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The Waylanders - Alpha 0.28.2 (Hotfix)
- Fixed bug that caused the quest information overlayed the HUD in some situations
- Infinite loop in the labyrinth task has been fixed
- Audio in Act 1 ending cinematic has been improved
- A bug prevented access to Gate of Exile from the Mourian Market
- Mourian trainer's voice no longer overlaps with 'heir disgraced' cinematic sequence
- Menu is no longer accessible with keyboard shortcuts from the class selection window when unlocking a partner
Leave feedback and suggestions
Your feedback means a lot to The Waylanders project and to us. If you have any suggestion or you find any issue, you can tell us in the Steam Discussion forum!
The Waylanders - Alpha 0.28
NEW MAIN QUEST - The Corrupted Coven
Some Mourians are trying to channel the power of the corruption. Nazhedja asks the party to join her in some of the deepest areas of the Underworld, looking for traces of her sisters.
This quest includes some branching situations. You can skip some fights (even a boss!), and solve some conflicts using dialogues instead of weapons.
The Corrupted Coven is the longest mission so far, and the last quest of Act 1. Anyway, you can keep playing The Waylanders even when you finish this quest!
Quest requirements
The Corrupted Coven requires completing both Corruped Circle and Blood in the Woods.
NEW SIDE QUEST - The Agate Eye
Nazhedja also wants to recover a lost artifact, the Agate Eye, while you’re exploring the underworld caves looking for the coven during the main quest. In wrong hands, it could cause a lot of damage.
Quest requirements
This quest will trigger during The Corrupted Coven.
COMBAT TUTORIAL ADDED
Learn the ropes of the combat system in our new interactive tutorial! Attacking, abilities, formations, equipment... Nytia will tech you the basics.
Oh, and the tutorial also has been adapted to controllers!
How to activate the tutorial
Find Nitya, the mourian trainer, in the deck of the Arbitor, during “Journey to Inisfail”.
OTHER CHANGES AND CLARIFICATIONS
- Tutorial: we've added the combat tutorial in the first quest of the game. But this won't be the only one in the game! We'll include additional tutorials in the future
- Map menu: we've updated all the locations-related images in the menu and in loading screens
- Codex: we've added 'Eye of Agate' entry in the Codex
- Known bug: some quests overlays the HUD. This will be fixed solved during the next week via hotfix
WHAT'S NEXT?
Next week, we'll reveal our new steps in a new roadmap. We've read and taken account of your feedback and reports, and we have great plans for The Waylanders. Combat improvement, new languages... Big things are coming! Stay tuned.
The Waylanders - Alpha 0.27
NEW LOYALTY QUEST - AMERGIN
Amergin asks you for help adventuring a sacred cave in this new loyalty quest: The Cave of Eternity. Amergin counts on you and your party's help to face some challenges and recover his title as High Druid... and face his most deep fears.
Your choices and actions will have consequences: although we don't want to make any spoiler, depending on your success during the challenges, the final encounter on this loyalty quest will be different.
Quest requirements: finish Corrupted Circle quest and talk with Amergin in the Vengeance.
NEW SECONDARY QUEST
The name says it all: Wake the Ancient Dragon. This quest can be unlocked after completing The Cave of Eternity. You must complete a simple-but-epic task: slay a giant ancient dragon!
OTHER CHANGES
- Minor redesigns in texts and icons in context menus
- New Codex category: Quest Items
- Known bug: there is an issue which causes the game doesn't properly shows the Wake the Ancient Dragon quest information. Anyway, this side quest is fully playable and we'll fix this in the next update.
The Waylanders - Alpha 0.26
NEW LOYALTY QUEST - KHALDUN
Khaldhun's loyalty quest is now available! In Rite of First Refusal you’ll know more about her master in necromancy arts, and a powerful artifact.
You can start it getting a letter from Scota in the crow spar, after finishing Corrupted Circle quest.
NOTE: the quest is narrative-focused to give the player a legendary, powerful item, but we didn’t implement that system yet. We’ll offer you a stat-boosted weapon instead for the moment!
