Today patch 0.5.7 is released with the following changes:

• Add new Crafting Material: Corruption Shards, droppable in zones level 100+.
• Enabled crafting method: Store, Restore, Recombinate for advanced crafters.
• Enabled Lucky Scramble: Costs 10 blue orbs, but will roll mod tiers 10 times, picking the highest outcome.
• Added Starter Build picker for new accounts.
• Disable upgrading of drop-only mods.
• Rewrote some core components for some massive performance improvements.
• Increased monster damage scaling to cap at zone 115.
• Updated visual effects for various explosions and AoE damage indicators.
• Changed Shading of GUI Health Globe (thanks Kleito!)
• Reduced spawn distance of far away mobs
• Reduced chase distance of mobs
• Shock Orb projectiles now change direction based on distance traveled.
• Changed visuals of Infection
• Fixed bug where ailments could double dip with specific penetration stats.
• Updated GUI to show your orb inventory
• Updated text in various help menus.
• Fixed bug with Keybind options menu.
• Change Collateral Damage Support to the following: Projectile Hits have a 10% chance to also an extra 300% of Damage the target and to Nearby Enemies.
• Fixed bug where Tether skills could still be used with Tinkerer’s Toys equipped.
• Fixed bug where Potent Suppression Support would not apply to ailments inflicted by the supported skill.
• Remove cap on Jolt effect.
• Implemented new ramping mechanic for ailments.
• Buffed base movement speed from 60->90. Monster movement speed has been similary adjusted.

Skill Balance

Vesuvius

• Damage: up ~300%
• Projectile Count: 3 -> 1
• Radius: up ~20%
• Cooldown: 1.0 -> 1.5s
• Added Damage Effectiveness: 30% -> 60%

Lots of work behind the scenes as well, but not worth adding here.

Cheers!
zediven

This update Patch 0.5.7 first appeared on Survivors-likes List.

Today I’m releasing EA patch 0.5.6.

Patch Changes:

• Added new Unique: Goblin’s Girdle
• Buffed Rare Gene drop rate by about 300%
• Fixed bug with Challenge Ladder score calculation.
• Buffed damage per 25 attribute affixes.
• Capped monster damage scaling to Zone 100.
• Add keyboard keybinding options.
• Added volume controls
• Added tutorial tips for new players
• Fixed various UX issues with controllers
• Added new stats for Critical Strike Resistance
• Updated Help Reference
• Added a few new sound effects
• Nerfed Curse Effect sources
• Nerfed Ailment Effect on Offensive Genes
• Added various new drop-only mods
• Added drop sounds for rare genes with drop-only mods.
• Added highlight to genes with drop-only mods, with a specific color indicating the number of drop-only mods it rolled with.
• Added 2 buttons to the skill bar for opening menu and gene loadout.
• Added orb counter to the skill bar.
• Many other small bugfixes.

Thank you all for your feedback. I look forward to pushing out new updates soon!

As always, please report any bugs or issues you find to either the forum or preferably in the Discord server.

Cheers!
zediven

This update Patch 0.5.6 first appeared on Survivors-likes List.

One last update before I’m away for a few days.

Just deployed a hotfix to the game fixing the random crashing people were experience.

The actual bug was complicated, but here’s the TLDR:

I left in one line of debugging code which caused low level items to “try to roll” drop-only affixes, with a 50% chance. This meant if you were playing in a zone under level 80, then when an item dropped, it had a 50% chance to crash the game.

This has been fixed.

Cheers,
zediven

Build ID: 12663486 to check you are running the hotfix.

This update Hotfix 0.5.5.3 first appeared on Survivors-likes List.

One last patch before I have to head out for a few days.

Changes are as follows:

1. Increased rate of drop-only mods showing up on genes level 80+
2. Genes level 100+ can roll with an extra +1 Drop-only mods
3. Genes level 125+ can roll with an extra +2 Drop-only mods
4. Added drop-only offensive mods for each damage type.
5. Big buff to some drop-only offensive mods.

Cheers!
zediven

This update Patch 0.5.5.3 first appeared on Survivors-likes List.

Today I fixed a bug introduced yesterday that accidentally disabled burns. I added in a few other changes as well.

