Vagrus - The Riven Realms News

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Dear fellow vagri,

This short video was made to give you a rough idea about how the new comitatus equipment screen and system were changed. Categories have been revamped, with new ones added into the mix.



The new mechanic allows players to use these items in more diverse and specialized ways. New types of equipment, like armaments, tools, and animals were added while we ironed out the older ones as well to make it more consistent and interesting. Many pieces of equipment are available for several slots, so you can mix and match in more ways than one.

Another change is that Deputies are now linked to equipment in a new way - they will open up extra slots for certain types when assigned to their post, further deepening the system. Now you'll be able to make use of more equipment at the same time and come up with combinations that better suit a large variety of situations in game. We also added a lot of new pieces of equipment with the last several patches, making the list of available ones fairly long by now, including some unique ones only acquirable through questing and faction reputation.

The Lost Pilgrims Team

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With the arrival of Factions to Vagrus, you guys got a new way to specialize your comitatus. Up until the addition of Faction rewards, however, this meant some obscure (albeit very welcome - we're looking at you, road tax) boons and perks but then with claimable rewards, Factions quickly became our players' new best friends.

The Name of the Game

In its core, the system is well-known in video games: build more reputation by doing repeatable, procedurally generated Tasks as well as unique stories, unlock higher tiers of Standing with a Faction by doing so, and receive your rewards. The higher the Standing, the better the rewards - it is that simple. Or is it? Of course, staying friendly with a Faction might be a challenge of its own, seeing how they tend to hate each other so passionately. This means that gaining reputation with a Faction will reduce reputation with their enemies, albeit not with the same intensity. It was deliberately implemented this way so that you can not get all the goodies in a single run - a balancing act, a tool of immersion, and a factor in replayability.



The Rewards

Two kinds of rewards are bound to Faction Standing:

• Prizes: These Gear or Equipment rewards are one-time only redeemables. Once you have the Standing, you can claim them at a settlement with the right Faction presence. There is some overlap between prizes here and there but you also get a lot of unique rewards among them to make them more interesting. The higher tier ones are powerful and valuable additions to any comitatus.
  
• Boons: These are always Enduring Effects and they will stay applied to your comitatus until you lose the required Standing with the given Faction, in which case you'll lose the boon. However, upon regaining your Standing, you can again claim these effects by simply going to a settlement with any kind of presence for the Faction in question.
  

All in all, we are very happy with how Factions - and the related rewards - have turned out in the game. There is still some tweaking to be done, perhaps overhauls of rewards as well, but we have had a very positive feedback from our player base and we're very excited to see how these awesome rewards will motivate you guys to delve into the Faction system.

The Lost Pilgrims Team

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[h3]Hey Folks,[/h3]
the time has come to revisit the region that featured in Pilgrims of the Wasteland, the tutorial/prelude of Vagrus. We opened up that very zone for the open-world campaign, albeit we are 10 years in the future compared to that prologue story, so expect some changes. There was a bit of a switcheroo involving several patches in the works and eventually the choice fell onto pushing this out in part to fix a game-breaking bug from the previous patch. For this reason, expect a smaller update in the near future that irons out a few things regarding the currently added content, although we might end up merging that with Mercenary Tasks, the next larger addition.



Important Note: Considering the extent of these improvements there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuild reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.



Now let's jump into the details:
[h2]Patch 0.5.30 - Codename: Brimstone and Bones[/h2]

[h3]New Content :gift:[/h3]

• The Smolderbone region is finally open, as well as a new part of the Searing Plains. They include five new points of interest: the city of Avernum, Omphalat Outpost, as well as the tribal settlements Vitrar and Utvorar, plus the dreaded Writhing Oasis.
  
• A number of stories and quests that lead to this zone continue, and a lot of new ones begin here, too.
  
• A new companion, the veteran warrior and former kingpin Skornar can be recruited in Avernum.

[h3]New/Updated Features :shiny:[/h3]

• Defender, Diehard, and Marksman Perks implemented.
  
• Skill dependencies implemented for Burrow, Eviscerate, and a number of other enemy Skills. In some instances, these Skills appear as new (like Eviscerate) but mostly they got more restricted in their use by the tweaks.
  
• Considerable changes to market prices.
  
• A number of fixes/design changes to Trade Offers.
  
• Enemy Mounts and Beasts gained through Crew Combat are now turned into supplies when your comitatus uses the Yrg beast type.
  
• Enemy combat resistances nerfed all across the board.

[h3]Bug Fixes :bug:[/h3]

• Most Event UI crashes/bugs fixed - not all of them, though
  
• Various smaller fixes and Event script tweaks

Known Issues:

• Skornar's Guard Stance retaliation attack upon successful block may not always trigger. We are investigating the reason.
  
• Load times are getting higher and higher. We plan to address the issue closer to the final release.
  

'Is Vagrus properly balanced now?' - Nope. 'Was it a step in the right direction?' - We think so. Please let us know how you find it.

[h3]Coming Up Next:[/h3]
Mercenary Tasks, along with a focus on spicing up Companion Combat.

Stay tuned, stay alive, conquer the wasteland!
- The Lost Pilgrims Team

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Our friends at Iron Tower Studio have just released Colony Ship on Early Access. You can play the first chapter of the game and explore the first three locations.

Colony Ship is an isometric, turn-based RPG inspired by Heinlein’s Orphans of the Sky. Your character's world is a “generation ship”, a massive spacecraft on a centuries-long voyage to colonize a distant planet. The Ship's original government has been disbanded following a violent mutiny and you must negotiate a treacherous path among your fellow passengers and the contentious factions striving to dominate the Ship. Your choices alone will determine who your friends and enemies are.



