ok.... there is 2 versions planned. the first is the English release of the game or version one... and version 2 is planned as a major content, event and game changing update.
The time frame is to have most of the planned changes and updates in by the end of feburary, thats on the devs chinese server then we go to bug fixing. Next step is the translation to gamer english.
The screenshots I posted were done with google translate because its faster..... but thats not correct translation or gamer english. The difference is English is English, gamer English is English that is translated into gaming terms.
IE speed runs = blitz. Melee attack = physical attack and physical damage.....
the next planned version is RoG 2 which will have the talent system changes, more content, events etc..... and that is a few months away....
Now we plan to do translations after the devs have added the new content for version one. Translation is generally 1-2 months work. The reason for that is the game is in chinese, we can not just add english translations, but actually also have to change the coding to english.
Generally with closed beta testing servers, they are wiped when we move to open beta which is permanent servers that are live servers, but they are not called final version version servers, they remain in open development.
With RoG, we have 3 options, keep S1 and S2 and open S3 with the new english version, close 1 and 2 and everybody restarts on S3 or wait and go start to open beta.
The reason why we may not be able to update S1 and S2 is because a level 60 player may find that all of their work on their character is void because of changes to the game.... and also because patching the game may corrupt their character.....
currently there is 4 servers, CB 1 and CB 2, chinese developer server and english developer server, both of which are not accessible by players. Chinese developer server is the most up to date with addons, content and updates but not all of what is on the chinese server will appear in the version 1 release... things like the level 10 gems with 3000 value, on CB 1 and 2, the max is level 7 with 240 value.
the pet system was put in last week on chinese developer server, with more than 20 pets. I am waiting to see a final decision on the pet and merc systems as the pet system uses the merc system but the dev server shows windows for both merc and pet systems
so after chinese new year, I will ask for a projected timeframe.... thats a loose time frame for server updates and releases, it can vary by months.....on one game we were delayed by 6 months.
logically I am thinking it will be CB update in chinese, then release in english ( version 1 ) than version 2 released.
also in the pipeline, a second game host has requested international hosting rights for non english languages, which is good for players as its a big game hosting company and AMZ is also open to cross platform hosting the game in english. While that does not mean much to the players other than the game in their language, for a game to have that interest before its even launched in english, is very rare... and its also a very good sign..... so there is a lot of pressure on AMZ to deliever a top game... and thats why your feedback is so important