Update 0.6.6

Hey everyone! Massive Steam Update 0.6.6 is now available! New Uncharted Sector Mode, Skill System 2.0, New Weapons, New Perks, New Skills and more!

 

 

Campaign Updates

• 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!

 

Skill System 2.0

• 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.

 

Player Subsystem Overhaul

• 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 Weapons & Perks

 

 

 

• • • NEW Exotic Perk [Pendulum]: Grants energy to a random uncharged skill (on enemy hits and kills)

 

 

• • Siphon – Regenerates skill energy when hitting enemies
  • Reaper- Regenerates skill energy when killing enemies

 

NEW Skills

 

 

 

• • Vanish from sight and distract enemies with a holographic decoy

 

General Updates & Fixes

 

• • • 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

 

 

• • 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

 

 

• • 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!

 

 

• • 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

 

 

 

• • • 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

 

 

• • 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

 

 

• • 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

 

 

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

 

 

• • 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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

• • 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!

 

 

• • 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!)