{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8e7d841f22cf4d213e40e539","clusterId":"c_0e950dda7d35a16698e317f8","slug":"airship-2-playtest-adds-character-creation-and-zone-based-hull-customization","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Airship 2 Playtest Adds Character Creation and Zone-Based Hull Customization","summary":"Light Up Games and developer Revolution Industry updated the Airship 2: Kingdoms Ablaze playtest to build V0.0.6.3 on October 29. The build adds character creation, an onboarding tutorial, a management interface for talent trees, quests and company finances, and NPC fleets flying between settlements in the remastered Sasseg archipelago. Ship customization moved from the previous game's grid system to a zone-based system, and the developer says there are no plans to return to the grid.","whyItMatters":"The zone-based hull system is the design bet that makes hundreds-strong fleet battles manageable, and the developer is holding to it despite player pushback, so the playtest is now testing whether that trade holds up.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe build also adds a management interface covering talent trees, progression options, character growth, quests and company finances, plus NPC fleets that fly between settlements in the remastered Sasseg archipelago. The developer cites the difficulty of placing individual parts across dozens of ships as the reason for dropping the grid, and says feedback from players who prefer the old system has been received. Equipment diversification, balance adjustments and improved damage representation are the stated path forward for customization.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Airship 2: Kingdoms Ablaze drops the grid for zone-based hull building and says it will not go back. That locks the sequel to a system players cannot opt out of, so the playtest is now the only vote on it.","twitterPost":"Airship 2: Kingdoms Ablaze retired the grid for zone-based hulls with no plan to return, so playtest feedback is the only lever players get on the system.","threadsPost":"Airship 2: Kingdoms Ablaze moved hull building from the grid to zones, and Revolution Industry says there are no plans to return. That closes the old system off before the playtest has settled, so feedback now shapes tuning inside zones, not a rollback.","newsletterBlurb":"The Airship 2: Kingdoms Ablaze playtest moved to build V0.0.6.3 on October 29, adding character creation, an onboarding tutorial, a management interface and NPC fleets between settlements. Ship customization is now zone-based rather than grid-based, and the developer says there are no plans to revert despite player feedback. The PC (Steam) release date is undecided, and sign-ups for the playtest are open.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/11/01/174359.html\",\"title\":\"Lead hundreds of airships to become ruler of the skies! 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