Tactical Nexus News

We have made an update to greatly enhance the "item batch view" functionality by using Space + Z keys.
This is because the test players strongly suggested that it should be implemented.　I am currently at the bottom of a cliff, looking for rescue.
(The conventional batch display of items can also be done with 1 on the keyboard.)

I think that the glitches and operability are a little more noticeable than I had expected due to the hastily implemented features.　But at any rate, I think it will be very useful for the strategy of ChapterEX2-4.
(At the moment of being pushed down, he was told that we should announce it as a major update, so I did so.)

We plan to improve the functionality of the item catalog, and silent updates may come in from time to time.
The UI may change suddenly...

The difficulty level was adjusted because some items tended to be extremely strong and the difficulty level without them was somewhat high.

◆Added Winner's key x1 as a condition for obtaining Poptail.
　(It is now impossible to defeat Pure Nexus and Violet Crown.)

◆The number of platinum keys required to obtain the passive of ATK/DEF increase has been reduced by roughly 1.
　(It is now slightly easier to increase the status)

◆The cost of has been reduced slightly.
　Also, additional orbs can now be obtained.

◆The passive has been placed in some locations.
　(This is mainly an adjustment for Mystic Gate.)

◆Additional orbs have been placed on the floor that can be entered by consuming the return key.

◆Overscoring increased from 2m to 3.5m and the score for defeating Violet Crown doubled.
　(Instead of the score for destroying the Violet Crown being increased, other clear scores were decreased.)

Since it was our impression that the difficulty level of Mystic Gate had increased too much at the time of the final adjustment, we made the following adjustments.

◆Changed the base value of the effect of “Buffs that increase status according to the maximum number of chains” from 10 to 15, and set the maximum effect value of chains to 255.
　(However, the upper limit will be removed when Mystic Gate is activated.)
◆Changed the OverScore from 1.5m to 2.0m because the status is increased and HP is less likely to decrease.

[ChapterEX2-4 is implemented!]
Finally, ChapterEX2-4 has been implemented.

An adventure in a mysterious frontier land where a certain person's theory of heavenly motion is still believed.
Let's go in search of the legend of the man who is still called even after his country was dismantled and he became a citizen.
*Unique Enemies do not appear in this stage.


ChapterEX2 is a free DLC.
(We plan to eventually separate it from the free DLC, but for now we are doing so because the number of contents is small and because it is free DLC, it is practically included in the main package and there is no problem.)
However, the difficulty level of this stage is the same as the high difficulty stage of Chapter-4, so if you have recently started the game, it may be difficult to complete.
(Recommended Sunstone is at least 250.　If you are very confident in your skills, you may be able to complete the stage without any Sunstone. ......)


We think it would be ideal to be able to update the game roughly on a Friday, but every time we try to do that, the update is made on Monday or Tuesday.　I am very sorry.

Basically, the programmer who writes this article participates in the game balance adjustment, but this month he was busy with the development of the new system , which will be implemented next month.
Just before the update, the programmers actually play the new stages as a “final adjustment” to ease some parts that were difficult to understand or extremely difficult to play on the first try, and then upload the update.
This time, however, we had little information about the stage until the final adjustment, so we had to make a lot of additional corrections and QoL-related development, and the final adjustment took a long time.

I really wanted to implement the mouse movement to avoid items except when chaining, and to implement the new legacy effects properly, but I was not able to do so in time.
I'm planning to fix it in a few days (maybe two weeks) or so.


[Future Plans]
In a few days or two weeks, we plan to make some improvements to QoL and add a special animation when updating scores.
We are also planning to update the “Last Inflator” preview next month.　......, but it may not be until the month after next.

[more]
When we made the main package free in mid-July, the number of players increased hundreds of times over normal times, and our staff was very impatient at the time, and for a while some of them became very ill.
Now that the population growth has been smoothed out and the staff is back to normal, we are ready to get back to our normal work routine.
(Still, the number of players per day is about 15 times higher than it was before we went free.)

About 25 years ago, the “shareware” system was popular, where people could try a product for free and only accept donations from those who liked it.
I've been thinking since last year or so that TacticalNexus should originally be sold that way, and this year I thought I could finally make it free in a good way, but I didn't expect people to flow in this far. ......

At this point, the game has a 96% high rating, but the game is inherently targeted at a niche audience, and the majority of players tend to play the game and quit right away.
We recommend that you play the game thoroughly before purchasing the DLC.
The game gets harder the further you go, and even the first DLC tends to require at least 100 hours of play through the main package to earn the Nexus Medal.
The price of DLC for this game will not go up or down for the foreseeable future, so take your time.
(At least 10 bronze to silver Nexus medals are desirable.　Preferably at least 8 platinum or higher nexus medals)

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It is good that the staff is feeling better again, but the programmer is in despair because his hemorrhoids have worsened drastically after sitting and working endlessly for so long.
Depending on the case, sometime in the next few months, the programmer may suddenly have to go to the hospital for about 1~2 weeks.　If the programmer suddenly becomes unresponsive, please assume that he is either hospitalized or dead and waiting to respawn.
(Common sense dictates that you should be able to take your phone or laptop with you, so you should be able to work on the project itself.)

After a series of comments on the feedback that the new design was “hard to see,” I put it to a vote, and the vote was unanimous, so I thought it would be a good idea to fix it as soon as possible, so I reverted it back.
(When we change specifications or designs like this, if the new design is left as is for a long period of time, it will look strange again when it is restored. ......)

Originally, we prepared two new designs and applied the more popular of the two, but in doing so, we completely forgot to “compare it with the old design as well”.
This may be a different word that means something different to native speakers, but it was an event that gave me a sense of the “silent majority”.