Developer's Note #9: The Second Festival and Content Update [10]
Hello, Masters!
This is Moonsoo Hyun, the producer of OUTERPLANE.
It's been approximately 3 months since the previous Developer's Note.
We'd like to offer our sincere apologies for the following news before informing you about the other updates.
As we mentioned in the previous Developer's Note, we are currently developing new content and update specs,
but it is taking more time than we had estimated because we are trying to showcase results of a higher quality.
We would like to apologize for the delay and we will do our best to update it and reveal it as soon as possible.
In this 9th Developer's Note, we would like to provide an overview on
the second OUTERPLANE Festival and the updates that will follow.
[2nd OUTERPLANE Festival]
This November, OUTERPLANE will be celebrating its 1.5-year anniversary of its global release and
its half anniversary of its Japan release.
We are truly grateful for this occasion and we would like to host a Festival to celebrate it.
1. Festival Period
- The Festival will be held for one month, from 11/05/2024 (Tue) to 12/03/2024 (Tue).
2. New Demiurge Hero, "Gnosis Nella"
- We will be releasing Gnosis Nella, a new Demiurge Hero, during this Festival.
Gnosis Nella possesses various debuffs that target all enemies
and is expected to show aptitude in PvP content through the "I Am the Sole Perfection" skill
that removes enemies' buffs and stuns them.
In addition, her high Chain Points supply, Weakness Gauge reduction, targeted cooldown increase,
and more will highlight her strength in PvE battle as well, making her a hero that can play a big role
in whichever deck you place her in.
Get ready to meet Gnosis Nella, the versatile hero that can be utilized in both PvE and PvP!
3. Story Event Dungeon "In the Great New World," "Automaton of a World Reversed" Update
- "In the Great New World," which is a story set in a dark fantasy world ruled by Nella,
you will find 6★ Legendary Weapons and Accessories in the Event Shop, unlike before.
We hope you enjoy the story dungeon that will be available with Gnosis Nella's release on November 5th,
and we hope you equip her with the powerful gear optimized for her, including the adorable Chibi Monad Eva.
Furthermore, "Automaton of a World Reversed," which is a story centered around Epsilon and Vlada, will be updated on November 19th and will provide various rewards.
4. New 3★ Heroes "Rey" and "Hilde"
- Two new 3★ heroes will be released during the Festival period.
Don't forget to check out Rey, the bright and friendly optimist, and Hilde, the shy battle maid.
5. Events during the Festival
1) Recruitment Support Event to celebrate the release of Gnosis Nella
- Alongside the beginning of the Festival on November 5th, we will be providing
users with Limited Recruitment Tickets worth 100 Festival recruitments
through the 7-Day Check-in Event, the Festival Web Event, Coupons, and more.
Make sure to participate in the events during the Festival and get your rewards.
- The returning Duplicate Hero Piece Increase Event is only applied to Festival recruitments
and will begin on November 5th, which is when Gnosis Nella is released.
3) Festival-exclusive Check-in
- There will be a 2-week-long 7-Day Check-in Event following each regular update on November 5th and November 19th.
Users will be able to claim various rewards just by regularly checking in during the Festival.
4) Festival Bingo Event
- A Bingo Event will be held where users can acquire various items, including a costume for "Rey," the new hero,
as well as new growth-related resources.
※ Previously purchased (paid) Call of the Demiurge items will be exchangeable for Limited Recruitment Tickets during the festival period and will be added to the Currency Shop.
The exchange rate will be set at 1:1.5, reflecting the existing value.
[Content Update and the addition of a Permanent Event]
1. Content Update
1) Scheduled for 11/05 (Tue): Expanded difficulty for Special Request: Ecology Study and Special Request: Identification,
New Gear Enhancement System
- To provide users with the sense of progression of an RPG and a new in-game goal,
we are expanding the difficulty of the Special Request dungeon to 13 stages.
- Clear the dungeons by fighting the stronger Special Request bosses,
and upgrade your heroes that have been stuck by performing breakthrough on Armor and enhancing Exclusive Equipment/Talismans.
Regarding the enhancement of Exclusive Equipment, the updates will take place prioritizing the heroes that see more use,
and further details will be provided through a patch note in a future update.
2) Scheduled for 11/19 (Tue): Main Story Season 3 Area 1, 2 Update
- The Story for Season 3 will be updated, as was mentioned in the previous Developer's Note.
- We have previously mentioned that it would consist of 3 areas,
but the specs have decreased since our initial plan, so we will only be adding 2 Normal/Hard areas instead.
We would like to apologize for the change in plans.
We are still planning to continuously update 1 Story Area per month,
so we hope you keep an eye out for the regular Story Area updates.
3) Scheduled for December: Upcoming Updates
- New content [Irregular Extermination] will be added,
and there will be an overall renewal of [Guild Raid] and [World Boss].
Further details will be provided through a future patch note.
2. New Permanent Event
1) Scheduled for 11/5 (Tue): Special Request Permanent Event
- According to data, we've deduced that many Masters have been struggling to
clear the Special Request Dungeons Stage 8 and higher.
A new permanent event will be added to lower the entry barrier of Special Requests
to make it easier for users to farm gear and enjoy the content to its fullest.
The event will be available when the Special Request content is released,
and we are planning to create simple missions through which you can gain gear and growth resources,
as well as 3☆ Earth, Water, and Fire Heroes that will help you clear the Special Request Dungeons.
This event will be added on top of the Special Request dungeon difficulty expansion,
so we hope that existing Masters can aim for a new goal, while new Masters can aim for
completing the dungeon.
