Dec 21, 2021

Mabinogi - CM Katherz

Charles has created a Mysterious Snow Cloud and he needs your help in promoting it! Create promotional items around Erinn to help people learn about the Snow Cloud, and earn some snowtastic rewards! Check out the details below.

Event Dates: Thursday, December 23rd, After Maintenance - Thursday, January 13th, Before Maintenance

Event Details

During the event, you will receive the guide quest, [Guide] Do You Know About the Snow Cloud?
Talk to Charles in Dunbarton, next to the Healer's House and register a main character.
You will receive the following rewards after completing [Guide] Do You Know About the Snow Cloud?:
- 20,000 EXP
- Mysterious Snowball x1
Every 15 minutes, real-time, the Mysterious Snow Cloud will form a Mysterious Snowball.
- Only 8 Mysterious Snowballs will form each day from the Mysterious Snow Cloud.
- The Event Clock will not be visible once 8 Mysterious Snowballs have formed.
- The Event Clock timer will continue counting down when you change channels.
- If you log off during the countdown, the timer will reset to 15 minutes when log back in.
You can obtain a Mysterious Snowball every day when you log in for the first time.
Use the Mysterious Snowball to help promote Charles' Snow Cloud and you will receive one Charles' Reward Box for each one you use.
The event resets daily at 7 AM PST.
- Mysterious Snowballs will melt at 7 AM the next day if they are not used.

Daily Quest Details

You will receive the daily quest, [Event] Snow Cloud For Sale!
Make the promotional materials 3 times with the Mysterious Snowball, and then talk to Charles.
You will receive the following reward after completing the daily quest:
- Mysterious Snowball x2

Achievement Quest Details

You will receive the achievement quest, [Event] Steady Snow Cloud Promotion.
To complete this quest and receive rewards, you need to complete the following objectives:
- Complete Snow Cloud for Sale! 3 times: Homestead Snow Cat
- Complete Snow Cloud for Sale! 6 times: Scatter Snow Gesture Card
- Complete Snow Cloud for Sale! 9 times: Spirit Transformation Liqueur (Heart)
- Complete Snow Cloud for Sale! 12 times: Homestead Snow Wall
- Complete Snow Cloud for Sale! 15 times: Homestead Snow Cloud

Charles' Reward Box

*NEW * Homestead Snow Wall
*NEW * Homestead Snow Cat
*NEW * Homestead Snow Cloud
Age Potion - Age 9
Age Potion - Age 18
Baltane Mission Elite Pass - Avalon Bridge (expires in 1 day)
Baltane Mission Elite Pass - Nowhere to Run (expires in 1 day)
Baltane Mission Elite Pass - Knights of the Round Table (expires in 1 day)
Baltane Mission Elite Pass - Gatekeeper (expires in 1 day)
Baltane Mission Elite Pass - Counterattack (expires in 1 day)
Baltane Mission Elite Pass - Siege Weapon (expires in 1 day)
Baltane Mission Crystal (x1.5) (expires in 7 days)
Baltane Mission Crystal (x2) (expires in 7 days)
Baltane Mission Crystal (x3) (expires in 7 days)
AP Potion (Event) (AP:5) (expires in 7 days)
AP Potion (Event) (AP:10) (expires in 7 days)
Imp Mini Potion
Protection/DEF Buff Potion (Event) (expires in 7 days)
Stamina Buff Potion (Event) (expires in 7 days)
MP Buff Potion (Event) (expires in 7 days)
HP Buff Potion (Event) (expires in 7 days)
Special Tendering Potion S (Event) (expires in 7 days)
Speed Walk Potion 30% (5 min) (expires in 7 days)
Speed Walk Potion 40% (5 min) (expires in 7 days)
Golden Experience Fruit (expires in 1 day)
Golden Experience Fruit (50%) (expires in 1 day)
Heliodor (5 cm)
Bloodstone (5 cm)
Jade (5 cm)
Tourmaline (5 cm)
Pink Sapphire (5 cm)
Jet (5 cm)
Opal (5 cm)
Phantom Quartz (5 cm)
Tanzanite (5 cm)
Ametrine (5 cm)
Green Heliodor (5 cm)
Red Heliodor (5 cm)
Diamond (5 cm)
Topaz (5 cm)
Star Sapphire (5 cm)
Emerald (5 cm)
Aquamarine (5 cm)
Garnet (5 cm)
Jasper (5 cm)
Ruby (5 cm)
Spinel (5 cm)
Pet Dye Ampoule
Finest Handmade Bandages
Wood Board
Large Nail
Building Stone
Fine Fabric
Finest Fabric
Cheap Leather Strap
Common Leather Strap
Fine Leather Strap
Finest Leather Strap
Base Herb
Garbage Herb
Mana Herb
Iron Ingot
Gold Ingot
Silver Ingot
Copper Ingot
Mythril Ingot
Cheap Silk
Common Silk
Fine Silk
Finest Silk
Finest Firewood
Fine Firewood
Average Firewood
Firewood

