Release Notes 4/12/2018

kaiserin · April 2018

Lockbox

The Buccaneer Box is out this week! Yep, out of the blue pirate stuff.
Due to a lot of super neat things we're working on in the background we weren't able to have this box on PTS for the usual round of testing time! We apologize!
You can speak with Crowley in the usual spot to see what's inside, he also brought along a coconut tree.

You can get the following items from this lockbox:

Surf Slide travel power + one of three surfboard skins for the travel power.
Introducing Surf Slide travel power! This travel power lets you catch some waves on a board!
Currently the only boards available for this travel power are Basic, Shark, Spiral (lockbox), Stars (lockbox) and Flames (lockbox). But stay tuned! Many of the existing Hoverboard unlocks will be able to be used with this travel power in the future (and vice versa!).

Dip Emote
Comes in classic and extravagant versions.

Joyful Dance Emote
If you still need to be a little silly after Foxbatcon. Comes in one off and looping versions.

Whirling Dragon Blade ultimate power
This Dual Blades ultimate lunges to your target and deals damage in a area effect, it also knocks down targets and applies the Overpower debuff!

Buccaneer Costume Box which can contain one of the following costume:

Buccaneer Hat
Buccaneer Accessories
Buccaneer Short Hair
Buccaneer Long Hair
Buccaneer Vest
Buccaneer Pauldrons
Buccaneer Sleeves
Buccaneer Gloves
Buccaneer Short Gloves
Buccaneer Pistol
Buccaneer Pants
Buccaneer Pouch
Buccaneer Boots
Buccaneer Strapped Boots
Buccaneer Steam Boots

Where's the sidekick?! We decided to not have one in the box this time around. They may return another time, or return in other locations!

ZEN Store

The Shaolin Key Pack has been retired.
Added Pirate Key Pack, this pack contains 20 Cosmic Keys, 25 rank 5 Jack Fool mods to boost SIngle Blade abilities, a nifty sword weapon skin and a bunch of consumable goodies to help you in battle.

Giant Monster Week is on!

Foxbatcon is over, but the vendors will stick around a week if you missed out on buying swag.
We've lowered the zone caps on Canada and Monster Island to 35 to address various combat issues that have been escalating over the past few months. This isn't the solution we want to settle on, but should address many of the issue players have been facing for now. If we feel the lower cap is causing more issues than addressing, we'll consider raising it back up.

Powers

Fixed a bug where Depleted Uranium Core was taking up more combat resources than intended.

Misc

Added Laser Swords and Unarmed Martial Arts mods to GCR store.
Fixed a bug where a couple heirloom items were not leveling up, but instead acting as if you were level 40.
Fixed a bug where Kiga's hounds were despawning much sooner than intended after being defeated.
Adjusted the participation threshhold on the Shadowfall open mission.
Fixed an issue where lockbox items were displaying an unusual tooltip under its image.

spinnytop · April 2018

THERE'S THE DIP EMOTE.

...wait wtf does that have to do with pirates? Well either way looks like I'll be eating ramen again this month! \o/

avianos · April 2018

HELL YEAH Dual Blade ultimate

Big fan of the Pirate costume set too

ayala725 · April 2018

kaizerin said:

Added Laser Swords and Unarmed Martial Arts mods to GCR store.

Fixed a bug where Kiga's hounds were despawning much sooner than intended after being defeated.

Ah so the Dog fade was unintended.

Thanks for the mods!

Could we look into Paranormal mods to the GCR as well?

shadowolf505 · April 2018

Errrrr, the ultimate is for Dual Blades but Single Blade is being looked at? Hmmm, okay. I'm glad for the zone cap decrease though, makes it a little easier for us Endgamers.

ayala725 · April 2018

shadowolf505 said:
[...]Hmmm, okay. I'm glad for the zone cap decrease though, makes it a little easier for us Endgamers.

It's nice because now, though the challenge will increase, there will be more drop chances, Cosmic confrontations, and more chances for more alts to get GCR!

It's a fair trade, imho.

shadowolf505 · April 2018

Point there but that means that the Main Tank, Crowd Control and Healers have to be in zone before the DPS or at least get a spot before it's full.

Will be difficult since we have like a billion DPS at Cosmics now, lol.

avianos · April 2018

I thought Dual Blades were next, anyway both single and dual fit the pirate theme

We've lowered the zone caps on Canada and Monster Island to 35 to address various combat issues that have been escalating over the past few months. This isn't the solution we want to settle on, but should address many of the issue players have been facing for now. If we feel the lower cap is causing more issues than addressing, we'll consider raising it back up.