1. Challenge Ladders now have a 45s time limit to defeat the wave.
2. Updated Resilience Aura to now also provide additional resistances.
3. Update Rush Aura to now also grant Increased Movement Speed
4. Added Sturdiness Aura
5. Added Elusiveness Aura
6. Fixed Burns to work again, and changed duration from 2s -> 4s.

Leaderboards will be reset today to reflect the change in the Ladders

Some minor other bug fixes too.

Cheers!

This update Patch 0.5.5.2 first appeared on Survivors-likes List.

The goal of this patch was to address a few performance related issues. I ended up doing a deep dive into the game systems and found a few other bugs that were unintended, so I patched them up as well.

Note: this may heavily affect your builds if you relied on these bugged mechanics. I’m sorry — there are still viable options out there!

1. Fixed crashing issue with Skill Loadouts
2. Updated Chain Lightning to now hit additional nearby enemies.
3. Fixed bug where certain curses could stack infinitely.
4. Implemented new skill: Doom Tether
5. Nerfed various sources of cast speed.
6. Performance optimizations around projectile chaining, status ailments, and curses.
7. Added new, powerful drop-only mods on Utility Genes.
8. Fixed bug with Crown of Ice where it wasn’t converting properly.
9. Slightly reduced density of monsters in the Ladder Arena.
10. Triggered skills now have internal cooldown of 250ms from 100ms.
11. Poison and Infection now have a base duration of 2 seconds.
12. Fixed a bug with Rupture where it applied for too long.

A couple other bug fixes that aren’t of note.

Leaderboards have been reset.

Cheers!

This update Patch 0.5.5 first appeared on Survivors-likes List.

Today I’m releasing 0.5.4, which contains the following changes:

• New Skill: Flame Tether
• Complete rebalance of Skill numbers
• Smaller Challenge Ladder arenas with faster wave spawns.
• Some performance optimizations
• Minor bugfixes around monster names.

Skill Changes

Arc
Added Damaged Effectiveness: 120% -> 80%

Arrow Draw
Added Damaged Effectiveness: 130% -> 90%
Cooldown: 1.1s -> 0.9s

Battle Axe
Cooldown: 1.4s- > 1.5s
Damage: down ~10% at low levels, down ~50% at high levels

Minigun
Crit Chance: 3% -> 4%

Lava Orb
Damage: up ~400% at high levels

Plague Clouds
Added Damaged Effectiveness: 70% -> 50%
Damage: down ~60% at high levels

Poison Darts
Added Damaged Effectiveness: 130% -> 65%
Damage: ~down 5% at high levels

Icy Shard Burst
Added Damage Effectiveness: 20% -> 40%
Damage: up ~1400% at high levels

Static Charges
Added Damage Effectiveness: 70% -> 110%
Damage: up ~300% at high levels

Shotgun
Added Damage Effectiveness: 25% -> 40%
Damage: up ~50% at high levels
Cooldown: 1.35s -> 1.45s

Shrapnel Bomb
Damage: down ~75% at high levels

Shuriken
Added Damage Effectiveness: 120% -> 80%
Damage: up ~100% at high levels
Physical Ailment Chance: 60% -> 75%

Vesuvius
Damage: down ~65% at high levels
Projectile Count: 1 -> 3

More to come, good luck!

This update Patch 0.5.4 first appeared on Survivors-likes List.

This update Patch 0.5.3 first appeared on Survivors-likes List.

Today I’m releasing a small update 0.5.2:

• Adding Chain Lightning skill
• Added 3 new Unique Genes
• Added a couple of Tutorial screens
• Updated Help Reference
• Skill Loadouts
• Search bar for Skill Supports
• New Cosmetic Tail
• More passive points in Passive Tree
• Balance for Armor and Evasion

Enjoy!

This update Patch 0.5.2 first appeared on Survivors-likes List.

Changes:

• Added monster animations
• Added 2 new monster types
• Added missing sound effects for some skills. There are a few outstanding which will be addressed in a future patch.
• Added ability for rares to spawn with auras, and mobs have a chance to be plagued.

Thank you for your patience as I polish the new game.

Cheers,
zediven

This update Patch 0.5.1 first appeared on Survivors-likes List.