Testing 210: Guilds and Messaging++!

[james]

@Salvatory

I don’t know if this is counter-intuitive to this whole update… but as a shopper, that popup of the city/guild info is really annoying when looking at shop baskets… can we have a flag to remove it?

Looking at an entity should simply stop showing the settlement / world notice.

[Salvatory]

Ok, will try that - but normally I’d see something I want to buy in a portal, enter the portal looking at it, and have to wait for that message cooldown - there is about 30ms where you see the entity details (price etc), and then the settlement popin.

[FireAngelDth]

Would be nice if there was a package that us ps4 users can upgrade to similar to backer.

[dave]

Just did another update. Should fix the most common client crash and also added animations for the guild buff machines.

[james]

Update OP for details of Testing 210.2.

@james

Testing 210.2:

• Added animated Helix machines. The Helix machine will animate at different speeds and helix tightness based on the level of the buff applied.
  • A Guild may have 3 Helix machines running at once generating its associated buff for the guild members.
  • A Faction may override some of the main guild buffs in preference of alternative buffs.
  • Players will only receive the buffs for their primary guild and faction.
• Fixed an issue where incompatible client and server would result in a client crash.

[Gorillastomp]

Is there going to have a Members number cap per guild ?

[Salvatory]

Ok, tested this (not in the test server) - and i can look at 50 other shop stands while the message is on screen, and it remains.

[boundmore]

yeah block placement buff seems to be an overkill

@james

Builder’s Buff Helix: Increases Chisel Durability and Block Placement Speed.

I’d rather have it replaced with sth else. Maybe spark cost decrease on decorative and/or building block stuff (decor wood and rock, bricks). Although I sense more helix machines coming in future including one offering buffs for crafters.
Maybe increased range of interaction, so. Or bonus to footfall? (I can hear protesters now )

[Gorillastomp]

They said they gonna add more over time.

For my part thought i feel the helix are too easy to make. It should be way harder or challenging to make. It should be something to get as a reward from playing as a group.

[Buugi]

Am i the only one who thinks this guild thing couldve been a bit more simple?
Maybe im just used to those old guild things from other games but with this system i rly need to scratch my head

[Buugi]

Yes. I feel same way.
I mean you need more time to make mass craft of powercoils than with helix machines.

[OdinsRavens]

how much do the machines cost? Max level ones.

[james]

@Salvatory

Ok, tested this (not in the test server) - and i can look at 50 other shop stands while the message is on screen, and it remains.

My meaning was that it should work a different way. Sorry - it wasn’t clear.

@Buugi

Am i the only one who thinks this guild thing couldve been a bit more simple?
Maybe im just used to those old guild things from other games but with this system i rly need to scratch my head

You only need to create 1 guild and add members. It’s pretty simple then.

(But yes - there is all sorts of other stuff you can do.)

[Prome3us]

I guess running a guild is like forging, or building with decorative sedimentary - not for everyone and should be frowned upon from an appropriate distance!

Tbh though guilds seem easy enough, i can start a 2p guild to keep our settlement sovereign and do nothing else with it if i wish, much like my single 1x2 portal to my metropolitan shop isn’t comparable to the PS network. I like that it has layers of complexity. You know what else has layers?

[Datenshi]

CAKE!

10 Characters

[james]

Updated OP for details of Testing 210.3.

@james

Testing 210.3:

• Primary Guilds:
  • Characters with guild memberships will always have a primary guild.
  • Leaving your primary guild will randomly pick a new primary from your guild list. This change may cause your primary guild to switch when you first log in. If this happens you will need to manually reset your primary guild to the desired guild.
  • Guild buffs are applied only to members who had designated the guild as their primary before the buff was bought.
• Don’t allow players without beacon access to align a guild control to a guild.
• Changed the glyph colours for guild buff status effects to be blue.
• Set proper selection extents for the guild control block.
• Allow guild helix machines to be rotated with the chisel when hit anywhere on the machine rather than only its base.
• Fixing errors in guild buff machine screen titles.
• Fix not being able to use a chisel to rotate buying plinths or guild controls.
• Fixed guild buff titles on the guild buff machine screen.
• Fixing bug where the players couldn’t join child factions once 10 guild limit was reached.
• Fix for occasional server crash after receiving guild HTTP responses.

[Rumplypigskin]

@james

before the buff was bought.

Why not just add a cool down between changing primary? New members coming in will have to wait until the buff is repurchase?

[Evoshade]

I agree, cant the buff duration be applied after switching primairy guild?

[Xaldafax]

@james

Guild buffs are applied only to members who had designated the guild as their primary before the buff was bought.

@Rumplypigskin

New members coming in will have to wait until the buff is repurchase?

I am happy to see this because it would seem that if a person was not part of the guild at the time of a buff enablement that they should not get it. They didn’t put that effort in for it, etc… This will help people from bouncing around to try to use buffs for different reasons and cycling through them.

[Kal-El]

I agree, its stops me from switching guilds depending on what I wan to do that day. So I am primary in guild 1 because they have damage buffs, then I switch to guild 2 so I can use the crafting buffs. While these buffs are not in place yet, the developers have said they are adding more guild buffs and I think it is an exploit to be switching guilds before every task just to gain a buff.