Eternal Return News

We spent a fun and competitive last week that resulted in amazing matches

Here is the last ranking of players from the tournament finals and their score:

1. Ascient 62
   
2. Wonton 46
   
3. Hitagi 32
   
4. Wrath 26
   
5. Jinsoul 23
   
6. Geno 22
   
7. Scaz 22
   
8. Shouix 17
   
9. Eighth 14
   
10. Narak 14
    
11. Altairis 13
    
12. NomNomAnal 11
    
13. WingeDaemon 10
    
14. pmHoward 10
    
15. Bababaa 6
    
16. Jenny 5
    
17. ore 3
    

The top 3 players will receive the respective prizes:

• 1st place: USD 500
  
• 2nd place: USD 300
  
• 3rd place: USD 200
  
• All 17 participants will receive 1075 NP as a token of recognition for reaching the finals
  

We will soon have a video on youtube highlighting cool moments of the tournament.
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In the meantime, you can check some twitch highlights of the finalists:

• https://clips.twitch.tv/ElatedPleasantMarrowShazBotstix
  
• https://clips.twitch.tv/UglyGlamorousLocustGrammarKing
  
• https://clips.twitch.tv/AbnegateOddSpindleMoreCowbell
  
• https://clips.twitch.tv/SincereDarlingTaroDancingBanana
  
• https://clips.twitch.tv/DeadTransparentPotKreygasm
  

We are extending the Duo Weekly Matches for this week. (1 more before the end of the Beta)
September 24th 7pm PDT

[h3]Join the Weekly Duo Match here[/h3]: https://discord.gg/5c4ucgu

The GM will be sharing a code on the channel. Make sure to have a duo partner ready to join.

Have fun this week and remember that we will continue with the Beta until the 30th.

Survive until the end!

Thank you everyone who participated and watched the Preliminaries of the Open Beta Grand Tournament

We will now proceed with the Finals.

[h2]Finals[/h2]

The Finals will happen on September 19th 7pm PDT

It will be played in NA Server / Solo Mode

The winners will be decided based on the cumulative score of 3 matches (All matches will be played on the same day)

There will be amazing prizes for this tournament:

• 1st Place: USD 500
  
• 2nd Place: USD 300
  
• 3rd Place: USD 200
  
• Finals' Participation prize: 1075 NP
  

[h2]Finalists[/h2]

These are the players who made it to the Finals:

• Shouix
  
• Eighth
  
• Scaz
  
• pmHoward
  
• WingeDaemon
  
• Wonton
  
• Wrath
  
• Jenny
  
• NaraK
  
• Ore
  
• Altairis
  
• Geno
  
• NomNomAnal
  
• Ascient
  
• Jinsoul
  
• Bababaa
  
• HitagiEnd
  

[h2]Where to watch: [/h2]

The following players will be streaming their games in this Finals:

https://www.twitch.tv/wingedaemon

https://www.twitch.tv/superstarjenny

https://www.twitch.tv/scazzaf

https://www.twitch.tv/aetherys_ad

More channels coming soon


If you did not make it to this tournament, do not fall into despair!
We will be bringing more fun activities like this soon

[h2]Add Eternal Return to your wishlist[/h2]
Wishlisting us on Steam is ridiculously helpful for us. Please wishlist us and recommend us to your friends so we can continue to try to make the best possible game for everyone to enjoy.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1049590/Eternal_Return_Black_Survival/

So I found the owner of the gem thing. It belongs to none other than the hottest girl on Lumia Island, Adriana. I think she must've been in the parking lot stealing the gas from my car...



Adriana, the Inferno, will turn up the heat on Lumia Island sometime during Early Access. She’s got her flamethrower on her hip, likely ready to fry up the other test subjects. She hasn’t, nor will she ever, forget about her sister - she’s even got a reminder on her (rather torn up) pants!

There’s more Adriana to come! Pop in to the Official Discord so you don’t miss a thing.

Hey everyone, Aesop here with some quick adjustments and changes for a couple things. We’ve added some reasoning behind some of the changes as well. We might still be lacking a bit of context, but we're always trying to improve, so we ask for your understanding going forward.

[h2]Character[/h2]
Three modes require different focuses and specialties per character and it makes it harder to balance. Each mode has its own playstyle and fun, and the number of players in each mode keeps growing. The proportion of players in each mode is pretty even, so we are trying to keep equal priority when it comes to balancing.
However, this is a long process as there are many elements affected by balancing. We’ve kept a max of 15% balance adjustment allowed in each mode -- some characters are getting close to this maximum. We will prepare balance measures other than these mode adjustments for future updates.

[h3]Spotlight - Isol[/h3]

• Instead of weakening the synergy between Semtex Bomb (Q) and Rebel Assault (W), we want to improve the balance between pistols and assault rifles by strengthening synergy of normal attacks with assault rifles and Semtex Bomb.
  
• Although you can increase the effects of Semtex Bomb using normal attacks of the assault rifles, the synergy between Semtex Bomb and Rebel Assault with pistols results in less than ideal interactions.
  
