LotS/Patch Notes

Patch Notes: August 22, 2012

Features

New Skirmish Update and Event

• Deposits of fusion crystals have been located on an asteroid in a remote part of human space. While the politicians argue about whose dominion it falls into, bands of armed warriors are heading out to grab as many as they can...
• For 1 week only: there is a chance to award a Fusion Crystal when you win in Skirmish!
• This will include the following crystals: Brown, Grey, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange and even Red.
• Skirmish now calculates your item's Fusion bonuses.
• Player's Attack and Defense stats are no longer part of the calculations for Skirmish, and now relies more on the things you own and any *Fusion bonuses they have in determining the winner of the battle.
• Skirmish will also have a chance to drop a medal when you win, this will be a permanent addition and will remain even after the event is over.

Skorzeny's Fusion Frenzy!

• Meanwhile, Skorzeny has his own plans to harness the power of the Fusion Crystals, as he's obtained a substantial cache of his own already from another wayward asteroid. Gather your allies and your best gear for this world raid, because Skorzeny is back in a Fusion Frenzy!
• General Skorzeny will be available on Friday, August 24 - time range of his availability for that day will be between the afternoon to evening GMT.
• He is now a timed-based raid, duration of 3 days.
• Stamina, Energy and Honor attacks are now available.
• As per the theme of the event, he will have all the Fusion Crystals available in his loot tables, including the coveted Red Fusion crystal.
• Skorzeny is the first and only raid to feature 10 tactic slots, max out your procs and see your damage soar to new heights!
• Poster for damage tiers and rewards will be coming soon; for those of you wondering, he still has the same loot as before (experimental serums, officer, Sian Interceptor armors, attack/defense points, and even the two Legendary utilities) with a few more additional rewards (like the Fusion Crystals).

Red Fusion Crystal

• This is the highest tier of Fusion Crystal available in the game.
• This will be seeded only through special events; for example: the 1 week long Skirmish Event, Skorzeny world raid, etc.
• The upgrade range from Red Fusion crystals is between 111-145 points.
• When used in the Fusion Depot, your equipment will receive a red glow.

Rev .3018

Patch Notes: August 15, 2012

Features

• New Premium Officer - Ocean Mistress Synactha!
  • The titles of "Ocean Master" and "Ocean Mistress" date back to the days when the Piscarians were a collection of pre-spaceflight civilizations. Due to their aquatic origins, it was akin to saying "Master / Mistress of the Universe" -- somewhat hyperbolic, but indicative of the great military power those individuals wielded. Though many of the species avoid using it today, considering it to be somewhat boastful and excessively grand, Synactha refuses to be called anything else. And given her impressive string of victories, in which she demonstrated both personal courage and tactical brilliance, the politicians to whom she answers are content to go along with it.
    • Ocean Mistress Synactha is a powerful Piscarian officer who also has the "Any" Role and Attribute.
    • She starts off with a base 80 Attack and Defense, and increases by +1 for each stat with every 2 different crew members owned.
    • Proc damage increases for each different crew owned.
    • Proc damage increases for every participant in a raid, cap at 500.
    • New proc mechanic: proc RATE increases for every other officer in your ship.

• New Limited Offers
  • This continues the Swordmaster set, which includes Officer Azim, the Omniscient Swordmaster crew, and the Swordmaster Starblade ship.
  • The Swordmaster Starblade is another ship which will proc damage, and deals extra proc damage against Personal, Small and Medium sized raids.
  • This part of the set also gains extra synergy with Officer Xenia Panoptes, who is still available for purchase at the Bazaar.
  • In this regard, Xenia Panoptes' stats and proc damage have been increased. More specifically, she now has 48 Attack and Defense, and her base proc damage has been quadrupled.

Bug Fixes

• The Fusion glow has been softened.

Rev .3000

Patch Notes: August 8, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Galaxydome Ticket Sale: Get double the amount of tickets per purchase!

Features

• New Expeditions have arrived!
  • The Manhunter Set: Powerful equipment that does extra damage against Human raids.
  • The Grim Reaper Set: Currently has the highest proc rate of any existing armor with a chance to proc twice in a single hit; the utility, however, is slightly different, with the ability to proc damage, and a small chance to proc substantial extra damage.
  • In terms of officer Gera Marl, do note that her bonuses to Attack and Defense function in the same way as Anita and Mr. Falyx does -- that is, for each intellect crew active in the ship, her Attack and Defense will raise respective to her level. So at level 1, she will get a +1 to **Attack and Defense for each Intellect crew, then +2 at level 2, and so on up until level 5.
  • The officer Grim Reaper, however, receives a flat bonus rate to her Attack and Defense depending on which crew type you use, and this officer's level does not affect the rate of increase per Grim Girl and/or Reaper Bot active in the ship.
  • Two new powerful ships accompany this expedition cycle, The Manhunter and The Reaper, both with unique procs that deal damage in raids.
  • This expeditions features a story arc in the equipment lore. You can read the whole story in this thread.
• Galaxydome now features a monthly leaderboard crown.
  • The Galaxydome tab has been grouped up with the other Leaderboard sections that reward crowns.
  • The Galaxydome leaderboard tracks the weekly and monthly scores accrued by participants, and no longer tracks the points daily.
  • The Galaxydome Crown has 300 attack and 300 defense, which also increases the player's Attack by +200 and gives a +10% of the player's base attack.
  • The first Galaxydome Crown will be awarded next month to the top player of the month in this category.

Bug Fixes/Changes

• Bonus to player's attack now add correctly when Dragon Draasa and Sussurran Demons are active in the ship.
• Increased the drop rate of Lork Jral Bul from the Academy facility by five times the old amount.

Rev .2976

Patch Notes: August 1, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Get up to 45% Bonus Golden Suns: when you use Kreds from Kongregate or make a purchase of Golden Suns through the legacyofathousandsuns.com website.
• 50% off New Item Expedition Packs: This applies only to random buy purchases, while direct purchases thereafter will be at the regular price of 40 Suns each.

Features

• The Hunt is on!
  • Solve riddles and unravel mysteries for a new Deathmachine upgrade: Omega Deathmachine!
  • Omega Deathmachine is the first Suns crew member with the ability to proc extra damage against Organic Humanoids.

The first player on Facebook and Kongregate platforms who crafts Omega Deathmachine will appear in the lore of a future limited offer item.

• New Limited Offer: The Swordmaster Set.
  • A brand new set based on the lore and visual design of Xenia Panoptes.

This set is also a Suns first with the ability to proc additional damage against Personal, Small and Medium sized raids.

Bug Fixes

• Zone 9 mission "Holy War" now lists the correct energy values for it, which is 75 points of energy.
• The typo in the Quiskerian loot has been fixed.
• Biological Warfare now procs correctly in the Quiskerian Temple raid.

Rev .2943

Patch Notes: July 25, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Discount on Stamina Refills: Now 25% off the regular price!

