v1.4.8a patch on 8/8/20 (Patreon)

Greetings Maiden Nation! This is your Maiden Commander speaking! We are beyond excited to announce that the next closed alpha build for League of Maidens v1.4.8a will drop on Saturday, August 8th.

With this build we have been able to fix a lot of bugs as well as add some of the remaining key features that we intend to make available before we begin open alpha which is still on track for 2020.

Desktop anywhere which is a new feature coming in this build will allow players access to any of the mechanics available in the desktop anywhere in the game world. That includes the ability to launch the FULL character customization interface with everything that comes with it anywhere and at anytime during your gameplay session. That also includes checking your mail, accessing timestep rewards, the FULL Daily and Weekly challenge interface, Desktop Customization, launching Pose3D, accessing the Shop, checking the news... it is ALL there at your fingertips with the single press of the ESC button. NO MORE having to go back to the lobby folks!!! Along side Desktop Anywhere is another key feature that now has warmaidens saved to the location where they were left. No more forcing warmaidens to the lobby. Whenever you logout and log back in your warmaiden will be in the same place you left her.

Another big feature in this update is a dedicated Face and Body Preset system. This is a feature we've been wanting to add for a long time but never had the chance. This new system allows players to very quickly switch between 32 face presets and 7 body presets. In the past it was difficult to work on faces and bodies as players didn't have a varied set of starting points to begin with. Now players can pick the face and body that closely resembles their dream waifu and either stick with that look or begin their customization journey from there. This feature paired with Desktop Anywhere will ensure that players have a much more enjoyable and less frustrating customization experience.

We are also super excited to announce our next outfit skin coming in LoM v1.4.8a. In trying to increase the variety of skins that we have available we thought it would be a great idea to introduce a more causal and less superhero or fantasy themed skin. Welcome the "SEXY HI-RISE JEANS" skin! I can't wait to see all the IG Model style pics that will come out of this one. We will get more pics posted once it has been textured and integrated into the build.

The above and many more features, bug fixes and improvement are coming in the next update. Feel free to check out the patch notes listed below to view our current list of what will be available in v1.4.8a.

As always we want to SINCERELY THANK EACH AND EVERY PERSON for their continued support of this project. We have (2) more larger features that we would like to get into the build before open alpha and this build (and your support) takes us one step closer to that goal.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT!!!! MAIDENGAMING <3<3<3

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Revision: LoM v1.4.8a
Release Date: 8/8/20
Patch Size: 75 Issues addressed

Review the build/patch/hotfix list below for a detailed list of resolved issues in the associated build/patch/hotfix. Please post any bugs that you may find in our Bug Reports & Supports section. Lastly, feel free to join our community on discord to discuss the game and what you would like to see added!

1 - Metal Traders have been added. These new NPCs will allow players to trade Copper to Silver and Silver to Gold Bars to be used for crating items.

2 - The Dealer has been converted to a Bounty NPC. Bounty NPCs give special Bounties for an opportunity to earn Copper Bars.

3 - The Sanctuary Fishing Quests now require Fish to trade in for Copper Bars.

4 - Cube Traders have been added. These new NPCs will allow players to trade T1 to T2 and T2 to T3 cubes.

5 - A new idle pose has been added.

6 - Fixed a bug that caused 'Look at Camera' to break when entering the Load Out under certain conditions.

7 - Added 'Maiden+' to the text below the new icon on the top left hand side of the screen.

8 - Fixed an issue with the Capes/Skirts shaking badly in the shop.

9 - Made a change to have the explosions from bombers not deal damage to players if the explosions are caused from the player killing the bomber.

10 - Added a GOOD or GREAT JOB audible notification when clearing a Stronghold room to provide audible notifications when it is possible to move to the next room.

11 - Added Trainers. Trainers are new NPCs that help progress players through life skills. The first trainer we've added allows players to complete Fishing Lessons to earn a professional fishing pole.

12 - "Desktop Anywhere" a feature that allows players to access their full in-game Desktop including Character Customization, Mail, TimeStep Reward, Crate UI and much more has been added. View #announcements for a full breakdown.

13 - Added the Title & Achievements progress bar to all tabs in the Quest Guide.

14 - Made a change to have Interim Skill Levels stay during any given play session. In the past Interim Skill Levels would reset anytime the player left the scene I.E. built up Interim Skill Levels would reset when going from Freedom City to the Necropolis Desert. Now Interim Skill Levels will not reset until the playing session has been ended.

15 - Removed the requirement to return to the ATK/DEF/HP NPCs after accepting and completing the quest.

16 - A secondary branch has been added for the Black Market Dealer in the Necropolis Desert.

17 - 'Shadow Level' option name changed to 'Shadow Quality'.

18 - Removed messaging to upgrade Maiden+ tier when claiming Maiden+ rewards.

19 - Added mouse up/down sounds when paging left and right in the Exit manager.

20 - Improved the selection highlight in the Warmaiden manage interface.

21 - Multiple UI sounds have been updated.

22 - Information on the warmaiden manage page has been updated to show the listed warmaidens location in the right hand panel.

23 - Fixed a bug that allowed the ATK/DEF/HP suggested tasks to show when those items were max level.

24 - Updated the backgrounds in the Warmaiden manage page.

25 - Removed the feature to allow for restarting quests from the Quest Guide. This was a great idea but it inadvertently caused many bugs. It also severely limits our ability to diversify questing.

26 - Fixed a bug that caused the dialog for NPCs to not show if the player camera is zoomed out.

27 - Changed the reward for completing each day in the Weekly Challenge UI to an Epic Crate which yields much better items.

