A new playable character joins Raiders of the Broken Planet; the deranged assassin Doldren. This heartless killer can now be recruited by all players.

Doldren is a native to the Broken Planet but, unlike Harec or Iune who reluctantly abandoned their people’s peaceful ways to take arms against the Terran invasion, Doldren is considered an irredeemable monster among the culture that gave him birth.



His insatiable thirst for blood saw him jailed in the Pit of Repudiation, where he was to end his days in total seclusion, but when the invading humans assaulted the ancient gaol, Doldren was set free by his desperate captors as a final act of vengeance upon the Terrans.

For Doldren, the invasion of the Broken Planet is a blessing, as he can now put his talents for murder to use without fear of reprisal. Having heard of his dark reputation, Harec accepted him into the Raiders, acknowledging his usefulness as a peerless warrior, but the taciturn leader of the Raiders understands full well that Doldren might as well slit his teammates’ throats the moment he has no other victims within reach.



Doldren’s talents reside in his ability to ambush enemy forces, projecting his essence and rematerializing his body near unsuspecting foes, making short work of them with high-caliber revolvers or dealing the killing blow with his own hands. Check the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D_bvK7pGAM

Lets us know what you think of Doldren and share your tactics with the Raiders of the Broken Planet community on Twitter and Facebook!

See you on the Broken Planet!

Alicia’s new weapon, the Novera CC1-1212 Modified, is now available to unlock for all Raiders of the Broken Planet players. You can obtain its blueprint in the Short Fuse mission.

The Novera CC1-1212 Modified is a customization Alicia applied to her old Novera shotgun, expanding the drum magazine size to accommodate a new ammo type developed by Konstantin. Alicia took also great care on embellishing the weapon, adding new motifs to the barrel and a grinning skull carved into the magazine.



Along with this new weapon, our blue-haired Raider’s most popular skin -Umbra Wardog- is 40% off until February 11!

Alicia and her mercenary crew joined the Umbra Wardogs after their arrival to the Broken Planet. Their first missions consisted on assaulting Aleph convoys along the Hades Division supply lines. During those days, Alicia wore her signature yellow leather jacket, being instantly recognizable on the battlefield -their enemies often took that as a clue to run away the opposite direction!

Check Alicia's new weapon here: http://steamcommunity.com/games/436180/announcements/detail/1653254536232838153

Harec. the Pale Rider. The Red Death. He is the undisputed leader of the Raiders (Lycus might question his command from time to time, but mostly to bust his balls). For years, Harec guided his nomad clan peacefully, but the Human invasion put an end to that. A Hades Division death squad assaulted his caravan and massacred his people, leaving Harec badly wounded. He managed to crawl inside a nearby temple to bleed out alone in the dark, but an ancient power contained within healed his wounds and awoke a power within Harec; a Power he would use to avenge his murdered kin and eradicate the Human scum from the surface of the Broken Planet.

The latest #DevShout video explores Harec’s role on the battlefield, and offers great advice about how to get the most out of this deadliest of snipers. Carlos Fraguas, Gameplay Programmer at MercurySteam has all the answers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr7EPWm_aJA&t=46s




10 New Character Cards



Today we are also releasing 10 new Character Cards for Harec, 5 normal Cards and their rare counterparts, to make sure you find the customizable option that suits best your gaming style!

-   Favor

When you kill an enemy with an overcharged shot, you earn several seconds of invulnerability.

-   Habituation

You recover Stalking time by killing enemies while being in that state.

-   Revenge

Your weapon causes more damage after returning from the Stalking state.

-   Swift

Allows a faster reload while being in the Stalking state.

-   Reprisal

Your weapon causes more damage for several seconds during the Stalking.

The Evolution of Harec

Harec was among the first Raiders to be designed during the pre-production of the game. As you can see in these early concepts, the Concept Art team had a clear idea of how they wanted the Raiders’ leader to look from the very beginning, having changed very little from initial sketches to the final rendering.





The team experimented with different iterations of Harec’s gear. Several ideas were finally discarded, while others made it into different alternative skins for the character, like the Red Death or the Headhunter outfits.



Harec’s role on the battlefield was always that of the sniper. His weapons needed to be instantly recognised as long rifles, that Harec modified to interact with his powers, imbuing each bullet with Aleph for a more devastating shot.





