Announcements

UPDATE: 06/08/2014 @ 21:00/22:00 BST/CEST

We've restored the data and applied another client side hotfix R#188. So we're finally back. Have fun playing! Test mode is over, double xp is on until monday morning!

UPDATE: 06/08/2014 @ 10:40/11:40 BST/CEST

Another server side hotfix has been applied, the server is still in test mode. Please do as much testing as you can and please invite others to test, we need as many people online as possible! Do as much as you can while online, there will be a rollback afterwards so you may safely go crazy, as long as you do not disturb others while testing!

UPDATED: 06/08/2014 @ 00:45/01:45 BST/CEST

Hotfix R#187 has now been applied to Titan. 

With the release of R#187 Titan remains in "test mode" until we can be sure stability has been restored. As of this post the "test mode" operation of Titan will continue until 19:00 BST on Wednesday 6th August 2014 (tomorrow).

Once we are satisfied with the stability of Titan, a full database roll back will be performed at the end of the test mode period. Any progress made between the deployment of R#186 and 06/08/2014 @ 19:00BST will be reset. Titan will be rolled back to it's pre-R#186 state at this time.

No specific patch notes are provided for R#187, this patch addresses the stability and functionality issues discovered in R#186 when applied to Titan. Many issues experienced under R#186 were caused by the knock on effects of internal server crashes, which should now be resolved.

This includes but is not limited to the following: Hacking (including HackNet), drone combat, spell casting, vanishing shields/buffs, foreign affects sticking and server (visible and internal) crashes.

For more details, please see the forum where you can also find a statement regarding the source of the issue.

We appreciate your continued support and patience.

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Dear Runner,

as we are experiencing some issues, Titan remains in testmode from now on.

Please have a look at the board for more information. 

We're sorry for all inconvience that may cause.

SERVERS ARE ONLINE

The time has finally come, it is Patch Day!

Patch R#186 marks the beginning of a new era concerning the balancing in Neocron. It marks only the beginning, not the end. This is only the first patch and more will come. We only started the project and there is still a lot of work to do. Nevertheless we felt that the current status is a large improvement over what is currently on Titan and that we now need to collect large scale feedback from you.

We now need to test the first phase of the balancing project in a real environment. Nothing is final and a lot will still need tuning, but we hope that you will agree with us that this patch improves the situation. Please tell us what you think is good and what you think is bad and even more importantly: spread the word and get on Titan to enjoy Neocron!

Throughout the past few days we also did some maintenance work to improve Titan's stability, although we are confident that Titan is prepared for a huge wave of returning players, please do not hesitate to report problems in terms of stability even in case you got used to those problems, we are here to try our best to fix them!

You can find the full list of changes for Patch R#186 on the Neocron Website and of course discuss the changes on the Official Neocron Forum.

Sincerely,
Your Neocron Support Team

UPDATE (12.30 CEST): Titan will now go down for patching!

Hello Runners,

the long awaited moment has finally come, today is patching day! Titan will be taken offline at around noon for patching! We will keep you posted so stay tuned!

Slauncha

Alduin

UPDATE: the maintenance work has been completed successfully, now bring your friends and stress test Titan so we can be sure that the upcoming patch launch will go smoothly!

Dear runners,

first of all: sorry for the late notice! Today we will do some maintenance work on Titan to improve its stability. Most of the work can be carried out silently in the background. However, we will also need to take Titan offline for about half an hour throughout the day, maybe a bit more, to do some heavy lifting on the server. Once the maintenance work is complete please get in game and bring some friends, so we can make sure the server behaves more stable and is ready for what is about to come soon(TM).

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Slauncha

Alduin

Dear Runners,

Behold! The latest and last release candidate for R#186 has just been deployed out to Vedeena! This is a land mark occasion as it brings the results of many months of hard work to the finish line - next stop Titan!

Click on the links below to see the full combined patch notes for R#186 aka "The Balancing Patch". These notes have been restructured and combined to show the full impact of this patch against the current Titan State of R#185. This includes some final changes made in R#186-T#198/T#199(Release Candidate 7), these are highlighted in bold italics. We have chosen to do this to bring your attention to all aspects of this patch, not just the final changes.


Remember that this is just Phase One of the overall Balancing Project. Work does not stop here. We'll have more details about the next phase in the coming weeks.

We're taking advantage of our Extended Server Maintenance Window this week.

Please be aware of this extended server downtime, taking place during the morning (BST) of Wednesday 25th June. Due to a significant upgrade to our back end services, the downtime will last several hours. The Neocron Support Team apologises for an inconvenience caused by this essential disruption.

Recently we implemented a new in-progress feature, to add more scope to Neocron's Outpost system.

After your feedback and our monitoring of the feature, we have increased the candidate time period - the time until an outpost becomes a candidate for attack - from 7 to 14 days.

This timespan is the period between NOW and the date of the last takeover. Should an Outpost not change ownership for 14 days, it will be added to the 'candidate pool'. From this candidate pool the server will randomly select an Outpost for attack and occupation by the Wasteland's mutant population.

Once they have eliminated the mutant threat, Runners are able to retake an Outpost in the usual manner.

This new feature of your Neocron Community Edition experience will continue to evolve with your feedback, we look forward to your discussions on the Neocron Forum!

We're pleased to present to you, the first version of our new 'in-progress' feature called "Outpost Abandonment".

Key Features:

• Abandoned Outposts (defined as: no owner change for 7 days) will eventually be attacked by various mutants
• Mutants will take over ownership of the attacked outpost
• Fight back the mutants for glory, honour and last but not least the possibility to regain the ownership

Please keep in mind that this is only the first version and we will continuously improve this feature. Additionally we will add more features to improve your outer world Neocron experience.

We're looking forward to your feedback on the Neocron Forum.

Have fun!

This week the Official Neocron Facebook Page reached a significant milestone of 1000 Likes!

To celebrate this great milestone for our community and your continued support of everyone's favourite MMO, we are activating DOUBLE XP this coming weekend! Grab your friends and frenemies alike, then hit the Wastelands for twice the fun this weekend.

Make sure to spread the word if you 'like' the sound of that!

We're pleased to finally bring you the news that testing has now begun for the next Neocron patch!

R#186-T#186 is the first half and requires plenty of testing as it introduces the first set of balance changes. Check out the patch notes for all the relevant information and get testing! It's vital we get as much community feedback as possible for this important patch, as it will ultimately change the landscape of Neocron's PvP entirely!

Have fun on the test server and let us know your thoughts!