Patch Notes Summary (Yearly)

Page Context

Due to the sheer number of updates I've had to be somewhat selective with including changes which I think are of the most interest. I suggest looking at the Official Website Update Notes page and the discord Discord for more detailed and comprehensive records.

Latest Patch Notes Summary

• 29th October 2023 (2.5.468)

2017 (2.3 Released)

Balance

Armour

• Nerfed strength of armours

General

• Reduced broken leg malus
• Reduced Overall player damage and NPC healthpools

Weapons

• Buffed accuracy & damage of AoE weapons
• Buffed anti-vehicle weapons
• Decreased self-damage modifier on AoE weapons
• Fixed DamageBoost so it works on NPCs
• Nerfed damage of Ray of Last Hope
• Nerfed strength of Absorber, Deflector and Protector
• Removed the bonuses added to epic, rare & WoC weapons to make more weapons viable

Content

Items

• Added new APU rare beam module (Holy Caustic Rain)
• Added new Ionic Crossbow Rifle
• Added new rare junk knife (Blackmist's Remorse)
• Added new rare pistol (Anarchist)
• Added new rare pistol (Sucker Punch)
• Added new rare PPU line of sight heal (Holy Restoration)
• Added new rare rifle (Second Love)
• Added new rare Stiletto (Soligen's Finest)
• Added new sets of furniture
• Added new WoC melee weapon (Warbots Bane)
• Added new WoC PSI gloves

Missions

• Added new mission to attain new implants (WoC PSI Gloves)
• Added new mission to attain new WoC melee weapon (Warbots Bane)
• Reworked starter MC5 area with new missions

World

• Re-added Outzone 7 with a new wave mechanic. As you kill the mobs, stronger ones will spawn
• Reworked Club Veronique as a Faction Warzone. Hack the terminal inside to turn the guards loyalty
• Updated most outpost structures to be solid
• Updated numerous texts (descriptions, mails, infos, scripts, names)

Technical

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug which could cause some players to be invisible
• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

Improvements

• Improved dynamic lighting
• Improved game precaching to reduce potential stutter
• Improved netcode
• Improved numerous areas of the codebase
• Improved particle effect performance
• Improved the item description window
• Improved the weapon codebase
• Reimplemented the damage logs

New Features

• Added ability to move single & whole stacks by holding SHIFT/CTRL whilst moving items
• Added Item-swapping, except for items in your inventory.
• Added Loot-Rights. With ALT+0 to ALT+5 you can select who might be able to loot your NPCs. This applies just loot NPCs.
• Added new coloured damage indicators to show the damage types being inflicted
• Added new controls to drones. Droners can now control the distance to ground with Duck and Jump keybindings.
• Added vendor item sorting
• Team XP applies to secondary main skills

2018

Balance

General

• Reworked starting point allocation of classes

NPC

• Ranks of Grim Chaser & Grim Persecutor swapped
• Rebalanced NPC health (general reduction)

Vehicle

• Nerfed Vehicle damage

Content

Items

• Added Halloween furniture
• Added new droner Power Armours
• Added new Tech Haven apartment, exclusive to FA players
• Added new tier (v4) of Medkit, Stam booster, PSI booster & Hack booster with higher number of consumable usage

Missions

• Added new daily missions for PvE kills (Job Centre)
• Added new daily missions for Tradeskillers (Job Centre)
• Added new Jones missions for Fallen Angel characters starting in Tech Haven
• Added new mission (NCPD Manhunt)
• Added new terminal missions for each faction under Very Hard difficulty
• Added new terminal missions for Hacknet kills
• Reworked the job centre to serve as a mission hub for players. Daily missions on 1st floor, low level missions on 2nd floor

World

• Added new dungeon (Mech Haven)
• Added new high level Hacknet mobs
• Added new low level Hacknet dungeon
• Added new low level Hacknet mobs
• Re-added all four Ceres BioGenetic Laboratories
• Re-added the GR at Escador Oasis (K15)
• Reworked Tech Haven and moved starting location of Fallen Angel characters there

Graphics

Additions

• Added new textures, decals & actors

Remasters

• Remastered drones and some world actors

Technical

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that stopped players seeing NPC animations
• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

Improvements

• Improved proxy network code
• Released a new game launcher

New Features

• Readded Hint of the day

2019 (2.4 Released)

Balance

Armour

• Buffed armour stats
• Removed decimal values from armour modifiers

Drugs

• Removed decimal values from drug modifiers

Implants

• Buffed rare implant stats
• Removed decimal values from implant modifiers

Items

• Increased charges of v4 Booster/Medpacks from 10 to 20 (daily-mission items)

Content

Items

• Added new spider & vehicles trophies
• Added new WoC 3 Power Armours
• Added new WoC melee weapon (Claw of the Lizard)

