Hello, dear Players.
On the Evening before Xmas, a few hours before I head to bed and rest my overflowing head, I am about to introduce you to the next build, 10035. It contains the three missing ships from the Lineup:
The Kliper
Based on an old russian Rokosmos project, the Kliper completes the Mining Ship Lineup as Tier 2 Ship. Competely shielded against radiation, it is the low level miners choice to go venturing.
The Invictor
As Tier 2 Exploring Ship, it follows the new Style introduced by the Hawk in former Iterations, only being a bit chunkier. Advantages are increased speed as well as less energy consumption when boosting.
The Discovery
The Tier 4 Explorer Ship is the Pinnacle of the Explorer Level Line. Superior Navigational Systems, great speed and amazing combat capabilities let this ship be versatile in a lot of environments.
To bring even more Life into the universe, I have started adding NPC Transports to the Stations. They get spawned at one station and fly straight to another station. Later there might even be some transports heading to belts and mine ore / steal your drops. Additionally, NPC turrets now protect you against Drone NPCs at stations, for those pesky evenings.
Speaking of Drones, a new drone type joins the game, and a few nerfs hit thhem. I have been observing you guys getting shot quite often by drones so I am adding a tiered spawn system, from giving you the weakest drones in ferrite belts to adding massive combat ship drones to Elitium Belts. The RoF got nerfed, and all player ships have doubled their maneuverability. No more crouching around edges.
Speaking of Ships, The Shopping zone got extended and the Implant-Category has been renamed to Weapons. It should not take long until I can implement a new weapon handling solution, and make them unlockable through looting/exploring/mining.
New Locations, including Storylines to Discover, are another part of this update. I will start with 30 possible new locations, triggered by different actions, like finding a certain amount of belts total, mining certain ore, fighting players, killing enough AI, buy enough ships and stuff like this. Once the unlock is triggered the new locations are instantly accessible.
There are even more secret additions to the first Update in 2016, I hope you look forward to it as much as I am. I for myself say goodbye, see you after the holidays, hope you spend it with your family and loved ones and return relaxed to the universe after opening all your presents!
Happy Holidays, Dex!
P.S.: The first Questions have been hidden in the forums!