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Steam News & Season 2 Preview


Steam

We've been trying to contact Steam's anti-virus company to whitelist Turf Battles. Unfortunately, they've failed to respond to any of our communication attempts since we announced Season 2. This is not unusual for anti-virus companies, at least in my experience.

This means we will have to make various changes to the game and the Eonic Games Launcher before it is released on Steam. We expect this will result in our Steam release occurring during Season 2 instead of at the start of Season 2. Please note that this is not certain, and it might still be released with Season 2. However, there are several other things we need to complete before Season 2 starts, so it is unlikely we will be able to dedicate the necessary time for these changes before Season 2 begins.

 

Live Server Patch Notes

The following changes were implemented on the live servers on July 11.

  • Fixed a rare issue that caused the Triumphus Server to crash.
  • Players can no longer go directly under the Crystal Room or above it.
  • The Roof Top Hop quest has been adjusted so players no longer spawn above the Crystal Room, instead they spawn on the roof top of a house.
  • We've fixed an issue that caused players with slow connections to be disconnected after 1-5 minutes of logging in.
  • The game launchers repair & install feature has been optimized to include the latest released patch files (less download time).

 

Season 2 Update Preview

The following updates are only some of what is being released with Season 2. We have purposefully omitted various changes/updates because of how they might affect the current game. We will provide additional updates and more detailed information on some of the below-mentioned updates on August 1, 2024.

 

Partially Announced Changes
We are providing some information on the following changes, but not all. We will provide more information on these changes the day before Season 2 starts.

  • Delphiroth Dungeons: We've made various changes to the Delphiroth Dungeons to better support solo player farming/leveling.
  • Balance Changes: Various balance changes are coming when Season 2 starts (and during Season 2, based on feedback). These changes are ongoing, so please voice your thoughts/opinions on our Discord suggestion channels.
  • New Quest Lines: We will release a series of new quests that can be completed to solo level higher than the existing quest lines (which currently support leveling up to 160).

 

General Changes

  • Due to player feedback, players now run slower when holding their weapon in their hands (instead of on their back). If the weapon is on your back, you still run at full speed.
  • The Transmog Icon for items now vanishes when a transmog item is diffused.
  • Fixed an issue with some inputs where if you pressed enter, the input would no longer be usable, requiring an interface restart.
  • Various NPC interfaces (such as Reforging, Hair Salon, Transmog, Warehouse, Dialog, etc.) now have an auto-close distance (previously it only closed when out of range, sometimes).

 

Season-Specific Changes

  • Based on feedback from Season 1, season characters can no longer participate in the following content on non-season channels until one month has passed since the season started:
    • Entering/Taking Islands/Turfs
    • Civil War Event
    • Reaper Event
    • Soccer Event
    • Catastropha Cavern Event
  • Tribes must now register for the Ladianes Civil War on both Non-Season & Season Channels separately.
  • Season Tribes now earn x2 experience.

 

Player Titles

We have added Player Titles to the game. These titles will appear in red above a players head (next to their name) and can be earned by winning non-random season contests.

  • Non-random contests are any contest where the winner is not chosen at random (such as Season 1's Level Race & Highest PK Points contests).
  • Characters that won contests during Season 1 will be awarded titles on the character that won the contest.
  • In the future we plan to expand this feature to automatically reward/remove titles based on different kinds of statistics. For example, automatically being given the Top Pker title if you pass the player with the top PK Points (and removing it from the previous top pker). This might be done during Season 2 (or even before), it depends on how far along we get with other updates and Steam.

Player Titles Image

Player Location Synchronization
We've spent a lot of time improving the accuracy of other players' locations on your screen. We are still restricted by the age of the game engine, so synchronization issues may still occur, but it should be better than before. Specifically, players should notice an improvement with players that have higher move speeds.

These changes are highly experimental. Should issues arise, we will revert the changes. However, we have not noticed any abnormal issues during our testing.

 

Automatic Upgrade Interface

Based on player feedback, we've developed a new interface that can be used to automatically upgrade equipment to a desired stat level (if successful).

