A priority signal is beaming in from the void, captain. It's another update. They say it is update #349. There must be some mistake … With this update we've improved the Blade Master Trait balance, circled back to improve the first Early Access profession, Bounty Hunter, added 2 new ship weapons and completed some minor improvements for the Paladin Crusader and Wolfpack Interceptor.
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Thanks to the community for the outpouring of excitement and feedback about the new Blade Master profession! We've included a set of adjustments the Blade Master's Traits to balance them out. With your help, they are in a much better spot now. The Blade Master's Blood Ritual Trait has been upgraded to be much more focused on combat engagements with bonus to Fortitude, Melee Damage and a very powerful Debuff Resist.
Bounty Hunter Profession Buffs!
However, all this discussion of Profession balancing has highlighted the unfortunate fact that some of the first professions added to the game during the Early Access phase have been left behind a bit by the power curve. We'll be taking some time this month to make some adjustments and try to bring things back into balance. This patch includes some improvements to the Bounty Hunter profession.
New Ship Weapons!
Two terrifying new ship weapons are now available, the DSX Plasma Battery and the Vanguard Gravcannon. The new DSX Plasma Battery is a medium slot level 9 weapon and the Vanguard Gravcannon can punch a hole through anything at large slot, level 9. These are both based on requests from the community, so please keep your ideas and posts coming! They are fuel for the Star Traders reactor.
Improved Component Labeling
An awesome community member brought to our attention how easily confused the Defense Pattern Matrix and the Pilot Assist Module are when looking at ship status screenshots. To make this less confusing and make screenshots more readable, we've changed the icon for Defense Pattern Matrix from Pilot Booster to Defense Booster. This better matches what the component does and is visually more clear. Win-win!
On-Going Tweaks to Paladin Crusader and Wolfpack Interceptor
With so many new captains taking the bridge of the Paladin Crusader and Wolfpack Interceptor, we've heard a lot of feedback about how to tune these ships up to be just right. A big thanks to everyone sending this in and helping us improve. We've done some component swaps and tweaks and these are flying off the starport launch pad better than ever.
v3.3.113 - 7/27/2024
- Further revised Blade Master Profession Traits
- Improved Bounty Hunter Profession Traits
- New Ship Weapon: DSX Plasma Battery (Size 2, Level 9)
- New Ship Weapon: Vanguard Gravcannon (Size 3, Level 9)
- Components adjustments for "Paladin Crusader" and "Wolfpack Interceptor"
- Changed ship component icon for "Defense Pattern Matrix" to increase clarity
- Fixed bugs and reported crashes