Update #130: Enemy Swoops In!
Over the last few months of play, testing and component upgrades the AI has been preparing for a major upgrade. Update #130 begins this series of improvements to its upgrade routines, helping expand the total number of upgrading paths that the enemy ship builder can pick as well as improving the allocation of upgrades and especially of defensive upgrades. With this update, you will start to see some improved AI behavior, more weapon variation and better defensive stats on military captain types. From here, we've restructured the internal rule set of how the enemy upgrades its ships and we'll be making further changes in the coming series of updates.
Dual-Field engines provide another option for captain's with a stockpile of capital who are looking to use balanced engines. The Dual-Field technology allows similar Void Engine statline while reducing the Mass of the engine component by upwards of 30%. However, such technology doesn't run cheap and the costs can be as much as 200% higher than the standard engine. Still - the trade off can help free component slots. In balancing out these new engines, we also took a moment to review and correct issues with some Mass 3400 and Mass 5000 ships. Some of the ships had unnecessary mass reducing components installed in their default builds and those have now been swapped out for more exciting and functional components.
That ^^ is not where you Orbital Salvage, but it sure looks like a nice vacation spot. ... in serious news, Orbital Salvage has always been billed as high risk and high reward. With this update, we've fixed a bug in the card deck calculation that was causing too many hands to be tipped to have 3 positive cards and only 2 negative cards. This has caused some of the run-away successes that we've seen in Orbital Salvage where Captains can amass a vast pile of wealth on single orbital rumors. This change will help tip the balance back to where it should be -- high *risk* and high *reward*. In balancing this, we've also tweaked the Pirate's Talent "Nose for Loot". While it still swaps in a Rare Trade Good card, the number of RTGs uncovered is half of what the standard +5 card will draw. Finally, we fixed issues where remove Rare Trade Good rewards for winning crew combats during Orbital Salvage were not being not counting towards Awards and Unlocks. Yes, you've got to kill some pirates or xeno, but its another way to pile up those rewards!
A few more cool down changes to improve balance for the crews have gone into effect this release. Mechanic's System Flush has joined all other ship combat purge Talents at 6 weeks. The Quartermaster still reigns supreme at stopping mutinies, but the Calming Speech Talent's cool down has now been pushed out to 13 weeks. To help make Scouring Search stick out in the Spy card game, we've given it a new Talent icon. A huge thanks to all of our players making suggestions on how we can improve the game! Please tell a friend or leave a review :D
- Improved enemy ship builder AI -- increased upgrade paths, better allocation of upgrades, smarter at defensive module management - Fixed issues with several Mass 3400 and Mass 5000 mass ships that had unnecessary Mass Reducer components by default - Added 7 new Void Engine designs -- the Dual-Field engines - New 'Dual-Field' Void Engines provide minimal mass options at higher cost - Adjusted balance of Orbital Salvage so that card hands are more correctly balanced to have high risk -- more hands will draw with 3 negative cards - Adjusted orbital salvage Pirate Talent "Nose for Loot" to replace a risk card with Rare Trade Loot card, a smaller find of Rare Trade Goods (4-8) - Fixed issues where remote RTG stashes created after crew combats during Salvage were not counting towards Awards/Unlocks - Fixed issues where positive Reputation was being incorrectly reported with xeno during missions - Fixed issue with some story fights incorrectly giving you the option to bribe or retreat - Added new Talent icon for Spy's "Scouring Search" Talent - Adjusted Quartermaster's "Calming Speech" Talent cool down to 13 weeks - Adjusted Mechanic's "System Flush" Talent cool down to 6 weeks
[ 2019-01-23 17:56:00 CET ] [ Original post ]
Update #130 comes with an exciting set of new Void Engines, big changes to how the enemy ship builder designs its ships, some critical balance changes to Orbital Salvage and a ton of other community suggested improvements and bug fixes.
We're hard at work laying the foundations for carriers/fighters and the next story Era. If you read between the Bexian tea leaves, you can see the enemy ship design rebuild being a direct product of needing to improve the AI's ability to accommodate fighter variations.
Thanks to everyone suggesting improvements, posting suggestions, telling a friend and leaving a review!
Here's Update #130, captains!
