Note: As a heads up, this hotfix includes routine updates to our audio software, which resulted in a chunkier sized update compared to normal.
New In-Game Event: Herald of Admonition
Rolling blackouts are plaguing sectors of the hive. Worse, we’ve heard reports of someone, or something lurking in the darkness. We need devoted rejects to get down there and sort this mess out.
Play and complete missions with a new Special Condition, “Terror in the Dark” to earn rewards. This condition will only be available during the event!
This event will start on Thursday, August 15. The rewards will be Ordo Dockets, Plasteel and Diamantine.
Note: This event is only available on the normal board on 3/4/5 difficulties (regular malice, heresy and damnation).
Oh, also, how will this modifier work? It makes me think of something like the Spelunky ghost or the Unknown Horror in DRG. Something slow, powerful, invincible, and relentlessly pursuing you?
that isn’t enough dockets for even one decent weapon roll unless you’re very lucky. even if you did somehow manage with 1/8th of the dockets for an ok roll, it would then have to pass through hadron’s filter and come out the other side unbricked since the trait and perk locks weren’t removed when the crafting update was delayed (for some reason). was hoping there’d be a reason to get back into tertium before space marine 2 comes out
It was more of a routine update to the software itself. I don’t believe this addresses the silent specials (though we are still working on this). I know it’s not the answer we want. It’s been quite complex to investigate. We found and fixed an issue in Patch #17 related to dialogue. We are continuing to work on more.
Honestly, the more bug reports submitted with the more specific information of when these silent specials are happening will really help us out. E.g. Is it no spawn sound? Or no sound effect while moving around? etc.
I mentioned on Reddit, but we’re really looking for feedback here on the rewards. Are they good? Bad? But even more helpful is: what would you like to see instead? Frames, titles? (Those were mentioned in a comment on Reddit.)
All this made me do was think about all the current reddit posts about fighting close to an Ogryn only to find out it was not the player teams Ogryn that they where close too!
It is stuff like this that makes me think of… Tyranids
Frames & titles for sure, maybe an insignia too. Cosmetic bling to let other people know “hey, I’ve been playing for a while”. It would probably also boost engagement more than simple crafting materials, just because there’s exclusive bling.
I’m not saying the crafting materials are a bad reward per se, but on their own I don’t find them very enticing. They need to be bundled with something more. (Aquilas, too: remember the promise that players would be able to earn MTXbux? Have special events like these reward some.)
The events are currently ‘helpful’ for the gaggle of relatively low-hour players I’m shepherding since more mats is gonna be useful later on - but I think people in general would appreciate more stuff like what came with Orthus Offensive. Titles would probably be easiest to implement, but I wouldn’t say no to more weapon and operative skins being pried out of the cash shop’s death grip on drip.
Or Aquilas. Aquilas would also be a good end-run award.
E.g. Is it no spawn sound? Or no sound effect while moving around? etc.