Features

• New Raid: Quiskerian Temple
  • Francois Dupont, the UHW's secretary-general, was proud of himself when he arranged permission for human archaeologists to excavate Ciaxia. That world was one of the first colonized by the Quiskerians, and became their most important religious center -- home to many significant places of worship. And though the species was wiped out long ago, their territory annexed by the Huk-Kral, they've always been of interest to scholars due to their history with mankind. Hence the opportunity to study their ancient temples was too good to pass up. Now the archaeologists' ship is sending out a distress call. The last thing its crew heard before losing contact with them was screaming. What lurks in the temple they were exploring?
• This is a small type general raid with 25 slots for participants.
• You must craft the raid's essence in the lab page with the following ingredients: 1 Orange Starmap, 5 Purple Travel Journals, 10 Blue Energy Spheres.
• The raid's loot tables contains two new armor sets: Quiskerian Priest and Quiskerian Warrior sets.
• The Quiskerian Warrior set can be upgraded into the Quiskerian Invader set when combined with the Rylattuu Ultra-Power Doom Sphere in the lab.
• This is the first raid in Legacy of a Thousand Suns to have Fusion Crystals in its loot table, which are components needed to upgrade equipment in the Fusion Depot. Please see Fusion Depot in the next section of the patch notes for more information.
• Fusion Depot
  • You now have the ability to strengthen the attack and defense stats of your equipment via the Fusion Depot!
  • You will need to acquire and use Fusion Crystals for this process; these can be found in the Quiskerian Temple raid's loot table.
  • The Fusion Depot can be found in the player's profile screen.
  • When in the Fusion Depot screen, double-click on a weapon to load it into the Item slot; afterwards, select "Fusion Crystal" from the Slot drop-down menu and double-click on a colored Fusion Crystal.
  • Once the slots have been loaded with their appropriate object, click on the "Fuse Item" button to enhance the attack and defense values of your equipment.
  • There are a few things to take into consideration: one crystal is consumed in the process each time you fuse an item, fusion upgrades affect the entire stack of equipment, and you cannot upgrade utilities in the Fusion Depot.
  • Each crystal has their own minimum/maximum bonus values that they'll give to an item's attack and defense, with higher crystal rarities producing greater results.
  • You can craft an Orange Fusion Crystal using 1 of each colored Fusion Crystals -- Brown, Grey, Green, Blue and Purple.
  • Fused items worn by your Galaxydome team will be taken into the Galaxydome power calculations.
  • Fused items are not taken into Skirmish calculations for now; target to have them calculated is for next week's build, where there will be a new leaderboard standing for Skirmishes.

Bug Fixes

• Made adjustments to realigned items:
  • Bubble Helmet: Now 11 Attack and 19 Defense.
  • Slaughterhouse 10: Now 42 Attack and 38 Defense.
  • The Hat's Gloves: Now 82 Attack and 81 Defense.
  • Stealth Warrior Boots: Now 74 Attack and 79 Defense.
  • Stealth Warrior Mask: Now 74 Attack and 79 Defense.
• However, Space Pirate and Security Armor pieces are at their correct values, since they're acquired from different parts of the game.
• Fixed exp given for Zone 9 mission "Holy War" NM to 78 exp instead of 75 exp.
• Fixed the proc damage of the Hyperspace Hero set against Organic Humanoid raids.

Rev .2918

Patch Notes: July 18, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Discount on Energy Refills: Now 25% off the regular price!

Features

• New Limited Offers now available.
  • Sussurran Voyager: the first ship in Legacy of a Thousand Suns with a proc damage! This also completes the Sussurran item set.
  • In addition, the Lightning Blast, Lightning Bolt and Lightning Cloud Limited Offers are the first mini-set items that has a proc synergy with the Lightning Fists legendary item.
  • Do note that since the Lightning Limited Offers are mini-set items, no future items will be made for it; however, this means the next cycle will feature a new, full Limited Offer item set.
  • Winners who crafted the Lightning Fists legendary item first from their respective servers (CONAN of Facebook and Pinkie_Pie of Kongregate) are now featured on the lore of their Limited Offer items.

Bug Fixes

• • Fixed a bug where certain equipment items were not calculated during mission boss fights, like the Cybersmash items.
  • Upgraded Lu Bu is now shown as a Melee class officer (previously was a Tank, which was not intended).
  • For those that did 5B+ points of damage on the recent Space Pox World Raid: You will receive 1 Attack Grab Bag (looks like a red 5PG box; contains +25 Attack) and 1 Defense Grab Bag (looks like a blue 5PG box; contains +25 defense) in your inventory to make up for the 50 missing Attribute points at 5B+ damage.

Rev .2870

Patch Notes: July 11, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Discount on Stamina Refills: Now 25% off the regular price!

Features

• Intergalactic Space Pox Returns - July 13 between 4PM - 6PM GMT
  • The world raid that makes people get down with the sickness, is back! Now with several changes thanks to feedback from players.
  • You can now use Stamina, Energy and Honor for great accessibility amongst the playerbase.
  • Increased the amount of commons and epics dropped.
  • Added Doom Sphere Segments as a common drop.
  • Lowered the damage required for guaranteed Blue Dwarf armor loot.
  • Changed the Rylattu Doom Sphere as a guaranteed drop.
  • New 5-piece equipment: the Hygiene Trooper set! Exclusive only to the Intergalactic Space Pox world raid.
    • This is the first ever 5-piece Suns equipment (Helm, Chest, Gloves, Pants and Boots) where each one has a proc chance to heal the player.
    • Chance to proc damage Vs. Space Pox (both general and world raid versions).
    • Proc damage increases for each Kakophage and Quarantined Rylattu owned.
    • While it does not proc damage outside of Space Pox raids, it is currently the best 5-piece equipment set with the highest defense value.
    • It is a non-unique armor set, so you can collect multiple pieces of the Hygiene armor; great for outfitting your Galaxydome team!
    • Overall, the primary design for the Hygiene Trooper set is for survivability, and high proc damage to assist in meeting the stretch goals for Intergalactic Space Pox and regular Space Pox.
  • Slightly decreased the damage dealt, and increased the credits received per hit from the raid.
  • Lesser ATK/DEF syringes, Space Pox essence, stat/attack/defense points, Officer Plorska and the Hyperspace Hero set are still part of the loot table.
  • The Infested Teddy Bear is still a guaranteed drop at 5B.
  • The raid is still timed for 3 days long, and no tactics will be available, to continue making the raid fun and challenging.
  • Poster of loot/damage tables for Intergalactic Space Pox can be found here.
• Realignment is now complete.
  • The following equipment has been realigned:
    • Facility items.
    • Galaxydome equipment.
    • AP gear and craftables.
    • Vince Vortex loot.
    • Pre-existing World Raid loot.
    • Special drops -- like Jetpack from Flashheart and Gadget Bot from the Gadget Bot tactic.
    • Dragon Cycle & Hoverboard.
  • Next week will involve balancing from a few equipment pieces, as well as any items that have slipped passed us.
• T3ch-D3m0n Vault still on sale!
  • Final week to collect a fantastic and powerful set that does extra damage against both Mechanized and Ship type raids.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed proc damage bug where armor pieces were not being calculated into player's raid damage (like some of the T3ch-D3m0n equipment).
• Fixed healing bug on some gear/officers and will now heal the player correctly.
• Fixed the loot distribution mechanics for commons from the Celebration Enhancer alliance boss and should be dropping now.

Rev .2844

Patch Notes: July 5, 2012

Features

• New Alliance Boss - Celebration Enhancer J-54!
  • Inhabitants of the Neo-American colonies don't feel it's a proper celebration unless they're waging war on the heavens by unleashing massive firework ordinance. But as they say, it's all fun and games until someone loses an arm. Or a head... This year one city decided to avoid packing the emergency rooms by having payloads of fireworks launched from a machine instead of by human hand. So the Celebration Enhancer J-54 was born. It was a good plan. However, when they fired the lead engineer for being drunk on the job, he took his revenge in the usual manner: by reprogramming it into a rampaging engine of death and destruction. Now it's up to you to bring it down, so the revelers can instead enjoy a slower and more pleasant death from fried food and cheap beer.
• This is a 250 seat alliance raid.
• After defeating this raid, there is a 1 hour cooldown timer before it can be summoned again.
• New raid features a set of firework ingredients; collect them to craft an Immolator Firework.
• The Immolator Firework can be used to upgrade the Incendiary Trooper set into the Immolation Squad set.
• The Celebration Enhancer raid also drops an Ally of the Empire Medallion, which is one ingredient needed to upgrade the officers Maximilian, *Big Bull, Larisa and Faylinn.
• Equipment Realignment Part 2
  • The following items have been realigned this week:
    • Legendaries
    • Blue Dwarf set
    • Thugby All-Star Brainbucket set.
    • Hyperspace Hero set.
    • Leaderboard crowns.
• Due to the content released for this week, a few target items scheduled for realignment have been pushed to next week.
• Target for next week: the rest of the Galaxydome items, Facility items, World Raid equipment, Vince Vortex exclusive items, and whatever else that weren't realigned from the past two weeks.
• New Limited Offers
  • This continues the Sussurran.
  • Next cycle will finish the set with a Sussurran ship.
• New Grab Bag - T3ch D3m0n V4aul7!
  • This contains a powerful 9-piece set that does extra damage versus both Ship or Mechanized raids.
  • The T3ch D3m0n V4aul7 can be purchased from the Bazaar.

