Main Update

Update #5 is here!

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Dec 19, 2012

Update 5: The Big One!

Major new features:

- All-new mission structure: explore the solar system!

- Different factions control regions of space; destroy them!

- Crushing bosses added; team up and take them down!

- Foundries have opened up; build your own gear!

- Resources are hidden in different regions

- Real-time mission events on the star-chart

- Lucrative opportunities and tough raids

- Artifact cards to be used for missions of extreme danger

- In game voice chat to coordinate your attacks

- Host migration & improved networking fault-tolerance

Major changes:

- New and improved revive system; includes temporary invulnerability!

- Ships can now have multiple objectives unlocked throughout

- Improved enemy placement and encounter pacing

- Enemy difficulty scaling tuned for greater challenges in deep-space

- Automatic profit-sharing with your squad

- Upgrade UI now has stats to help you make the ultimate gear

Cool updates:

- Mag's pull ability can rip shields away from enemies

- Cold damage now slows affected targets

- Corpus ships now feature turrets, cameras and laser doors

- End of mission bonuses & rewards

- Tenno bonuses for "First win of the Day"

- The in-game music is now generated dynamically

- Painted targets are now context-sensitive

- Weapon effects now change based on installed modules

- In-game challenges can now be completed

Notorious bugs fixed:

- Walls are no longer transparent on older video cards!

- The Lotus' voice now conforms to volume control

- DirectX11 no longer crashes when running multiple video cards

- Mission-completion checks are now more thorough

- International keyboard stability issues

- The upload datamass cannot be lost in missions

- Ultra-wide displays now supported properly

- Improved video-card compatibility and min-spec detection

Miscellaneous updates:

- Nearly 1000 translation updates from our volunteer army!

- Improved Tenno animations

- Many menus & screens polished

Note: that all accounts have been reset due to these massive changes.

Note 2: Some hotfixes!

- Fixed text corruption in several languages

- Improvements to Exterminate spawning

- Affinity Boosters now give boosts for non-combat actions

- Fixed minor respawn issues

- Higher level enemies are tougher

- Captain Vor is more aggressive! Look out!