Greetings Champions!
We are super excited to bring you the long awaited update to our in-game missions! Here is a detailed breakdown of everything going on in this patch, which features some content, lots of fixes, re-balancing and everything in between:

NEW MISSIONS
We added 4 new mission types, which will bring new mechanics and challenges to your runs.

Spy Drone - a Dominion drone has been spotted, he is pretty fast! Catch up to him and destroy it.
Demolition - the Dominion has constructed missile emplacements, which you need to destroy with bombs scattered across the map
Artifact Retrieval - retrieve the mysterious objects being held captive by Dominion forces, and deliver them to The Hand.
Control Points - hold off against waves of enemies as you fight to dominate control points scattered through the map


NEW BOSS FIGHT
TR-3Y: Brace yourself for this deadly new Dominion creation, a formidable new adversary awaiting your arrival, armed to the teeth and ready to test your skills.


CHAMPIONS RE-BALANCE
After a month of having the Champions out in the wild and gathering valuable data and feedback, we're reworking their stats. A big thank you to all our players who have enjoyed Champion Shift so far; we've been listening, and more adjustments and features are on the way. For now, we'll be adjusting the Champions' stats to reduce the dramatic swings between their highs and lows. The floor for a champion's base initial stats will be set at 80%, and the ceiling at 120%. This change will allow us to implement things like curses to lower some stats, and also bring some buffs under control. We still want players to find ways to optimize their stats, but it will now require a bit more effort. This isn't the only modification to Champions; there's another change we'll be making in a future update. Apart from their weapons, stats are another way we differentiate between one champion and another. The goal is to cater to different playstyles, such as precision players and those who prefer a Area based approach.

ARTHUR

- Weapon DMG decreased to 85% from 100%
- ATK Speed increased to 90% from 85%
- Crit Chance increased to 1% from 0%
- Crit DMG increased to 150% from 125%
- Velocity Increased to 80% from 75%
- Area decreased to 110% from 125%
- Duration decreased to 120% from 150%

ATHENA

- Weapon DMG decreased to 110% from 120%
- Crit Chance increased to 1% from 0%
- Velocity decreased to 110% from 120%
- Area increased to 90% from 75%%

GILGAMESH

- ATK Speed increased to 80% from 75%
- Crit Chance increased to 1% from 0%
- Crit DMG decreased to 165% from 200%
- Recovery Increased to 80% from 70%
- Velocity increased to 90% from 80%
- Area reduced to 120% from 150%
- Duration increased to 100% from 50%
- Knockback decreased to 8 from 10

TOMOE

- Weapon DMG decreased to 120% from 150%
- ATK Speed increased to 85% from 75%
- Crit DMG increased to 150% from 140%
- Velocity decreased to 115% from 15%
- Area decreased to 95% from 100%
- Duration increased to 100% from 50%

VEGIGANTE

- Increased Base Power to 11 from 10
- Weapon DMG increased to 60% from 50%
- ATK Speed decreased to 120% from 130%
- Crit Chance increased to 1% from 0%
- Recovery decreased to 110% from 115%
- Area increased to 85% from 75%
- Duration decreased to 120% from 140%
- Multicast increased to 110% from 105%

WUKONG

- Weapon DMG increased to 80% from 70%
- Crit Chance increased to 1% from 0%
- Recovery decreased to 100% from 110%
- Velocity decreased to 100% from 110%
- Area decreased to 95% from 100%
- Duration increased to 90% from 80%

General bug fixes and improvements, including performance and UI improvements across the board. We continue to optimize loading times and frame rate across all devices.

As always, thank you all for your continued support, feedback and general awesomeness! If you haven't, join our Discord and come chat with us and let us know what you think of the changes.

See you in game!

-The SRG Team

• Fixed cabinet, lockers, loot container doors not being properly replicated
  
• Fixed the invisible shelf over the ammo loader (removed it)
  
• Fixed several issues with the reconnect system (should display the correct loading screen, should not die when reconnecting in purple keycard room, should not reconnect to an incorrect map)
  
• Fixed the streamer items not showing up (the 2 new items)
  
• Fixed market songs volume and changed 2 of the songs
  
• Changed the silencers twist off to be grip + trigger (like other attachments)

• Fixed the index controller profile (Grabbing requiring too much force)
  
• Fixed the Underground exfil exploit

Chapter 5:
- Fixed issue where Dialog telling ELON to come back would trigger when husk runs through certain areas.
- Fixed issue where lights would sometimes be unintentionally off.

Chapter 6:
- Fixed issue where a crate could sometimes glitch out of its intended area.

Chapter 7:
- Fixed issue where teleporter activated later than intended.
- Fixed issue where a null reference could occur, interrupting the level transition and leaving the game in an unplayable state.

Husk Mode:
- Players should no longer be able to grab while taking damage.

Hey! Here's a new special render for those of you who like them. Links to download are below as well, in 4k and 1080p.

Alora looking majestic as always!

