Fix for issue where battle server would crash in a Havoc match when shooting at enemies with a fighter.
Back end fix for storing havoc scores so they are stored correctly again. You shouldn't notice any change.
Let us know any issues you continue to have in Havoc mode.
Dreadnought Release 27
Fleet Flagship
You can now set the flagship for each fleet tier. This will use the first loadout of the selected ship for now.
Your flagship is the default ship that will load at the start of a match unless you select another ship.
You can set each flagship from the Manage Fleet option after you hit Play.
Click on a ship tile to access the Set Flagship option
Your selected flagship will display the flag below
Conquest on PS4
Conquest can now be played on PS4!
Scoring and Leaderboards
Scores for more game modes will now be recorded in preparation for having more leaderboards.
Viewing leaderboards will be implemented in a future update.
Balance Changes
Artillery Cruiser Range
Reduced T5 Heavy Artillery Cruiser range from 8500M to 8000M
Normalized Medium Artillery Cruiser range to 7000M at all tiers.
Changed max travel distance to be slightly longer than range to combat the instance where the reticule would change but the projectile would not reach the target.
Rocket Turrets
Increased Projectile speed of rocket turrets
Light Rocket Turrets
Increase damage and projectile speed
T4 damage from 150 to 210 per projectile
T5 damage from 180 to 245 per projectile
Projectile speed increased by 50%
Bug Fixes
Fixed Kinetic Weapon amp so that it now increases damage when taking damage.
Fixed Elysium moon so it's not cut off on two sides.
Fixed PS4 ship upgrade and xp conversion popups so they can both be closed correctly.
This was difficult to test internally so let us know if any issues still occur
New Vanity
The Metal Goblin Figurehead, Decal, and Coating added for the Halloween season
Previous seasonal vanity has returned at a discount!
Dreadnought Update
Dreadnought Update Release 26A
This is the second part to the last release to get custom matches working on PS4. There are some other changes that also affect PC, which is why we are patching both. See below for details.
Custom Matches
Custom Matches are now available on PS4
You should be able to invite players from your PSN friends list even if they are outside the game at the time of invite.
Weapons
Goliath and Scylla are now considered nukes and will be targeted by ANL
Fixed Tartarus missile to apply the correct debuff at all tiers.
Updated nuke blast radius in tooltips
Changed swap weapon global cooldown functionality to be more reliable.
It now checks 1 second cooldown from your last switch when switching instead of the previous more complex formula.
Please let RayDog know how this is working for you after the update
Matchmaking
Changed matchmaking so that if a squad is in the queue, the opposing team has at least that many players.
Statistics
Resized elements on the statistics screen to fix cut off values.
Maps
Removed bright glowing light in the middle of Amirani.
Market
The Tengshe Hero Ship is now available.
Flagship of Admiral David Song, pirate turned hero of the Great Solar War who went on to rule New Singapore on Callisto as the Smuggler King, transforming it from a backwater outpost into one of the most vibrant colonies in the outer Solar System. Embodying both Song’s nobility and viciousness, the Tengshe is a feared presence on the battlefield.
This is a T4 Dreadnought with heavy mortars as a secondary weapons, featuring bombers, triad pods, anti missile lasers, and endurance mode as modules.
The Dragonhead Outfit is now available
The opulent attire of the bosses of the Dragonhead Clan. Based in the colony of New Singapore on Callisto, the Dragonhead Clan controls nearly all trade, legal and otherwise, in the Jovian System.
XP Bonus Weekend
XP and Credits Boost will be Live from the Thursday 8/19 update through 2 AM CT Wednesday 8/25
XP and Credits during the boost event have been increased for Turbo Mode based on feedback from the last event.
Release 26 Hotfix
Custom Matches: Members of your squad will now be pulled into the Custom Match lobby when you start a Custom Match.
Note: Your squad will be disbanded when you join the Custom Match but all squad members at the time you started the Custom Match will be in your lobby.
PC Chat: The minimized chat box in the hangar will no longer animate off the screen when you have an unread message in a channel.
Note: The blink animation when you have an unread message is broken, but the chat won't hide off the screen.
Dreadnought Release 26
Dreadnought Release 26 Patch Notes:
Custom matches on PC
We are introducing Custom Matches to PC Dreadnought for the first time. Players will have the ability to start matches with custom parameters such as game mode, map, teams, and players the host has selected.
Invites to Custom Match lobbies are based on your friends list. Once invited to the Custom Match lobby, your friends can also invite their friends.
Squads are not part of Custom Matches at this time. You will exit your current squad when you join a custom match If you invite someone who is currently in a squad the invite is only for them and not their squadmates.
There are no match rewards for Custom Matches at this time. We may change this in the future but it would be at a lower reward level similar to Proving Grounds.
