Server/Client Patch – 10/27/2023 – Fractured Strife 1.0

 

[Wild Space]

• Fractured Galaxies
  
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  New Termite System. Each galaxy has its own termite mound spawn rate which has a default rate of 1 spawn per 3 weeks (plus a bit of RNG). The termite mound spawn rate is adjusted according to the following rules:
  
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     The galaxy's spawn rate will be doubled if any of the following events occurs during an infestation: the galaxy becomes unowned, any station enters destroyed or abandoned state during the scout phase (i.e. before full termite waves are being sent), or on at least two occasions a station enters destroyed or abandoned state after the scout stage is concluded.
     
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     The galaxy's spawn rate will be increased by 50% if by the end of the infestation, a station entered a destroyed or abandoned state on exactly one occasion and it was after the scout stage was concluded.
     
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     The galaxy's spawn rate is reduced by 33% (but not below the default rate) if an entire infestation concludes without any of the events listed above.
     
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  Command & Control Station Kits now start with an hour of buffer time instead of 30 minutes before the galaxy will unown without feeding it additional fusions.
  
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  While the End of the Universe is active (last 7 days of universe) ownership within Wild Space can no longer be lost.
  
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  Dorado has increased T0 commodities counts. Silver and Platinum can now also be found there.
  

 

[Client Changes]

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  PvP Zone galaxies (no turning off safety lock required / no PvP level limits) will now be displayed with a crossed swords icon on the map.
  
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  Holding the scoop button (or using shift-c) will now only scoop a single drone without interrupting the scooping of other items (so that you will still be able to scoop debris without stopping and restarting scoop).
  
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  You can now use scoop lock (shift+c) or hold c and then target individual drones to scoop multiple in one scooping session.
  
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  Shift-c now locks the scoop for 30 seconds regardless of client focus.
  
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  The Character tab now receives an update on placement of a station or a drone without needing to refresh the tab.
  
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  Updated colony UI for toggle station colony trading.
  
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  Changed toggle station colony trading to be any character with management privileges.
  
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  Sound should no longer be able to play the same effect multiple times in a single frame, each individual sound file is now limited to playing at most once per 50ms.
  
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  /avoid galname command now works when used from /savecommands.
  

[Skill Changes]

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  Station Mastery now give stations 3% range bonus per level.
  
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  Gunner's Destruction skill now says ".per level". instead of ".ber level"..
  
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  Extraction Expert now states "station hull space" instead of "station cargo space". This was done to reduce confusion with the Cargo system.
  
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  Updated Piracy skill description to clarify it increases the rate of dropped goods on some AI and increases the drop rate of equipped Augmenters.
  

[Item Changes]

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  Adjusted global balance values for self damage
  
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    Most self damage weapons now have near the same or lower self damage. A few exceptions.
    
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  Holding Scoops now give -resists instead of -shield max.
  
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  Drake's scoop now gives -5% resists instead of -15% shield max.
  
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  Reduced Gladiator Scoop from 300 range to 275 range.
  
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  Renamed Dark Goblin Augmenter to Dark Gyre Augmenter.
  
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  Renamed Dark Goblin Laser to Dark Gyre Laser.
  
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  Renamed Dark Hobgolin to Dark Ignis.
  
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  Highway drone, Advanced Highway Drone, Motorway Drone, Autobahn Drone had their stats increased for much higher survivability.
  
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  Microwarpers can now stack when unequipped.
  
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  Red Pill and Ammo Crates are now properly marked as Exotic
  
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  Red Loop Pill now gives -40% (from -25%) Recoil for 10 seconds, prevents you from using items the user for the duration, and increases Turning and Thrust by a % instead of giving a Constant.
  
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  Updated the description of Red Glow Pill - Red Block Pill now gives -92.5% (from -90%) Vulnerability to All, and prevents you from firing weapons and using items the user for the duration.
  
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  Fixed shrimp missile supers to shoot 1 missile per use and cut cooldown/energy cost in half, from 2 missiles per use.
  
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  Can now only equip one type of Untangler (Gravometric Disruptor) at a time.
  
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  Ownership Kit can no longer be deployed in non-owneable galaxies.
  

[AI Changes]

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  Fixed the issue with Vazi’s not firing their missiles.
  

[Universe Changes]

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  Infernal Tempest and Darkness:
  
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    Goblins have been removed and replaced.
    
