2nd Big Space Punk Update: The Crafty One

Features & Improvements:

Crafting System

• Crafting has been overhauled to make bigger, better, meaner weapons and armor.
• Crafting parts have been replaced by ‘BITs’ – y’know, the bits and pieces that make your gun bigger. Pew pew!
• BITs have rarities, and there is one BIT per type of weapon and armor.
• Batteries have been added to the crafting system. Juice it up, baby!
• Depending on the rarity of the battery, you may get additional software slots when crafting weapons.
• Software further improves the stats of a crafted weapon.
• Hardware has been added that gives crafted weapons unique functionality, such as added damage or faster reloading.

Punch Cards

• Blueprints have been removed and replaced with punch cards!
• Punch cards are now unlockable via a special tab at the Crafting Vendor.
• Unlocking a punch cards requires either resources or the completion of certain tasks.
• Punch cards are now upgradable.
• Upgrading punch cards takes time and resources. But it increases their starting power and rarity, so it’s worth it!

Upgrader

• A 3D weapon preview has been added to the Upgrader screen.
• Upgrading has a cool new animation. Swanky!
• A weapon’s upgrading animation now changes based on how often it has been upgraded in the past. Whoa!
• The power level improvement on upgraded items is now more clearly communicated.

Players Feedback

• Elite enemies now appear more frequently and earlier in the game.
• Finn’s health has been increased.
• The damage of Finn’s Rocket Rain skill has improved.
• Finn’s Rocket Rain and Swine Magnetism skills have been switched (Rocket Rain is now unlocked at Level 1).

Economy Rebalance

• Character levels now have a new XP threshold.
• There is a rare new resource used in the crafting and upgrading systems.
• The prices for crafting and upgrading systems have been adjusted.
• Elite enemies drop more sweet, sweet loot!
• There are new rewards for Daily and Weekly Contracts.

Talents in-Mission Visualization

• Triggered talents will be visible on the mission HUD, along with their durations and cooldowns.
• Talents now have additional VFX.

Space Station Improvements

• The Space Station now has new and improved lighting, NPC animations and assorted assets.

Bug fixes:

Hoardspace is a dangerous place, we know. But don’t worry, we’re here for you.*

Crash fixes:

• The game will no longer freeze on the Claim Rewards screen.
• The game will also no longer crash when trying to load into the mission “A Safe Teleportation”.
• Players will no longer get stuck on the loading screen while loading into a mission.
• Solved a crash that occurred when in missions with a companion.
• Fixed a crash when idling in the Main Menu during Maintenance.
• Fixed a crash that could happen when loading into a grinding mission as a duo.
• Fixed a crash caused when Maintenance Mode started.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when scrapping items in the Vault.

General:

• The notification for ongoing/upcoming Maintenance shown on the Main Menu no longer has a delay before it is displayed.
• Players will now receive the expected “Ongoing Maintenance” notification after getting kicked to the Main Menu during Maintenance Mode.
• We once again say “Thank you for purchasing a Founder’s Pack” again, because you can’t put a price on good manners.
• Lots of equipment mods now have their icons, description and titles.
• There is a visual indicator when a player unlocks a new skill.
• The default Cursor Sensitivity for a freshly installed game is now set to 50% (was 30%).
• Players can no longer bind two different keys for Sprinting.
• Fixed an issue where interacting with a vendor while dashing could cause Bob to stay invisible for other players.
• The game’s music now properly restarts after the player has exited the Credits.
• Barks and other SFX are no longer audible when viewing the Credits in the Hub or during a mission.

Gameplay:

• The Twins’s firing SFX is no longer weird.
• The Tank Boss’s SFX is now properly inaudible when the Master Volume is set to 0.
• Ultimate Skill sound effects are now properly muted when Master Volume is set to 0.
• Fixed the VFX for Duke’s Cluster Missiles synergy ability.
• Finn’s second Synergy ability now has the right hero icon.
• The “Pep-u-up” and “Shot of Courage” talent items now have proper icons.
• The “Upgrader” Fame Road unlock now has a description.
• The “Earth-Shattering Kaboom!” talent item now works correctly.
• The “I’m Invincible” and “Mad Skills” talents now work, and also have correct descriptions.
• The “Vitality”, “Refreshed” and “Enhanced Eyesight” talents now have correct stats.
• The “Sadism” talent now has the proper cooldown time.
• Old Boys with the Ricochet mod should now have a better time hitting Shredders at close range.
• Software and Hardware crafting items can now be found throughout the game.

Hub:

• Fixed an issue where Bob had his old avatar (without glasses) in the Canteen.
• Also fixed an issue where players experienced high packet loss and ping while in the Hub.
• It is now easier to tell which character has an item equipped.
• The party display will no longer show that the player is on a mission (when they definitely aren’t).
• Players can no longer be invited to the party they are already in.
• Cancelling an upgrade in the Upgrader no longer closes the Vendor.
• There is now a confirmation message after successfully crafting an item.
• Companions will no longer disappear and reappear when the player is at a vendor.
• Various challenge icons have been updated with the correct art.
• NPC icons are now the same size as the vendor icons in the Hub.
• The Premium Store mini-map icon went missing, but has been found again.

Missions:

• Players will no longer get stuck at the start of some missions while in a party.
• Party member shields are no longer randomly displayed as being empty.
• Players can now always pick up meat in the “Fresh Meat” mission.
• Players now properly unlock the punch card for the Bullet Spewer after completing the mission “Smashing Time”.
• The correct number of enemies now appear during the “Purge, For Science” mission.
• The Cooler HP bars now properly disappear after they’ve been successfully defended.
• Grinding mission enemy spawns and power level now better match the player(s).
• The XP bonuses on the Summary Screen now have tooltips.
• There are now an appropriate amount of tooltips on the Summary Screen.
• Fixed a layout issue on the Summary Screen, and updated some icons.
• Fixed an issue where the “Ready” button prompt was being replaced by a red arrow in the Summary Screen.
• Players no longer have to wait for everyone to have opened the Rewards Chest at the end of a mission.