[Game Update] - 719857

[V2C]

Hey guys, we've been trying to finish up some of the more tech heavy changes needed, especially with the Spatializer Circuit, to get that out in a hotfix before the weekend.  We're still working on the remaining skills, but next week we will also put some focus on retuning the current Circuits.  To be honest, it is very likely that we will be adjusting down their effects overall.  It may not be a popular change immediately, but we feel some rebalancing is necessary, and the sooner we can get feedback on it the better.  Huge thanks to everyone currently in the Beta!

Changes

• Roto-Mapper can now be selected even if it is out of range from WX-78, but can only be sent back to destinations within range.
• Spatializer Circuit changes:
  • Expansive Storage Unit now stays installed as long as the circuit is plugged in.
    • Can only be opened if the corresponding circuit is powered.
    • Can no longer be moved or dropped.
    • No longer requires the player to be stationary to keep it open.
  • Players may need to Unplug and reinstall their circuits in existing beta save files for these changes to take proper effect.
• Updated art to help distinguish between Circuit types (Alpha, Beta, etc.)

 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug with Riled Abigail not targeting properly.
• B.U.D.D.Y. will now tend to nearby farm plants.
• Fixed a crash with the Illumination Circuits while teleporting in the Sanctum.
• Fixed WX-78’s Circuit actions not networked properly on clients.
• Fixed a crash that sometimes happened when unplugging circuits.
• Fixed night vision improperly updating with the Optoelectronic Circuit and Moggles.
• Fixed Thermal Circuit steam fx alignment on Backup Chassis and while mounted on a Beefalo.
• Fixed Backup Chassis highlighting on the Map after swapping to another character.
• Fixed Circuits showing up as unpowered after Transferring Consciousness in the HUD UI.
• Fixed W.O.B.O.T., W.I.N.bot, and Woby from trying to store items inside of a Backup Chassis.
• Fixed a crash with Buzzards attacking.
• Fixed players saying the wrong phrase when trying to shave Woodie.

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[Evelo]

Just now, V2C said:

To be honest, it is very likely that we will be adjusting down their effects overall.  It may not be a popular change immediately, but we feel some rebalancing is necessary, and the sooner we can get feedback on it the better.

Looking forward to it! Thanks for this style of beta, it feels really nice.

[reddocc]

Lois 

[Kacpert25]

Oooh, nice visual changes.

[Jakepeng99]

4 minutes ago, Kacpert25 said:

Oooh, nice visual changes.

That should be mentioned in the patch notes, Thats a huge change

17 minutes ago, V2C said:

We're still working on the remaining skills, but next week we will also put some focus on retuning the current Circuits.  To be honest, it is very likely that we will be adjusting down their effects overall.  It may not be a popular change immediately, but we feel some rebalancing is necessary, and the sooner we can get feedback on it the better.  Huge thanks to everyone currently in the Beta!

Very nice.🔥

[Parusoid]

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B.U.D.D.Y. will now tend to nearby farm plants.

whats a b.u.d.d.y?!

[Kacpert25]

2 minutes ago, Parusoid said:

whats a b.u.d.d.y?!

A reward related to the Expectamus puzzle.

[hhhhddh]

15 minutes ago, V2C said:

 To be honest, it is very likely that we will be adjusting down their effects overall

Will it be nerf for the skilltree perks or for the basic stat of circuit?

If it is for perks I think it could be good, but if it is for basic stat I'll be kinda disappointed, especially for alpha ones, cause I think 1 super-hardy, 1 beanbooster and 1 super-gastrogain is the "standard stat" of WX to compare with other characters(250hp/200san/200hunger), other circuit combinations are extreme case like 600/100/100. And the "standard stat" take the scanning and dealing with 2 bosses(spider queen, which takes time to wait; and bee queen, which takes much armour or other resources to defeat), and also need enter the cave to find slurper. While Wurt feed a merm king can gain 250/250/200.

But after all looking forward it!

[Koomin]

36 minutes ago, V2C said:

...  To be honest, it is very likely that we will be adjusting down their effects overall.  It may not be a popular change immediately, but we feel some rebalancing is necessary, and the sooner we can get feedback on it the better...

 

This is actually a great sign for this beta. It's really unfortunate when skills are put into beta too powerful and then left like that because people might get upset about "nerfing" what are unreleased test skills with often essentially shot in the dark initial values. I feel like the main reason for the skilltree power creep people are now complaining about is that betas have become more lengthy and involved instead of just testing for bugs, and people clamor for skills to be made stronger and stronger.  Happy to see this this time.

Excited for things to land in a good spot and to see the gamma skills next week.

[-Nick-]

46 minutes ago, V2C said:

Updated art to help distinguish between Circuit types (Alpha, Beta, etc.)

Not a big fan of the color here, it looks ugly in my opinion, too saturated. 😕


Maybe tone down the bright colors so it looks more natural? Like the red in the old circuit art. Beta could be more of a navy blue and Gamma could be a more amber color.  