NEW NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
We've added a friendly notification system to keep track of everything you unlock, loot and find in a new, easy way! You'll find notification icons on the right side of the screen, as you can see in the image below.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
Shops
We've improved interactions with store items. Now you can select multiple items to sell them at the same time. Also, we've improved the way we group similar items.
Codex
We've fixed a bug that prevented the codex images from displaying in the right way. We've also made changed in the Codex tab sub-navigation.
New shortcuts
We've added new friendly shortcuts for several menu tabs:
- P for Characters/Party tab
- I for the Inventory
- M for Local Map
- J to open the Missions tab
KNOWN BUGS
- Gold material reflections and the blood river in the underworld may create weird visual glitches.
- Sometimes the player character can dissapear in Back to Life
- Some combinations of helmets and hairs cause an overlay issue when you open the menu. Unequip and equip again solves the problem, but it will happen again if you open the menu.
- In Khaldun's loyalty quest, if you go to the exit in Chamber of Revelation cave before you complete the quest, the game becomes unstable and crashes.
Although these issues are not currently fixed, we are working on that. Thanks for your feedback and reports!
The Waylanders - Alpha 0.25
NEW LOYALTY QUEST - MAL
Demons, dead husbands and revenge: it's time for Mal's loyalty quest: 'The one that got away'
Mal is a mid thirties, tough-as-nails butch who loves violence for the sake of violence. Luckily, she has channeled this love into a useful career killing dangerous monsters. The only time she’s seen smiling is when she’s killing something… or licking her knife after doing so. Mal has a unique special ability. She lost an eye in a fight with a monster a number of years ago, and her husband at the time, a Mourian man, saved her life by pouring gold in her empty eye socket. That gold was imbued with magick. Now, if she puts the eye of a deceased creature or person in that eye socket, she can see how that individual died. Well, mostly. She sees their doom through not just their eyes, but their lens- their feelings at their time of death distort the vision. For example, for people who were murdered, the person or creature who murdered them may appear much more horrifying or monstrous than they are in real life.
You can activate this loyalty quest talking to Mal in the crew quarters at The Vengeance. You must complete Blood in the Woods before.
In contrast with Berath's narrative-focused quest from Alpha 0.24, this one features more combat, including new boss and miniboss encounters.
NEW FEATURE - AUTOLOOT
Autoloot is now available! This is one of the most requested features from our community. This makes picking up objects easier and improves user experience. Your character will automatically get items when you are closer to them.
In order to use the Autoloot system, you must go Options -> Gameplay and activate the Autoloot option. This also means that, in case you feel comfortable with the classic loot system, you can continue using it instead of Autoloot.
NOTE: although Autoloot system is implemented, we'll improve the way the loot you get is notified in the interface. This will be updated in future alpha patches.
UI & UX IMPROVEMENTS
Journal & Codex
We've improved the way the missions are shown. We've separated 'Journal' and 'Codex' contents. From now on, you can find the missions in the 'Journal' tab instead of the 'Codex' one. So, the Codex will focused on lore, characters, locations and other collectibles of the game. This is a more intuitive way to find the most relevant information in different sections of the menu.
Codex tab example
Journal tab example
Controller support - Movement in tactical pause
We've changed the way the character movement works in tactical pause if you play with controller. Now, if you want to move while being in tactical pause, you must use the option which is located next to the abilities in the HUD.
Stores and merchants
Now you can double-click on any item to buy or sell it in a more comfortable way.
KNOWN BUG
There is a bug which shows a boss' health bar during a cinematic. If you experience this, just reload the game or use the fast travel in the map. We are working to fix this as soon as possible.
The Waylanders - Alpha 0.24
NEW LOYALTY QUEST - BERATH
We’ve added a new, narrative-focused loyalty quest for Berath.
MAP & MINIMAP IMPROVEMENTS
We’ve redesigned map and minimaps for each and every location in the game. They are now fully illustrated, displaying more details for each place in the game.