Missions

• Added new mission to attain new WoC 3 Power Amours
• Added new mission to attain new WoC melee weapon (Claw of the Lizard)
• Added new missions to the Job Centre 3rd floor in Plaza 2
• Increased rewards for daily missions

World

• Added new dungeon (Baneful Spider Cave)
• Added new dungeon (Plaza Abandoned Cellar)
• Added new FSM blackmarket where barters can buy from any FSM

Graphics

Additions

• Added new game item models

Technical

Bug Fixes

• Fixed weather effects
• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

Improvements

• Improved internal resource management
• Improved item tracking
• Improved language support
• Improved several AI scripts
• Improved sync performance

New Features

• Added item grades that allow us to create legendary like items
• Added Spanish language support

2020

Content

Items

• Added new armour set (Viper King)
• Added new furniture options
• Added new high level PSI bones (Apparition)
• Added new missing Bat Queen bones to complete the set
• Added new tradeskill bones (Cryton's & Cryton's Best)
• Added new WoC hovercraft vehicle
• Added new WoC INT tradeskill gloves

World

• Added new apartment complex in the Pepper Park Sectors
• Added new faction specific titles for completing your epic
• Added new title of Ronin, attained by completing all epics
• Reworked J05 spawns and loot tables to create a new level hub

Graphics

Additions

• Added a new BioGenetic Labs dungeon (WoC Launchers)

Remasters

• Improved textures of all vehicles
• Improved visuals for all melee weapons
• Remastered GR model
• Remastered many world actors

Technical

Bug Fixes

• Fixed game crashing bug from multi-lightning
• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

Improvements

• Improved NavRay code
• NPCs have a single rank instead of having CR & BR

New Features

• Added Borderless Fullscreen & Borderless game configuration options
• Team XP is now based of BR

2021 (2.5 Released)

Balance

Armour

• Added ATH to underwear to tailor them towards speed builds
• Buffed the armour bonuses of high level armour
• Reworked armour requirements to create lower tiers of each armour set more accessible to other classes

Class

• Buffed strength of resist per skill point used and standardised between classes
• Buffed the viability of blessed PE
• Buffed the viability of HC PE
• Introduced a small delay before stealth can be activated
• Rebalanced APU to be a true glass cannon - highest damage, lowest durability
• Rebalanced PE to be more of a Jack of all trades
• Rebalanced Spy to be more of a glass cannon with technology
• Rebalanced Tank to be more of a true tanking character that takes damage but doesn't deal as much damage
• Reduced shield strength & increased self-cast bonus to negate it's effect on the PPU
• Reworked resist caps to increase the difference between classes

General

• Improved nanite QoL by buffing mixed variety and lowering nanite activity per dose
• Increased broken leg malus slightly
• Reworked requirements of many items updated for better progression

Implants

• Rebalanced opposing tradeskill malus (generally removed)
• Reworked implants to refactor them into serving a purpose (e.g. damage, resist, speed, utility)
• Reworked many implants requirements for more standardised progression

NPC

• Reworked NPC HP & damage to suit new player balance and offer predictable difficultly scaling

Vehicles

• Buffed responsiveness of vehicles
• Rebalanced HP & armour of vehicles
• Rebalanced Vehicle weapon damage (tied to TL)
• Reduced speed & agility of entry vehicles, whilst improving that of later vehicles to encourage investment to better vehicles

Weapons

• Added AoE to APU ball and ball blast
• Buffed effectiveness of ant-vehicle rockets against vehicles
• Buffed Holy Restoration
• Buffed turret damage & price significantly
• Increased the bonus that higher combat skill has on weapon damage
• Nerfed Holy Heal strength
• Nerfed HP & range of drones
• Rebalanced PSI cost of modules
• Rebalanced weapon damage (more closely tied to TL)
• Rebalanced weapons to fit the following general damage profile APU > Rifle > Pistol > Heavy > Melee > Drones
• Reworked ammo packs size, weight and number of damage types to introduce standardisation
• Reworked weapon class characteristic differences in order to give weapon classes a more distinct feel (range, recoil, stamina use, frequency)

Content

Items

• Added Forte variants to Serumderibat & Thyronol
• Added Improved LoM pills that take less XP away when used
• Added new high level bones (Cyborg, Scorpion, Shaman, Soldier, Viper)
• Added new levelling weapons which can be gained through recycling
• Added new rare APU lances (Holy Voltage, Holy Frostbite, Holy Corrosion, Holy Pyre) & rare PSI Attack
• Added new rare APU PSI Attack (Holy Evisceration)
• Added new rare rifle with AoE effect (Rapture)
• Added new seasonal Halloween weapons (Pumpkin guns)
• Added new Trader Power Armours
• Added new trophies

Missions

• Added new mission (The Antique Heist)
• Added new mission to attain new AoE rifle (Rapture)
• Added new mission to attain new Trader Power Amours
• Added Pathfinder missions to C08 & J05
• Increased XP rewards from most missions
• Reworked every starter city so you can easily level to /40. Each city has new dungeons and terminal missions