Enemy Ship Designs
Over the last few months of play, testing and component upgrades the AI has been preparing for a major upgrade. Update #130 begins this series of improvements to its upgrade routines, helping expand the total number of upgrading paths that the enemy ship builder can pick as well as improving the allocation of upgrades and especially of defensive upgrades. With this update, you will start to see some improved AI behavior, more weapon variation and better defensive stats on military captain types. From here, we've restructured the internal rule set of how the enemy upgrades its ships and we'll be making further changes in the coming series of updates.
Dual-Field Engines
Dual-Field engines provide another option for captain's with a stockpile of capital who are looking to use balanced engines. The Dual-Field technology allows similar Void Engine statline while reducing the Mass of the engine component by upwards of 30%. However, such technology doesn't run cheap and the costs can be as much as 200% higher than the standard engine. Still - the trade off can help free component slots. In balancing out these new engines, we also took a moment to review and correct issues with some Mass 3400 and Mass 5000 ships. Some of the ships had unnecessary mass reducing components installed in their default builds and those have now been swapped out for more exciting and functional components.
Salvaging Risks and Rare Trade Goods
That ^^ is not where you Orbital Salvage, but it sure looks like a nice vacation spot. ... in serious news, Orbital Salvage has always been billed as high risk and high reward. With this update, we've fixed a bug in the card deck calculation that was causing too many hands to be tipped to have 3 positive cards and only 2 negative cards. This has caused some of the run-away successes that we've seen in Orbital Salvage where Captains can amass a vast pile of wealth on single orbital rumors. This change will help tip the balance back to where it should be -- high *risk* and high *reward*. In balancing this, we've also tweaked the Pirate's Talent "Nose for Loot". While it still swaps in a Rare Trade Good card, the number of RTGs uncovered is half of what the standard +5 card will draw. Finally, we fixed issues where remove Rare Trade Good rewards for winning crew combats during Orbital Salvage were not being not counting towards Awards and Unlocks. Yes, you've got to kill some pirates or xeno, but its another way to pile up those rewards!
Talent Cool Downs
A few more cool down changes to improve balance for the crews have gone into effect this release. Mechanic's System Flush has joined all other ship combat purge Talents at 6 weeks. The Quartermaster still reigns supreme at stopping mutinies, but the Calming Speech Talent's cool down has now been pushed out to 13 weeks. To help make Scouring Search stick out in the Spy card game, we've given it a new Talent icon. A huge thanks to all of our players making suggestions on how we can improve the game! Please tell a friend or leave a review :D
v2.4.67 - 1/23/2019
- Improved enemy ship builder AI -- increased upgrade paths, better allocation of upgrades, smarter at defensive module management - Fixed issues with several Mass 3400 and Mass 5000 mass ships that had unnecessary Mass Reducer components by default - Added 7 new Void Engine designs -- the Dual-Field engines - New 'Dual-Field' Void Engines provide minimal mass options at higher cost - Adjusted balance of Orbital Salvage so that card hands are more correctly balanced to have high risk -- more hands will draw with 3 negative cards - Adjusted orbital salvage Pirate Talent "Nose for Loot" to replace a risk card with Rare Trade Loot card, a smaller find of Rare Trade Goods (4-8) - Fixed issues where remote RTG stashes created after crew combats during Salvage were not counting towards Awards/Unlocks - Fixed issues where positive Reputation was being incorrectly reported with xeno during missions - Fixed issue with some story fights incorrectly giving you the option to bribe or retreat - Added new Talent icon for Spy's "Scouring Search" Talent - Adjusted Quartermaster's "Calming Speech" Talent cool down to 13 weeks - Adjusted Mechanic's "System Flush" Talent cool down to 6 weeks
Star Traders: Frontiers
Trese Brothers
Trese Brothers
2018-07-31
Singleplayer
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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
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Command your ship and crew as a space pirate, merchant, bounty hunter, and more in Star Traders: Frontiers – an epic space RPG. Venture forth into a massive open universe rich with the lore of the Star Traders. Choose your path by assembling and commanding your custom crew and spaceship in a constantly evolving galaxy torn by internal strife, political intrigue, and alien threats. Will you fly as a pirate terrorizing shipping lanes, join the solar wars as a military captain, or track targets across the stars as a fearsome bounty hunter?
