1.1 Content Update (73230)

[asommers]

• 3 new legendary pistols can now be found as rare drops from the boss of Shipyards.
• 3 new legendary shields are available for purchase from the store.
• Adding one of the new pistols to a new shield will grant a set bonus.
• New robo cat pets are available in the store.
• New 100% Luck elixir
• Item loot is now rewarded based on the receiver's level, rather than the AI level, so that content which scales based on level (such as holiday content) does not prevent players from getting their level-appropriate loot when higher level players are also present.
• Bandits Double Strike should now be shooting its bolts correctly out of both guns.
• Shipyard: When a Commando blows up the door on the Reactor Core level, it should no longer explode in the wrong direction (towards the players)
• The Rocketeer Helm no longer makes skin transparent for females.
• The following items are now classified as Vanity Shields: Blast Shield, BBQ Brush, BBQ Fork, BBQ Tongs.

[octavos]

• 3 new legendary pistols can now be found as rare drops from the boss of Shipyards.
• 3 new legendary shields are available for purchase from the store.
• Adding one of the new pistols to a new shield will grant a set bonus.
• New robo cat pets are available in the store.
• New 100% Luck elixir
• Item loot is now rewarded based on the receiver's level, rather than the AI level, so that content which scales based on level (such as holiday content) does not prevent players from getting their level-appropriate loot when higher level players are also present.
• Bandits Double Strike should now be shooting its bolts correctly out of both guns.
• Shipyard: When a Commando blows up the door on the Reactor Core level, it should no longer explode in the wrong direction (towards the players)
• The Rocketeer Helm no longer makes skin transparent for females.
• The following items are now classified as Vanity Shields: Blast Shield, BBQ Brush, BBQ Fork, BBQ Tongs.

wow nice, thanks nice update

[Tvis]

Nice!

[Yurimaru]

Wow, thanks! I can't wait to get my hands on one of those pistols

[SUPAPRODIGY]

Very cool

[Lillypink]

Woot woot! Xd

[SpaceCowGirl]

i love my kitty >_<
ish soooooooooooooo cute!!!
omg omg *dies* Ish soooo NOT fluffy!
*huggles* clinkclankclonk..
Owies!!! x(
Good thing i have 700+armour --_--'
eHeheehehehe
I loves it, i loves it, i loves it. oh oh oh! xD YeEeHaw!!!!

That is all. Good day all! -space

[xXDamonDXx]

Love the new pets. Hope PL get some more to

And... lol @ the 100% elixer XD

[Gluttony]

• Adding one of the new pistols to a new shield will grant a set bonus.
• Item loot is now rewarded based on the receiver's level, rather than the AI level, so that content which scales based on level (such as holiday content) does not prevent players from getting their level-appropriate loot when higher level players are also present.

My issues with the two updates I've highlighted are:

• So there are sets being added to the game that require plat only items?
• Scaled items are based on the level of the character rather than the level of the enemy so leeches can get gear that is character specific, this will drop the value of the scaled items substantially since they are going to be much easier to acquire.

The other updates are pretty good, but these are a bit much. The scaled item issue did seem to become a problem in PL when players were complaining that the higher leveled players were ruining the drop, so overall that seems ok. I'm not a plat purchasing kind of player so a set only being available for actual money doesn’t sit too well with me. Sure there is the counterargument that I don't have to get the set, but I'd like a shot at the set without the plat purchase, are these shields ever going to be offered as a drop?

[NYCFanMan]

Awesome

[Vladrac]

Sweet!!! Thank you for giving us 36s something worthy to do

[Housepenguin]

I'm glad that you've put a 100% luck elixir in there because some of us can't even begin to get a purple drop from the boss let alone a pink. Ran the end boss 15 times so far with all oranges. His drop rate stinks. Too bad I'll have to waste money to get anything from him. Law of averages isn't working for me here. :-(

[octavos]

Sweet!!! Thank you for giving us 36s something worthy to do

your right, well....errr...im not 36 on an alt....like pokemon (trying to catch them all lol)

[bronislav84]

Wow so SL will have scaled loot drops now, and not every two levels but any level in between? Interesting update.

