Hello Everyone! A few weeks ago we talked about our plans to increase the length and difficulty of The Splintered Sea campaign, based on your feedback. Today we want to update you on our progress and let you know that we plan to release the updated campaign on the 22nd of July! The update will include 5 new levels for The Splintered Sea, along with improvements and fixes for issues reported since the expansions launch. Please note that everything in this post is a work in progress and may change before release.
As Im sure many of you will have seen already, this update will be adding the tentacle beast which featured in The Splintered Seas trailer. This titan poses a deadly threat to your machine, with its powerful tentacles capable of grappling, crushing or smashing anything within reach. Its challenging to avoid and very tough to take down!
This next level will test your building and piloting skills in other ways, requiring you to construct vessels that can move quickly and maneuver well in tight spaces, as you attempt to pass through the enemy defenses before they can stop you.
Weve also been experimenting with the idea of adding additional challenges to levels that, while not required for completion, can offer a much greater test of your ability. An example of this can be seen in the gif above, where you can challenge yourself to smash through a series of crates, while still completing the level in time.
In another of the new levels youll have to do battle with a swarm of gnashing sharks, including a formidable giant shark capable of damaging multiple blocks at once and whos extra tough to take down. Youre gonna need a bigger boat for this one, trust me With this update were also hoping to revisit some of the existing levels, with the intention of improving how they play and making them more challenging. The new levels themselves will be slotted into the existing campaign structure, rather than being added onto the end, in order to ensure the campaign flows properly and the difficulty ramps up as you progress through it. I want to finish off this post by saying a big thank you to everyone. Your support has been tremendous and your feedback invaluable. You asked us for a longer campaign, with new levels that offer unique challenges & greater difficulty, and we heard you. This update will increase the campaign length by 50%, adding some of the toughest, most fun and interesting levels of the expansion! :) Cheers everyone, Von