We’ve released the third patch of Early Access, v1.03 is live.
NPCs and AI were once again at the forefront. We wanted to thank all of the players for their feedback and suggestions. It is extremely helpful as we refine and get everything right. NPCs should now rotate more smoothly towards players, and we’ve introduced numerous balance, range, and AI tweaks in this patch.
Melee swings which make contact with worn NPC armor will now see some of their damage absorbed by that armor. The amount absorbed varies by the armor type. We also spent some time tweaking particles, audio, and performance, and fixing bugs.
Audio
- Fixed an issue with rolling sounds on non VR players.
Combat
- Melee swings which contact armor on an opponent will now do reduced damage, rewarding players for aimed shots.
Graphics
- Added a new sparkle particle effect to be used on some collectible items.
- Optimized Dragon Fireball particles.
- More tweaks were made to flaming sword particles.
- Added new tanning and arch props.
Items
- You will no longer receive stats from weapons or held items unless that item is currently being held.
Miscellaneous
- Fixed an inconsistency in the maximum stats between VR and Non-VR modes.
NPCs
- NPCs should rotate more smoothly before attacking if they didn’t have to move, only face toward you.
- Undead Dragon slashing attacks now deal damage. A collision issue was preventing that in previous builds.
- Drak Tailspin attacks now deal physical damage so they can be absorbed properly by armor.
- Reduced Drak Tailspin damage.
- Reduced golem size to make it easier for them to fit through spaces.
- Golems (both Ice and Rock) received a small boost to their hit points.
- Reduced Fairy Dragon healing effectiveness.
- Ratling Shaman will not try to heal dead NPCs any longer.
- Orc Warlord should perform mostly abilities that will hit you head on now, there are still a few wild ones in there to catch you off guard though. He also is slightly less defensive than before and hits a bit harder than before with both weapons.
- Lizardman Chieftain and Darkwater Guardian now chases a bit faster than before like his LIzardman brethren.
- Adjusted Drak AI so it shouldn’t go into odd rotations due to attacks and defense getting mixed together.
- Ghouls are now less defensive.
- Werewolf Pack Leader values were fixed up, looks like they got reset.
- Darkwater Warlock like earlier caster fixes will not cast through walls.
- Drak Shaman is slightly less defensive than before and will heal more often.
- Troll is slightly less defensive and won’t attack as far out as before.
- Ogre animations are now playing more cleanly.
- Wyvern now moves a bit faster.
- Skeletons now attack from a little further away so they crowd you less.
- Goblin defensive jumping reduced a bit as it was causing it to get locked in odd rotational angles.
- Increased goblin attack range.
- Fixed a Chimera animation that wouldn’t hit you.
- Fixed an issues where dragons would not properly rotate and couldn’t attack.
- Fixed up some animation issues on dragons. They should look better.
- Fixed a missing emitter for the fire breath attack on the red dragon.
- Fixed a rotational issue with VR and npcs facing toward you properly in some rotational scenarios.
Quests
- Collectible Tomes and Crystal Balls now have a sparkling particle to make them a little bit easier to spot.
Spells and Abilities
- Circle of Healing can now restore health to pets, in addition to players.
- DoTs were not applying properly on players, they will now properly tick every second until they expire.
- Corrected a bug which was causing Holy Wrath and Holy Strike abilities to deal more damage than was intended.
- Fixed a bug with Circle of Healing which was healing targets more than once per tick in some cases.
User Interface
- NPCs now receive a floating text message when healed with the amount.