Testing 218: Exoworlds, Blink, Rift and Umbris!

[the-moebius]

There some that think some city’s have more people and networks cuase they been around longtime thets one I see reappearing all it would do is make people rebuild it even better it used to work on my nerves if they said our succes is linked to being around on release now isay meh

[Kal-El]

If the developers ever wanted to do a wipe, then they might have to allow a one time blueprinting and moving of existing player builds. If players could blueprint and store their builds with all the resources in them, then they might find a wipe palatable.

I would agree with Nevioni, it would let the developers make changes to the planets that they cannot make while players live on them such as the distribution of resources and some other issues that have been brought up from time to time. Would the player base be better of with more consistency between planets or with some of the older planets not being ass resource rich as the newer ones?

I also do agree that it feels like the game was rushed to launch and maybe a do over would allow for a change in mechanics that would be better off for the game long-term. I will also acknowledge that I agree with the statement that if this did happen we will lose players. How many, I would not even guess.

[Venom]

There wont be a wipe. There will be changes in the future. Forging tools was OP so thats why the new tools have such a low effectivity. A wipe at this point wouldnt do anything but drive a large portion of the playerbase away. They can change/nerf whatever they want and i’m fine with it because that’s how MMOs work, but if the servers wipe I’d most likely be done with this game.

[james]

Updated OP with details of Testing 218.1.

@james

Testing 218.1:

Crafting + Resources + Equipment:

• Enabled XP multiplier for discovering regions (and give extra XP for regions already discovered).
  • First region discovered is worth 50 XP, second 100 XP, third 150 XP, etc.
  • Discovering all regions on a 50 region world will return ~63,750 XP.
  • Discovering all regions on a 35 region exoworld will return ~31,500 XP.
• Made changes to a few XP rewards on crafted objects to better reflect the effort to gather and craft the input material and taking into account market surplus of input items.
  • Stone Door: was 8 XP, now 6 XP
  • Igneous, Metamorphic & Sedimentary Stones: was 2 XP, now 1 XP
• Guild Control now Gives 8 XP for placing them within a beacon, up from 0.
• Basic Torches have been set to 0 XP to match the XP of other instant handcrafted recipes.
• Increased XP on surface resources. We were finding gatherers were collected XP on harder worlds at a much lower rate to other activities, the new values should better reflect the rarity and effort to collect higher tier Surface Resources.
  • Trumpet Root: was 24 XP, now 100 XP
  • Traveller’s Perch: was 32 XP, now 160 XP
  • Twisted Aloba: was 24 XP, now 40 XP
  • Spineback Plant: was 28 XP, now 80 XP
  • Oortian’s Staff: was 28 XP, now 44 XP
  • Rosetta Nox: was 22 XP, now 22 XP
  • Stardrop Plant: was 32 XP, now 100 XP
  • Desert Sword: was 16 XP, now 20 XP
  • Basic Boulder: was 16 XP, now 20 XP
  • Boulder Ring: was 32 XP, now 160 XP
  • Boulder Chip: was 28 XP, now 60 XP
  • Boulder Tower: was 20 XP, now 40 XP
  • Tapered Boulder: was 20 XP, now 22 XP
  • Beanstalk Boulder: was 24 XP, now 80 XP
  • Mottled Tar Spot Fungus: was 24 XP, now 40 XP
  • Clustered Tongue Fungus: was 28 XP, now 100 XP
  • Branch Funnel Fungus: was 24 XP, now 100 XP
  • Weeping Waxcap Fungus: was 32 XP, now 140 XP
  • Glow Cap Fungus: was 28 XP, now 100 XP
  • Tinted-Burst Fungus: was 20 XP, now 22 XP
• Changed the way Teaching Foods work. Teaching foods will give bonus XP on a fix amount of XP (sort of like a reverse defeat penalty) and will last until it has given bonus XP for that chunk. There is no longer a time limit on the buff. Most players should see an increase on the bonus XP they gain from each bit of food, especially on slower activities - such as building, surface resource gathering and hunting.
  • Teaching Porridge: 1.1 times bonus XP on 70,000 XP
  • Teaching Pudding: 1.2 times bonus XP on 70,000 XP
  • Teaching Loaf: 1.5 times bonus XP on 70,000 XP
  • Teaching Pie: 2 times bonus XP on 70,000 XP

Creatures + Combat + Characters:

• Balance pass on the Level 7 creatures and combat.
• Lower tier Wildstock charge less times in row to make them easier to fight. The lowest tier will only ever charge once to help new players the most - as they’re often surprised by the multiple charge sequence.
• Added 2 new Skill Pages (pages 4 and 5). This should allow level 50+ characters more options to diversify their character’s skill sets without needing to rely on multiple alts.