28 - Updated the description for Ascension gear to clearly state which class the gear works for.

29 - Removed the Daily Challenge to upload to the Beauty Album to curtail duplicate submissions.

30 - Fixed a bug that caused the notification for completing Achievements to not work. 

31 - Added a unique BGM for the Warmaiden manage UI.

32 - Fixed a bug that caused other sounds to be muted when a warmaiden is injured.

33 - All non-premium and locked emotes have been added to Epic Crates.

34 - Added the ability to click quest icons on the map to open the corresponding quest in the quest guide.

35 - Added a new item that allows players to free up assigned interim levels for re-assignment. 

36 - Fixed a bug that caused Turrets to not attack all mob enemies.

37 - Added mail rewards for the following scenarios.

A) For every 100 enemies killed.
B) For completing Daily Challenges.
C) For reaching max interim level.
D) For every 4 hours of gameplay
E) For unlocking any Skill/Perk/Ability
F) For killing Giant/Union/Mid-Boss.

38 - Updated the animation for the 3D blue arrow that shows when a quest has been accepted.

39 - Fixed a bug that caused players to get stuck during certain questing sequences if they logged off while in the Unknown.

40 - Removed Frame Smoothing as an option. Very few people that we could identify truly understood how it worked and it has caused more support tickets than we would like to see even with a clear message below the option indicating the results if used improperly. Basically Frame smoothing is used to smooth frames for systems that already have higher FPS. Struggling systems will struggle more with it turned on.

41 - Added an all new Face and Body Preset system to character customization.

42 - Clarified the description text for the Straight Edge Monster Slayer achievement.

43 - Made a change to open the new preset system when a warmaiden is first created.

44 - (6) New instances have been added to yield mail rewards for players.

A) Send Mail reward for every 100 enemies killed.
B) Send Mail reward for completing Daily Challenges.
C) Send Mail reward for reaching max interim level.
D) Send Mail reward for every 2 hours of gameplay
E) Send Mail reward for Unlocking any Skill/Perk/Ability
F) Send Mail reward for killing Giant/Union/Mid-Boss.

45 - (8) new notifications have been added to inform players of events occurring during gameplay.

A) Notification when Daily Challenges are reset.
B) Notification when one Daily Challenge is completed.
C) Notification when all Daily Challenges are completed.
D) Notification when liking a Beauty Album item.
E) Notification when sharing a Beauty Album item.
F) Notification when you've received new mail.
G) Notification when Time-Step is available.
H) Notification when Reward Crates are available.

46 - The Default Post Processing option has been renamed to Vibrance_A since it isn't the default.

47 - Changed the default indoor Zoom maximum to 75.

48 - Tutorials desktop icon has been improved.

49 - Fixed several bugs related to orienting the map to North.

50 - Fixed several bugs related to rotating the map with M2.

51 - Adding Map Icons for the Outdoor Showers.

52 - A functional Map has been added to the 15 gates area.

53 - Fixed a bug that could cause the placement of icons in the players inventory/storage to reset under certain conditions.

54 - Fixed a bug that caused the drink timer to show in Motion3D.

55 - Changed the order of the tabs in the inventory to the following. "Gear Stats", "Gear Forge", "Gun Config", "Grinder".

56 - Fixed a bug that caused your current warmaiden to be sent back to the lobby if ADD A FRIEND was cancelled.

57 - Made a change to make all crates account wide. Previously acquisition and availability were warmaiden specific forcing users to have to switch to different warmaidens to have access to their crates. Now all crates are available to all warmaidens at any given time.

58 - Fixed a bug that caused the difficulty mode (Hard and above) to not show on the top right UI when selected to make players aware of the mode selected.

59 - Fixed a bug that caused the PhotoID for a warmaiden to be all white if a photo had not yet been taken.

60 - The Load Out icon on the quick launch bar has been switched to a shopping cart icon to quickly access the costume shop.

61 - Added a more visual indicator in the 15 gates area to make it clearer to players where they should access to node to leave the area.

62 - Fixed a bug that caused the wooden shield to show briefly when entering character customization whether it was equipped or not.

63 - Made a change to temporarily hide head gear when viewing hairstyles in the shop.

64 - Fixed a bug that caused some text to cut off for the achievement stat bonuses. 

65 - Fixed a bug that caused the Contract Killer achievement to complete sooner than it should.

66 - Fixed a bug that caused achievement bonus stats to not be applied to the overall value. Previous the stat applied to the base value.

67 - Fixed a bug that caused the Great Achiever achievement to not count previous completed achievements.

68 - Fixed a but that caused the 36th Chamber achievement to not be completable. 

69 - Respec Tickets have been added to the Rare Item vendor. Respec tickets are used to release interim skill points once they have been assigned.

70 - Fixed a bug that caused the Ascension gear to now show the correct stats while being presented by a vendor.

71 - Fixed a variety bugs related to the Daily and Weekly Challenge interfaces.

72 - Fixed a bug that caused lightning speed to make capes act strange.

73 - Fixed a bug that caused the footstep effects to be wrong (emitting sand like in the desert) while in mission mode and in Freedom City under certain conditions.

74 - 15 Gates has been updated to be a valid save location allowing players to logout and back in to have their warmaidens still in that location.

75 - Wind Walking has been added.

KNOWN ISSUES:

As always quest progress will be reset. We would also like to warn those that have a large cache of crates to open them now. Our new update to make all crates available to all warmaidens account wide will wipe any existing crates. Again I repeat...

IMPORTANT: IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY SITTING ON A LARGE NUMBER OF CRATES OPEN THEM NOW BEFORE YOU LOSE THEM!