Experience FragPunk’s Paint-Splattered Future in the Pigment Realm

In the Pigment Realm, the conventional pre-match technique is being changed by real-time adaptation. Lancers will not use pre-configured card decks from exterior the recreation. As a substitute, they have to depend on an in-game card backpack, the place energy is earned by means of fight.

“We needed the development to really feel natural to the battle,” says Xin. “Each monster you defeat has an opportunity to drop a card, and that drop fee truly scales with the variety of gamers in your workforce. It encourages a squad-based momentum the place you might be always selecting up and activating new talents on the fly.”

To deepen this method, the workforce launched a number of layers of technique:

The Shard Card Crafting System: Gamers can spend Crystals to attract and choose new Shard Playing cards. In contrast to conventional modes, these playing cards don’t have any utilization limits or useful resource restrictions — if it’s in your hand slot, it’s energetic.

Card Synthesis: Lancers can mix three playing cards of the similar title and degree to create a extra highly effective model. The system even permits for “direct synthesis” from the floor if a dropped card completes a 3 of a form with playing cards already in your hand.

The Blessing System: After finishing a set variety of waves, gamers should select one in every of three highly effective blessings to additional outline their construct.

Strategic Exploration and Useful resource Administration

The map itself requires sources to unlock steadily. In the Pigment Realm, sure zones are restricted at the begin. “Enterprise forth and discover each uncharted zone to your coronary heart’s content material!” Xin encourages. This creates a tactical trade-off: do you spend your Crystals on drawing new Shard Playing cards, or do you employ them to open up the map? Notably, enemies is not going to spawn in an space till it has been formally unlocked, giving gamers some management over the move of the battle.

Persistent Development: The Out-of-Recreation Construct

Whereas the in-game expertise is about speedy survival, the new Perk System ensures that each match contributes to a Lancer’s long-term energy. Every character now has a devoted Character Stage that may solely be elevated by utilizing that particular hero in PvE mode.

“The development is designed to reward your time and talent,” Xin explains. By leveling up, gamers earn Expertise Factors used to develop a everlasting out-of-match expertise tree. Based on the builders, three key elements decide how a lot expertise you achieve:

Hero Used: Experience is character-specific to the hero performed in that match.

Match Length: The longer you survive, the extra expertise you accumulate.

Waves Cleared: In Countless mode, your progress is immediately proportional to the character expertise earned.

3 model new maps (Acme Underpass, Artwork City, Collège Alpin) can be used for Pigment Realm, and likewise a brand new map (Caesarea) for Shard Conflict!

Meet Wildstyle 

Whereas the Pigment Realm affords new methods to play, the new Lancer, Wildstyle (Melody Lovelock), affords new methods to win. Regardless of her prestigious household background, she is a legend in the underground graffiti scene, a truth the Lancer Affiliation retains a “quiet” secret. Her equipment is constructed round the “Stained” impact:

Coat of Many Colours: Wildstyle sprays paint on herself or her teammates, granting 15 additional HP. This additional well being constantly regenerates for the length of the talent.

Spray Paint: Wildstyle fires paint from her graffiti gun that splatters on the floor. Enemies who enter the paint zone are slowed, uncovered, and take elevated harm. This Stained impact persists for a brief interval after leaving the paint zone, and the zone itself is momentary.