LANDER 183 - PATCH NOTES 1.7.9

Major Additions and Systems:

Adept Set Bonus Rework

• The Adept set has been rebalanced to offer more meaningful gameplay benefits and clearer synergy with other stat builds. This change aims to make the set more viable in late-game scenarios.

New Perks: Fire & Ice

• Introduced new elemental perks focused on Fire and Ice damage types. These perks offer offensive and defensive utility, adding more variety to perk selection and builds.

Title System & Public Player Profiles

• Players can now unlock and equip titles, visible on their public profile.

• Leaderboard entries are clickable, allowing players to view others’ loadouts, titles, and progress.

• New Firestore rules implemented to support secure read access to public profile data.

Transmog & Preview System Updates

• Improved UI for transmog selection and preview.

• Titles and transmogs can be viewed and equipped directly from a unified collection panel.

• A "Full Set Preview" option allows players to view an entire matching transmog set before equipping.

Echo System Completion

• Full Echo round flow implemented:

  • Boss spawns and waves are now functional.

  • Min/Max damage and health scaling for enemies.

  • Scoring is disabled for Echo runs to emphasize survival and reward scaling.

  • Echo-specific portals now allow players to continue runs.

  • End-round UI and countdown system added for Echo transitions.

Vial System

• A new crafting system involving Vial Ingredients has been introduced.

• Vials can be earned, claimed, and crafted through specific rewards and recipes.

Portal System Improvements

• Players can now select a loadout before entering a portal.

• Portal runs now reward shards and use tier-based scaling.

• Portal tiers have been populated and refined for proper difficulty progression.

• Leaderboards now support portal-based performance scoring.

Tutorial & Onboarding Improvements:

• First-time players will now see a guided tutorial via the hint manager.

• Quick tutorials added for crafting, collection, loadouts, and planet navigation.

• Tutorial UI placement and safe area issues resolved.

• Out-of-bound text and overlapping UI elements corrected.

Fixes & Enhancements:

• Inventory/UI:

  • Fixed sorting and category persistence in blueprint and collection panels.

  • Default items are now correctly assigned and displayed on first load.

  • Enhanced scroll views for weapons, rewards, and menus with proper safe area handling.

  • Transmog equipped icon bug resolved.

  • Notifications now work for shop items, mail, and mission completion.

• Artifacts:

  • Fixed missing icons and improved artifact sorting logic.

• Gameplay:

  • Reworked Hypergrav Slam ability.

  • Fixed critical damage bug and scoring number inconsistencies.

  • Added damage totals to the pause menu.

  • Round rewards now properly appear above obstacles.

• Backend & Data:

  • Optimized data system with parallel and background loading.

  • Added support for saving and loading public player titles and transmogs.

  • Ascension shard and key rewards properly track across systems.

• General Polish:

  • Improved border visuals, intro text, and version checker layout.

  • Fixed duplicate achievements and default planet completion text.

  • Added reward indicators for mail, chest limitations, and ad buttons.