Update #100 feels like a big milestone to cross! We wanted to make sure this update was extra special and so took our time over the weekend to pack it full of new content, new visuals, new components, new fixes and more. What better way to celebrate than more hats!
Thanks to everyone who is helping us share the game -- by telling a friend or leaving a review.
New Looks
Update #100 is celebrated with a new Rychart creation -- a feathered tricorn hat! Matched the redmoon glasses or a more traditional pirate's eyepatch, your crew and officers have a trove of new options for their looks.
Combat Jump Drives
Your ship's Hyperwarp Drive is one of the link components that you can't remove or swap out for another type. With this update, we've introduced a new set of HW Drives that are armored and prepared for battle. While their Jump cost in Fuel is the highest yet, these drives can help create unique ship builds that are short-ranged but focused on combat.
We also took the liberty to rename some of the Hyperwarp Drives and some other ship components as well to make their names more clear. For example, Reinforced Officer Suties has been renamed Shielded Officer Suites for clarity of effect.
Faction-specific Ship Components
As the ship component catalog grows, more and more of the new additions are going to slot under different faction specialties. We've added 5 new ship components this release -- including those from Javat, Moklumnue, Zenrin, Cadar and Alta Mesa.
An upcoming set of improvements to the filtering and sorting capabilities of the starport upgrade screen will make these far easier to find in a very near term update.
Palace and Corsair Interceptors
We've completed a project to further differentiate the Interceptor class ships based on discussions we've had with players which revealed that they were too similar to each other. The Palace Interceptor remains an unlockable starting ship and is now focused on Medium Sized components. The Corsair Interceptor's Engine has been upgraded and focuses on Small Size components that make it better suited to carry a variety of weapons.
QoL in the Void
Many thanks to our players for continuing to suggest improvements to the game! We're happy to deliver :D Update #100 includes new display in crew combat showing the primary Job of every character as well as highlighting Captains and Officers from among the crowd.
We fixed all known bugs with different map seeds! Thanks to everyone reporting issues with Aetaan Char being indie or the first mission being 8 jumps away! We also improved the Plague Era by ensuring that medical supplies can always be sold during the unique Rumors of that time.
v2.3.53 - 9/1/2018
- Added new hat type -- feathered tricorn
- Added new glasses -- redmoon glass
- Added 7 new battle-ready combat-focused Hyperwarp Drives
- New Clan Alta Mesa ship component 'Reinforced Fuel Tank'
- New Clan Zenrin ship component 'Armored Officer Suites'
- New Cadar Syndicate ship component 'Battle Prow 4'
- New Clan Javat ship component 'Hull Plating 4'
- New Clan Moklumnue ship component 'Cargo Hold 5'
- Reworked 'Palace Interceptor' and 'Corsair Interceptor' ship designs
- Improved naming of Hyperwarp Drive ship components
- Crew combat character display now includes primary job as well as indicator for Officers / Captains
- During Plague Era, if any plague rumor is in effect, all medical cargo types can always be sold regardless of Trade Law
- Improved Legality displays for Stash screens
- Fixed bugs with certain map seeds creating Aetaan Char as indie, first mission 8 jumps or your ship starting randomly floating in the void
- Fixed issue where Ransom Talents like Honorable Release were not going into cooldown
- Fixed issues with Mission Accept causing doubled missions
- Prevented overlaps of combat floating status text (Morale, HP, Stunned!)
- Fixed issues with very large tooltips going off the edge of the screen
- Fixed hanging dialog from Tuko Malgin when you did not accept his mission offer
- Fixed issues with Demand Tribute, tribute bonuses and repeating Tributes
- Renamed 'Reinforced Officer Suites' to 'Shielded Officer Suites' for less confusion