Bug Fixes

• Several items from last week's realignment have been fixed.
• Kalaxian Cult Mistress red alert text will now appear correctly.
• Fixed issue where players could not remove/equip GD team members

Rev .2825

Patch Notes: June 27, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Discount on Stamina Refills: Now 25% off the regular price!

Features

• Equipment Realignment Part 1
  • Attack and Defense of all equipment in the game will be increased to add more relevance, value and longevity to them.
  • Part 1 includes over 700 pieces of equipment items.
  • The realignment affects all equipment types: Main-hand, Off-hand, Trinket, Utility, Helm, Gloves, Pants, Boots and Chest.
  • Items affected this week come from the following sources: Missions, General Raids, Alliance Raids, Limited Offers, Most Crafts, Expeditions, and Grab Bags.
  • Note that Suns purchased equipment from 2010-2011 have all been realigned at a fixed rate (one for Limited Offers, and the other for Expeditions/Grab Bag items).
  • Meanwhile, all Suns purchased equipment from January 2012 onward have been realigned at a progressive rate.
  • Items Realigned for next week will be as follows: Legendaries, the other craftables, items from world raids (like Skorzeny) and special raids (like Space Pox), facilities, Galaxydome, Vince Vortex exclusive items, and everything else that wasn't in this week.
  • If you have any questions, please feel free to ask in this thread: http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com...nt-Realignment
• Improved Alliance Officer Control Panel
  • You can now sort your Alliance member list on the officer control panel.
  • The sorting options can now be organized by Name, Rank, Level and Last Login.
  • Note that the Last Login information of each member is now shown on the officer control panel as well.

However, to make this sorting feature fit, the Applications and Members sections have swapped places.

• Raid Tabs
  • You can now view your New, Active and Completed raids on your raid page.

Bug Fixes

• Gunmaster Jessica will now proc with the Zone 10 officers.
• Hair will now show on the female asset of the Kalaxian Kult Mask.

Rev .2791

Patch Notes: June 20, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Discount on Relic Expeditions: Now 33% off the regular price!

Features

• New Limited Offers are available in the shop and home screen.
  • This is the continuation of the Sussurran set.
  • The Sussurran Ambush Dispenser utility, in particular, will create only Sussurran crew members who were from previous Limited Offers and Expeditions.
  • The utility will NOT include future Sussurran crew members.
• Change in Alliance raid sorting.
  • Now the most recently summoned raids will appear first on the alliance enemies list.
• Update to Anti-Matter Whip Version 2.0 craftable.
  • Improved the drop chance Riddle Master's Item (4).

Bug Fixes

• The damage proc gains per officer level from the Zone 10 officers have been fixed.
• Synergy between Sven 'Thor' Thorsen and 'Cannon Arm Kulgwp' with the Sussurran Cheerleaders have been fixed.
• Experience ratio in certain Zone 10 difficulty mission areas have been fixed, such as area 3, mission 3 on Hard.

Shipyard drops have been fixed.

• Health now adds correctly from the Niflung Storm set.
• Health fixed on Bachanghenfil Hard raid.
• Loot drops from the Crush Colossa raid will now be dropping as their appropriate rarity.

Rev .2776

Patch Notes: June 13, 2012

Weekly Sale (Discount on Energy Refills: Now 25% off the regular price!

Features

• Zone 10 has Arrived!
  • Five new areas are in this zone, each expanding on the continuing saga of Legacy of a Thousand Suns.
  • The boss data in this zone will be rewarded in a different order.
  • You asked for a personal raid, and it's finally here for the first time in a Suns! Do note that you cannot purchase Personal **Transfunctioners, and they must be looted from a particular zone 10 raid.
  • There is no 10 man raid from this zone.
  • However, you will find that some pieces of equipment sets and officers have unique synergy that could prove beneficial.
  • A new Legendary Item arrives: the Lightning Fists, with a possible chance to launch more than one proc on a single hit!
• Gamesite Chat is Live!
  • You can now chat with your fellow players in the World chat tab.
  • You can also talk amongst your fellow Alliance members in the Allies tab.
  • View your personal stats under the Stats tab.
  • Look at Developer announcements under the Dev tab.
  • Also, when you post your raid in chat, its image and difficulty will be seen -- no more messy hash tags! Shift-click to copy each posted raid so that you can add them into your raid list.
  • And finally, feel free to leave feedback on future additions you'd like to see for this new feature.

Rev .2752

Patch Notes: June 6, 2012

Weekly Sale Discount on Stamina Refills: Now 25% off the regular price!

Features

• New Limited Offers are available in the shop and home screen.
  • This is the start of the Sussurran set.
• You can now identify who applied tactics in raids.
  • Hover your mouse over the applied tactic, then press shift-click to open up the player's profile page.
  • These instructions will now be seen on the tool-tip of applied tactics.
  • This feature will not work for tactics applied before the update.
• Raid Boss Category Types Updated
  • Mechanized, Ship, Alien Beasts and Alliances have now been added into the system.
• Quadrupled the drop rates for the Shaoquin, Doomsday Device and Troop Transport ships.
• Zone 10 is coming next week!

Bug Fixes

• Corrected the spacing on the raid damage list caused by the line for the player's personal damage.

Rev .2667

Patch Notes: May 30, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Mystery Pack Discount: Now 40% off the regular price!

Features

• Raid Boss Categories Updated
  • We have split the previous Human Male category into Human and Male categories.
  • In addition, we have added a Female category for bosses.
  • There will be additional categories added soon which should cover more types of raid bosses.
  • This feature will add variety on different proc types for equipment in the future.
• Galaxydome Items Improved
  • Commemorative Pistol: now has +5 Stamina.
  • Groupie: now has 10 defense, up from 7 defense.
  • Voice Enhancer: 12 attack and 12 defense, up from 9 attack and 4 defense.
  • Challenger Ship: 15 power, up from 10 power.
  • Bloodbath Turret: 18 attack and 27 defense, up from 15 attack and 5 defense; increased proc rate.
  • Lena: 20 attack and 15 defense, up from 15 attack and 10 defense.
  • Hellfire Gun: 38 attack and 38 defense, up from 28 attack and 28 defense; increased proc damage.
  • Superstar's Body Armor: 65 attack and 65 defense, up from 50 attack and 50 defense; added proc damage, extra proc damage versus Humans.
  • Crazy Jake Tsorx: 42 attack and 17 defense, up from 19 attack and 6 defense.
  • Superstar's Leg Armor: added proc damage, extra proc damage versus Humans.
• Vince Vortex Items Improved
  • All 5 Vengeful Shadow armor pieces have been upgraded: each adds +13 energy; +1 energy for each additional Vengeful Shadow piece worn.
  • Twisted Steel Drone proc mechanics: extra damage per each additional Twisted Steel Drone owned.
  • Montreal Screwdriver: extra proc damage versus Males if Vince Vortex Helmet is equipped.
  • Vince Vortex Helmet: chance to proc damage, extra damage versus Males if Montreal Screwdriver is equipped.
• In-raid Interface: player's personal damage will now be shown at the top of the damage list.
• Vlarg Bounty Hunter Image: this has been changed; you will need to clear your cache to see the new picture.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the color text on Raiyama's Souvenir Bot.

