22 December

Patch #4 Build 5

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In this update you will be getting:

Game Map

The Game Map has changed – Alpha lane has been reworked and also we have made major changes to the Jump Routes and the Gas facility. (Beta is not worth talking about so all go fight in Alpha)

Jump System Updates

• There are new jump routes to Gamma from all sectors including the Bases.
  
• Base Access: You are now able to jump to your home base from anywhere in the Alpha or Beta Sectors.You are also able to jump into the Enemy Base from anywhere in these sectors provided you control the Forward Station closest to their base, in that sector. If you don't you lose that ability.

• Facility Activates and becomes available for capture after 8mins from the game start.
  
• Capturing the Facility rewards the entire capturing team with a temporary buff called Gas Power. (If you are dead when this happens you get nothing...like real life)
  
• Gas Power lasts for 2.5 minutes or until death.
  
• Once captured the Facility locks down for 5 minutes.
  
• After 5 minutes the Facility unlocks in a neutral state and is available for capture again.
  
• Gas Power provides a bonus to Movement Speed, Capture Rate, Cool down Reduction and Fire Rate.
  
• Each time the Facility reactivates, the Gas Power Buff increases in strength and is marked "Gas Power I, Gas Power II, etc..." [This is per activation of the Facility and not your team's personal usage]

1. 500
2. 1000
3. 2000
4. 4000
5. 8000
6. 12000
7. 16000
8. 32000
9. 64000

LMB Options
• Faster Cannon - The Hunter's main cannon has got lighter ammo, and is faster at reloading, which does less damage.
  
• Heavier Cannon - The Hunter's main cannon has gotten bigger and does more damage (who doesn't love a bigger gun) but takes longer to reload
  
  RMB Options
  
• Quick Blink - The blink drive has been recalibrated for a shorter range, but with a shorter cooldown. Allowing you to jump around and keep their heads spinning
  
• Range Blink - The blink drive has been recalibrated for a longer range, but with a longer cooldown.
  
  Key 3
  
• Spotter Drone – (as seen on Sniper) Will fire a small drone that will follow the target even across sectors.

LMB Options
• Railgun - The beast of any armada and a favourite for snipers of all ages, this powerful wonder of science fires a high speed projectile which while not instantaneous always does max damage to the target.
  !Warning! This weapon does take some time to chrage up each time you click fire (click, pause, fire) and takes some small time to travel to target (depending on how far away it is).
  
• Charge Cannon (name TBC) - This cannon fires a slow moving projectile that increases with damage the further it travels being a slow projectile it is very hard to land but can delivery devastating damage at range if it does.

LMB Options
• Plasma Cannon - This cannon replaces your standard rockets with a close range high damage weapon, the artwork is not finalised at all (it looks like a plasma flamethrower)
  
• Heavy Rockets - Larger rockets take more space, so you fire less per shot but each one does more damage [and travel further]
  
  Key 3
  We are aware that the decoy needs some work and often fails to fool the enemy, sorry about that...we will fix it. Meanwhile we’ve noticed that many players get inventive with how to use the Decoy and these two quick alternates have been created to play to that creativity...
  
• Shield Decoy - For those of you who like a little cannon fodder or emergency shield, this spawns a standard decoy with 4x more health than before. At a much closer distance.
  
• Jump Decoy - For those of you who are looking for a quick get away or traverse speed, this spawns your decoy at the max range for your blink drive. Allowing you to blink further than before.

LMB Options
• Scalpel Beam - The Frigate's multishot has effectively been sped up and accuracy massively improved brining you this weapon. Lasting 2 seconds, this fires 40 shots in a line following your crosshair.
  
• Taser Laser - This is a harrowing shot of annoyance rather than a source of damage. This electrical weapon will slow the target's propulsion systems for a second, and can be fired every 2seconds.
  
  Key 2
  
• Kingfisher Missiles - These two stage missiles, almost ponderously leave their launchers and head toward the target, then the warhead breaking free of restraints will absolutely zoom off towards the target.
  
• Skua Torpedo - this large torpedo launches then the casing bursts and it slowly tracks an enemy for 30s to do loads of damage

LMB Options
• Faster Blaster - faster rate of fire with less damage
  
• Ripple Blaster - fires a volley of shots rather than a consistent rate of fire

LMB Options
• Photonic Charges - The flak cannons are gone, but like flak you fire this large tumbling bluish explosive which detonates at a fixed point, dealing twice the damage (at half the speed).
  Watch out for the plasma explosion and shockwave

1. When you quit the game, we will show you a desertion message when you arrive in the front end. Currently, when you quit - the 'Are You Sure?' quit message does not warn about Desertion but will soon.
   
2. This then decrements the number of games completed versions games played (i.e. the game was played but not completed). This ratio acts as a multiplier to all activity in-game.
   
3. We use a rudimentary calculation based on your actions in-game (kills, damage, captures, assists). This is a simple formula (we'll put it up soon) and will evolve but having seen communities on other games come up with very impressive player rating systems - we look forward to see what you guys come up with.
   
4. This calculation is then multiplied by the games completed ratio. This gives you an Honor values.
   
5. In short the more games you complete - the better your Honor value.
   
6. We have added leaderboards so you can track your ratings against your friends and foes.

• The Goliath
  
• The Sniper Type G
  
• The Assassin Type G
  
• The Disruptor Type G

12 December

Latest news

Roadmap on forums

Twitch (Weekly events in planning): http://www.twitch.tv/fracturedspace

Okay thank you to those of you who have signed in to our Trello Board and started voting, it's really great to get instant feedback and views from you in such an easy to understand way.
Please be aware that your votes, while they are “likes”, they are also a guiding hand on the metaphorical tiller. As if a particular item is upvoted a lot we will look at maybe moving it up the development queue.

For those of you, who missed it or are here new now: Go here and you can see our public plans for the game. (We do have a couple of secrets/surprises).
To vote you will have to register on Trello.

Also as there has been some discussion on ship size we knocked up this Size Comparison

We have also moved our voice servers onto TeamSpeak. Server: TS3.fracturedspace.com

Lastly we are putting out some more early access items in our Founder Pack Update click here for the full post and all information, however the new packs are listed below:

All Forerunner Packs
1 early access exclusive normal ship skin (also included in the Harbinger pack) – Not the Goliath.

NEW PACK - Harbinger Pack - $20 ($10 if you already have a Forerunner pack)
Gives access to the game with founder status and the Harbinger status.
Gives 3 early access exclusive normal ship skins – for the Assassin, Sniper, Disruptor.
Gives 1 early access exclusive "legendary" ship skin, the Goliath skin for the USR Flagship.

NEW PACK - Harbinger Fleet Pack - $30 ($20 if you already have a Forerunner pack)
Same as the Harbinger pack + 4 Scavenger keys.

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