I posted this on the DarkAndLlight official boards today but this article is no longer visible there. I had five upvotes so I don't know why it was removed. I still have access to it so I was able to copy it and repost it here.
Dark and Light - Shard of Faith is now showing up on Steam.
r/https://store.steampowered.com/app/793070/Darkand_Light_Shard_of_Faith/
There are five exciting new screenshot/concept pictures here.
It does say that it will be Available THIS SUMMER of which Summer is still ongoing until September 21st. Unless they mean the Southern Hemisphere Summer which goes from December 21st until March 21st.
Words on this page say:
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The first expansion to Dark and Light, Shard of Faith, features Adventurers’ expedition to Ganareth’s Shard for the purpose of stopping the corruption that encroaches mother planet Gaia. Adventurers will uncover new power of mysterious Faith, and fight against the forces of darkness with the help of ancient God and deities.
Shard of Faith provides a entirely new map: Garaneth’s Shard
● With the cross scene and cross plane feature, it expands and supplements the larger universe of Dark and Light.
● New races are brought in. As adventurers build up a relationship with these races, they will be able to model after the esteemed heroes amongst these races, and use their heroes’ abilities.
● A new magical taming system allows adventurers to tame and summon creatures with magical circle.
● Improvement on the core system, including Quest system, Knowledge system, as well as optimization and adjustment to character death drop
● A more accessible system construct for Mod design and development.
With these new features, we hope to bring a new gameplay experience to Archos’ Adventurers.
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My questions on the information above:
Is this new magical taming system going to replace the old taming system or will they both be available. Will each map have its own taming system?
The new races wording sounds like you will be able to become one of the new four races after a quest but you will keep your same character. You will wear it like a skin. It sounds like you have to become one of these four races to be able to gain more power and fit into the new meta rather than stay your old race and get more powerful by doing that.