jtoddcoleman 9,166 Crowfall Dev Share Posted May 17, 2017 Hey folks, OK -- so, we are going to do a snap test today, to test some of the new stuff we revealed this morning ! As we have done in the past with significant updates, this means that we need to "reset the clock" back to the smallest subset of players, to make sure the servers don't fall over, and then we'll add more players as stability allows and dictates. We'll start with Pre-Alpha 1 & 2 and then move on to Alpha 1, etc. This version has a TON of changes. Some of it was covered in the reveal; a lot of it did not. Patch notes will follow after this message, but here is a "Greatest Hits" of fixes and changes in the build that it about to go up. - There are so many changes that a wipe was necessary: spirit banks will be empty, purchases will need to be re-imported, EKs and characters will have to be re-created. Skill training was not affected. - New lighting is in -- but still a first pass! We need to do a lot of tweaking to make it look as good as it did in the video. Weather effects and day/night cycle are still being tested internally. - Disciplines can be added to your character. There are more than 100 implemented in this version! A select few of them are not yet working because we're still working on animations, but most of them are usable. - To make it easy for you to test these, Disciplines Runestones have been added to the crafting tables with incredible simple recipes. (This will change, obviously!) Craft or collect a some and use the Runestones tab on your equipment UI to attach them to your character, then use the K screen to add the new powers and passives to your power bar. - We've divided all damage/health/etc numbers by 10. We asked for feedback, the general consensus was "the numbers are too high", so we adjusted them. - Chat bug should be fixed (fingers crossed!) - Server performance should be improved. One of the changes here had to do with knotwood/cobblestone/etc, so if you notice any changes with harvesting (can't target trees that seem to be there, etc) please let us know. - Eternal Kingdoms are now a maximum of 10 x 10 grid squares in size. - Eternal Kingdoms can now be set to PUBLIC / PRIVATE and you can turn PVP on / off. (!!) - PASSIVE powers are now in the game! These are powers that, once added to the PASSIVES area of your power bar, will give you benefits that trigger automatically (you don't have to do anything to activate them; hence the name). Again: press K to open your Powers screen to add them. - The harvesting test potions have been replaced with PASSIVE powers that will give you a handicap if you haven't trained the required skills (up to a point, of course). Since you only have 3 passive slots (currently), there is an opportunity cost in using them. Choose wisely. (Hit 'K' to bring up the Powers Config screen. Drag icons to the slots at the bottom. The purple icons on the left are the "newbie" passives for harvesting, crafting, skinning, etc.) Drag one of those into the PASSIVE slots below to activate it!) - There are new Harvesting potions in the Alchemy tab. These are not "test potions" like the previous ones; they are more limited in effect and have more reasonable resource requirements. They do not stack with the group leader passive. - Parcel crafting test recipes are in! You can create new parcels for your Eternal Kingdoms. - Architecture test recipes are in! You can create buildings. - Weapon efficiency is in! How this works: The multiplier on weapons * resource cost is now active. This is important because it can make you powers cost more or less resource (mana, fury, rage) to use. + weapon efficiency is bad, - weapon efficiency is good! - If you have a + weapon efficiency, you will want to use the Weapon Finesse passive to mitigate going positive. - The Race/Class changes mentioned in the reveal earlier today are NOT in the build (yet!) This is a pretty big change and will take a significant amount of development time to implement. We'll keep you updated as that effort continues. More changes listed in the patch notes, below! Todd blazzen, lichtqu4nt, brandon and 13 others 16 J Todd Coleman ArtCraft Entertainment, Inc. Follow us on Twitter @CrowfallGame | Like us on Facebook [Rules of Conduct] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazzen 4,641 Share Posted May 17, 2017 What are the hours for this test today? Please run it through the evening for those of us at work (like me)! dolmar and brandon 2 Blazzen <Lords of Death> YouTube - Twitch - Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah 8,372 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Wow, awesome stuff! Hopefully stability is good so you can let more testers in soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZYBAK 4,033 Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) HYPE! Edited May 17, 2017 by Zybak BarriaKarl and Kiro 2 SIGN UP HERE to get a 10% discount on any Crowfall package! Join the other 100,000 people and subscribe to my YouTube channel Twitch Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirCrowley 13 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Curufinwe 1 In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of Nicolas Cage hovering above? Perhaps it is true that man has no control; even over his own will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolmar 825 Share Posted May 17, 2017 I wanna test! and like blazen im at work ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtoddcoleman 9,166 Author Crowfall Dev Share Posted May 17, 2017 Just now, Zybak said: HYPE! ...it is exciting, but don't get TOO excited. There is a ton of new stuff in this build, and the more we add, the more we break. That's always the case. ;p Todd Requiem_MDK, coolwaters, Kiro and 4 others 7 J Todd Coleman ArtCraft Entertainment, Inc. Follow us on Twitter @CrowfallGame | Like us on Facebook [Rules of Conduct] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolmar 825 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Todd what level can get in and what level cant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtoddcoleman 9,166 Author Crowfall Dev Share Posted May 17, 2017 Just now, dolmar said: Todd what level can get in and what level cant? ...we'll start with Pre-Alpha 1 & 2, and see how it does for stability. If that works well, we'll start ramping in Alpha 1 quickly. coolwaters and Kiro 2 J Todd Coleman ArtCraft Entertainment, Inc. Follow us on Twitter @CrowfallGame | Like us on Facebook [Rules of Conduct] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destrin 3,081 Share Posted May 17, 2017 I'm gunna have to start buying the people at ACE some drinks cause of all this nutting.... Kiro 1 "Float like a Butterfly.... Sting like a Misplaced Decimal Point" - Xarrayne 2018 YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolmar 825 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Todd quoted me woot. I win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFC_Shiro 277 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Good job guys! Looking forward to seeing you guys pushing things even further! German Community Fansite - http://www.crowfall-community.de/ - News | Forum | Patchnotes | Guild Hosting | Guides | Database Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberSoul 90 Share Posted May 17, 2017 What about alpha 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolmar 825 Share Posted May 17, 2017 1 minute ago, SoberSoul said: What about alpha 2? Nope only Pre Alpha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberSoul 90 Share Posted May 17, 2017 10 minutes ago, jtoddcoleman said: ...we'll start with Pre-Alpha 1 & 2, and see how it does for stability. If that works well, we'll start ramping in Alpha 1 quickly. If Alpha 1 gets in Alpha 2 should have a chance no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolmar 825 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Pre-Alpha 1 & 2 Is not Alpha 1 , 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberSoul 90 Share Posted May 17, 2017 did you read what the quote said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destrin 3,081 Share Posted May 17, 2017 It will open up in time for the people lower than Pre-Alpha. If everything looks good i am guessing they open up A-1 and A-2 and possible A-3 in short succession. "Float like a Butterfly.... Sting like a Misplaced Decimal Point" - Xarrayne 2018 YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberSoul 90 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Thank you @destrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avloren 664 Share Posted May 17, 2017 25 minutes ago, jtoddcoleman said: - We've divided all damage/health/etc numbers by 10. We asked for feedback, the general consensus was "the numbers are too high", so we adjusted them. You guys are the best. Seriously. I guess those other changes are alright, too.. baerin, Nazdar, BarriaKarl and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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