Rev .2652

Patch Notes: May 23, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Get up to 45% bonus Golden Suns when you use Kreds from Kongregate or make a purchase of Golden Suns through the legacyofathousandsuns.com website.

Features

• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.
  • These are the final items that complete the Vlarg set.
• The Legacy of a Thousand Suns store is now live at the www.cafepress.com/5thplanetgames website.
  • Love Ace Flashheart? Love him some more with our Ace Flashheart mousepad!
  • Puzzled with how Telemachus' suit works? Puzzle over it some more with our jig-saw set!
  • Need a cover for your iPhone and iPad? Then protect your tech with our Dragon Cycle case covers!
  • Have that feeling of superior intellect and technology? The Rylattu coffee mug is just for you!
  • Fashion, Style, Suns: We even have hoodies, shirts and onesies -- comfy and awesome!
  • And more great Legacy of a Thousand Suns swag can be found at our cafepress store, along with a lineup of fantastic items from our other fun games: Clash of the Dragons and Dawn of the Dragons!
• We will be launching Skorzeny as a health-based world raid later today before it goes through a retrofit.
• This is the last time you will see Skorzeny in a health-based fashion.
• Skorzeny will be enhanced afterwards to become a timed world raid, along with adjustments and additions to the loot table based on player's feedback from the previous world raid. This will take a bit of time to process.
• Meanwhile, this current health-based Skorzeny is exactly the same as before (loot tables, credit output, and tactic slots), which includes the Skorzeny sidekick rewarded at 5M damage.
• Kongregate will be getting the Legendary version at 250B HP, while Facebook will get the 500B HP Nightmare version. Just to clarify, the loot tables between the two difficulties are exactly the same.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the buttons from the Raid help tutorial page.

Rev .2628

Patch Notes: May 16, 2012

Features

• New expeditions have arrived!
  • The theme for this cycle is Twisted Steel. The armor sets in particular are based off Natasha Cybersmash and Raiyama.
• Please note how the item pack purchases work:
  • In the case of the New Item Pack, you'll never receive duplicate items.
  • Once you purchase all the items in the New Item Pack at least once, you will be able to make direct item purchases thereafter for this pack only.
  • With Relic and Mystery Packs, however, you have a chance of receiving duplicates at any time for non-unique items. There are no direct purchases for these particular packs.
• New in-game help buttons have been added.
  • Pop-ups will also appear retroactively in certain sections of the game.
  • You can disable all tutorial pop ups at any time within a tutorial window. Please note that once you disable the tutorial pop ups, they cannot be re-enabled.

Rev .2601

Patch Notes: May 9, 2012

Weekly Sale

• 50% off New Item Expedition Packs. This applies only to random buy purchases, while direct purchases thereafter will be at the regular price of 40 Suns each.

Features

• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.
  • These are a continuation of the Vlarg set.
• The Space Pox has spread to an Intergalactic level! This is a world raid event featuring a new set of rewards to acquire.
  • Lesser Unbreakable Injection: Increase Defense by 5% of base for 1 hour.
  • Lesser Void Rage Injection: Increase Attack by 5% of base for 1 hour.
  • New officer: Health Inspector Plorska.
  • Two new crew members: Kakophage and Quarantined Rylattu.
  • New Infested Teddy Bear Bot sidekick.

Bug Fixes

• The summoning issue for alliance and non-alliance raids has been resolved and raid cooldown timers should be working properly.

Rev .2554

Patch Notes: May 2, 2012

Important Notice

• PvP has been temporarily disabled while we address a technical issue. We hope to have it restored shortly, and apologize for any inconvenience caused. Second Patch Notes forthcoming later today.

Weekly Sale

• Two for one sale on Galaxydome Passes.

Bug Fixes

• The drop rate for Green Samples from the Pox raid has been fixed.

Rev .2526

Patch Notes: April 25, 2012

Weekly Sale

• 25% off Stamina refills.

Features

• Four new Limited Items are now available on the Home and Shop pages.
  • These represent the first items of the Vlarg Hunter set.
• The pop-up which appears when you earn Achievements has been made more aesthetically pleasing.
• Once you join an Alliance, you can no longer join a different one within an 80 hour period (from the time of joining).

Bug Fixes N/A

Rev .2464

Patch Notes: April 18, 2012

Features

• Space Pox
  • A new raid is upon us!
    • It's bad enough when space pirates shoot the place up, kidnap people for ransom, and generally act like prats. But now a band of interstellar buccaneers are spreading around a disease they contracted in a backwater brothel. Someone needs to bring them down, before they can infect anyone else!
  • The first Space Pox raids will be summoned by your friendly (by which we mean marginally less hate-filled) developers. The raid's data will appear on its loot table, thus allowing it to spread virally (virus... disease... clever, huh?).
  • As with all raids, new loot will be up for grabs.
  • This loot includes the Rylattu Ultra-Power Doom Sphere, a potent ingredient that can be used to upgrade items.
    • For now you may use these to turn the Thugby set into the Thugby All-Star set. But more recipes will be released in the future.
    • The loot table also includes Doom Sphere Segments, which may be collected and combined to create Doom Spheres. Think of it as being like buying a weapon of mass destruction on the installment plan.
• Raid Vault 3.0
  • A new Raid Vault may now be purchased in the Shop, for one week only.
  • Each one you purchase and open will yield 1 Officer OR 1 Crew OR 1 Ship OR 1 Utility.
  • The new items available in the vault are all related to the sport of thugby. For those unfamiliar with this athletic event, imagine the gentlemanly sport of rugby - or the padded colonial version - combined with a wanton disregard for human life.

Bug Fixes N/A

Rev .2440

Patch Notes: April 11, 2012

Weekly Sale

• 33% off Expedition Relic Pack purchases.

Features

• Four new Limited Items are now available on the Home and Shop pages.
  • One item is the Trinity Traverser, which completes that set.
  • Two of the other items are player lore items to celebrate the first players to obtain our most recent legendary items.
• Permission Slip 3 is now available from the Centurian General raid, on Nightmare difficulty.

Bug Fixes

• The Raid History feature on the Alliance page will now update correctly.
• The Scout Drone may now be sold. So, if they're not the droids you're looking for, feel free to trade them in.

Rev .2408

Patch Notes: April 4, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Energy is now being sold at a 25% discount.

Features

• Expeditions: Click to purchase:
  • The workings of the New Item Pack have been improved.
    • As before, you won't receive duplicates unless you already own all the items in the pack. However, once you own all the items you may now click to purchase selected duplicates.
    • This means that if you wish to obtain more of a certain crew to fill out your ships, or more of a specific weapon to bolster your Galaxydome team, you'll no longer have to gamble for them.
• Proc and Effect revamp:
  • Major behind the scenes changes have been conducted to the proc and effect systems. For those unfamiliar with the terms, note the special orange text abilities described on equipment and officers' tool-tips. When there's a triggered raid ability, such as a chance to cause bonus damage, that's a proc. When there's a static effect, such as a bonus to Stamina if the item is equipped, that's an effect.
  • In theory you shouldn't notice any mechanical differences to procs when you play. At your end they should work exactly as they did before. But the changes will hopefully improve the game's performance.
  • The revamping of effects should ensure that mismatches and lost Energy / Stamina / Honor points no longer occur.

Bug Fixes

• The Sian Valor Medallion should now be given correctly from Zone 9, Area 4, Mission 4.
• The Raid URL entry bar should now work properly.

Rev .2388

Patch Notes: March 28, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Four new Limited Offer items are now on sale on the Home page and in the Shop. There is a special officer called Unity in the shop, she gets stronger when in a ship with Trinity. For those that have Trinity, she will get strong when used with Unity! (And if you don't have Trinity, she is still available in Relic and Mystery Packs! )
• Mystery Packs over 40% off!
• Receive up to 45% extra Golden Suns when you purchase Golden Suns on Kongregate.com or legacyofathousandsuns.com!

