Patch Notes - 0.6.1003

November 20, 2024

This update introduces a level cap, new map areas, expanded crafting mechanics, and exciting features like the Ember Sharp shop and Spanish translation. Key changes include improved UI, balance adjustments to potions and equipment, and numerous bug fixes for smoother gameplay.

Addition

Added max level barrier of 35 (will be increased with Alpha 7)
Added Spanish translation
Added new section to the Greenwood map to explore
Some more new enemy variations
Added Ember Sharp shop which makes it possible to spend your Eber Shards for cosmetics
New crafting chance curve that will properly consider your career points (also crafting higher tier became more difficult with it)
New Setting: "Is Letterbox enabled?", disabled by default which makes the game use the full viewport (especially interesting for mobile and ultrawide screens)
Gold is now automatically distributed on kill and is shared by damage done by players
Re-added a utility skill from Alpha 4 times
Properly implemented spell power and changed spell scaling accordingly
Added close button on player interaction menu
Player interaction menu now closes when pressing ESC on Desktop
On mobile devices you can now tap to select interactables like doing a right-click on Desktop (to check player names, heal players, etc)
Empty equipment slots now show placeholder icons for better orientation
Ores now spawn with 3 different levels (small, medium and rich) affecting outcome and rare chances
The more friendly NPCs helps with mob kills, the less loot will drop
Added icons for choosen professions
Added target dummys to village to test damage and healing output
Added option to set window mode to "resizable"
Added a new type of droppable potion

Changes

Adapted vendor merchant prices
Changing PvP attitude is not allowing movement meanwhile
Updated VFX of Healing Wave spell
Updated item tooltips to have consistent styling and proper translations
Login password field is now actual password field that is properly detected by mobile platforms
Crafting socket components will now always have negative side effects to picking them becomes a choice instead of an optimization problem
Firm Handle now provides +10% attack speed and -10% damage
Whetstone now provides +10% damage and -10% critical chance
Improved UX of character creation view
Updated XP bar appearance (more compact)
Made central player hint popups more readable
Updated character name plates style (more readable)
Character name plates now have background for players and no background for any other character
Damage buff potion particles now stick to character for better visibility
Regeneration Potion now heals 35% of total health instead of 50%
Damage Potion now increases damage output by 15% instead of 25%
Guild names and tags must not contain emojis anymore
Fixed calculation of name plate positions (especially relevant for mobile and macOS devices)
Your pet is now hidden while you are in stealth to avoid confusion if other players can see it (they can't)
Updated appearance of the menu opener button (burger icon)
Updated some item graphics
Updated some UI graphics (Karma / Professions)
Made "received chat message" sound louder
Adapted many loot tables

Fixes

Crafting materials and chance will now update correctly in UI
Fixed sync of remaining cast time on appearing characters
Ranged combat NPCs are now firing their weapon without hesitance
Fixed a bug that crashed the game when setting the amount of audio channels to 0
Fixed light animation on level up
Fixed several translations in character creation view
Fixed grizzlys that did not flash when being hit
Fixed speel cooldown resetting when just reading a spell book
Fixed light artifacts for dead bandit mages
Fixed possible double-login when connecting two clients at the same time
Fixed background color in splash screen

What will come next?

Math curves and formula adjustments
Tier upgrading (high risk, high reward)
Fixing pathfinding for bigger actors (e.g. Grizzlys)
Increase map size and polish new areas
O-Auth Login (e.g. login to your account via Google)
More crafting recipes