Hello, Vultures!

Today, we’re introducing one of the most unpredictable operators in Black Vultures: TOQUI.

Known for his blistering speed and ruthless efficiency, TOQUI is a combat specialist who believes that mobility is the key to survival. He strips away anything that slows him down, even if it means leaving himself dangerously exposed. In the right hands, TOQUI becomes a blur of violence, striking before the enemy has time to react.

Let’s take a closer look at what makes him so lethal.

• Real Name: Clayton Lee Brooks (Nickname: Clay)

• Age: Late 30s

• Origin: Southern U.S. (Union of States)

TOQUI prioritizes speed above all else. He forgoes heavy armor and most defensive gear in favor of maximum agility, allowing him to move faster than any other operator. This gives him a major advantage in flanking, repositioning, and striking vulnerable targets before they can respond.

His combat style focuses on using tactical mobility to seize key positions and maximize his offensive potential. But the tradeoff is clear. TOQUI’s low durability means that even a single bullet can spell disaster. He demands precision, awareness, and the ability to escape just as quickly as you attack.

If you enjoy hit-and-run tactics, exploiting weak points, and outmaneuvering your enemies with raw speed, TOQUI is your ideal pick.

TOQUI was once a legendary member of the U.S. military’s elite special forces. His career ended in disgrace after he was implicated in a war crimes investigation related to the abuse of prisoners. Though his role was minimal and largely the result of pressure from commanding officers, he was unable to avoid responsibility.

He was dishonorably discharged, stripped of all service recognition and benefits.

After leaving the military, TOQUI struggled to reintegrate into civilian life. Rejected by society and consumed by shame, he began to spiral. Alcohol took hold, followed by violence. One night, during a drunken argument, he killed his wife and fled to Central America.

There, he became a cartel hitman and slipped further into addiction, eventually finding himself on the run once again. He smuggled himself into Europe and eventually arrived in Antiviyane, where the war had opened new opportunities for mercenaries. It was there that he joined the Vultures, a newly independent force that welcomed anyone with the skills to survive, no questions asked.

For the first time in years, TOQUI felt like he had found a place he could belong. But years of substance abuse and trauma had left deep scars. He suffered from severe mental instability and frequent psychological regressions. His moral compass had fractured, and he often clung to his squadmates like a frightened child, unsure of what was real.

Yet when the battle begins, everything changes. TOQUI becomes something else entirely. His instincts take over and the fragmented man disappears, replaced by a near-perfect engine of war. His movements are sharp. His decisions are clean. His efficiency is terrifying.

In that moment, TOQUI is not broken... he is unstoppable.

More operator profiles are on the way. Until then, we hope TOQUI gives you another glimpse into the kind of operators who call the Vultures home.

We’ll see you in the field soon, Vultures!

▸ The THISMEANSWAR Dev Team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3622280/Black_Vultures_Prey_of_Greed/Black Vultures Official Discord

This is really just a minor update pushing things I've been meaning to add on my off day. I've also addressed a lot of small bugs during the tutorials and early game missions that have been overlooked. This is thanks to players testing the game and posting YouTube videos of it!

• New Damage Numbers

  

• Added second keybinds for Attack
  By default, this is Set to 'E' key, which is better for WASD players

• Hovering targets with mouse now shows a Kunai instead of normal cursorSmall improvement to mouse gameplay

• Journal Shortcut Default changed to 'L' key

• Moved certain animations like "Critical" and "Miss" animations above Lighting Layer
  This makes them a lot more like UI elements as they should be instead of physical in world things

• Fixed first item in inventory not appearing in Mail Item selection

• Fixed a bug where getting kicked or disconnected made the Login buttons not reappear

I want to take this opportunity to also highlight some really cool videos players have been making of Nin Online! We love creators!

Lastly, thank you to the ninja PastaAlive who has been streaming Nin Online consistently over the last month.

https://www.twitch.tv/pastalive

Over 50 fixes and changes

The matchmaking system has now been enabled!

In ranked, you will only be matched against people in your matchmaking bucket:

🔸 Bronze + Silver

🔸 Gold + Emerald + Diamond + Master

🔸 Grandmaster

You can now hover your opponent's avatar to see their Rating, Lives and Trophies.

