Well, after a few weeks of no updates, we're back with something. First of all, a big thank you to the Community that continues to help the game grow and develop, both by joining our Community Discord to interact with other players and those of you who continue reporting bugs so that we are able to improve every aspect of the game and therefore your experience.
We got them working, finally. Both achievements and player statistics have been added to the game! Check this out.
Steam Achievements.
Finally you can reach goals by completing these achievements!
Player Stats
A Player Statistics section that shows how much you have done so far, from how many Dissidents you purged, to how many times you died.
Tweaks
Some aspects of the game have also been tweaked:
Added minimum time to each countdown adjustment in the Lobby settings.
Resolved some network stability issues.
Bugfixes
And of course, with the Major Update, comes some pretty significant bugfixing. We managed to get rid of some of the most known and reported bugs. The list is below:
"Doppelganger" bug is now fixed. No longer will two players have the same character.
"Democracy" bug is now fixed. No longer will the Tyrant sit among the other players.
Fixed a bug where the match would become heavily unstable if one of the countdown was set to 0 (or other low values) in the Lobby settings.
● New gamemode (automatic, you cannot choose it): Aerial Assault. This specific gamemode will be triggered in campaign only when one team has only planes and the other team has some ground units (not limited to). This way, victory still can be achieved.
CHANGED:
● (Campaign) Armies made out of planes only cannot capture Victory Points (hexes) anymore. You need ground troops to capture territory. ● (In game) AI planes would not detect static weapons when they are firing and therefore would never target them.
FIXED:
● (In game) Roads will now properly be destroyed when a crater is formed underneath them (Thank you @Tigrian for the help!) ● (In game) Ju-88 A-4 loadout issues (the end, no more issues).
We added several new NPC types for the evil cyborg enemy faction, the Prometheans: the purifier, the hottest dude you don’t want to meet, and his counterpart, the mechanic. Why a mechanic? Because doctors object to working on evil cyborgs.
We also added 7 other unique Promethean NPCs.
Being an engineer on Ship of Heroes is dangerous. That is why we have added 10 new armored engineer NPCs. They work on all 4 branches of Engineering, Life Support, Energy Distribution, Propulsion, and Weapons, defending their fellow engineers and the ship’s equipment. Engineering is one of the two largest departments on the ship.
New Costumes
We continue to increase our costume collection. This month, we added 7 new costume pieces:
The new engineer armor, shoulders, arm bracers, and gloves are available to players for all three body types, male, female and big guy, and can be recolored. Like all our costume pieces, they can be used independently and combined with pieces of other costume sets.
We also added 3 female tops. These were created by one of our female devs.
Missions
We added a new four-mission arc, and we have been reviewing existing arcs with an eye to planning our next free public event.
We’ve conducted a detailed review of two of our foundational story arcs, in which the entire dev team played the missions through multiple times, checking and polishing.
Powers, Animations, and FX
Ship of Heroes currently includes 240 powers. We are currently reviewing all our powers’ animations and effects.
We added unique death animations and FX for Prometheans. When an evil cyborg created by a fusion of banned technology and dark magic is killed, something special should happen, right?
Quality of Life Improvements
Different types of sounds can now be individually adjusted or toggled off. Want to dial down the footsteps, or the sounds of gunfire and explosions? You got it.
In the mission journal, we made the list of goals collapsible to minimize the size of that window.
When Unobtanium Dust, the in-game currency, drops, the dust count display animates and turns yellow to highlight the drop. The animation also plays when opening the vendor window.
After the 0.9x series versions are gradually updated, we plan to switch the entry of [single player mode] from early key testing to a separate in-library entry directly. After purchasing the game itself, you can directly choose "Single Player Mode" or "Season Mode" in the library to switch freely, allowing you to enter different game modes and experience different worlds.
Attention: Your library may not be able to be refreshed immediately due to the network connection environment with Steam. When you enter the game library and do not find the entry for PVE in single player mode, it is recommended that you log in to Steam again, or reinstall the game and log in to Steam to activate and refresh your Steam library. If you still cannot find the [single player mode] entrance after the above operation, please feel free to contact us at 592974147)
Hello. This is Sid Classic Team. Let me introduce the upcoming Events of Sid.
1.Season
■ Period: 9/8 ~ 9/21 (UTC)
■ The following Season Exceptionals can be encountered during Lessons and Explorations. ■ At level 200 of R+ Sidian, the drop rate will be around 11%.
<R+ Lu Zhi> Max Lv - HP : 14610 / AK : 11250 - Skill : (140/180/220./230./240)% of HP recovery * Trigger % : 30% * Illustrator : Kuon
<R+ Vasco> Max Lv - HP : 12226 / AK : 13514 - Skill : 40% less damage from an Electric type enemy for (1/3/5/6/7) turns * Trigger % : 40% * Illustrator : Kuon
※ Sidians of this season will have x3 Attack Multiplier for the following period. -9/8 ~ 9/28 (UTC)
2.Special Summon - Summer Sidians
■ Period: 9/8 ~ 9/21 (UTC)
■ Rock summon
During this period, there will be a <Rock> summon under [Summon] menu.
