We want to thank all of you for your support during EFAS’ development. A big thanks to our OGs, who have been working very hard on testing pre-release versions and helped us fix many severe issues so that each official version can be as high-quality as possible.
In the Alpha 100, each one of you will be able to get through the main quest, a VIP pass to unlock the Alpha 100’s Premium Battle Pass. By using it (right-click on the item in your backpack), you can unlock a 15-day battle pass buff and permanently obtain the Alpha 100 version’s exclusive commemorative Exosuit and FAMAS Assault Rifle Skin!
15-day buff details:
• Probability of crafting higher-quality equipment +5%
• Experience gained in combat +50%
• Proficiency experience gained +50%
• Credits gained +50%
• Maintenance costs - 50%
• Auction house transaction tax - 50%
Patch Note
New Features
Galaxy Map
- 2 New areas to explore: New Ares, and New Prometheus
UI
- New Crafting and Upgrade UI (Press C to open)
- New Purchase and Sell UI
- New daily mission reward chests [list]
- Complete missions to progress and unlock daily rewards (resets at midnight)
- Unclaimed rewards can be claimed the following day too
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Missions
- Lots of new missions
Battle
- New Hatchery Excavation Map (you need to defend the excavator against PEM assaults)
Battle Pass
- New Battle Pass (June 17 to June 29)
- In the Alpha 100, each one of you will be able to get through the main quest, a VIP pass to unlock the Alpha 100’s Premium Battle Pass. By using it (right-click on the item in your backpack), you can unlock a 15-day battle pass buff and permanently obtain the Alpha 100 version’s exclusive commemorative Exosuit and FAMAS Assault Rifle Skin! (The feature to switch weapon skins is coming soon)
Changes & Optimizations
UI
- New icons
- Ui interaction optimization
- Hovering with the mouse over has now a visual effect
- You can now use the mouse to change, equip and unequip equipment
- Added W/S shortcuts to switch between vertical tabs and Q/E to switch between horizontal tabs
- Mining and Recycling now won't trigger a popup
- Updated the fleet movement and fuel tutorial video
- Exchange UI can now be opened close to the captain's chair
- Clicking on the items in the Logbook, Crafting, and Upgrade UI now opens a popup with more detailed information
- Proficiency UI [list]
- You can now check the details of locked proficiencies
- You can now switch between proficiencies while checking the detailed information
Missions
- Business Intel-type missions are now Dailies
- Journey to the core: now triggers a Hatchery Excavation battle with PEMs
- Labor Migration: The battle will now start automatically after taking the mission, and the enemies are now Kerhalens
Battle
- Enemy fleets will proactively attack when traveling through high-risk zones (Urslan as of now)
- Failing against NPC fleets, merchant fleets, and space stations no longer sends you to prison
- Removed knockback effect from most of the AI
- Defensive troops are now immune to knockback
- Added a special attack to the FAMAS Simian Boss [list]
- Every 3 to 5 attacks, the Boss will spawn explosive barrels in a 50 meters area around him. Those barrels will explode after a 10s CD (being in the explosion range awards you with cookies! Trust me, I would NEVER lie about this!!).
Balance
- You can now get a selective materials chest when beating Pirates, NPC fleets, and patrol fleets that are above level 11
- You can now trade troops, ships, and vehicles in the auction house
- While traveling in the refueling range, your fleet doesn't consume fuel anymore
- White quality equipment and weapons can now have affixes
- The names of the armor sets have been adjusted to Assault, Tactical, and Defensive to reflect their usage better.
- Strengthening equipment and weapons will now increase their power value
- Experience required to level up above level 8 has been increased
- Experience required to level up Armor, Ships, and Vehicles proficiencies has been increased
- Different areas now sell items of different qualities [list]
- Terra and New Paris sell standard-quality materials
- New Tokyo-3, Serina, and Chijin sell fine-quality materials
- Ares, Prometheus, and Ironfall, sell rare-quality materials
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