Known Issues - Custom Matches:
Currently you can start a custom match with just yourself (1v0). This can be a strange experience in some modes.
Adding bots will fill the custom match to 8 v 8..
We will update the custom match system for custom match sizes in the future.
When you make a custom match while in a squad it will add your squadmates to the match but won’t pull them directly into the lobby. These players are already in the match and they will see the custom match chat tab in the hangar. They can select Play - Tier - Custom Game to enter the lobby.
Ship Modules:
Heavy Mortars
Added Heavy Mortars Tier 4. These are purchasable on T4 Dreadnoughts
Bombers:
Increased Bomber move speed and damage to give them more of an impact.
Bomber speeds have been adjusted
Cruise Target Speed: from 1250 to 2500
Top Target Speed: From 1750 to 3000
Bomber Damage Values
T4 Damage : 450
T5 Damage : 500
Match Scoring:
Added Scoring for destroying deployables like pods and fighters. This is to incentivize targeting pods and fighters.
Look for the scoring event called "DEBRIS".
Matchmaking:
Added a second tier forced match start with bots. This will allow a shorter force start for one count of real players and a second if it is taking too long to start a match with a lower count of players.
Please Note: Matchmaking is a balance of trying to get players into the game quickly, trying to get them to play together, and trying to minimize several small matches of players happening at the same time instead of more players playing together.
This is another step in trying to improve matchmaking. It should allow more flexibility for higher peak and lower peak times. There can still be issues if you are on at a low peak time or if you queue right after 10 people just started a legendary match. Since matches can run 20-25 minutes and players can queue for specific match types it still may take a while to start a legendary match.
Your best bets to finding other players for Legendary queues are to add players to your friends list and to check Discord.
The current numbers for the legendary matchmaking checkpoints are 8 players minimum at 3 minutes and 4 players minimum at 10 minutes. Veteran matches should always fire off around the 5 minute mark at the latest. Recruit matches should start within 3 minutes. Proving Grounds matches at all 3 levels will always start in less than 2 minutes.
Events
The Ceres Awakens Event has ended. It will return next year in late spring or early summer
Market
The Phoenix has risen again The hero ship and outfit bundles are available for a limited time
Known Issue: PC Chat
The alert animation in the hangar that highlights the minimized chat bubble will push it off the screen when you get a message. You can get the chat window back by going into a Custom Match lobby and then going back to the hangar. This issue does not affect the chat window if it is open
Thursday 5/27 until Tuesday orning 6/1, players can earn about 50% extra Credits and XP from matches.
Steam DLC
The Dreadnought Battle Ready: Recruit Bundle is now available as DLC.
This bundle includes:
The Marauder Hero Ship - Tier II Tactical Cruiser with an offense based loadout.
Shugyosha Outfit
2,500 GP
110,000 Credits
90 Days of Elite Status
Market Updates
Hero Ships 50% Sale
Akkoro - Tier IV Tactical Cruiser
Hanuman - Tier III Dreadnought
Hasta - Tier III Artillery Cruiser
Naga - Tier III Corvette
Zaratan - Tier IV Destroyer
Demeter - Tier IV Corvette
Leviathan - Tier IV Dreadnought
Elite Status Sale
30 Day Elite Status is discounted 25%
90 Day Elite Status is discounted 50%
Credits
110,000 Credits are discounted 20%
300,000 Credits are discounted 40%
500,000 Credits are discounted 50%
Bundles
Sinley Bay Combat Training Bundle is discounted 50%
memento Mori Mask is discounted 25%
PlayStation Bundle
This bundle includes:
The Marouder Hero Ship - Tier II Tactical ruiser with an offense based loadout
Shugyosha Outfit
110,000 Credits
90 Days of Elite Status
QuickMatch Hotfix
Hey Captains,
We fixed an issue where using Quick Match on the Home screen wouldn't work if you got the popup to buy battle bonus. Now should work correctly regardless.
Dreadnought Update
Greetings, Captains.
In this release, we deployed a more flexible queuing functionality, brought back an improved version of Ceres Awakens, and fixed a handful of bugs.
We also added a new “Deep Space Explorers” outfit to the market, and put some of our hero ships on sale.
Here’s the detailed scoop:
QUICK MATCH (FAVORITES) QUEUE
Before this release, you could either queue for ANY game mode or for only one. However, some Captains prefer to play some of the game modes, but not all.
With this in mind, we added flexibility to the queue. Now players can select which game modes are their “favorite” and only queue for those.
When you are in the Game Mode Selection screen, you will notice two things:
The ANY button was replaced by a QUICK MATCH button.
Each game mode has a GREY LIGHTNING BOLT in the lower right of the buttons. If you click this lightning bolt, it will turn blue, setting this game mode as a "Favorite". Clicking it again will remove it from your favorites. On PS4 this is done by highlighting the game mode and pressing the Triangle button.
