If you opt-out it means you'll only see lobbies with people who also opted out (and there aren't that many people at level 100),meaning it's next to impossible to find a game in the rockpox region either way
Opting out only has an effect on games that you host. So when you join a lobby you are playing based on the hosts setting.
Opting out of seasonal content does not place restrictions on the lobbies you see in the server browser.
I believe the only thing that goes away by turning off season content is the lithophage sector and the elevated chances for rock pox events
Also the chance of getting a rockpox swarm durring normal missions goes to zero.
The weapon rewards system still works after turning off the season content?
Yes.
They will not be part of any assignments or anything else.
Does that mean the start-of-season assignments will not require going to the infected areas that mission control praises you for braving in said assignment?
I was not completely clear, sorry. I meant the auto-generated assignments and assignments that are looking for missions with random warnings.
The season assignment specifically looks for missions with the lithophage warning and as such you would want the seasonal content activated for those, otherwise it could take a long time to complete them as you will rely on rng to create a lithophage mission which is not very likely.
That said, I would expect most players who reach lvl 100 in the performance pass have also done the initial season assignments...
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I did, my question was how would online pan out if there are people who have it deactivated and people who still have it activated. Wouldn't it have to be different since with litho, half of the mission include it so are they replaced somehow or just have litho removed
The lithophage missions are extras added to the map. If you toggle the seasonal content off, those extra missions are removed from your map and will not be selected for assignments.
Things like events (corruptor, meteorite) are controlled by the host so the probability of seeing one will depend on weather the host has the content on or off.
does deactivating the seasonal content reduce the spawn chance of corruptors ?
Yes, to the same level as a rival prospector is now. I don't remember the exact value but it's very low.
If i toggle season content off and join a host who has it on, i assume it's all still on? Is it host dependent?
Your assumption is correct.
All around good new, but I wish there was a way to keep *part* of the Rockpox things. I hate the fact that it's a main objective, but I feel like the meteor (and meteor shower) is a great addition that you can simply ignore if you don't want to do it... Kind of like the Korok plant, or any machine event... (Imagine if the Omen was a main objective.)
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Just to clarify, it's not completely going away. The option simply sets season 3 and 4 content to the same spawn chances as all the season 1 and 2 content. You can still get a meteorite strike but now it will only happen as often as a rival data tower event.
I have a question what happens to the with the paintjobs you dont unlock during the season? Since its a seasonal feature do they go away when the season ends?
The ones in the performance pass/cosmetic tree go into the normal loot pool. The ones in the upcoming weapon maintananace system, will stay in that system.
While a new paint job will be added each season, your progress in it will not reset. The new paint jobs are just added to the end of the list for each weapon. It's a completely self-contained system.
Do "lithophage events" include the meteor shower, giant meteor, and rockpox corruptor?
Yes, all three.
Will toggling the Season opt-out box change the Space Rig's appearance back to normal/default as well?
No, the spacerig will stay the same. The season terminal will also still function the same and you will continue to earn season xp, etc...
You made a typo, I thought the GSG team was trying to fix that? Smh.
Seeing as I am responsable for a bunch of those typos in the first place...
Question regarding the toggle option and reducing litho outbreak chance. Will doing so reduce the potential pool of randoms to join by creating two mission in the same rotation visible to the respective players?
Honestly not sure how to articulate this question well but I'm sure it'll work out.
Or perhaps how will two different plays see the mission if one has litho on/off
If one sees a litho mission and select join are non litho options going to available or will the be strictly different missions
Keep in mind we are still finalising the implementation and stuff may change before the update drops. That said...
In S03 and S04 the many missions with the lithophage warning are extras that are added on top of the usual missions on the map. When you disable seasonal content these extra missions are removed from your map. They will not be part of any assignments or anything else.
However if you open the server browser you will still see and can join a lithophage mission (even though its not on your map)
Since the host computer controls all event chances, wave spawns, etc, if you join someone who does not have the seasonal content turned off tat mission will play like a normal S04 mission (regarding lithophage event chances and rockpox enemy waves)
As for missions that you host, they are just the same missions that all players have available except that there will be no chance for rockpox waves and the chance of lithophage events will be the same as ...
Read moreAnd this couldn't be included in DRG?
The initial prototype and visual concepts are hard work, but they are not what makes DRG weapons so prohibitive to develop.
On the design side the biggest killer is the mod tree and the balance of all the various options.
On the art side its all the frameworks. And the art side is continuously growing with every new framework we add to the game.
Our plan for RC is to make the development of new weapons a relatively smooth and short process.
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Didn't expect a dev to notice this post lol. Thanks for all the work you guys do.
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