Alpha 109: The High Ranking Units

Patch Note

November 04, 2023

[h2]New Features[/h2]
[h3]Space View[/h3]

Added prison feature - triggered upon failing battles with merchant convoys, outposts fleets, and NPC fleets.

[h3]UI[/h3]

[h3]Vehicle[/h3]

Hoverbikes are now allowed in all cities.
New tank:
- New tank 3D model.
- Adjusted land mines’ visual effects.
- Optimized shockwave special effects.

[h3]Mission[/h3]

New Mission Objectives:
- Reaching a certain level.
- Winning combats in matchmaking.
During the battle of the “Eradicate The Pirates” mission, tips for commanding troops are now written in the right side mission objectives.

[h3]Combats[/h3]

New 3D Model for Commando Troops.
New 3D models for different rarity troops (Commando, Pirate Brute, Death Dancer, Pirate Captain, Pirate, Goliath, Desolater).
Added kill notifications.
Added PEMs’ death ragdoll effect.

[h2]Optimization and Improvements[/h2]
[h3]Space View[/h3]

Optimized mission tracking display.
Increased speed for mining and collecting resources.
Optimized interactive objects’ display.
- When clicking on an interactive object, the interactive range is adjusted and displayed as a white dotted line.
- Dotted lines are hidden when interaction is triggered.
Optimized hostile fleet interaction - after a player successfully escapes, the fleet ignores the player for a short amount of time.
Chat boxes no longer show the selected interactive items.
After using a Superliminal Warping Beacon in the galaxy map mode, the camera will go back to the fleet piloting interface.
Optimized the spaceship thrusters VFX. Its length now depends on the speed.
Optimized click-to-move UI.
Optimized the distance display.

[h3]Interface[/h3]

Optimized character customization interface:
- Added a proficiency icon that allows players to check the proficiency details.
Increased the size of the parasitic meteor environment and added lots of new cover for a better battle experience.
Optimized red dot display:
- Adjusted red dot’s color.
- Adjusted the location of categorized red dot display to the upper right corner of the button.
4 troop slots are available by default. Remaining slots can be unlocked by improving Assault Squad’s proficiency.
Using NS Data Cores in the backpack can directly open the corresponding proficiency page.
Optimized the multi-selection chests popup.
Limited the number of chests that can be opened at the same time.
Optimized the display of damage dealt by players.
Optimized the display of ally’s icons.
Optimized the display of Goliath’s shield.

[h3]Mission[/h3]

[h3]Combats[/h3]

Optimized the skills cooldown display.
Melee weapon’s skill key is changed to E.
Optimized missile trajectory
The "Blast Ammo" skill has been adjusted to take effect within a specific time frame. (Exploder Cannon, Grenade Launcher, and Acid Spitter have no explosive effects after use, but bullets can be restored)
Adjusted potions
- They no longer regenerate shield. Instead, it will require a specific affix on the wrists armor to replenish shields.
- Increased cooldown time.
Optimized Commando bullets’ special effects.
Optimized the driving viewpoint for hoverbike.
Optimized Pirate Captain’s running animation.

[h3]Balance[/h3]

Increased the required amount of materials for weapon enhancement.
Increased the durability loss in combat settlement.
Reduced the amount of material rewards from main quests.
Increased the difficulty of main quest combats.
Reduced the required experience for leveling up Star Shooter proficiency.
Slightly increased the required experience for weapon and armor proficiency upgrades.
Reduced the required level experience for leveling up to Levels 9 and 10.
Reduced the time needed to capture strategic points in Tactical Capture mode.
Big Jack and Energy Rift are added as rewards for completing the main quest "The First Step...".
Adjusted the side quest "To Each his Own"'s item-collect mission objective to 20.
Some regional side quests now unlock at level 2.

[h3]Others[/h3]