months working 16hour long days (based on what Matt said at the end of AMA - im assuming most of them are, or FE / APB related staff are at least) - there really isnt that much spare time left for copying text from one site to another. (dont get me wrong, id prefer that updates be timely and everywhere theyre due, but its likely just not possible given the situation)

Links to the VOD of the AMA, where FE was mentioned: [1] (incase timestamp doesnt carry over - 01:43:50) [2] (01:45:26)

A very shory recap of what was said about FE during the AMA for APB: * FE is "days away from being online. Hopefully not weeks". (Old anti-ddos system prevented bringing FE back earlier, fixed now); * Theyre still working on the remake. Yay; * Matt is sorry that we are going bonkers with FE withdrawal here for so long; (I wasnt able to watch the AMA stream - ty to johnnynge for clipping and relaying the parts about FE, Hondy and sal_the_Value_Pig for providing and clarifying quotes)

Incase anyone is interested in spying on the AMA tomorrow (10AM PDT / 5PM UTC): http://twitch.tv/LittleOrbit