This Nexus-specific patch fixes various balance issues and mission bugs concerning the beloved Nexus zone, which recently received a rework.
Spawner changes:
- Target Dummies have received some recoil increases:
- Target Dummy Mk.II recoil increased from 2s to 2.75s
- Target Dummy Mk.III recoil increased from 2s to 3.5s.
- Some Rat variants have had shield regen reductions:
- Huge Rat shield regen reduced from 25/s to 20/s.
- King Rat shield regen reduced from 35/s to 25/s.
- Queen Rat shield regen reduced from 45/s to 30/s.
- Reduced knockback on allied Cadet catapults by 50%.
- Volcom Pirates have had some shielding and regen reductions:
- Low-tier Volcom shield reduced from 650 to 350 shielding and 50/s regen down to 25/s.
- Mid-tier Volcom shield reduced from 750 to 700 shielding and 50/s regen down to 40/s.
- High-tier Volcom shield reduced from 1500 to 1000 shielding and 75/s regen down to 55/s.
- High-tier Volcom Wingship shield reduced from 1125 to 750 shielding.
- Reduced the number of Volcom in Mutara Scrapyard.
- Reduced the number of Volcom Wingships guarding the Delta Fuel Platform in Deep Space from 2 to 1.
- All Flyswatter types have had their shield strength reduced by 25%:
- Flyswatter Embryo shield reduced from 200 to 150 shielding.
- Flyswatter Larva shield reduced from 400 to 300 shielding.
- Flyswatter Maggot shield reduced from 600 to 450 shielding.
- Flyswatter Flylet shield reduced from 1000 to 750 shielding.
- Koto Research has received tankiness reductions:
- Koto Micro Zebu shield reduced from 500 to 250 shielding and 40/s regen down to 25/s.
- Koto Zebucart shield reduced from 800 to 400 shielding and 40/s regen down to 25/s.
- Koto Research Platform shield reduced from 3500 to 2500.
- Koto Research Complex shield reduced from 10,000 to 7500 and 50/s regen down to 25/s.
- Space Jelly “Wave” attack recoil increased from 3s to 4s and “Sting” attack recoil increased from 1s to 2s.
- Removed the allied Cadets from Deep Space.
- Reduced the number of Black Hole Brigands in Deep Space.
- Black Hole Brigands have received some strength reductions:
- Brigand shield reduced from 1500 to 1000 shielding and 50/s regen down to 10/s.
- Brigand Wingship shield reduced from 1125 to 750 shielding and 50/s regen down to 10/s.
- Brigand and Brigand Wingship damage reduced by 25% and recoil on all weaponry increased from 2s to 3s (except the Brigand Wingship’s Sebastapol, which went from 0.5s to 0.75s).
- Fixed the Brigands and Brigand Wingships to correctly drop the Black Hole Gravitas tweak.
Mission changes:
- Added new more-powerful versions of the Cadet’s Beam, Old Man Block, Cadet Catapult, and Stapleton’s Acid Shooter to replace the old ones. Existing versions will not be renamed into the new ones, due to behind-the-scenes issues with some of the player gear balance sheets.
- Added the ‘Mission Interface’ mission explaining the mission interface with an indicator pointing to the ‘Combat Practice’ mission.
- Added three new upgrade-focused missions to various Nexus stations, going over Augmenters, Ship Upgrades, and Radars.
- Added two new skill-focused missions to various Nexus stations, reminding players to train skills up.
- Tweaked summary text of ‘Skill Training’ mission and added an indicator pointing to the skills tab and the skills to choose from within that tab.
- Changed the instance missions that auto-began in the instance lobbies (Tunnels and Droppings, Whiskey Approach, and Hangfire) to no longer require exploration of that lobby system, as those versions of the missions are given to players within that lobby.
- Changed the ‘Volcom Raiders’ mission to require a Volcom and Volcom Wingship kill.
- Fixed the ‘Two Steps Back’ mission for Whiskey Outpost not conflicting with the ‘Attack on Whiskey Outpost’ mission.
- Changed the “Oats Captain” mission to only require 3 Space Oats instead of 10.
- Changed the ‘Business Rivals’ mission to only require Luigi Salmano to be eliminated.
- Fixed ‘Twin Pillars Run’ mission to be completed before ‘Twin Pillars Run II’ is available.
- Corrected the ‘Twin Pillars Run II’ mission summary from 150 to 165 seconds.
- Fixed the ‘Hidden Refuge’ mission.
Miscellaneous changes:
- Fixed instance wormholes to state minimum level requirement to enter instead of an error message.
- Updated the Nexus neurotweaks. This includes updated charge times, and altered effects for the Leaking Fuel Cell and Jelly’s Acidic Blood tweaks.
- Added additional “guideplates” (floating text in space) with helpful advice in Cadet Academy and other areas of Nexus.
- Added Janitor’s Special Cleaner to Earth Central in Sol for use in planetary projects.
- Moved Not Too Badly Damaged Positronic Brain drop away from Rattie Moe and to Space Rat Broodmother in Sol.