Edited March 28 by -Nick-

[Digi62BR]

20 minutes ago, Kacpert25 said:

A reward related to the Expectamus puzzle.

How do I win this? Where can I find this puzzle?

[Terra_cat]

27 minutes ago, V2C said:

To be honest, it is very likely that we will be adjusting down their effects overall.  It may not be a popular change immediately, but we feel some rebalancing is necessary

 

noooo they're gonna make super processing get shot dead in the bronx

im not super sure what nerfs would be planned besides nerfing the stats of alpha circuits, since a lot of beta circuit nerfs i think would make them too weak (for instance, making thermal/cooling less effective would make a lot more people keep using 3 speed circuits and just make traditional seasonal gear)? maybe it is mostly alpha circuit nerfs planned; namely, an across the board nerf that makes stacking them have diminishing returns (similar to speed circuit stacking)? maybe theyre just gonna make speed circuit stacking less strong to encourage using only one.

im curious to see, if a little hesitant because i think insightless WX is in a reasonable spot right now, with only some circuits (super speed) needing tweaks. although that would almost definitely change if i had the gamma circuits and alignment to base my assumptions off lol. 

or did you mean tweaking circuit effects gained from insight? because that i could see a case for.

2 minutes ago, Digi62BR said:

How do I win this? Where can I find this puzzle?

the arg itself: Exspectamus

you get the B.U.D.D.Y. ingame after you assemble it in the webpage.

For solutions theres the below thread with many guides to get to where we are now. 

 

 

[Jakepeng99]

13 minutes ago, -Nick- said:

Not a big fan of the color here, it looks ugly in my opinion, too saturated. 😕


Maybe tone down the bright colors so it looks more natural? Like the red in the old circuit art. Beta could be more of a navy blue and Gamma could be a more amber color.  

Yeah I agree

13 minutes ago, Digi62BR said:

How do I win this? Where can I find this puzzle?

Good luck it takes hours 

[hhhhddh]

16 minutes ago, Digi62BR said:

How do I win this? Where can I find this puzzle?

you can find it in lore section

[-Nick-]

Okay ive been rethinking about this, I think the color coding could just be reverted. It feels very in your face shouting at you which circuit goes where. We have the unique prongs and pointed tips, which also is shown in the circuit menu. I much prefer the shape coding than the color coding.

35 minutes ago, -Nick- said:

Not a big fan of the color here, it looks ugly in my opinion, too saturated. 😕


Maybe tone down the bright colors so it looks more natural? Like the red in the old circuit art. Beta could be more of a navy blue and Gamma could be a more amber color.  

 

Edited March 28 by -Nick-

[Digi62BR]

1 hour ago, V2C said:

Olá pessoal, estamos trabalhando para finalizar algumas das mudanças mais técnicas necessárias, principalmente no Circuito Espacializador, para lançá-las em uma atualização antes do fim de semana. Ainda estamos trabalhando nas habilidades restantes, mas na próxima semana também nos concentraremos em reajustar os Circuitos atuais. Para ser sincero, é bem provável que reduzamos seus efeitos no geral. Pode não ser uma mudança popular de imediato, mas acreditamos que um rebalanceamento é necessário, e quanto antes recebermos feedback, melhor. Um enorme agradecimento a todos que estão participando do Beta!

Mudanças

• Agora é possível selecionar o Roto-Mapper mesmo que ele esteja fora do alcance do WX-78, mas ele só pode ser enviado de volta para destinos dentro do alcance.
• Alterações no circuito espacializador:
  • A ampla unidade de armazenamento agora permanece instalada enquanto o circuito estiver conectado à energia.
    • Só pode ser aberto se o circuito correspondente estiver energizado.
    • Não pode mais ser movido ou solto.
    • Não exige mais que o jogador fique parado para mantê-lo aberto.
  • Os jogadores podem precisar desconectar e reinstalar seus circuitos em arquivos de salvamento beta existentes para que essas alterações entrem em vigor corretamente.
• Arte atualizada para ajudar a distinguir entre os tipos de circuito (Alfa, Beta, etc.)

 

Correções de bugs

• Corrigido o bug que impedia a Abigail Irritada de atingir o alvo corretamente.
• BUDDY agora cuidará das plantas da fazenda próxima.
• Corrigido um problema que causava o fechamento inesperado do jogo com os Circuitos de Iluminação ao se teletransportar no Santuário.
• Corrigido o problema em que as ações de circuito do WX-78 não estavam sendo conectadas corretamente em rede nos clientes.
• Corrigido um erro que às vezes causava o fechamento inesperado do jogo ao desconectar os circuitos.
• Corrigido o problema de atualização incorreta da visão noturna com o circuito optoeletrônico e os óculos de proteção.
• Alinhamento fixo do circuito térmico de vapor no chassi de reserva e enquanto montado em um Beefalo.
• Corrigido o problema de destaque do chassi reserva no mapa após a troca para outro personagem.
• Circuitos corrigidos apareciam como desligados após a Transferência de Consciência na interface do usuário (HUD).
• Corrigido o problema que impedia os robôs WOBOT, WINbot e Woby de armazenarem itens dentro de um chassi de backup.
• Corrigido um problema que causava o fechamento inesperado do jogo quando os abutres atacavam.
• Corrigido o problema em que os jogadores diziam a frase errada ao tentar barbear o Woodie.

