ROG’oms Up!

Refactored Mechanics

• since these mechanics were completely rewritten it is needless to mention anything about their old bugs that had been reported by players:
  
• Quests;
  
• AI Spawners;
  

Server Part | Backend | Seamless

• New Seamless Zones of different shapes (not just cubes);
  
• the algorithm for many-staged loading of character inventory;
  
• the script that automatically reboots servers according to the schedule;
  

• character saving system;
  
• (exploit) external container item caching and saving system (bank, chests, etc.);
  
• (exploit) the process of logging into game, from the point of launching it to the moment of creating the character;
  

• (rare) an issue that set the character back to level 1.1 when rebooting the game too quickly;
  
• hotbar slots emptying on their own;
  
• Optimized:
  
• AI and their spawn;
  
• memory consumption for game servers;
  

General Balance | Economy:

• revision of the prices of resources, processing and, as a result, of most of the items;
  
• revision of equipment bonuses and requirements of levels 2+;
  
• revision of the proportion of stats values between robes/light/medium/heavy armor, 1H & 2H weapons, weapon types (swords/axes/maces);
  
• made the process of crafting more rewarding financially;
  
• revision of the requirements and stat bonuses of the enchantments for Large Gear, Small Gear, and Jewelry;
  
• new approach to mob stats;
  

Tavern (Tutorial Map)

• deleted several more redundant steps from it with accordance to the feedback received from PT #3 participants;
  

Inventory| Equip | Containers:

• pressing “I” opens both the inventory and the equipped pouch;
  
• this function can be turned off by pressing the button in the pouch window;
  
• the button that allows to bring up the pouch window maximized or minimized;
  

• the number of slots pouches give were considerably increased, limitations being placed on the pouches maximum weight capacity and its own weight;
  
• increases the number of items in stack for most items;
  

Combat System | Magic:

• SFX for flying projectiles;
  

• 2H alternative attack doesn’t need any more “charging” before being used;
  
• effects that change cooldown also make the animations of the actions they affect quicker;
  
• energy use and 2H sprint attack effects;
  

• an error in technical buff stack calculation, especially with those that deal DOT;
  
• Optimized:
  
• server load caused by spell logic and projectiles casts;
  

Character| Vocations and Abilities | Quests

• new type of abilities - passive abilities that give constant passive bonuses while the ability is slotted in the character window;
  
• new type of abilities that change the behavior of weapons;
  

• increased the speed and the distance of dodges;
  
• decreased the energy use of jumps and dodges, including the penalty for repeated dodging/jumping. The intensity of the penalty for carried weight was increased, however;
  

• dodging animation jittering when playing from 3rd person;
  
• attribute experience transfer powders;
  
• Archmage’s levitation wouldn’t end after the effect had already expired;
  

Resources | Processing | Crafting | Enchantments

• messages notifying of crafting or enchantment results;
  

• enchanted items tooltips;
  

• (exploit) errors with using ingredients that aren’t part of a single stack in inventory;
  
• enchantment: issues with attribute bonuses, requirement multiplier, and added requirements;
  
• the error that caused jewelry level to change after it was enchanted;
  

AI | NPCs:

• mobs can now be completely or partially invulnerable to certain weapon/magic types;
  
• increased the number of bosses on the Island and Dwarrhan;
  
• every boss is now in the Black Zone;
  
• wolf;
  

• brand new system of spawners in Dwarrhan - the quantity of mobs will depend on the biome where they are being spawned;
  
• a number of mobs had their idle mode turned back on (they can roam the areas around the spot where they have been spawned);
  

• wrong level scaling of HP regeneration;
  

UI | UX | Visuals | Localization:

• “immersive” nameplates (“classic” nameplates can be turned on in the settings);
  
• animation for turning on spot;
  
• several voices for character to choose from;
  
• characters will use vocal reactions in more different scenarios;
  
• dynamic VFX emissive brightness change according to time of day;
  
• automatic transition to cursor mode when interacting with NPCs;
  
• new weapon models (including the replacement of old ones);
  

• battle log messages made shorter and clearer;
  
