Mockeryies now haunt Alca, and the encounter system was reworked.
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My liver feels the earth shifting for new battle runs and these frightful Mockery tongues who yearn to shine... we shall not forbear it! Soulframe Preludes 5 arrives in 3 minutes.
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Gah! And these Ode'n Moaners only seem worse... Soulframe Preludes 5 arrives in 2 minutes.
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But yes, a sword and shield tipped in eclipse. That will do nicely. Soulframe Preludes 5 arrives in 1 minute.
Beware, a new enemy has emerged! The Mockeries, clad in ancient Babel armour and speaking in twisted tongues, now haunt Alca’s lands. These foes sing their songs of nonsense as they wildly attack. Act quickly to subdue them before their strength grows...
New Encounter System! Daily encounters have seen a rework and the previous system will be replaced. Encounters will have higher stakes, be dynamically spawned throughout Alca, and feature a clearer UI.
- Clear the Camp
- Unsettler: Clear the Sinecure encampment
- Tear Down: Free the region of Sinecure stations
- Stronghold
- Fell the Mighty: Slay the Banneret*
- Sabotage
- Aim for the Eye: Destroy the Ode'n Moaners
- Stolen Breath: Destroy the Ode'n Mistrels
- Siege Besieged: Destroy the Siege Engine
- Patrol Hunt
- Seek or be Sought: Intercept the patrol of Gruulseekers
- Synod's Finest: Slay the Banneret and their patrol
- A new system for acquiring Resonance is in development. For now, Resonance can be temporarily reclaimed throughout the world using spectral sight.
- Caged animals from previous encounters will now spawn randomly throughout Alca. Freeing these animals will grant Envoys with XP.
New weapon! Oryn-Umbr
- Oryn, an Ode’n short sword tipped by an eclipse. Its hollowed blade lightens the Sinecure swing, so it may be wielded by only one hand.
- Umbr, a shield aglow with Ode’n sigil. Skytowers loft are mapped in blue upon its tempered face. Cast in lightweight alloys, Umbr is forged to be thrown as a starnshot blazing.
- Find the Fragments in new encounters.
Ongoing Improvements to Enemy AI
Enemies now exhibit more lifelike qualities with enhanced attacks, new and improved animations, better placement, and clear intent. Battle dogs now feel more "dog-like," reducing their relentlessness in combat and adding a "circling" state. The Ode features a variety of new attacks - be wary! These improvements are part of our continual work on enemy behaviour and logic graph systems.
General Changes and Additions
- Take a Sinecure’s talky Ode thing... Discover the new Dungeon Deed, Avakot's Stocks!
- Ongoing environment and lighting improvements and additions throughout Alca including updates to Midrath, the Glades of Andurin, and continued work on the layout of the Dermak Undercity and Glades exits.
- A temporary autumnal atmosphere has taken over Alca - don’t be wary as this is a temporary test!
- Explore the new Greenhouse tileset in the Dermak Undercity! Where sunlight was scarce, architects once ingeniously used bronze mirrors to illuminate their fruit gardens. Ancient irrigation methods, terraces, and water channels were employed, while the power of water from the aqueduct drove a clockwork mill, allowing the mirrors to track the sun's position. Unfortunately, the - Ode have tampered with this mechanism, leaving the groves to wither and die...
- Added a “Hold to sprint” toggle under Settings > Accessibility.
- Added “Throw/shoot with melee attack” toggle under Settings > Accessibility for Keyboard/Mouse players.
- Added Blitzel Fragments to drop from Ode archers.
- Added and adjusted prompts during the “Rise, Envoy” tutorial to better guide players.
- Added a proper UI icon to indicate when an item is ready to be claimed in Tuvalkane’s crafting menu.
- Added hints to the College of Pensives area to help new players discover Orlick for the first time.
- Removed the top navigation menu from the Codex and Map when accessed directly from Orlick’s station in Nightfold.
- Reworked Ode Tempest Pact descriptions to be more descriptive of their actual function.
- Improved Vadagar Stag animations and HUD.
- Adjusted drop chances for various resources including Petrified Ichor.
- Balanced required resources to craft Reduced the amount of Petrified Ichor needed to craft Regent’s Veil, Flaxen Shell, and Dendrit Drapery.
- Updated the appearance of Ancestors.
- Improved the Rank Up UI.
- Improved the Ode’n Moaners (the “sludge speweres”) visual effects.
- Ode’n Moaners will now provide XP on destruction.
- Improved animations for animal wildlife.
- Ongoing improvements to Garren Rood’s AI behaviour, animations, and visual effects.
- Ongoing audio improvements and fixes include new sound effects for Envoys, Ode enemies, weapons, combat, and environment.
Fixes
- Fixed a bug that allowed Envoys to remain in post-death sparrow mode if dying and exiting the Undercity in certain instances.
- Fixed an issue where Envoys would hover off the ground at one of the new login spawns in the north.
- Fixed using the sitting emote on elevators in Undercity causing Envoys to float in place.
- Fixed an issue where two Envoys would appear in the Arsenal when quickly exiting and re-entering.
- Fixed Envoys not being framed correctly when activating the music stumps.
- Fixed some minor spelling issues in the Codex.
- Fixed a bug where Envoys could die in Nightfold by repeatedly jumping on and off Orengal, causing fall damage until death. Envoys should now be immune from damage in Nightfold.
- Fixed an instance where players could enter Nightfold while dying from fall damage.
- Fixed VASP-IV not awarding XP from Tuvalkane upon collecting crafted items if VASP-IV was chosen as the starter weapon.
- Fixed an issue where Envoys could pick up ammo for weapons they didn't have equipped.
- Fixed a bug where setting Dynamic Resolution below 100 caused noticeable patches to appear on bodies of water.
- Fixed a spot in the Dermak Undercity where Fenn Jotar could be seen stuck and poking out the stonework.
- Fixed lighting issues in the Undercity to prevent clipping and improve visuals.
- Fixed some Undercity map tiles not appearing on the map.
- Fixed missing collision in a corruption pool in the Glades of Andurin.
- Various minor level fixes in the Undercity and Glades of Andurin including map holes, stuck spots, and floating chests and rocks.
- Fixed the “Leave Squad” button being misaligned when using controllers.
- Fixed Ode Siege Engine’s visual effects continuing after being destroyed.
- Fixed clients not receiving Orlick transmissions around Tower.
- Fixed various issues with enemy Ode animations.
- Fixed clients not being forced to migrate out of the squad when the host manually leaves.
- Fixed clients not receiving Orlick transmissions around Tower
- Fixed a bug where the sparrow guide would lead to Orlick's Tower instead of the tracked Fable destination after leaving a multiplayer session during the Fable.
- Fixed a bug where clients did not see the intro cinematic of The Torment Stag.
- Fixed numerous issues related to migration during The Torment Stag.
- Fixed jittering issues in certain Fable cinematics.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when using the sitting Emote.
- Fixed a crash caused by the music mini-game.
- Fixed a rare crash caused by the Inventory screen.
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when attempting to open both the Tuvalkane and pause menus simultaneously.