Features

• General Skorzey... has returned!!
  • General Skorzeny, one of the Centurian Collective's most feared butchers, has been dispatched to eradicate resistance on an occupied planet. But you intend to see that he never gets there. A plan is in place to ambush Skorzeny's cruiser, and assassinate the general. However, this assault can only succeed if enough heroic pilots and soldiers are willing to join in the endeavor.
  • General Skorzeny will be summoned later today! If you missed it the first time, now is your chance to get in on the action!
• New get help feature for raids. You can now request help by clicking the green satellite button to the left of the 'engage' button on the raid list. This button functions the exact same way as clicking the "Red Alert" button in a raid.
• Wahsh Al-Sahraa:
  • A fearsome monster lurks beneath the sands. Can you destroy Wahsh Al-Sahraa, or will your bones litter the desert?
  • Wahsh Al-Sahraa may be summoned via the Alliance Hall. (Note-this raid has a 48 hour cool down timer)
  • This is a special raid, in which every participant receives the same amount of loot. It's an opportunity for alliances to work together as a team -- or else be devoured by a desert monster. Either way is good.
  • New recipes have been added to the lab, which use ingredients taken from the creature's hide.

Bug Fixes

• More than doubled the drop rate for skulls in zone 9.
• Space Invaders are now available in the bazaar only after you unlock Zone 7.
• Ships Plated Fist and Rebel Smuggler now function as intended with the power bonus.
• The Zone 9 completion achievement (My Love Is Vengeance) should now be awarded correctly.
• Players who previously completed the zone on nightmare difficulty without receiving achievement credit have been awarded some AP by way of compensation.
• The Zone 9, Area 4 boss no longer drops the Sian Valor Medallion - as a technical issue prevented it from being awarded on the first playthrough of the area. Instead the medal will now drop from the preceding mission (only once per clear of the area).

Rev .2364

Patch Notes: March 21, 2012

Weekly Sale

• New expedition items have arrived!

Features

• Server and database upgrades to help reduce lag.
• Expeditions:
  • The Expedition loot tables have been updated.
  • Use the New Item Pack to don the garb of a heroic liberator or else wear the armor of a tyrannical conqueror.
  • As always, please note how the packs work:
    • Every time you purchase a pack you receive a single item from its loot table.
    • In the case of the New Item Pack, you'll never receive duplicate items unless you already own all the items in the pack.
  • With Relic and Mystery Packs, however, you have a chance of receiving duplicates at any time.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with ships over 20 crew size and officers over 6 slots not procing. Brutality, Rylattu abductor and other ships now work as intended.
• Jessica now functions correctly in any ship slot.
• Mask Vengeance should now properly be added to your Legendary achievement progress.
• Adjusted various loot tables for raids.
• Fixed the health and timer of Galactic Reaver to reflect being Epic difficulty. Loot is now also dropping correctly.

Rev .2323

Patch Notes: March 14, 2012

Weekly Sale

• 50% off new expedition items!
• 4 new Limited Offer items.

Features

• New Send/Receive all gifts feature.
  • To access this feature, click on "New Gifts" and click the button to the left of the send gifts button. (light blue colored button with up and down arrows.)
• LSI (Leveling Speed Index) and BSI (Battle Strength Index) can now be viewed on your profile.
• Updated the loot table for get help rewards, to include some zone 9 items.
• Updated the officer Trinity's proc. (Her power will now increase with each active crew member named "Player").
• Fixed some drop rates to make it a bit easier to meet the requirements for zone 9:
  • Increased drop chance for Anita, Palax Jerobar, Katrina Malkov and Sian Elite Pilot.
  • Mecha-Wyrm now has Mecha-Drake in loot drops for *all* difficulties. This should help the smaller alliances tackle this beast.
• Upgraded some of procs for zone 9 officers-
  • Modified the procs for the new upgradable officers- Talia, Telemachus, Ragnar and Lu Bu. They should now proc as intended.
  • Modified the proc for Commander Rautha. He somehow got stronger? Can you get his head to match his body?

Bug Fixes

• Raid bosses which were previously miscategorized (e.g. ones which should have counted as organic humanoids but didn't) should now be correctly assigned.
• Fixed the health and timer of Galactic Reaver to reflect being Epic difficulty.

Rev .2290

Patch Notes: March 8, 2012

Weekly Sale

• 25% Off Stamina Refills.
• Premium crew Quarg Ral Flek will be available for only one more week. After this week he is beaming to another galaxy, and he doesn't know when he will return.

Features

• New Quick-Cast slot for tactics now in the Raid screen. The slot will automatically contain the tactic you used most recently, and you can also manually select the tactic to place there. Click on the tactic in that slot to apply on the raid.
• You can now upgrade 4 previous officers by using the craft page. Talia, Ragnar, Telemachus and Lu Bu. You will need to acquire certain items in the game to upgrade them. Can you find them?
• Scaean Gates:
  • A ninth Zone has been added to the game.
  • The story continues. To find out what's happened since the events of "A Masterful Stratagem", check out the Zone intro followed by the Area 1 intro.
    • Note: We'd like to request that players refrain from posting storyline spoilers in thread titles. If you wish to discuss story events, please note that in the title (e.g. by writing '[Spoilers]' at the beginning) or by using spoiler tags in your posts ([spoiler="warning text you want to appear on the button"]Body text[ /spoiler] - please note that the button text is necessary for the tags to work). Thank you.
  • Brand new Missions await!
    • This time Missions each have certain item requirements associated with them, meaning that you'll need to possess those items before you can undertake the Mission in question.
  • New Raid bosses stand against you - and must be defeated.
  • There's new loot to be seized.
  • New recipes have been added to the Lab.

Bug Fixes

• The Princess' Hologram now displays the correct lore.
• Fixed the proc issue with the Mega Multicolored Cloorian Pants.
• Fixed display issue with stats on Dragon Knights Cuisses.

Rev .2244

Patch Notes: February 29, 2012

Weekly Sale

• We have a special visitor for Leap Year Day, we bring to you a premium crew member for 150 GS. Quarg Ral Flek is a dealer of exotic goods and has grown strong in his travels across the galaxy. He will continue to grow stronger as he trades with others in the future.
• Three other new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.
• These will be the first pieces of the Trinity officer armor set. This will be the first of sets based on existing characters in the game.

Features

• In an effort to significantly reduce the server slowdowns, we have slightly modified the way level ranges work in PVP. Here are the details-
  • Players level 25 and under= Will see players 5 levels below and 5 levels above.
  • Players level 26 to 50= Will see players 5 levels below and 25 levels above.
  • Players level 51 to 100= Will see players 25 levels below and 50 levels above.
  • Players level 101 to 250 under= Will see players 50 levels below and 100 levels above.
  • Players level 251 to 500= Will see players 100 levels below and 200 levels above.
  • Players level 501 to 1000= Will see players 250 levels below and 500 levels above.
  • Players level 1001 to 1500= Will see players 500 levels below and 1000 levels above.
  • Players level 1501 and above= Will see players 1000 levels below and 1000 levels above.
• New Suns Stand-Alone website. http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/game/
  • If you purchase Golden Suns through our stand-alone website using a credit card or PayPal, you will have access to a new bonus bag feature.
  • With each purchase you will get 2 bags. One bag will contain a GS bonus. The other bag will contain other useful goodies like Experimental Energy/Stamina Serum, Holostockings.... and more!

Bug Fixes N/A

Rev .2223

Patch Notes: February 22, 2012

Weekly Sale

• 25% Off Energy Refills.

Features

• The Riddle Master is back!
• Do you love your Multi-Colored Cloorian Pants? No? Too bad! Because we're making them even more powerful!

