The PvPvE online shooter The Cycle: Frontier has a new update that you should check out. Patch 3.3.0 implemented some changes to enemy AI.
Changes to Shared Senses
According to the developers, some creatures in The Cycle: Frontier have "Shared Senses," a mechanic where alerting one enemy will also alert others nearby. That said, there are tweaks as to how Shared Senses now work in Patch 3.3.0.
Basically, shared senses work much like the original. However, a creature alerted by another creature's shared senses will no longer trigger its own shared senses. This means that shared senses will only alert one nearby enemy and will no longer branch out to other creatures in the area, thus preventing a chain of monster aggro.
Take note that creatures can still be alerted by the fighting you've caused, which in turn, will activate another creature through shared senses.
Stash Size Upgrades
The developers addressed another common problem in The Cycle: Frontier, stash space. They understand that you'll hoard items at the beginning, mainly for upgrades or whatnot. For this reason, they've reshuffled some values so that upgrades that increase your stash size significantly will now be available much earlier in the Upgrade Tree. You can refer to the image below for details:
Patch Notes
Miscellaneous
- Further adjustments and additions to our anti-cheat detections and preventions
- Added UI element to Jobs & Mission tab to indicate when rewards can be claimed
- Implemented reward animation for items claimed from Delivery Station
- Howlerbusters Top 10 leaderboard has been added to Prospect Station
- Revamped some tooltip descriptions for items to give better hints towards how to find certain items like Howler syrinxes, resin guns, shock absorbers, shard slicers, sample containers, etc.
- Added UI indicator in the inventory screen for armor that has passed a certain durability threshold to better remind players to repair shields and/or helmets before deploying
- Added popup indicator will display if setting changes require a game restart to take effect
- Added some missing localizations for a few of our UI elements
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused some items from the "Fortuna Veteran" DLC pack to not properly appear
- Fixed a bug with the howler's animations when transitioning from it's sleeping state to its combat state
- Fixed some buggy map geometry near Osiris HQ on Prospect Station
- Fixed some heads from the Grim Hunter skinset having misaligned meshes
- Fixed an issue that caused a sound effect to be spammed too often when repeatedly inspecting the "Tempest's Blade" melee weapon
- Fixed some lighting issues in the Storm Pillar area on Tharis Island
The Cycle: Frontier Patch 3.3.0 is available on PC.
