Important! Planet Arkadia Release Notes - 18.8.0

Discussion in 'Planet Arkadia Release Notes & Updates' started by Liviu | Arkadia, Dec 3, 2024.

  1. Liviu | Arkadia

    Liviu | Arkadia Administrator Staff Member PAF Administrator Pro Users PAF Senior Mod Platinum Member Planet Arkadia Official Arkadia Adviser Gold Member

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    Welcome to the latest update for Planet Arkadia! This patch brings exciting new content and challenges for all brave colonists. Read on for the full details of the update.





    New Content and Additions

    1. Increased Sicarius Activity on Arkadia Moon

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    The Sicarius infestation has escalated, particularly on the Arkadia Moon. These threats pose a significant danger to the colony and necessitate a swift response.

    • To counter the growing threat, the Imperial Federal Navy (IFN) has created a new division: IFN Special Operations Division.

    • A new IFN Firebase, Harvir Firebase, has been established on the Arkadia Moon to serve as the headquarters for this elite division.




    2. Join the IFN Spec Ops Division

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    Players now have the opportunity to enlist in the newly formed IFN Spec Ops Division:

    • Recruitment Process:Speak to Captain Darius, located at Harvir Firebase on the Arkadia Moon, to begin your recruitment. Prove your worth by completing the recruitment missions and earn a place in the division.

    • Spec Ops Training:After recruitment, players will undergo an intensive Spec Ops Training program.
      • Complete missions across Arkadia Surface, Arkadia Moon, and Arkadia Underground

      • Earn pieces of the IFN Spec Ops Armor Set at each stage of training.

      • Completing the training awards you with the full armor set and marks your official induction into the IFN Spec Ops Division.
      • Spec Ops Armor set can be upgraded up to Perfected which will give you a 5% block chance and an HP buff.
      • Spec Ops Amor pieces have customizable fields so you can color/texture them as you like.




    3. New Instance: Sicarius Nest
    The ultimate test awaits inside the newly revealed Sicarius Nest:

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    • Location:After completing your training, gain access to the Sicarius Nest, in the crater near PTech Facility, through the smuggler guarding its entrance.

    • Challenge:Inside, players will face the deadly Sicarius forces, destroy the Sicarius eggs, culminating in a battle with the Sicarius Broodmother, Magnarachnia.




    Additional Improvements and Fixes
    • General Gameplay Adjustments:
      • Minor balancing changes to creature spawn rates across Arkadia Surface and Underground.

      • Visual enhancements for the Arkadia Moon to reflect the increased Sicarius activity.
    • Bug Fixes:
      • Fixed an issue where certain mission trackers failed to update correctly.

      • Fixed some incorrect location names

      • Fixed some incorrect world objects materials





    Prepare yourselves, colonists! The challenges ahead are greater than ever, but so are the rewards. Good luck, and see you on the battlefield!
     
  2. hejcior

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    New content - awsome, always nice to see and it is appreciated.

    What bothers me is that there is no benefit for already being high in IFN ranks? If i may suggest...IFN Officers (or at least highest ranks) should be automatically adimitted to IFN Spec Ops Division or at least beneffited somehow from years of Payback chain grind, which does not seems to be the case.
    Would be nice to finally be somehow rewarded for such a long and expensive work.

    Thanks again for your work on new content.
     
  3. Frilas

    Frilas Member

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    I'm assuming that means Gold Rush is canceled, seeing no mention of it here?


    (I did see some preparation by people for a large-scale mining event, but I don’t believe the rumored VIP information, like last year, would happen twice in a row.)
     
  4. slither

    slither Active Member

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    Is there a bug in the new mission? I killed a bunch of sicarius and got the training mission but it says I have to kill a load of hostile mobs on the moon but nothing I kill moves the tracker bar.
     
  5. raindrop

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    Yea iamgine am on the same mission so to make first stage need to burn at least 25k peds at 10% moon and MA tax will have to pay 2500 ped for o e basic armor . Like always arkadia makes greedy quests no wander all players are on Cyrene . My advice get out of there indid the same
     
  6. hejcior

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    As if that somehow differ from missions like pre-requisit for aurli cave. Also taxed and insanely long grind just to have access. Here, at least, you have UL armor piece at the end.
     
