Planet Arkadia Update 2015.3 (15th June)

Wooot. Monura trophies!! I'm 1k males away from this and was wondering if it would be a "disappointment" or not.

Thumbs up on the chests. Those have been greatly missed (by others).

 

Entropia Universe 15.3.0 Release Notes
15 Jun 2015

Features

Mission Galactica
A new universe-wide mission has been added and can be accessed via the Action Library. Full details of this exciting new mission will be posted on the Entropia Universe Buzz page very soon.

Harvesting
A new resource gathering system has been introduced allowing participants to harvest natural resources. The first phase of this system features wood harvesting. Resource nodes can be found near appropriate terrain object, so knowledge of the local environment will allow one to locate valuable resource nodes more easily.

A new Resource Gatherer profession has been created, along with its related primary skill Resource Gathering. The TerraTech PH-1, a basic wood harvesting tool, can be purchased at Trade Terminals on all planets. Higher level harvesting tools can be manufactured with the required blueprints.

When a harvesting tool is equipped, the resource node that the tool can extract will show up in the world when within range. Using the tool on such a resource will extract natural material. There are different resource tiers, and harvesting tools have a rating indicating the highest resource tier that can be harvested (along with any lower tiers). Each resource node can only be harvested a limited number times, and each has a short timer after which the node will disappear. Faster and more powerful harvesting tools are thus required to extract the maximum amount of resources before a node is exhausted.

Taming

• Two new passive pet buffs have been implemented: Decrease Critical Damage & Loot Collection.
• Several new creatures are available to be tamed across various planets.

Changes

• Footstep sounds have been improved.
• Improvements to draw distance and particle effects have been implemented to improve graphics performance.

Fixed Issues

• An issue causing missing footstep sounds in certain areas has been corrected.

Known Issues

• An issue has been identified related to the Mission Tracker interface causing client crashes when travelling between planets. This issue will be corrected in the patch scheduled for June 23. Until then, untrack missions during interplanetary travel to avoid client crashes.
• When accessing the Pet Center Manager terminal there is an internal error dialogue, this can be ignored as everything is working as normal. This is due to the new plot system.

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.


Posted here:
http://www.entropiauniverse.com/bulletin/release-notes/

 

Thanks for listening

 

We knew resource gathering will come... which is great! I wonder if looting various timber from mobs remained the same.

 

Pictures of the new woodcutting prof.

1 : See distance you have with avatar and tree for the glow to show up (taken at max distance)

2 : Trees can be close together.

3 : Tree looks like any other tree (tree level 2 in this case)

4 : Tool can be used multiple times on tree.

5 : Small tree is level 1, looks the same as tree level 2.

6 : See the loot, you can get more than 1 pec.


Additional information:
You need to have the tool equipped at all times to see the glowy things for the trees.
You don't have to walk to find trees, you can be running.
The trees are already there, you just need to get close enough to see if they are harvestable or not.

 

What about the repeatables for the new mobs, will they be implemented any time soon?

 

Someone said the trophies have been accidentally left out. Is this true?

 

Thanks a million for the Oratan fix!

Much appreciated, lets have a vu 15.3 tryout Oratan bash this weekend?

 

So I take it we can get wood while playing with our tools on Ark?

(sorry couldn't resist the temptation)

 

Nice update, i went out of Arkadia because of Aakas mostly, so i might come back thanks to Aakas witch is back like the good old time

 

I completed all stages of pandi and I'm not able to get the figurine

 

I got a figurine for ya.. sweet cakes.

 

• Trophies for stage 4 completion of IFN Challenge Monura Female, Monura Male, Dromia, Arkadian Hornet and Pandi are now available, if you have completed stage 4 of any these creatures previously all you have to do is activate the IFN terminal and you will receive your trophy.

This did not work for me =(

 

Ok thanks, appreciate the reply

 

what about "treasure maps" that you get when mining? I have turned some of them into "disk looking" thingies. Whats next?

 

Thanks for squashing the rumour. The Monura Male head will be mine ... as soon as I learn how to unequip this new harvesting tool.

 

You know, I really really wanted to discover the trophy's, but those that are going to finish the 5k today will get it before me - while I worked hard to get all those missions finished (not pandi, but the puny missions).

 

I agree Lizzy, I was the first to complete all stages of Pandi and now I'm in the same boat as you are, someone else that will prolly finish stage 4 will get it.