Weekly Update — Distant Flux: System Initializing Steam update #646483

Overview Did more demo playtesting and balancing. Getting very close now. :) Demo Additions and Changes Populated more zone objects, artifacts, locked objects, and loot, including how-to mage guides, mana cells, data sticks with civilian profession boosts, weapons, consumables, armor, Dystopian safety posters, and more. Also populated discovered loot (which is loot you only get if you complete enough scavenges on a zone object). World Mechanics Additions and Changes Looted resources go directly to faction storage, and provide a prestige award to looters based on value. Most discrete zone objects (like vehicles or machinery) are now studyable artifacts, requiring various civilian professions to study them. Rewards include max path levels and stat lore exp shop offerings. Discrete zone objects no longer add terrain difficulty; rubble piles do that instead. Discrete objects tend to add cove...