Difference between revisions of "Multiplayer Updates"

Revision as of 06:30, 18 July 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.

July

17th

There is now an update button on web battles, to refresh the display.
- Yo dawg.
Humboldt State Park is now open; see the labs of Zephyr for an NPC to take you there. It's overrun with snakes!

13th

Clothing recipe coded and put into the elite store for 50 mako. Yes, it took more than three years to remember how to make a good pair of pants.
Tail Dividers now have an interesting effect on Kitsunes. Two, if you count some even more undocumented behavior coming from if you set the local stat 'kitsun/hidden' to 'yes'.
Lucky Charm recipe commissioned.

12th

Discount Nativizer now for sale in the magazine rack at the mall.

9th

Game Warden softly churrls, "Huzzah! The text in instances has been updated and repaired. Every instance has been spell-checked, worked over for grammar and flow, and should now provide a much more engaging reading experience. Enjoy!"

7th

Mutant Companions remembered they have Small Claws again.
Beware any mutants you see with Animated Latex Skin. Just sayin'.
Deep Healing, Lactaid, and Chock Milk now also gain direct healing buffs from organ sizes, to make them a little more compelling for the hypers out there.

6th

Equippable non-child pets revamped. Mechanical Drone, Mutant Companion, Repair Drone, and Nanotech Medbot are now all minion rank.
- Mutant Companion's abilities have been reworked.
- Mechanical Drone and Shield Drone's abilities and roles reworked; both are also now immune to local nanite effects.

5th

Lion Beasts will stop showing up to interrupt your funtimes with Small Felinoids.
Feral Regeneration is now NoAoE. No sneaking it to your minions.
Utility Harness added to the elite store for 50 mako.
Enauring distillation coded and rebalanced a few times.
Viewing an active race should now show your cooldown for gaining more racer bucks.
Dream Nanomagic coded.
AI: Leader and AI: Refreshed 50 coded.

4th

Things that have a zero-percent chance to occur no longer show up in +rpinfo. Streamlining!

3rd

+quest log now knows what the Hotel Oblivion quests are.
Small Felinoids are now wandering around the zoo!
- They love milk. Oh my god, do they love milk.
String parsing now supports a command to remove NPCs from a fight, with [kill [target]]. Does not work on players.

1st

You can now give items to people no matter where you are. You might be charged 100 per stack handed off, however.
Using the command '+register history spam', you will see all your mako transactions. Be careful, oldbies!
Oh man, so many pools closed today. Expect a flurry of items in the next day or so.
Discount Nativizer coded but unplaced. Gives you a native status of 'random', which means it pulls from any mastered mutations on your account.
"HP Over 75" AI program coded and added to RSX mart.

June

30th

Talk script can now be used in string parsing. You all should be very afraid.
There were some other mysterious updates. Scary mysterious.

29th

pose #color command added, so you can view poses in all the colors of the rainbow.
- This accepts all forms of ANSI color. See 'page #color' for details.
Power Regulator added to the elite store for 200 mako.
Wasteland Warrior-level subscribers now get 120% charge from a mako battery.
Monster submissions are now reviewed first-come, first-serve, as opposed to being kept in an alphabetical list.
The Always Be Prepared perk no longer excludes Feral Mode characters, giving them just a little more wiggle room.

28th

Whoops, knew something got overlooked. Talakai Essence in the elite store for 50 mako.
Nanite Area Controller added to the elite store for 25 mako.
Damaged softly churrs, "The 'nanite' status on a player now adjusts how much it costs to shift themselves and others (positive nanite makes things easier/cheaper, negative makes them harder/more expensive). Note: a -100 nanite mag will make you unable to shift (using nanite type shifting)."

27th

Damn, it's been too quiet lately. Thankfully, someone decided to clean the pool.
- Social Developer merit added.
- Tanuki leaf for vaginal count added to their gift shop.
- Talakai Essence coded.
- Fenrir Sensory Training added to the token shop for 250 tokens.
Instant Drawing recipe mod created and put up for sale at Jack's.
This game is too hard to read. Let's fix that, too:
- The +rpinfo for powers now has an easier-to-read format. Like "Has a 100% chance of inflicting KnockDown at a magnitude of 1" easier.
- Almost all mods now have a much more comprehensive list of their effects on both active and passive abilities, and clearly distinguish which are enemy, and which are ally. There's been some rebalancing across the board, too. This will be more useful in the future, now that any four of these can be easily changed.
Area Module now has a little +10% status magnitude. This is to make up for the fact that people might otherwise already have the effect, so you're never wasting your time.
Backstabbing and Invisible mods added to the elite token shop (the pregnancy quest one) for about 150 or 100 tokens, depending on your skills.

