Lord of Rigel News

Fix for rare case of build queue issues with captured planets
Fix for rare cases of housing not applying when there is food production for non-lithovores and mechanoids
Fix for rare case of reversed after combat report

Note- Build queues may need to be cleared for fixes to apply to existing games

Greetings Lords of Rigel! These past two weeks have included a new leader in the game and some community quality of life improvements and bug fixes.

This Update
This last update includes a new technology, breaching pods.

Breaching pods fall as a type of strikecraft and deploy raiding crews that deal damage that penetrates shield and armor with breaching charges that do damage equivalent to your best available bomb with ground combat bonuses applied. They are slow and able to be intercepted by point defense. But they provide a new tool for ground combat focused species.


Image 1. Breaching Pods in the Tech Tree


Image 2. Breaching Pods in Action

Other adjustments include gravity penalties applying to High-G species on Low-G planets, including in ground combat.

What's Next?
In the immediate future you'll see more leaders and fixes to community reported issues. Over the winter council decrees and a measuring tool when a fleet is not selected are planned features and quality of life improvements.

Ticket #2084 Fix for cases of merged species treaty broken messages
Ticket #2083 Balance- High-G gravity species penalties for low-G planets.

Ticket #2067 QOL- Add council vote results to event ticker
Ticket #2079 Content- Breaching pods
Ticket #2081 Display fix for hired leader starting ranks
Ticket #2082 Critical- Fix for cases of mixed carrier wings not launching

Greetings Lords of Rigel! The past weeks had a few bug fixes and quality of life improvements based on community feedback:

• Critical- Case of planet specials not applying to empire
  
• QOL- Transporters disable all blockading
  
• Spatial compression field fix
  
• Content- New leader
  

[h2]New Leader: Asag the Arcturan Warmaster[/h2]
Asag led the forces of the Arcturan Confederation during the last great war. Now they offer their services to your Empire. Will they repeat the mistakes of the past?



[h2]What to expect next:[/h2]
A new technology and an additional leader are the planned immediate content.

Based on some feedback from more advanced players, ideas are being tossed around for a Council decree system in galactic council games, which could add voted upon bonuses and and penalties based on species ranking. Decrees would potentially also reduce the doomsday clock in games with elder species. This mechanic would be a major update for later in the winter.