Cover image features Isabella eye detail by 3D character artist Laura Salomoni as part of the console release promo trailer.
An Eye for an Eye
I guess the major happenings this month are that the perk stacking exploit has been fixed and the crash to main menu after completing an instance has also been resolved. Mutations don’t seem to be on a daily rotation yet and the AFK timer is proving to be very challenging for the skeleton crew. We’re still enjoying all the free store items from last month’s patch.
Contents
May patch
The patch came through just after mid-month, with a few minor changes. Nothing too exciting and a few things don’t seem to actually have changed.
We were looking forward to daily mutation rotation so we could stop doing the articles, but it’s not working yet. Weekly limit has been increased to 100 though.
Gearscore exploit fixed
There was an exploit where people could stack perks in instances by incrementally increasing gear score, resulting in some very uneven matches, especially in PVP. Initially the devs said they wouldn’t be able to fix this, but they took another look and have published a patch. As I haven’t used the bug myself, I’m not sure whether it is actually fixed or not, but haven’t seen any complaints.
Discord Feed
All this and more can be found in our dev discord feed. You can head to the official discord to see them yourself. Search from: NW_Kay or NW_Evolys to keep track of posts in real time, or check back here in a month for our next installment.
Katy’s gone camping
Art book
Achievements thread going strong.
The exciting thing to note here is that territory standing XP rate will be tripled in June.
This refers to the AFK timer.
Re-investigation into the stacking exploit
Increase sterling drops or reduced costs at the Catacombs vendor might be coming in the future.
Katy generously offering copies of the artbook for people who can drop into the office and pick it up.
People are keen for achievement fixes.
Nice to see investigation into crash reports.
Oops, I included this last month but it’s technically in May. Note that this boost doesn’t apply for aptitude levels.
