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[p]v0.6.8.1[/p][p][/p][p]Bug Fixes & Minor Updates[/p]

• [p]Updated Roadmap with New Lives System[/p]
• [p]Updated News Block with New Lives System[/p]
• [p]Fixed Roadmap return button logic[/p]
• [p]Updated Credits[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p]New Lives System[/p]

• [p]Extra Lives System is now in effect and applies to Campaign and Holochamber: Arcade[/p]
  • [p]Starting lives is based on starting difficulty (Easy = 4, Brutal = 0)[/p]
    • [p]Players will respawn even if all players are down, as long as there are lives remaining[/p]
    • [p]If # of downed players is greater than the remaining # of lives, the earliest downed player(s) will be revived until there are no lives left[/p]
    • [p]When all players are down and lives are at 0, that is considered a "Mission Failed" and players will be given the option to restart or exit the mission[/p]
    • [p]Respawn countdown has been reduced from 10 seconds to 5[/p]
    • [p]Player invulnerability time during respawn has been extended by 3 seconds[/p]
    • [p]NOTE: Extra Lives are currently not managed by the save system. This functionality will be added in a later update[/p]

[p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]“New” Locations: Oterion Abandoned Colony & Oterion Wetlands[/p]

• [p]Oterion’s first level was previously the longest level in the game by a large margin[/p]
• [p]It has now been split into two unique levels: Abandoned Colony and Wetlands[/p]
• [p]Colony runs from the Landing Pad to the Bridge[/p]
• [p]Wetlands runs from the Bridge to the Lost City Gate[/p]
• [p]Players can save their progress upon entering the Oterion Wetlands, and again when entering the Lost City[/p]
• [p]Both levels will now load faster and run at a much improved framerate on all settings[/p]
• [p]The expanded Data Module questgiver B3-L1-5L has been moved from the Colonial Security Center roof to the Survey Zone in the Wetlands level[/p]

[p][/p][p]Holochamber Arcade[/p]

• [p]NEW: Holochamber Anomaly - Added variations to Wave 3 combat called "Anomalies" that will augment the enemy roster with the potential for enemies from other Holochambers to appear and in strange ways. The current Anomaly list is as follows:[/p]
  • [p]Anomaly: Elite and Dangerous[/p]
  • [p]Anomaly: Jailbreak[/p]
  • [p]Anomaly: Entomania[/p]
  • [p]Anomaly: Wilderness[/p]
  • [p]Anomaly: Thermodynamics[/p]
  • [p]Anomaly: Bomb-Voyage[/p]
  • [p]Anomaly: Critter Chaos[/p]
• [p]Updated Enemy spawning and Objective logic to scale based on the number of players (Single Player experience is largely unaffected)[/p]
  • [p]Enemy spawn rate will now adapt to the number of active players (more players = faster spawning)[/p]
  • [p]The progression rate of some Holochamber objectives will now adapt to the number of active players[/p]
  • [p]Adjusted the base rate of progression during kill-based waves in Holochamber[/p]
  • [p]Spawn delay during the defense phase of the Uplink Protocol increased from 1 second to 6 seconds to offset the dynamic spawn changes[/p]
  • [p]Key Item drops during the Plunder Protocol now have a lifetime before self-destructing (30 seconds) and are now capped at 5 at a time. More will spawn as existing ones are captured or destroyed[/p]

• [p]Oterion Holochamber: Added more enemy spawn sets[/p]
  • [p]Swamp Crawler x5[/p]
  • [p]Raptor x3, Knuckleface x3[/p]

• [p]Reduced Progress Value multiplier of Heroic enemies from x2 to x1.5[/p]
• [p]Added Extra Lives Kiosk (Cost: 1 Tessera) to Holochamber Starting Rooms[/p]
• [p]Increased Hold time for the SP Respec Kiosk from 2 to 5 seconds[/p]

[p]Snap Map: Ruins[/p]

• [p]Art updates to various modules[/p]
• [p]Future updates will contain more Art updates[/p]

[p]Space Station[/p]

• [p]Updated the post-Titus dialogue for Dr. Hadley with the correct character design art[/p]
• [p]Updated Minimap selection on the System Map[/p]
• [p]Players can now switch between missions on Oterion including new Boomtown level[/p]

[p]Titus[/p]

• [p]Added Underground minimaps[/p]
• [p]Rebooting drills should now destroy any remaining enemies[/p]

[p]Oterion Colony[/p]

