Difference between revisions of "Multiplayer Updates"

Revision as of 05:27, 19 April 2012

The following is a list of updates made to the game since it entered open beta in 2011.

For planned future updates, see Nuku's six month plan at http://checkvist.com/checklists/97925-six-month-plan.

April

18th

The ten-second minimum for autocombat rounds is being fiddled with. It is at 4 seconds at the time of this writing.
Action buttons will be hidden when it is not your turn on web combat. No more bait-and-switch buttons!
Salvage status, both generic and specific like ChemicalSalvage, no longer has a cap. Unfortunately it is a percentage modifier on your base salvage chance, ending up much smaller.
- Clever Paws updated to be useful with the new salvage numbers. And now it increases the nanite vials you get too!
Assorted sources of salvage can be dropped into rooms to reward roleplaying with salvage.
Avatar will announce RP XP ticks in the tick channel. Tick ON!

17th

Expansion backpacks make change. If you have enough items to activate your Small Nanopack but not your large one, the latter won't drain your battery that day. Duct Tape Backpack will always be checked last, alas.
Extravagant Implement recipe coded. Like the last one, this is a private recipe. Seek out the Mechanist's Guild!
- You can tell because private recipes will show the owner's group in rpinfo.
Auto combat rounds can run no faster than 10 seconds per round. Apparently this will speed up the game.

16th

Betraying powers, like Fire Dance, ignore resistances. They should simply do the level-scaled damage to you.
Protein Shield rebalanced. In short, it takes more effort the more you are spraying, and the CritHPBuffer means something.
Child Trainer added to the elite stores.
Unshielded Prototype recipe created. It is private. Aw.
- +rpinfo now tells you if a recipe is private!

15th

Cleansing distillation cleans more, to match other passive Debuffclear effects.
Sati softly churrs, "Non Roo/Child, pet summons are limited to 4 simultaneously. This includes equipment, and power/dedication summons should they come down the line. This was done to limit the effect of Mastermind to something controllable, and also allowed a dedication to get made, and was done under my request. I'm not certain anyone is using more than four so it shouldn't really affect anyone."
Your relative size to a target appears when you are looking at them, right before describing their skin. Everyone is so tiny! What is going on?

14th

Almost all recipe modifiers (in fact, all but cool/protective/amplifying) got their ally status durations doubled. You don't have to spam that banner nearly as often now!
- As a result, the energy cost of Banner and Amplifier went up significantly.
Passive effects of most distills moved upwards, as well.
Group founders can now set themselves to whatever rank they want. They remain leaders. Everyone else needs to be set 'leader' to attain that power though.
You can now use % to act as 'modulus' in string parsing, much like the other (+-*/) operands.
Time for some +reward overhauls!
- +10% bonus XP is now +25% bonus XP!
- That annoying +reward that upgraded items? GONE.
- Got a mako battery recharge? Have a battery, too!
The Cred Energy Rejuvinator got discounted, from 5 mako down to 2.
Blood Extractor coded, and put in the token shop.

12th

Newbie items are now handed out at level 20, so they'll be useful until you can start getting your feet wet with crafting.
Children and Roo pets no longer show up for upgrading on the web page. They're going to go hungry. :<
Minor creature creator tweaks:
- The sayverb boxes are now large enough to see what you're writing
- There is a box to specify size. Remember that 5 is human-sized, and the scale is not in feet. Really.
You now see victories again when mentored up or down. You can once again experience joy while seriously overpowering level 5 skunk girls.
Ranger role added. Health, Penetration, and Roll with It!
Commissar role added. Tactician, Rage, and Avoidance. Also heresy.
Pregnancy Simulators, in light, medium, and heavy versions, added to the elite store for 15 mako apiece.

11th

Nuku carols, "DoTs from player sources cannot cause infections"
Pages sent to another player will have timestamps. Your 'page #last' will be easier to read.
Kitsune Now has Victory messages! (Perhaps we should start worrying about them now...)

10th

Web combat has a Refresh button, in case it appears to have stalled.
Roll With It and Tar Baby have a diminishing chance to activate with hits smaller than the threshold. Much more likely to happen in ordinary combat.
Training resources now cost the same on the web and in direct control.
Damage combat skill will decrease the amount of damage lost when something evades your attacks.
Web salvage missions now tend to not be quite so long.
A new status, Vampiric! Gives all your direct damage powers a (magnitude)% vampiric effect.

9th

No more Easter eggs! Existing ones still work, so crack 'em open.
The various salvage-boosting items, like Cooler, slotted. You can only prefer one kind of salvage at a time.
Web combat has a longer attention span. You won't fall automated if you don't click a button within ten seconds.

