EPICA News

[h2]Player[/h2]

• Added new stat type, Light Radius. This stat activates automatically during the nightly hours and grants lightning near the player depending on the light radius stat. Items like gear and weapons can now drop the Light Radius stat mod.
  
• Player attacks now always try to rotate the player towards the target.
  
• The inventory is no longer automatically closed once the player moves, to better account for more dynamic combat experiences.
  
• Possibly fixed a bug with shop items, which resulted in invisible gear.
  

[h2]Day & Night Cycle[/h2]

• Fixed a bug setting the time of day always to day when leaving a dungeon during the night.
  

[h2]Quests[/h2]

• Fixed a bug completing kill quests without turning them in.
  
• Fixed a potential bug causing duplication of a quest.
  

[h2]Herold of Naerocks[/h2]

• The welcome screen Herold of Naerocks now contains more up to date news, including links to patch notes.
  

[h2]Character Creation[/h2]

• Changed the class selection to icons, instead of a drop down menu.
  
• Fixed some cloth display issues with the ranger class.
  

[h2]Quest Log[/h2]

• Fixed a couple of quest specific stat displays.
  
• Naerocks Atoll quests are now also displayed in the quest log.
  

[h2]Hotbar[/h2]

• Hotbar slots can now also be mapped to custom keybindings from the menu settings.
  

[h2]Entities[/h2]

• Fixed a bug which prevented spawning of enemies during nightly hours.
  
• Enemies will now return to their spawning area when moving outside of it too far.
  
• Added new entity, Trea, and a corresponding quest in the Naerocks area.
  

[h2]Ranger Class[/h2]

• The ranger class has been enabled. This class is not yet properly balanced. To loot enemies the bow needs to be unequipped, eventually this will be improved.
  

[h2]Warrior Class[/h2]

• Modified one hand sword animations for default attacks, and running.
  

[h2]Player[/h2]

• Added auto running feature, toggled via Num Lock, and stopped by clicking again Num Lock or on Left Mouse release.
  
• Attacks from enemies can no longer disrupt player attacks.
  

[h2]Loot[/h2]

• Updated loot tables for chests.
  

[h2]Login[/h2]

• Added feature to auto login if credentials are still valid.
  

[h2]Entities[/h2]

• Violent animals are now outlined in red, instead of blue.
  

[h2]Fixed[/h2]

• Fixed a bug preventing removal of quest items after turning in a completed quest.
  

[h2]Player[/h2]

• Attack by clicking on the target with the cursor now also rotates the player character. Attack by clicking on a target should now also work for animals and general enemy entities.
  
• Newly discovered locations are now instantly stored. Previously, this was only updated after a few minutes, eventually resulting in lost progress if a player logged out before the update.
  

[h2]New Content[/h2]

• Added a new flight path, connecting Naerocks village to Naerocks Atoll, the games starting zone which will receive more content updates in the weeks ahead.
  

Hotfix 0.1.7.2 addressed a bug introduced with last content patch, breaking NPC data loading. This has been fixed.