CHANGES

=== CHANGELOG === -- 06/22/2021 1. [UPDATE] Predator global combat skill timer reduced 4s -> 1s. Skill use reductions from the Veteran class should now be effective. 2. [UPDATE] Removed a NO-MOB exit flag in 'Entering a Long and Winding Corridor' on Exodus III. 3. [BUGFIX] Marine Guard Post sappers race changed synthetic -> human. They should wear their equipment properly now. -- 06/23/2021 1. [UPDATE] Alien Class 'Warrior' is now available. 2. [BUGFIX] Fixed typographical errors in the 'SUMMON_XENOLISK' help file. -- 06/29/2021 1. [UPDATE] Base & Hive NPCs will no longer open a locked door if they don't possess the key to the door. 2. [UPDATE] Added behavioral descriptors to the 'BASE_GUARD' help file. 3. [BUGFIX] Fixed typographical errors in the 'BASE_REFINERY' help file. -- 07/01/2021 1. [UPDATE] Marine class 'Sapper' is now available. -- 07/02/2021 1. [BALANCE] Marine MOX units received a first pass of balances. 2. [BUGFIX] Marine MOX units received a second pass of bugfixes. 3. [BUGFIX] Removed the 'politics' command due to crashing and serving no useful purpose. -- 07/14/2021 1. [BUGFIX] Call can no longer be used in MOX unit cockpits. 2. [BUGFIX] Polearm swipe on-attack now functions properly. Pred naginata is the primary beneficiary of this bugfix. 3. [BUGFIX] Fixed a set of bugs that affected the following class nodes: Sentry Armor 3, Sentry Health 3, Synth Shield 2, Synth Shock 1, Synth Repair 1, and Synth Repair 2. -- 07/17/2021 1. [BUGFIX] Marine 'alarms' will now properly notify marines in the alarm zone when they are triggered. -- 07/22/2021 1. [UPDATE] Equipment that deploys absorb barrier should display the strength of the absorb barrier now. 2. [BUGFIX] Fixed a set of bugs that was causing issues with how objects determine how to update their descriptions. 3. [BUGFIX] Fixed a set of bugs that affected the Sapper Sentry node and broke Sentry Guns in general. 4. [BUGFIX] Fixed a set of bugs that affected the following class nodes: Sapper Supply, Sapper Air, and Sapper Squad. -- 07/23/2021 1. [UPDATE] Courtesy of KaindeAmedha, AvP now has a DISCORD chat bot that relays chats from the MUD to the DISCORD and chats from the DISCORD to the MUD. Additional MUD channel support coming. 2. [UPDATE] Predator class 'Trapper' is now available. 3. [BALANCE] Predator smartdiscs now have a limit to the number of AOE targets they can acquire. -- 07/24/2021 1. [BALANCE] Predator plasmacaster ranges have been correctively reduced. -- 07/27/2021 1. [UPDATE] The way stealth abilities (invis, hide, cover, sneak) are handled has been updated on the back-end. 2. [UPDATE] Predator 'shiftsuit' now operates by being 'power'ed on/off. Invis level is changed with the 'mode' command. 'HELP SHIFTSUIT'. 3. [UPDATE] Updated class nodes: Drone Hive 4, Sapper Drone 2, and Hunter Invis 2. 4. [BALANCE] Predator 'power supplies' will now auto-recharge at a rate of 1.5x in captured rooms. 5. [BUGFIX] Fixed a bug with reward-over-time over-riding the default value of a base core. Base cores should be worth 10 points at all times. -- 07/28/2021 1. [UPDATE] Sentry Acid 3, Sentry Acid 4, Sentry Spit 4, and Sentry Spray 4 updated with chances to create acid pools. 2. [BALANCE] Range of Field Base reward-over-time increases slightly every 10 minutes up to 5 hours, then increases slightly every hour up to 24 hours. The new max range is now 1.0 - 5.9 per reward. 'HELP REWARDOVERTIME'. 3. [BALANCE] Spire, Gauntlet, and TOC defenders have increased their kill- shares from 10%/15%/20%/25% -> 10%/20%/30%/40% per level. 4. [BALANCE] Alien Tunnels and Marine Guard Posts have increased their kill- shares from 15%/20%/25%/33% -> 25%/30%/35%/40% per level. 5. [BALANCE] All class nodes have had their HP gains increased. Marines by ~2.0x, Predators by ~2.5x, and Aliens by ~3.0x. -- 07/29/2021 1. [UPDATE] Alien base buildings now gain resist to fire effects as Spire upgrade levels increase (10%/20%/30%/40%). 2. [UPDATE] Drone Build 3 has been updated to provide additional resist to fire effects to alien buildings. 3. [BUGFIX] Fixed a bug with Gunner Sniper 3 that was causing sniper rifle cripple to always proc. Cripple now procs at the proper rate. -- 08/09/2021 1. [UPDATE] Rifleman Medkit 3 updated to just give a +20% buff to target's health attr for 2 minutes. 2. [UPDATE] Marine command 'heal' is now 'medkit'. 3. [BUGFIX] Marine 'Battlefield-VR' virtual manipulation gloves can be properly sold as AMEQ again. -- 08/13/2021 1. [UPDATE] Humans now have a MEQ medkit for purchase - 'MD94 combat issue + medkit +'. 2. [UPDATE] Training dummies can no longer be overkilled. 3. [BUGFIX] Fixed a bug with Veteran Pole 3 that was causing the pole swipe on-attack behavior to hit +1 target than intended. -- 08/21/2021 1. [BUGFIX] Alien jaw lifesteal now procs properly again. 2. [BALANCE] When worn on a non-weapon equipment slot, alien jaw lifesteal is reduced 50% on proc. 3. [BALANCE] 'Charge' damage reduced from 4%/8%/12%/15% of victim's max HP to 4%/6%/8%/10% of max HP. Charge damage is further reduced based on range to bring it in line with the 'leap' skill. 4. [BALANCE] Class Veteran Charge 3 HP bonus reduced from 5% to 4%. 5. [BALANCE] 'Grapple' electrode stun timers reduced from 1/2/3 seconds to 1 second. Grapple duration reduced from 4/5/8/10 seconds to 3/4/5/6 seconds. 6. [BALANCE] 'Toss' damage reduced from 5%/8%/11%/15% of victim's max HP to 2%/3%/4%/5% of max HP. Toss stun timers reduced from 2/3/3/4 seconds to 1/1/1/2 seconds. 7. [BALANCE] 'Leap' damage is changed from weapon DPA when modified for level and strength bonus to just weapon DPA (damage * speed). -- 08/23/2021 1. [BALANCE] All races have received weapon damage reduction and assorted equipment adjustments. Help ALIEN_DAMAGE, HUMAN_DAMAGE, SYNTHETIC_DAMAGE, and PREDATOR_DAMAGE for listed adjustments. -- 08/31/2021 1. [BUGFIX] Marine spider mine launchers attribute damage properly again. -- 09/01/2021 1. [BALANCE] 'Acidspray' damage reduced from 2.0x/2.5x/2.7x/3.0x hea -> 1.25x/1.50x/1.75x/2.0x hea. Armor debuff reduced -3%/-4%/-5%/-6% -> -1%/-2%/-3%/-4% per tic. 2. [BALANCE] 'Acidspit' damage reduced from 1.0x/2.0x/2.5x/3.0x hea -> 1.0x/1.3x/1.7x/2.0x hea. Armor debuff reduced -15%/-20%/-25%/-30% -> -12%/-15%/-17%/-20%. -- 12/28/2021 1. [UPDATE] Quality of life command 'pay' is now available. HELP PAY for more info. === END CHANGELOG ===