Dear players,
Welcome to the latest official patch notes for Ring of Elysium's early access phase, in this major update, we are thrilled to introduce the Adventurer Pass Season 1, a seasonal event system for players to earn epic in-game rewards as they play. Along with the highly anticipated TPP character animation overhaul, in-game UI & Item model/icon improvements and more! Let's dive in!
PLEASE NOTE:
Ring of Elysium’s live servers will go down for maintenance for approximately three hours at:
November 8th, 1 PM to 4 PM PST (UTC -8)
During the maintenance period, the game will not be available and ongoing games will be interrupted directly. Please be prepared beforehand to avoid this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience caused
Adventurer Pass Season 1
- The Adventurer Pass is an 8-week seasonal event system for players to level up their season tiers by playing the game and earn exclusive in-game rewards, including:
- Icons (special playable characters that doesn’t affect game balance)
- There are three Icons in Season 1- Gavin X. Haas, Hikage and Lynn. All Icons have progressive outfits, players can unlock different outfits and outfit attachments for Icons as they play and level up their season tiers
- Player portraits, here’s a preview for some of the portraits:
- Glider appearances, here’s a preview for some of the appearances:
- Snowboard appearances, here’s a preview for some of the appearances:
- Climbing tool appearances, here’s a preview for some of the appearances:
- Lobby background music
- Loading screens
- The Adventurer Pass is separated into two parts: the first part being the Free Pass, all players can obtain rewards by playing the game without any sort of payment. The second part is the Adventurer Pass, which is available for purchase for 950 E-Points, a premium currency obtained with real-world money via Steam payment (1000 E-Points is equivalent to $9.99 USD). There will be no options to buy the Adventurer Pass directly with real-world money
- Players will immediately get a handful of rewards upon purchasing the Adventurer Pass, including the Icon characters- Gavin X. Haas and Lynn! Players also get access to exclusive Adventurer weekly challenges and a continuous XP bonus
- Also, players don't have to purchase the Adventurer Pass right away for the fear of missing out, players can buy the Adventurer Pass mid-season and retroactively earn the premium rewards based on the season tier that they have already reached!
- Here’s a preview for some of the Free Pass' rewards:
- As you play, players can level up their season character levels by accumulating experience points in-game, each character level will reward one Adventurer Badge. Completing daily and weekly challenges will also reward Adventurer Badges accordingly, 10 Adventurer Badges will increase players’ season tier by one, unlocking a variety of rewards
- As always, none of the rewards affect game balance and all rewards that can be unlocked stays forever!
Leaderboard Reset
- We will be resetting the leaderboard and all players’ ratings with the launch of the Adventurer Pass Season 1, we will continue to reset leaderboards every 2 months as we release new seasons with the Adventurer Pass
Animation
- Implemented the complete TPP animation overhaul with motion capture, with an extreme amount of details and high realism, bringing a brand new and lifelike animation style, making them more fitting to the lore of Ring of Elysium.
- Please note that this animation overhaul is only a visual update and will not affect players' controls with their characters, the movement and shooting controls will remain the same after the update
UI & Misc.
- Redesigned the in-game inventory UI
- Improved the in-game models and icons for certain items, here’s a preview for some of the items:
Options
- Added the TPP Swap Shoulder View keybind option, the default keybind is middle mouse button, here's a preview:
- In TPP mode, players can use this keybind to switch characters’ shoulder cameras, after switching, aiming down sights will also stay at the same side
- Added Auto-Peek limitations with the shoulder view swapping- players can only lean against the cover on the right when the character is on the left side of the screen, and players can only lean against the cover on the left when the character is on the right side of the screen, here's a preview:
- If the current cover is too narrow, then players will be able to peek and fire from both sides, players can use the Swap Shoulder View keybind to switch their positions against the cover, here's a preview:
New Feature- Custom Game Sessions
- Players will be able to create custom game sessions with customizable game settings to play with other players, host tournaments or just play around and have fun!
- A basic spectator function will be included, we will continue to optimize and improve the spectator mode’s performance and functions as time goes on
- At present, the access to create custom game sessions will be released in a limited fashion, we will open this feature to more players gradually in the future, thank you for your understanding and support!
Thanks for playing,
ROE DEV Team