Have any tips or strategies of your own for Harec? Make sure to visit our Facebook, Twitter and Raiders of the Broken Planet official forum and share them with the community!

See you on the Broken Planet, Raiders!

As the war for control of the Broken Planet intensifies, all four factions have been honing their martial skills and improving their strategies, and now they are deadlier than ever!

Today, MercurySteam has released a new Faction Cards pack, including 10 cards for each Faction plus their Rare counterparts. Now all Raiders of the Broken Planet players can customize their characters to suit any gaming style, either playing as Raiders or as Antagonists.

Each Faction Card is designed to subtly enhance the character’s performance during the game, while keeping the essence and character of the race it represents in mind. This way, the vengeful Locals will receive Cards like “Merciless”, that increases their weapons’ damage output after a kill (something Doldren will surely enjoy!), while the cold and calculating Fifth Council characters, like Konstantin and Ginebra, can deploy Cards such as “Firewall”, reducing the damage received when they have maximum health.

The Hades Division mercenaries, including Lycus and Mikah, also get their share of new Cards, like “Nerves of Steel” that allows them to reload faster after being hit, while the savage Umbra Wardogs can find “Kamikaze” among their Cards -increasing the damage of their first strike after performing a jump.

The new Faction Cards Pack for Raiders of the Broken Planet is now available for all players. Let us know your favourite character configurations and share them with the community on Twitter, Facebook and in the Raiders of the Broken Planet’s official forum.

See you on the Broken Planet!

This update is focused on rebalancing some missions and characters to accommodate the new content we have released since the Wardog Fury campaign launched - Including new characters, weapons and Cards. V.07 also serves as a bridge to a major update we are working on, that will radically change the Raiders of the Broken Planet’s progression and economy system, and includes one big change that we will announce by the end of the week.

We expect V.07 to go live by the end of the week, once the First Party submission process has gone its way - we’ll announce it via all our social media channels. In the meantime, let’s have an in-depth look to the different tweaks and rebalancing included in the update.

The design team is quite happy with the new characters’ performance and how they have been integrated into the game’s ongoing ecosystem. However, we have detected significant differences on some missions: some are too easy to beat, while others have a very low victory rate. We've have analyzed where those defeats occur and moved difficulty spikes towards mission parts that are deeper or more interesting to play.



Missions

In Shock

- Increased enemy spawn rate during the first phase (10-15%).

- Rebalanced some values of Shae's electrocution.

- Increased Dr. Kuzmann's life when not playing against an Antagonist (5%).

- Increased Dr. Kuzmann's Tesla ground attack damage (10%).

- Increased number of enemies per spawn on Dr. Kuzmann combat (+1)


A Breath of Hope

- Decreased the number of Aleph charges needed on first monolith when playing against an Antagonist.

- Decreased the number of Aleph charges needed on second monolith.

- Increased the number of Aleph charges needed on third monolith.

- Increased the waiting time on monoliths when not playing against an Antagonist (10%)

- Increased enemy spawn rate during the monolith phases (10%-15%).

- Increased bonus enemy spawn on Survival phases when not playing against an Antagonist (20%).

- Increased Guardian regeneration when playing against an Antagonist (5%).


A Fistful of Sand

- Increased enemy spawn rate during the first phase when not playing against an Antagonist (7%).

- Decreased the Protector's shield (10%).

- Increased the Protector's life (5%).

- Decreased the number of enemies spawned when you find the Protector (-1).

The Enemy Within

- Increased enemy spawn rate during the first phase when not playing against an Antagonist (5%).

- Increased Drone life when not playing against an Antagonist (5%).

- Reduced Drone spawn rate when not playing against an Antagonist (5%).

- Reduced Council's progress bar speed when not playing against an Antagonist (10%).

- Reduced Uras-Beherit life when not playing against an Antagonist (5%).

- Reduced the number of Aleph charges needed to activate the Uras-Beherit when not playing against an Antagonist (-1).

- Increased the amount of time the Uras-Beherit stays activated when not playing against an antagonist (10%).

- Reduced the number of enemies at the first phase initial spawn when playing against an Antagonist (-1).

- Increased enemy spawn rate when playing against an Antagonist (10%).