World

• Added new dungeon (Abandoned Brotherhood of Crahn HQ)
• Added new dungeon (Seasonal Winter Wonderland map)
• Added new HEW store to Via 1
• Added new mobs, new mob placements and new missions to target each stage of the levelling progress
• Added new Points of Interest around the Wastelands
• Added new tradeskill hub to Plaza 1
• Reworked every starter city dungeon to create better levelling experience and introduce progression through the city
• Reworked naming conventions to be more intuitive and cohesive
• Reworked several Outposts to create more varied OP fights

Graphics

Additions

• Added new clothing options for characters
• Added new icons for various items

Quality of Life

• Reduced intensity of some weapon animations to reduce discomfort they cause

Remasters

• Graphical overhaul of Plaza & Viarosso sectors
• Improvements to skybox rendering
• Remastered & reimagined El Farid dungeon introduced
• Remastered desert buildings
• Remastered textures used in Plaza & Viarosso sectors
• Remastered various objects in the world

Technical

Bug Fixes

• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

2022

Balance

Class

• Increased self-cast shield modifier

Items

• Increased charges of Medkit, Stam boosters, PSI boosters & HCK boosters

NPC

• Rebalanced NPC damage (tethered to their Rank)

Weapons

• Buffed damage of none AoE weapons
• Buffed range of pistols
• Fixed a bug that made Soul Clusters almost invincible
• Fixed accuracy on all weapons (every weapon should now hit approx 95% of shots with a fully closed reticle)
• Increased cast time of low-level shields to mitigate noob buffing
• Increased self-damage AoE modifier
• Increased the cast time of antibuffs
• Nerfed range of shotguns & flamethrowers
• Reduced rez cast duration
• Reworked some ammo packets so that they can switch to 40/60 damage split on a primary/secondary damage type

Content

Items

• Added new APU Crahn & Blessed anti-protector modules
• Added new cosmetic model variants of Monk Power Armour
• Added new cosmetic model variants of Spy Power Armour
• Added new seasonal Winter weapons (Snowball guns)
• Readded missing trophies

Missions

• Added Pathfinder missions to F04 & H08
• Reworked terminal missions to be more rewarding and suit new city dungeons

World

• Added new additional exit hatches to all Outposts
• Added new mini dungeon in order to kill the MC5 Base Commander
• Added new variants of Warbots to the Wasteland along with trophies for each
• Disabled Mutant Faction takeovers from 18 Outposts

Graphics

Remasters

• Remastered Doomreapers family models (Grims, Doomreapers, Small Reapers)
• Remastered Outpost structures
• Remastered several more Pepper Park connected zones
• Remastered several Pepper Park connected zones

Technical

Bug Fixes

• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

New Features

• Added 144+ FPS / >60HZ support
• Added HUD whilst in sniper scope

2023 (Jan - Oct)

Balance

General

• Buffed Crahn & Blessed boosters
• Buffed resist point strength a little
• Nerfed foreign cast PPU shields by approx 5%

Implants

• Removed Hack malus from PSI Gloves

NPC

• Rebalanced Wasteland mob damage (generally reduced)
• Reduced scale at which NPC HP scales so end game mobs aren't so bullet spongey

Weapons

• Decreased damage & increased frequency of APU lances
• Decreased the time it takes for the aiming reticle to close
• Fixed low level PADs to be useful before achieving self-cast bonus
• Increased duration of Crahn & Blessed Boosters to 10 minutes
• Increased the PSI cost of DamageBoost
• Reduced frequency of some weapons to make them easier to use (SWAT Pistol, Judge, Ionic Shotgun Rifle, Terminator, Rapture, Second Love, Ionic Shotgun Cannon)
• Reworked hit chances to introduce a new standardised system between all guns in order to improve hit registration of single shot weapons

Content

Items

• Added new cosmetic model variants of Tank Power Armour
• Added new high level hand grenades (Pathfinder Incendiary & Pathfinder Frag Grenades)

Missions

• Added Pathfinder missions to J10 & E12

World

• Added new boss NPCs for events
• Reworked J01 spawns and added a terminal to create a new level hub
• Reworked several Outposts to create more varied OP fights
• Updated wasteland spawns to reduce chance of double spawning

Graphics

Additions

• Added new nanite buff icons
• Added new sync animations

Quality of Life

• Optimised 106 models

Remasters

• Remastered more world actors & decals
• Remastered Pepper Park sectors
• Remastered the NC Subway & more outpost structures

Technical

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where self-cast bonus & temp effects could be lost when zoning
• Fixed mouse scroll wheel in trader windows
• General bug fixes, client stability updates and QoL updates

Improvements

• Improved how self-cast modifier is calculated

New Features

• Added more Latin1 characters