RAIDBORN News

Below, you can find a detailed breakdown of what I have planned for the fourth major content update. I will primarily focus on improving the combat system and enemies. I know many of you have waited for this update, and I am excited to get the combat system to the next level.

Features with a leading "?" are experimental/optional goals, and experience will show whether they are fun or can be implemented within the development schedule. Come back to this post at any time to see the current status.

Combat System Overhaul:

🗹 Improved melee combat
🗹 Improved parry system
🗹 New combo system
🗹 Improved ranged combat
🗹 Improved trap mechanic
🗹 Skill tree overhaul
🗹 Improved stealth
🗹 New attacks/abilities
🗹 Rebalancing

Enemy Overhaul:

🗹 Improved combat movement
🗹 Improved combat behavior
🗹 Improved animations
🗹 Enemy stamina system
🗹 Enemy fall damage
🗹 Improved appearances
🗹 New enemy classes
☐ New enemy variants

Other:

🗹 Artifact enchantment effects
🗹 New equipment
🗹 New game settings
🗹 Multiple save slots
🗹 Main quest improvements
☐ Increased world level cap

Finalization:

🗹 Bugfixes
🗹 Polishing

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I wish you a happy new year. I've had a lot of fun working on RAIDBORN in the past year. This video summarizes the most important changes and achievements that have been made in 2023. Thank you for being part of this community. Your support and feedback have been invaluable in shaping the game through Early Access.

A small hotfix for RAIDBORN is now available, fixing various bugs and issues:

Balancing:

• Decreased forge hammer crafting costs
  
• Increased artifact crafting costs
  
• Decreased effect of trading skill
  

Fixes:

• Fixed bug that could block dungeon generation
  
• Fixed incorrect crystal heart spawn points
  

As the end of the year approaches, I wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude for your support and dedication. Your enthusiasm and feedback have been invaluable in shaping the game through Early Access. RAIDBORN has made great progress in 2023, and it has been an incredibly exciting year for me.

I'm going to take a short winter break, but I'll get straight back to work on the next major update when the new year starts. More information follows then. 2024 will be a great year for RAIDBORN, and I can't wait to share what I have in stock for you.

I'm also excited to announce that the Winter Sale is now live, offering a juicy discount! It's the perfect chance to get the game for yourself, or gift it to fellow adventurers. Happy holidays and keep looting!

A small hotfix for RAIDBORN is now available, fixing various bugs and issues:

Improvements:

• Decreased default mouse sensitivity
  
• Increased effect of mouse sensitivity slider
  
• Implemented safety that completes broken quest objectives
  
• Changed Essence of Regeneration to ignore banes
  
• Renamed Essence of Regeneration to Elixir of Regeneration
  

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that loaded the chest at the remote blacksmith incorrectly
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented event locations to appear
  
• Fixed a bug that selected wrong enemy types for combat challenges
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented quest objectives from completing
  
• Fixed a bug with missing NPC voice lines that could prevent quest delivery
  
• Fixing incorrect gold values for some of the new recipes
  
• Fixing a bug that incorrectly loaded quest givers
  
• Fixing incorrect gold value for the Essence of Regeneration
  
• Fixed incorrect spelling of keywords at the beginning of a sentence
  
• Blocked light shining through from remote blacksmith interior floor
  
• Fixed bug that could prevent the mailbox to be interactable
  
• Fixed incorrect calculation of the sneak skill buff
  
• Fixed Crystal Hearts not playing destruction sound
  
• Fixed event locations getting removed accidentally with old savegames
  
• Fixed incorrect spawning of cave architecture
  
• Fixed some incorrect item icons
  
• Fixed a number of typos