New Gameplay Update #4

Hi there,

In this patch two new crowd control mechanics have been added:

[h2]Kinetic blast[/h2]

• Full shield has been improved with new functionality!
  
• When activated it charges with incoming bullet kinetic energy
  
• Once released it explodes with the stored energy knocking back everyone around
  
• The more massive the enemy the less affected they are, the fragile ones will be hit most hard
  
• Can be life saver if you find yourself overwhelmed by the enemy numbers
  
• Can be used to smash enemies into asteroids or other static objects
  
• The kinetic blast becomes weaker with distance, having no effect at 4km, with biggest kick at point blank
  

[h2]Explosions[/h2]

• Staggered ships (glowing in yellow) explode when destroyed
  
• When performing glory kill you are immune to this explosion
  
• The explosion strength is proportional to the ships health bar length
  
• Only regular stagger-able enemies explode, lesser minions and bosses do not
  
• As with kinetic blast the explosion strength depends on distance from the epicentre, fading completely at 4 km
  

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Dynamic objects like destructible asteroids or Irides were sometimes not stationary and flied away when the player arrived at the scene
  
• Scenery static elements like megastructure parts or asteroids would occasionally pop out of place when approached