• [p]Major art and collision updates around the Military Zone[/p]
• [p]This should help stop the player getting lost underneath the level art[/p]
• [p]Future updates will better refine this area and update the minimap[/p]
• [p]New enemy encounters[/p]
• [p]Added new objective IDs (Oterion now has 5)[/p]
• [p]New Vista at the Dam in the Landing Zone[/p]
• [p]Moved B3-L1-5L to the Wetlands Survey Zone[/p]
• [p]Added new camera zooms to the Warehouse District and the Bridge[/p]
• [p]Updates will continue on art especially in Daedalus Tower and near the broken bridge[/p]

[p]Oterion Wetlands[/p]

• [p]Updated Hadley's dialogue to reflect the quest bot's new location[/p]
• [p]Cleaned up Sector Trigger zones near the level start[/p]
• [p]Added a new Oterion Wetlands loading screen[/p]
• [p]New art, landmarks, and terrain updates throughout the level[/p]
• [p]Updated B3-L1-5L’s location to the Survey zone[/p]
• [p]New enemy encounters[/p]
• [p]Art updates will continue especially around the AzTek Facility[/p]

[p]Oterion Lost City[/p]

• [p]Fixed a lighting error (that may not have affected players, but will no longer affect dev work)[/p]

[p]UI[/p]

• [p]Increased Player Join text size[/p]

[p]Bug Fixes[/p]

• [p]Fixed an issue causing player drop-ins to not receive XP after someone in the same slot dropped-out previously[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue causing Gameplay Modifiers to occasionally display incorrectly[/p]
• [p]Improved the reliability of dynamic enemy spawning across all game modes[/p]

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[/p][p]Snap Map: Ruins[/p][p]

[/p][p]\”New” Locations: Oterion Abandoned Colony & Oterion Wetlands\\

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• Oterion’s first level was previously the longest level in the game by a large margin
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• It has now been split into two unique levels - Abandoned Colony and Wetlands
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• Boomtown runs from the Landing Pad to the Bridge
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• Wetlands runs from the Bridge to the Lost City Gate
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• Players can save their progress upon entering the Oterion Wetlands, and again when entering the Lost City
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• Both levels will now load faster and run at a much improved framerate on all settings[/p][p]\
• The expanded Data Module questgiver B3-L1-5L has been moved from the Boomtown Security Center roof to the Survey Zone
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[/p][p]Space Station[/p][p]
[/p][p]Updated the post-Titus dialogue for Dr. Hadley with the correct character design art[/p][p]
[/p][p]Oterion Colony[/p][p]
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• [p]Major art and collision updates around the Military Zone[/p]
• [p]This should help stop the player getting lost underneath the level art[/p]
• [p]Future updates will better refine this area and update the minimap[/p]

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[/p][p]Oterion Wetlands[/p][p]\

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• Updated Hadley's dialogue to reflect the quest bot's new location[/p][p]\
• Cleaned up sector trigger zones[/p][p]\
• Optimized art[/p][p]\

[/p][p]\\Oterion Lost City\[/p][p]\

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• Fixed a lighting error (that may not have affected players, but will no longer affect dev work)[/p][p]Rygar Surface[/p][p]
  
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Spooky Season has Arrived!
• Find and Talk to Mr. Spooky and Scary Face on each planet in the Nova Genesis system
  
• Collect Sweets in the Campaign and Uncharted Sectors to trade for spooky seasonal loot on the Space Station
  
  • NEW Seasonal Assault Rifle Wolfman Mk. Awoo and Aztek Grenade Launcher Gun BOO
    
  • Collected Sweets are displayed in the Flyout Menu Character tab
    
• Fight NEW Skeleton Warriors from the undead realm
  
• Hang out with the Ghost Spyder pet in the Station
  
• Gain a seasonal pet follower Ghost Frog or Ghost Spyder
  
• Kick the guts out of the gourds in the Space Station with your friends
  
• Check out haunted maps throughout the Campaign both old and new!
  
• Haunted caches no longer contain Seasonal weapons, but now feature plasma and laser weapons!
  

Event will last till November 8th!

v0.6.6

• Spooky Season Has Arrived!
  • Mr. Spooky and Scary Face have haunted all Campaign levels
    
  • Check out the special seasonal event patch notes for more info!
  NEW Uncharted Sectors
  • Travel to Uncharted Sectors in each non-boss Campaign Mission
    
  • Fight high-level enemies while exploring three partially curated, partially generated levels
    
  • Discover Unique Weapons you can Vault for use elsewhere in the Campaign!
    
