LotS/Patch Notes

Patch Notes: June 8, 2011

Features

• New Expeditions:
  • Powerful new items have been added to the Expedition loot tables.
  • We've also changed how the New Item Pack works. It's no longer possible to receive duplicates until you have every item in the pack.
  • Please note that this only applies to the New Item Pack, not to the Relic or Mystery packs.

Bug Fixes

• From tomorrow, players should receive the correct number of Galaxydome Passes each day (20).
• Adjusted server side Raid sorting as part of an ongoing initiative to optimize performance.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .941

Patch Notes: June 3, 2011

Features N/A

Bug Fixes

• Players should now receive credit towards the 'Only the Best' Achievement for the Red Thunder and Superstar's Body Armor. This has been awarded retroactively.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .923

Patch Notes: June 1, 2011

Features

• New Galaxydome Ranks:
  • Four new Ranks may now be attained in Galaxydome.
  • The first of these unlocks a new Raid boss, whom you attack with Energy instead of Stamina.
• Players now receive 20 free Galaxydome Passes each day, instead of 10.
• Alliance Chat:
  • Alliance Chat now functions more like Raid Chat.
  • Messages persist, rather than disappearing at the end of each session.
  • Pressing the Refresh button will display all messages posted longer than five seconds ago.
• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.

Bug Fixes N/A

Known Issues N/A

Rev .911

Patch Notes: May 18, 2011

Features

• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug which was preventing some players from looting defeated Peacemaker 500 Raids.
• Lady Macbeth now displays correctly.
• The Archimedes Mark III Gauntlets are no longer worn via telekinetic means.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .871

Patch Notes: May 11, 2011

Features

• Alliance Raids:
  • Four new Alliance Raid bosses may now be summoned from the War Room: Colonel Mustard, Grislak, Peacemaker 500, Ship of the Damned.
  • Each boss has a chance to drop some brand new loot items.
  • New recipes have been added to the Lab page, which make use of ingredients dropped by those new bosses.

Bug Fixes

• The Guerilla is now correctly identified as a ranged Crew, rather than a melee one.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .861

Patch Notes: May 4, 2011

Features

• Item Rack:
  • You can now save up to three sets of equipment on the Profile page.
  • Simply select a set (e.g. 'Item Set 1') via the menu below your avatar, equip the gear you desire, and press the Save button.
  • Saved sets may be switched between instantly, by clicking on the desired set in the menu.
• Golden Sun Discount:
  • To celebrate six months of LoTS, we're offering discounts on Golden Suns.
  • You can receive discounts of up to 40% when you make your purchases.
  • These discounts will only be available for one week, and will be removed in the next scheduled patch.
• As a further act of celebration, the drop rates of some of our more coveted items have been improved. This is a permanent change.
• Limited Items:
  • Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.
  • Two of them honor our Galaxydome champions - those who were the first to reach Rank 12.

Bug Fixes

• Fixes have been made to some of the Alliance Raid loot tables.
• An issue with Facility loot collection was corrected.
• A typo in one of the yells from Rautha's Head was edited.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .844

Patch Notes: April 27, 2011

Features

• Red Thunder:
  • A powerful upgrade is available for the Thunderbolt. But where might the ingredients be found?
  • Let the treasure hunt begin!
• Easier Raid Access:
  • It's now possible to join Raids without having to reload the game.
  • Simply enter the Red Alert link into the new field on the Raid page.

Bug Fixes N/A

Known Issues N/A

Rev .825

Patch Notes: April 20, 2011

Features:

• New Alliance banners have been added to the game. These were created by some of our talented players, the winners of our recent contest.
• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages. One of these is a special premium Officer who has the power to create any Utility in the game.

Bug Fixes

• The female version of the Sian-TALOS Dress Bottoms now has the correct image (you may need to clear your cache if you still see the old one).

Known Issues N/A

Rev .808

Patch Notes: April 13, 2011

Features:

• You can now arrange your Inventory according to 'Newest' - to better find loot you've just obtained.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a display bug involving Wu Tenchu's ability.
• The female version of the Sian-TALOS Dress Bottoms have been adjusted to limit overlapping issues.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .789

Patch Notes: April 6, 2011

Features:

• Achievements:
  • Certain actions you perform in the game will now earn you Achievements.
  • Each Achievement you earn will grant you AP (Achievement Points), which can be traded in for various rewards.
  • See the Profile page for a list of Achievements, and to spend your AP.
  • You may notice that you already have some AP. This is because certain Achievements have been awarded retroactively.
• When Rautha's Head is triggered during Raids, speech or descriptive text now appears in the Raid Log. There are ten different captions which can appear, selected randomly on each proc. Congratulations to the winners of our 'Words of Rautha' contest, who came up with them.
• Four new Limited Items are now available on the Home and Shop pages.