Balance:

🟢 Master Alderos (Day 9): Gain a level and 15 gold --> 20 gold | Upgrade an epic item --> Upgrade an epic item and gain 15 gold.

🔴 Lyra (Day 9) Northern Offering: Gain 2x frost essence --> Gain 1x Frost Essence and a Frozen Orb.

🔴 Bulwark (Rare): 3.4s cooldown --> 3.6s cooldown.

🔸Fixed the placement of enemy encounter history.

We’ve given the catalog a much-needed overhaul. The new grid layout makes browsing easier and more intuitive.

We’ve also added a new mechanic: successfully completing a run with certain equips will now register them into the catalog. Don’t worry — you can still view and examine unregistered equips, too.

• Challenges are no longer reliant on a 3rd party time server. As a bonus, this means they can now be played while offline.

• The badge menu now has a search bar.

• Badge page limit increased from 5 → 20.

• Deck page limit increased from 5 → 20.

• Jamie's Tornado equip renamed to → Folding Fan

• Jamie's Ice equip renamed to → Thin Ice

• Jamie's Shock equip renamed to → Stunner

• Jamie's Flawless equip renamed to → Glow Up

• Paige's Acrylic Armor equip renamed to → Painting Apron

• Tony's Explosive Arrow equip renamed to → Bomb Arrows

• Updated visuals for various badges.

• Updated visuals for various equips.

• Updated visuals for Senna.

• Updated visuals for Dawn.

• Updated visual for Reanne,

• Updated visuals for Henry.

• Fixed a rare bug where pausing the game as host and closing the application caused a crash.

Here's a brief update for the things I'm working on and what is planned to be added in the foreseeable future of Knights Within. As always, everything is subject to change and I'm always listening to suggestions for what to change in the game.

Thanks for being here

Soon

• Crusade game mode (Act 1 and 2)

  • Patrol and Gauntlet have always been intended as small side modes in Knights Within. Crusade is what I’m (for now) calling the primary game mode. This is meant to be the full story/bosses complete in one life type scenario. I am doing things a little different than most rogue-lites (that I’ve played at least) and am excited to have it move into the next steps of testing and build. 

  • This update is a large chunk and most of it will be released in a relatively early stage, the bosses are missing dialogue, meshes, lots of things. But the start of the game play will be there. Please be patient as I slowly improve it after the update initially drops

• Medallion currency rework 

  • Currencies have developed over the course of early access, and medallions have effectively lost their purpose since the initial concept. I have a plan to rework their use and accrual, please spend or be prepared to lose your current medallions if you have been hoarding them. I'm not 100% finished the new concept, but the new system will likely not make use of your current stash

  • So far I’m not sure if this will release with the crusade update or soon after

After

• Crusade specific vendor

  • Ideally I would add this with the crusade update itself, but I don’t think realistically I’ll make it. This is already in work and will significantly add to the build crafting throughout a crusade run

• Game story intro cutscene/slideshow type deal

  • Visuals and script is all done, just working on final touches

• New Gear

  • Guns/Melee/Abilities

  • There are so many more gear updates, (both new and improvements to existing) planned 

• Side objectives on the maps

  • The open world map style has always meant to be more fully realized with optional things to find/complete/discover on the maps. I will be working more on this aspect

• More Achievements

  • I’ve been adding to my list of new achievements that need to be added, I just would rather add a bunch in one batch instead of trickling them out so that achievement hunters don’t feel like they need to constantly return for just 1 at a time

Later

• Crusade dialogue and story integration

• Armor mesh customization

• New enemy types (including more bosses)

• Crusade Act 3

• Emotes

• Leader boards

Continually Adding: 

• New Beacons, Mutations, Paths and Path Skills

• Mission interactables

• Boss and other enemy polish (models, vfx, arena updates)

• Map Modifiers

• New Map Tiles and updates to existing

• Objective types

• Music Updates

Far away

• New Enemy factions

• New Friendly factions

• Mod support

I've probably forgot things but oh well

• Pacific (PDT, UTC -7): 6:00 AM - 10:00 AM
• Eastern (EDT, UTC -4): 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
• Paris (CEST, UTC +2): 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Sydney (AEST, UTC +10): 11:00 PM - 3:00 AM (July 11th)

• Weekly server upkeep.
• The Arcana: Faith and Fury Update is here! Will you become a Sacred Guardian or Explosive Vanguard?
• Looking to train? The Summer Master Plan Event has you covered.
• Not enough? Check out the Flying High Event that's really going to make you soar!
• Lorna and Pan have some new books for Milletians who don't have time to read. Check it out in A Box Full of Memories Event!

