Greetings Overseers!
Today we're happy to announce our most significant patch yet in Early Access - we've added Vehicles and Proximity-based Voice Chat to the game!
You can select between 2 vehicles, a jetbike and a hover sled for hauling larger loads, and there will be many more to come.
You can also chat with your friends, taunt your enemies, and hail strangers by holding "Left Ctrl" to initiate proximity-based voice chat. Be nice!
Our official servers have been wiped to introduce our new PvP Lite mode, where your command center territory is protected from assault, but your territory claimer areas can still be assaulted. We also have a new ORP system which reduces damage to your structures for 48 hours, starting 30 min after logout. Try them out!
Here's a list of full patch notes for today
World
- Large performance optimization to terrain material
- Fixed some holes in terrain
AI
- Fixed a bug causing AI to go outside their radius when depositing items
Structures
- Added a "Base Shield" which will absorb a projectile shot from outside its boundary once every 8/6/4 seconds
- Added a pipeline system which will funnel resources placed inside along connected pipes
- Added a scrapper machine which can be used to reclaim resources from equipment you no longer need
- Can no longer place turrets within 10 meters of other turrets
- Fixed powered states for miners and command center tier 5+
- Doors are no longer usable by non-corporation members
- Reduce the incidence of "unowned" structure bug
Game
- Jetbike and HoverSled vehicles are now available on the vehicle pad
- Implemented Offline Raid Protection on PvP and PvPLite Servers
- PvP Servers - ORP kicks in for 48 hours, 30 min after last logout. ORP reduces damage taken by all structures in CC radius by 80%
- PvP-Lite Servers - ORP kicks in for 48 hours, 30 min after last logout. ORP reduces damage taken by all claimed structures by 80%
- Fixed a bug allowing players to damage enemy claimed territory structures in PvE mode
- Fixed a bug where pirates couldn't damage player buildings
- Players can now see which corporation a bot/building belongs to
- Added proximity voice chat - left ctrl can be used as push to talk
- Fix a bug with weapon animations
- Added throwable grenade to Tier2 weapons shop
- Added throwable C4 pack to Tier3 weapons shop
Thanks for all your continued support! Stay tuned next week for information on our upcoming new Cataclysm mode!
- The Dev Team