V Rising Update Notes

[Leanne Wittlin]

Ihave a noticed in a few pop songs you occasionally get a series of notes that sounds like a set of short notes rising in succession - usually done with strings. One example is in Abba's Dancing Queen, right after the lyric 'and when you get the chance..' you get this sequence I am thinking of. Another example is the very beginning of 'One in a Million' by the Pet Shop Boys.

Today, after one more year, we sit at about 80,000 revisions total. While the measurement of one revision can be highly variable, the scale might give you some idea of the amount of effort that has gone into overhauling our engine, updating our systems, and bringing you the complete V Rising experience we have dreamed of delivering since we first started working on this game around 5 years ago. With 23,000 more revisions carved into the obelisk of our dark sorcerous project, we are proud to deliver to you the details of our latest update, our ascension from Early Access into a fully-fledged, promised, long-foretold, 1.0 release!

Be aware that there WILL BE SPOILERS in these patch notes. You may want to avoid any extremely detailed lists contained here, but in general, it will be very difficult to avoid spoiling anything.

The game has had a major engine update and is now running on Unity 2022 (and DOTS 1.1) compared to Unity 2020 (and DOTS 0.17). Read more about DOTS here: The game has had some major optimization updates on both the client as well as the server, and should now be running with improved performance overall.

The arrogant humans of Vardoran now traverse the world, carrying precious cargo from location to location. Satisfy your thirst for blood and valuable loot at the same time by intercepting their caravans and further your rise to power.

With the goal of making the world feel more alive, players can now find small, in-the-moment, scenarios scattered around the entire land. These can feature bandits who have set up a camp, monsters looking for trouble, beasts hunting for prey, and more.

Players may now select between three main difficulties when starting a server that modifies the power of enemies as well as how deadly environmental effects are. These difficulties are Relaxed, Normal, and Brutal.

Introducing gamepad support for PC, offering a new hands-on, action-packed V Rising experience. This includes a reimagined HUD user interface crafted specifically for gamepad enthusiasts, ensuring a seamless and immersive gameplay journey.

Trapped in your first home in Farbane? Now, using nothing more than a little Vampire magic, you can move from any plot in the world to any other available one by laying down the framework and pressing a button!

A number of advanced refinement stations have been added that are improved versions of existing stations with bigger inventories and faster refinement rates. Some refinement recipes can only be processed using an advanced refinement station.

Craft your Music Box and unlock the haunting melodies of Vardoran. Immerse yourself as familiar music echoes through the corridors of your castle. Change your castle music to one of the many themes that can be found in the world.

Bookcases and stashes have been reworked into holding specific types of items (gems, herbs, material, weapons, armor, etc.), rather than featuring general inventories. New additional stashes have also been added based on this change.

Some structures placed on pillars and walls can now be placed on top of one another. Torches, for example may be placed on the lower end of the pillar while ornaments such as a gargoyle can be placed on the higher end of the pillar.

A new legendary tier of item has been added that also drops in Ruins of Mortium but with a low drop chance. These are named weapons with unique weapon modifications but have the same item level as epic weapons.

Players may now unlock passive buffs boosting the power of your vampire further. There are 18 passives in total connected to the 6 different spell schools. Players may unlock all passives, and similar to the research desk, players may collectively unlock these within their clan.

Reduced the general physical damage scaling on weapons and increased it on spell damage. Late-tier weapons now gain less physical power, while magic sources more. Since there is a level difference primarily in end game between weapons and magic sources this change should close the gap between them and thus generally make spells slightly stronger and physical attacks slightly weaker.

Players now receive 15-25% more maximum health from armor and PvE units deal 15-25% more damage to effectively reduce the time to kill in PvP scenarios. The increase in health/damage is increased more towards endgame than early game. Healing and Life Leech has been boosted on spells and effects that heal based on spell power to ensure that this change does not affect the power of healing spells.

All veils now grant 5% maximum healing on the following M1 on top of spell school unique effects. This change should make all veils more viable as the life leech component from veil of blood was unmatched in most scenarios.

Block melee and projectile attacks in front of you for 2s. Blocking an attack charges the barrier up to 5 times. Unleash a chaos bolt, dealing 50% magic damage and inflicting Ignite when the effect ends. The projectile deals 40% additional damage per charge.

Summon a giant spider that chases down your enemy and explodes when nearby, dealing 250% magic damage, inflicting Condemn, and spawning 3 spiderlings. Each spiderling explodes dealing 125% magic damage and inflicting Condemn.

Block melee and projectile attacks for 1.5s. Blocking an attack triggers an ice nova that deals 50% magic damage and inflicts a 3s Freeze. Gain a shield absorbing up to 100% of your spell power for 6s when this effect triggers.

Spin around, gaining a 70% fading haste and shocking nearby enemies, dealing 720% spell damage and inflicting Static over 3.5s. Occasionally release sparks of lightning, dealing 40% spell damage and inflicting Static.

Fire an arrow dealing 120% physical damage and inflicting a 2s fading snare. The arrow turns to hit the same target again after impact, dealing 50% damage. Consumes Focus, increasing the number of times the arrow turns to hit by one per stack.

The entire user interface has gotten a facelift with additional quality of life additions along with a tailored interface for the gamepad for select parts of the game such as the HUD and the Build Menu.

The action wheel for shapeshifts and emotes has been expanded to 12 slots so that all powers and forms are available at all times. Players may change shapeshift skin on each entry instead of having skins as separate abilities.

The four most powerful V Blood bosses drop Soul Shards, these have been reworked into Magic Sources with unique on-hit effects and ultimate abilities. Depending on server settings there may only be one of each active at once.

Soul Shards can only be repaired by participating in world events (Rift Incursions in Ruins of Mortium). Players will need to venture out into the world and risk it all if they want to keep their Soul Shards, or they will be destroyed and reset to each Shard carrier.

Introducing Steam Achievements! Conquer bosses, explore the map, reach pivotal progression milestones, and ultimately triumph over Dracula himself. Gear up, level up, and prepare to rise to glory! Are you ready to claim your victory?

Settings have been streamlined in the in-game interface, and some niche settings have been removed from the menu (note that most options are still available when setting up dedicated servers but all settings are not available in the in-game interface).

My blood doth rise in the roots of yon oak, her sap doth run in my veins.

Boundless my soul like the open sky where the stars forever have lain.

Where the stars, where the stars, where the stars forever have lain.

I feel the tides as they answer the moon, rushing on a far distant sand.

Winging my song is the wind of my breast and my love blows over the land.

And my love, and my love, and my love blows over the land.

My foot carries days of the old into new, our dreaming shows us the way.

Wondrous our faith settles deep in the earth, rising green to bring a new day.

Rising green, rising green, rising green to bring a new day.

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While we continue to work on finalizing our newest class of Demon Deacons, we wanted to take a moment to offer a few notes to rising high school seniors, as we know that many are eager to begin their college admissions process.

First, please be aware that our application for admission will not be available until August 1. As you wait, we encourage you to spend some time learning about Wake Forest by perusing our website: getting the facts, going on a virtual campus tour, or attending one of our virtual information sessions.

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