• Damage dealt in Squad mode 93% —> 90%
  
• Semtex Bomb (Q)
  • Additional effects that were applied only to the first bullet of the assault rifle’s three round burst are now applied to all 3 bullets.
    
  • Additional effects when hitting an enemy
    • Timer of explosion reduced by 1s —> 0.5s
      
    • Extra damage 10/16/22/28/34 —> 8/12/16/20/24
      
    • Extra damage attack power ratio 0.4 —> 0.3
• Rebel Assault (W)
  • Movement speed reduction 10/12.5/15/17.5/20% —> fixed at 15%
    
  • Number of attacks: 5 → 4
    
  • Attacks every 0.5s → 0.66s
• Camouflage (E)
  • Movement speed increase [REMOVED]

[h3]Li Dailin[/h3]

• Drink Up (W) - Skill Damage reduction 25% —> 15%
  
• Spirited Kick (Q) cooldown 9s → 10s
  

[h3]Xiukai[/h3]

• Damage dealt in Squad mode 100% —> 95%
  

[h3]Sissela[/h3]

• Damage dealt in Duo mode 95% —> 90%
  
• Damage dealt in Squad mode 92% —> 90%
  
• Play With Us! (E) will not exceed the maximum range of 5m, even when using Go Get ‘Em Wilson! (Q)
  

[h3]Aya[/h3]

• Damage dealt in Duo mode 95% —> 92%
  
• Damage dealt in Squad mode 90% —> 86%
  

[h3]Jackie[/h3]

• Damage received in Squad mode 97% —> 95%
  
• Defense per level 1.9 —> 2.1
  

[h3]Hyunwoo[/h3]

• First Attack (E) knockback range 5m —> 3.5m
  

[h2]Equipment[/h2]

• The highest tier of items are usually exponentially more efficient than the lower tiers. Two-handed swords have received an overall buff, but we would also like to experiment with two-handed swords, dual swords, and bats in order to improve the efficiency of mid-level equipment.
  
• Please understand that changing the location or recipes for materials requires a lot of preparation, and it is being carried out slowly.
  

[h3]Pistol[/h3]

• Moving Reload (D)
  
• Cooldown 20/10s —> 30/20s
  
• Elegance
  
• Recipe changed: FN57 + White Powder —> FN57 + Feather Duster
  

[h3]Sniper Rifle[/h3]

• Intervention
  • Attack Power 120 —> 110
    
  • Increased range 2m → 1m
• Railgun, Polaris
  • Vision Range 2.5m → 2m

[h3]Rapier[/h3]

• Durendal Mk2
  
• Vision Range 4 —> 3m
  

[h3]Glove[/h3]

• Tonfa has a high win rate, but a low kill rate, so LP is rarely affected. We are adjusting glove weapons as Hyunwoo (high win rate) and Li Dailin (high pick rate) are both slightly above top-tier according to data.
  
• Bloodwing Knuckles
  • HP 400 —> 300
• Divine Fist
  • Extra Damage to Normal Attacks 38 —> 33
• White Claw Punch
  • Critical Strike Chance 25% —> 20%

[h3]Dagger[/h3]

• Mount Slicer
  • Attack Power 25 —> 30

[h3]Two-handed Swords[/h3]

• Rusty Sword
  • Attack Power 10 —> 11
• Shamshir
  • Attack Power 18 —> 27
• Katana
  • Attack Power 24 —> 35
• Masamune
  • Attack Power 32 —> 40
• Muramasa
  • Attack Power 38 —> 50
• Bastard Sword
  • Attack Power 32 —> 45
• Jewel Sword
  • Attack Power 30 —> 35
• Thuận Thiên
  • Attack Power 70 —> 77
• Plasma Sword
  • Attack Power 70 —> 75
• Excalibur
  • Attack Power 40 —> 45
• Monohoshizao
  • Attack Power 57 —> 60

[h3]Dual Swords[/h3]

• Extra Damage to Normal Attacks per mastery level 2% —> 2.5%
  
• Twin Swords
  • Attack Power 9 —> 14
• Florentine
  • Attack Power 18 —> 23

[h3]Bat[/h3]

• Short Rod
  • Attack Power 8 —> 15
• Long Rod
  • Attack Power 18 —> 25
• Umbrella
  • Attack Power 18 —> 30
• Goblin Bat
  • Attack Power 21 —> 30
• Torch
  • Attack Power 22 —> 40
• Spy Umbrella
  • Skill Amplification 30 —> 25

[h3]Hammer[/h3]

• Hammer of Thor
  • Recipe changed: Black Stag Hammer + Dead Battery → Black Stag Hammer + Ion Battery

[h3]Crossbow[/h3]

• The Legend of The General
  • Attack Power 100 —> 85

[h3]Shuriken[/h3]

• Wind and Fire Wheels
  • Skill Amplification 20% —> 17%

[h3]Throw[/h3]