24th

+pjsearch and +pj #ooc commands added for player judges.
The spawn rate of ferals at the Woodfield Library has been increased.

23rd

@paste now uses the @npaste command. Most importantly, it now supports '.abort' in the editor.
Outpost Equipment: Garage now for sale in the elite store for 50 mako.
Nanite Condenser removed from the global store, given that it's totally useless these days.
AI: Dead now for sale at RSX's program store.
Acidic Backlash, another offensive adaption coded.
Castaway profession coded. Survival, Installation, Intimidation. Apparently being alone so long made you kind of terrifying to look at, talk to, or smell.
Ovulation Period merit coded. Handy for people who want to play baby roulette.
The scent-marking mechanics have been tightened up, and should accept partial matches now.

22nd

There's a new town somewhere in the mountain area. It has hares in it!
Buying perks, as long as you're still on your first 20 points, no longer costs XP.
Triage buffed, now granting 5 StatusBoost (with upgrades of 2.5) along with its healing boost.

21st

Extra 'Battle Clear' messages should stop happening. Hopefully. For real.
Blowgun recipe and Leeching recipe mod coded.
Crafting Alliance Termination Documents coded, then conveniently placed near each crafting alliance's stores.

20th

Wind Buffet coded and placed on Blue Sphinx, Masked Angel, Sexy Dragoness, Shadow Dragon, Horned Wyvern, and Crested Wyvern.
Typing 'auto #' will now put you onto auto for # rounds, then go back to manual control.
Reconstructor mako pool completed; now for sale in the elite store for 50 mako!
The effects of the Nanite Social Devolutionizer now apply to enemies encountered in web battles.

19th

Field Archaelogist profession coded: Legends, Research, Sports.
Cock Slap slightly tweaked again. It now has a 20% chance of an accuracy debuff, which can be trained up to 100% with both upgrades. You can no longer train the Confused chance, though.
Confused status overhauled. Now it acts as if you 'miss' by the magnitude of the debuff. So if you are 15% confused, and hit an enemy at 25% deflection, they're only taking 60% of the hit, instead of 75%.
- Maximum dodge is still 75%.
- Confused status can be cleansed off by debuffclear effects now, as well.
The ability to give a knockdownresist debuff now exists. At most, you can knock someone down 50% harder than normal.
Transfixing Gaze tweaked. It now has a charge of -1000, making it truly instant.
Heavy Melee recipe coded and put into Jack's Hardware.
Portable Flamethrower and Chainsaw recipes coded but unplaced.
Duplicating and Automated recipe mods coded but unplaced.

18th

Full Nelson coded.

17th

Death Valley Scrublands, balanced for level 36-44, added to the grid; available from the Survivalist's new helicopter pilot. Contains Roadrunner, Fennec, Peregrine Girl, Shy Gecko, and Quail!
Go a little further north past the scrublands, and you'll end up in the Desert Wasteland. This area is rated 40-48, and contains the Parched Horror, Fire Elemental, Furie, Scorpion, and Stag Beetle.
- There's also a boss, but he's not quite ready for prime-time. You are encouraged to avoid it for now.
Scent of Blood coded. Takes up the Offensive Adaption slot, so be warned.

16th

Promethean ferals can now be infected with things.
Web salvage missions can now be longer than 100 points. Sorry about the mix-up.
All Natural no longer gives +10% to distill effects. It's official, staff hates all naturals!
- Aw, just fooling ya. Yeah, that change is still there, but now distills work at one level higher (to a max of 4). All-Natural players no longer need to use any distill higher than 3.
  - If an All-Natural has a level 4 in an item, the next time it's used it should auto-downgrade to 3.
  - ~~DISCLAIMER: Summons not been adjusted yet. Your drones should stay as they are until these updates say otherwise.~~ Never mind, they work on summons now.
    - But NOT on children and Roo pets.
Three new professions added:
- Field Archaeologist: Legends, Research, Sports.
- Blackmailer: Academics, Design, Intimidation.
- Campus Security: Academics, Security, Intimidation.