Once you have set all your “Favorites,” select the QUICK MATCH game mode and click PLAY. This will queue you ONLY for the game modes you selected as “Favorite.”
After you select your “Favorites,” the QUICK MATCH option on the Home screen will also queue you only for the game modes you selected in the last Tier you queued for.
To show you how this works, we made a short video tutorial for the new QUICK MATCH functionality. We hope it’s useful!
CERES REAWAKENS
The last time we made Ceres Awakens available, we received feedback about the placement of tech caches: they were too far away from where ships would fight. Of course, this made it too difficult for slower ships to pick up the caches and remain effective.
In the improved version of the game mode, we moved most of the spawn locations of the caches to areas where fighting would naturally occur. So, now the tech caches are easier to grab and have the ability to impact the heart of the battles.
We also created an added incentive to collecting tech caches by adding scoring events for each cache you pick up and an additional bonus for every third cache you pick up. You’ll also receive XPs and credits per scoring event.
NEW OUTFIT: DEEP SPACE SURVIVAL SUIT, HELMET, AND CAPTAIN TINT.
Dating back to the Golden Age of Space Exploration, the Deep Space Survival Suit (or DS3) was critical in protecting the first human explorers as they traveled into the far reaches of the Solar System. After an eruption on Ceres revealed a large stockpile of DS3s, it has since been re-embraced for its elegance and durability.
HERO SHIPS ON SALE
Leviathan and Demeter 50% off
Akkoro and Orion 25% off
BALANCE CHANGES AND BUG FIXES
Stronger Scattergun Broadsides - We thought Scattergun Broadsides were a little weak. So we decided to put more boom in your boomstick. We buffed the damage but also gave them a little more lock on range and blast radius to make them a bit more effective. Let us know if we went too far or not far enough. We fully expect more tweaks to be needed here.
These are the specific changes:
Number of projectiles per shoot now T3 - 10, T4 - 15, T5 - 20
Damage per projectile now T3 - 450, T4 - 360, T5 - 305
Damage Radius now 300m for all tiers
Range increased to 1400m for all tiers
Moved Emblem attachment point on the Marauder forecastle to an appropriate location.
Invictus Primary Weapon: Fixed reload time being longer with power to weapons.
Added Support link on the Home screen.
Invasion Event Ended
Changes in this build:
Saucer removed and replaced with Marauder Forecastle
Marauder Hull mesh added.
All maps returned to normal.
Grey Sands now Red Sands again.
Hangar color restored.
Marauder ship is no longer free. Now 500GP
APRIL’S FOOL -- WELCOME TO INVASION!
APRIL’S FOOL -- WELCOME TO INVASION!
As many of you figured out, OUR “SIMPLIFIED” DREADNOUGHT WAS AN APRIL’S FOOLS JOKE.
We are not eliminating the colors or the regular spaceships from our game.
The game changes are for a new event this weekend: INVASION!
As you may imagine, we’re big fans of sci-fi movies and vintage sci-fi movies have a special place in our hearts.
INVASION! pays homage to the B-list movies of the 1950s. Films like “The Day The Earth Stood Still” and “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” created a mythology of deadly aliens flying sleek ships, ready to kill us all, and heroic humans battling them and prevailing at the end. What’s not to like?
ABOUT THE EVENT:
GRAY SANDS MAP: We transformed the Red Sands maps into “Gray Sands” and added a menacing alien station.
FREE FLYING SAUCER HERO SHIP: A “Flying Saucer” Tactical Cruiser is available in the market for free. After the event is over, the Saucer will become the Marauder Hero Ship (more info below).
FREE DECAL: You can also get an INVASION! Commemorative Decal at no cost.
YOU MAY WIN 1000 GPs - Post your screencaps or videos on social media, tag us, and you may win 1000 GPs. We’ll be looking for the images that best capture the crazy weekend ahead (Flying Saucer battles, anyone?)
INVASION! will be active until Monday, April 5. On Tuesday we’ll go back to our regular Dreadnought game.
We hope you enjoy our retro space wars. See you in battle, Captains!
The Marauder Hero ship is a Tier 2 Tactical Cruiser built by Captain Baron Roth IV.
Convinced an extra stellar alien force is present and active, Captain Roth patrols the Solar System in his heavily outfitted support vessel named the Marauder.
The Marauder is based on a stripped-down Jupiter Arms Tac Cruiser. While heavily armed, it is unclear whether the Marauder’s weapons are fully functional or are decoys built by Captain simply for intimidation. Regardless, he has pledged himself as a noble defender against any hostile invaders.
The Marauder, disguised as a Flying Saucer, will be available for free during the INVASION! Event. After April the 6th, the Marauder will be available at the Sinley Bay Market for 500GP.
