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Welcome back Outriders!
We’re very excited to have players already getting into Outriders Worldslayer in less than a week – June 28th for Early Access, June 30th for Launch!
As expected, there is a ton of information that you will want to know and we’ve compiled this mega-thread to cover as many topics as possible.
INDEX:
- Helpful Links for Launch
- Release Timings
- What’s new in Worldslayer
- News regarding QOL Features
- Changes to the Base Game
- Worldslayer Balancing [Separate Thread]
- Twitch Drops
Helpful links for Launch:
- Outriders Homepage
- Worldslayer Reveal Spotlight
- Worldslayer Endgame Spotlight
- Twitch Drops Info
- Countdown to Early Access
- Outriders Status Page: http://status.outriders.net/
- Square Enix support team: sqex.to/support
- Outriders Discord: Discord.gg/Outriders
- Outriders Demo
Release Timings:
Outriders Worldslayer will launch into Early Access on June 28th, starting at 9:00am PDT / 16:00 UTC / 17:00 BST [Countdown].
Outriders Worldslayer will fully launch on June 30th, at the same times as above.
When Worldslayer launches on June 28th, all players will need to download and install the latest build, regardless of whether they have purchased Worldslayer or not. The Worldslayer build introduces plenty of bug fixes and balancing changes that will affect the base game as well.
What’s new in Worldslayer:
Worldslayer introduces a host of new features and changes, which you can find out more about on the links below:
- Worldslayer Reveal Spotlight
- New Campaign, New Enemies, New Environments
- New Gear
- New PAX Class Trees
- New Ascension System
- Introducing the Apocalypse System + Third Mod Slot
Worldslayer also introduces a brand new Endgame format, called the Trial of Tarya Gratar.
News regarding QOL Features:
We continue to be aware of player requests for quality-of-life improvements. We needed to first wrap up work on Worldslayer before we were able to commit resources to such improvements.
- Item Locking is currently in development, but will not be ready for launch. We hope to implement it for free via a future patch.
- Improved Quick Mark functionality, specifically around Apocalypse Gear marking, is something we’re currently investigating and are hoping to implement via a future patch.
- Increases to the Stash size are currently being experimented with, but we don’t have any news to share regarding this right now. The main challenge here relates to finding a stash size that is a meaningful upgrade but that does also not lead to longer player load-in times or hang ups. We can’t guarantee what will be possible here, but are investigating the matter.
- Load-outs are not within the scope of the Worldslayer launch, though we do continue to recognize players’ desire for this feature.
Changes to the Base Game:
The release of Worldslayer will require a game update for all players, regardless of whether you have purchased Worldslayer or not. Key changes that this update will introduce to the base game are:
- Implementation of Apocalypse Tiers up to Tier 15.
- These replace Challenge Tiers, but can be applied to the story campaign (instead of applying World Tiers to the story campaign). This will allow you to play through the story campaign on difficulty tiers that can match your current progression.
- You will likely notice some changes in the difficulty of expeditions as well, as Apocalypse Tiers are slightly different to their equivalent Challenge Tiers during these levels.
- Balancing changes for gear and mods.
- These are explained more in depth in the “Worldslayer Balancing” thread, but you will be playing with the same balancing data tables as Worldslayer players. Upgrading to Worldslayer will not change your balancing, but it will grant you access to all new Worldslayer gear and mods, including Apocalypse Gear.
- Various bug fixes.
- Performance and networking optimizations.
Worldslayer Balancing [Separate Thread]
Twitch Drops Information.
Twitch Drops will be activated for 7 days, starting with the Early Access launch of Worldslayer. Visit https://sqex.link/TwitchDrops in order to link up your accounts and be ready to claim your rewards. You will be able to check the Twitch Drops Campaign at: https://www.twitch.tv/drops/campaigns
- IMPORTANT: You must link your Square Enix Membership and Twitch accounts to activate the Twitch Drops Reward program for Outriders!
- Twitch Drops include Worldslayer Gear and Resources. For this reason, you will only be able to claim Twitch Drops once you have upgrade to Outriders Worldslayer.
- Twitch Drops will be active for everyone streaming on Twitch using the “Outriders” category. You do not need to watch an official stream or anyone in particular.
- If you don’t already have a favourite content creator, this will be a good opportunity to discover someone new!
- We recommend looking out for Outriders Ambassador streams as these friendly folks have a wealth of information and insights to share with viewers.
- Twitch Drops will be run on a daily basis and on . This means that you will need to complete the requirements for Twitch Drops every day, rather than worry about an ongoing total.
- Twitch Drops Rewards:
- Emotes:
- Square Off
- Kill Me Now?
- Facepalm
- Frustration
- Emotes:
- Anomaly Extract (Resource)
- Anomaly Extract is a resource required to upgrade your Apocalypse Gear in Outriders Worldslayer.
- Apocalypse Gear (Weapons and Armour) that has been deliberately rolled for each class by the PCF team.
- These items are not god rolls (so they won’t affect long-term balancing), but the specific combination of gear, stats and three mods make them quite desirable.
- These items can be acquired through normal play, though doing so would require a great deal of RNG luck.
- These gear items will give you an early edge in Outriders Worldslayer but will not disadvantage you in the long term if you do not participate.
- The items will be created at the level of the character class they pertain too.
Rewards per day:
- TUESDAY – June 28th
- Watch 30 minutes - Acquire EMOTE Square Off
- Watch 30 more minutes - Acquire 300 Anomaly Extract
- WEDNESDAY – June 29th
- Watch 30 minutes - Acquire EMOTE Kill Me Now?
- Watch 30 more minutes - Acquire 300 Anomaly Extract
- Watch 1 more hour - Acquire Handcrafted Trickster Weapon
- Watch 1 more hour – Acquire Handcrafted Pyromancer Armour
- THURSDAY – June 30th
- Watch 30 minutes - Acquire EMOTE Facepalm
- Watch 30 more minutes - Acquire 300 Anomaly Extract
- Watch 1 more hour - Acquire Handcrafted Pyromancer Weapon
- Watch 1 more hour – Acquire Handcrafted Devastator Armour
- FRIDAY – July 1st
- Watch 30 minutes – Acquire EMOTE Frustration
- Watch 30 more minutes - Acquire 300 Anomaly Extract
- Watch 1 more hour - Acquire Handcrafted Devastator Weapon
- Watch 1 more hour – Acquire Handcrafted Technomancer Armour
- SATURDAY – July 2nd
- Watch 30 minutes – Acquire 300 Anomaly Extract
- Watch 30 more minutes - Acquire 630 Anomaly Extract
- Watch 1 more hour - Acquire Handcrafted Technomancer Weapon
- Watch 1 more hour – Acquire Handcrafted Trickster Armour
- SUNDAY – July 3rd
- Watch 30 minutes – Acquire 300 Anomaly Extract
- Watch 30 more minutes - Acquire 630 Anomaly Extract
- MONDAY – July 4th
- Watch 30 minutes – Acquire 300 Anomaly Extract
- Watch 30 more minutes - Acquire 630 Anomaly Extract