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First there was the Exodus – when survivors of a great war left the ruins of the Galactic Core behind in search of a new home in the stars. Scattered worlds were claimed on the fringe of the galaxy. Each pocket of survivors held on to their isolated set of worlds while trying to rebuild under the great law of Shalun. Three centuries later, technology has brought them back together again. Discovery of the hyperwarp has bridged what was once unimaginable distances between far-flung colonies, long-lost families, and political factions.
With that reunification has come great economic prosperity. The hyperwarp reestablished the transportation of cargo, goods, and technologies between the quadrants – but it has also brought great strife. Political rivalries have been rekindled, blood has been shed in age-old feuds, and the fires of war have been stoked. Amidst the political infighting, a ruthless revolution is rising – and the fervent explorers of the hyperwarp have awoken something that was better left asleep.
Great conflict is a time of great opportunity. For you, an aspiring Star Trader Captain who has just been given your charter, now is the time to capitalize on that opportunity.
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Our very first game, Star Traders RPG, took hundreds of thousands of gamers on an interstellar adventure. The success of Star Traders and its overwhelming positive reception helped to launch Trese Brothers Games. It was the adventures of our community’s star-crossed captains that put us on a trajectory to share more of our worlds, ideas, and dreams through digital games.
We set out to capture the loneliness, bravery, and camaraderie of people living together in a spaceship sailing across the stars. It’s time to take the helm and breathe life into the these stories, characters, and stars.
It is with great pride that after the release of four other games in the Star Traders universe, we’ve created a sequel to the original Star Traders RPG. We reached out to our fan base of Star Traders Captains with our latest KickStarter campaign and pitched our ambitious plan for an all-new open world sci-fi RPG.
Step onto the bridge of your starship, take to the stars, and create your own story in Star Traders: Frontiers. Instead of being our first foray, we have brought all of the knowledge and experience to our latest and by far most ambitious project.
- Explore a rich, open universe: Discover endless procedurally-generated galactic maps, meet unique characters, and take on enemies to conquer the galaxy!
- Become an intergalactic captain: Take on the role of a spy, smuggler, explorer, pirate, merchant, bounty hunter, and more (21 jobs total)!
- Customize your own spaceship: Choose from more than 300 upgrades and build your very own vessel to venture across the vast reaches of space.
- Assemble and tailor a loyal crew: Assign talents and equip specialized gear for every spaceship crew member.
- Experience an ever-changing narrative: Decide to make friends or foes with other factions and influence political, economic, and personal vendettas.
First there was the Exodus – when survivors of a great war left the ruins of the Galactic Core behind in search of a new home in the stars. Scattered worlds were claimed on the fringe of the galaxy. Each pocket of survivors held on to their isolated set of worlds while trying to rebuild under the great law of Shalun. Three centuries later, technology has brought them back together again. Discovery of the hyperwarp has bridged what was once unimaginable distances between far-flung colonies, long-lost families, and political factions.
With that reunification has come great economic prosperity. The hyperwarp reestablished the transportation of cargo, goods, and technologies between the quadrants – but it has also brought great strife. Political rivalries have been rekindled, blood has been shed in age-old feuds, and the fires of war have been stoked. Amidst the political infighting, a ruthless revolution is rising – and the fervent explorers of the hyperwarp have awoken something that was better left asleep.
Great conflict is a time of great opportunity. For you, an aspiring Star Trader Captain who has just been given your charter, now is the time to capitalize on that opportunity.
Our very first game, Star Traders RPG, took hundreds of thousands of gamers on an interstellar adventure. The success of Star Traders and its overwhelming positive reception helped to launch Trese Brothers Games. It was the adventures of our community’s star-crossed captains that put us on a trajectory to share more of our worlds, ideas, and dreams through digital games.
We set out to capture the loneliness, bravery, and camaraderie of people living together in a spaceship sailing across the stars. It’s time to take the helm and breathe life into the these stories, characters, and stars.
It is with great pride that after the release of four other games in the Star Traders universe, we’ve created a sequel to the original Star Traders RPG. We reached out to our fan base of Star Traders Captains with our latest KickStarter campaign and pitched our ambitious plan for an all-new open world sci-fi RPG.
Step onto the bridge of your starship, take to the stars, and create your own story in Star Traders: Frontiers. Instead of being our first foray, we have brought all of the knowledge and experience to our latest and by far most ambitious project.
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