The Discovery Development team is excited to announce that we are nearing the release of our next major update: Aftershock. The last few weeks have been spent on thorough polishing. Given our track record with previous announcements, we've made sure that this time we'll hit the mark.
Discovery Freelancer: Aftershock will release on June 1st.
As a small teaser of things to come, and to give everyone a head start on digesting the upcoming changes, we've posted the balance portion of the patch notes here.
We have made a minor adjustment to rule 3.0 of the Player Owned Base Rules:
This segment:
Original Rule Wrote:Siege Declarations last for two weeks once active. Once a Siege Declaration expires, the base may not be subject to another Siege Declaration for four weeks.
Has been changed to instead read:
Amended Rule Wrote:Siege Declarations last for two weeks once active. If the vulnerability window of a base changes during this siege period, the Declaration will remain valid for two additional days. Once a Siege Declaration expires, the base may not be subject to another Siege Declaration for four weeks.
Changing the vulnerability window of a base in response to a siege declaration is perfectly valid, and if it makes it easier for players to organize a defense, should definitely be done. However, it is not intended for players to change the siege window in the middle of a siege to deliberately "rob" the attackers of one of the 14 days they are allowed to siege for. In the 24-hour period before a siege fully kicks in, changing the vulnerability window will not extend the siege period. Any changes made thereafter, during the two weeks of active siege, will.
As of the next server restart, the following (minor) change to PoB wear & tear mechanics will be going live:
PoBs with insufficient - or insufficiently cared for - crew will take 6 times the usual wear and tear damage instead of the previous multiplier of 3. This means that an uncrewed PoB will be taking 1,200 damage per minute instead of 600, reducing the amount of time a poorly-maintained PoB will stick around for.
These are some (rough, rounded up) numbers of days an uncrewed PoB at full HP previously remained around for:
Quote:Core 1 - 14 days
Core 2 - 19 days
Core 3 - 24 days
Core 4 - 28 days
The new numbers are:
Quote:Core 1 - 7 days
Core 2 - 10 days
Core 3 - 12 days
Core 4 - 14 days
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