- Reduced Drone life when playing against an Antagonist (5%).


Short-Fused

- Reduced Loaht's house resistance when not playing against an Antagonist (10%).

- Reduced enemy spawn rate during the second phase when not playing against an Antagonist (5%).

- Reduced the number of enemies at the second phase's initial spawn when playing against an Antagonist (-1)


No Reservations

- Reduced waiting time at the bridges (-5s).

- Reduced enemy spawn rate during the second convoy (5%).

- Reduced enemy spawn rate during the third convoy when not playing against an Antagonist (20%).

- Reduced enemy spawn rate during the third convoy when playing against an Antagonist (10%).

- Increased fart duration by 10%. (I love my job)

- Reduced firing rate of Wardog gunship during third convoy.

- Increased duration of the final phase (10%).

A Weapon from The Past

- Increased the Drone's life (5%).

- Increased the Drone shield's turning speed (5-10%).

- Decreased Lyras' Sphere speed bar (15%).

- Increased enemy spawn rate during second phase (10-15%).

- Increased engineer spawn rate (5%).


The Beast’s Lair

- Increased enemy spawn rate during first phase (10%).

- Decreased the number of enemies during the escape from the first phase.

- Increased enemy spawn rate during Marmalade's first phase when not playing against an Antagonist (20%).

- Increased enemy spawn rate during Marmalade's first phase when playing against an Antagonist (15%).

- Increased Marmalade's damage (15%).

- Decreased the number of enemies per wave during Marmalade's final phase when not playing against an Antagonist (-1).

- Decreased enemy spawn rate during Marmalade's final phase when not playing against an Antagonist (10%).

- Decreased the Aleph charges needed during Marmalade's final phase when not playing against an Antagonist (-2).

- Decreased engineer spawn rate during Marmalade's final phase (30%)


Characters

Harec

- Decreased Stalk's target acquisition time (-20%).

- Increased Stalk's flying back speed when wounded (roughly +10%).


Hans

- Increased Heaven's Bane K8's projectile speed (+45%).

- Decreased Heaven's Bane K8's regular projectile explosion radius (-10%).

- Increased Heaven's Bane K8's final projectile explosion radius (+5%).

- Decreased Ansgar "Warm" MM1's damage (-15%).


Lycus

- Increased the kinetic Shield's capacity (+5%)

- Increased the kinetic Shield's recharge speed (+7%)

- Decreased Shit Happens's damage (-5%)


Alicia

- Walljump flotation lasts longer (roughly +15%)


Dr. Kuzmann

- Increased Light Horizons's healing power (+33%).

- Increased Light Horizons's damage (+5%).


Ginebra

- Increased Javelin Ursa M-02's time between shots (+10%).

- Decreased Javelin Ursa M-02's tension chargrup speed (+20%).


Loaht

- Increased Bubble Gum's time between shots (+50%).

- Decreased Bubble Gum's ammo clip (from 5 to 4).


Iune

- Decreased Last Wish's Aleph pressure chargeup speed (-20%).

- Increased The Vortex's Aleph pressure chargeup speed (+15%).


Cards

Iune

- Increased Munificent's cooldown boost (roughly +20%).

- Decreased Angelic's cooldown boost (roughly -15%).


"CrashDumps"

We have also included a new feature for the Steam version of the game to facilitate bug tracking. Now, the game will automatically save only the latest incidence, making it easier to track down when necessary and avoiding accumulating unnecessary data.

The path where the data is stored in is: "Documents\MercurySteam\Raiders of the Broken Planet\<steam-id>\CrashDumps

Shae's Animated Comic is already out!



When Shae outpaced Rancidum Genus, she knew there was no going back. She had the privilege of becoming the only Custodia Prime among the other Nuns, but she couldn’t stand the pacifism that sustained the house. Not anymore. Shae would find a way to become a warrior in the lands of Shuuk-Ne. Hand in hand with Master Nelidas, she would take her revenge against the human invaders. With all the consequences that entails.

Check Shae’s animated comic here: https://www.raidersofthebrokenplanet.com/comic/shae/index.html



10 New Cards for Shae!



We have included 10 new Cards (normal and rare ones) to Shae’s repertory that will help you make the experience even better!

