Jump Space ‘Augmented Update’ Now Live

If you’ve taken a little rest from Jump Space, and you’re looking to hop back in, then you may just have the perfect excuse. Jump Space’s ‘The Augmented Update’ is now live for all players, so it might be time to ‘jump’ back in!

There’s a lot to unpack on this one! First up, and likely music to the ears of any player that experienced frequent crashes or disconnects this new update brings it a heap of stability fixes, with what the team refer to as a ‘dedicated push for stability’.

The banner feature for this update to Jump Space is of course is the new ‘Augment System’. These are player-specific perks that can be equipped, adding another layer of permanent progression and personalisation. Players are assigned a specific budget of power for things like personal shields, mutli-tool mag size or additional ‘on-foot’ damage. The developers hope this leads to players pursuing personal builds and avoid pushing players to specific ‘classes’.

Elsewhere, players can enjoy a new Cargo Bag making life a little bit easier with a handy sack to carry loot in, improvements to the Buddy-Bot for players that enjoy solo outings that include being able to order him about, new ‘on-foot’ survival missions and new enemies. There’s even a fun Christmas-themed event with a new ‘Winter Zorbok’ helmet to earn – that event runs from December 18th through to January 1st.

Jump Space Augmented Update Full Patch Notes:

Full Patch Notes

Features

• Augmentations
  • New Augmentation system featuring 31 augmentations available for unlock by leveling up and by unlocking space suit parts.
  • The Augmentations are selectable from a new UI accessible by talking to Bozze.
  • Space suit Power can now be increased by leveling up your character level, allowing more augmentations to be simultaneously selected.
  • Max character level has been raised to 15.
• Seasonal Content
  • Added Holiday-themed content and a new unlockable player cosmetic helmet.
    See Yuletide event details above, as the event will start later.
• Buddy-Bot Improvements
  • Implemented order wheel for more control over Buddy-Bot actions.
  • Added “target this specific enemy” functionality for Buddy-Bot.
  • Buddy-Bot can now use the Burst Shield and other components.
• Cargo Bag
  • Added cargo bag for carrying more items in your inventory!

Improvements

• User Interface
  • Updated ship emergency status list visualization with improved organization by severity.
  • Improved vendor item display and interaction.
  • Enhanced info bubble positioning and appearance.
  • Updated mission status screen with player name, rank, and title
• Sector Updates
  • Added 4 new sector maps, including Data Center for the Data Center Endless Waves mission type.
  • Added new type of sector, involving a “Lost Components” objective.
• Missions
  • Removed auto-playing end cutscenes from Artillery Support and Distress Call missions.
  • Rebalanced difficulty of Distress Call.
  • Improved solo experience in Artillery Support.
  • Added the aforementioned Data Breach mission to the Krynn galaxy region.
• Loot & Economy
  • Increased salvage value of pickupable items.
  • Added more credit salvage item variants.
  • Added Ingot lootable item (worth 1 ingot).
  • Lowered Component ingot value back to 0.5 (now that the full ingot has its own pickupable).
  • Increased amount of Components that can be found in a mission before Broken Components start appearing from 5 to 10.
• Combat
  • Added Radioactive Arachnid enemy.
  • Improved enemy AI, movement and difficulty balancing for many enemy types.
  • Enhanced melee combat with airborne bounce mechanic.
  • Added deflect animations and sounds for all melee weapons.
  • Adjusted damage and recoil patterns for some player weapons.

Bug Fixes

• Many, many fixes across the board that have been reported by the community. Some will be more noticeable than others. Like previously mentioned, a big focus of this update is fixing crashing and disconnects still affecting some players.

Miscellaneous

• Added new voice lines for various characters and events.
• Added mission length: Short, Medium, Long and Very Short for certain mission types.
• Updated localization for various UI elements and dialogues.
• Added 3 new achievements.

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