Update 1!
Hello again, Rangers! Thank you all so much for the incredible feedback during these first couple of days of Early Access! We have been watching how you play, reading your reports, and working hard on the first wave of improvements. Based on your input, we noticed that getting th
Hello again, Rangers!
Thank you all so much for the incredible feedback during these first couple of days of Early Access! We have been watching how you play, reading your reports, and working hard on the first wave of improvements.
Based on your input, we noticed that getting the hang of the combat system needed a smoother introduction, so the major focus of this patch is introducing a Combat Tutorial to help you get your basics dialed in. We’ve also packed in a bunch of UI clarity updates, balance tweaks (including a buff to your Powercore!), and bug fixes.
Here is everything included in today's patch:
New Feature: Combat Tutorial
To help everyone get comfortable with the combat mechanics, we've implemented a structured combat tutorial complete with new enemies and voiced instructions.
New Tutorial Enemies: Introduced a Training Berserker and a new Shielded tutorial enemy to help you practice your swings and timing.
Persistent Guidance: Added support structures for tutorial reminders, including persistent tips during the tutorial and new hints at the anvil.
Full Integration: Recreated combat tutorial dialogue animations and voicelines, added tutorial attribute animations, and set up a new stat widget for animations.
Smoother Flow: Restructured the overall tutorial order so it flows better. The combat tutorial NPC will now only spawn if you trigger the event, and we added checks to prevent the tutorial from firing off when it shouldn't.
Balance & Gameplay Tweaks
Powercore Buff: Increased the starting health of the Powercore by 25% to give you a bit more breathing room during early invasions.
Respawn Immunity: You are now immune to damage for a short period after respawning.
Aggro Adjustments: Reduced enemy aggro re-up by 50%.
Tutorial Resets: The "Start Over" button and Powercore death will now properly re-enable the tutorial sequence if you need it.
Changed some enemy spawns: The bears atop the hill next to your Powercore have been swapped out for Stumplings, as we got reports of the bears being a tad too much so close by.
UI & Quality of Life
Building & Crafting Clarity: Resources are now directly visible in the build menu, and it is much clearer when you are missing the required resources for crafting. We also updated the main crafting widget.
Leveling Up: A "points to spend" notification will now pop up immediately when you level up and pulse to remind you that you have attribute points to spend.
Weapon & Ability UI: Created a new icon for swapping weapons, showing its keybind, as well as adding a visual prompt to help you find the shortcut to your ability wheel. We also made the padlock icons much clearer when abilities are unlocked.
Signposts: Signposts now display "loot stars" to clearly indicate they can be interacted with.
Bug Fixes & Polish
Valyrion Fix: Valyrion is back to oversee your combat training and should no longer fall through the floors!
Audio & Animation: Fixed a rogue audio track playing out of place and resolved an animation issue with the invasion timer.
World Cleanup: Fixed minor terrain glitches and other minor visual bugs across the map.
Please keep the feedback and bug reports coming in the Discord. Good luck out there, and happy exploring!
And as always, we wish you all the best!
Crafting & Resource Tweaks: Several adjustments have been made to improve resource flow and crafting clarity
The new crafting UI's symbols:
Vendors: The world of Lorne wouldn’t feel empty without its inhabitants, and during Q4 we’ve looked into expanding and continued to work on the vendors. From new types of vendors to better balance and better interactions, vendors are now a much more integrated part of Lorne.
Finally, vendors are no longer limited to only a few areas but are now available in all zones, making it easier to restock, prepare, and adapt as you explore Lorne.
Changes to the building system: During Q4, a large part of development went into improving and stabilizing the building system, as well as the invasion system. The goal has been to make building feel more intuitive and better integrated with both combat and progression, as this is a cornerstone of the gameplay.
Invasions: Invasions are one of the cornerstones in Lorne and during Q4 a lot of work went into laying the foundation for them. While many parts are still very much a work in progress, we’ve made solid strides towards a better and more complete system.
Invasions are still one of the hardest systems to get right, but with each update they’re becoming more stable, engaging and we’re excited to keep pushing them further.
Miscellaneous: And let's drop a bunch of smaller changes that's also been implemented during Q4!
