Deployment 13 is on Live!

It features the new Crafting System, our Series 3 Laser Pistols, purchasable tabs for your AFS Footlocker, the new map and radar style, and much much more. But see for yourselves below!

Maps and Missions

Added a new logos obelisk to the Concordia Divide map, near the entrance to
the Corman Tunnel.
Certain parts of Torden Plains have had to be rebuilt due to Bane
activity.
Atta grubs have begun spawning in the Avernus Outpost instance.

Game Mechanics

Ability tooltips have been updated:
- Clearer description of the function,
- Changed from roman numerals to english,
- Consistent layout of data on each pump,
- Consistent naming across all abilities and skills.
The Prestige cost of items at the Grey Market Vendors has been adjusted.
Greens and Blues have had their costs lowered significantly. Purples have also
seen minor adjustments at lower levels. The current Prestige Values are
Listed as Item Level (Green/Blue/Purple):
- Lv 11 to 14 (70/400/1250)
- Lv 15 to 19 (90/500/1500)
- Lv 20 to 24 (110/600/1750)
- Lv 25 to 29 (130/700/2100)
- Lv 30 to 34 (150/850/2500)
- Lv 35 to 39 (180/1000/3000)
- Lv 40 to 44 (210/1200/3500)
- Lv 45 to 49 (250/1400/4200)
- Lv 50 (300/1750/5000)
The Caretaker's Noxious Burst will now only do virulent damage.
Series 3 Laser Pistols: AFS personnel are now authorized to dual wield a
modified version of the Series 2 laser pistol. Each pistol contains a clip of 30
rounds, and these weapons are fired in alternating sequence to allow an extended
firing pattern before needing to reload. (These items may be found rarely on
bosses throughout the game world.)
Series 2 and 3 Fire Shotguns: Corrected a timing issue which was causing a
much faster rate of fire than originally intended. At this time, each shot from
a progressive shotgun will still do the same damage as it previously did,
however the pace at which these weapons fire has been slowed.
Additional item sets have been added which will drop off all creatures in
the game. Some creatures have a higher drop chance then others.
Drop rates on most creatures have been adjusted to be more consistent.
Players will now have access to a basic suite of commands for Bot
Construction, Clone, and Spotter. These will be assigned by default to the
function keys, or players can use the new /cmd. We encourage everyone to try
these out on PTS and submit feedback on their functionality. The commands
are:
- Go
  - Subordinate will move to the location idicated by its owner's
    reticule.
- Stay
  - /cmd stay
  - Subordinate will stop following or moving to a location and use the current
    location as a home position.
- Follow Me
  - /cmd follow
  - Subordinate will follow its owner.
- Follow Target
  - /cmd follow
  - Subordinate will follow the specified player.
- Target Me
  - /cmd target
  - Subordinate will target its owner.
- Target
  - /cmd target
  - Subordinate will target the specified player.
- Assist Me
  - /cmd assist
  - Subordinate will assist its owner.
- Assist Target
  - /cmd assist
  - Subordinate will assist the specified player.
- /cmd passive|defensive|aggressive
  - Subordinate will assume the specified temperament.
- Multiple commands may be issued at the same time.
  - For example: /cmd follow assist
    defensive

Interactions

All maps and radars have been transitioned to the new art style.
'Show helmet' is now available on the character attribute screen in the top
right corner.
In order to make keeping track of armor damage easier, durability for
equipped armor will now appear to the left of the icon on the character
attribute screen. The color of this text will change to reflect the state of the
equipped item.
Players may now increase the amount of space available in AFS footlockers by
purchasing more space.
- 4 additional tabs are available for purchase
  - Tab 1 free
  - Tab 2 100000 credits
  - Tab 3 1000000 credits
  - Tab 4 10000000 credits
  - Tab 5 100000000 credits
- Items may be moved between tabs or from the backpack by dragging the item
  over a purchased tab slot, which will then open that tab after a brief
  pause.

Crafting

Old crafting system item changes:
- Modification Recipes no longer function in the new crafting system
- These items can now be salvaged in the New Crafting System to produce
  Mimeomech
- If a stack of these items is placed in the Crafting Station, the entire
  stack will be salvaged in one operation
Military Surplus changes
- Item Category Changes:
  - Individual armor types no longer have "Upper Face" and "Lower Face"
    categories
  - There is a new subcategory under Armor named "Accessories" that has "Upper
    Face" and "Lower Face" subcategories
  - All existing and future sale offers for goggles and other Upper Face items
    should now appear in the new category
  - The Schematics category has been deleted
- A new Crafting category now has four new subcategories:
  - Mimeomech (the only item appearing here is Mimeomech)
  - Salvage - a category for items that can only be salvaged for Mimeomech:
    - Modification recipes from the old crafting system
    - Junk Loot
  - Schematics - contains all Fabrication Recipes (armor paint, consumables,
    etc.)
  - Modules - for trading extracted Weapon, Tool, and Armor modules. Modules
    that have been extracted from equipment can now be sold on the Military
    Surplus
Right-click of a module item now correctly adds the module to the second
slot if appropriate, or swaps out the existing module if one is already in the
main slot.
Prestige vendors no longer sell module upgrade schematics.
Modification schematics no longer drop as loot
The four Engineering skills have been deleted
Any item or recipe that had them as a skill requirement no longer have that
requirement
Any character skill points spent on those skills have been refunded
Healing Discs and Repair Tools are no longer considered valid targets for
modules that list their target as "Tools up to Level 50"
Mimeomech now has its own icon and does not use the default cube icon
All extracted module items now have unique icons and none use the default
cube icon any longer
Some extractable module types showed [+] in the item tooltip; that should no
longer be the case
The 'Salvage" button will no longer be visible after performing a Salvage
action and there is no longer an item in the input slot
The Upgrade page now shows the correct item quality color for the upgraded
module
The left input slot on the crafting window now shows the correct item name,
quality color, and modules
Right-hand input slot on the crafting window is now labeled "Insert
Module"
The "Unknown Module" line item in the Integration and Extraction crafting
submenus now displays a proper icon
Mimeogel has been renamed to Mimeomech
Many high end junk loot items are now salvageable for mimeomech. Items
should say in the tooltip if it is salvageable.