Dec 21, 2021

Patch 1.02 Released!

The Last Stand: Aftermath - Jarkyttaa

Hey all!

We're excited to get one last update out to all of you ahead of the end of year festivities. We've been hard at work putting together a huge collection of changes and fixes based on your feedback. We want to thank our community both for the incredible support you've shown us and the game this whole year as well as for the fantastic feedback and bug reports you've been sending our way.

We're also excited to announce that patch 1.01 has been approved for PlayStation 4 and 5 and will be rolled out shortly! Most notably, this includes the fix for missing save data. Please don't hesitate to send us reports if you update the game and have any issues with your save data going forward. We appreciate your patience as we navigate the extra complexities of patching console versions. The Xbox Series patch has not yet been approved, but we aim to get it out as soon as we can.

You can find patch notes for 1.02 below, followed by the patch notes for the console 1.01 patches.

We can't thank you all enough for what a tremendous year this has been for us and we're excited about what 2022 has in store for us.

Thank you!

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Patch 1.02 Notes (Steam):

Notes:
- Due to time constraints, temporary localization has been used for the new HOLD/TOGGLE options for some actions. We apologise for this, and it will be rectified in a future patch.

Additions:
- Keyboard & Mouse: Aiming can now be set to HOLD or TOGGLE via the Keyboard settings menu.
- Keyboard & Mouse: Sprint can now be set to HOLD or TOGGLE via the Keyboard settings menu.
- Controllers: Focus can now be set to HOLD or TOGGLE via the Controller settings menu.
- Controllers: Sprint can now be set to HOLD or TOGGLE via the Controller settings menu.

Changes:
- General: The game now runs in the background during loading screens by default, to ensure loading completes even if the game window is not focused. The game can be forced to always run in the background by launching with the -runInBackground command line argument.
- Gameplay: Crouching/stealthing too close to Infected will be much more likely to trigger their aggressive state
- Gameplay: You can now tap the vault/climb action whenever the prompt is visible to vault over an obstacle, even if standing still.
- Gameplay: You can no longer interact with objects and reload your weapon at the same time.
- Gameplay: Improvements to Infected spawn position selection to avoid overlaps/intersections with the environment and each other.
- Gameplay: The Charger Infected's stomp attack will no longer hit the player through walls and other large obstacles.
- Gameplay: Interacting with closed doors now has a higher priority than looting Infected corpses, making corpse interactions much less likely to block access to doors.
- Gameplay: "Burning" status effect now applies 100% more damage. Small spot fires in Hell apply a lower burning status effect that does less damage.
- Gameplay: M82A1 damage increased by 100%: 500, up from 250.
- Gameplay: Improved items for all existing Loadouts that are purchasable through Supply Depot.
- Gameplay: Reduced cost of purchasing loadouts through Supply Depot.
- Gameplay: Increased weight of Gear Axe.
- Gameplay: More traps will react to external explosives / damage.
- Optimization: Reduced number of particles in fires in Hell sector.
- Optimisation: Weapon bullet shell ejection visuals are now more efficient overall.
- UI: The Map screen now displays partial routes in yellow to reinforce travel ability. Partial routes occur when you have at least one unit of fuel, but less than the required to reach a selected location.
- UI: The power generator minigame UI will only fill the bar to the top on the final successful input.
- UI: The power generator minigame UI now displays an Exit prompt.