  • This new interface can be accessed by speaking with any Blacksmith (such as Jakar).
  • Players must confirm the auto-upgrade attempt by typing "CONFIRM X," where X is the desired stat level.
  • Players can only use Sephiroth, Sephiroth Choice, Blue Tear, Red Honor, Clonium, and Clonium Choice gems in the new interface.
  • When using a Sephiroth Choice or Clonium Choice gem, players can pick the stat that is upgraded. Otherwise, the upgraded stat is random during each upgrade attempt.
  • You can only use a non-choice gem on items that either have one stat or have all their stat levels lower than the item's Default Safe Stat Level.
  • Each time the interface is used, players will be charged 100,000 Leni (100,000 Leni per auto upgrade attempt, not per stat level).
  • The upgrade process will continue until one of the following happens:
    • The goal stat level is successfully reached.
    • The player runs out of the selected upgrade gem.
    • The item breaks during the upgrade process.

Auto Upgrade

Mobile Box/Mobile Store Box

The "Mobile Store Box" has been renamed to the "Mobile Box" and can now do the following:

  • Open an empty Store Window
  • Open the Production Interface
  • Open the Automatic Upgrade Interface

 

Cost Package Stores
We've made a new interface for players to more easily purchase items from NPCs. Previously, players had to go through text dialogs with NPCs to make these purchases.

  • Through disabled buttons and color-coded quantity displays, this new interface also tells you if you have enough cost items to purchase a specific item.
  • If you enter a number greater than what you can afford, it will automatically change to the maximum amount you can afford.
  • The interface checks your inventory, resource collection, and total Leni when determining if you can afford an item.
  • All purchases with this interface have a confirmation box where you must type "CONFIRM.".
  • The following NPC's now use this new interface:
    • Zipped Gem Merchant
    • Fantastic Gem Merchant
    • Vernon
    • Luan
    • Salamu

Cost Package Interface

  • PvP Rankings

Player Rankings

Rank Name PK Points
1 Monarch - Renegade 1546
2 Donatello - HotSix 1057
3 Smileyface - BugExploiterz 919
4 lllllIIIII - Sunguard 851
5 DOGWATER - 840
6 Anora - Renegade 799
7 LaoYang - 745
8 lllIIIllII - HotSix 669
9 Fent - Renegade 613
10 Fallendust - Death 609
11 Super_00O00O - 4321 596
12 CoinCollector - Finish 556
13 SJOBA - BugExploiterz 538
14 IIIIIIlIII - HotSix 534
15 Grizzy - Renegade 516
16 YesmaD - 1ManArmy 497
17 Super_OO0OO0 - Death 461
18 m1CKe - Death 450
19 Super_O00O00 - 405
20 Claire - Renegade 378
21 DarKnightY - 368
22 lIlIIllIll - 350
23 Liyu - BugExploiterz 335
24 Cain - Death 335
25 Super_000000 - ZKDS 332
26 DarkLegion - Finish 329
27 Tanberg - BugExploiterz 318
28 NO_OO - HotSix 312
29 LaGoM - BugExploiterz 303
30 xCrixUs - 272
31 Newbie - 250
32 Obscura - BugExploiterz 244
33 LookInMyEyeS - Death 238
34 Muzan - BugExploiterz 208
35 DirTyDanCeR - 207
36 Anarchy - Disaster 203
37 IlllIIIlII - Finish 202
38 lllIIlllIII - Renegade 195
39 KaLiNa - HotSix 174
40 llllIIIllll - Renegade 156
41 Rusty - 145
42 NlGHTMARE - Renegade 133
43 Mercedes_Benz - Renegade 128
44 CATWATER - 113
45 lllllllllI - Booms 109
46 Stevi - Renegade 105
47 Kezrm - tribe008 96
48 _llixill_ - Death 95
49 ViIlain - Multiverse 91
50 ll_Trouble_ll - Disaster 65

Tribe Rankings

Rank Name PK Points
1 Renegade 4579
2 BugExploiterz 2933
3 HotSix 2855
4 Death 2213
5 Finish 1204
6 Sunguard 870
7 4321 596
8 1ManArmy 497
9 Disaster 443
10 ZKDS 332
1 Death 21028
2 Renegade 20638
3 Zero 18203
4 Sunguard 13240
5 Dead_END 7209
6 TheCrazyWitch 5455
7 ReNaiSsanCe 5225
8 100fanta99success 3953
9 VETERAN 3419
10 Death_ 2810
1 Renegade 25217
2 Death 23241
3 Zero 18203
4 Sunguard 14110
5 Dead_END 7209
6 TheCrazyWitch 5455
7 ReNaiSsanCe 5267
8 100fanta99success 3953
9 VETERAN 3419
10 BugExploiterz 2940