Turn-based combat with action points and different attack types with different pros and cons. Gather a party of adventurers or explore the Ship alone.



Turn-based stealth: action points, noise and alert meters, and takedowns.



Dialogues with various checks: stats, skills, reputation, items, deeds, etc.

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You start the game in the Pit, a container town sitting in one of the Ship's cargo holds. From there you can travel to two nearby 'locations': the Armory and Hydroponics. These and other locations will change and evolve throughout the game.



The Pit. The Free City. Ever since you were a kid, this has been your home: a sprawling heap of vacant cargo containers slowly getting filled up with those who couldn't afford to stay in the Habitat or needed to get away from its bosses and factions. Out here, folks have lived free and died fast, with those who survive earning their keep by either "diving" into the wreckage of Mission Control and bringing back valuable relics of the past, or figuring out a way to make money off the fools who do the diving.



Your destination lies ahead – a triply reinforced door flanked by twin auto-cannons drawing on a seemingly inexhaustible power supply. No one made it past during the Mutiny, and no one's made it past since. Like the proverbial flaming sword outside of Eden, it sits as a guardian, a symbol of ancient strength, and a promise of marvels beyond.



The Hydroponic Division was originally conceived to adapt Terran plants to the anticipated environment of Proxima Centauri. Extensive gene-editing was employed to develop resistance to alien fungi and pests, and accelerated adaptation hacked into the plants' genetic code.

Like many other critical systems, Hydroponics was abandoned during the Mutiny. The carefully cultivated flora and fauna was left on its own in harsh environs designed to propagate rapid and brutal evolutionary cycles. When men returned to reclaim Hydroponics, they discovered an environment as wild and hostile as any Earth jungle.

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Party members with personal quests, development arcs (reflected in changing portraits), agendas, and beliefs. The first chapter gives you 3 party members out of 10:



... and introduces a party member who might join you later:



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Wishlist and follow Colony Ship for up-to-date information about its development milestones and get notified about its release when the time comes.

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[h3]Hey Folks, [/h3]
this next patch is a bit lean on content but that is because we are gearing up to the next one that has a huge new region with tons of adventures awaiting - and it is coming sooner than you think! That said, this current update contains a pile of new features and Quality of Life improvements that will hopefully make you happy - like a completely reworked Event UI, Test boosting that allows you to use Resourcefulness to improve chances in Events, additions to Chart markers that makes it easier to find things in the wasteland (but still keeps it a challenge most of the time), new Hirelings, combat Skill tweaks, and a lot more!



Important Note: Considering the extent of these improvements there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuild reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

Now let's jump into the details:

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[h2]Patch 0.5.29 - Codename: Perky[/h2]

[h3]New Content :gift:[/h3]

• 1 new Venari and 3 new Oquo Hirelings became available at their respective headquarters
  
• New Deputy Perk options now available on most companions (most of these you have to unlock via Prowess progression)
  
• New SFX for a few enemies
  

[h3]User interface improvements :pencil:[/h3]

• Event UI revamp including buy-sell icons, hover effect, the whole choice box clickable, dependency icon improvements, and tooltip improvements,
  
• Test chance boosting is now available (normal & advanced with the 'Enhance' Perk)
  
• Revamped Mini-comitatus UI (campaign view top left) with more information
  
• Revamped Node & Marker cards on the Chart
  
• Chart markers are differentiated by colors and icons from now on
  
• Added the use of preview markers: this allows you to check the destinations of Tasks before picking them up
  
• Enemy banners added in Crew combat for flavor and categorization
  
• 'Ready' sub-header added under Journal Tasks
  

[h3]New/Updated Features :shiny:[/h3]

• 'Enhance' Perk and functionality enabled (allows you to raise Test chances further in Events).
  
• 'Traverse' Perk and functionality enabled (allows you to convert MMP to MP every few days).
  
• A shedload of balancing changes to Companion Skills.
  
• Tasks no longer automatically grant the settlement destination on the chart. Instead, they spawn a marker similar to quest markers that can be used to locate the settlement.
  
• Passengers also get a marker. Their destinations also is now clickable in the mansios (so you could preview the direction they are heading to).
  
• Several tweaks to market prices aiming to make cheaper goods a bit more profitable while curbing the effortless riches on expensive goods (let us know how you find these).
  
• Trade task commissions got a ~8% increase to make them more worthwhile
  

[h3]Bug fixes :bug:[/h3]

• Faction offers no longer accumulate the available offer quantity infinitely (hopefully that puts an end to the 1k bross rounds)
  
• Sand Wyrm burrow got an interim fix - a proper fix will come at a later time
  
• A number of smaller bugs squashed
  
• Can no longer poach Yrgs from Crew Combat
  
• Crew Combat offerings no longer disappear when clicking 'Back'
  
• Event occurrence tweaks regarding the frequency of wind and dream events
  
• Another round of infinite insight exploits closed off
  

Known issues:

• The initial Loading time might have gotten even higher as we had added the new nodes for the upcoming content patch (hidden from players for now)
  

'Is Vagrus properly balanced now?' - Nope. 'Was it a step in the right direction?' - We think so. Please let us know how you find it.

[h2]Coming up next[/h2]
Meanwhile, we keep working on two major patches simultaneously. On the content side, the Smolderbone region has been coming along nicely, while the development of our single largest outstanding feature, Mercenary Tasks, is progressing well, too. We are not sure at this time which one will be ready for release first. Let us know in the comment section which of them you are waiting for the most.

Stay tuned, stay alive, conquer the wasteland!
- The Lost Pilgrims Team

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