Ready to pick up the pace this summer season? It's getting hot in here with these fiery rewards!  Check out the details below.

Event Dates: Thursday, July 10th, After Maintenance - Thursday, September 11th, Before Maintenance

• During the event period, you will receive the quest, \[Guide] Pocket Personal Trainer.

• Find Veteran Mercenary Fedelm in Dunbarton near the Part-Time Job Bulletin Board.

• Talk to Fedelm to learn more about her personal pocket trainer and to complete the quest.

Event Buffs

Each week, you can choose any 5 buffs you want to set for your Weekly Buffs from the event UI icon. 

• These buffs will reset Thursdays at 7:00 AM (Server Time).

• For the finale week, you will receive all buffs and benefits!

The choosable buffs include:
Leveling Boost

• Elite Baltane Mission Level Cap Boost

• 60 Bonus Levels Upon Rebirthing

• 3x Combat EXP

• 2x Quest Completion EXP Bonus

• 2x Exploration EXP

Talent Boost

• 2x AP

• 20 Skill Lifters (Gain 20% Skill Training when advancing to the next level of a skill)

• 2x Skill Training EXP

• 2x Crusader EXP

• 2x Additional Daily Advancement Test Tickets (Main Character Only)

Pet/Combat Boost

• 3x Pet/Partner Combat EXP

• 2x Equipment Proficiency + Combat Buff Support Box (Main Character Only)

• 2x Pet Points/Pet Perks Training

• 2x Pet Rebirth Points + Pet Rebirth Potion (Main Character Only)

• Decreased Equipment Durability Loss (Falias Relic included)

Advanced Growth Boost

• 2x Technique Briogh

• 2x Renown EXP

• 2x Spirit EXP

• 2x Society Sponsorship Materials/Badges

• 2x Special Unit Command EXP

During the entire event period, the following benefits will be active:

• 100% Free Repair Fee

• Free Hero Talent Rebirth

• Free Appearance Change

• Tech Duinn Reward Limit increased to 20 per week.

• Crom Bás Reward Limit increased to 12 per week.

• Glenn Berna Reward Limit increased to 4 per week.

• Lord Mission Reward Limit increased to 5 per day.

• Alban Knights Training Mission Reward Limit increased to 5 per day.

• Extra Inventory Rental (Main Character only.

During Hot Time Weekends (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday), the following benefits will be active:

• Echostone Advancement Success Rate +10%

• Special Upgrade Success Rate +5%

• Enchant Success Rate +10%

• Alchemy Success Rate +10%

• Production Success Rate +10%

• Stardust Level Increase Success Rate +5%

• Signet Enhancement Success Rate +5%

Event Dates: Thursday, July 10th, After Maintenance - Thursday, September 11th, Before Maintenance

• As an added bonus, free Combination VIP will be added to every Milletian’s account throughout the duration of the event!

• When each quest is completed, you’ll receive Veteran’s Training Token x80.

• Note: All items listed above (except Gold Grandmaster Certificate) expire within 15 days.

Event Dates: Thursday, September 4th, After Maintenance - Thursday, September 11th, Before Maintenance

During the finale week period, all event benefits and buffs will be available. You will also receive the quest \[Event] Training's Rewards. You will receive the following rewards after completing \[Event] Training's Rewards:

• 5,000 EXP

Weekly Rebirth Potions

• Log in during the event period to receive a Rebirth Potion as well as Veteran's Training Token x80!

• You can only claim the item from the Hotday Menu once each week.

• Rebirth Potions expire after 7 days.

• Each week resets on Thursdays at 7:00 AM PT.

Weekend Hotdays

• Log in every Saturday and Sunday during the event period to receive various rewards!

• Claim the item from the Hotday Menu to receive it on your current character or choose “Claim Later” if you wish to receive the reward on another character.

• You can only claim the item from the Hotday Menu once each week.

• Items expire in 30 days and are untradeable unless otherwise stated.

