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A New Tutorial - 8.2.2.0
Over the last few days, I've rapid fire pushed to the live environment some huge changes to the way Skills, Weapons, and Armor present themselves to the player. Last night, I created an in-game tutorial book item to exp…
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8.2.1.4 - Systems Change Cont'd
The individual changes here on a micro level ended up being significantly more than I had originally thought they would, but on the whole this needed to happen. This is another installment of changing how things look an…
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8.2.1.3 - Event Test
Very small one today - I'm testing the concept of 'temporary events' in the live environment as it relates to weapons and gear. Until the next update, items from the Tattered set will have an additional tooltip note, gi…
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8.2.1.2 - Softlock Fix
This wasn't intended to release today but I received a bug report regarding an impassability situation if you took on the Caravan Dan quest from the Rabbit's Foot and then didn't turn it in before beginning the Orc War.…
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8.2.0.0 Update
The notes of this update internally are becoming bulky so I need to push it to clear my notepad and my brain. In this one, I'm still thinking about how to give player better and more interesting tools while also focusin…
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8.1.1.0 - Dusk Squash
I've been thinking for a while about the feedback received in the community hub and today I'm deploying the nerf. Dusk & Azroff Orcs in the final locations have a new hidden debuff which increases their likelihood to be…
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8.1.0.5 Update
I hit a huge delay when making the 8.1.X.Y set of updates, so I wanted to post a bit of information as to what's been happening. I'm currently working on the third rift inside the Colosseum based on the Nexus Waterway.…
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8.1 - Terrain Change & Squashing Bugs
The post I made yesterday did not anticipate the discovery of new bugs, so here we are. This post will serve as the 8.1.X.X patch notes update thread and will be edited/updated with new info rather than having additiona…
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Patch Delay
Hey - short one today. Just wanted to say that I'm holding back that world map update until I review a recently submitted issue where the end of game Finale events involving the Dusk Orcs are basically 'frustratingly di…
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A Question for the Players
Before the next update launches with the new world map, Abandoned Farm, Auria Lighthouse, and Prison Entrance, is there anything else anyone would like to see included? Think small scale - skill adjustments, item effect…
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Sneak Peak & Development Lore
It's been a long time since I've done one of these, but since I'm introducing a major change to the world map, here's a sneak peak at what it looks like today! One of the concepts I've had running since development star…
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Information about 9.0
A few months ago, we talked about how the game was going into end-of-service mode. Well, I have a plan for how the second title is going to go and I think it's something I can do with relative ease provided I first do a…
Patch notes9 changesFixGameplay - Cross of Auria
POSTMORTEM STORYTIME
If you're not familiar with the concept of a postmortem, it's what game developers do when a game has launched and some time has passed. They review the development process with the goal of preparing the team for future…
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8.0 - End of Service
Let me preface this by saying that I drafted this ~5 days before the previous update went out due to the delay in dropping the Horseman Hunter Pass. Let's get into it. Looking at my calendar between now and the end of t…
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Quick News
Hey all, 11 days ago I submitted the formal request for review for the Horseman Hunter Pass DLC which was repeatedly rejected because I am a terrible graphic designer and kept messing up the store asset pictures. I'm ba…
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BUG REPORT THREAD!
Hey everyone! Hardy here. I just wanted to let you all know that I got a new PC which means I'll be running through the entirety of the game from start to finish including all side stuff looking for lingering bugs befor…
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