Dev Update #24 - Initial Combat Update Details

Hey Everyone!

We’re back after last week’s Major Update! You’ve all been doing an excellent job of absolutely devastating the local ecosystems now that Hunting has been released, great work everyone!

We'll release a survey in next week's Dev Update to collect all your feedback.

Now that we’ve got Hunting in your hands, we’re ready to talk about the next Major Update. We’ve been hinting around the edges of this for a while, but yes - the next Major Update will include Combat (and a whole lot more). Let’s take a look at that now.

ICYMI - Melvor Idle v0.8.2-alpha

In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) - We just released a minor update for Melvor Idle 2 which includes balance adjustments, performance improvements, and important bug fixes.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/melvor-idle-2-v0-149388848

👀Combat and lots more - Major Update preview

We’ve been talking about our progress on Combat (and all the skills that rely on it) for quite a while now, so we’re incredibly excited to be able to say that yes, for sure, Combat will be in the next Major Update.

Combat is currently in a state for us to begin internal testing, content importing and balancing. Due to the size of Combat, and everything around it, this is going to be a lengthy process.

The release of Combat will include these Combat Skills:

• Attack

• Strength

• Defence

• Hitpoints

• Ranged

• Magic

• Prayer

• Slayer

Those who have been following our Dev Updates would know there’s a few non-Combat Skills sitting in the prototype phase that were waiting on Combat mechanics to finalise. Now that Combat is in a ready state to internally test, we can begin implementing those features.

The non-Combat Skills we are aiming to release alongside Combat include:

• Herblore

• Agility

• Thieving

• Beastcrafting

We’re not done yet - The addition of Combat will also bring the Equipment & Toolbelt system to the game, allowing you to finally equip Items to boost your character’s strength. There will be a whole lot of equippable Items that will benefit non-Combat Skills.

It will also a host of UI updates, QOL changes, balance fixes, and much more. All of these additions, along with the systems needed to support them, will be arriving together in what we’re calling " The [ENTER COOL UPDATE NAME HERE] Update".

Planning to add THIRTEEN new Skills in a single update is crazy to think about, and is most definitely a task Malcs is going to regret diving into.

We’ll go into more detail on these skills, and the systems that surround them, as we get closer to the update. Speaking of, when is the update coming?

The short answer is that we don’t know, but expect it to take some time. While the majority of this new content is now in a “playable” state for internal testing, we know from experience that it can be a long journey from “test-ready” to “Alpha-ready”. We’ll keep you all in the loop in these weekly posts, and over on Discord. Bear with us - this update is going to be worth the wait.

🏋️ What the team have been working on 

Here’s what the team has been working on since our last post! 

Development

Malcs:

• Finalised the Hunting update for release.

• Worked on minor updates since the major update.

• Began plans to start internal combat testing and feature finalisation.
  

Coolrox:

• Continued work on the various components of Combat! There’s a huge amount in here - too much to mention - but here are some examples:

  • Systems for tracking combat statistics

  • Triggers needed for combat goals (e.g. Defeat X enemies with a specific item or items equipped)

  • And much more

• Also assisted with various bug fixes, including the fix to Cooking Proficiency

Game Design

Prat:

• Assisted with balance fixes for Hunting

• Otherwise, primary focus is on Combat - designing, testing and iterating on content, stats and progression for the upcoming Combat skills.

Artwork

Tapi:

• Continued with additional artwork for Hunting and Ranching. This includes new artwork for creatures (including special variants), and new Hunting equipment.

Conclusion

We hope you’re as excited as we are about the next Major Update! We’ll be back next week with the next Survey, so get your Hunting feedback ready!

See you around!

- Althalus