The last non-island related update is here!
And boy do I think it will shake things up.
Volcanoids is also 30% off right now [INSERT MARKETING SPEAK HERE]
And without further a do, let's break down the trailer scene by scene!
COG Hunt
Before we dig into the new enemies and structures, we have to cover this major behavior change on the COG side.
The way things were untill now is that COGs would attack you semi consistently as long as you were somewhere around the island (aside from the harbor).
But now the COGs are a bit more passive, minding their own business, you know.
Only doing their work missions around the island and the occasional patrol.
So you will see the refinery, research or production types around the island (red, green, blue).
BUT once you, dirty little saboteur, start causing some trouble, the COGs will slowly start to notice.
And once they get fed up with your bs,..
They will go into HUNT MODE
Which means that the military structures will spawn in the area along with military grade enemies.
Those will come after you until one of two things happen:
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[*] Either you go on the defensive and hold them off for 10 minutes.
[*] Or you go on the offensive and destroy these structures (or the laser device)
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This will stop the hunt mission and things will go back to normal.
Until you piss them off again.
COG Spiders
One of the new enemies that will spawn during these HUNT MISSIONS is the one and only
Spider COG
Which is the biggest, loudest, scariest and definitely the most complex enemy we've ever added so far.
Equipped with a gatling gun and a variety of moves this enemy will definitely give you a run for your money.
Self-spawning tanks
Second new enemy is the self-spawning tank.
Which means it doesn't need a drillship to drop it off, it can just dig its way up by itself.
These tanks are also part of the hunt mission.
COG Structures
Last but not least are the new COG structures.
As mentioned, these are critical to target, if you want the hunt mission to end sooner.
Achievements and Easter Egg
For all you completionists, we added a few more achievements for you to complete.
And a new Easter Egg as hinted in yesterday's comic.
Full Patch Notes
Features
- reworked enemy drillship and unit spawning
- added Cog Hunt
- added Cog Military structures
- added new enemy: Cog Spider
- added new enemy: Self-spawned tank
- added new way of spawning humanoid Cogs
- added 5th drillship segment
- added 4 new achievements
Improvements
- improved Cog AI
- improved quest item navigation
- improved positioning of HUD icons for player, drillship and modules
- reduced range of Cog tesla weapons
- modified positions of trees, rocks and deposits to accomodate 5th segment
- modified terrain to accomodate 5th drillship segment
- helper drones are no longer selected when opening map by game controller
Fixes
- fixed client cannot see modules on some segments
- fixed kill quests stop counting when host dies
- fixed custom settings affecting new game
- fixed terrain and invisible obstacles in caves
- fixed player teleporting when using device with a tool
- fixed tank movement when driving on the edges
- fixed player placement after using devices like worktable or pilot seat
- fixed tunnel tooltips on the map
- fixed Lava Source and Volcano tooltips
- fixed typos in item and quest descriptions
- fixed quest description
- fixed “Drillship inventory full” message, when there is free space
Visual improvements
- fixed double highlight in inventory and production screen
- fixed heat distortion
- fixed wrong icon on drone modules
- fixed coloring of modules on the drillship
- fixed blurry dials on newly spawned drillships
- fixed production large drone engines shutoff
- fixed quest description overlayed with other elements
That's it, hope y'all have a blast!
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