📢 OPEN ALPHA 1.0.8 RELEASE CHANGELOG & CHECKLIST 📢

🚀 Note from Dev:

The development team has been hard at work making various changes and fixes to enhance the gaming experience.

🎯 Area of Impact:
The updates cover a wide range of features aimed at enhancing the mobile game’s player engagement, social connectivity, and monetization. Key additions include social features like friend systems and guilds, gameplay enhancements such as crafting and new modes, and in-app purchase packages like seasonal passes, subscriptions, and new bundle offerings. The changes focus on creating a more immersive and connected experience while introducing additional options for customization and rewards to enrich playing time.

🔧 Changes:

I. Core Gameplay Enhancements

• Localization: Expanding the game's accessibility to reach a broader audience.
• Age Gating (VN users): Ensuring a safe and age-appropriate experience for Vietnamese players.
• Crafting UX Improvements: Streamlining and refining the crafting system for a smoother experience.
• New Card UI: A refreshed and more functional interface for managing cards.
• UI Passive Augment (+Software): Increasing character customization and build flexibility.
• Vessel/Equipment Augment Reroll: Granting players more control over optimizing their gear.
• Equipment Refinement: Fine-tuning stats to perfect character builds.

II. Social & Guild Features

• Chat System: Facilitating communication and collaboration among players.
• Add Friend (Post-Match): Easily add friends after intense battles to build your network.
• Friend Profile Inspect: View detailed friend profiles and their playstyles.
• Achievements: Celebrate milestones and achievements across lifetime, team-ups, and arenas.
• Guild Admin: Powerful tools to manage and organize guilds effectively.
• Guild Boss Raids: Take on epic guild boss raids to earn rewards together.
• Guild Spaceship: A unique flagship for the guild leader, symbolizing status.
• Friend Gifting: Share in-game gifts with friends to show appreciation.
• Social Follows: Stay connected with others by following their activity.

III. New Game Modes and Content

• MODE - Monster Raid: Face off against powerful monsters in challenging raids.
• Spaceship Customization: Personalize your vessel with unique upgrades and modifications.
• Squad Dungeons with BOT AIs: Explore dungeons solo with AI companions.
• Random Boss Encounter: Encounter surprise challenges while exploring the map.
• MODE - Expedition: Embark on idle-game style missions for rewards and progression.

IV. Events & Monetization

• DLC Short-Term Solution: Offering fresh content in a compact, time-limited package.
• Seasonal Pass: Unlock rewards by participating throughout the season.
• Event Calendar/Overview/Pass/Shop: A central hub to track and access event activities.
• Shop + Capsule Banner New Layout: Improved navigation and visual design for easier shopping.
• Choice Capsule: Customizable purchases to suit your specific needs.
• Step Up Event: Tiered rewards for consistent banner pulls during events.
• New Currency: Introducing additional in-game currencies for more spending options.
• Flash Sale: Time-sensitive deals for players looking to grab a bargain.
• In-Game Marketplace: A player-driven economy to buy and sell items within the game.
• VIP Pass: subscription-based benefits and exclusive perks for dedicated players.
• Top Up Bundle: Convenient bundles for in-app purchases to enhance progression.
• Growth Fund Bundle: Investment packages designed for long-term player progression.
• Arena Shop & Currency: Exclusive rewards and currency for competitive players.

V. Player Progression & Convenience

• Improved UI/UX Inventory System: A more intuitive interface for managing your inventory.
• Player's Flag: A personal symbol representing player's identity and achievements.
• Consumable - XP Drive: Boost experience gain to level up faster.
• Button "Take Me to UI Location": Quick and easy navigation through menus.
• FTUE Endless Mode: Introduces new players to an endless mode for a seamless start.
• Skip Dungeon: Collect rewards without replaying completed dungeons.
• Quest System: Structured objectives to guide player progression through the game.
• CODEX: An in-depth repository of lore and game information.
• Team Synergy: Optimize team compositions for greater efficiency and success.
• New Home UI: A redesigned home screen for improved navigation and usability.
• Skip FTUE: Option to skip the initial tutorial for experienced players.
• Tracking Integration: Enhanced tracking for data collection to improve game balance.
• Select Part & Software (Crafting): More control over crafting specific items for your build.
• In-game Consumables: Temporary items that enhance gameplay and provide buffs.
• New Post-Match UI: A refreshed interface with more relevant information after each battle.

VI. Communication & Expression

• In-Game Chat Stickers: Fun and expressive stickers to add personality to in-game chat conversations.

KNOWN ISSUES

• The game may crash after downloading the DLC if the user turns it off and attempts to restart several times before reconnecting to the network
• The text localization settings are not saved after relaunching the game
• When the device runs out of storage space, the game may crash upon displaying the "insufficient storage space" notification

• The game crashes after pausing and resuming the additional DLC pack download process

• In Camera Tweak mode on the iPad, the camera view is excessively zoomed out and misaligned, causing it to shift off-center from behind the character.