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    Added tons of new visuals for mobs and bosses.
    
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    Added new exotic loot to Infernal Darkness bosses.
    

[Next Universe Changes]

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  New KD DG Bosses and loot.
  
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  Added additional Halloween Roaming AI.
  
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  Arctia Changes:
  
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    Increased the drop rate of Rime Drones and Rime Shields from Rime Shards.
    
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    Added a Rime Drone drop to Lord Borean.
    
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  Slightly adjusted how the spiral is generated in Earthforce Space to add more low DF gals and reduce DF 300 by roughly 50%.
  
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  Subspace Sas changes:
  
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    Increased the time it takes for Subspace Aveksaka to evolve.
    
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    AI will despawn and be reborn to ensure there's a good distribution of hull types at all times.
    
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  Earthforce Permanent Drones will properly name themselves Judge and Jury with universe reset instead of Pillbox.
  
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  Added despawn timer for Scruples spawned from asteroids in Hyper.
  
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  Infernos will drop Infernal Faction Access Card instead of Goblins.
  
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  Cyborg Cruiser and Cyborg Battleships were greatly buffed and their unique loot drop rates increased.
  
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  Fixed the costs of Adamanturized Patrol, Adamanturized Racer Augmenter, and Adamanturized Monkey Augmenter's Trade Bay exchange costs to reflect that of the blueprints and costs of other augs.
  

[Server Changes]

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  F2P accounts are now restricted to 4 active connections per network.
  
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  Added several new gremlin effects that disable weapons, items, and the ability to thrust.
  
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  Added a privacy period to wild space galaxies during the first 4 hours when the first station is deployed that prevents all map updates in-game unless inside of the galaxy (IE. /f will no longer provide raw information from the map).
  
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  Event chat now lists the character's current number of drone slots after placing a Permanent Drone.
  
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  Unequipping Station Expansions when it will overhull will now state the amount you can unequip without causing issues in the error.
  
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  Ship hull scanners now start with the type of ship you've scanned in event chat.
  
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  Show Squad Damage will now organize Damage and Heals by Drone type again instead of each individual drone name.
  
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  Cargoed item weight is now capped at 1,000,000 or half of the item's weight, whichever is smaller. Previously it was just 1,000,000.
  
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  Can no longer do /limbo or use limbo item while some ships are already in limbo state.
  
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  Targeting computer should now stop firing when a ship is overhulled.
  
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  Spawner tracker messages should now show up as a red message in event chat instead of the standard gray, making it easier to spot.
  
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  Scooped credits now only show up in the event tab as a single combined line once no credits are scooped for 5 seconds. This should greatly reduce event chat spam.
  
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  The PvP zone warning message should only show if you were not previously in a PvP zone galaxy.
  
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  Boss AI now clear parasites/fire when they reset.
  
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  Chain weapon on hit effect is now ethereal.
  
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  Updated various Player Station errors from "base” to "station”.
  

[Bug Fixes]

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  Fixed an issue with shield stealing that applied resistances/vulnerabilities twice to the target.
  
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  Fixed a bug that allowed you to be able to overheal yourself when stealing.
  
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  Added a check to calculate colony prices on the first frame after server load, to avoid an issue where a bunch of prices are at 0 until the first colony tick.
  
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  Rations being eaten by a station while your ship(s) are docked inventory will now refresh the inventory.
  
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  Fixed spelling issue with ".proportionally". on diffusers.
  
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  Equipping multiple spawner trackers at the same time will no longer cause a spam of events messages.
  
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  Fixed a bug that caused the first limbo to decay universe reset items improperly.
  
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  Fixed a bug with Control and Resist skills not passing to stats bots correctly.
  
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  Ships that have a top speed of 0 no longer can have speed from augmods, tweaks or auras affect them.
  
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  Superitems will no longer get stuck if one of their steps returns an error.
  
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  Fixed Space Urchin level being tied to Subspace invasions like the Aveksaka in Perilous Space.
  
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  Fix for drones that are part of the uni save loading with a seemingly random team (Blue Photon warp beacon is one such example).
  
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  Fixed Blue Emperor mission saying to come back in five days when the lockout is only a day.
  
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  Fix for bots not following the player inside a public instance if the player is not in a squad or team.
  
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  AI and bots will properly re-enable their cloak if they have one equipped after a server restart.