New Releases/1.6.68

Omega 1.6.68 - December 12, 2016

Achievements

• Epic Supporter
• Broken Cane (evolving achievement)

Miscellaneous

• 12000 Varium package has been replaced with a 15000 varium package.
• NPC Fill System
  • In order to ensure that players can always find matches, especially while leveling to 40, NPCs will now be automatically added to battles at intervals if a player cannot be found.
  • The system will pick a level-appropriate NPC to add to the match if a player was not found in a certain amount of time. In the case of 2v2 and Juggernaut, 1 NPC will be added at a time until the match is full.
  • NPCs level 37+ will not be added to battles, so players near/at max level should see less NPCs than lower level players
  • NPC AI has been improved to make better strategic decisions than before. Notably they can now heal allies and will generally try to attack the more appropriate target in 2v2s.
  • A number of NPCs had their level updated to make sure enough NPCs exist at every level.
• Non-Seasonal Limited Rares will now automatically be restocked every few weeks if depleted. NPCs with limited quantity items such as Charfade or Dage can tell you how long it is until next restock.
• Cryo Crafts renamed to Blue and Red Cryocrafts for clarity in the item finder.
• Dragon Buster Armor now defined as “Rare Promo” in the item finder.
• Staff/unavailable items were hidden from view in the item finder.
• Items only attainable from mission were hidden from view in the item finder.
• Items obtained through NPC drops were categorized as Battle Drops in the item finder.

Balance Changes

• Juggernaut
  • Dev Note: We undershot Juggernaut matching, especially since Underdog is now a thing. We want to keep Underdog to balance out getting, say, two level 32s in one match and two level 27s in the next. This way we can keep the difficulty of each match relatively equal while keeping the level ranges large enough to try and get matches in a reasonable time. This gives us a lot more balancing levers to get Juggernaut battles in a good spot.
  • Level range lowered from 5-10 lower than Juggernaut to 7-13 levels lower (A level 40 Juggernaut will now match with level 27-32 opponents)
  • Underdog now starts 10 effective levels lower than the Juggernaut, previously 5
• Legendary Ranks
  • Dev Note: We were hearing a lot of feedback on the Legendary Rank system, namely that it provides too much power, and that 10 Ranks were generally worth more than 1 regular level. With these changes we intend to bring down the overall power given by Ranks, which should also even out the 10 ranks to 1 level ratio.
  • Primary Damage: 3 → 1 per point
  • Sidearm Damage: 4 → 2 per point
  • Auxiliary Damage: 4 → 2 per point
  • Defense: 3 → 1 per point
  • Resistance: 3 → 1 per point
  • Robot Damage: 4 → 2 per point
  • Medical Mastery: 2 → 1 per point
  • Energy Efficiency: 1 per point (unchanged)
  • NPC Crusher: 2 → 1 per point
  • NPC Armor: 2 → 1 per point
  • Price to unlock slots: 15k → 10k Credits, 250 → 175 Varium
• First Strike
  • Lower level players are now more likely than before to go first, compensating for Underdog Support buffs.
• Smoke Screen
  • Dexterity debuff: -2 at all levels
• Static Grenade
  • Energy drain increased by 1 every 1.5 Support, previously 0.5.
• Fireball
  • Debuff duration: 1 → 2 turns

Bug Fixes

• Massive Strike core could not be equipped to primary weapons.
• Several NPCs were missing correct color values, armor or hairstyles.