[drewcapu]

My issues with the two updates I've highlighted are:

• So there are sets being added to the game that require plat only items?
• Scaled items are based on the level of the character rather than the level of the enemy so leeches can get gear that is character specific, this will drop the value of the scaled items substantially since they are going to be much easier to acquire.

The other updates are pretty good, but these are a bit much. The scaled item issue did seem to become a problem in PL when players were complaining that the higher leveled players were ruining the drop, so overall that seems ok. I'm not a plat purchasing kind of player so a set only being available for actual money doesn’t sit too well with me. Sure there is the counterargument that I don't have to get the set, but I'd like a shot at the set without the plat purchase, are these shields ever going to be offered as a drop?

Agree completely re: drops.

The only reason why the drop thing was annoying was because people couldn't lock their games in PL's Halloween event. That's not nearly enough reason to change level drop mechanics. It wasn't even as big a problem as people seem to make of it. When people found friends of appropriate levels, they were able to make full groups just fine. I was watching quite a bit from my anchor. Besides, it's something they can "fix" next year by making those maps available from the join screen and lockable.

If WF for PL is 100% identical to last year, this isn't even an issue since maps can be locked.

I don't think anybody is gonna scream that "Cinco is ruining the economy" on this, but it is something that, even though it might not seem like a big deal to SL at the moment, I would not want to see transferred over to PL and would hope the devs re-think how "useful" it actually is for SL.

As for the plat "sets", there's a little bit of precedent via the Mystery sets in PL. CoP also needed a minimal plat purchase.

[drewcapu]

Wow so SL will have scaled loot drops now, and not every two levels but any level in between? Interesting update.

SL has always had scaled drops. Just not everything scales. The update doesn't make it so that items which scale every two levels scales every level. It just makes it so that it doesn't matter that higher leveled players are in a run with you. You'll still get a low level drop if you are a low level.

[KingFu]

My issues with the two updates I've highlighted are:

• So there are sets being added to the game that require plat only items?
• Scaled items are based on the level of the character rather than the level of the enemy so leeches can get gear that is character specific, this will drop the value of the scaled items substantially since they are going to be much easier to acquire.

The other updates are pretty good, but these are a bit much. The scaled item issue did seem to become a problem in PL when players were complaining that the higher leveled players were ruining the drop, so overall that seems ok. I'm not a plat purchasing kind of player so a set only being available for actual money doesn’t sit too well with me. Sure there is the counterargument that I don't have to get the set, but I'd like a shot at the set without the plat purchase, are these shields ever going to be offered as a drop?

Completely agree, I hate the sound of the scaled items change. They'll all plummet quickly...21/23 sand stone cave items, 30 swamp items. Worst of all, Lv 10 pink armors...

[Gluttony]

As for the plat "sets", there's a little bit of precedent via the Mystery sets in PL. CoP also needed a minimal plat purchase.

I forgot about the Mystery Set, so yes maybe PL did get the ball rolling with that one and for quests that were only completable by using plat. As for the CoP, that set bonus was implemented later so not sure if I see that one as being done on purpose.

Those SL shields are 15 plat a pop too so that's 45 plat spent for all three sets; both PL instances were only 5 plat each. Not to mention there is no way to know which set goes with which gun so one may have to purchase all of them to find the right set combo.

[Handsofmyvodka]

So does this mean that drops will correspond to your level ( toon is at lvl-20=lvl 20 drop) instead of dropping depending on the AIs level (AI lvl-17=lvl 17 drop)

[MightyMicah]

I'm actually gonna be the first to say, I like the new scaled drops, ALOT. This shows that SL is not heading in the same direction as PL with the overinflated market. I like the way that there's a 100% luck elixar as well, making pinks even less rare. You see, with the new vanitiy deal they've done, theres no worries about not being unique. Pinks are simply top quality armor, not a "unique" armor. I don't like the way that platinum is needed, however I have reason to believe this will change in the future. Overall, great update STS, keep em comin'.