Happy holidays in advance! With Christmas and New Year just around the corner, get ready for a major update. This release wraps up all character stories and progressions, shedding light on various sociocultural aspects of Europa. Thanks to your constructive conversations and feedback, we've also made quality of life and balancing adjustments.
Major Update #3 - V.1.4.0.8
Status:
- LIVE NOW: 15th December 2023
- Older Saves: Safe to continue (As always)
Continuing from the previous update, which we've successfully implemented all the promised improvements here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1597310/view/3717216145566038354
In this update, we proudly delve deeper into the stories of the people of Europa, offering a closer look at their ways of life through the characters' narratives. Each character has embarked on a journey from distant lands to Suthseg, seeking new opportunities or escaping their past.
Here is the list of all the recently unlocked character stories:
- Pierre
- Alistair and Stinky
- Roan
- Elise
- Helmi
- Harold
- Helga
- Albert
- Helmut
- Cadenza
- Gerunn
- Georgiana
- Leonard
- Francine
When the recently introduced storyline tracking screen, you’d be able to tell when you can expect to meet these characters out there.
Notable Improvements:
- Reduced the amount of pre-battle banters for inessential encounters
- Improved quest steps during early game to introduce mechanics and content with better pacing
- Hovering over upgradable facilities in the warehouse menu will now show the name and amount of material needed for the upgrade
- Hovering over facility upgrade info will now display the result of the upgrade
- You can now check how many items you have along with stack price while hovering the mouse cursor on an item
- Updated characters description and improve text consistency
- Increase encounter difficulty on officer quests to match with the pacing which they were unlocked
- Increase rewards from quests within officers questlines to be proportionate to tasks players were asked to perform
Balancing:
- Reduced Aetherhawks Riders HP
- Lower enemies surrendering threshold to reduce the likeliness of enemies surrendering prematurely while boarding
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed some officers upgrades skipping levels
- Storyline progress tab disappearing on some sequences
- Replace confusing commission quest text in Fort Broden
- Fixed magnifying glass showing up on empty inventory space
- Reduced the Calibration Room's reload bonus
- Fixed achievements unlocking consistency
- Move Caitlin (officer) unlocking info to act 5
- Fixed multiple discrepancy for numbers on ships detailed parameter view
- Improve stability on officers level up process
- Improve stability on search box use cases
- Fixed demand and reward inconsistency for Laventum Industrial Yard's Procurement Agent
- Fixed issues with crash upon loading a save game
- Fixed boarding range number inconsistency in the shipyard detail screen
- Fix some line break errors on GUI from newly added features
- Fix the boarding range amount being added in raw value instead of percentage
- Fix merchant information misplaced at branches of the Silberblum stores such as Huntington Quarry (You should now be able to see that there are marbles on sell there from the search menu)
- Fix airframe purchase price being inconsistent
Fair winds and clea…
Hold on, we're not done yet—especially if you're interested in joining the Open-Beta branch. Gain access to the concluding chapter and become a part of the ongoing end-game content updates.
Major Update #4 (The Ending Update) - V.1.5.0.0
Status:
- OPEN-BETA: 15th December 2023
- Older Saves: Should be safe, but remember, it's in Beta, so exercising caution is advised.
What to expect from this Beta session?
- The story progresses toward the conclusion of the main storyline.
- Experience three full acts leading to the final revelation.
- Encounter higher-tier enemy fleets led by skilled officers and crews.
- Gain access to the production of the Jormungandr Battlecruiser.
- Hunt for hidden achievements before the public release.
- Engage in more end-game fights, including secret boss fights and ongoing quest lines that are still being added.
- Additional ease of access and quality of life being implemented.
How do I join the Open-Beta?
Simply join our Discord server and submit your request here: https://discord.com/channels/824584233149923340/1076090631639810138
Once again, thank you for your continued support, and we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Fair winds and clear skies.
- Jay