• Improved LODs for a number of objects in settlements;
  

• saving hotkeys and displaying hotkeys of the bottom line of the hotbar;
  
• saving the position of windows after relogging;
  
• incorrect display of the attack value at the first equip of the powder;
  
• incorrect display of the amount of powders in the cell when using them through the hotbar;
  
• the cursor in the aiming mode takes into account the change in the range of the weapon depending on the character's height;
  
• the character window does not take into account the modified weapon stats;
  
• FPS drop when playing a number of VFX;
  
• bug with restarting the global cooldown timer on abilities after transitioning through Seamless;
  
• localization of different Karma zones;
  

• (EA) there were many questions and bug reports related to players not being able to grasp some of the game’s mechanics; for that reason we are currently working on a game “wiki” that would look like an in-game journal;
  
• (EA) encountering some mechanics for the first time (in case this is the first character and “hints” option is turned on) will bring up a pop-up notification clicking on which will open a corresponding “wiki” page;
  

• (?!) they were the biggest troublemaker being responsible for most bug reports, because they prevented player from joining Vocations, getting additive abilities, and were also vulnerable to being abused (even unintentional);
  
• (PT#4) this mechanics leaves us no choice except to completely refactor it, changing the architecture and rejecting the idea of storing the quests in the DB;
  

• (?!) aside from quests, the biggest cause of issues were Vocations. They brought so many problems that we even had to refrain from implementing additive abilities;
  
• (?!) unfortunately, PT #3 only offered a superficial view of Vocations, due to insufficient attribute and stat bonuses;
  
• (PT #4) we’ll pay through attention to the number of additive abilities, so that every profession would have several of them;
  

• (?!) noticeable slowdown of character progression with leveling PvE abuses;
  
• (PT #3) decrease the amount of XP gained from training dummies, amount of XP gained from bosses was also cut down;
  
• (PT #3, Patch #4) average character DPS was increased by 30-50% by the means of more dramatic stat growth between the items of levels 1, 2, and 3.;
  
• (PT #4) amount of XP gained from receiving damage in PvE was decreased considerably;
  
• (PT #4) reaching level 10.10 on a twink character should take no more than 30 mins, while for levels 16.15/15.16 it is around 2 hours;
  
• (PT #4) we will add powders that give a tech buff, that causes the XP gained for one attribute to be transferred to another attribute with a small penalty;
  
• (?!) insufficient XP bonus for being in party and “progression conflict” causes by party members leveling different stats;
  
• (PT #4) redistribution of attributes points within one growth direction will be done using Tabula Rasa, while between different growth directions it’ll be accomplished with the use of the abovementioned powders;
  

• (?!) visual lack of new content on the continent in comparison with Rivulet Island;
  
• Rivulet Island was added before PT #1 and was filled with existing biomes in order to introduce the players to the mechanics that Dwarrhan would offer in a safe and friendly environment;
  
• (PT #4) we will add more kill, fetch, and collect quests;
  
• (EA) more additions to the quest system: RNG for rewards and objectives, more variations of rewards, repeatability, etc.;
  
• (EA) we will add caches/treasure chest found during exploration with a system of keys that grant access to them;
  

• (?!) player activity was poorly rewarded and the ratio between the prices of goods and NPC service prices was dumb;
  
• (PT #4) dramatic overhaul of all kinds of prices, including a noticeable change in the growth of prices for items of different levels;
  
• (PT #4) greater quest rewards and stricter DQB rules in Dwarrhan;
  

• (?!) abuse of named mobs (bosses);
  
• (PT #4) as part of the necessary spawner refactor, there will also be more detailed customization of areas for navigation within each spawner;
  
• (PT #4) changing craters;
  
• (PT #4) adding partial/full immunity to various weapons/elements;
  

• (?!) the casual physics of magic had a significant impact on its relevance, especially in terms of characteristics (they were underestimated);
  
• (PT #3, Patch #4) fundamental changes were made to the approach in order to collect feedback on it. The main direction is to increase damage and complicate physics;
  
