Big Time: Patch v0.25 Patch Notes

Patch notes

Version 0.25

Note! Due to a large amount of changes to progression and early-game balance, all player data will be wiped for this update

GAMEPLAY:

• First Time Users will now experience an entirely new flow. Accelerating early game play, as well as doing much more to teach players the game
• New Dungeon Tileset: Tomb of an Unknown Pharaoh
• Elemental Orbs now move around during Phase II and Phase III of the Elemental Boss Fight
• Daily and Weekly “Bounties” (Quests) have been added to the game. Check back in every day to get your quest rewards!
• Public Event drill rigs are now each associated with an elemental type
• Players can now “fast travel” between unlocked waypoints in Time’s End
• New “Shock” Weapon Gems can now be crafted at the Weapon Gem vendroid
• If no other saved position is available when joining a server, position from other instances of that map will be used to restore player position

DIGITAL COLLECTIBLES/NFTs:

• New Cosmetic Item type added: Footprint Effects — watch your steps burn behind you as you travel the land
• New Cosmetic Item type added: Emote animations — get access to new emote animations by acquiring special cosmetic digital collectibles in-game or on Open Loot
• UI for equipping cosmetic items has been revamped both to support new types of items as well as improve usability

BALANCE:

• Mission XP rewards will now scale with dungeon level
• Drops from “Demon Chests” have been improved
• Projectiles of similar size are now stopped by projectiles of the same size or larger. Larger projectiles pierce through smaller projectiles
• Fixer drones now last longer the more you upgrade the skill
• Blocking with shields will now prevent some hit reactions from triggering
• Rewards in public events will now be shared with everyone in the event, not just the party who landed the killing blow
• To curb griefing, players can no longer spawn certain portals near various objects and portals in the world
• Post-DBNO invulnerability is now canceled if the player takes aggressive actions
• Prerequisites for various skill tree unlocks have been adjusted, in some cases accepting an optional set of prereqs (eg 1 of SkillA OR 1 of SkillB)
• Item requirements have been modified; Affixes sometimes add attribute requirements
• Gold penalty on death has been reduced for players below level 20
• Improved Into The Fray targeting to deal damage more reliably
• The Scientific Method will now spawn enemies sooner than previously
• Friendly players will no longer block projectiles of one another
• Soul Drain now spawns enemies nearer to the Soul Drain
• When and which knockdown animations play has been adjusted in some situations
• Artifact Fragment stack size has been increased
• Most ailments will no longer block dodge
• More possible stat bonuses have been added to most items
• Shadowblade early game skill progression has been reworked to be a bit more self sufficient
• Frostball now has a smaller chance of applying slow to affected targets
• Fireball minor now deals AoE damage
• Shuriken damage has been increased, but so has its cooldown

PERSONAL METAVERSE:

• Existing Personal Metaverse tiles have been improved across the board. They are now bigger, and the differences between rarities are accentuated considerably
• You can now remove decorations from the UI directly in addition to finding them in the world
• Fixed some issues with certain SPACEs that could not be connected to other SPACEs

AI:

• Ancient Monitor now have a ‘radiant blast’ ability added to their arsenal
• New AI Type added; CyberPirate Brawler
• Certain AI will now explode after a short countdown upon death
• Megaclockies will no longer ‘track’ you during their shield blast attack

ANIMATION:

• Mantes now have several new animations for their abilities
• Cyberpirates now have several new animations
• New interact animations have been added for various objects in the game
• Fixed numerous issues with enemies appearing to “foot slide” when moving

VFX

• VFX for Coffin Mantis heal ability have been improved
• Chain heal effects have been added
• VFX for Elemental Monitor disc attack have been improved
• VFX for Raptors have been improved
• VFX for corrupted portals have been improved
• VFX for potions have been improved
• VFX for Emote Station have been improved
• VFX for Energy and Frost projectiles have been added when the projectiles fly too long
• VFX for Big Che have been improved
• VFX for Chopper jump attacks have been improved
• VFX for Clockie healing abilities have been improved
• Unique VFX have been added for Revive Allies, Panacea, Town Portal, Summon Party members, and Rejuvenation
• VFX added for Possessed Chests
• VFX for Energy Blast have been improved
• VFX for Electric Orb have been improved
• VFX for Overling hammer attacks have been added
• VFX for Orbital Strike have been added
• VFX for Public Event Drill rigs have been improved
• VFX for Underling hand grenade have been improved
• VFX for Overling blast attack have been improved

LEVELS:

• Deserts now have destructible cacti scattered throughout the land
• Fixed several places players could get stuck or escape the map

UI:

• Japanese translations have been added to the game
• Added new setting to show the player’s name above their head like everyone else’s
• Inventory UI now displays full player stats for easier understanding of your character
• Many ability and skill tree icons have been added or improved
• Added auto-adjust feature for system settings that will pick a good configuration for your PC automatically
• Added several rendering performance options to settings for custom tuning of performance and visuals
• ‘Support’ vs normal skill tree nodes now have a different visual look
• Fixed various display issues with the skill tree UI
• Text for public event portals has been prettied up
• Keyboard shortcuts have been added to various UI buttons
• Added Quest Tracker UI allowing players to show/hide quests on the HUD. Especially useful for persistent quests such as bounties
• Filters have been added to gem crafting UI for easier navigation
• Vendor inventory UI now has filters
• Stacks of Artifact Fragments can now be split
• Added new key shortcuts for opening various tabs in the inventory
• Optional quests now are colorized differently than normal quests
• Added setting to disable Motion Blur
• Right clicking a pocket watch in the inventory will now open the Timeline Selection tab
• Fixed stash not playing inventory sounds
• When gold is taken due to the player dying, a side message will now appear indicating the amount taken
• Player stats now have a descriptive tooltip that appears if you hover over them with your mouse
• Added the ability to filter consumables from your inventory display

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS:

• Optimized player equipment for server replication performance improvements

AUDIO:

• Vendroids have new audio added to their repertoire
• Drone bugs have had their audio personality revamped
• Shrines have had their sounds revamped
• Overling Shredders have had their audio improved
• Sounds for players coming into and out of sprint have been added
• Audio from healing has been improved; both to help distinguish between your heals and others, and generally
• New music added for Cyber Pirate boss fight
• New music added to wasteland area
• New music added to landscape insectoid boss fight
• Raptor attack audio has been improved
• New sound effects added to Chopper Projectile
• Audio improved for many projectiles in the game
• Audio for Potions have been improved
• New audio added to Town Portal
• Tree of Life audio improved
• New music added to Meadow dungeon
• Audio has been improved for end of round screen
• Audio on Rocket Clockies has been improved

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed an issue with Turrets causing them to be less accurate than intended
• Fix fortify gates remaining in the level when they weren’t active any longer
• Fixed an issue with Turret explosions snapping to the ground
• Fixed some issues with ground reticle collision
• Fixed issues with healthbars displaying incorrect max health in certain situations
• Fixed fire aura stacking up VFX more than was intended
• Fixed being able to ‘steer’ during dodges
• Fixed bug that could cause vendors to ‘stack up’ on top of one another
• Fixed Tree of Life shutting down when Fauna are in radius
• Fixed issues with interactions occasionally selecting an item the user was not expecting