Hey Everyone,
Major Sale Event
Stars End has been released 6 weeks ago, and following a lot of polish and updates of the past weeks, the time has finally came to increase the player population. So today we are starting our first promotion on Stars End, with a massive 33% off discount for next few days.
We hope to see you on the battlefield, and if you are following the game - we hope you`ll take advantage of this offer - it`ll be the best deal on Stars End until ~Q2 2020.
Major Update # 9
The Major Update # 9 is finally here! This massive update not only eradicates last game breaking issues, but also brings balance to PvP and player relations. To solve griefing we introduced the new Outlaw System. Outlaw system will seem familiar - as it`s similar to the one used by game like Grand Theft Auto, with 5 Wanted levels. Griefers and new player hunters will get Wanted status - with PvP Bounty on their heads. They will also be attacked by Mech polish law enforcement with more and more pressure depending on their transgressions. PvP is still encouraged, and it`s still possible (and even fun) to play as an Outlaw. As always - we will closely listen to your feedback on this new system, and balance it out based on our players feedback.
In addition this update comes with dozens of improvements and new features, including new chat, new player status, major engine update to new Unity and plenty of visual improvements as well.
We hope you enjoy the new update - and we`ll have another major update 10 ready for you later this week.
And so - lets take a look at Update # 9:
Major New Features
- Major game engine update from early Unity to the latest 2018 Unity build – resolve a lot of bugs, improves performance, stability and visuals
- Outlaw system - Killing a 'new player' or 3 regular players will make you an outlaw, with up to 5 Wanted stars
- Bounty system - Outlaws have a red waypoint which is visible by all players, with bounty of 200 credits+
- Noob System – New players get Noob status for 2 hours in tutorial, or 30 minutes for new character. Outlaw and Noob system is in place to protect new players from getting killed
- New Chat system – including multiple channels, new layout, clan and whisper system
- New Chat commands - /tell firstName lastName or click on player name, also /clan myMessage
- Cleaned up game world from all the illegally placed claims
- Clean up the game world to fix all the broken claims and territory claims
- Major improvements to some of the GUI – new colours, better scaling and much more
Fixes and Improvements
- Hopefully fixed server rebooting so sever would always come back after a crash
- Fixed various bugs with deleting claims
- Fixed issues when equipping grenades in various situations.
- Fixed a bunch of broken invisible trees in Clayton.
- Replaced all foliage in Clayton to use Nested prefabs.
- Reduced volume on running and spacesuit breathing sounds.
- Fixes various issues with camera clipping walls and floor in TPS mode
- Fixed TPS camera being too zoomed in in some areas.
- Added waypoints to Tutorial ferry ships
- Adjusted speed in ferry flight from tigon orbital to New Raleigh to be a lot faster
- Updated missions waypoints to be bigger and better visible
- When player is gathering and performing an action and looks away that action stops
- Fixed some floating polygons in Titan and geometry improvements around the bridge
- Added new voiceline when boarding Ferry
Balancing Changes
- Maximum of 3 claims allowed per player per planet
- Bears are now give a lot more Hide when slaughtered
- Completely rebalanced weapons – including prices, all damage and materials
- Added Plastic Bottle Receipt (1 plastic = 6 empty bottles. Empty Bottle price: 10 Credits)
- Significantly increased the chance to find Empty Bottles when looting
- Prologue alderman now rewards 50 Wood Arrows instead of 30