• (PT #4) adding strong "shooters" for earth/fire/water, similar to the air's Big Shock powder and AOE magic for all elements;
  
• (EA) revision towards increasing passive HP / MP regen depending on the satiety of the character, which should reduce the number of actions of players, especially in slow PvE;
  

• (?!) the first received feedback and statistics showed the need for rebalancing and a certain simplification in the management of some types of weapons;
  
• (?!) the second, but more significant problem is the discomfort due to the need for the client to wait for information from the server to play VFX / SFX tricks, which creates a clunkiness when having ping, above average;
  
• (PT #3, Patch #4) weapon control was simplified, the bonus in characteristics for less comfortable types of weapons was increased;
  
• (PT #4) this problem will be solved by PT #4 with the help of prediction;
  

• (?!) casuality of physics;
  
• (PT #3, Patch #4) as part of the testing, cardinal changes were made - a slowdown in speed and a decrease in flatness;
  
• (EA) adding different types of expendable ammunition (bolts) for the crossbow, affecting physics / damage;
  

• (?!) all currently known dupe paths have 2 directions: the ability to access a character until it is removed from the world, and differences in the approach to saving homogeneous data types in the database (quests) in different mechanics;
  
• (PT #4) the “online” status for characters will not allow access to them until they are deleted from the world and saved to the database;
  
• (PT #4) saving of bankers, questgivers will take place absolutely synchronously with the saving of the character's inventory in the database with additional checks;
  
• (PT #4) 1st character will receive 100% of the starting money, the second – 50%, the third will get 25%, and 4th+ characters receive 0 talers at the start;
  
• (PT #4) We also include here the situation with the characters who were duping recipes (the record is 600+ items). The inventory will be sent to the client in several packages, depending on the number of items on the character;
  
• (EA) the “online” status for the account will not allow you to re-enter it using simple actions with Steam on this account;
  

• (?!) clunkiness in all possible ways;
  
• (PT #4) it will be revised: the inventory weight of items and its correspondence to the crafted weight, the number of slots in recipe books/token boxes and pouches will be increased (the main restrictions will be shifted to its carrying capacity);
  
• (PT #4) changed the approach to the numbers in stacks;
  

• (PT #3, Patch #4) the approach to UI / UX in the context of the main hood (the main screen in the first person) was changed;
  
• (PT #4) Rejection of nameplates/HP bars over characters/AI with the ability to enable “classic mode” in the settings;
  
• (PT #4) work with inventory:
  
• (EA) refactoring the player notification system using VFXs;
  

ROG’oms Up!

• Instance-to-Instance transition (test version):
  
• on the right side of the location name, there’s a button that brings up a window to send an instance transition request;
  
• there, you should enter the ID of the instance to transfer to;
  
• the ID of your instance can be found in this window;
  
• you may learn the other ID from your friend or send them yours;
  

• max level Vocation limits were turned off temporarily;
  
• when you join a Vocation, you receive one main ability, but you can also get 1-2 additional abilities from the quest giver in Harbur;
  
• added the interface to choose from multiple available additional abilities;
  

• added crafting stations in Isgollyne; in Harbur, moved them to the central square;
  
• fixed the issues of recipes and blank items;
  
• enchantment recipes were simplified for the purposes of PT due to ingredients being too hard to find;
  
• for testing purposes, the random generation of rare metals was made visible during processing;
  
• fixed the issue when rare metal ingot icons were not visible when split or merged;
  

• increased XP rates for characters of levels 1-15 three times, and for levels 15-30 - two times;
  
• increased the DPS of items for characters at levels 1-15, which also makes leveling easier;
  
• level 8.8 can be reached in 15 minutes after leaving the Tutorial Tavern;
  

• 2h weapon physics was made more “comfortable”;
  
• crossbow bolt speed was decreased five times, and the trajectory curve magnified six times;
  
• magic: projectile speed was decreased 1,5 - 3 times depending on the element;
  
• melee weapon damage was increased by 3-25%, including the change in randomization ranges;
  
• magic damage was increased by 25-100% depending on powder level;
  

