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Update 102: Venus Thunderstorm

Patch Note

[h2]New Features[/h2]
[h3]Galaxy Map[/h3]
  • Beacon function: Space stations and destinations are marked and their distance is displayed.

[h3]UI[/h3]
  • Unfinished main quests restrict player actions and guide them to complete the current main quest first.
  • New dialogue interface UI with an improved interactive presentation.
  • After interaction with NPC, the screen goes black, and the player switches from a first-person perspective to the dialogue screen that shows the NPC's face and displays the full dialogue content.
  • Auction House purchase interface has a new "ALL" category.
  • New UI for successful item crafting and pop-up window with items received after the crafting session.
  • Auction House: Increased size of item icons in the Auction House page, added a scrollbar, and item quantity display.
  • Brand new spaceship enhancement feature.

[h3]Missions[/h3]
  • Daily missions now include proficiency, crafting, enhancement, and repair tasks.
  • Added a tutorial Auction House mission.


[h2]Changes & Optimizations[/h2]
[h3]UI[/h3]
  • Introducing a new season of the Battle Pass.
  • Added an option to disable attacks on all outposts.
  • Progress reward boxes in the Quest Journal task list have a red dot prompt when they can be claimed
  • Repair and healing pop-up windows now have a cancel option, and selecting to close the window cancels the repair and healing operations.
  • Deduction coupon pop-up window now has a cancel option, and selecting to close the window cancels the repair and healing operations.

[h3]Missions[/h3]
  • Updated main quest line.
  • Weekly missions temporarily disabled.
  • Delivery missions between colonies now include a prompt to use the fast travel device.
  • The quest reward Shield Grenade S1 for completion of «Elysia» was removed.

[h3]Auction House[/h3]
  • Non-bound weapons, troops, ships, and vehicles can now be sold.

[h3]Battle[/h3]
  • Adjusted the health bar effects.
  • Added random weather effect "Venus Thunderstorm."
    • -In the specific zones of the battle, an ionized area will be generated, with more and more ions, and lightning strikes in an instant.
    • -Thunderstorms cause significant damage and knockback to units within range (vehicles and buildings are not knocked back).
  • Battles with NPC fleets changed to flag-capturing gameplay in the "Cliffside Military Factory" battle.
  • Improved AI behavior in flag-capturing gameplay, with a higher chance of attacking enemies within flag positions.
  • Troops behavior optimizations:
    • -Ranged troops now move more frequently.
    • -Ranged troops perform a melee attack once and then move back to engage in ranged shooting.
  • Aberrant Mutation skill optimizations:
    • -Updated Aberrant Mutation effects, and adjusted Aberrant Mutation regular attacks.
    • -Shotgun shooting changed to a small skill, with increased area damage.
  • Troops no longer block friendly bullets.
  • Legendary pirates adjusted from level 61 to level 31.
  • After winning a battle players can now press and hold ESC to teleport to the location of the treasure chest.

[h3]Balancing[/h3]
  • Increased experience required for character leveling from level 20 to 30
  • Increased drop rate of ship, vehicle, and troops acceleration items
  • Decreased the drop rate in encounter battles.
  • Increased durability of certain troops, spaceships, and vehicles.
  • Increased durability deductions in victory and defeat settlements.
  • Elysia starts at level 1 by default until the main quest is finished. Once the main quest is completed, the Elysia stronghold level adjusts to match the player's level.
  • The quantity of loot obtained after winning a Spacecraft Defense battle has increased.
  • The level range for obtaining weapon proficiency experience has been expanded (monsters and dungeons below level 9 will now give proficiency as normal).
  • The difficulty for first-time pirate battles and "Tactical Capture" battles has been slightly decreased.
  • Removed longbow rewards from the general exchange.
  • Adjusted the unlocking level for longbow proficiency to level 30 in ranged proficiency.

[h3]QoL[/h3]
  • After winning the battle long pressing ESC button will teleport you to the treasure chest location (not supported in Pirate Hideouts).

[h3]Others[/h3]
  • Performance optimization
  • Many bug fixes