Break the codes, solve the riddles... Find all of the Riddle Master's items! Can you meet the challenge? New Hall of Immortal Section on the Leader boards. Who will be the next immortal? Will it be you?

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the placement issue with the Classic Photon Racer Lightblade and Heart Attack.
• The rarity for the Immortal crew member has been fixed. It will now be displayed as epic. (You may have to clear your cache and reload the game to see the change)

Rev .2147

Patch Notes: February 15, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Over 40% Off Mystery Packs!

Features

• How could this be possible?? It seems that the infestation didn't die with the Colony...
  • "To hell with those UHW prats! Don't know about you lot, but I'm not bloody well sitting around while they make a balls up of things. I'm getting into my ship, taking her to Bannon, and showing those alien buggers that they can't turn a human colony into a Friday night on Novocastria without paying the damn price! Now, who's with me?" -- Captain 'Ace' Flashheart
• Four new "Lovely" Limited Items are now available on the Home and Shop pages.
• The amount of damage that the Legacy Forge procs has been increased.
• Sir Roderick has left our shop for another section of the galaxy (sadly he doesn't know if he will ever return).

Bug Fixes

• Rylattu Abductor ship now procs all Officers.
• The ingredients used to create the Legacy Armor set are no longer subject to DR.

Rev .2099

Patch Notes: February 9, 2012

Weekly Sale

• 25% Off Stamina Refills

Features

• Stat Point Revamp
  • All Crafted stats now give "any stats".
  • Soft caps are based upon your current total stat points and level. Details for this change can be found here- http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com...AME-Feb-7-2012
  • Made changes to LA to still proc an attack but give 0 exp if LSI is 6.5 or greater.
• Reduced timers for all classes! (Honor timers are now 2m for all levels and classes)
  • Starting
    • -Prisoner: 2m energy and stamina
  • Level 6
    • -Pilot: 1m40s energy, 2m stamina
    • -Solider: 2m energy, 1m40s stamina
    • -Explorer: 1m50s energy, 1m50s stamina
  • Level 100
    • -Hotshot: 1m30s energy, 1m50s stamina
    • -Space Reaver: 1m50s energy, 1m30s stamina
    • -Spacefarer: 1m40s energy, 1m40s stamina
  • Level 500
    • -Space Ace: 1m20s energy, 1m40s stamina
    • -Star-Slayer: 1m40s energy, 1m20s stamina
    • -Void-Treader: 1m30s energy, 1m30s stamina
  • Level 1000
    • -Galactic Avenger: 1m15s energy, 1m15s stamina
• The Dragon Knight's Blade has been added to the shop.
• Sir Roderick now has 'any' as his role, meaning that he can fit into the Swooping Dragon.
• The Xeno-Infestation set procs have been upgraded.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .2062

Patch Notes: February 1, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Energy refills are 25% off!

Features

• It seems that the infestation didn't die with the Python...
  • "All vessels are ordered to stay clear of Bannon. Repeat, no ships are to approach Bannon other than authorized UHW vessels. The situation here is under control. The Union of Human Worlds has things well in hand, and we assure you that there is no cause for alarm. Reports of an alien infestation are entirely without basis. We're merely experiencing a slight case of... Oh, my God! It got in! It got in! Shoot it! Burn it! Kill it! I... Aaarrgghh!" -- Interrupted broadcast from the colony on Bannon

• You're heading to Bannon. Who knows what horrors you'll find there?

• The three Lab recipes which were previous adjusted to yield raw stat points will now generate Defense points instead, for reasons of game balance.
• Four new Limited Items are now available on the Home and Shop pages.
  • These represent the final items from the Dragon Knight's set.
• The Raid Log has been modified, so that each entry now takes up less space.

Bug Fixes N/A

Rev .2035

Patch Notes: January 25, 2012

Features

• A Red Envelope grab bag is now available for purchase, to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Powerful items await discovery inside!

• The Daily Reward system has been revamped!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue where when PvPing with high PvP health but low PvE health certain minor bugs would occur.

Rev .2007

Patch Notes: January 18, 2012

Weekly Sale

• Stamina refills are 25% off!

Features

• Four new Limited Items are now available on the Home and Shop pages.
  • These include three fresh items from the Dragon Knight's set.
  • A Raid Vault is available there as well. Each one contains a brand new officer, crew, or ship.
• Stat Caps:
  • Energy and Stamina now cap based on the following formula: energy+stamina*2/level. Once the result of the calculation reaches 7, you will no longer be able to add to the stat in question.
  • Related to this change, Pursuit of Excellence and Lightning Assault will cease to work for players whose energy+stamina*2/level is greater than 6.5.
  • The three Lab recipes which previously granted Energy points now yield raw stat points instead.
• Something wicked this way comes!
  • You've received the following transmission from across the reaches of space:
    • "This is Ludo Isenhal, captain of The Python. If you can hear this message, we're in... we're in a bad way. That bastard... the new tech officer we picked up on Bannon... I knew there was something wrong with him! He... My crew... All infected with... something... I've locked the door to the bridge. Don't know how long it will keep those damn... things... out! Think one of them bit... bit me. Feel... feel..."
  • Who can say what dreadful things you'll find when you locate the vessel?

Bug Fixes N/A

Rev .1961

Patch Notes: January 11, 2012

Sale:

• For the first time in Suns history, both Mystery and Relic Packs are 50% off!

Bug Fixes:

• Publish to Facebook button now works correctly.

Coming Soon... This week is quiet, like the calm before a storm. Something writhes in the black void of space, dancing at the edge of perception like a lingering nightmare. Caution is advised, gather your allies and prepare yourselves for the worst...

Rev .1854

Patch Notes: January 4, 2012

Features

• Four new Limited Items have been added to the game.
  • Three of these represent the first installment of the Dragon Knight items.

Bug Fixes

• The Space Sleigh can now be assigned the correct number of crew members.

Rev .1853

Patch Notes: December 28, 2011

Features

• Expeditions:
• The Expedition loot tables have been updated.
• If you feel like donning the garb of a malevolent minion, or else encasing yourself in thick armor, you should find something to suit your tastes.
  • As always, please note how the packs work:
  • Every time you purchase a pack you receive a single item from its loot table.
  • In the case of the New Item Pack, you'll never receive duplicate items unless you already own all the items in the pack.
  • With Relic and Mystery Packs, however, you have a chance of receiving duplicates at any time.
• Improved Gifting:
  • You can now accept gifts from within the game itself, via the 'View Gifts' button on the Home Page.
• Christmas Grab Bags:
  • The Snowman's Bag is no longer available via the Daily Rewards. However, both Christmas bags will remain in the Shop for another week.
  • As a final act of belated Christmas cheer, all players who've logged into the game since December 1 have been given 6 Snowman's Bags and 1 Santa's Bag.

Bug Fixes

• The Space Sleigh can now be assigned the correct number of crew members.

Rev .1842

Patch Notes: December 21, 2011

Features

• The New Items Pack in Expeditions is currently being sold at a 50% discount.

Bug Fixes N/A

Rev .1799

Patch Notes: December 14, 2011

Features

• Merry Christmas!
  • According to Earth's Gregorian calendar, Christmas will soon be upon us - a time for humans to revel, Rylattu to rub their hands with glee at the thought of all the junk they can sell, and Snuuth to dream of plump turkeys.
  • In honor of this season, some of the Christmas items from last year have been upgraded.
    • One of these is the Abominable Snowman, who can be found in the Shop.
  • Brand new festive items have also been added to the game.
  • Christmas recipes both new and old are available in the Lab, where items can be created in exchange for Holostockings.
  • Holostockings and other Yuletide items may be obtained from the Snowman and Santa Bags in the Shop.
  • The Snowman's Bag is also available from Daily Rewards for the next two weeks.
• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages. These include the final three Crazy Commando items.
• The Crazy Commando Gloves and Pistol have been returned to their original colors, and modified versions of the helmet, chest, and pants from the set have been implemented. Please note that they might not show up for you right away, due to caches.
• The Double-Barrel Blaster is now available in the Shop.