-   Mythification

When you bewitch an enemy, you earn seconds of invulnerability.

-   Strain

When you kill an enemy in CQC, your weapon loses pressure.

-   Confusion

Bewitching acquires your target faster when you only acquire one enemy.

-   Isobar Valve

Your weapons gain less pressure when shot.

-   Isenthalpic Valve

Your weapons gain less pressure when shot, for each enemy you have confused.



#DevShouts: Character Focus

A new #DevShouts video is out! In this occasion, we talk about one of the most lethal snipers in the Broken Planet, Shae.

Shae is an experienced warrior who left behind her land to fight against the invaders and give her former house its glory back. In this chapter of our #DevShouts series, Álvaro Daza gives advice on how to play with Shae and using her special ability. A helpful guide to discover, also, which are the best weapons for her, how to combine its features with melee and how to use the cards in the battlefield.

Watch the new #DevShouts video now to get the most out of Shae!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE6vrmsvyxM&feature=youtu.be

Wardog Fury, Raiders of the Broken Planet’s second campaign, is already out, including 4 new epic missions, one exclusive character and three more Raiders who will join Harec’s ragtag team. We cover all the new campaign´s hot topics in our latest Inside Raiders video.

Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fguaMZjozwI&t=11s

Wardog Fury, Raiders of the Broken Planet’s second campaign, launches on November 30, introducing new missions, characters and weapons to the game.

These new elements, and the information gathered during the two months since Raiders of the Broken Planet launched, influenced further changes in the game. In this Patch 06 notes we’ll take you through the most ambitious update for Raiders of the Broken Planet to date.


Missions:

Overall, we are happy with the way the different missions play, requiring different strategies and characters for the best results. We have introduced several tweaks to difficulty settings in some of them to adjust win-rates, slightly reducing the bonus enemy spawn rate during the survival phases, for example.

When using invitations, it’s easier now to understand if the level is playable or not thanks to a new tooltip that displays the availability for every user. Mission-specific changes are:


Hanging by a Thread

•   Increased Lycus' crane health in Solo mode.

•   Reduced the enemies spawn rate during the mission’s first and second phases when playing against an Antagonist.

•   Reduced the Wardog gunships' health points.


In Shock:

•   Increased Shae's resistance to electrocution in Solo mode.

•   Increased the enemies’ spawn rate during the first phase.

•   Increased Dr. Kuzmann's weapon damage.

•   Increased Dr. Kuzmann's Tesla ground attack damage.


A Breath of Hope

•   Increased the Guardian’s regeneration in Solo mode.

•   Slightly increased the enemies’ spawn rate during all phases.


A Fistful of Sand:

•   Slightly increased the enemies’ spawn rate during the first whase when not playing against an Antagonist.


The Enemy Within:

•   Decreased the enemies’ spawn rate during the final phase when not playing against an Antagonist.


Characters:

This patch marks our first pass at character and weapon balancing. Some characters were outperforming others clearly. Specifically, Konstantin, Hans and Ginebra. We've focused on balancing their weapons, while keeping their respective powers intact to preserve their uniqueness. 


Overall changes

•   Increased the damage caused by player’s weapons to wounded players, playing as a Raider or as the Antagonist.

•   Slightly decreased resistance to shooter-type damage for main characters of the Fifth Council.

•   Slightly increased regeneration speed for main characters of the Umbra Wardogs.


Harec

•   Increased Ignis Fugit's damage.

•   Increased Stalk's flying speed.

•   Increased Stalk's duration.

•   Decreased Stalk's target acquisition time.


Shae

•   Decreased the distance at which Shae becomes visible to bewitched enemies.

•   Slightly increased Focus Kaa7's damage.

•   Increased Phax UTT-17's target acquisition speed.


Konstantin

•   Slightly decreased Ogon Smerch S6's damage.

•   Slightly decreased Hornet HH3's damage.

•   Slightly decreased Ogon Shtorm BV's damage.

•   Slightly increased Ogon Shtorm BV's damage falloff by distance.

•   Increased the cooldown time for Degravitate.


Hans

•   Increased fuel refilling time for the Jetpack.

•   Decreased MPFA Rimbaud's projectile speed.

•   Decreased MPFA Rimbaud's damage.

