Star Traders 2 - Alpha Phase 3 - v1.3.23 Released

[Cory Trese]

v1.3.23 - 9/12/2017
- Zone resources (Recruits, Spice Rounds, Doctor Beds) now limited and can be exhausted on a planet, but recover over time
- Implemented 10 awesome new Traits, granting +20% chance to get permanent +1 Skill Bonus for every level (Spatial, Mechsync, Confident, Mediator, Calculating, Problem Solver, Intrepid, Neverlost, Discreet, Menacing)
- Implemented Traits: Malcontent, Reveres Authority, Hardened Presence, Drunk and Spice Addict
- Implemented 4 Mutiny Talents (Doctor, Commander, Military Officer, Pirate)
- Failing Pilot save when landing on a world may result in an encounter with a military officer in the local navy
- Quadrant, System and Zone Rumors all have more effects, better balanced, more awesome
- Rumors list from HUD now includes all benefits and penalties for Quadrant & System Rumors -- Zone coming soon
- Rank within Faction now adds +2% payment bonus for Missions
- Some missions (prisoner transports, bounty hunters) require carrying Edicts, big price increases for these
- Rebuild mission selection system for all contacts, check out WIKI to see "Mission Types" goo.gl/AQKvdb
- Added 2 new mission types - Prisoner Transports
- Improved Black Market service from Contacts, now features minimum Access level as you climb the ladder
- Renamed Black Market access cards to match names of Permits -- Spice Trading House, Free Trading House
- Crew combat animation upgrade - new firing animations for each type of gun
- Improved crew combat display of enemy stats on hover or on tap - deselect your talent, tap an enemy
- Implemented Exo-Scout Talent "Know Thy Enemy" which is a xeno-only debuff
- Sniper Rifles cannot be used for AoE attacks, weapon picker recognizes front-line Soldiers and gives them Snubbers
- All Talents now labeled with category of action (Victory, Spice, Skill Save)
- Rebuilt Combat Talent range display as well as adding AoE bars that indicate when more than one target will be hit
- Added / improved 3 Contact Traits - Vindictive, Provacative, Impatient
- Recommended service in landing zone (like Recruit, Doctor, Spice) is now identified by * in submenu
- Improved level 1 for all crew and officers - now includes first Talent
- Finished 65+ new Talent icons for crew combat specifically
- Rebalanced Ship Priority D/E, Updated Juror and Scout Hulls
- Reworked Game Over detection, improve game over screen

[MintDragon]

Woohoo! New iPad is salivating

[fallen]

Also, this very exciting news:

- First Story Arcs released for Testing! Start New Captain with a Spice Trader or Retired Explorer Contacts to try out story!
- Generated maps now come with a seed that can be shared with other players

[Officer Genious]

Sept 12, 2017 16:15:14 GMT -5 fallen said:

Also, this very exciting news:

- First Story Arcs released for Testing! Start New Captain with a Spice Trader or Retired Explorer Contacts to try out story!
- Generated maps now come with a seed that can be shared with other players

Downloaded the update, saw this post and started screaming. YESSSSSSSS!!!!

[bookworm21]

Hi fallen, how can I get a new iOS device added to the alpha? I changed phones this week

[fallen]

Sept 12, 2017 17:36:59 GMT -5 bookworm21 said:

Hi fallen, how can I get a new iOS device added to the alpha? I changed phones this week

You can visit HockeyApp and should be able to register a new device there.

Maybe MintDragon would actually have exact steps? I don't own an iPhone and see HockeyApp from another perspective (owner).

[fallen]

The WIKI is up to date with all the latest and all the new art!

[ntsheep]

Sept 12, 2017 17:24:50 GMT -5 Officer Genious said:

Sept 12, 2017 16:15:14 GMT -5 fallen said:

Also, this very exciting news:

- First Story Arcs released for Testing! Start New Captain with a Spice Trader or Retired Explorer Contacts to try out story!
- Generated maps now come with a seed that can be shared with other players

Downloaded the update, saw this post and started screaming. YESSSSSSSS!!!!

Well we know how to get the Queen excited,,,







Damn it number 3 get away from that keyboard!!!

[MintDragon]

Sept 12, 2017 17:36:59 GMT -5 bookworm21 said:

Hi fallen , how can I get a new iOS device added to the alpha? I changed phones this week

Try and install through the hockey app. It will fail as an unregistered device. will be an option in the app/webpage to send request to add.

EDIT: There is a registration function in the hockey app.
EDIT EDIT: From the open hockey app, tap DEVICES, then REGISTER CURRENT DEVICE.  That's it!

[John Robinson]

Sept 12, 2017 16:15:14 GMT -5 fallen said:

Also, this very exciting news:

- Spice Trader or Retired Explorer Contacts to try out story!
- Generated maps now come with a seed that can be shared with other players

I highlighted the quote to focus my question.  Is it important not to select both the Spice Trader and Retired Explorer when starting a new game?

Congratulations fallen on getting out the first two stories, I know you have been working hard on these!

[fallen]

John Robinson - you can start a new game with both, they will both just have a story arc.

This is NOT the final resting place for these stories. Some of the content may be really challenging to a starting character. But, it is the easiest way to get them into the hands of alpha players fast so we can find bugs and get feedback on the entire story system!

[bookworm21]

Cheers MintDragon

[fallen]

Sorry, with help from bobc, we've discovered that the Retired Explorer story arc isn't really available in this release. It will be for next update!

Also, to clarify, for the Spice Trader story, visit "Tuemette"

[bookworm21]

Sept 14, 2017 15:28:25 GMT -5 fallen said:

Also, to clarify, for the Spice Trader story, visit "Tuemette"

Is there anything specific that I need to do to trigger the story?

I've found Tuemette, but no dialogue appears to be triggered.
This is on iOS

[fallen]

bookworm21 - sorry, you're having issues with this. As soon as you land on the world that she is on, you should see story content appearing.