Neat! I was actually grinding endless waves earlier today when I went inactive and had to log back in about an hour ago, and then a few waves in I did a double take at the existance of Chrono/Cosmo circuits. Thought they had been in the game for a while and just didn't know about them :P.

As was made clear in the other thread, Pirate Man has joined the battle and with him comes a new mechanic called "Passive Skills". As of this post, only three robots have been given skills but more are on the way!

- Pirate Man's passive skill is "Seafaring" and allows him to equip and use Water-type abilities as if he were a Water-core robot.

- Slash Man's passive skill is "Savage Claws" and allows him to equip and use Cutter-type abilities as if he were a Cutter-core robot.

- Sword Man's passive skill is "Noble Sword" and also allows him to equip and use Cutter-type abilities as if he were a Cutter-core robot.

We'll let you know when the next batch of skills have been added to the list. Enjoy!

What's this? Double-posting?! Well I'm the boss so surely I wont get in trouble. Besides, "do as I say, not as I do" or something. Anyway...

Looks like we have a new set of hold items added to the game in the form of the Attack Diverter, the Defense Diverter, and the Speed Diverter.



These new hold items dramatically decrease one of the user's stats and reroute the displaced stat points to the other two. Kind of like the different "Mode" abilities but immediately triggered at the start of battle and instead of applying temporary stat mods they actually redistribute the base stats around (therefore stat mods can still be applied on top of the effect if desired).

Aside from the obvious benefit of raising two of a given robot's stats, the lowered stat may also be key in certain strategies... Only time will tell though! Let us know what you think, and as always... enjoy!

@Ageman20XX : This Game keeps making some good sh**

Ageman here with another update! Two more robots have been given elemental passive skills:

- Magnet Man's passive skill is "Electromagnetic" and allows him to equip and use Electric-type abilities as if he were an Electric-core robot.

- Bright Man's passive skill is "Luminescent" and also allows him to equip and use Electric-type abilities as if he were an Electric-core robot.

I wonder which robots will get their passive skills revealed next?

In other news, a bug w/ challenge mission scores was fixed today and should not happen going forward. I also adjusted the appearance of skill markers in the robot database so that it's easier to see which robots have had passive skills added so far (if a robot has a skill a little circle will appear in the lower-right corner of their mugshot).

You can visit the Discord or check out the Github commit log for more details on these and other minor updates if you're so inclined. Otherwise, stay tuned and thanks for playing! :)

Obviously Dive man has to be one of them due to... well... obviousness.

@MisterSnowman : As much as I wanted to give Dive Man a Water-type skill I was pummelled into admitting convinced that just because he can function in water doesn't mean he can generate water (as would be necessary for things like Water Wave, Bubble Lead, etc.). It's okay though, we'll give him some other Water-themed skill later. :)

Nice as I'll put these newly items in the test ^.^

@Ageman20XX : Wait but magnet man is weak to electric type! spark shock

@e : Yeah same as Metal Man being weak to Cutter

ty for the change to how the speed stat works. filling out my starforce chart (which has gone incomplete for years now) is now easier than ever and i can finish each fight in 2-4 buster attacks! :)

@treos999 : yeah the elemental shot buff is cool but with dynamo bolt+charge module or astro crush+reverse module you can literally sweep through entire fights in one turn

@There Is No Snow : actually, i was talking about the basic buster shot.

A note to anyone who doesn't hang out in the Discord chat, another new skill was added yesterday:

- Centaur Man's passive skill is "Transpatial" and allows him to equip and use Space-type abilities as if he were a Space-core robot.

The elemental skills are almost done now (just a few more to go), but we definitely have more surprises in store. Who will be next on the list, and how will it affect their battle strategies? Stay tuned!

P.S. Thanks for all the comments and word of encouragement everyone (here and in other threads)! I'm glad you like the updates! It was a lot of hard work but I'm glad to finally be working on the MMRPG again with this great community. ^_^

So I take it not every type will have skill representation huh?
Fair enough.

@SnowyPanda101 : We're not going to force or shoehorn robots into a certain element just for the sake of having every type represented, so no. It has to make sense for them and match their concept/design. That being said, every robot will get some kind of skill, just not an elemental one. :)

Well of course :P

Then the question is...what other types of abilities can we see?

@MisterSnowman : It's your lucky day because I already have an answer to your question!

Six new skill have just been revealed, and this time they're all for our hero robots!

- Mega Man has the "Weapons Expert" skill allowing him to use elemental abilities for half weapon energy

- Bass has the "Ranged Attacker" skill allowing him to target robots on the bench with almost any ability

- Proto Man has the "Hyper Charged" skill allowing him to bypass the charging phase of applicable abilities

- Roll has the "Kind Hearted" skill that causes her stat increasing abilities to be twice as effective on her targets

- Disco has the "Heart Breaker" skill that causes her stat lowering abilities to be twice as effective on her targets

- Rhythm has the "Code Contrarian" skill that causes any stat changes inflicted on her to have the opposite effect

Astute players may notice that Bass, Proto Man, and Rhythm's skills sound awfully familiar... and that's because they are! Bass' skill functions as an integrated "Target Module", Proto Man's skill is like an integrated "Charge Module", and Rhythm's is like an internal "Reverse Module". (The other three are, of course, completely new.) I wonder what other hold items will be converted into passive skills in the future?

Now that these skills are out I'm excited to see all the new strategies our players come up with for Challenge Missions, Player Battles, and Endless Mode. Given that skill effects can be stacked on top of hold item effects I'm sure our players will create some fun new combinations. :)

Huh. First the pirate, then the stardroid bootleg, the swordsman, lightbulb for a head, magnet for a head, then a centaur that could control time, and now our heroes and duo of anti-heroes! What could be next?