• Smoke Bomb
  • Attack Power 80 —> 90
• High Explosive Grenade
  • Attack Power 40 —> 50
• Grenade of Antioch
  • Attack Power 60 —> 70
• Ruthenium Marble
  • Attack Power 60 —> 70

[h3]Trap[/h3]

• Clang Clatter
  • Quantity 6 —> 5

[h3]Head Armor[/h3]

• Tactical OPS Helmet
  • HP 250 —> 100

[h3]Chest Armor[/h3]

• Dress
  • Attack Power, Defense 5—> 8
• Qipao
  • Attack Power, Defense 6 —> 10
    
  • SP Regeneration 200% —> 150%
• Turtle Dobok
  • Defense 7 —> 10
    
  • Cooldown reduction 10% —> 13%
• Dragon Dobok
  • SP Regeneration 250% —> 150%
    
  • Cooldown reduction 20% —> 15%
• Bulletproof Vest
  • [NEW] Defense 10
• Rocker's Jacket
  • Attack Power 25 —> 28
• Butler's Suit
  • Attack Power 25 —> 30

[h3]Arm Armor[/h3]

• Draupnir
  • Max SP 600 —> 400
• Creed of the Knight
  • Critical Strike Damage increase 30% —> 25%
• Sword Stopper
  • Normal Attack Damage Reduction 17 → 14
    
  • Defense 20 → 23

[h3]Leg Armor[/h3]

• White Rhinos
  • Attack Speed 10% —> 15%

[h3]Accessory[/h3]

• Magazine
  • Normal Attacks Damage reduction 10 —> 8
• White Crane Fan
  • Skill Amplification 23 —> 20

[h3]Food[/h3]

• Honey cod steak
  • HP Recovery 600 → 700
• Canned Cod Liver
  • HP Recovery 600 → 650
• Fish Fillet With Egg
  • HP Recovery 600 → 700
• Acupuncture Needle
  • HP Recovery 500 → 700
• Lemon Ice Cream
  • HP Recovery 400 → 500
• Choco Ice Cream
  • HP Recovery 400 → 550

[h2]Wild Animals[/h2]

• Added Heated Stone to the Bear loot table.
  

[h2]New shortcuts[/h2]

• Drop single item from stack with Ctrl + right-click
  
• Drop all items in stack with Shift + right-click
  

[h2]Optimization[/h2]

• Disabled unnecessary ray casting when closing game window
  
• Decal update optimization - greatly improved performance for "Ultra" video settings
  
• Optimized dynamic loading of UI images
  
• Optimized calls to the client FindObjectOfType
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Some character animations no longer have ‘crackling’ sounds in the lobby.
  
• Using the security console twice in the 2nd tutorial no longer prevents you from moving.
  
• Failed actions will now succeed the second time if you correct them (ex: Failing to pick up an item because you inventory was full would prevent you from picking it up again after dropping an item to make space)
  
• Emotes no longer occasionally displayed incorrectly.
  
• Jackie and Hart no longer have weapons when downed.
  
• Right-clicking on teammate's portraits no longer focuses the camera on them (camera focuses on teammates only with left-click)
  
• Magnus no longer occasionally rides an invisible bike.
  
• Xiukai's Juggernaut Chef's stacks no longer disappear when downed.
  

Hello everyone, Eternal Return team here with a scheduling adjustment and some news for the future.

Our update for post matchmaking character selection + no duplicate characters was scheduled for release tomorrow, but it has been pushed back one week.
We are very sorry for the delay.

There will still be a minor patch tomorrow as planned, but it will not include this particular feature.
In order to test and fix unexpected issues that may appear, we will extend the Open Beta for one more week.
The Open Beta will now end September 30th.

We still have many concerns regarding the Early Access release of Eternal Return as this will be our first experience with it.
We are particularly concerned about the billing system as there are a lot of requirements to meet, as well as setting up an entire refund system, which makes it a big project in itself.
Transferring all data from the Open Beta demo version to the official client will also be a big project that we are trying to make as smooth as possible.

Naturally, there are a lot of new features that are necessary to have by Early Access.
Although experienced players like to test out new Saved Plans and builds, casual and new players have expressed that Saved Plans can be a more confusing obstacle to overcome.
Due to this, the implementation of a feature allowing players to adopt multiple Saved Plans created by other players seems essential.

We are also lucky enough to have several people streaming Eternal Return, highlighting the urgency of a spectator feature.

Both the Demo (Open Beta) and Early Access are internal systems that rely on Steam.
There are very few examples of Demo versions of Free-to-Play games on Steam, so there are many elements that require consultation or permission from Steam themselves.
Due to the situation in North America, the aforementioned consultation process has slowed.

Our development team wants to extend the Open Beta more than anyone else.

We will notify you if an additional extension is possible after September 30th, depending on the development progress and consultation with Steam.

Unfortunately, we cannot implement bug fixes and new features during the extended period.

We will keep working hard to bring you the best version of Eternal Return possible. Thank you for reading.