Bug Fixes N/A

Known Issues N/A

Rev .775

Patch Notes: March 30, 2011

Features:

• The Expedition packs have been updated.
  • This time we're trying something new, and separating the items into different categories.
  • The New Item Pack contains completely new items, added to the game for the first time.
  • The Relic Pack contains existing items, for people who still wish to obtain certain things.
  • The Mystery Pack contains a mixture of the two, along with the chance to win Golden Suns.
• The Shop has been redesigned, to make it more user friendly. Players should now find it easier to navigate.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed display issues with the Alien Blaster and Besalaad Blaster.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .742

Patch Notes: March 23, 2011

Features:

• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.
• Sorting selections made via pull-down menus are now saved.
• The Saint Patrick's Day features have now been removed, perhaps stolen by drunken leprechauns.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a display issue with the CC Arm Cannon.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .690

Patch Notes: March 17, 2011

Features:

Politics of War:

• A new Zone has been added to the game. It can be accessed via the Galaxy Map once you've completed Zone 4 (The Search for the Princess).
  • New Missions and Raids lie before you, full of new challenges and dangerous enemies.
  • Fresh loot items await your avaricious grasp.
  • New recipes have been added to the Lab page.
• Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
  • Denizens of the Emerald Isle and its diaspora (or simply those with a taste for stout) are no doubt revelling in today's festivities. So, we've included some special features in the game for those still in a fit state to play.
  • The Pot of Gold Finder can be purchased in the Shop. These consumables each contain valuable prizes.
  • The drop rates of all legendary item ingredients have been improved, making it easier to get your hands on the most sought after treasures. We've also increased the likelihood of obtaining
    Tier 1 items via Expeditions, and increased the drop rate of certain other hard to get items that people have been hunting for.
  • These features will remain in the game until next week's build, so make use of them while you can!
  • Additional Facility upgrade levels can be purchased, and new items have been added to their loot tables.

Bug Fixes

• Corrected a text display issue on the Ship page.
• General optimization has been carried out on the Facilities code.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .678

Patch Notes: March 9, 2011

Features:

• Raid Page Tabs
• At the top of the list of Raids you can summon, you'll see a collection of tabs. These can be used to select Raids of a specific size, making it quicker to find the ones you wish to summon.
• Your selection options are as follows: All, Small, Medium, Large, Epic, Colossal.
• Your Colossal selection may be rather empty at the moment. We should address that soon...
• Grenades may now be purchased during Mission boss fights, for those who desire a little emergency help. It doesn't matter if you don't have a Belt slot free - buying one activates it immediately, inflicting damage on the boss.
• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.

Bug Fixes N/A

Known Issues N/A

Rev .630

Patch Notes: March 1, 2011

Features:

• Players' Alliance flags now appear on their Public Profiles. Clicking on one of these will take you to that Alliance's Public Wall.

Bug Fixes N/A

Known Issues N/A

Rev .613

Patch Notes: February 23, 2011

Features:

Red Alert Links:

• Due to Facebook errors or technical issues, players have sometimes been unable to activate their Red Alert pop-ups. To limit the inconvenience this might cause, we've come up with a separate way to obtain the link to a Raid.
• To copy a Raid's link to your clipboard, simply hold down the shift key and left-click the Red Alert button. A pop-up will appear confirming that it's worked.
• The link may then be pasted on your Facebook page, or in the relevant part of our forum - wherever you usually seek help for your Raids.
• Four new Limited Items have been added to the Home and Shop pages.

Bug Fixes N/A

Known Issues N/A

Rev .606

Patch Notes: February 16, 2011

Features:

• Items you already own are now highlighted when you view the contents of the Shop, or the Facility loot tables.

Bug Fixes:

• All Alliance ranks which have been granted summoning permission by the Alliance Leader should now be able to make use of this without any issues arising.
• The Raid summoner's name should no longer be incorrectly displayed when someone else removes a Tactic from an Alliance Raid.
• Double-clicking a Utility icon on someone's Public Profile will no longer cause it to disappear.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .596

Patch Notes: February 9, 2011

Features:

Alliance Permissions:

• Alliance Leaders may now promote or demote people in their Alliance to the following three ranks: Member, Soldier, Officer.
• Via the new Permissions button in the bottom left corner of the Alliance Options pop-up, each rank may be vested with certain powers at the Leader's discretion.
• For example, people of a certain rank may be allowed to remove Tactics from Alliance Raid bosses, or process applications to the Alliance.
• Four new Limited Items are now available for sale on the Home and Shop pages.
• he Rank 10 and 11 Galaxydome rewards (Hellfire Gun and Heroica) have been improved.
• By popular request, certain items can no longer be sold in the Shop. For example, the Gremlin can't be sold - since a player wouldn't be able to obtain a replacement.