8th

Happy Easter! Monsters are now dropping Easter Eggs. Open them up for a surprise!
- Bunny and rabbit enemies are more likely to drop eggs.
- Zombies are not likely to drop them, being too stupid to remember to find any.
- Eggs are also available for 1 mako apiece in the elite store, if you are a silly person.
The inventory section of the web interface has been completely remodeled!
The follow code (the stuff you use hopon and handup to use) now defaults to the 'walk' option, instead of the 'ride' option.
- Want to write your own follow text? Type 'ride #help2' to get started!
Web salvage missions now only use one patrol point at a time, but require twice as many patrols.
Invasive Procedure coded.

7th

The Survival skill now reduces environmental penalties by 10% per point.
Did you know that energymod abilities, but positive and negative, were twice as powerful in combat? Well, if you didn't, now you know why Rest isn't going as far as you thought it should.
The military base is now stamped as High Danger, which means people will come to your aid in web battles there.
New holiday form, just under the wire! Marshmallow Chicken is available for a limited time.
- This form has both Smooth Hide and Expansiveness, by the way.
- Peep!
Expansiveness brought in line with other AoE abilities; now twice as nice!

6th

Tanukis (either active, or inactive with the Golden Leaf) can now make use of the Nanite Spatial Recalculator. The function is identical as when a Nanite Adept uses it.
Caber Tosser role added, possessing Controlled Burst, Endurance, and Tactician.
Gemini Cyborg, a new dedication in progress, has been coded. Expect to hear more from it soon!
- Beep!

5th

Myriad Armor had a math error; its damage resists went up a bit.
- King Cobra now has the Myriad Armor ability, by the way.
Conductive and Solid Frame are a little stronger now, to bring them up to speed with the other discounts to energy powers.
Sharpshooter now has an energy upgrade, so it's not quite so tiring.
Powerthirst was renamed to Ultraquench. Curse you, copyright law!
You're now a little more likely to find builder nanites after a fight when not equipped with a collector.

4th

Least EN AI block added to RSX's store.
Busty Succubus and Raised Pharaoh don't spawn zombies due to lag issues. Just like old times!
Durability, Avoidance and Health combat skills reduce the size of direct heals you apply by 3% per point. Makes non-tank support more useful.
The +census master command will list what people have chosen to make epic.
Energy recovery outside battle is doubled. Less annoying downtime.
Fengrove Hills and Fengrove Caves opened to the public! Look for them on the Fairhaven overworld, near the corn maze.
- The hills contain Ogres, King Cobras, and Fox Taurs!
- The caves contain (deep breath) Blade Beast, Dark Elves in both Male and Female flavors, and both Orthom Ovapeds and Brutes!
  - That's right! I hope you're after a lot of fun new forms!

3rd

Damaged softly churrs, "Added [if status (status name) of (target) (>/</=/!=) (number)] and [status (status name) of (target)] to string parsing"
- This can, for example, allow a victory to compare your accuracy against their defense. Or change your description if you have more damagebuff than the looker.
Further string parsing: Damaged softly churrs, "[systime] will return the current unix system time in string parsing"
Monotreme Activator description made more accurate.
XP and credit rate below level 20 increased.

2nd

Attack status now applies to DOTs.
- Increases the magnitude of the status by its own mag, to a maximum of one-third increase.
- Nuku carols, "So Attack 2 + DoT 2 = 2.6"
- Nuku carols, "Attack 2 + DoT 6 = 8"
Website right-side bar shows XP and credits needed for next level.
Celestial Attendant has moved back to his pool, placed where it used to be on the Mountain Path.

1st

All updates are now done retroactively, their effects propagated back through to the past.
~~A bunch of silliness with names has been introduced~~
- Silliness retroactively deleted. This is a serious game.
The Mall Rats have decided to start collecting all of the shinies. Luck of the Rat is now massively more powerful.

March

31st

The 'give' command is now a little smarter, warning if an odd target is chosen." Hurrah, no more giving to the wrong person accidentally!
- Also, Damaged says to stop using the asterisk.
- This is a lot more powerful, also gives confirmation dialogs before giving something to players not online and in the same room.
Hinoserm found some memory leaks, and patched them.
Pack Loyalty revamped; it lost much of its DebuffResist, but gained EnergyBreak.
Defensive toggles adjusted; costs went down just a little bit (say, half), and upgrades made more enticing.
Secret April Surprise added. Shh.
Toggle tax increased. Starting at 4 active toggles, there is a stacking penalty to energy used by *all* active toggles. The pattern goes 10%, 20%, 40%, 80%, 160%, etcetera.
- Dedication toggles, (such as Shred the Moon or Heartfelt Support) as well as the two aggro skills from Intimidation (Avoid Notice and Attention Grab) are excluded from the count of active toggles, and are not taxed in any event.