Oh I didn't notice that
I feel indifferent

shadowolf505 wrote: »

Errrrr, the ultimate is for Dual Blades but Single Blade is being looked at? Hmmm, okay. I'm glad for the zone cap decrease though, makes it a little easier for us Endgamers.

Well Single Blade already got Vorpal Blade when the BLEED related powerframes got a little revisit and they made The Penitent AT, they gotta fill the holes for the powerframe Ultimates

Which makes me wonder WHICH Lockbox will get the Bestial Ultimate and what they are going to add when Force gets revamped

spinnytop · April 2018

shadowolf505 said:
Point there but that means that the Main Tank, Crowd Control and Healers have to be in zone before the DPS or at least get a spot before it's full. Will be difficult since we have like a billion DPS at Cosmics now, lol.

Well, this will motivate some of those people to roll up tanks and healers to get the party started

Or it won't and everyone will just stand around looking at each other with their fingers in their noses vaguely implying that the waiting is everyone else's fault or that the game is bad

ayala725 · April 2018

shadowolf505 said:
Point there but that means that the Main Tank, Crowd Control and Healers have to be in zone before the DPS or at least get a spot before it's full. Will be difficult since we have like a billion DPS at Cosmics now, lol.

Good point. If we can look at a close example of what we might expect, I remember during the Mechanon High Noon Event, Zone switching was a common reset META due to the way the OM settles upon a defeat scenario.

It will take some adjusting for now, and a bit of time and dedication. Hopefully we will make due until a more efficient fix is developed.

shadowolf505 · April 2018

Good point.

spinnytop wrote: »

Point there but that means that the Main Tank, Crowd Control and Healers have to be in zone before the DPS or at least get a spot before it's full. Will be difficult since we have like a billion DPS at Cosmics now, lol.

Well, this will motivate some of those people to roll up tanks and healers to get the party started in zone 2

Or it won't and everyone will just stand around looking at each other with their fingers in their noses vaguely implying that the waiting is everyone else's fault or that the game is bad

avianos wrote: »

I thought Dual Blades were next, anyway both single and dual fit the pirate theme

We've lowered the zone caps on Canada and Monster Island to 35 to address various combat issues that have been escalating over the past few months. This isn't the solution we want to settle on, but should address many of the issue players have been facing for now. If we feel the lower cap is causing more issues than addressing, we'll consider raising it back up.

Oh I didn't notice that
I feel indifferent

shadowolf505 wrote: »

Errrrr, the ultimate is for Dual Blades but Single Blade is being looked at? Hmmm, okay. I'm glad for the zone cap decrease though, makes it a little easier for us Endgamers.

Well Single Blade already got Vorpal Blade when the BLEED related powerframes got a little revisit and they made The Penitent AT, they gotta fill the holes for the powerframe Ultimates

Which makes me wonder WHICH Lockbox will get the Bestial Ultimate and what they are going to add when Force gets revamped

Yeah, I only remembered the Vorpal Blade after I typed that. lol.

shadowolf505 · April 2018

ayala725 wrote: »

Point there but that means that the Main Tank, Crowd Control and Healers have to be in zone before the DPS or at least get a spot before it's full. Will be difficult since we have like a billion DPS at Cosmics now, lol.

Good point. If we can look at a close example of what we might expect, I remember during the Mechanon High Noon Event, Zone switching was a common reset META due to the way the OM upon a defeat scenario.

It will take some adjusting for now, and a bit of time and dedication. Hopefully we will make due until a more efficient fix is developed.

It'll be a challenge but we can do it. I TRUST the community. \o/

duke3eye · April 2018

Any chance of kicking the server hamster? It's not running.

roughbearmattach · April 2018

ayala725 said:

Could we look into Paranormal mods to the GCR as well?

Which ones are in the store now? Darkness and sorcery only?

flyingfinn · April 2018

duke3eye said:
Any chance of kicking the server hamster? It's not running.

warcanch · April 2018

We often have an incomplete cast at Kiga in "this" zone while the "other" zone is filling. And the "other" zone is where the/a CC is. However, I'm thinking we'll be seeing more of both zones just getting done relatively together and then the hordes moving on to Ape 1 and 2. Rinse, repeat.

I say this because I know I don't care to stand around waiting for the "other" zone to get completed when "this" zone could get going or complete one, as well. Same for we've just finished "this" zone, I've got to hurry and grab my reward and transition to the "other" zone before getting locked out. That is good only for the people right there, grabbing and transitioning faster than others.

