Update log
Full Tempest Rising update
The complete published notes, normalized for clean reading and source attribution.
Extracted changes
- Gameplay
- Compatibility
- Balance
We’ve been ambushed, General!
Superweapons have been a highly requested and anticipated feature for Tempest Rising since long before launch, though we’d rank something else even higher…
Prepare to engage Veti hostiles!
Veti Multiplayer Test: Dec. 2-15
Starting NOW until December 15, owners of Tempest Rising can jump into a new public test branch and experience playing with the complete roster of the Veti Faction in Skirmish, Custom Games, and Quickplay matchmaking (Ranked is disabled in this test branch).
How To Access the Test
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If you own Tempest Rising, you will now have access to a Veti Multiplayer Test ‘Branch’. After the latest update has been successfully installed, you can find and access the test by going to Properties > Betas > Beta Participation and then selecting the veti_mp_test branch from the dropdown menu.
Test Veti Content
9 Buildings
7 Vehicles
6 Infantry Units
5 Air Units
5 Defensive Structures
5 Specialists
1 Superweapon
Veti fundamentals
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The Veti’s alien nature makes them a very different faction compared to the GDF and Dynasty. They have three core mechanics that distinguish them from human forces.
Subjugation and Sacrifice
By subjugating enemy infantry, the Veti claim dominance over the battlefield. On death, weakened enemies will gain new life as the Enlightened, a thrall of the Veti, which will serve their new masters with the power of holy Sacrifice. By their sacrifice, the Veti forces will become consecrated, unlocking new powers.
Awakening and Expansion
The Veti have their own unique system for upgrading structures and expanding across the battlefield. Enter: The Caretaker.
A supporting flying unit with a diverse toolset; two of its main abilities are creating Build Radius beneath itself at will and the ability to construct Ascension Anchors. By consuming your Enlightened (converted enemy infantry), the Ascension Anchor allows you to further upgrade and buff nearby linked structures.
As the Veti Commander, you’ll often be faced with a dilemma: Sacrifice your Enlightened in the heat of combat for impactful buffs, or have them retreat to your base to upgrade your Ascension Anchors? The choice is yours.
Tempest Symbiosis
Unlike the GDF or Dynasty Factions, the Veti do not brutally uproot the Tempest bud and leave a dead field in their wake. Their Refinement Altars cultivate the field, harvesting credits while never consuming any of the Tempest completely.
Veti Superweapon - Sanctifier Portal
When subjugation is insufficient, when the enemy’s corruption is too deep to be merely repurposed, the Veti enact their terminal doctrine: total purification. The instrument of this final judgment is the Sanctifier Portal. It is not a weapon of conquest, but of erasure—a declaration that the ground upon which the unworthy stand is so tainted it must be scoured back to its base elements.
Weapon Ability: Deploy Sanctifier
The Sanctifier Portal’s primary function is to deploy the ‘Sanctifier’ – an unstable avatar of pure energy that immolates all ground-based life and matter around it before consuming itself. The Sanctifier deals passive AoE damage in a radius beneath it, and has the perk ‘Subjugation Aura’ – applying the Subjugation effect to enemy Infantry within range, rendering them unable to gain positive status effects. Any Infantry units that die while under this effect will turn into Enlightened.
Unit Ability: Consume
The Sanctifier unit has an additional ability – ‘Consume’. When activated, the Sanctifier consumes ground units (friendly or enemy) in the target area, killing them instantly. The Sanctifier
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