30th

Juggernaut can now be upgraded to give damage buff.
Myriad Armor and Tooth and Nail coded. Expect a support version to pop up soon, and then they'll all share a slot with Juggernaut.
- Sounds like someone needs a... Quick Fix!
  - The Mid slot has been coded. All that crap up there? Mid slot. Vyers would be proud.
You know what we need? We need more cool powers on dedication forms.
- The Mall Rats just learned how to do that Quick Fix trick!
- Cow Maidens have learned Abundant Supply. The milk was inside them all along! Please help them get it out.
- Phoenixes learned Fire Dance. Oh no, it's spreading! D:
- Talakai lost Juggernaut, but found Tooth and Nail, Lunge, and Mothering Instinct! Somebody hit the jackpot.
Don't look now, but someone snuck a cake into your pack!

29th

The child training services now allow you to set a gender for genderless children (such as kitsunes or cat girls). Costs 25% mako battery to change your mind.

28th

Water Flask had its Debuffclear effect reduced to match its lower energy recovery, compared with Rest.
Powerthirst coded. Sati is very, very sorry.
- Its schematic has been placed in the elite store for 30 mako.
New option in Editplayer. Makes it so that people not partied with you, who try and use a power on you, will not be able to. Use to combat buffs with energybreak, for instance..
Token shop added to the Shopping section of the web interface.
Celestial Attendant re-added to the grid!
+gear/condition no longer adds a finder to builder vials.

27th

A few minor tweaks to web creation of characters. Free perks are free!

26th

Rooms can now have talk script that fires on entry.
Attacks that are not deflected at all (the ones that show 0% at the start) no longer deal extra damage due to bonus accuracy.
AI: Ranked added to the token reward stores. Targets the highest 'ranked' ally or enemy. Always hit the prime! Or the highest-level player!
Mako pool success stories!
- Internal Testicles merit added.
- Milk Enhancer created and put in the elite stores.
Web inventory now shows a larger box if you click in the smaller box of an item.
The Installation skill no longer boosts mechanical salvage rates. This has been handed off to Design.
Crash and Burn coded.

25th

Boxing bags can now have specific physical and energy damage resistances set.
The Spread distillation has been brought in line with current AoE standards.
Humanitarian role coded.
Nanite Bottler added to the elite stores.

24th

Tweaks to appearance of web interface buttons and dropdowns, to match general theme.
Cred Energy Rejuvenator added to elite store for 5 mako. Resets your cred energy.
Items with custom names will now display their base item when traded between players, as well as their customized name.
More pregnancy messages! With string parsing! Hooray!
Erotic Dance has been redesigned to be an accuracy debuff with a chance of confusion, energy damage, or a chance to buff your enemy's damage.
Credits gained from RP now follow the same cred energy system as everything else.
RP XP no longer drops off after a while.
Shield Drone overhauled.

23rd

The way Maximum HP is calculated was changed. More health for everyone!

22nd

You can now just type the name of an NPC or interactable object to check/talk to them. For example, 'rob' will get you a mission from Robert.
Reviving consumables now work even through large negative hit points.
Foot Stomp power adjusted.
Kitsune now can be set to have black or red fur instead.

21st

All revive powers, like Phoenix Tears and Adrenaline Hypos, cause the subject to flip on their toggles.
Glazed Scarab added to the elite store. Allows Anubis Servants to ignore death debuffs completely.
Divine Mercy is now a minor AoE, and can be upgraded further.
Quad Punch was too damned strong. It just lost 10% accuracy.
Takedown and Packmind Persistence coded. Don't expect to see that second one until Oregon.

20th

Combat has been sped up considerably.
Betraying powers (powers that inflict damage on you) no longer care about your DamageBuff.
Infuse Blood buffed, Bloodletting tweaked to hopefully not totally kill everyone who uses it.
Supernova redesigned into a fair-sized hit with a chance of fun damages, followed by a chance to restore energy. It can be upgraded to be vampiric, but is still very random.

19th

The questline at Hotel Oblivion has been revised. Heavily. Apologies for all who lost progress on it.
- Note that the Lazy series of badges are no longer obtainable.
Expiring items now actually tell you how much time they have left when viewed in +gear.
Shred the Moon revised. A little less damage return and HP buffer, a little more debuff clear.
Self-damage such as from Fire Dance now bypasses HP buffers.
Self-damaging powers also cannot trigger damage return or vampiric features.
Delicious Treat is now a minor AoE, and can be upgraded to be shared with more people.
Penalties on the Basic Spread modifier reduced, and Extreme Spread coded for more fun down the road.
The web interface now sorts gear into categories! Hooray, OCD!