Hello everyone,

Finally the patch 0.5.0 is live! See what new content has been released below!
You can also check out this new patch in video: Official presentation video

Enjoy the read!

GAMEPLAY CHANGES

Ring combinations

• Every ring combination now give an additional ability. (Use similar to how you currently use your mothership’s primary abilities.)
• Default binds are on keys 1-2-3-4-5.
• Several identical combinations raise the rank of the ability and therefore its strength.
• All these abilities cost Ambrosium, and some of them introduce a new concept: auras.
  • Auras are abilities you can enable and disable.
  • When activated auras cost Ambrosium overtime until you disable them.
• Building the same combination of two rings on multiple planets will improve the bonus effects of the combination.
• Remember that combinations of Rings now take into account the build order.

First Industrial Ring: Effects how you can deploy abilities, focused on the mid-game.

Industrial Ring:

• Ambro-Turbine (Combo skill). The next skill used within the next 3 seconds reduces its cooldown by 50%.
  • Costs 100 Ambrosiums and has a cooldown of four seconds.
  • Adds +1 ability rank gives you one more charge.

Military Ring:

• Ambro-Canon (Aura). Gives auto attack a 10% chance of applying an additionnal mark. (Remember that mark can be fire or cryo. The aura applies a mark similar to the last one. If there was no mark on the enemy mothership then it applies a mark similar to the one applied by the primary skill.)
  • Costs 30 Ambrosium per second when active and has a four seconds cooldown.
  • Adds +1 ability rank increases the chance of applying an additionnal mark by another 10%.

Engineering Ring:

• Ambro-Bouclier (Combo skill). The next skill that hits the enemy’s mothership provides you a 250 shield points bonus.
  • Costs 150 Ambrosium and has a 30 seconds cooldown.
  • Adds +1 ability rank increases the shield bonus amount by 250.

First Military Ring: Calls upon nearby spaceships, focused on impacting the early-game.

Industrial Ring:

• Gunners (Temporary guardians). Calls upon three gunners that stay with your mothership for 10 seconds.
  • Costs 150 ambrosiums and has a 30 seconds cooldown.
  • Adds +1 ability rank gives you one additionnal charge.

Military Ring:

• Leviathan (Guardian). Calls upon a Leviathan that stays with your mothership until it is destroyed.
  • Costs 150 ambrosiums and has a 30 seconds cooldown.
  • Adds +1 ability rank upgrades the Leviathan characteristics and gives you one additionnal charge.

Engineering Ring:

• Infernal Booster (Guardian). Calls upon a spaceship that boosts other spaceships (+5 damage // reduces incoming damage by two), stays with your mothership until it is destroyed.
  • Costs 150 ambrosiums and has a 30 seconds cooldown.
  • Adds +1 ability rank upgrades the buff that grants the Infernal Booster (x2)

First Engineering Ring: Improves your mothership, focused on impacting the late game.

Industrial ring:

• Recycling (long duration buff). Aura that improves the hull each time you destroy an enemy spaceship (+5 hull points per destroyed enemy spaceship).
  • Costs 5 Ambrosium per second and has a 2 second cooldown duration.
  • Adds +1 ability rank increases the bonus by +5 hull points per destroyed spaceship.

Military ring:

• Kinetic energy (long duration buff). Aura that improves the shield each time you received 1000 damage points (+1% max shield and  +0.1% regeneration per 1000 damage taken).
  • Costs 5 Ambrosium per second and has a 2 seconds cooldown duration.
  • Adds +1 ability rank increases the bonuses respectivily by +1% and +0.1%.

Engineering ring:

• Last defense (long duration buff). Aura that cancel enemy’s abilities and that increases your attack damage each time you cancel an ability (+5 attack damage per canceled skill).
  • Costs 15 Ambrosium per second and has a 2 seconds cooldown duration.
  • Adds +1 ability rank increases the bonus by +5 damage points per canceled skill.

Planetary strategy

• Each planet owned by the player has a linked strategy among three: combat, economic and defense.
• Strategies are unlocked after the building of the first ring of a planet. This first ring defines the initial planetary strategy.
• You can now change strategy at any time with a cooldown of 20 seconds before being able to change it.
• A shortcut allows you to change your planetary strategy quickly.
• Each strategy now gives you bonuses according to the rings built on the planet.
• Each ring will give a different bonus according to the selected strategy. Bonuses are cumulative:

Combat strategy: Adds new units for the lane. Each ring replaces a fighter with a special unit.

• Industrial ring: Mercenary spaceship. Stronger against snipers.
• Military ring: Sniper spaceship. Stronger against sentinels
• Engineering ring: Sentinel spaceship. Stronger against mercenaries.

Economic strategy: Allows your rings to generate ambrosium. Each ring grants a different method of gathering.

• Industrial ring: produces Harvesters that mines Ambrosium on the asteroid belt.
• Military ring: gives you a bounty for each destroyed enemy spaceship.
• Engineering ring: produces Recyclers that recycle wrecks on the lane.

Defense strategy: The planet is protected by a shield, reducing damage taken by 50%. Each ring grants a passive bonus.

• Industrial ring: +2 Ambrosium per second.
• Military ring: the mothership gains one attack drone, which increases your damage per second.
• Engineering ring: +15 experience points per second.

Warp mode

• The mothership is now invisible during the warp and can’t be seen by your opponent on the mini map. (Surprise your enemy!)

TUTORIALS

Basic tutorial

• Basic tutorial has been reworked. It is now shorter and easier.

Advanced tutorial

• Advanced tutorial is now available.
• Learn in it how to build rings and understand planetary strategy.

USER EXPERIENCE

In-Game Interface

• In-Game user interface has been completely reworked and fits with gameplay changes.

Player level

• You’ll now gain experience points at the end of every match.
• Every time you level up you’ll receive extra Battle Points!
• Unlock new titles by levelling up!

BP / XP Bonuses

• We implemented events system to increase BP and XP earnings during targeted times. (Follow us on discord so you don’t miss our events!)

MISC. CHANGES

• New victory soundtrack
• New defeat soundtrack
• Normal more reactivated – practice without alternating your rank!
• Ancient rune camp has been reworked
• 3rd abilities (utilitary) now cost 15 Ambrosium per use.
• Bug fixes

We hope you’ll like all these changes!
Don’t hesitate to tell us how you feel about this new version of Beyond the Void on our discord server (discord.me/btv).

Note:
We were waiting for this new version to organize new tournaments…

Have a nice day!