• named mobs give 8 times less experience, still didn’t manage to fix their navigation;
  
• castle guard was made 2 times weaker;
  
• all AIs no longer can receive tech buffs;
  
• the number of active buff slots was limited to 1 - 3;
  
• enabled the test version of mob projectile avoidance system;
  

• changes in general: the UI was made less obtrusive, allowed customization;
  
• added UI customization in main HUD:
  
• to try it, press the “tool” button in the upper right corner of the screen;
  
  
  
  • HP/MP/Energy;
    
  • Passive buffs;
    
  • Active buffs;
    
  • Hotbar;
    
  
  
• the button also allows to quickly change graphic quality presets and reset UI element positions;
  
• removed interface underlays from wherever it was possible;
  
• chat and battle log were made transparent until hovered over by a cursor; battle log was moved to the right side;
  
• HP/MP numbers were set on by default (press LMB on the bar to toggle);
  
• ability icons were refactored;
  

• castle elixir filling length was increased to 1 hour of real time for the common elixir and 6 hours for the royal elixir;
  
• vegetation: tweaked the collisions of ground objects to improve the navigation;
  
• a number of VXFs had their emission turned down;
  

• (rare) server crash when someone duped items;
  
• issues with leaving real estate rooms;
  
• client crash when casting magic on castle gates;
  
• Seamless zone VFX on middle graphics settings;
  

ROG’oms Up!

• Next week, we will release a patch that will fix the issues related to Vocations and introduce additional abilities;
  
• We added a temporary item that allows players to abandon their current Vocation (“Prof dropout" scroll);
  

• (Island) Prison cells with characters banned for using GM panel or of those who benefited from them;
  
• (Island) Black territory in the locations of named world bosses;
  
• (Daerkunn) Collision volumes that restrict the boundaries of the county and tell players that they are leaving playable area;
  
• Discord news are updated every time the starting menu is opened instead of according to a timer;
  
• system messages telling of an inability to teleport, a lack of inventory space, etc.;
  
• (Items) T2 Jewelry, T2 and T3 Bags;
  
• localized a number of objects in the world;
  
• icons for herb essences;
  

• Main HUD UI;
  
• now players can remove recipes from the Recipe Book;
  
• players now can’t die inside their houses, and new descriptions of real estate;
  
• (Items) prices of a number of items, and vendors’ balances;
  
• (Items) T2 Jewelry’s and Robes’ stats;
  
• (Island) The respawn time of Bur's escort has been reduced by 4 times;
  
• DBV: Travelers;
  
• the size of several herbs to make them more noticeable;
  
• tree collisions (oaks and birches);
  

• possibility of bringing up the GM panel when editing memory;
  
• under certain conditions, the player character would save in the wrong way, decreasing the character’s level to 1.1;
  
• spawner manager issue that obstructed the work of the manager and caused unnecessary stress on the server;
  
• item quality didn’t visually update item requirements;
  
• some map icons disappeared from the map;
  
• loot dropped by golems could fall through the landscape;
  
• items acquired through the refining process could disappear into nothingness if the player didn’t have enough room in the inventory;
  
• castle AI would fight each other;
  
• weird blue “rays” in the world;
  
• 2D fire crackling in random places of Daerkunn;
  

ROG’oms Up!

How is this playtest different from the previous ones?

Daerkunn County?

Can I play with my friends?

How can I get to my friend in another instance?

When will there be Vocations, abilities, and crafting?

Why do certain abilities still debuff me when all seven effect slots are occupied?

Why can’t I find a certain kind of mob near the settlements?

Why do shop prices and quest requirements keep changing?

How are mobs spread across the map?

• the more loot will drop from mobs of the same type;
  
• the higher the level of mobs, not exceeding the county’s threshold;
  
• there will appear new types of mobs; their proportions will change;
  

Where are the servers located?

Is there going to be a wipe before or after the test?

Is there a building system in the game?

Stuck in the Tutorial! What do I do?

Why can’t I equip an item I have just bought from a vendor?

Leveling up the character and attributes. How do I get endurance?

