What’s up Bumfuzzlers! I’ve got a lot of really awesome stuff coming your way in this update that I know you’re going to love, including new events, some balancing, and fixes! I’ve revisited water vehicles, added a throwback helicopter event, added a brand new cargo ship event, worked on balancing components, tweaked loot for airdrop|bradley|superheli, made home teleport improvements, and added a new custom Trumptastic monument! Then, it’s time to discuss the upcoming wipe and Facepunch patch! Check it out!
Rafts (Modtopia)
Ahoy yee Bumfuzzlers! ? A while ago, we had rafts on the server, but when the boats came out, I disabled them figuring they wouldn’t be used. Now with all the waves, it seems the boats are a little rough so I decided to enable the rafts again.
Now you can make your own houseboat and sail around the world like the Bumfuzzler you are! Type /raft for more information in-game and watch the video above for more information on the different features!
Here’s an overview of the commands:
So you can build your houseboat, go cruising with friends, fish off the side, and even find some loot boxes bobbing in the ocean!
Rust Titanic (Modtopia)
I’ve got a new event for you Bumfuzzlers and you’re going to love it! It’s really awesome. The Cargo Ship gets attacked by pirates and crashes into an iceberg leaving you in the middle of loot and pirates!
All you have to do is get past the pirates and grab the goodies before the ship sinks into the Rustonia Ocean!
I’m going to be testing it for the remainder of this wipe which means loot will be balanced as time goes on. Please enjoy this new edition!
Zambies (Modtopia)
For those of you who pay attention to politics, I’ve made a slight adjustment to the zambies that you might appreciate. I’ll let you find it on your own 🙂 It should provide a nice compliment to Trump Tower and Hillary House.
Homes (Modtopia)
Now when you type /home, you can see how homes you’ve used and how many homes you have overall! No more guessing or waiting to use homes to know!
SuperHeli Malfunction (Modtopia)
The chopper is going down Bumfuzzlers! That’s right! And with that fact, the loot carrying pilot ejects and the smoking SuperHeli carcass reveals additional goodies! You best investigate the crash site 🙂
Here’s a quick look at what you can expect:
Loot (Modtopia)
I’ve been gathering feedback about the loot and now is a good time to take a deeper look. After some more testing, it’s now a bit better, but I definitely walked the line so it’s reasonable. Let me know what you think. I’ll keep tweaking it until it’s spot on.
Here’s what I’ve changed:
- Increased components so you’ll now find them more often and more of them in barrels and boxes
- Increased airdrop from 4-8 items to 6-10 items
- Removed some of the lesser items from airdrops, Bradley and helicopter loot to ensure more valuable items come through
- Removed blueprints from high-end crates like timed, elite, mining, tools, advanced underwater and minecart. This should give more slots for high-quality items.
Thanks to trippinthirdeye, soundklown, JakeHillKing and ATaXiA for the feedback.
The Southern Border (Modtopia)
There’s a caravan driving up from the south and as Trump says, “They’re not sending their best!” You’ve got to get down there and secure the Southern Border before it gets overrun by illegal migrants!
Similar to the other monuments, you’ll get a kit for getting there, but this one, unlike Trump Tower and Hillary House isn’t a cakewalk. After all, there is a caravan!
This monument will move around each wipe, but I expect it will always be near the entrance to the desert biome on a road somewhere.
Long Shot Kills (Modtopia)
There was an issue with getting kills on animals and players over 260 meters or so and I had some trouble nailing it down. Now I’ve got it licked.
It turns out, for some odd reason, the issue was due to the plugin that allows rideable animals. After disabling that plugin I was able to consistently kill animals at 300-350 meters. I’ll work on fixing the rideable animals at some point, but for now, it’ll remain disabled as I believe being able to make those long shots takes priority.
Thanks to Doge, soundklown and Reaper2980 for your feedback.
Wipe
We’ll be wiping both Vanillatopia and Modtopia this Thursday, April 4th as there will be a patch released by FacePunch. Not sure of all that we’ll see in the patch, but here are a few videos that might foreshadow things to come.
The wipe can be expected anywhere between 3 pm and 7 pm EST typically, but sometimes it happens much later if FacePunch has issues. Given that it’s a monthly wipe so economics and blueprints will wipe along with the map. On Modtopia, the Bunny Ranch will be making a showing in April in celebration for Easter!
Have fun out there Bumfuzzlers! Keep the feedback flowing!