  7. slither

    slither Active Member

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    If I don't see it moving because I have to kill so many to see any progress then I will definitely forget this. Having a whole moon at 5% tax (ontop of MAs natural cut) is insane.

    I'd need a VERY good reason to do any hunting on the moon, and they don't even show you the armour that you're going for.
     
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  8. AxeMurderer

    AxeMurderer Active Member Pro Users

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    New armor looks cool, but where Viceroy perfected?
     
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  9. Aryana Ary Softheart

    Aryana Ary Softheart Member

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    has anyone found the sicarius yet? I've searched for quite a while and nothing
     
  10. EFort

    EFort New Member

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    Cool armor, But what about Vicroy. Does not make sense to add an entire new armor set that can go to perfected before fixing Vicroy so it can get to perfected. Vicroy has been in the game a very long time
     
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  11. Zephyrus

    Zephyrus Administrator Staff Member PAF Administrator PAF Senior Mod Planet Arkadia Official

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    Hi all! We have not forgotten about Viceroy Armor but per deal to let us have it in the first place we for the moment can not go further in upgrades for it.

    High Ranking IFN and Smugglers are going to have new content in the future as stated before.

    There is no information unfortunately to share about Gold Rush just yet.

    This is the stats for the new armor for the basic level Imp 18, Cut 18, Stab 18, Pen 4, Burn 4
    and for the perfected Imp 50, Cut 50, Stab 50, Pen 40, Burn 40, Acid 50 5% Block Chance +30 HP

    Any suggestions or complains or bug reports please feel free to DM me here or even better on Arkadia Discord where you can talk to me live.
     
  12. AxeMurderer

    AxeMurderer Active Member Pro Users

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    Different levels of the armor looks the same or different?
     
  13. Kromas

    Kromas New Member

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    is that armor tradeable?
     
  14. Rechinul

    Rechinul New Member

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    interesting Mission, But theres lots of questions regarding the Armour.

    1. You have more specific Stats (For Each individual level? Basic / Adjusted / improved / Modified / Augmented / Perfected)
    2. Is the armour Tradable ?
    3. Will be the 5% Tax on MOON Reduced? (It adds on top of the 5% Tax to MA .. so i guess 10% Is quite high)


    Thanks for the Update, Feels Arkadia is getting alive. Good to see that.
     
  15. Frilas

    Frilas Member

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    Don't need to be ARK official to answer part 3.
    No, there is no 5% MA tax.
    No, the tax on the moon will not be lowered as that is legally questionable (the UG reduction during summer could already be used as a reason to sue ARK).

    LA tax is based on loot instance, so it is 5% of your loot TT value flat.
    -If you spend 100 PED and have a 95% return, you pay 4.75 PED tax.
    -If you spend 100 PED and have a 120% return, you pay 6 PED tax.

    Edit:
    Just to put the MA tax topic into its origin, it was something made up by an LA owner on Rocktropia who advertised that LA deeds are the transfer right of the player tax in that area, and that everybody should only play in his LA since they are guaranteed a higher return % thanks to him "lowering the global tax."
     
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  16. Andreas Bubba Mayhem

    Andreas Bubba Mayhem New Member

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    Why is this news not on the front billboard of the forum? It big news for arkadia players.

    And thanks for this armour mission, the armour is incredible! Thanks!
     
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  17. AkiranBlade

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    Is the training mission a kill count or points or is it TT value of the kills? thanks.
     
  18. Zephyrus

    Zephyrus Administrator Staff Member PAF Administrator PAF Senior Mod Planet Arkadia Official

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    The armor is tradeable and im sorry i don't have any more stats for the moment to share but i am working on it. As now in this moment there are no talks about lowering the moon tax but i hear you and will make a note of it.

    I am very glad to see that so many people are excited over the armor, i heard it might be one if not the best armor in-game right now.

    Any suggestions or complains or bug reports please feel free to DM me here or even better on Arkadia Discord where you can talk to me live.
     
  19. Zephyrus

    Zephyrus Administrator Staff Member PAF Administrator PAF Senior Mod Planet Arkadia Official

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    I have to check that with the devs, thanks for your patience.
     
  20. Buckshot

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    So this basic set of armor is indeed basic
    Not going to be very useful in its base form. So you basically forced to need to get it just to get access to the new instance?

    What is the expected cost of instance access?