Weekend Hot Days + Rewards

• Saturday, July 12th, 12:00 AM PT ~ July 12th, 11:59 PM PT

  • Royal Complete Skill EXP Potion (1 Day)

• Sunday, July 13th, 12:00 AM PT ~ July 13th, 11:59 PM PT

  • Smoldering Thread x250

• Saturday, July 19th, 12:00 AM PT ~ July 19th, 11:59 PM PT

  • Amplified Skill Training Seal (50) 

• Sunday, July 20th, 12:00 AM PT ~ July 20th, 11:59 PM PT

  • Lucky Advancement Ticket Selection Box

• Saturday, July 26th, 12:00 AM PT ~ July 26th, 11:59 PM PT

  • Alban Knights Training Stone Selectin Box x2

• Sunday, July 27th, 12:00 AM PT ~ July 27th, 11:59 PM PT

  • Hammer of Durability Set Box

    • Items inside expire in 15 days.

• Saturday, August 2nd, 12:00 AM PT ~ August 2nd, 11:59 PM PT

  • Mysterious Spirit Stone Box x5

• Sunday, August 3rd, 12:00 AM PT ~ August 3rd, 11:59 PM PT

  • Spirit Appearance Slot Expansion Coupon

• Saturday, August 9th, 12:00 AM PT ~ August 9th, 11:59 PM PT

  • Forgetful Potion x3

• Sunday, August 10th, 12:00 AM PT ~ August 10th, 11:59 PM PT

  • Protective Upgrade Stone Selection Box

    • Items inside expire in 14 days.

• Saturday, August 16th, 12:00 AM PT ~ August 16th, 11:59 PM PT

  • Special Artifact Fragment (2000%) x5Golden Experience Fruit (2000%) x5

• Sunday, August 17th, 12:00 AM PT ~ August 17th, 11:59 PM PT

  • Royal Combat EXP Potion (30 min) x4

• Saturday, August 23rd, 12:00 AM PT ~ August 23rd, 11:59 PM PT

  • Rusty Hammer of Proficiency x2

• Sunday, August 24th, 12:00 AM PT ~ August 24th 11:59 PM PT

  • Trade Unlock Potion (Event)

• Saturday, August 30th, 12:00 AM PT ~ August 30th, 11:59 PM PT

  • Lucky Prism Selection Box x

    • Items inside expire in 15 days.

• Sunday, August 31st, 12:00 AM PT ~ August 31st, 11:59 PM PT

  • Enchant Protection Potion (Event)

• Saturday, September 6th, 12:00 AM PT ~ September 6th, 11:59 PM PT

  • Gold Limit Expansion Coupon (200,000 Gold)

• Sunday, September 7th, 12:00 AM PT ~ September 7th, 11:59 PM PT

  • Bank Limit Expansion Coupon (50 Million)

Note: All Daily Limit Items reset at 7:00 AM PT; All Weekly Limit Items reset on Thursday at 7:00 AM PT.

Main & Consumables Shop

Gold Shop

Event Dates: Thursday, July 10th, After Maintenance - Thursday, September 11th, Before Maintenance

• During the event, you will receive the guide quest, \[Guide] Black Combo Card.

• Talk to a particularly inconspicuous Special Agent Joe in the Dunbarton Town Square.

• Register a main character with Special Agent Joe.

• You can only register one character per account.

• The event resets daily at 7:00 AM PT.

• After participating in Special Agent Joe’s Special Training Missions with your three or more Special Passes, you can spend Gold to receive full benefits of clearing the mission again!

• You can receive the Hot Weekend effect by relogging or changing channels anytime after 7:00 AM PT on Friday, but you will not be able to receive the effect after 7:00 AM PT on Monday, even if you maintain an uninterrupted login. Be sure to make use of your free and expanded rerolls while they’re available!

• By completing Special Agent Joe's Special Training Missions, you can receive 30 Combo points, up to 90 Combo points per day.

• Combo points can be used to modify the Incomplete Black Combo Card.

• The Black Combo Card will expire in 30 days, but can be extended or made permanent using the Permanent Combo Card Coupon item.

• Once you have completed the card, you can no longer edit it.

• Similar to normal Combo Cards, you can customize it using Advancement Badges.

• Here is a list of skills you can receive for the Black Combo Card: