Drifting Lands V0.15 Closed Beta Update

New features & content :

• You can loot unique items in mission difficulty 5 or above. There are currently 31 of them with each very unique and game breaking changes.
• A few new waves and a new enemy ship for the second faction.
• Your saves have been reset (sorry we had to because of all the major modifications on loot), but you’ll have 50 000 credits to start your new game.

Improvements :

• New UI animation at the end of missions
• Animation and SFX added to the “Complete Mission” arrow to improve visibility
• Notifications are more clearly signaled when they appear with an animation and SFX
• Magnetic mortars and Magnetic spear SFX have been mixed down or modified
• The visual feedback when your ship takes damages has been enhanced
• Improved ergonomy on the skill selection page :
  • Pressing B or RMB will cancel skill selection instead of leaving the page
  • Pressing A or LMB on empty space will cancel skill selection
• You can now use the scroll wheel to change the skill page
• Missions are now complete when all enemies / mines AND bullets are out of screen or destroyed. You won’t get a “mission complete” before we’re sure * you’re alive and safe :)
• The computer voice for “Close Kill” has been removed.

Balance :

• Fire rate of Double Canons and Rail Guns have been very significantly improved
• Max focus level increase secondary modifier has been removed
• 3 new (not too) aggravating flaws :
  • Focus max level decrease
  • Shield cooldown increase
  • Shield regeneration reduction
• Loot in mission is more evenly spread between categories. You’ll find CPUs and helmets more easily.
• Merchant will now sell more CPUs and helmets
• Merchant won’t sell rare objects anymore.
• Average loot level has been increased by 1 for Marauders and 2 for Sentinels
• A lot of enemy projectiles deal significantly less damages
• Combat Reflexes cooldown has been increased from 5 to 8
• Energy cost of Forked Fire has been increase from 12 to 16 /s
• Some minor tweaks have been made on the standard items requirements

Bugs :

• Fixed a bug where you could make objects disappear by dropping them from your inventory to your stash
• Pressing B to leave the pause screen will not trigger the B skill anymore