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Written by Tratos
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Thursday, 28 April 2005 |
This patch introduced us to the mysterious double agent Mr Jones as well as added quite alot of new content.
Game Start
Starter Missions
-Job-specific Starter Missions including new NPCs, items, and areas
have been added to make the game introduction easier and more
interesting for new players. The Starter Missions are available for all
factions except for the City Mercs. Due to the small gameworld size of
the Military Base it was not possible to implement the Starter Missions
for the CityMercs but we are currently developing a extra CityMerc
Mercenary Trial, which will go live with one of the following patches.
After you leave the MC5 processing facility you will meet Mr. Jones in
your apartment who will then introduce you to the Starter Missions, and
after finishing each mission you will receive a job-specific reward. If
you choose not to run the Starter Missions you may dismiss Mr. Jones
but be warned, he does not like to be messed around and will not give
you a second chance. The Starter Missions can be done by players with a
base rank of up to 25.
Game World
Canyon Facility
The old Canyon has been completely re-modelled. The DoY Alliance
Leader will be pleased to discuss this further with DOY-loyal Runners.
Neocron Police Department
The refit of the Neocron Police Department is now complete and the
building will be re-opened. Please note that the building's new
security system has been activated so weapons can no longer be drawn
inside.
Neocron ConCenter
The Neocron ConCenter has also been re-opened to all Neocron
factions and may be used as a meeting place. The acoustic problems in
the faction rooms have now been identified and resolved.
Mysterious Maze
New enemies have been spotted in The Mysterious Maze. For Runners
between base levels 20-30 it may be worth your while having a talk with
the Manager at the entrance to the Maze.
Other Game World Changes
Voice of the Resistance Offices
Several Voice of the Resistance Offices, similar to the NEMA
Offices, have been opened. Your DOY Reporter will be happy to answer
any questions you may have about this matter and will naturally be
happy to receive any submissions for news articles - the bloodier the
better.
Pepper Park
- Rocco’s Seafood in Pepper Park Sec-2
has been demolished after a food poisoning incident saw the end of
two minor city officials who dined and died there earlier this year.
You can now find a Red Pepper Entertainment Group Bar there instead.
Rumours that Red Pepper Entertainment had any involvement with the Fugu
shipment in question proved to be unfounded and we wish them every
success with their new venture.
- Several noise issues were identified and resolved.
- Various small cosmetic improvements have been undertaken for your benefit and convenience.
Military Base
- Military Base Sec-1 is now a Safezone which means you may no longer draw any weapons in the vicinity.
Outzone
- All Outzone sectors except for 'Outzone Station' have been re-classified as Hunting Grounds.
Neocron Subway
- The Security system in the Neocron Subway has been deactivated and the Copbot presence has been increased to compensate.
High Level Quests
Several new High Level Quests have been added to the Game World.
High Level Quests can only be attempted by Runners of base level 55
onwards, however it is recommended that they be executed with the
support of well equipped groups as we consciously tried to give you
some tough nuts to crack. Note that these quests can only be completed
once by each Runner. Of course they offer, in addition to the fun of
following the quests themselves, numerous rewards in the form of rare
items which may only be attained by completing these High Level Quests.
'The Canyon Challenge' DoY Alliance Quest
'The Canyon Challenge' DoY Alliance Quest is only available to the
DoY Alliance. The contact person for this quest will be Commander
Hopkins.
'Reporting for Duty' City Mercs Quest
The 'Reporting for Duty' City Mercs Quest is only available to
members of the City Mercs and the contact person for this quest will be
Master Sergeant Harrison.
'Reza's Calling' Neocron Alliance Quest
The 'Reza's Calling' Neocron Alliance Quest is only available to
the Neocron Alliance. The contact person for this quest will be
Commissioner Lightfield.
'The Hunt for the Crossbow'
The previous 'Ion Crossbow' Quest has been completely reworked and
changed to a big run. Devlin Jones in the 'Twisters' in i_09 will be
able to tell you more about this. Unfortunately all existing Crossbows
need to be wiped to support the new quest.
Other Changes and Bugfixes
- Changed Drugs to use Medical Substances in their build lists.
- Fixed Juggernaut X-Bow pistol's Stats and repair bug
- Fixed HEW Attack Software v0.05's desire to be a HEW Attack Software v0.01
- Increased New Player MC5 Boss spawn rate
- Increased drop chance of Ultima Mods to slightly less then Tech parts.
- Adjusted damages on Hacknet weapons.
- Added apartment keys for all Canyon apartments to the Twilight Guardian Faction Supply Manager.
- Adjusted the starter equipment for some professions.
- Fixed a couple of memory leaks in CityCom forum system.
- Fixed a bug crashing the server when trying to load certain Wasteland zones with broken world data.
- Fixed a bug in the mission database system causing the mission to fail in some cases.
- Re-enabled the scrollbar on the left side of the NavRay window.
- Added option to specify HackNet entries as NavRay destination target.
- Changed NPCs with area damage so they do not hurt themselves anymore
- Enhanced server-side character name abuse filter
- Disabled OOC chat channel by default, enabled faction and alliance channels by default for new clients
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