Hi everyone! superdupergc here and I've got a lot of cool stuff to show you. Nonadecimal has been working really hard on all these giant new areas, and in between taking care of my baby and my day job, I've managed to improve some systems and add some cool new stuff too. This update is hot off the presses because we are very excited about it and want to y'all as soon as possible! We're still working on a lot of it, so if you've got feedback, you can help shape the game.
You may notice some changes to the supermesh here in Black Ice. Like, complete world shuffling changes! Lots of new places to explore, but mostly we're opening the Forest and Oshiro Orbital areas for combat. These new areas really push the verticality of the game to new levels (pun intended), so bring your favorite grappling hook or glide jump and have at it!
Above you can see one of the two new arenas - which I won't spoil the name of for plot reasons, but look at this place! It's a hacker's playground! I'm also working on a third arena for later with Tele-porters in it... I'll let you guess what those do.
I've added a bunch of fun new player tweaks, the biggest one of which is that talent points now go up to level 100 instead of 50, so enjoy playing at those higher difficulty levels much easier now! I've also added new guns that reload when you're damaged (like the unique weakening bolt hand cannon, Kinetic Maintenance). This can be really powerful! I've also made a few subtle changes which make lower rarity items more exciting - every once and a while, you'll find a common item with much higher damage, or a lower rarity item with a Lot of an affix on it, more than you could get on a high rarity item.
We hope you enjoy this update! Coming up next, we'll be working on quests for the new areas, plus a talent respec option, among other fun things that I'll keep secret for now! Enjoy! - SDGC and Nonadecimal