Framework and Tools

Added "Software Antialiasing" back to the graphics options. This is the
previous method where a blur filter is applied to the image in an attempt to
smooth jagged edges. This method may be faster than hardware antialiasing,
especially the emulated hardware antialiasing under deferred lighting. This
option is mutually exclusive to the "Hardware Antialiasing" option. Unlike
before, "Software Antialiasing" is now available for all modes including
deferred and non-deferred.
Optimized terrain code so building terrain data is faster and causes less
hitching.
Added "Active Shadows" slider in video options. This controls how many
lights within a single frame can cast a shadow. This will only make a
significant difference in areas where many shadow casting lights are in vicinity
of each other. This situation is most likely to occur in outpost areas or
interior spaces; Kardash Colony is a good example where this setting can make a
difference in performance.
All creature special fx have been optimized. Creature attacks and abilities
have had the colors changed to better reflect the damage type that they are
dealing.

Known Issues

Mission: Decent: Refuge: Race to the Finish: Timer does not sync for all
party members.
Mission: Open Says Me: Abyss: Ruins of Tampeii: Restarting the mission after
failing will result in Danaher giving you the "Mission Completed" text and
reward after you restart.
Squads: Inviting a player into your squad while you are in an instance will
not initially allow the invited player to join the same instance as the squad
leader.
Ability: Demolitionist: Explosive Nanites: pump 1, 2, & 5 do not show
damage type vfx.
Spy: Ability: Polymorph: Player can not enter AFS/blue force field when
polymorph wears off or is turned off.
Ability: Sapper: Crab Mines: Does not attack neutral-turned-hostile
creatures.
PVP: Ability: Spy: Traitor: Traitor does not work when you shoot the caster
at the exact same time as when he starts casting.
UI: Physical Crit Hit text is displaying and Error 23 in the debuff
information.
Crafting modifiers do not show the proper level, instead they show plus
signs.
Tools: Rare tools are able to have weapon mods placed on them.
UI: RQS: Slider bar for setting frame rate does not display frame rate
selections.
Wilderness ToO: Progressing past level 10 without completing 'Getting it in
Gear' will result in being unable to obtain the Wilderness ToO mission. (This
will be obtainable in D14)
Tooltip: The tooltip for the Sprint ability incorrectly lists the adrenaline
cost. The cost listed is actually roughly half of the actual cost.
Bootcamp: It is possible to become stuck in Bootcamp by abandoning the final
mission after clearing the dropship pad. Workaround - get the mission again and
fail it normally (let the bomb blow up), this will cause the ship to respawn.
Enabling anti-aliasing emulation with some video cards can cause minor video
anomalies. The background will not be visible on the Attributes screen, and the
rotating planet will be missing from the top right corner of the mapview screen.
The new subordinate commands are in, and the terminology used in the
commands may not match exact expected behaviors. Please check the help section
for exact details on current functionality. (There may still be some tweaks
coming to this system)
Salvage tools and tissue extractors are still available for sale, but are
unusable due to the changes from the new crafting system. These can be sold back
to vendors, and will be removed in the next deployment.

D13.3

Grey Market Vendor: Green level 11-14 items are now correctly priced (70
prestige.)
Mission: Base Invaders (Plains) can now be shared with squad mates.
The Juggernaut's black hole ability will no longer freeze players in place.
The trainer in the Irendas Penal Colony is no longer named "Error 23".
Crafting modules no longer use the default icon when displayed in the
Military Surplus.

D13.4

Ranks for crafting mods on items will now display correctly as numbers and
not +
Mission: Chaos Theory: All objects required for this mission will now
display the correct glow effect
Nitroglazer Ice attack will now use the correct animation
Debuff icon for a physical crit hit now displays properly
Mission: Artificial Iniquity: Objective text will now display properly
Commands for subordinates are now be functioning properly
Added extensive entries to the help menu for the new subordinate command
functionality. A tutorial will appear that links to the overview the first time
a Spotter, Clone, or Bot ability is used. Detailed information on the various
ways to give commands to your subordinates can be found in this area
Several tweaks have been made to crafting in response to feedback
- Strength 5 modules can no longer be extracted from an item
  - Before integrating a strength 5 module into an item, there is a warning that
    you will not be able to extract it again
- Doubled all Mimeomech received when salvaging legacy modifier schematics and
  legacy extracted components
- Detonator recipes have been removed from all vendors.