○ You will get : 1x SR <Rock> Sidian + 5x Magic Paper
○ <Rock> summon % : - SR Rock Bidam > 25% - SR Rock Flamel > 25% - SR Rock Amadeus> 25% - SR J.J. > 25%
○ Price : 880 Crystals
■ Selling <Rock> Sidian.
You can get "Rainbow Hourglass" via "Sell Sidians"
○ <Rock> Sidian x1 = Rainbow Hourglass x4
※ Amount of "Rainbow Hourglass" is not shown like "time space items" when you sell Sidians. - You can check the amount of "Rainbow Hourglass" in the result popup.
※ Fusion number is reflected on the amount of Rainbow Hourglass will you get. - 4/4 Fusion Max Sidian will give you 16 Rainbow Hourglass. - 1/4 Fusion Sidian will give you 4 Rainbow Hourglass as well.
■ Changes of reward
* You can get "4x Rainbow Hourglass" from "Sell Sidians" <During> Event period. (without "Time-Space Shard".) * You can get "5x Time Space Shard" from "Sell Sidians" <After> Event period. (without "Rainbow Hourglass".)
■ Event Sidian Summon Stone
During the event period, collect your "Rainbow Hourglasses" and create an Event Sidian Summon Stone at the [Atelier]. ○ You can turn 20 Rainbow Hourglasses into a Event Sidian Summon Stone. ※ Event Sidian Recipe is available for the event period only.
<SR Rock Bidam> Max Lv - HP : 15,151 / AK : 29,100 - Skill : Additional (230/280/350/380/415)% of Sidian ATK damage. * Trigger % : 48% * Illustrator : sila
<SR Rock Flamel> Max Lv - HP : 14,115 / AK : 28,574 - Skill : 54% less damage from enemy for (2/4/5/6/8) turns. * Trigger % : 45% * Illustrator : sansa
<SR Rock Amadeus> Max Lv - HP : 30,144 / AK : 13,912 - Skill : Recovers (180/250/300/330/400)% of HP. * Trigger % : 47% * Illustrator : nyanya
※ Summer will have 5x ATK applied between 9/8 ~ 10/5 (UTC).
Thank you.
3.Power Up Summon
■ Period: 9/8 ~ 9/21 (UTC)
<SR Mephisto> Max Lv - HP : 19066 / AK : 20944 - Skill : (250/300/350/362/375)% of HP recovery * Trigger % : 38% * Illustrator : sila
<SR Chris> Max Lv - HP : 15484 / AK : 24527 - Skill : (100/200/300/325/350)% of ATK and more damage proportional to the number of friends you have * Trigger % : 35% * Illustrator : An2A
<SR Yang Guifei> Max Lv - HP : 22471 / AK : 17531 - Skill : (220./280/340/355/370)% of HP recovery * Trigger % : 25% * Illustrator : ayamy
<SR Moriarty> Max Lv - HP : 16247 / AK : 23157 - Skill : 80% less damage from an Frozen type enemy for (2/3/4/5/6) turns * Trigger % : 55.% * Illustrator : Nardack
<SR Veronica> Max Lv - HP : 18560 / AK : 21349 - Skill : (245./356/467/494./522)% of ATK * Trigger % : 28.% * Illustrator : An2A
※ Power Up Sidians of this season will have 3x ATK applied between -9/8 ~ 9/28 (UTC)
The preliminary and tournament match times have been updated.
Up to 64 combatants can participate in the Jousting Finals.
Skills exclusive to Jousting have been added.
New rewards have been added to Lileas’ shop which Jousting Points can be exchanged for.
The ability to cheer on combatants has been added, rewarding Jousting Points when spectating.
And more!
Several quality of life changes have been added with the September update. See the full post for more information: September Quality of Life Updates
Several inventory improvements have been implemented, such as a fishing box, trash can function, and changes to the Inventory Search functions.
Elves and Giants can now get married in Emain Macha!
Dan Advancement tests have been balanced so that you can achieve your Dan ranks more comfortably.
And more!
The following changes have been made to the game:
Updated the Word Filter to allow “Swap”, “C8”, and “Lesbian”.
You can now use Rage Impact with the following Two-Handed Clubs:
Sheep Mace
Lovey Dovey Cotton Candy
Merchants' Guild Abacus
Seashell Plushie
Beluga Whale Plushie
Dumbo Octopus Plushie
Black Rose Bouquet
Black Rose Clutch
Glass Trim Bouquet
Sacred Glow Censer
Sacred Glow Holy Water
Fairy Bubble Blower
Seraphic Cantabile Holy Censer
In order to better tell them apart, we have renamed the 24-Hour cooldown “Forgetful Potion” to “Special Forgetful Potion”. The 7-Day cooldown version will remain the same.