Maybe, just maybe, we'll see zones 3 and 4 happen, too. So all's good.

lezard21 · April 2018

ayala725 said:

Thanks for the mods!

Could we look into Paranormal mods to the GCR as well?

And munitions. Why is Munitions still not in the store?

ealford1985 · April 2018

Because it’s an event mod?

garyg07 · April 2018

YAY!!! 2 blade ult, 3 days after I bought the single blade off AH. all things considered though I'm not too peeved about it lol single blade really fits the char I got it for. I'm just glad Foxbatcon is over, hopefully I can stop spending G's on fun nullifiers for my toons soon >XD. I don't know enough about cosmics to really care about then limit change, but it seems like the opposite direction. It's already hard enough to get into the cosmic fights without showing up 10 min early and standing around for 20 minutes while the team sorts itself out and then crash from a memory leak when the 1st AoE pops. (Doesn't always happen but drives me crazy when it does). In the end, I'm just glad you guys are putting in work one way or another. Thanks for all you do Devs!

wrathsoul1 · April 2018

Is the Buccaneer pistol a weapon costume unlock?

kaiserin · April 2018

Weapon and regular costume.

avianos · April 2018

Surf Slide travel power + one of three surfboard skins for the travel power.
Introducing Surf Slide travel power! This travel power lets you catch some waves on a board!
Currently the only boards available for this travel power are Basic, Shark, Spiral (lockbox), Stars (lockbox) and Flames (lockbox). But stay tuned! Many of the existing Hoverboard unlocks will be able to be used with this travel power in the future (and vice versa!).

This is the most RADICAL thing CO have added in a while, I'm 100% using it on a 90's RAD character project

WATER FRAMEWORK WHEN?

ayala725 · April 2018

roughbearmattach said:

ayala725 said:

Could we look into Paranormal mods to the GCR as well?
Which ones are in the store now? Darkness and sorcery only?

Maniacle Laughter

It's so rare, they get bought up too quickly to actively browse for while at the same time having a seemingly low drop rate.

draogn · April 2018

shadowolf505 said:

ayala725 wrote: »

Point there but that means that the Main Tank, Crowd Control and Healers have to be in zone before the DPS or at least get a spot before it's full. Will be difficult since we have like a billion DPS at Cosmics now, lol.

Good point. If we can look at a close example of what we might expect, I remember during the Mechanon High Noon Event, Zone switching was a common reset META due to the way the OM upon a defeat scenario.

It will take some adjusting for now, and a bit of time and dedication. Hopefully we will make due until a more efficient fix is developed.

It'll be a challenge but we can do it. I TRUST the community. \o/

Making something more tedious doesn't make it more challenging.

lezard21 · April 2018

ealford1985 said:
Because it’s an event mod?

So are Takofanes and Clarence mod, and you can get it from GCR store and heck even the Cosmic daily. Power Framework mods shouldn't be locked behind events

shadowolf505 · April 2018

Munitions is from the Ascii OM atm.

jaazaniah1 · April 2018

I guess K likes cowboy robots and wants us to run that OM until our ears bleed?

lezard21 said:

ealford1985 said:
Because it’s an event mod?
So are Takofanes and Clarence mod, and you can get it from GCR store and heck even the Cosmic daily. Power Framework mods shouldn't be locked behind events

ealford1985 · April 2018

Then I dunno.

I wouldn’t have put any event mods in there. Raise the farming and the value of mods.

I mean auras get worse treatment...why not mods?

avianos · April 2018

Because powerframe mods are essential for endgame

ealford1985 · April 2018

No they aren’t

kjodell · April 2018

where's the shoulder parrot? Pirates but no parrots?

markhawkman · April 2018

ealford1985 said:
Because it’s an event mod?

You mean the one you get from going to the Desert and shooting ASCII Oakley in the face every day of the week?

ealford1985 · April 2018

markhawkman said:

ealford1985 said:
Because it’s an event mod?
You mean the one you get from going to the Desert and shooting ASCII Oakley in the face every day of the week?

Dunno. I assumed that one, I thought it was only event.

Either way I'm sure there are plans to add if they do add event ones too.

avianos · April 2018

Ok Full Offence, WHY Exactly does the Buccaneer set has 3 Boots? They all use the same model and are basically the same with minor belt features
EDITS: It's actually 3 of them? even worse, why couldn't it be 1 PIECE with 3 unlockable variations? Thats a huge waste of possible drops

None of them unlock any foot accesory neither for everyone who doesn't use regular human feet

Joyful Dance Emote
If you still need to be a little silly after Foxbatcon. Comes in one off and looping versions.

