Version 3.4 Alpha Released


Dynamic Quest Director

New Adventures screen

  • Added Adventures to the main navigation.
  • Added a persistent Dynamic Quest Director state to every profile.
  • Added a six-contract board that rotates every 12 hours.
  • Added one free board reroll per local day; additional rerolls cost 8 Crystals.
  • Contract generation uses currently unlocked campaign locations.
  • Each board contains all six objective families to avoid repetitive rotations.

Generated contract families

  • Fracture Pack Hunt
  • Defense of the Crystal Relay
  • Hollow Rite Interdiction
  • Last Caravan Escort
  • Vault Beneath Yesterday
  • Siege of the Shardgate

Each title receives a deterministic atmospheric prefix and regional identity.

Four-stage routes

  • Added linked normal encounters, events, elites and Contract Commanders.
  • Added a visual route map with current, completed and locked stages.
  • Added a persistent Field Log.
  • Added contract-specific loot-level ranges and recommended power.
  • Stamina is charged once at contract acceptance.
  • Added safe abandon and failure states.

Dynamic events

  • Added three event approaches with explicit risk/reward effects.
  • Safe choices lower future encounter threat.
  • Aggressive choices increase final rewards and Writ Seals.
  • Tactical choices can spend Crystals for additional item quantity.
  • Event decisions are saved immediately.

World modifiers

Added six visible contract modifiers:

  • Frenzied Host
  • Wardbound
  • Elemental Surge
  • Treasure-Fever
  • Nocturne
  • Unstable Ground

Modifiers affect threat and reward multipliers and are shown before combat.

Director progression

  • Added Director Reputation and Director Rank.
  • Added Writ Seals as a new activity currency.
  • Added the Writ Exchange with Atlas Maps, Binding Runes, Transmutation Prisms and Raid Keys.
  • Added Director statistics and three achievement series for clears, events and rank.

Combat and loot integration

  • Added director as a combat source using the established auto-battle engine.
  • Added route-specific enemy level, threat, loot range and reward factors.
  • Added item-quantity bonuses from event choices.
  • Added Director reward source labels to generated equipment.
  • Added Contract Commander resolution and safe return routing.

Home, chat and tutorial

  • Updated Home to feature the Dynamic Quest Director.
  • Added Director recommendations to contextual guidance.
  • Added Version 3.4 System and Global chat announcements.
  • NPCs now answer questions about Adventures, contracts and Writ Seals.
  • Added rotating Director bulletins to the System channel.
  • Updated the in-game Tutorial with a Dynamic Quest Director section.

Localization

  • Added German navigation and key Director terminology.
  • Added translated labels for contract actions, rank and Writ Seals.
  • Existing fantasy names and generated contract titles remain English for collection consistency.

Save and diagnostics

  • Increased save schema from 33 to 34.
  • Added safe defaults for old profiles without Director data.
  • Added Director progress to technical bug-report context.
  • Preserved the historical browser save key and rotating recovery system.

Fixes and refinements

  • Improved generated contract-title grammar.
  • Guaranteed objective-family variety on every six-contract board.
  • Clarified the Director reward and failure flow.
  • Updated outdated Version 3.3 patch announcements on Home and in chat.
  • Corrected a compact ternary expression in Director stage reward calculation for maintainability.
  • Removed an outdated Tutorial claim that a current PDF was included in this intermediate package.

Files

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