•   Slightly decreased Ansgar "Warm" MM1's damage.

•   Decreased Ansgar "Warm" MM1's ammo capacity.

•   Slightly increased USU-21's damage.


Lycus

•   Slightly decreased Dolores' damage.

•   Slightly increased Spinning Coin's damage.


Mikah

•   Decreased K&K N90's damage.

•   Greatly increased the speed at which the Decoy recovers health.

•   Increased MM-5B's ammo capacity.

•   Slightly decreased MM-5B's damage.

•   Increased Granny's damage.


Alicia

•   Decreased Smoking Daisy's blast radius in both main and secondary modes.

•   Increased Smoking Daisy's damage.


Dr. Kuzmann

•   Decreased Licht Speer AA-1's damage.

•   Increased Light Horizons's damage.


Ginebra

•   Slightly slowed down the transformation from Cougar form into Ginebra.

•   Increased Sturzenegger Bogen C-A00's time between shots.

•   Moved some of Sturzenegger Bogen C-A00's damage from direct hits to wall hits.

•   Decreased Sturzenegger Bogen C-A00's push distance at low tension.

•   Slightly decreased SU-Schleuder C33’s damage.

•   Increased SU-Schleuder C33's time between shots.

•   Slightly increased Javelin Ursa M-02's damage.

Cards:

Rare Cards have been buffed across the board, and while some Cards have received a slight nerf, almost no rare Card has gone down in power. Overall Card power in the game has been increased.


Global

•   Fixed a problem where some rare Cards had a super-boost that was better than their non-rare counterparts.

•   Made all rare Cards more powerful.

•   Cards that switch off your stress meter now don't stop stress from increasing by receiving damage.

Local’s Cards

•   Increased Lone Hunter's reload speed boost.

•   Decreased Skill's reload speed boost.

•   Decreased Cautious' damage boost.



Fifth Council Cards

•   Increased Positive Feedback's damage boost.

•   Increased Optimum Performance's damage boost.

•   Decreased Closed System's healing.



Hades Division Cards

•   Decreased Stealth's aleph attenuation.

•   Decreased Vitality's health boost.


Umbra Wardogs Cards

•   Decreased Improved Healing's regeneration boost.

•   Increased Tribal Healing's regeneration boost.

•   Increased Motivation's damage resistance boost.

•   Increased Swiftness's damage resistance boost.


Harec’s Cards

•   Increased Renewal's reduced wounded time boost.

•   Decreased Methodical's reload speed boost.


Shae’s Cards

•   Decreased Expertise's cooldown boost.

•   Decreased Eclipse's radius.

•   Decreased Amaurosis's radius reduction.

•   Increased Treachery's damage boost.


Dr. Kuzmann’s Cards

•   Decreased Derived Ionization's range boost.

•   Decreased Differential's damage boost.

•   Increased Repulsion's damage reduction.

•   Increased Anticipated Potential's damage boost.


Konstantin’s Cards

•   Decreased Optimization's cooldown reduction.

•   Decreased Lubricant's speed boost.

•   Decreased Cooling's heat reduction.

•   Increased Back Door's damage boost.

•   Increased Applicability's duration boost.


Ginebra’s Cards

•   Increased Reactive Armor's damage resistance boost.

•   Increased Deflective Patina's damage resistance boost.

•   Increased Aerodynamic Profile's speed boost.

•   Increased Power Injector's speed boost.

•   Decreased Alloy Cordage's tension boost.

•   Decreased Convex Frame's tension boost.

•   Decreased Eccentric Pulleys's tension buildup speed boost.


Hans’ Cards

•   Decreased Hydrazine Distiller's cooldown boost.


Lycus’ Cards

•   Decreased Kinetic Turbine's recharge speed boost.

•   Decreased Superconducting Jacket's damage boost.

•   Decreased Graphene Condenser's shield capacity boost.


Mikah’s Cards

•   Decreased Automatic Focus' cooldown reduction.

•   Decreased Fade to Black's duration.

•   Increased Interlinked Sweep's regeneration boost.

•   Increased Flash's damage resistance boost.


Alicia’s Cards

•   Redefined Lift to only affect sustentation and not speed.

•   Changed Extended Clip to be a rare Card.