GUI + HUD:

• Corrected spelling error in ‘Desconstruction’, in the title Deconstruction, is Fun.
• Removed full stop from Objective title Sapphire, So Good in all languages.
• Updated impulse to Impulse in Shielding Loaf and Shielding Risotto for capitalisation consistency.
• Added missing error text when booted from an expired exoworld, and text on the warp trying to lead back to that expired exoworld.
• Stopped Oortstone gear appearing in request baskets when requesting Blink, Rift or Umbris gear.
• Added actions to the Sanctum Editor to allow rapid colouring of all blocks in the world. Target a block and then change all matching instances by selecting a new colour.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed rare crash when viewing a plot with an active buff machine.
• Fixed issues here beacons couldn’t be aligned to Guilds and Factions.
• Fixed augment position for special slingbows.
• Fix client and server crash for level 11 atmospheres.
• Fixed crash when placing augmented items into Request Baskets.
• Fix for occasional client crash when returning to sanctum.

[Peyago]

And this patch just became even more awesome!

Edit: <3 the additional skillsets!

[Simoyd]

yay! muh rock xp!

[Venom]

Thank you for meeting us in the middle with stone crafting and buffing gatherer xp! Not mad at the teaching pie change either

Also time to complete my atlases

[Elsiekelsie]

Credit to you for listening James.
I feel this is balanced fairly now.
Thanks

Reading further…
Teaching pie changes are genius.
5 skill pages are fabulous

Thank you

[anon37133123]

Bahahahaha
10chars

[C0ND1T10NR3D]

Now THAT’s what I’m talkin’ about! (<< excited figure of speech!)

Not being hit so hard with stone xp and major boosts to exploration and harvesting xp! I Love it!

I also really like the new way the teaching pies work. I’ve just started using them while crafting all the refined silver I’m needing for the new build and I feels rushed. It’s not really fun lol. This new way they’ll be working sounds great! Yea ok, perhaps there’s not the same amount of xp that could be potentially gained but I’m happy to sacrifice that for having the ability to take my time.

And extra skill pages??? Sweet bonus right there!

All in all, fantastic amendments to the original notes, James & Team. Thank you!

[a13o]

The only thing missing is an “I Survived the Rock XP Debate 2019” wearable pin for 500 cubits, which I would buy to thank the devs for such an awesome update!

[Kal-El]

want to make sure I understand how the teaching food works

Teaching Pie. . on the 70,000xp I earn after eating it I actually get 70,000 + 70,000 = 140,000xp

Teaching Loaf…on the 70,000xp I earn after eating it I actually get 70,000 + 35,000 = 105,000xp

I am probably not doing this right, just want to know

[Elsiekelsie]

Now I can’t wait for the update

[Elsiekelsie]

I read it as, pie = earn up to 70k at double rate

[Kal-El]

I am not sure it is an “up to” since the pie no longer has a timer.

@james

There is no longer a time limit on the buff.

So I would think for each food you will get a very specific amount of xp as long as you do not replace the teaching buff with another buff
I could very very easily not be reading this correctly

Edit: Might just have to test it… . is this live in test?

[Elsiekelsie]

It’s the first 70k XP at double rate and then pie expires.

I think.

[C0ND1T10NR3D]

@Kal-El

want to make sure I understand how the teaching food works

Teaching Pie. . on the 70,000xp I earn after eating it I actually get 70,000 + 70,000 = 140,000xp

Teaching Loaf…on the 70,000xp I earn after eating it I actually get 70,000 + 35,000 = 105,000xp

I am probably not doing this right, just want to know

^^ This is how I understand it will work. Like, James said, like a reverse Death Penalty. With the death penalty, you earn 2xp but it takes away 1xp from you. The Pie etc. Will give you 2xp for every 2xp you earn until you’ve earned a total of 70k + the multiplier of the food. Totaling, up to 140k.

[Kal-El]

@Elsiekelsie

It’s the first 70k XP at double rate and then pie expires.

I think.

Probably have to find out in test or get clarification from the developers.

[Lord-Proteus]

This is awesome!!!

@james

Added 2 new Skill Pages (pages 4 and 5)

@james

Increased XP on surface resources. We were finding gatherers were collected XP on harder worlds at a much lower rate to other activities, the new values should better reflect the rarity and effort to collect higher tier Surface Resources.

@james

• First region discovered is worth 50 XP, second 100 XP, third 150 XP, etc.
• Discovering all regions on a 50 region world will return ~63,750 XP.
• Discovering all regions on a 35 region exoworld will return ~31,500 XP.

[Janna55]

@james I would give you a big hug if I could in person. I hunt the boulders, mushrooms and such to sell in a shop and it is so dangerous for me on level 5 and 6 planets. I generally die at least once, usually two or three times due to the critters so I wonder if it is worth it at times, but enjoy the gathering. Do wish there were more of the glow caps and have never found a boulder ring, but can hope and wish for those another update.

Great on the teaching pies, that is great. Will make it worthwhile for me to make them now for personal usage.

Love the changes on the critters, that helps a lot in the dealing with them, not just for the middle level and those of us (like me) who can’t hit the side of a barn LOL and generally miss the critters (you can laugh, I do). But great for the new players who really suffer from the deaths.

Thank you several times for listening to us on the changes needed, I get so much fun out of this game but it can at the same time be frustrating in areas.