Bug Fixes:

• The Photon Runner now has the correct image.
• Equipped Belt items now display the correct border in your Inventory.
• Tool-tip labels have been added to the Gift Request buttons.
• Tactics no longer appear on players' Public Profiles.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .589

Patch Notes: February 2, 2011

Features:

• The Expedition loot tables have been updated, and are now bursting with shiny new items.

Bug Fixes:

• Melsarra Cass' Psychic Backlash now works correctly against all psychic enemies.
• Mr. Falyx's Professional Superiority will be calculated correctly on all Raid attacks.
• Kwank Jop Plon's Superior Technology is properly factored into Raid damage.
• Abominable Snowman's bonus proc damage against organic humanoids is now correctly applied against Mr. Justice. However, it is no longer applied when fighting the Infected Squad. Those of you who possess a nerd-like disposition may feel free to debate on the forums about whether this change accurately reflects the nature of his ability and the xenobiology of the Infected Squad.
• When you access a player's Profile via the bar under the game, their Message Wall now loads correctly.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .565

Patch Notes: January 26, 2011

Features:

New Alliance Bosses:

• Four new bosses are ready for battle: the Crossbones Squadron, Mr. Justice, the Rylattu Exterminator, and the Lurking Horror.
• Be warned: the Lurking Horror is an epic boss, and some Alliances may find him to be a challenge.
• Be warned (2): Mr. Justice tends to get angry, and you wouldn't like him when he's angry.
• New loot items accompany these bosses. Among them are M.1 C.H.U. and Anita, our contest winning officers.
• New recipes have been added to the Lab. You can combine your Archimedes Armor pieces with new ingredients dropped by these four bosses, and create the Archimedes Mark II Armor.

New Viral Buttons:

• The 'Invite Friends' button is now available in the Alliance Hall. It can be used to recruit comrades to your Alliance.
• There's a 'Gift Request' button under your Inventory on the Profile page, and at the top of the Lab page. This can be used to ask people to send you gifts.
• A couple more Alliance banners have been added to the selection available in the Alliance Options.
• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages. These ones are themed for Chinese New Year.

Bug Fixes:

• Dacia Ulex now displays her ability on her tool-tip.
• Winning 10 different items from a Raid should no longer cause graphical issues when you attempt to loot the boss in question.
• Some pop-up text was previously displayed with "\n" in front of it. This should no longer be the case.
• When you sort Raids, the word "Alliance" is now used in place of "Guild".

Known Issues N/A

Rev .548

Patch Notes: January 19, 2011

Features:

Fleet Bar:

• A new bar has been added beneath the game window.
• Friends can be invited to the game and added to your Fleet here.
• You can also use it to send gifts.

Language Support:

• We know that many of our players speak something other than English as their native language. So, as a way to enhance your playing experience we're adding support for foreign languages.
• Spanish and Mandarin Chinese can now be selected in place of English, via the pull-down menu at the bottom right of the game window (just below the new Fleet Bar).
• If you're a high-school or university student learning one of those tongues, you can now improve your knowledge by playing LoTS - which I'm sure will be much more fun than reading tiresome textbooks or doing your homework.
• Note that not all of the text has been translated yet. This is an ongoing process, as our lowly interns toil by night and day at their Spanish and Chinese dictionaries.
• Gender changes are now available in the Special Services section of the Shop.

Bug Fixes N/A

Known Issues N/A

Rev .509

Patch Notes: January 12, 2011

Features:

• New bragging options have been made available. You can now generate a different wall post for each of the following actions:
• Gaining a Galaxydome Rank.
• Crafting an item.
• Completing a Collection.
• Creating a legendary item.
• Four new Limited Items are available for sale on the Home and Shop pages.
• At 5th Planet Games we like to recognize notable achievements on the part of our players. To this end, we have a tradition of acknowledging people who obtain the first copy of a legendary item by slipping their names into Limited Item lore. Each player in question receives a free copy of the item which mentions them.
• You'll notice that two of our players are mentioned in today's Limited Items: Bio and Urza.