15th

It's Casual Friday. Let it all hang out!
- Deep Healing and Lactaid were redesigned. Both are now a little stronger, have very slightly less cooldown, and take a little longer to charge. They both also take a little longer to cool down if you have especially large balls or breasts. Their upgrades are mostly unchanged, save for the loss of the cooldown upgrade.
- Cock Slap redesigned. Having a larger cock now causes more aggro and has a chance of confusing enemies, but also takes more energy to swing around. Upgrades upgraded, but the penetration upgrade is gone. You can, however, buff the confusion chance.
- Breast Smash now works similarly to cock slap, only it causes cooldown debuffs instead of confusion.
- Chock Milk retooled, as well. Slightly longer charge and cooldown, slightly stronger heal, 2 more energy cost, upgrades upgraded, and now takes more energy if you have too many boobs and longer to recharge if your breasts are huge.
- Nurse got a much longer cooldown, lost its raw healing amount, and now takes longer to recharge (and costs more energy) if you have sizable breasts. All upgrades not RegenMag (which went down by .5) were considerably buffed, however.
- Love Box completely redesigned. It's now a 3-stacking energy damage attack with an energybreak debuff attached. How long it lasts, and how much it takes out of you, is based on how long it takes someone to go through the whole thing (how deep you are).
Blowhard was found to be way too strong for a mutant power. Its damage has been dropped to compensate.
Debuffs and confusion are now affected by half of your deflection. 50% deflection now means -25% on the magnitude; 75% deflection means -37.5% magnitude.
When trying to inflict statuses that have less than 100% chance of hitting, dodge resist is lowered by 25%. This means that if you get 0% deflection, you have an extra 25% chance to inflict the status. 25% deflection means no bonus, 50% deflection means -25%, and 75% deflection means -50% chance.
Dumping builder vials into equipment is now faster, and will have a better idea of how much difference it made when you use big batches at once.
Two new roles:
- Trap Setter: Opportunity, Accuracy, Enduring Malice.
- Battlefield Strategist: Opportunity, Accuracy, Tactician.

14th

Having a subscription level of Survivalist or higher now allows Feral mode characters to spend XP on creds.
The 'party' command now tells you who in your party is botting.
The tick timer output now shows game load.
You can now use 'shrug' or 'shrugoff' as synonyms of 'buffclear'. Good for the Kingdom of Loathing players out there.

13th

'buffclear' command added; typing it by itself will demonstrate its use. Allows players to 'shrug off' buffs they do not wish to have active.
Crafted pets now receive all the perks of the modifiers used in their construction.
- Unnamed crafted pets will now use their first modifier to determine their name until you give them a real one.

12th

Color codes can no longer be used in custom mako titles; this is restricted to wizards.
Renamed powers can now be referred to by their new name when you try to 'use' them in combat.
Deflection should no longer reduce damage by more than it's supposed to.
Fennec now cares about the Tail Divider.
Induce Phantasm coded, and put on Nekomata head.
- Oh hey, someone found a stock of Nekomata vials, and put them up in the elite store.
The debuffresistdebuffduration (phew!) on Slip Beneath's upgrades was extended to meet proper budget.
+cookie and +tomato commands added to reward or penalize staff. 'help staff' for details!

11th

Botting rules adjusted. See 'help botting' to see how!
- In short, there's a mode to state that, yes, you're botting. Use it if you are!
- 'botmode here' shows you all botting people in the room.
The starting room of an instance is now random.
Maternal Love, Protective Pouch, and Gouging Claws have been adjusted to be Nanite-immune. That is, they don't care about how many nanites are in an area, and work fine anywhere. On the flip side, they don't work better in nanite-rich areas.
- Expect more powers to work like this soon.
You know what? Let's buff Gouging Claws a little while we're at it.
Eagle Eyes merit added.

10th

Web salvage missions had their maps repaired; this should hopefully get rid of that problem with 1-turn salvage missions.
Environmental effects, utilizing that new Nanite status, have been put into areas with too many (Hotel Oblivion) or too few (Wastelands) nanites about.
The following nanomagics have been overhauled to take advantage of the Nanite status:
The 'trace' command should stop accidentally sucking energy, creds, or giving badges it shouldn't.
Robot Master role added. Damage, Enduring Minions, Technical.
The Technical combat skill now applied to equipment-type pets (such as drones).
- But NOT to children or Kangaroo pets.