Balance Changes, Quality of Life and Guild Rework

👋 Hello everyone,

We want to share an overview of several upcoming development topics for Nova Raider, including balance changes, community suggestions, Quality of Life improvements, and a new guild rework.

⚖️ Upcoming Balance Changes

First of all, thank you for your constructive feedback regarding the initial changes to the HEX Shield.

Thanks to your feedback, we are preparing a new set of balance changes.

Planned changes include:

• -Flash Missions: new missions will arrive faster depending on the maximum number of missions available.
• -Level 50–65 ships: base health will be increased.
• -HEX Shield: its main functionality will now be ignored by piercing weapons, including missiles and beams.
• -HEX Shield: an additional functionality will reduce piercing weapon damage by a percentage proportional to the ship’s health.
• -Reactor Missiles: the formula will be revised upwards, especially for high levels.
• -Overclocking Module: it will now only affect the range of healing weapons.

These changes have not yet been definitively validated.

Players are invited to discuss them freely on Discord.

🧠 Suggestions Group: New Session

After a successful first session focused on Epics, we are launching a new session for the suggestions group.

The theme of this session will be improvements to upcoming seasons, including events, rankings, and rewards.

To apply, players can open a ticket on Discord.

Preference will be given to players who have already made suggestions in the general suggestions channel.

✨ Quality of Life Update Coming Soon

Before officially launching communication around the game, a final update is being prepared to make Nova Raider more fluid and enjoyable.

We are currently collecting Quality of Life suggestions from the community to build a complete list and validate as many useful ideas as possible.

The goal is to gather around 50 to 100 suggestions.

The update will be rolled out in several stages, with each stage dedicated to a specific part of the game.

Players will be notified one week in advance to share opinions, additional suggestions, or comments on points that may seem less relevant.

This is the perfect time to submit your ideas.

The Quality of Life update will be fully public and will not be limited to the suggestions group.

🛡️ Guild Rework in Preparation

After the initial 2024 guild rework, which aimed to make guild creation and progression easier, it has become clear that more improvements are needed to better support new players.

A new additional guild rework is now being prepared.

The objectives are:

• -Avoid discouraging beginners from creating new guilds.
• -Introduce more suitable guild formats.
• -Simplify guilds with 5, 10, and 20-player formats.
• -Allow easier guild merges, such as 5+5 or 10+10.
• -Add the ability to merge headquarters.
• -Create fair competitive PvP events in dedicated 5v5, 10v10, and 20v20 formats.
• -Simplify the recycling system and bonus multipliers, which were difficult for beginners to understand.
• -Adapt battle stations to these new formats.

A new announcement will be shared later this month with the exact details.

Thank you again for your continued involvement.

— The Nova Raider Team