4k: https://www.droosk.com/images/Alora041220244k.jpg


1080p: https://www.droosk.com/images/Alora041220241080.jpg

Mana - made usage clearer - included explanation in day 6 daily summary for new players, and highlighted more in codex-gameplay flow.
Adjusted quest desc text location to prevent minor overlap.

-- Fixed Griffin skills not upgrading correctly.
-- Fixed some translation texts.
-- Fixed some UI issues.
-- Relic Crucible now rounds up the number of Burdens.
-- Added interrupt text when a unit has its skill casting interrupted.
-- Reduced Scarlet Spider's HP.
-- Added 2 new sound tracks.

Lore, our beloved realm, stands at the precipice of chaos. Dark forces gather, menacing her very existence. But fear not! Today, YOU can be the beacon of hope…
ENLIST TODAY!
Seek out the legendary Sir Cedric Stormblade in Battleon where his heroic aura awaits you! That’s right, it’s YOUR CHANCE TO SERVE! Defend Lore alongside the most valiant comrades a hero such as yourself could find! Shoulder to shoulder with the most mighty of mages, rogues, warriors, and moglomancers our beautiful world has to offer. Together, as children of Lore it is time to forge a worthy destiny for her people!

For those bold enough to heed the call, treasures beyond imagination await. All the Super Crystals one could ever desire, the most pristine and sought-after armor and weapons, even goggles! Only the best gear is for the children of Lore who have dedicated themselves to her protection and freedom!

While in Battleon enlisting to serve your planet, why not speak to the cosmic custodian known as Nocturn Solarbane? Is he good? Is he evil? I’m not really sure but I do know he’s got that nifty-looking Eclipse Set for sale as a collection. Don’t worry about looking directly at this celestial citizen as he is offering a free pair of eclipse glasses for all of your sun-staring needs.

You’ll be over the moon with this. *ba dun tsss*“But there’s no house here” I hear you saying. Well, intrepid adventurer, that’s where you come in! With the release of the Moon’s Surface as a housing location, you can create an out-of-the-world house. Picture this… A set of lawn chairs to watch the sunrise as it casts its glorious rays of light over the surface of YOUR moon. Impress your friends and family by owning this big celestial satellite… Just don’t ask how we got the deed.

The Azure Cloak of the Motionless Falls is now available for a limited time only. To get this amazing item, you need to purchase any package in the upgrade shop, now with 50% extra Dragon Crystals on select packages. For those that get one of the Guardian upgrade packages, you will also get the Azure Cloak of the Roaring Falls, an animated variant that is only for Guardians!

There were so many amazing entries to the Burger Hero art contest. It always puts a smile on all of our faces when we get to see the creativity and talent of the Artix Entertainment community. We totally encourage you to check out the winners, you won’t be disappointed. Sink your teeth into our Burger Hero Winners here.

Battle on!

Clarion, Yergen, Oishii, Blaze, Broomtool, and the AdventureQuest 3D Team

[ICE] tag set effect optimized for performance, base proc chance increased by 10%
Thunder Strike passive proc chance changed to 1%, 3%(previouly 2%), and 6%(previously 3%) at corresponding ranks
[ACCELERATE] Tag now only effects weapon cooldown, this is to fix an issue where passive effects would spawn infinitely that causes game crash/freeze
Winning light ray now follows player when played

Hey gang, I've been cooking up the next Solace Inc. update and I've released a new build on the prerelease beta branch for folks to try out!

To access the prerelease branch, right click on Solace Inc. in your Steam library, then go to Properties > Betas > Beta Participation then click on Prerelease



The major addition to this update is the new Chrono Corp mode, where you can play as Solace Inc.'s rivals, Chrono Corp! To swap to Chrono Corp, just click on the button on the top right on the mission select screen



Playing as Chrono Corp doesn't just add new characters, it fundamentally changes how the game is played (such as the bar on the right being an energy bar for recruiting troops instead of a levelling up bar, and you can have multiple of the same troop) along with some other new mechanics



There's also some other additions when playing as Solace Inc such as new recruits/alternates, as well as a new Daily Boost where up to three recruits are selected at random each day and will be boosted, increasing their damage and attack speed (they will show up as purple like this)



There's also discord rich presence now! Cool!



This isn't all I plan on adding to the update, I still want to add more things like new missions, new minibosses, and more, this is mostly just a preview to get feedback on

If you encounter any issues, feel free to DM me on Discord (@aplove) and I'll try to get back to you asap (ludum dare is this weekend so I might be busy)

Have fun!

Bugs:
-Fixed an alignment error for equipment text in the dungeon map screen
-Fixed station and dungeon prep screens incorrectly reading the GUI_TEXT file for stat names
-Fixed earplugs and immunity idol not triggering unless the given status was buffer
-Fixed a number of typos in the GUI_TEXT and BATTLE_TEXT files.
-The position keys inside the GUI_TEXT have been changed to BackPos, MiddlePos, and FrontPos to avoid being picked up by the back button UI