Fixes:
- Achievement: "A Bridge Over Troubled Waters": This achievement now triggers when activating the bridge lowering switch. For those who missed this achievement due to dying before leaving the area, it will trigger the next time you enter Hell.
- Achievement: "This is The End": This achievement now triggers only when completing the correct number of runs on a single save slot, rather than an aggregate of all save slots.
- Gamepads: Fixed an issue where the vibration enabled setting was not saved between sessions.
- Gamepads: Fixed controllers sometimes continuing to vibrate when the inventory or pause menu is opened.
- Gameplay: Destroyed doors will no longer continue to block Infected navigation paths.
- Gameplay: Fixed an issue where purchasing a new permanent Armory item would replenish all permanent Armory items instead of only the purchased item.
- Gameplay: Fixed a rare crash that could occur in while an Infected horde is in progress.
- Gameplay: Fixed a rare issue on the travel map that would not allow you to visit a location that was clearly on a valid travel route.
- Gameplay: Fixed heal-over-time effects from consumables not restoring the expected amount of health.
- Gameplay: Melee executions should be much less likely to pull the player into out-of-bounds areas.
- Gameplay: Fixed an issue where some hardships would not be applied when reloading a previously saved game.
- Gameplay: Hardships will now correctly reset to rank zero when "Reset" is pressed.
- Gameplay: Flaming skeletal Infected are now lootable after exploding and will no longer block doorways.
- Gameplay: Fixed an issue where some player animations would not play when triggered while crouched/stealthed.
- Gameplay: Fix for code lockers sometimes not dropping items.
- Gameplay: Fix for terrain in Camp in Sunken City sector.
- Gameplay: Lab doors have a much larger interaction point to avoid bodies getting in the way.
- Gameplay: HERC medical safehouse boxes always drop items now.
- Gameplay: Sunken City locations should have less areas you can get stuck in water / from drop offs.
- Gameplay: Infection Bursters now show the infection icon, rather than purple poison icon.
- Gameplay: Motel bathrooms are no longer prone to getting stuck.
- Gameplay: Removed collider from HERC code lockers to stop blocking players.
- Gameplay: Fixed HERC tarp fences being too thin.
- Gameplay: Fix for town hall not having external wall colliders.
- Gameplay: Fix for out of bounds areas in Mountains Gas Station.
- Gameplay: Fix for observation area where you could fall out of bounds in Hell.
- Gameplay: Box Mines no longer explode on contact, have a timer and light indicator to show when armed.
- Gameplay: Added additional colliders to end location to help with clipping.
- Gameplay: Fixed G17 drop description in Supply Depot.
- Gameplay: Made small bunkers render outlines.
- Gameplay: Fixed basements that couldn't be exited.
- Gameplay: Fixes for loot being out of bounds on multiple maps.
- Gameplay: Fix for temp metal barriers not checking valid vault positions.
- Gameplay: Fix for non colliding wall in store.
- Gameplay: Fix for zombies spawning on compound roofs.
- Gameplay: Fix some jumpable sections in Hell end maps that could cause collision issues.
- Gameplay: Various object placement adjustments and fixes based on player submitted bug reports.
- Graphics: Carried weapons and supply bags will now render outlines when occluded by the environment.
- Quest: "The Warehouse": Fixed an issue where it was not possible to complete the "Find the explosives" objective if you placed some explosives before collecting all the explosives.
- Tutorial: You can no longer vault or jump over the sandbag barricade to escape the horde!
- Tutorial: It is now easier to shoot over the first sandbag barricade and hit zombies that are reaching over it.
- UI: Fixed an issue in the Supply Store that could cause no items to be displayed.
- UI: Fixed an issue where equipped weapon attachments would not be marked as equipped in the inventory when first opening the inventory in a new location.
- UI: Fixed various issues with the equipped status displayed on weapon attachments in the inventory.
- UI: Fix supply store items sometimes getting stuck with a white overlay.
- UI: Fixed RPG showing incorrect ammo icons.
- Volunteers: The "Scientist" loadout now has three starting items as intended, like all other loadouts.
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Patch 1.01 Notes (Console):