The descriptions for both have been updated to make the effects more clear.
Renamed “Sephirot Arrow” to “Sephirot Bolt”, as these can only be fired via Crossbow.
The buff effect for Baltane Mission Crystals has been changed from "Shadow Crystal" to "Baltane Crystal", in order to make them more distinct from Shadow Crystals.
(As of the August 10th Maintenance) It has been changed so that when you use a Weapon Appearance Scroll, the color of the item will now follow the color codes of the item the Weapon Appearance Scroll was based on. Before, the color was assigned randomly.
This change applies only to the appearance scrolls obtained after the August 10th update patch.
The following bug fixes have been made to the game:
The Gather Stackable Items buttons will no longer restack and highlight stacks that are already at maximum. This improves the performance of this button.
Improved the Pet Dye UI to fit RGB values properly.
Continued our constant pursuit of polish by fixing up typos in G3, G24, and G25.
Joust in time, we've performed a polish pass on the Jousting-related text!
Do you hear bells? We've also improved the Marriage-related text!
Fixed the text on Zone of Renewal to correct the ability cost from Phantasmal Amalgam to Phantasmal Remnant. The actual cost is unchanged.
Fixed an issue where Intact Shyllien (Part-Time Job only) and Energy Converter (Part-Time Job only) placed in pet inventories could not be retrieved.
The ability Mirage Missile was not properly granting stats from ranking the skill up. For those whose Mirage Missile was already ranked up, you will receive the missing stats automatically following a Rebirth.
Floating heads no more- Fixed an issue where NPC-style Transformations would lack a body when transforming with a full body Robe equipped in your Gear slot.
Corrected a few graphical issues on the Rookie Barista Uniform (M).
(Fixed during the August 17th Maintenance) Commerce rejoice and wyverns beware - Fixed an issue with Poison Potions that would prevent players from crafting Poison Tip Wyvern Ballista Bolts.
Bug fixes from the September 14th Maintenance:
Heavy Strike! Fixed an issue where the number of players able to join the Jousting Tournaments was incorrect. Up to 16 players may join the Preliminary matches, and up to 64 players may join the Finals.
Counter! The ticker times for the Preliminary matches now correctly displays the proper times.
Focus! The "Today's Contents" section of the Traveler's Diary now displays the proper Prelims Jousting times.
Unbreakable Defense! The Cheer Squad has set their alarms and will now properly show up at the updated match times.
In an effort to improve the flavor of Mabinogi's early-game experience, we have revised the descriptions for a number of early-game weapons commonly available in NPC shops.
Removed an out-of-date mechanic reference on some older Staves. More Stave descriptions will be updated in a later patch.
Polished the descriptions of the myriad Shadow Crystals to make the effect more clear.
Provided a little more polish for the Wedding text. Hope your love springs eternal!
The recipes for Arbalest and Highlander Long Bow have been updated to remove "Radiant Tough String" for the correct "Radiant String". This is a text only change, the functionality for these recipes is unchanged.
Improved the objectives for the Carpentry Grandmaster Missions to better indicate that the [Average/Fine/Finest] Firewood must be Made, not Obtained.
The following are known bugs:
When viewing the additional information in the character information UI, there is some text cut off at the bottom of the Jousting information.
The "Today's Contents" section of the Traveler's Diary still has the incorrect time for the Sunday Jousting Finals.
In rare circumstances when rapidly casting Arrow Revolver, players will become unable to move or attack until receiving an attack or relogging.
Several items containing ampersands in their name and description aren't showing the & symbol.
Shop items with expiration times start counting down upon the player logging in or changing channels, rather than having their count down start when the item is purchased.
There is an issue where one-time/limited item cannot be purchased from the ingame shop, but can be on the web-shop.
There is an issue with the in-game Guild list not populating with guilds.
As part of Fear Fest 2023, we're thrilled to unveil that Stray Souls will unleash terror on PC and consoles for Halloween 2023!
Brace yourself for the nightmarish journey through Aspen Falls as Daniel seeks the harrowing truth... are you prepared to confront the horrors that await?
We are excited to announce a new update featuring over 200 new Homestead Items to purchase for your homestead in the Farmer's Market. You will now see a "New" category at each vendor. These will have the new items added for each vendor. This way you will not have to scroll through and try to find any new items.
HOMESTEAD METAL DETECTOR ITEMS
You can now search and find items using your metal detector in your homestead maps.
BUG FIXES
We have fixed the Old Car in the Texas Ranch quest. This can now be completed.
We want to thank everyone who has played the game and has given us feedback. It means a lot to us. You can reach out to us at any time at contact@morelshomestead.com or for support issues support@morelshomestead.com.