General

D12.3 was applied to the Public Test Server and has brought a few more features/fixes to D12 (including the new Crafting prototype!):

• The new Crafting system has been added to the Public Test Server. Please refer to the latest Feedback Friday for additional details on the system functionality.
• Howling Revenge (Treeback Camp: Palisades): More Alpha Beast Howlers were added to allow for mission completion.
• The night time Sky box in Wilderness and Divide no longer has a Default Texture.
• Amoeboid spawning above level 30 no longer have a default texture when spawned.
• Radar for Thunderhead is now up to date.
• Radar for Ashen Desert is now accurate.
• Soyuz Spacecraft now has camera collision.
• Recover Equipment (Palisades): Mission Reward Mech Armor Gloves now has skill requirements.

For the full set of D12 patchnotes, head over to this section.

This week, we take a look at a new creature and the new Engineering prototype.

D12 is now available on the Public Test Server and as usual we are giving you the Highlights of this new deployment:

• Series 2 Physical Chaingun: This newly developed fully automatic weapon has the ability to punch through enemy combatants, cutting down anything in its direct line of fire.  This comes at a cost however, of reduced accuracy and the inability to lock a specific target.
• Series 2 Laser Pistol: With the ability to fire 3 shots per rapid fire burst, this weapon is ideal for eliminating individual targets at close range without drawing too much attention. 
• The first installment of Pet Improvements is now Live and all Bots/Clones/Spotters will now act more consistently and reliably.  Each Bot/Clone/Spotter is automatically set to follow and guard the player and each will always assist the player above all else.  Each rank is now a toggle as well so you may cast the same rank of Bot Construction, Spotter, or Create Clone to dismiss your pet.  A few pets have also been changed slightly so that they are more useful to their master:
  
  • The Repair Bot now has a radial repair instead of a direct repair and the VFX have been changed to reflect that.
  • Spotter Rank 3 now uses a radial repair tool instead of a healing disk.

D11.8 has been applied to the live servers to correct the following issues.

• Mission: Wrench in the Gears (Fault Lever): Sxirx does not drop the Hex Key which allows players to enter the East Hammer Section, blocking mission and instance completion. This should now be resolved.
• Fixed an issue that would cause certain clans to become corrupt.
• Corrected some internal logging errors.

For the full set of patchnotes, head over here.

This morning a minor patch was applied to the Live servers to fix some game issues:

• Fixed an issue with rewards for mission “Operation:Cauterize” on Incline.
• Fixed an issue that caused characters to become stuck intermittently.
• Mission: What Evil Lurks (Caves of Donn): If a player completes the mission then leaves the instance (allowing it to reset), he/she would be unable to “bomb the cave in” upon returning. This has been corrected.
• Palisades: Force Field in AFS base is no longer red.

Yes, it’s time for another Feedback Friday.  The time where the Tabula Rasa Developers get to speak directly about upcoming content and address topics submitted though our Feedback Form and forum posts. Now enough with the babble, let’s get to it!

Shawn joins John and Matt for the last TabulaCast episode before they embark on their new “Limited Edition” comicbook culture show adventure.

Together they look back at the past 30 episodes and discuss all the great times and content covered.

Look out for their new podcast that will focus on games, movies and comics! I know I will

We have been advised that several NCsoft players have been receiving fake PlayNC emails. This is a good opportunity for us to remind you that, if you do get dubious “NCsoft” or “PlayNC” communication (purchase orders for items you have not ordered, Login confirmation emails, account deletion warnings, etc.), please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Support team through our official PlayNC website here. Alternatively, you can do it ingame if you have Tabula Rasa on, by typing /petition.

Hello and welcome to this week’s Feedback Friday.  It’s been a hectic week, but through it all we were able to release Deployment 11 on to the Live Servers one week early! We hope that you are enjoying the changes, and continue sending your feedback through the Feedback Form. 

Aion fully playable! A packed show schedule! Quests for great prizes! It’s not enough – we’re going even further with our activities at Games Convention – we’re going fully multimedia!