Changes
• Tripwire based traps now have a thicker, more visible wire. All traps now show an outline when occluded by the enviornment.
• M82A1 Drop is no longer purchasable with Supply (it can only be purchased with Reputation)
• Reduced volume of crickets during the night
• Reduced atmospheric volumetric lighting strength to improve visibility in most time/weather combinations
• Reduced intensity of lightning effects. It should also be slightly more efficient to render.
• Inventory will now display upgraded weapon and item stats, rather than just the base stats. This includes bonuses and penalties from attachments, knowledge upgrades, etc.
• Weapon attachments in the inventory will now display a icon if they are equipped (an addition to the colored tab)

Fixes
• Fix for savefile issue that prevents users loading a save where they have used the 'Gear Insurance' mechanic
• Fix to ensure loadscreens persist until the next area has loaded instead of fading out early
• Fix for failed serialization of a specific surviver model's cosmetics
• Fixed non-functional vibration setting on PS5/PS4
• Various fixes for missing localization
• Pyromania Level 4 will now correctly award and display +50% fire damage, for a total of +150%
• Many prop and set piece positions fixed to avoid blocking navigation
• Fixed explosions sometimes not registering damage to targets within their area-of-effect
• Reputation multiplier is now correctly applied at the end of a run
• Leaper infected attack should no longer clip the player into the ground
• Improved aim-assist to help with targeting enemies that are above or below you
• Barricades no longer block bullets or melee attacks
• Office chairs, shopping carts and other dynamic/movable objects should no longer obstruct the player
• Fixed some zombies not display blood splatter visual effects when shot
• Fixed an issue where main story quests would sometimes not restart correctly when re-loading a saved game
• Fixed an issue where some text characters were not visible if the system language was set to Turkish

Dec 21, 2021

New Core Supporter Packs Available Now!

Path of Exile - CommunityTeam_GGG

The new Core Supporter Packs are now available! Press M in game to purchase yours. These five Supporter Packs contain a lot of exclusive cosmetic microtransactions as well as tons of points to spend. In addition, the higher-tier ones include physical items, such as a choice of t-shirts, hoodies and a pack of signed Path of Exile-themed Tarot cards!

600 Points
Armour Pack
Wings
Apparition Portal Effect
Weapon Effect
Supporter Forum Title
Portrait Frame
Extended Digital Soundtrack

1000 Points
Two Armour Packs
Two Pairs of Wings
Two Apparition Portal Effects
Two Weapon Effects
Two Supporter Forum Titles
Two Portrait Frames
Extended Digital Soundtrack

1600 Points
Three Armour Packs
Three Pairs of Wings
Three Apparition Portal Effects
Three Weapon Effects
Weapon Skin
Alternate Gloves
Helmet Attachment
Three Supporter Forum Titles
Three Portrait Frames
Extended Digital Soundtrack
(Optional) Zana, Path of Exile Logo or Exalted Orb T-Shirt

2400 Points
Four Armour Packs
Four Pairs of Wings
Four Apparition Portal Effects
Four Weapon Effects
Two Weapon Skins
Alternate Gloves
Helmet Attachment
Four Supporter Forum Titles
Four Portrait Frames
Extended Digital Soundtrack
(Optional) Zana, Path of Exile Logo or Exalted Orb T-Shirt
(Optional) Zana, Path of Exile Logo or Exalted Orb Hoodie

4800 Points
Five Armour Packs
Five Pairs of Wings
Five Apparition Portal Effects
Five Weapon Effects
Three Weapon Skins
Alternate Gloves
Two Helmet Attachments
Five Supporter Forum Titles
Five Portrait Frames
Extended Digital Soundtrack
(Optional) Zana, Path of Exile Logo or Exalted Orb T-Shirt
(Optional) Zana, Path of Exile Logo or Exalted Orb Hoodie
(Optional) A pack of Path of Exile-themed Tarot cards (plus three additional random Tarot Cards signed by developers). Thank you to community creator Thiago Lehmann for designing these cards.

