Important! Planet Arkadia Update 2014.4 (9 December)

Planet Arkadia Update 2014.4 Release Notes (9 December 2014)

The following are changes that come with Planet Arkadia Update 2014.4. This information is provided, to the extent that the IFN and ACA are at liberty to discuss at this time. Log in today and check things out for yourself, to discover how the changes affect you!


New Content

Improvements made to the New Arrivals Hangar and NPE mission chain.

• New Player Experience (NPE), is now locked to only allow Arkadia players.
  
• As part of our ongoing evaluation of the "New Player Experience", and as a followup on our previous improvements to the start room, this update includes some significant improvements to the New Arrivals Hangar.

Locations

• Celeste Harbour Military HQ has been redesigned.
  
• Paint Factory has been renamed to a more fitting Victorious Firebase.
• Teleporters in the underground are now visible to everyone.
• South Island from 8C Windy Isles teleporter is now protected by the IFN, enter at your own risk. The IFN have the authority to engage anyone disturbing the wildlife on the island. (NOTE: Non lootable PvP zone now covering the island)
  
  

Aakas Instance Improvements

• Chambers 1-10 have been modified so the creatures inside them will now be lootable. As part of this modification, the treasure chests have been removed from the chambers.
• As an effect of this you need to loot the killed creature within one (1) minute. Following next week's patch, this time limit will increase to fifteen (15) minutes.
  
• The Golden Key instance remains unchanged.

New Creatures

• Pandi
• Pandi pup
• Arkadian Hornet
• Monura Male
• Monura Female
• Dromia

New Missions
*Please allow time for the missions to be activated*

• IFN Killpoint Challenge – Pandi
• IFN Challenge - Monura Male
• IFN Challenge - Monura Female
• IFN Challenge - Dromia
• IFN Challenge - Arkadian Hornet

Oratan Prospector Puny

• The Oratan Prospector population seems to be increasing in size as well as maturity. The IFN have observed new creatures up to and including Oratan Prospector Thugs, Bandits, Thieves and Vandals near Repulse Firebase.

New items to be discovered

• Trading cards
• Weapons

New custom shop front up in Celeste Harbour North

• Angels of Arkadia

• Owner: Anthony Ranger Morris
  
• Location: Celeste North 2

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NOTE: Armours on the side of the building are interactive. Press the button below each set and get a detailed description.



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Additional Information

Bug Fixes and improvements

• Various bug fixes and improvements have been made

Known Issues

• The teleporter at Celeste Harbor Military HQ is experiencing technical difficulties.
  The hitbox on the Pandi is undergoing some improvements.
• If for some reason you're trying to hurt the Pandi pup beware that it likes to hide underground.
  
• Textures missing on the Monura Female.
• The New Arrival Hangar's force field is still in need of some minor adjustments to allow friendly ships to enter.
• The IFN are still investigating all these highly effective silencers that been attached to a large amount of weapons. They assure everyone that the sound issue has no effect on the weapons output and that the firepower is as effective as expected from both Herman and other approved weapon producers. (other sound effects are also being worked on)

 

Cant wait to collect these trading cards

 

You can abandon the team once inside the instance. The reason for the team setting is to ensure people can't sneak into the instance that you opened.
We have had a number of cases where people drop out/crash during an instance and therefore never get to loot the chest. With this change it doesn't change the loot from the instance, it just means you receive it in increments as you progress so you don't lose out if you crash. Soooo, it actually means the instances are much more friendly to be done solo than they were before.

 

Your welcome.