  • Currently the Ruined City is available in Early Access:
    • Accessed just past the entrance to the Lost City on Oterion Mission 2
      
    • (Later Uncharted Sectors will all be announced, but their entrances may be secret)
      
    • Battle new and evolving waves of enemies, including regular appearances by the Oterion Toad
      
    • Gather both Gate Keys and Cypher Keys to open each hidden corner of the map and locked weapon caches
      
    • Find powerful new Unique Weapons to take on the enhanced threat!
  • Bug fixes and minor art / balance updates will continue, but the next Uncharted Sector is already moving into early testing!
    
  • The addition of Uncharted Sectors should effectively double the total amount of content in the Campaign!
    

• There were many character skill changes that we’ve always wanted to bring to the game, but weren't able to with the previous skill system logic - Upgrade Time!!!
  
• We are replacing the old logic with a brand new system planned to roll out over the next several updates
  
• The first major change coming to how skill cooldowns function.
  
• Skills can now modify their Charges (the number of uses for the Skill) and Recharge rate (cooldown) dynamically during gameplay!
  
• This change extends/will extend to other modifiers such as Weapon Perks, Player Skills, Player / Enemy Hits / Kills, etc.
  

• Reworked the spawning and handling process of players in single and multiplayer sessions
  
• Players 2-4 can now press the pause button on controllers to join in during gameplay
  
• Players 2 and 3 can now drop out without requiring players 3 and 4 to drop out first
  
• Players will now spawn at Player 1's location rather than the average between players
  

NEW Exotic: Chaos Theory (AR)
• NEW Exotic Perk [Pendulum]: Grants energy to a random uncharged skill (on enemy hits and kills)
  
NEW Weapon Perks: (These will roll on Nazuna weapons)
• Siphon - Regenerates skill energy when hitting enemies
  
• Reaper- Regenerates skill energy when killing enemies
  

NEW Assassin Skill: Heat Signature
• Vanish from sight and distract enemies with a holographic decoy
  

Gameplay
• Emotes can no longer be played while in flyout menu or when player is dead
  
• Increased Max Vault Size from 20 to 30
  
• Weapon loot now has more physics impulses when spawning
  
• Cypher Key is now orange to reflect color in Flyout menu
  
Holochamber Arcade
• Greatly increased the spawn frequency of enemies
  
• Changed the color of the SP Re-Spec Kiosk to not be confused with the SP purchase kiosk
  
• Removed duplicate Ruins Spawn Points (the pad used for launching the dungeon floor)
  
• Fixed an issue on Sentinel HC that could trap the player
  
• Fixed an issue preventing vault access when loading from a save file
  

Weapons
• Nazuna DMR Suzumebachi updates:
  • Renamed the existing Suzumebachi to Suzumebachi Type 5
    
  • Created the new Suzumebachi Type 3:
    • Removed the Special Bonus Perk and reduced the rarity to Uncommon
      
    • This should adjust for the buff to the DMR’s raw damage output
      
    • The original sparrowwasp will return in future levels!
  • Simplified Nazuna’s naming convention: Type numbers are now firmly separated by both power and rarity levels:
    • e.g. Common SMG Kirin Type 1, Common Rocket Launcher Tatsumaki Type 2, Uncommon Combat Shotgun Arashi Type 3, etc.
      
    • Existing weapons in the player's Vault will be unaffected, creating a few very rare but totally cosmetic weapon names!

Exotic Weapons
• Cherenkov's Glaive (DMR)
  
  • [Supercritical] perk
    
    • References to "ions" has been replaced with "isotopes"
      
    • Increased isotope detonation damage from 6000 to 12000
      
    • Added bonus functionality: Each isotope detonated grants 2 energy for Support Skills
      
  • Replaced perk “Offense+” with “Support+”
    
• Caduceus (HG)
  
  • [Battle Medic] perk
    
    • Changed trigger condition from "on enemy hit" to "on enemy kill"
      
    • Health restoration increased from 5% to 10%
      
• Overwhelming Force (SMG)
  
  • [Relentless] perk
    
    • Added functionality: Kills grant a stacking Skill Regen Bonus for a short duration (up to 5 stacks, resets after a short break in firing)
      
    • Added bonus functionality: Kills refund 10 ammo to the magazine
      
• Judicator (GL)
  