You can upgrade from one of these Supporter Packs to another in the same series by clicking "Upgrade" on the desired pack. The process will include any pure points packs purchased since 1pm December 20th PDT. The maximum amount that upgrades can contribute is 80% of the value of a pack.

Upgrades can be done automatically via the store by pressing M in game. If you run into any issues, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@grindinggear.com and we'll be happy to help.

We hope you really enjoy these Supporter Packs! Thank you so much for your generous support!

Dec 21, 2021

Patch 0.599

Stellar Tactics - Stellar Tactics

12/20/21 - 0.599
Updated: Localization updated for French, Russian, German and Spanish. A HUGE thank you to everyone working on the translation! This is an ongoing project.

Updated: Mining drones will launch with the most recent drone launch state set using a new button on the drone manager window.

Fixed: Drone retrieve button is now hidden if a drone is not in a state where it can be retrieved.
Fixed: A fix for dedicated hacking, craft, salvage and repair crew members that are removed from the party and/or no longer have active hacking devices equipped. The dedicated crew flag gets reset and the currently selected crew member initiates the hack (if they have a hacking device), repair, crafting etc. Thanks for reporting the issue.
Fixed: Humanoid NPC's were rarely if ever throwing grenades. Skull NPC's have a higher chance of having grenade inventory. The chance of a NPC throwing a grenade is based on the games difficulty level set in the options menu.
Fixed: A rare lockup related to attacks of opportunity.
FIXED: A lockup when selecting a friendly planetary starbase on a planet that is out of range - approaching and selecting the landing icon. Previously, a second selection was required when in range.
FIXED: Ship icons on screen are now cleared when loading a quicksave or autosave to a ground location from space.

Consolidated patch notes/hotfixes:

12/11/21 - 0.596b
HOTFIX - If a dedicated crew member has been removed from the party or no longer has a hacking tool, the dedicated hacker is reset. The first time you hack, the flag is cleared so you will see a blank hacking UI. The second time you hack you can set a new dedicated crew member - someone who has a hacking tool equipped. I'll look for a better solution for this.

12/10/21 - 0.596
Fixed - An issue with character creation when assigning skill points.
Fixed - A number of localization fixes.

12/9/21 - 0.595
Updated - Darkened background of weapon UI in ground exploration. Updated fonts so ammo count, AP Requirement and fire mode stand out better on the background.
Updated - Moved health kit and grenade count from over selected icons to field above grenades and health kits. Added AP cost to rollover info.
Updated - Text in hacking window over progress bar moved where it can be seen.
Updated - A few updates to new icons on main UI so icons stand out better.

Fixed - If you have a dedicated hacker and remove the hacking tool, a message is sent to your log letting you know who your dedicated hacker is and that the hacker does not have a hacking tool equipped. If you are in a situation where you cannot hack, you need to equip the dedicated hacker with a hacking tool
Fixed - Loot UI - 4th loot slot in upper row fixed when clicking to loot.
Fixed - Loot UI now only responds to "SPACE" when looting all instead of any key.
Fixed - Grenade blast radius is displayed correctly when using the keyboard shortcut [O]
Fixed - When out of combat and moving, weapons now swap correctly with the hotkey or weapon swap icon. You cannot swap weapons while moving in combat. You must be stationary.
Fixed - A large number of edits to UI elements that had issues with translated text.

12/4/21 - 0.593b
Fixed - Ship beam weapons now function as intended
Fixed - Russian translation progression when first arriving in Ruins

Dec 21, 2021

Astatos 0.1.1 Update

Astatos - compymono

To the Crown Mages,

Since last week we've been pushing out several updates as we continue to work on bug fixes and improvements to the game. Over this time we've resolved a significant amount of bugs related to the menus, story mode, progression, and overall game functionality. We can't thank our players enough for discussing these issues and helping us discover the causes.

As a part of this update progression, has been fixed as Monera should be given to players upon levelling up. To repay the lost rewards to players who didn't receive their level up rewards during this time, as well as thank everyone for playing the game while we get things in order, we will be increasing the Daily Reward to 250 Monera for the next 14 days.