Bug Fixes:

• Double-clicking equipped items now unequips them.
• The Hard difficulty Raid version of the Blood Alley Gang now has the correct amount of Health.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .486

Patch Notes: January 5, 2011

Features:

Zone 4:

• Our fourth Zone is now live. It can be accessed via the Galaxy Map upon defeating the final boss of Zone 3.
• The story continues, as you and your loyal companions attempt to deal with the aftermath of your battle on the Zenith.
• More challenges and enemies await you, with fresh Missions and Raid bosses.
• There's a wealth of new loot items, and new recipes on the Lab page.
• We've added new items to some of the Facility loot tables.
• The Data icons for each boss on the Raid page are now color-coded according to their sizes. E.g. All the small (10 person) raids have green Data icons, matching the color of the Continuum Transfunctioners used to summon them.
• Christmas presents are no longer available in the Shop.

Bug Fixes:

• The proc rate of the Bambleweeny 57 Sub-Meson Brain has been improved.
• Minor text correction made to some of the splash pages which appeared after clicking bragging links.
• The cost of hiring mercenaries (i.e. non-player Fleet members) via Golden Suns now shows up correctly as 30 GS on the Profile page.
• All clothing items should now appear properly on the PvP result pages.
• The Astral Weaver displays the correct number of Officers on the tool-tip (3).

Known Issues N/A

Rev .447

Patch Notes: December 29, 2010

Features:

Galaxydome is open!

• A new PvP system is now accessible.
• Enlist three of your Fleet members, and form an elite Galaxydome team.
• Equip your team using the items you've acquired over the course of the game. Wondered what you were going to do with your second best weapon? Wonder no longer!
• Each day you receive 10 Galaxydome passes, which you use to challenge other players.
• Defeat your enemies to gain new Ranks and unlock special rewards such as buffs and items.
• Each victory in Galaxydome also has a chance of granting you a Medal. These can be traded in for Stat Points via the Collection section of the Lab page, once you have enough of them.
• Four new Limited Offer items are now on sale on the Home page and in the Shop.
• The special attribute timers which have been running for the last two weeks have now reverted to normal. We hope you enjoyed them over the holidays.
• The Christmas presents have also been removed from Gifting and Get Help requests. They may still be purchased in the Shop, however, for a short period of time.

Bug Fixes:

• It should no longer be possible for Facilities to revert to level 1 as the result of lag.
• The buttons to trigger bragging wall posts now have explanatory tool-tips, and should always be positioned correctly.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .409

Patch Notes: December 15, 2010

Features:

Christmas Presents:

• Christmas continues to be celebrated in the far future, even in the furthest reaches of human space. So for a limited time Christmas presents are available in the game.
• There are six different presents: brown, grey, green, blue, purple, and orange.
• They may be obtained through gifting and Get Help requests, or purchased in the Shop.
• If you obtain a Christmas present, simply double-click it in your Inventory to open it.
• Presents might contain things you've seen before, or special festive items.
• Certain combinations of Holostockings from the Christmas presents can be traded in for prizes in the Lab.
• In honor of the holiday season, we've also halved the recharge times of everyone's attribute bars (Energy, Stamina, Honor, Health). * That means you'll now have even more resources to play with. These new timers will be in place for two weeks, so make the most of them!
• And if that's not enough of a demonstration of holiday spirit, for that two week period we're also giving bonus Golden Suns with each purchase!

Bragging:

• New bragging messages can now be posted on your Facebook walls. If you kill a Mission boss, loot a Raid boss, gain a level, obtain an Expedition item, or win a PvP encounter, you'll have the option of announcing this achievement on your wall. Delight your friends with tales of your exploits!
• They'll even gain Credits for clicking on them, so they too can revel in your victories.
• Speaking of friends, why not invite some of them to play Legacy of a Thousand Suns? Just click the new 'Invite Friends' link at the top right of the game window. Share the fun!
• Consumable items now show up in the main Inventory view.
• Four new Limited Edition Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.
• A random hash code is now attached to each Red Alert URL. This should prevent people from entering your Raids by guessing the URL.
• Note that this only applies to Raids started from today onwards. Your existing Raids will retain their current URLs.
• Please be aware that this security feature will not prevent people from joining your Raids if they have access to the Red Alert. Anyone who clicks on those, or receives the links from someone else, will still be able to enter them as normal.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug which meant that players were sometimes unable to re-enter a Raid they had closed.
• The Holographic Pants now display the correct attribute bonus.
• The Aspis should now appear in the Shop once you've unlocked Legions of Steel (Zone 2).
• Players should now find it much easier to obtain Permission Slip 3 (one of the components for the Antimatter Whip on the Lab page).
• If you obtain the Space Pirate Raiment from gifting, the correct picture will be displayed on the landing page.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .357

Patch Notes: December 8, 2010

Features:

Expeditions:

• Want to get hold of some powerful hardware? Via the new buttons on the Home and Shop pages, you can use Golden Suns to fund Expeditions in search of new assets - from fantastic arms and armor to new officers and ships. You might even find a treasure trove of Golden Suns.
• Every time you purchase an Expedition, you'll receive one item from that Expedition's loot table.