This is Delightful emote

Give my compliments to the Animator

Dip Emote
Comes in classic and extravagant versions.

RUIN HAS COME TO OUR FAMILY

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kamokami · April 2018

kaizerin said:

We've lowered the zone caps on Canada and Monster Island to 35 to address various combat issues that have been escalating over the past few months. This isn't the solution we want to settle on, but should address many of the issue players have been facing for now. If we feel the lower cap is causing more issues than addressing, we'll consider raising it back up.

Fixed a bug where Depleted Uranium Core was taking up more combat resources than intended.

Fixed a bug where Kiga's hounds were despawning much sooner than intended after being defeated.

Adjusted the participation threshold on the Shadowfall open mission.

Glad all this is being addressed

chaosdrgnz43 · April 2018

The lockbox is here already? My, that was quick. Didn't even have enough time to consider the feedback in PTS. Oh well...

At least we'll have 2 zones most of the time now. Perfect since it's Cosmic Week.

sekhmet46 · April 2018

> @psychicslug said:
> maybe a pirate zone or island with them or pirates and dinosaurs on monster island revamp?

There are ghost pirates in Lemuria O.o

Anyway, the most basic of the three Pirate Boots are suspiciously close to the Oni Slayer boots... Almost as if they just edited them a bit and branded them as a new costume :P

The set has some nice bits, I like the shoulders, sleeves, hairs, and steam boots. But I really really wish we'd gotten a coat like the rocker or scoundrel set. Also can't imagine why devs can't see hip swords are better suited for Belt accessories category and not Leg accessories. This lockbox feels pretty rushed, like the Blazing box.

avianos · April 2018

sekhmet46 wrote: »

Anyway, the most basic of the three Pirate Boots are suspiciously close to the Oni Slayer boots... Almost as if they just edited them a bit and branded them as a new costume

The shorts are suspiciously close to oni slayer shorts too... HMMMM'S'T

lezard21 · April 2018

PWI needs money k?

markhawkman · April 2018

ealford1985 said:

markhawkman said:

ealford1985 said:
Because it’s an event mod?
You mean the one you get from going to the Desert and shooting ASCII Oakley in the face every day of the week?
Dunno. I assumed that one, I thought it was only event.

Either way I'm sure there are plans to add if they do add event ones too.

did they add the ones you get for massacring Destroids or Gadroon ?

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spinnytop · April 2018

lezard21 said:
PWI needs money k?

Well they got some from me, and I got everything in their silly box o3o *dabs*

screwthisprocess · April 2018

kaizerin said:

Due to a lot of super neat things we're working on in the background we weren't able to have this box on PTS for the usual round of testing time! We apologize!

I have not seen anyone guess what this could be. Maybe because you are setting yourselves up for disappointment?

Customization sidekicks? Brand new powers like elemental melee or shield n Staff? New area?

markhawkman · April 2018

I'm hoping new area, or..... maybe unleashing the terror of Megalodon into the briny deeps!

legendarylycan · April 2018

we got surfboards...it's fairly obvious it's going to be negalodon

ph0toncann0n · April 2018

I've just sat around watching SG mates kill each other with the new Dual Blades Ult, thank you for this blessing.

avianos · April 2018

The Ultimate is incredible Sexy, I got 15K Critical while testing it with a lvl 40 character in full Aurum Heirloom set
IT'S JUST LIKE MY JAPANESE RPGS

Really impressed by it

The costume set feels really rushed, the pants are a reskin of Oni Slayer and the 3 boots are basically the same model
As much as I love costumes, don't feel the need to be hasty and unlock the whole set right now

I like the Short Hairstyle because I need the braids for a character, but the darn thing is so darn rare right now

themightyzenith · April 2018

Some of the pieces are also overly bulky (Buccaneer Long Gloves, Buccaneer Boots, Buccaneer Strapped Boots, but strangely not the Steam Boots) as if the scale hasn't been fixed right.

Suggestion: Buccaneer Boots and Buccaneer Strapped Boots seem overly bulky, please scale them down a tad to be more in line with the scale of Buccaneer Steam Boots. Buccaneer Long Gloves also suffer from this problem

The pointy toes on the boots don't work well with the theme either.

ealford1985 · April 2018

but we all know, once live.....

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