Largest update so far: major gameplay balancing, Skylab & upgrade system reworks, drone upgrades, new quests, massive networking and UI optimizations, new audio/visual effects, additional ships, and dozens of fixes. New features include Roaming Bandits (AI pilots across maps) and the Reforge System for PvE/PvP item enhancements.
@everyone The biggest update ever released yet...
To go straight to the point here is the content of the update
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Game Mechanics & Balancing
+ Shield rework (Shield now have absorption % like in darkorbit Before it was always 80%)
+ Pet Consumption reduced by arround 20x
+ Range of Npc's attack is now DarkOrbit accurate ( Lower )
+ Attack Range of Players is now slightly lower ( DarkOrbit Accurate )
+ Rockets Attack rangge is now bigger for PLT-2021, PLT-3030 to be same as player attack range
+ Rocket Launcher Attack Range is now same as Player Attack Range
+ Rocket Rauncher reloading now has a cooldown ( DarkOrbit Accurate )
+ Skylab has been reworked to produce way more ressources and upgrade faster
+ Upgrade System has been reworked and contains now more resources to upgrade
+ Drones are now Upgradeable in Upgrade System
+ Added pricing and upgrade for certain items that where missing
( LF-1 MP-1 LF-2 LF-3 LF-4 HST-2 HST-3 )
+ Drones and P.E.T. are now leveling way faster ( Exeperience gained from npc's way before Divided by 40 and now only by 16 ) roughly x2.25 faster to level up
+ Added New quests
Optimization
+ Reworked Massively the Network Sync to be able to support high player count PvP (Tested with 200vs200 simulation)
+ Fixed FPS loss on Ability cooldown starting ( Due to UI Animation )
+ Reworked UI Window movements to prevent laggs when draging them
+ Reworked P.E.T. Locator to be more accurate, better to use and more optimized
+ Optimized UI
+ Reworked Spacemap objects not being loaded properly
+ Reworked Top Bars buttons
+ Reworked Slot Bar & Tool Bar buttons
+ Reworked Contact UI
+ Reworked Assembly ( Crafting UI )
+ Reworked Galaxy Gate UI
+ Reworked Chat UI
Visuals & Audio
+ Added 3d Audio engine
+ Added Separated Audio Level for Player and Npc's adjustable by player in ingame settings
+ Added new SFX ( Audio ) for different Animations, Actions, UI
+ Added Laser Flash
+ Reworked Lasers Positions & Engine Flame, Engine Smoke for most ships
+ Reworked certain Ship Visuals
+ P.E.T. Is now shooting like player ( If owner shoot Big Lasers he will too )
Misc, Ships & Fixes
+ Reworked Distance Indicator for Out Of Range (OOR)
+ Fixed Issues arround BattleStations not being built properly and other things
+ Reworked Galaxy Gate System to now be able to Spin while having an already prepared Gate
+ Added new tasks possibility for Quest System
+ Added Citadel, Citadel Veteran, Citadel Elite
+ Added Aegis, Aegis Veteran, Aegis Elite```
This update implement 2 new key features:
Roaming bandits / npc's
Reforge System
Starting of with Roaming bandits / npc's
You will now find on maps Friendly and Enemies Npc's using leonov goliath aegis etc,
For the friendly npc's you can invite them in group and farm with them ( Very useful to help new players into the early grind etc, rewards will be divided by the number of npc's you have in the group like with players, if you get attacked by enemie npc's they will help you too )
For the enemies npc's, they are roaming on maps and farming npc's, attacking other bandits and players, why ? more content, making map less empty, special quests, more "PvP ish" content and less repetitive farming on high maps
Bandits are using formations just like players and adapting themself to the situation, using ISH, SMB, Battle repair bot, when using an aegis can heal group members in PvE or PvP etc ( It's very advanced and design to be able to make very cool stuffs arround them ), also they give rewards on kill
About the Reforge System
Reforge system is a new system fully exclusive that aim to make you have better equipments, do more PvE or PvP damages and tank more
When you drop in booty keys or buy from shop etc any items they have chances to be either PvP or PvE items, thoses will have for Lasers More Crit Chances, more Crit Damages when attacking players or if PvE when attacking Npc's
You can also reforge Shield wich will grant you more Shield Absorption, Each items have max of 25 Reforge, chances to succed or fail
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