Bug Fixes

• Lieutenant Targe (Mission version) now correctly drops the Storm Commander's Helmet on Legendary difficulty.
• Fixed a bug which meant that past Leader Board winners were retaining some of their crown's benefits even after being usurped.

Rev .1791

Patch Notes: December 7, 2011

Features A Masterful Stratagem:

• An eighth Zone has been added to the game.
• The story continues. To find out what's happened since the events of "The Right Tools", check out the Zone intro followed by the Area 1 intro.
  • Note: We'd like to request that players refrain from posting storyline spoilers in thread titles. If you wish to discuss story events, please note that in the title (e.g. by writing '[Spoilers]' at the beginning) or by using spoiler tags in your posts ([spoiler="warning text you want to appear on the button"]Body text[ /spoiler]). Thank you.
• Brand new Missions await, as you continue your epic interstellar adventure.
• New Raid bosses stand against you - and must be defeated.
• There's new loot to be seized.
• New recipes have been added to the Lab.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1756

Patch Notes: November 30, 2011

Features

• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages. These represent the third cycle of Crazy Commando items.
• The Anniversary items have been removed from the Shop.
• Stamina refills are currently being sold at a 25% discount.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue with the "Rendezvous with Rylattu" mission displaying an incorrect amount of required Energy.

Rev .1701

Patch Notes: November 16, 2011

Features

• The Urban Sprawl Courier's Jacket has been added to the Shop for anyone who's unlocked Zone 5 (Politics of War).
  • This will be significant to those of you who are taking part in the Dragon Cycle treasure hunt.
• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages. These represent the second cycle of Crazy Commando items.
• The Anniversary grab bags are being kept in the Shop for an additional week. They will vanish after next week's build, so grab them while you can!

Bug Fixes

• Issues with PvP Health have been corrected.
• The drop rate for Anniversary Item 6 has been corrected (i.e. improved).

Rev .1684

Patch Notes: November 9, 2011

Features

• Happy Anniversary!
  • Legacy of a Thousand Suns is now a year old. And whilst we're far too gluttonous to share our birthday cake with you people, that doesn't mean we haven't arranged other festivities in which you can take part (but seriously, don't touch the cake...).
  • Dragon Cycle Treasure Hunt:
    • For a year we've had players asking us to give them the motorbike from the game's loading screen. Well, in conjunction with our old friend the Riddle Master we've decided to do just that. Except that you may have to work for it. That's right - it's time for another treasure hunt!
    • If you head to the Lab page, you'll see the recipe which crafts the Dragon Cycle. But if you want to obtain the six ingredients, you'll first have to break the codes and solve the riddles.
  • Anniversary Bosses:
    • Four new Alliance Raid bosses are now in the game.
    • Three are based on the people and companies which have brought you LoTS.
    • The fourth represents the four winners of our 'Who Wants to Be a Boss?' contest.
    • As usual, shiny new loot items may be beaten out of the aforementioned bosses.
    • Ingredients may also be wrested from their cold, dead hands - and used to craft fancy new armor in the Lab.
  • Grab Bags:
    • Four grab bags are available in the Shop, and may be purchased during the anniversary period.
    • The Vending Machine contains Consumables. However, please note that its shoddy construction means that you'll receive a random Consumable each time - rather than the one you selected via the controls on the front of the machine. And don't try shaking it until the thing you wanted falls out, because it has automated defense systems.
    • The Anniversary Bag contains a range of brand new anniversary items.
    • The Commemorative Coin Slot Machine will give you a random Commemorative Coin each time.
    • These coins may be used on the Lab page to obtain Felendis. Some of you may be familiar with this particular individual, and his strange propensities.
    • Please note that Commemorative Coins may also be obtained when people complete your Mission Help requests during the anniversary period, and via Daily Rewards.
  • The Sian Hero Footlocker will give you a random Sian Hero item each time (including the Sian Dragon Gun and Thunder Jian).
    • Their stats have been improved in honor of the occasion. Those of you who already have one or more of these items will notice that the ones in your inventory have become more powerful in accordance with these new stat values.
  • Orphan of Heaven:
    • Every player who's logged into the game since October 1 has been given the Orphan of Heaven.
    • To access it, simply select 'Sidekick' in your inventory's drop-down menu.
  • For one week only, Golden Suns are being sold at a special discount.
• PvP Health:
  • A special PvP Health Bar has been added to the game.
  • If you sustain damage during PvP, either as the attacker or the defender, that will be deducted from this bar rather than your regular Health Bar.
  • This means that players will no longer find themselves unexpectedly short on Health whilst battling Mission or Raid bosses.
  • The PvP Health Bar matches your regular one in length, and will be refilled by any means through which your regular Health Bar is refilled.
• The Halloween items have been reclaimed by the darkness, and are no longer available for purchase. If you missed anything, you'll need a Tardis or DeLorean to obtain it.

Bug Fixes

• The Psycho Sextet Ship now displays the correct number of Officers and Crew.
• The Werewolf's Pelt no longer incorrectly appears in two separate spots within the Mystery Expedition pack.
• Dark Green Candy now displays and applies the correct amount of Energy.

Rev .1662

Patch Notes: November 2, 2011

Features

• Four new Limited Items are now available on the Home and Shop pages.
  • Three of them represent the first installment of the Crazy Commando gear. You'll see more such items over the following cycles.
• We've decided to leave the Halloween items in the Shop for a further week. So, those of you who were too busy trick or treating to purchase them earlier may do so now.
• A nightmare difficulty version of General Skorzeny will be summoned in the near future.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1607

Patch Notes: October 26, 2011

Features

• Halloween:
  • Halloween will soon be upon us - that magical night of the year when adults may dress in an indecent fashion without being arrested, and children may carry out extortion scams with impunity. So, for a limited time we're offering some special Halloween items.
  • Ten masks may be purchased in the Shop and donned by your avatars.
  • Two different grab bags may also be purchased. These consumables contain a range of goodies, which you can acquire by opening the purchased bags via your inventory.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1590

Patch Notes: October 19, 2011

Features

• Improved Alliance Walls:
  • New information now appears on an Alliance's public wall.
  • You can see when a member last logged on, as well as their Galaxydome Rank.
• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1557

Patch Notes: October 12, 2011

Features

• Expeditions:
  • The Expedition loot tables have been updated.
  • If you feel like donning the garb of an old-school Photon Racer, or else patrolling the streets in CyberCop's armor, you're in luck.
  • As always, please note how the packs work:
    • Every time you purchase a pack you receive a single item from its loot table.
    • In the case of the New Item Pack, you'll never receive duplicate items unless you already own all the items in the pack.
    • With Relic and Mystery Packs, however, you have a chance of receiving duplicates at any time.
  • Avatar Screenshot Button:
    • The new button on the Profile Page allows you to instantly post pictures of your character on Facebook.
    • Please note that some browsers may require you to allow the pop-up before the button will function for you.

Bug Fixes

• The left glove from the Terminus Commando Gloves should now appear correctly on female avatars.
• Gunmaster Jessica no longer incorrectly procs when paired with Katrina Malkov.

Rev .1531

Patch Notes: October 5, 2011

Features

• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.
• These complete the Warwalker items.

Bug Fixes

• Corrected a malfunctioning gender flag in the Zone 7 story text.
• Repaired malfunctioning italics code in the Zone 7 story text.
• Fixed a typo in the Zone 3 story text.

