Patch 0.5.0 is live - Important gameplay changes

Hello everyone,

Finally the patch 0.5.0 is live! See what new content has been released below!

Enjoy the read!

GAMEPLAY CHANGES

Ring combinations

• Every ring combination now give an additional ability. (Use similar to how you currently use your mothership's primary abilities.)
• Default binds are on keys 1-2-3-4-5.
• Several identical combinations raise the rank of the ability and therefore its strength.
• All these abilities cost Ambrosium, and some of them introduce a new concept: auras.
  • Auras are abilities you can enable and disable.
  • When activated auras cost Ambrosium overtime until you disable them.

• Building the same combination of two rings on multiple planets will improve the bonus effects of the combination.
• Remember that combinations of Rings now take into account the build order.

First Industrial Ring: Effects how you can deploy abilities, focused on the mid-game.Industrial Ring:

• Ambro-Turbine (Combo skill). The next skill used within the next 3 seconds reduces its cooldown by 50%.
  • Costs 100 Ambrosiums and has a cooldown of four seconds.
  • Adds +1 ability rank gives you one more charge.

Military Ring:

• Ambro-Canon (Aura). Gives auto attack a 10% chance of applying an additionnal mark. (Remember that mark can be fire or cryo. The aura applies a mark similar to the last one. If there was no mark on the enemy mothership then it applies a mark similar to the one applied by the primary skill.)
  • Costs 30 Ambrosium per second when active and has a four seconds cooldown.
  • Adds +1 ability rank increases the chance of applying an additionnal mark by another 10%.

Engineering Ring:

• Ambro-Bouclier (Combo skill). The next skill that hits the enemy’s mothership provides you a 250 shield points bonus.
  • Costs 150 Ambrosium and has a 30 seconds cooldown.
  • Adds +1 ability rank increases the shield bonus amount by 250.

 First Military Ring: Calls upon nearby spaceships, focused on impacting the early-game.Industrial Ring:

• Gunners (Temporary guardians). Calls upon three gunners that stay with your mothership for 10 seconds.
  • Costs 150 ambrosiums and has a 30 seconds cooldown.
  • Adds +1 ability rank gives you one additionnal charge.

Military Ring:

• Leviathan (Guardian). Calls upon a Leviathan that stays with your mothership until it is destroyed.
  • Costs 150 ambrosiums and has a 30 seconds cooldown.
  • Adds +1 ability rank upgrades the Leviathan characteristics and gives you one additionnal charge.

Engineering Ring:

• Infernal Booster (Guardian). Calls upon a spaceship that boosts other spaceships (+5 damage // reduces incoming damage by two), stays with your mothership until it is destroyed.
  • Costs 150 ambrosiums and has a 30 seconds cooldown.
  • Adds +1 ability rank upgrades the buff that grants the Infernal Booster (x2)

First Engineering Ring: Improves your mothership, focused on impacting the late game.Industrial ring:

• Recycling (long duration buff). Aura that improves the hull each time you destroy an enemy spaceship (+5 hull points per destroyed enemy spaceship).
  • Costs 5 Ambrosium per second and has a 2 second cooldown duration.
  • Adds +1 ability rank increases the bonus by +5 hull points per destroyed spaceship.

Military ring:

• Kinetic energy (long duration buff). Aura that improves the shield each time you received 1000 damage points (+1% max shield and +0.1% regeneration per 1000 damage taken).
  • Costs 5 Ambrosium per second and has a 2 seconds cooldown duration.
  • Adds +1 ability rank increases the bonuses respectivily by +1% and +0.1%.

Engineering ring:

• Last defense (long duration buff). Aura that cancel enemy’s abilities and that increases your attack damage each time you cancel an ability (+5 attack damage per canceled skill).
  • Costs 15 Ambrosium per second and has a 2 seconds cooldown duration.
  • Adds +1 ability rank increases the bonus by +5 damage points per canceled skill.

Planetary strategy

• Each planet owned by the player has a linked strategy among three: combat, economic and defense.
• Strategies are unlocked after the building of the first ring of a planet. This first ring defines the initial planetary strategy.
• You can now change strategy at any time with a cooldown of 20 seconds before being able to change it.
• A shortcut allows you to change your planetary strategy quickly.
• Each strategy now gives you bonuses according to the rings built on the planet.
• Each ring will give a different bonus according to the selected strategy. Bonuses are cumulative:

Combat strategy: Adds new units for the lane. Each ring replaces a fighter with a special unit.

• Industrial ring: Mercenary spaceship. Stronger against snipers.
• Military ring: Sniper spaceship. Stronger against sentinels
• Engineering ring: Sentinel spaceship. Stronger against mercenaries.

Economic strategy: Allows your rings to generate ambrosium. Each ring grants a different method of gathering.

• Industrial ring: produces Harvesters that mines Ambrosium on the asteroid belt.
• Military ring: gives you a bounty for each destroyed enemy spaceship.
• Engineering ring: produces Recyclers that recycle wrecks on the lane.

Defense strategy: The planet is protected by a shield, reducing damage taken by 50%. Each ring grants a passive bonus.

• Industrial ring: +2 Ambrosium per second.
• Military ring: the mothership gains one attack drone, which increases your damage per second.
• Engineering ring: +15 experience points per second.

Warp mode

• The mothership is now invisible during the warp and can’t be seen by your opponent on the mini map. (Surprise your enemy!)

TUTORIALS

Basic tutorial

• Basic tutorial has been reworked. It is now shorter and easier.

Advanced tutorial

• Advanced tutorial is now available.
• Learn in it how to build rings and understand planetary strategy.

USER EXPERIENCE

In-Game Interface

• In-Game user interface has been completely reworked and fits with gameplay changes.

Player level

• You’ll now gain experience points at the end of every match.
• Every time you level up you’ll receive extra Battle Points!
• Unlock new titles by levelling up!

BP / XP Bonuses

• We implemented events system to increase BP and XP earnings during targeted times. (Follow us on discord so you don't miss our events!)

MISC. CHANGES

• New victory soundtrack
• New defeat soundtrack
• Normal more reactivated – practice without alternating your rank!
• Ancient rune camp has been reworked
• 3rd abilities (utilitary) now cost 15 Ambrosium per use.
• Bug fixes

We hope you'll like all these changes!Don't hesitate to tell us how you feel about this new version of Beyond the Void on our discord server.

You can watch this new patch with the Official presentation video.

Note: We were waiting for this new version to organize new tournaments...Have a nice day!