Walker Dragoons climb into the archipelago this week introducing an all new format of deployable vehicle. Walkers, unlike other dragoons, cannot fly, but instead can crawl up and down and underneath the steep surfaces of the archipelago. The walkers arrive with two variants: a plain scout-like setup and a battle setup equipped with a flak cannon. You can unlock the vanilla walker dragoon by researching "Pressure Actuation" and the flak walker by additionally researching "Flak Weaponry".
Piloting the walkers without flipping them over and blocking your only exit hatch will take some practice so be sure to enable tooltips for you first attempt and learn the controls. Knowing when to switch between automatic orientation and aiming orientation can help a lot with navigating difficult terrain. Over the next few updates expect new variants of the walker dragoons and new implementation of the spider leg tech.
Join us on Discord for public playtests Friday at 12pm ET, Saturday at 3pm ET, and Monday at 7pm ET.
1.17.1
Major Features
- Added Walker Dragoons.
Minor Features
- Boarding charges deal 10 damage when planted.
- Added a beam mounted bone cannon.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed beta ships ignoring changes to their weapon groups.
- Fixed the sub parts menu not going away when the parts list is closed.