 

Veja a atualização completa

 

I hope these are moderate nerfs. I mean, it makes no sense to spend skill points on abilities that end up being too weak to make any real difference in gameplay, right?

[PunkShark]

I like the colorcoding, it makes it easier to see which goes to where even if the colors are a bit too saturated.
Compared to the prongs which were just too subtle. I didn't even notice the prongs changed until someone mentioned it. 

[HowlVoid]

Glad to see some tunning down. Thanks for accepting our feedback.

[-Nick-]

17 minutes ago, PunkShark said:

I like the colorcoding, it makes it easier to see which goes to where even if the colors are a bit too saturated.
Compared to the prongs which were just too subtle. I didn't even notice the prongs changed until someone mentioned it. 

I would be more okay with it if it was toned down a bunch, the circuits have so many ways to tell them apart now. It looks silly currently.
(example image someone shared in discord just now) 

Edited March 28 by -Nick-

[viblym]

just kinda miffed abt the idea of them tuning down some circuits when Wx still doesn't have any substantial gameplay. like aw. their gimmick can't even justify itself, sure whatever make the damage reduction on hardy absolutely nothing but their other circuits? None of them even really stand out to me as "overpowered" in any capacity. People like speed but that's just because it's speed. Not making any headway with WX at all if we're gonna keep tripping up over if they should be good at the one thing that they do. Maybe I sound melodramatic. But work with me here. The only time I've ever gotten the electrification blast to proc was against Bee Queen (The most annoying boss ever) despite trying to get it to deliberately trigger against things like hound waves and monkeys and other various crowd control situations where having something like that would even Be useful. At least right now most circuits feel satisfying enough in having utility on their own without stacking multiple. (Rangebooster... I don't like rangebooster.) 

Also NOOOOO BEANBOOSTER LOST ITS CROWN I'M SO DISTRESSED

[Terra_cat]

27 minutes ago, viblym said:

None of them even really stand out to me as "overpowered" in any capacity. People like speed but that's just because it's speed. 

while its not necessarily overpowered because it takes all 6 slots, i do think the allure of speed (due to it being such an important thing to keep high) closes the door on the versatility you can get with beta circuits for a lot of people. like you can do a lot with mixing beta circuits (except rangebooster, i agree it just kind of sucks even after it was made to also boost jimmy) but 50% extra speed is just that good.

1 hour ago, -Nick- said:

do we know what those 2 gamma circuits in this image will do yet or have they just been used as example for what theyll look like

[Soul7k]

1 hour ago, Digi62BR said:

I hope these are moderate nerfs. I mean, it makes no sense to spend skill points on abilities that end up being too weak to make any real difference in gameplay, right?

I mean they kind of already did. plus side is i can go all in on chassis and probably still have enough for gamma and affinity depending on how those shake out

Spoiler

It should have been diminishing returns(15/10/)5,but even then it wouldn't have mattered. to put it simply using one of the lowest base cases and 1 hp circuit for 250hp.

• deerclops doing 75 damage a hit will kill you in 3.3 hits.
• at 5% you will take 73 damage dying at 3.47 hits
• at 15% it will do 66 killing you in 3.7 hits.
• no matter what you will die in 4 hits.
• this is even less noticeable with smaller numbers after armor mitigation and other bosses that hit harder

the breakpoint for 1 full point of damage is 25

p.s. it got a 75% nerf from 20 to halved to 10 to halved to 5. they already cut the shield charge in half which took like 10 minutes to charge with 2 health circuits and a bean booster. do that again and we are going to about 40 minutes to fully shield up.

 

Edited March 28 by Soul7k

[Random Guy000]

Maybe color coding based on bronze/silver/gold would look better than on wire colors?

Would make circuits look a little more important, I feel

Edited March 28 by Random Guy000

[xhquf]

I believe it’s more important to address issues in the unreleased content rather than focusing on balance changes right now. If you nerf things first and then release new content, you’ll likely need to rebalance again later, which could delay the full release even further. I can accept nerfs to clearly overpowered abilities, but in that case, please also nerf how Wortox can quickly gather souls from Killer Bees—it’s far too strong.

[Andrehmerand]

Hello, nobody is talking about this, but will there be an option for changing the "Expansive Storage Unit" assigned slot? Because it sorts from right to left and I usually leave my items there.