  • Increased Reserve Magazines from 2 to 3
    
  • Reduced projectile travel distance from 150 to 50
    
  • [Verdict] Perk
    
    • Weapon details now represent airstrike damage and not impact damage
      
    • Increased airstrike damage by 87.5%
      
    • Airstrike radius is now displayed with a green outline
      
  • Replaced perk “Fully Loaded” with “Special Reaper”
    
• Fixed an issue causing Exotic weapons to not receive the sandbox tuning from a previous update
  
• Updated descriptions on some Exotic perks
  

Character Classes
Skills
• Remote Charge
  
  • Increased number of uses from 1 to 3
    
  • Increased cooldown time (from no energy to full) from 6 seconds to 15 seconds
    
  • Can no longer be force detonated by the player
    
• Plasma Blast
  
  • Increased cooldown from 5 seconds to 10 seconds
    
• Marked for Death
  
  • Increased cooldown duration of Heat Signature skill from 18 to 20 seconds
    
• Land Mine
  
  • Increased number of uses from 1 to 2
    
• Juggernaut Dome Plasma Shield will now protect against all AOE damage
  
• Removed Stryker Barrage Skill damage upgrades for level 2 and 3 (already being boosted by Offense Bonus stat)
  
• NEW Juggernaut Energy Drain VFX
  

Enemies
• Increased the base HP of bosses to preserve their challenging gameplay in lieu of improved player capabilities
  
• Fixed frozen destructible meshes for Oterion enemies
  
• Overhaul to Infected Frog attack VFX
  
• Added purple variants to a few acid related AOE effects
  
• Prison Guard Bot now has a limb dismemberment chance on death
  
• NEW Enemy: Valtharix
  
  • A smaller version of the Oterion Boss
    
  • He cannot perform a stomp attack, but is more nimble than the larger version
    
  • Currently only to be found in the Lost City Uncharted Sector, but things could change
    

UI
• Reworked Weapon Stat Comparison popup and moved back to the Local HUDs (Now shows DMG, Fire Rate, Reload Speed)
  
• Reworked Weapon pickup interact UI prompt (Now shows Weapon name, rarity, uniqueness, type, ammo classification and perks)
  
• Reworked Flyout Menu Weapon Stats (Now shows DMG, Fire Rate, Magazine Capacity, Fire Mode)
  
• Weapon Stats screen in Flyout Menu will also display Fire Mode
  
• Added new gradient textures and materials to local HUDs and flyout menu skills screen
  
• Added Offense, Support and Special headers in Skills flyout tab
  
• Updated gameplay tags for highlighting stats that have been modified by perks
  
• Current Weapon name color now matches rarity
  
• Perks now have a rarity color (Currently used by Exotic and Unique Perks)
  
• Increased perk icon size in Local HUDs and Item Interaction screen
  
• Disabled "OBJECTIVES" text on HUD
  

Audio
• NEW SFX for Spike Traps
  
• NEW Prison Guard Bot VO
  

Space Station
• Added a Maintenance Bot to the Engineering Pod
  
• Players lack authorization
  
• Centered the [REDACTED] button under the warning sign - for safety
  
• Added a warning decal underneath the self-destruct button - for safety
  
• Slightly updated NPC pathing in the Engineering Pod to reduce collision
  
• Once a planet is completed, you can now select a sub mission from the Galaxy map UI
  

Titus
• Site 4 Cavern Battery minimap marker now disappears on pickup
  

Oterion Wetlands
• Updated the locked caches containing the old Suzumebachi with the new Type 3 model
  

Oterion Lost City
• Added blocking volumes to prevent running through the wall near the Raptor encounter
  
• Updated art near the Uncharted Sector to match the Sector A Start
  
• Added kill volumes beneath an area in the Waterworks where some players could become permanently stuck. This will return anyone caught underneath back to the checkpoint at the Waterworks start
  
• Added a new blocking volume at the edge of the Waterworks pit to prevent players getting stuck outside the map
  
• All instances of the old Suzumebachi have been updated to the new Type 3 model
  
• Teleporters between the Uncharted Sector’s entrance, its exit & the mission start are available
  
• For the time being this is a service that will not require any payments to Jeffrys
  
• In unrelated news, the planning and development of the game’s long-term economy continues!
  

Known Issues
• Fixes on the long-standing Rygar ice shore pebble material issue are underway! Currently only half of the debris renders as intended, but future updates should easily fix the other meshes!
  
• Some Skill Cooldown descriptions may not be displayed correctly in the Flyout Menu (Fix coming soon!)
  

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