Rev .1490

Patch Notes: September 28, 2011

Features

• The Right Tools!
  • A seventh Zone has been added to the game, accessible via the map for anyone who's completed Zone 6 (Aphrodisian Anabasis).
  • The story continues as you and your intrepid companions embark on a mission which may determine the fate of the war.
    • As usual, to follow the story remember to read the Zone Intro (via the button on the top right of the Mission Page) followed by the Area 1 Intro (by double-clicking its icon on the banner).
  • Fresh missions await, along with dangerous new enemies.
  • New loot items are ready to be seized from your foes.
  • Recipes have been added to the Lab page.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1470

Patch Notes: September 21, 2011

Features

• This week there's a special offer on Galaxydome tickets. You'll receive 20 per 3 GS purchase, rather than the usual 10.
• Diminishing Returns was removed from the Galaxydome power calculation. This means that players will no longer have their stats adjusted based on their level vs. their number of stat points.
• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.
  • These represent the second and penultimate installment of the Warwalker items.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1408

Patch Notes: September 14, 2011

Features

• Alliance Raids:
  • Four new Alliance Raid bosses may now be summoned from the War Room.
  • These Raids chronicle your battles against Terminus - a dangerous offence contractor operating in human space. Check out the Red Alert text for more information.
  • A number of new items have been added to the game, and can be found on their loot tables.
  • New Experiment recipes have been added to the Lab page.
• New Alliance Member Limit:
  • Alliances may now contain up to 250 people.
  • All epic Alliance Raids (Lurking Horror, Ship of the Damned, Mecha-Wyrm, Genesis) can now be attacked by up to 250 people instead of the old limit of 100.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1390

Patch Notes: August 31, 2011

Features

• Ship Page Revamp:
  • The Ship Page has been overhauled to make it more efficient and user friendly.
  • New players, or those looking for a refresher course, can obtain information about filling their Ships in the Ship Help Text.
• Raid Vault:
  • Raid Vaults are now available in the Shop, and will be sold until next week's scheduled patch (on September 7).
  • If you purchase the vault, one will appear in the Consumable part of your Inventory. Double-clicking it there will access its contents.
  • Every Raid Bag contains 1 Officer OR 1 Ship OR 2 Crew.
  • There are both new and old items available in the vaults.
• Leader Board Crowns:
  • As promised when we introduced Leader Boards to the game, the people at the top of the marked categories each month will receive a reward.
  • This reward takes the form of a powerful crown - one for each category.
  • But be warned - glory is fleeting. If another player deposes you next month, the crown will be theirs.
• Upgrades:
  • Kwank Jop Plon and Talos have had their stats improved.
  • The Archangel Wingman now gains a bonus when placed in the same Ship as Wing Commander Sasha.
  • The Steel Viper's Defense bonus when placed in the same Ship as Talos has been improved.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1326

Patch Notes: August 24, 2011

Features

• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.
  • One of these is Gunmaster Jessica, a special premium Crew member.
• The price for trying your luck with the Expedition Mystery Pack has been reduced for one week.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1292

Patch Notes: August 17, 2011

Features

• General Skorzeny:
  • A special Galactic Raid will be summoned in which up to 5000 players may battle against General Skorzeny of the Centurian Collective.
  • The general's loot table will include new items, along with stat points and some select existing items.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1269

Patch Notes: August 10, 2011

Features

• Old Golden Sun items sold in the Shop have been improved.
• Four new Limited Items are now available on the Home and Shop pages.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1237

Patch Notes: August 3, 2011

Features

• Expeditions:
  • The Expedition loot tables have been updated.
  • Many powerful new items have been added to the New Item Pack. If you have a taste for lycanthropy, like Caligula's fashion sense, or are in search of such eclectic items as fasces or a ship shaped a bit like the Eiffel Tower, you should find something to interest you.
• If you're new to Expeditions, please note how the system works:
  • With the New Item Pack, you will never receive a duplicate item unless you already own every item in the pack.
  • However, with the Relic and Mystery packs duplicates are possible at any time (well, assuming you have at least one non-unique item from the pack in question).
• Leader Boards:
  • Leader Boards may now be accessed via a button on the upper right of the Home Page.
  • These will show you which players have scored the highest in a number of categories over a weekly and monthly period.
    • With the exception of the Wreckers and Galaxydome tabs, which are updated daily.
    • Note: The weekly lists will appear once a week's data has been collected. Likewise, the monthly lists will appear after a month's data has been collected.
    • A prize will be awarded to the person who's top of the monthly table in each of the marked categories. These will be issued at the end of each month.
  • Be warned: If you win a prize item, but another player then unseats you at the end of the following month, they'll take that item from you!
  • Players who wish to opt out of the Leader Boards, because they don't want their details to be disclosed, are free to do so via the button provided.
• But please note: If you opt out, this decision will be permanent. You won't be able to take part in the Leader Boards again.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1212

Patch Notes: July 27, 2011

Features

• Antimatter Whip Upgrade:
  • The Riddle Master, a mysterious and possibly insane figure, has issued you with a challenge.
  • Break his codes, solve his riddles, and he'll provide you with information on how to upgrade your Antimatter Whip.
  • Let the treasure hunt begin!
• Item tool-tips now contain images as well as text.
• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.
  • Because these items are related to the Archangels, we've put the Archangel Armor - a previous Limited Item - in the Shop. It will remain there while other Archangel items are being sold, for people who missed it but want to complete the set. Its stats have been increased.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1151

Patch Notes: July 20, 2011

Features

• Alliance Raids:
  • Four new Alliance bosses may now be summoned and battled - Professor Squid, Qin Legion, Kaltharan Devourer, and Mecha-Wyrm.
• New items have been added to the game, just waiting to be beaten out of the aforementioned quartet.
  • Tired of your Archimedes Mark III set? Well, just gather the ingredients from those bosses and convert it into Mark IV.
• Lab Page Changes:
  • The Lab page has been revamped.
  • A number of new category and sub-category buttons have been added, to make it easier to find the things you want.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1125

Patch Notes: July 13, 2011

Features

• A pop-up window now appears when you load the game. It informs you about things such as special offers and upcoming content.
• Four new Limited Items have been added to the Home and Shop pages.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Rev .1097

Patch Notes: June 29, 2011

Features

• Aphrodisian Anabasis!
  • A sixth Zone has been added to the game, accessible via the map for anyone who's completed Zone 5 (Politics of War).
  • The story continues as you and your intrepid companions embark on another epic adventure.
  • Fresh missions await, along with dangerous and alluring new foes.
  • New loot items are ready to be seized from your enemies.
  • Recipes have been added to the Lab page.
• The Vengeful Shadow set has been added to Vince Vortex's loot table.
• Four new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages.
  • These ones all share a theme, and are named after literary vampires (but don't worry - nothing sparkles).

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Known Issues

• N/A

Rev .1056

Patch Notes: June 22, 2011

Features

• Daily Rewards:
  • The more observant of you will notice the new Daily Reward button on the Home page. Pressing it will trigger a pop-up displaying a number of reward boxes.
  • For each consecutive day that you log into the game, you'll receive one of those reward boxes - beginning with the brown one, and increasing in level every time until you receive the red one (assuming you log in each day).
  • Note that if you skip a day you'll revert to square one, and your next reward will be the brown one.
  • Rewards are received automatically, and when you're entitled to one you'll see a pop-up informing you of that when you next log into the game.
  • Reward boxes appear in the Consumables section of your inventory, where they may be opened to obtain the prizes within.
  • Along with various other items, you'll be able to obtain special Sian Loyalist's Tokens. These may be exchanged for *Golden Suns via the Collections part of the Lab page, and other rewards are in the works for the future.

Bug Fixes

• N/A

Known Issues

• N/A

Rev .991

Patch Notes: June 15, 2011

Features

• Two new Limited Items are available on the Home and Shop pages, alongside the returning Experimental Stamina & Energy Serums.

Bug Fixes

• Various tech upgrades have been carried out, as part of our ongoing effort to improve performance and reduce lag.

Known Issues

• N/A

Rev .951

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!