Was Astellia Any Good
Astellia was another very generic MMORPG that provided nothing more than the next MMORPG. It had slightly unique ideas such s the Astellia Card/Summons, however, even then, it was not interesting and you can pretty much just refer them as fancy pets.
Since launch, it reached 1,124 peak throughout it’s 1 year and 8 months of service. Each month, it’s numbers dwindled down even further to a staggering two digits peak player base as of June 2021. The decision of shutdown was inevitable.
Astellia’s Official Communication
We regretfully inform you that Astellia service will be closed on October 29th, 2021(Fri).
We would like to thank you for playing Astellia until now, and please find below for detailed schedule of service termination and refund.
[Astellia Service Termination Schedule Notice]
Service Termination Schedule:
[KST] 2021. 10. 29. (Fri) 12:00
[PDT] 2021. 10. 28. (Thu) 20:00
[UTC] 2021. 10. 29. (Tue) 03:00
End of Package and Item Sales Schedule:
[KST] 2021. 8. 10. (Tue) 12:00
[PDT] 2021. 8. 9. (Mon) 20:00
[UTC] 2021. 8. 10. (Tue) 03:00
It is possible to purchase a Gem product by using own Gem after end of paid item(package and BENA cash) sales, and purchased items can be used in game until service termination schedule.
Service Termination Event
Event Period:
[KST] 2021. 8. 17. (Tue) 16:00 ~ 2021. 10. 29. (Fri) 12:00
[PDT] 2021. 8. 17. (Tue) 12:00 ~ 2021. 10. 28. (Thu) 20:00
[UTC] 2021. 8. 17. (Tue) 07:00 ~ 2021. 10. 29. (Tue) 03:00
Event Details: Increase EXP Gain by 300%, and Drop rate by 300%, Discounted Gem Product by 50%
Source
Did Fayie Play Astellia?
I had a chance to participate in the Beta before release and the combat was not only unpolished, it was also a Unreal Engine 3 game. It’s graphics was very generic and super similar to Bless Online. The publishers made zero attempts to market the game nor attract players throughout the years and it was labeled as a Pay 2 Win game right off the bat along with a high Buy 2 Play price tag. I did not purchase the game, I was tempted to many times but I knew this day was going come eventually which held me off it.
Fayiette’s Thoughts
The MMORPG community won’t miss such a title and I won’t be surprised if another publisher swoops up this game attempt to relaunch and milk it for all worth. After all, isn’t that what most publishers are doing lately.
