While the Gamakna that was published last Friday in FR (EN version coming really soon) concentrated mostly on checking in with you and on the changes to the current version of DOFUS, we've decided, after your requests, to take a look at the state of 1.29.



Your requests which, in the end, never diminished. We naively thought that after a few years, we'd only hear from a small handful of nostalgic diehards. But no, you resisted, and you reaffirmed your desire to see this old version be officially reborn.

The massive closure of private servers, notably Abrak. These servers have always hurt us, and for a long time we've been looking for a way to fight them. And although it took us some time, we did find a way. This reason is linked to the last one: if these servers where there were many people playing were closed, we would have to offer you a similar playing experience.

There's a retro-gaming wind a-blowin'. These last months, lots of publishers have been spotlighting old versions of their flagship games and even consoles due to the huge demand from players. How could we resist? Yes, for us, version 1.29 is a retrogaming version of the current DOFUS, "DOFUS Classic" if you like.

Open to all players since the end of October, these two "retro" servers were previously reserved entirely for the Latin American community. Throughout the years, we had repeatedly said that we would not open these servers, and that the official version of DOFUS was version 2.0. But several things led us to change our minds:Since they opened, Eratz and Henual have seen a population boom. For us, it's a success not only because there are lots of players, but also, and above all, because we haven't seen any loss between 2.0 and 1.29. The number of 2.0 players remained steady while the 1.29 population grew. Are you nostalgics coming back to the source, to the game that marked your childhood?Obviously, with success comes a few inconveniences, notably bots. This has been a long-running and difficult problem. It's a problem that is even more complex since we don't have the same tools available on 2.0 and 1.29. We decided to tackle the problem head on, and we hope that you will be able to see some improvements in the weeks to come. Our devs have already modified part of the server code during the first days that the servers were open because the game conditions were rather poor… The DOS attacks we suffered were aggressive and we've added some protections in order to improve the performance of the servers. Alongside all these actions, we're going to mobilize moderators on both of these servers. Their work will be focused mainly around the bots. You should see them appearing in the weeks to come, after we take the time to iron out some of the details with the chosen ones. All this concentrated effort against the bots should considerably reduce the waiting lines, especially on the weekends!Concerning the Shop and the items that are not compatible between the two versions, we've decided to open a. There you'll find all sorts of items you can use without problem on Eratz and Henual. Be sure not to distribute these items to your DOFUS 2.0 character! That's right, these items are available to be redeemed on either one version or the other,, so be careful! The opening of this 1.29 shop is scheduled for later today, and over sixty items will be included.We're heading in this direction because your playing comfort is our priority and when wedo something to fix a problem, we will. It won't be perfect, certainly, since we're talking about a very old version where we have to work with stone-age (2012!) tools, but we're working on it. If you have suggestions, don't hesitate to let us know!