Patch v0.2 - Eventide
The team has been working tirelessly to prove to the world their capabilities and commitment to bringing Wayfinder as both Developer and Publisher.
The result of that heroic effort - over 2000 bug fixes, performance improvements, combat rebalances, Wayfinder reworks, system implementations, content enrichments, additional cosmetics and much much more. With that we say goodbye to Version 0.1 of Wayfinder, as this is indeed deserving of us moving to v0.2!
Full Patch Notes: https://www.airshipsyndicate.com/wayfinder-updates/2023/12/12/eventide-patch-notes
Patch Highlights:
Awakening System (part 1) - A major implementation for late game progression for players in Wayfinder. Upon reaching maximum level, Players can collect & craft Awakening Stones to add increased echo capacity, a buff to all of their stats on Wayfinders and Weapons, as well as overleveling their Equipment Level to equip level 30+ accessories. Right now the current cap is 3*. In the future we'll be expanding this system to 5* as well as implementing archetype levels and other horizontal progression for your Wayfinders and their entire archetype. Once Players reach level 5* Awakening they will unlock a whole new Echo Slot!
XP Caches - XP Resonance Caches for Wayfinders and weapons are now enabled! When we rolled out the 300% XP Buff, we had mentioned that we'll be adjusted XP once again to account for these scrolls. We have slightly reduced the overall gain from expeditions and hunts and put that difference into these XP scrolls.
Performance - We know performance has been a huge pain point for many members of our community, this is the first of many patches were we’ll directly be working on performance + optimization. This patch delivers hundreds of improvements on backend optimizations as well as client changes that have a dramatic impact on overall performance. We aren't done with improving performance, but this should be a huge leap in the right direction.
Senja Rework - As the Last of the Iron Sisters and Champion of the Imperial Arena, we didn't feel as though Senja was packing the punch we envisioned. Senja players should expect some major improvements to Sejna’s mobility, durability and offensive capability! These aren't only stat adjustments, but sweeping buffs/reworks to her core kit of abilities including a brand new Ultimate ability.
Rifle Subclass Reworks - The goal with this subclass rework is to incentivise creative loadout compositions, depending on the challenge Wayfinders face. Rather than have every rifle weapon essentially perform similarly asides from their weapon ability, we want each subclass to have a distinct utility to distinguish themselves.
Shotguns - Significant break power and close quarter splash damage
Rifles - Mid-range Low break but high broken DPS
Railguns - Long range single target burst
Underperforming Weapon Buffs - We want all weapons to be on a level playing field, with distinct strengths and weaknesses depending on the encounter. Sword & Shields as a weapon class are statistically less relevant compared to other weapon types, so there are a number of changes to weapons to bolster some of the less popular choices and give them a chance to shine.
Stat Rebalance - We want player builds to be diverse and interesting, with clear benefits for investing in the full spectrum of offered stats. Specifically Ability Power and Defensive stats were underperforming when compared to Weapon Power and Crits. To address this we are implementing some major buffs to AP builds, and fundamental improvements to Defensive stats as a whole.
Lost Zone Event items changes - Specific items in Lost Zones that may drop from a specific event now have a chance to drop in all events within that Lost Zone. Additionally, certain more rare events will now have a guaranteed drop chance of their specific resource!
Inventory Management and UI upgrades - Players will now have improved sorting functionality for their Echoes, ability to view Affinities and Echo slot types in shop/inventory lists, and sell multiple instances of items with a single input! We have laid the framework for Mass Tag + Sell/Dust with a single click as well as Multi-Crafting, so stay tuned as we look to add these and additional functionalities soon!
New Wayfinder + Weapon Dye Tech - We love seeing the huge diversity of player expression with our style system and dyes, but more is always better! Take a look into the new Dye options to see additional slots for Wayfinder VFX, even more trim customization, and three new slots for Weapon Dyes!
Updated Music and Combat Sound Effects - We are already very proud of the music and ambiance in Evenor, but prepare for even further immersion with loads of improvements to Combat feedback sounds (Hits vs Crits, breaks, deaths, dodges etc.) and a new music system.
Helper Coin Shop Update - It has been incredible to see how many Wayfinders take advantage of the Helper Queue system to help fellow players push back the Gloom. We want to reward that collaboration with a more robust Helper Shop! The new shop will include new and exclusive cosmetic items, rare crafting resources, dyes, housing items and will be refreshed with a rotation of future rewards as well!
New Weapons - Five brand new weapons await crafting. Bastion - Wingrave’s Signature Sword & Shield, Bloodsong - a bloodthirsty Scythe, Windmother’s Fang - a damage uncapping 2-hander, Umbros - Voidtouched Dual Daggers, and Voidbreaker - a soul-binding burst rifle!
Eventide Live Event - The citizens of Skylight are celebrating Eventide, but that means they’ll also need your help in making sure it’s the holiday the citizens deserve! Our biggest live event yet is now Live! Eventide features a vendor with exclusive seasonal housing items and cosmetics, a limited time Lost Zone with a new mini-boss, a Seasonal Hunt, an expansive quest chain, and lots of holiday cheer!
Event Timers on the map- No longer do you have to guess when events are happening or how long world bosses will be up! Our v1 of this system has real time countdown timers and markers on the map. In the future we'll be adding World Event names as well as more info there about drops, progress etc. Yes, this does include the global timer for the World Boss - Talon of Pyre!
A huge heartfelt thank you to the community for the flood of support messages and comments across the internet. We know this was not the road we expected to walk down, but life rarely goes the way you plan. We hope this patch demonstrates our team’s commitment to the players, proves that we are listening, and provides confidence to everyone that Wayfinder won't go quietly into the Gloom. Hope to see you in Evenor.