Additionally, several issues relating to the game when played in Traditional and Simplified Chinese have been resolved. While some issues still persist, we hope our players in these languages will find the game much better than launch day.

From here on out, we'll be working on improving the stability of multiplayer. We hear you loud and clear about requested balance fixes, and we'll be looking out for small tweaks we can make — but our priority right now is to ensure a smooth gameplay experience.

Thank you all for playing, and we hope to make the game even better from here on out.

- From the team at Studio Klondike

Changelog

Game Fixes

The Hero summon animation upon signing up now displays the correct artwork.
When redeeming Hero Pack I and Hero Pack II as a part of the Game Pass, they will now correctly unlock immediately instead of requiring the game to be restarted.
Players now receive EXP correctly upon the completion of Conquest Trials. This means EXP will scale as intended like Monera and Reward Points do.
Players now receive Monera upon levelling up. Due to Monera not being awarded to players during this time, the Daily Reward has been increased to 250 Monera for the next 14 days.
The Level menu would previously not display the correct text on the progress bar, and would also not display the EXP values to reach the next level.
Fixed an issue where Conquest and Takeover titles would be counted for the opposite game move.
Fixed an issue where the player icon menu would load the incorrect icons if you were using the Mukaki UI skin.

Hero Fixes

Resolved an issue that prevented the Card distribution menu from working during Conquest Trials. This also means that Alkaios should now work as intended in Conquest Trials.
Fixed an issue where the correct popup text would not display if Alkaios has no opposing players to target in the Trial.
Kyros now shows your opponent's hand as intended in Conquest and Takeover Trials.
Improvements to the UI for the Trial Stage to prevent locking up when more than 5 Trial Cards are displayed.
Fixed an issue where Zermes would break under some circumstances.

Game Improvements

The Victory Screen will now display when you have reached your Monera and Reward Points caps for the day.
The Story Mode chapter menu will now show a "NEW!" tag when a chapter has uncompleted sub-chapters.
The Story Mode chapter menu will now show you when you can unlock new Topics in the Interlude.
The Story Mode chapter menu will now automatically open to the last chapter you saved a bookmark in or completed.
Added a notice to the Shop button on the Main Menu when you have yet to bind your account, or unlock Hero Pack I and Hero Pack II as a part of your Game Pass.

Story Fixes

Fixed an issue where pauses in story scripting could last 10x longer than intended depending on the locale setting of your computer.
Fixed various typos in Story Mode.
Fixed an issue where deleting a save slot would delete all save slots instead of just the one you selected.
Fixed a check in the sub-chapter "Mage Corps" which would lead to an incorrect scene.
Fixed a check in the sub-chapter "Salaraius Magicus" which would lead to an incorrect scene.
Fixed a check in the sub-chapter "To Ashes" which would lead to an incorrect scene.
Fixed an incorrect sprite in the sub-chapter "The Devil's Son".
Fixed an incorrect sprite in the sub-chapter "Spicae".
Fixed visible pixels in the transparent areas across Volesus' and Zermes' sprite sets.
The logic behind loading of sprites in Story Mode is now threaded, meaning sprite animations can no longer interfere with sprites appearing and disappearing.

Traditional & Simplified Chinese Fixes

Fixed an issue where the English font would always be loaded on boot— leading all text to be displayed in squares until the language was changed in the settings.
Fixed an issue where the Rematch and Leave buttons were not translated.
Fixed an issue where the Store would always display in English.
Fixed an issue when the chapter "City of Peace" was not accessible.
Some decisions would not display all options correctly in Story Mode.
The Hero Card description of Caelius has been corrected.
The Hero Card description of Zermes has been corrected.
The Hero Card description of Makari-Hari has been corrected.
Herclaus now displays the correct amount of Energy taken in Conquest and Takeover Trials.
Updated the Chinese font files to cover more missing text in Story Mode. (Please report screenshots of any remaining missing text in our Discord.)
A decision in "Journey to Irinipolis - Part II" would display the opposite text to the decision you made.
Fixed an issue where miss-matched English characters were used in the Chinese font.