What’s attribute redistribution?

I left my items in the tavern on the island! What do I do?

What’s ROG Club, and why’s everyone talking about it?

How is the game going to be distributed after release?

Why is the game so similar to Morrowind/Oblivion/Gothic?

ROG’oms Up!

• (Daerkunn) vendors selling items and powders of levels 2 and 3;
  
• Physical and visual borders marking the edges of Daerkunn County;
  
• A number of objects have been localized;
  

• (Daerkunn) AI were made 15-30% weaker depending on the distance from hubs;
  
• (Island) DQB system was turned off (quest objectives are static, no matter how often a quest has been completed);
  
• (Island) the ecosystem was completely turned off (the mobs no longer go extinct after being mown down by players);
  
• (Island) named Stickman was made significantly weaker;
  
• (Island) named mobs drop significantly more ancient coins; skeletons drop coins with higher chances;
  
• (everywhere) experience gained from dummies is limited by the character’s level; the amount of experience gained was made 20 times less;
  
• (AI) stickmen’s defence stance will give them more PD and MD;
  

• Dodging could block stamina regeneration;
  
• Satiety depleted too quickly;
  
• Players could discard an item’s “shadow” from their inventory;
  
• Splitting item stacks in the inventory;
  
• Water drops on the character model;
  
• Description and localization;
  

• Players received damage on graveyards and in safe zones;
  
• Players could deal AOE damage in safe zones;
  
• There were no intermediate character backups for random characters;
  
• Loss of attributes when using Tabula Rasa that was equal to the number of attributes given by an item bonus;
  
• Opening the Dwarrhan map for the first time focused the view on the character marker;
  
• A number of visual glitches in the Tutorial Tavern;
  
• A number of visual glitches related to tree collisions;
  
• Players could get stuck in a hole in the floor in the castle on the island;
  

• Falling through the landscape if the Dwarrhan map was loaded from HDD memory;
  

• Movement keys can be re-bound from “WASD”;
  
• Added a visual border for Dwarrhan Kingdom to mark the unplayable area;
  

• All mobs were made 9–24% weaker;
  
• The number of mobs was increased by 25% (mostly in the central part of the island);
  
• Fixed some quests and quest markers;
  
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• The bear debuff is now a regular buff and has a shorter duration;
  
• Troll mosquito SFX was made more visually distinct;
  

ROG’oms Up!

Changes

Server part | Backend

1. Added:
   
   
   
   • Monitoring and forced shutdown of “frozen” game servers;
     
   • Game server communication manager 2.0;
     
   • Moved to a new DBMS having updated the php scripts;
     
   
   
2. Changed:
   
   
   
   • A system that informs the client of server status;
     
   • Server MasterManager will also be responsible for controlling backend services;
     
   
   
3. Fixed:
   
   
   
   • (Crash) Container inside real estate;
     
   • Errors of weather manager;
     
   • Service library memory leaks;
     
   
   

Client part

1. Fixed:
   
   
   
   • Saving controls settings after quitting the game;
     
   • After leaving the tavern control inputs could have become broken;
     
   
   
2. Optimized:
   
   
   
   • FPS in the game increased by 15-30% depending on the scene;
     
   
   

Rivulet Island:

1. Added:
   
   
   
   • New quest givers and quests;
     
   
   
2. Changed:
   
   
   
   • Increased the number of AIs to 350, named mobs not included;
     
   • The amount and quality of loot increases with the level of AIs (from South to North the farther you go from the village);
     
   
   

Combat system | Magic | Equipment:

1. Fixed:
   
   
   
   • Wrongly calculated buff durations after heated casts
     
   • Powder heating only used mana, ignoring all other resources necessary for casting;
     
   • An issue with activation powders from the hotbar;
     
   • Blocking with a shield did not increase MD;
     
   • Magic impact VFXs;
     
   
   

Character| Vocations & Abilities | Quests

1. Added:
   
   
   
   • Environment damage system fire/water/etc.);
     
   
   
2. Changed:
   
   
   
   • Stat and attribute multipliers caused by various effects;
     