PvP Logs:

• You can now see the results of recent PvP encounters.
• On the PvP page, simply press the Logs button, select the desired type of PvP, and press the yellow Refresh button.
• In situations where you've lost a fight, the Revenge button will appear - allowing you to attack the player who defeated you.
• Clicking on a player's name (e.g. in a Raid damage list) will bring up their Profile pop-up.

Bug Fixes:

• Ajax has been fixed in the database, so players who obtain him should be able to use him properly.
• Fixes have been made to various recently introduced items which were displaying incorrectly.
• When selling in the Shop, you now see how many of each item you own.
• Plan 10 from Outer Space now displays any added health immediately, rather than requiring a refresh.
• Raid boss pictures should automatically show up, rather than sometimes requiring an attack to be performed first.
• A couple of the faces were missing from the selection which appeared when you clicked Customize on the Profile page. These have now been enabled.
• The Scout Drone now correctly displays its bonuses to Attack and Defense.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .320

Patch Notes: December 1, 2010

Features:

• Three new Alliance Raid bosses have been added, one in each size (10, 50, and 100 person).
• Kang, Ruomyes’ Death Flora, and Tourniquet 7 may be summoned from the War Room.
• The latter two bosses are the winners of our "Design an Alliance Raid Boss" contest, created and voted on by our players. Thanks again to both contestants and voters. We hope you're pleased with the job the crack team of artists at Concept Art House did of rendering the victorious designs.
• With new bosses comes new Raid loot.
• There are also new Lab recipes, which use components dropped by those bosses.
• The Antimatter Whip, the game's first legendary item, has been added to the Lab. Search for the six Permission Slips (antimatter weapons are very dangerous, and their sale is heavily restricted), and obtain it!
• If you've joined a Raid, but haven't damaged it yet, you can now close it to remove it from your list.
• Four new Limited Offer items are now on sale on the Home page and in the Shop.
• The brown and orange Sian Tags, Data Cubes, Uniform Scraps, and Holo-Journals have had their art touched up to make the colors more prominent.

Bug Fixes:

• The Flying Saucers' loot table has been corrected. It now contains different items from that of the Infected Squad.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .286

Patch Notes: November 24, 2010

Features:

• The appearance of your character can now be customized by pressing the new button on the Profile page (below your Fleet button, on the left-hand side). This allows you to select different faces and hair, just like you did during character creation.
• Class changes may now be purchased in the Special Services section of the Shop. It appears in the list below the Name Change service.
• After a certain period of inactivity in the game, an alert message will appear to warn you about the game's idle time disconnect (after 15 minutes of inactivity, you get disconnected).

Bug Fixes:

• Various fixes have been made to Facilities, to ensure that they work correctly.
• Certain things which should have generated Attack or Defense points were yielding Energy and Stamina on the server side instead. This has been fixed.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .266

Patch Notes: November 17, 2010

Features:

• Starter Packs may now be purchased on the Home page and in the Shop. These enable you to buy packs of Golden Suns items at a discount.
• Two new items from the Starter Packs, the Star-Threader ship and the Robo-Doc crew member, may also be purchased individually in the Shop.
• You now receive a Golden Sun every other level rather than every five levels. These have been provided retroactively to all players.
• When you look at your list of Active Raids, you'll see how much damage you've inflicted on each one.
• Alliance leaders may now view the Profiles of applicants using the button provided in that section of the Alliance Options screen.

Bug Fixes:

• Facilities should no longer fail to yield items when you attempt to collect from them.
• The images of Facility items should also show up correctly now.
• Raid boss images now show up immediately, rather than requiring an attack to trigger them in some instances.
• When you invest stat points on the Profile page, the changes should be reflected in the visible numbers immediately.
• Ragnar now drops correctly from the 'Rumble in the Jungle' mission, and players who've already gone through that mission but didn't receive him should find him on their Ship pages.
• Various typos have been fixed.
• When you upgrade a Facility to level 5, the Credit symbol will no longer remain on the picture.
• The Strike Squad Ship shows up correctly in the Centurian General's loot table.

Known Issues N/A

Rev .238

LIVE: November 10th 2010

LotS is now in Open Beta!