We are expanding your arsenal with new weapons such as the BR5-V “Viperlance” and the K-OH4 “Knight’s Roar”! Think you have got those enemies worked out in Partols? Think again - Xanorra Bracer and Xanorra Slicer variants are incoming! Each with their own strategic advantages.
General Gameplay and Balancing:
- Gear Collection: Rangers IV introduces many new pieces of Gear to collect.
- Combat Balance Tweaks: Faster melee attacks, missile number changes (buffs to most, nerf to breacher), and decreased Lancer tech ability heat cost.
- New Deadly Enemies: The Bracer shields other pirates with an Overshield for more defensive power. Take them out first to destroy the overshield. The improved, deadlier Slicer is a long-range sniper with deadly precision. Watch out for its targeting lasers and get out of the way to avoid a devastating blast.
Player Experience:
- Gear Boxes: Addition of Gear Boxes for our top rarity loot drops. Take them to the new Gear Box Opener terminal in Halberd-001 to unlock and reveal their contents.
- XP Bars: XP bars will now show real-time progression when earning XP due to completion of a mission, patrol, or bounty.
Fixes & Improvements:
- Increased boost movement speed.
- General performance, UI, and visual improvements.
- Explosive bullets and drone kills now increment correctly for bounty progress.
- Fixed patrol timers not stopping correctly, which caused premature Mission Failure on certain objectives.
- Revival timer (disabled time) will now stop when a revival is in progress.
- Daily Rewards now have a ‘Collect and Close’ button that will automatically collect the daily prize and close the window.
- Fixed the collision boxes of satellites in patrol levels.
- Updated world enemies and spawns in public space.
- Madman enemy is now better at chasing you through the asteroids or will self-destruct if unable to reach you.
Patrols:
- New Patrol: ‘Violet Storm’. Enjoy a new way to kill pirates and earn rewards. Watch out for level hazards such as proximity minefields or the deadly laser frigate.
- Patrol Rotation: Red Ruin and Scout’s Honour patrols will also be in rotation with a new patrol each day.
- Patrol Modifiers: Longer cooldowns, increased enemy shields, and limited respawns added to patrols to add new challenges for the Rangers to overcome.