   • MD/PD bonus from dodging is now a tech buff;
     
   • The character will not receive a quest reward if there’s no room left in the inventory;
     
   
   
3. Fixed:
   
   
   
   • Camera jittering with logging in the server;
     
   • Unequipping stuff when accepting;
     
   • The tech buff of “Tabula Rasa” disappeared on death;
     
   • Inability to open real estate container again after it has been opened once;
     
   • Rendering weapons on the character model depending on its position in the hotbar;
     
   • Restriction to opening a pouch before it has been equipped;
     
   • Character didn’t receive any money for quests;
     
   • Issue with equipped weapon when teleporting using a token;
     
   • Equipping while dodging causes to lose control over the character;
     
   • Quests on killing named mobs;
     
   • Completing of repeatable quests without fulfilling the objectives;
     
   
   

Parties | Guilds:

1. Added:
   
   
   
   • Adding to the party via the chat automatically creates a new party;
     
   
   
2. Fixed:
   A number or errors related to party members transferring between servers;
   Leaving a party;
   

AI | NPC:

1. Added:
   
   
   
   • Global AI spawner manager to control the number of AIs in the server;
     
   • The information in AIs nameplates indicating the level difference between mobs and player character;
     
   
   
2. Fixed:
   
   
   
   • Some AI would spawn underground;
     
   
   
3. Optimized:
   
   
   
   • The frequency of ticks and replications;
     
   • The density of navigation grid;
     
   • All the dynamic navigation grid is stored in server RAM;
     
   • After spawning most of the AI will stay put on their positions;
     
   • AI that are allowed to move have their own navigation system;
     
   
   

Map & Compass:

1. Added:
   
   
   
   • Map icon will automatically adjust to the scale of the map;
     
   • Icons for teleports and roadside taverns;
     
   
   
2. Fixed:
   
   
   
   • Issue with showing the custom marker on the map;
     
   
   

Items | Crafting | Trade

1. Added:
   
   
   
   • Items dropped from the inventory will no longer simulate physics so they will no longer fall through the ground;
     
   
   
2. Changed:
   
   
   
   • All items dropped from inventory are “packed” in small bags;
     
   • New item spawning system that excludes the possibility of them falling through the ground and spawning in the same place two at a time;
     
   
   
3. Fixed:
   
   
   
   • Unpredictable resource requirements to craft powders of level 2+;
     
   • Some animal skins couldn’t get refined;
     
   • Quality system (requirements);
     
   
   

UI | UX | Visuals| Localization:

1. Item tooltips:
   
   
   
   • Added missing data to all types of items;
     
   • Requirements that the character doesn’t meet are now highlighted;
     
   • Fixed the incorrect influence of tear & wear/quality systems on durability/base/attributes/requirements;
     
   • Fixed the incorrect display of of defense stats when blocking;
     
   
   
2. Added:
   
   
   
   • SFX in crafting menus;
     
   • Information about how character’s height influences their stats;
     
   • Environment SFXs;
     
   • Links to Discord and Youtube in the starting and main menus;
     
   • A number of icons for buffs;
     
   
   
3. Fixed:
   
   
   
   • Quitting to the main menu caused the crosshair to disappear until pressing Tab;
     
   • Zone icons that inform about karma rules in the zone;
     
   • Storekeeper in the tutorial could play the phrases of Mentor and vice versa;
     
   • The order of attributes in the respec window;
     
   • Localized map legend;
     
   • Localized quest objectives;
     
   
   

Bugtracker & Other fixes:

• 0000377: Server crash because of the incorrect logging of interaction with items;
  
• 0000380: Incorrect bounds of NPC elements (hair disappearing, etc.);
  
• 0000365: Incorrect bonuses and stamina depletion when dodging;
  
• 0000364: Purification powder did not work with all 7 buff slots occupied;
  
• 0000359: Nettle and dandelion could spawn in the same position;
  
• 0000363: Training dummy could “die”.
  

• Requirements system (enabled);
  
• Buff system (disabled);
  
• At the next server maintenance, the buff system will be gradually turned on;