[Improvements]
1. Quality of Life Improvements
1) Scheduled for 11/19 (Tue): Lowered difficulty for Adventure License Quirk Enhancement
- We are planning to lower the points required to purchase Proof of Worth from the Adventure License Shop
from 500 License Points to 125 License Points per purchase in order to allow more Masters to enhance their License Quirks.
Masters that have made purchases before this change will be sent the difference via mail.
We will provide more information about the points that are to be sent through a separate notice or a maintenance notice.
[Developer's Note Thank-You Gift]
- Coupon Code: OUTERNOTE9
- Schedule: 11/1 (Fri) – 11/29 (Fri) 14:59 UTC
- Coupon Rewards: Ether x1,000
Whenever we reach out with these Developer's Notes, we can't help but think that we have
much more to prove to match the incredible amount of love and support we receive from the Masters.
That is why reaching this 1.5-year anniversary with the Masters means so much to us.
We have no doubt that it was only possible due to the Masters that have been supporting us throughout the whole ride.
We hope you thoroughly enjoy yourselves in this second festival that we've prepared
to reciprocate the abundance of love and support you send our way.
The development team is working hard to prepare for the updates that will take place in the last two months of 2024,
and we will work hard in 2025 to provide you with exciting and entertaining content as well.
We are truly grateful to be spending this 1.5-year anniversary with you all.
We will always strive to provide the best service for you
Thank you.
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This is what you said last dev note 8:
Hello, Masters!
This is Moonsoo Hyun, the producer of OUTERPLANE.
First, we would like to sincerely apologize for any concerns and uncertainties
caused by the seasonal limited pickup content introduced in the 7/16 (Tue) update.
We are carefully reviewing each valuable opinion sent in and conducting
in-depth discussions based on these insights to identify and improve potential areas.
Rest assured, we will do our best to implement the necessary changes.
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Then you claim this, while releasing another back to back limiteds that can't be mileaged, can't use demiurge tokens on, and can't be hero piece farmed:
We hope you thoroughly enjoy yourselves in this second festival that we've prepared to reciprocate the abundance of love and support you send our way.
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You give us the impression that you don't love us by making the game a spend bait for 7 dupe whales with four units of unbalance. I don't like how the playerbase is shrinking every seasonal/outerfes.
Unless you really like a unit, I think 6* is excessive unless you're willing to pay as their bonuses are nice but hardly crucial; getting access to lvl 3 Burst (5*) is so much more important.
And on that note, I think the recent units have just been okay at best; they're too hyper tuned to PvP even though we don't have RTA yet, and they easily fold to the same defense staples (Tamara, M. Eva, etc.) and have more effort put into their animation than kits. But that's the thing, we always knew these units were premium and not meant for average F2P. (Also, they are letting you convert paid, Demiurge tokens; not the best, but eh)
We're also getting 2 standard 3* along G. Nella; so I would wait to see all their kits before calling foul (but I do get where you're coming from).
Honestly, the biggest thing shooting this game in the foot is its reliance on thirst and appealing to the lowest common denominator; that's a competitive market, and I feel like Epic 7 walks the line better.
SolxBaikenI'm tired of all these seasonal and outerfes units, boss. they're grossly overpowered to make up for being limited, creating fake difficulty with all in one kits. whales avoid strategizing, so these kits just break pve rankings and ruin gameplay strategizing for any active player, leaving content creators with little to cover.
the playerbase seems done with it too. asia1 top spots all chinese guilds, friendlists are shrinking, tracked pvp players are disappearing, with hardly any attackers so you can't even climb in pvp. each of these units releases is only making it more apparent to players causing even further drops to playerbase count. the joint boss ops before this, they even had to reduce server points requirements, because its gotten this bad.
I will probably wait and see what they do with exclusive gear upgrades, rey/hilde's kit, and the story, but with less promotion of the game. this was the first game that finally engaged me into epic 7 games. sad to see this happening.
This is all well and amazing but please revisit older units (ie Leo, Maxwell, Fransesca) and rebalance or buff them!
I'm looking forward to participating in my first festival! Looks like a lot of great stuff is coming out way!
Although, I can't help but be a tad disappointed in the unit; it just seems like Nella came out so recently yet here she is already getting a retrain. I assume she has a huge role to play in the upcoming story, that's why they're pushing her so hard.
I just hope the retain is not a Mage nor a Chain Starter (we have so many of both). I assume she'll be Light? Also man, they really want us to invest in Immunity sets, huh? lol
Honestly, I'm more interested in the other new 3*s; can't believe we're getting so many new units so soon (I would've thought they'd go the Epic 7 route of giving us new 2*s; speaking of, wonder if we'll get any retrains for those units like Skill Change).
Me gusta mucho el juego espero sigan mejorando la calidad en general y trayendo contenido.
Please remove the self insert character. He is starting to become a deal breaker for me.
Thank you.
"The Story for Season 3 will be updated, as was mentioned in the previous Developer's Note. - We have previously mentioned that it would consist of 3 areas, but the specs have decreased since our initial plan, so we will only be adding 2 Normal /Hard areas instead."
I had a feeling that the wallets of the "never to get laid" otakus will decide how the story will progress...
Stage 13 let's go o/ lots of good things this patch. Hopefully they'll make it easier to pick up Aer.
The basic arena trifecta is finally complete too, should be good for variety.
Que buenas noticias!! Todo contenido nuevo es bien recibido. Aunque no estaría mal el pensar en agregar en algún momento las guerras de clanes para darle un poco más de vida al juego con algo más de pvp. No es mi caso, pero a mucha gente le gusta ese contenido jajaja. Desde la beta siendo creador de contenido en español del juego, así que vamos por varios años más!!