Greetings Commander,
The latest update has been released: Release v1.4.0b - Jewel Worlds
This update introduces the Prosperine Jewel Worlds sector, a minimally charted region of lush emerald and sapphire worlds scattered with the remnants of civilizations untouched by Imperial dominion. Beneath their jungles, oceans, and glittering horizons lie alien ruins, ancient crypts, and buried powers best approached with caution.
This update adds 15 new encounters, including the new Planetary Assault - Ancient Ruins encounter type. Your crew can now descend into long-forgotten sites such as the Shrouded Temple and the Antediluvian Crypt, facing the dangers left behind by civilizations far older and stranger than the Empire.
Jewel Worlds also introduces new enemy forces, including the Vanguard Interceptor enemy type and new enemy crew such as Meta-guards and Specialists. Commanders can discover 10 new pieces of crew equipment: the Vyper Skinsuit, Seraph Exosuit, Fulgurant Armor, Neuro-Sabre, Null Pistol, Tachyon Cannon, Havok Rifle, Photon Tunneler, Neutrino Engine, and Luxon Mantle. A new armament, the Consecrated Devastator Beam, has also been added as a special reward.
Beyond the new sector content, v1.4.0b includes a large gameplay and balance pass. Mixed enemy crews now appear more frequently, the Voltaic Cruiser has been improved with stronger crew and a Launch Bay, and rewards have been adjusted for several major encounters including the Voltaic Cruiser, Imperial Battle Ark, Core Miner, and Giant Necrophage.
Several systems, upgrades, and modules have also been rebalanced or reworked, including the Redeemer, Servo-Excavator, Aetheric Gate, Heavy Translocator, Seeker Missiles, Vile Sepulchre, Terminus Bands, Ancient Psytronome, Sigil of Rot, Corpse Effigy, Spectral Drives, and more. Additional bonuses have been added to equipment such as the Hellfire Cuirass, Meditech Boosters, Adaptive Nanoplate, Guardian Protocols, Synaptic Enforcers, Pathogenic Recycler Unit, Pain Engine, and Hardened Casings.
The update also fixes quest marker issues, planetary assault sled recall issues, deployment tray visuals, ship menu visuals, encounter text, and multiple typos. The older Planetary Assault - Ruins node has been renamed to Planetary Assault - Derelict Site to better distinguish it from the new Ancient Ruins encounter type.
New sector: Prosperine Jewel Worlds
New crew equipment: Vyper Skinsuit, Seraph Exosuit, Fulgurant Armor, Neuro-Sabre, Null Pistol, Tachyon Cannon, Havok Rifle, Photon Tunneler, Neutrino Engine, Luxon Mantle
New armament: Consecrated Devastator Beam
New enemy type: Vanguard Interceptor
New encounter type: Planetary Assault - Ancient Ruins
New enemy crew: Meta-guard, Specialist
Added 15 new encounters
Fixed issues related to quest markers spawning in the next sector
Fixed crew in assault sleds sometimes failing to recall at the end of planetary assault encounters
Player gains free husk at game start when their ship configuration lacks repair capability
Increased frequency of mixed enemy crews
Improved Voltaic Cruiser crew
Added Launch Bay to Voltaic Cruiser
Adjusted Voltaic Cruiser rewards
Improved Imperial Battle Ark rewards
Added Slave Container to Imperial Battle Ark
Improved Core Miner rewards
Adjusted Core Miner crew
Adjusted Giant Necrophage rewards
Increased Redeemer base and conditional DPS
Reworked Servo-Excavator
Increased Gene Soldier scrap cost
Increased Aetheric Gate cooldown
Increased Aetheric Gate scrap cost
Added bonus damage in fire to Hellfire Cuirass
Increased Heavy Translocator cooldown
Increased Heavy Translocator scrap cost
Reduced Circadian Stabilizer scrap cost
Reduced Carnivore Hatch scrap cost
Reduced Shredder Payload scrap cost
Reduced Assault Harnesses scrap cost
Reduced Bunker Drills scrap cost
Reduced Shatterfields scrap cost
Increased Seeker Missiles scrap cost
Reduced Vile Sepulchre scrap cost
Reduced Terminus Bands scrap cost
Reduced Ancient Psytronome scrap cost
Reduced Sigil of Rot scrap cost
Reduced Corpse Effigy scrap cost
Reduced Spectral Drives scrap cost
Added bonus DPS in fire to Meditech Boosters
Added suffocation resist to Adaptive Nanoplate
Added bonus HP to Machine Slaves to Guardian Protocols
Added bonus move speed to Synaptic Enforcers
Added bonus poison DPS to Pathogenic Recycler Unit
Added bonus HP on kill to Pain Engine
Added bonus repair speed to Hardened Casings
Removed Support Prosthetics from shop and reward pools
Fixed visual issue with deployment tray
Fixed visual issue with View Exterior button in ship menu
Fixed text alignment issue in ship menu
Added lore text to various vault types
Fixed typo in Imperial delivery encounter
Fixed typo in Raider patrol encounter
Fixed typo in Death Cult encounter
Renamed Planetary Assault - Ruins node to Planetary Assault - Derelict Site