The vengeance map
The Vengeance in-game minimap
Mourian World map
MORE IMPROVEMENTS
- We’ve updated dialogue texts, so readability has been improved.
- Controller response has been improved for some actions and moves.
- ‘Skip’ button has been fixed for game cinematics.
- Minor fixes in ‘Crow’s Nest’ layout.
- Minor fixes in abilities menu.
The Waylanders roadmap update
Can't read the roadmap? High resolution image here.
NOTE: Henceforth, updated will be biweekly. We are working yo give you new contents, improvements and better stability. As usual, you can contact us via Steam discussions forum if you want to send your feedback and reporting bugs. Your comments are important to us and we keep reading the forum to know your opinion.
In the name of the whole team, thanks for your support. We'll continue with the hard work.
The Waylanders - Alpha 0.23
NEW MAIN QUEST - Corrupted Circle
This is the longest quest so far! This means, Corrupted Circle adds more time of gameplay, featuring 3 new maps in Dumbriga.
Some parts of that place could be explored in Xerion’s Corruption Quest, but now we’re opening the whole location for the first time.
Fuamnach's Tears
This is a map inspired in a real-life place from our land Galicia: Ezaro's waterfall. You'll love it.
The Druidic College
A Celtic stone circle which means a lot for the Druidic University, due to its powerful energy.
Lugaid's Shelter
A refuge behind Fuamnach's Tears, where the disgraced heir Lugaid lives.
Labyrinth map
Corrupted Circle quest also features a labyrynth map. This includes a whole new boss and some minibosses with sweet loot associated to them.
How to activate Corrupted Circle quest
Corrupted Circle is a selectable quest in the crow post, at the end of Back to Life, after the first time you visit The Vengeance. This quest is focused in Lugaid's story arc.
*Keep in mind this quest is in Early Access. This means, some assets and contents could not properly work: voiceover, facial animations and/or cutscenes. Anyway, the main quest is fully playable!
NEW SECONDARY QUEST - A Lost Treasure
This secondary quest can be activated during Corrupted Circle main quest. Would you find the lost treasure?
NEW COMPANIONS - Khaldun, Mal & Rea
Khaldun, Mal and Rea: we've added three new companions, all at once!
Khaldun
An egyptian sage that serves Queen Escota.
Read more info about Khaldun here
Mal
A werewolf pathfinder who hunts for her prey.
Read more info about Mal here
Rea
The first beast-like werewolf. Featuring her own, unique class: Daughter of Lug.
Read more about Rea here
Medieval Era first look
Khaldun, Mal and Rea are the last companions in the Celtic Era. But don't worry, Medieval Era will include more companions, more locations, more story... If you want to know more about Medieval Era, we'll reveal exclusive details today on IGN's Gamescom event! You can watch it here at around 10.30am Pacific Time (7.30pm in Spain). Don't miss it!
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UI CHANGELOG
We've improved several user interface features and designs, listed below.
Characters
- 'Change party' and 'stats' actions are better integrated in the UI, with better positions for their buttons.
- Background-related abilities, like racial resistances to elemental damage, are shown as part of the character tooltip, instead being in the abilities screen
- Now you can rotate your character in the menu
- Minor design changes, like font size and text alignment
Equipment
- Equipment includes a text in the tooltip, showing the quality of the item
- Equipment only displays available gem slots. This should fix some confusion around what things you can improve via crafting
- Minor design changes, like font size and text alignment
Abilities
- Changes in the way we show classes evolution: the action is executed over the class icon, in the center of the screen
Map
- Minor changes in design: icon & text sizes adapted to future map improvements
- Some location points have been fixed (The Vengeance)
Codex
- Minor fix: some Codex categories didn't display images correctly
Options
- Minor changes in terms of design: font size and element spacing
Medieval Era - First look
We have great news. More details about Medieval Era will be revealed tomorrow, during Gamescom digital event, produced by IGN! You can watch it in the streaming below. Remember the date:
Friday, August 28
10.30pm Pacific Time (19.30 in Spain)
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/957710/The_Waylanders/