Changelog:

*** Vendetta 1.8.0

- Two new hives, centered in Metana and Rhamus
- Jump point indicator icon moved out about 200m so that it doesn't disappear behind you the instant you can activate
- Fixed bug where jump point indicator would be mixed up at the moment storms started/ended
- Linux joystick calibration utility disabled; it didn't work at all but we will fix it!

hey you cheated you cant post this topic unless you have the update info . . .

ooh that was evil slime got my hopes up and everything

It's real, I just hadn't edited my post yet!

1.8 is boring.

1.8.0.1 better be more interesting >.>

but its a milestone WE HAVE EXPANDING HIVES WOOT

Good to see the expansion of the dynamic hive , had a play about in Rhamus.

One minor point , the static hive bots have been removed , but are still recorded as being present on the nav map.

1.8 is not about visible content, it's about the various back-end subsystems we spent the past year developing.. finally being considered "production ready".

You could look at it that the "real time for new content" is now just beginning.

/me raises a glass of bourbon, "To better VO!"

2.0 is coming... i can fell it I swear its gonna be here soon...™

I do not see 1.8 as 'boring' it's a step in the right direction and I also think that anyone who states it is boring does not have a clue about program production.

Should hives in storms be reported as such, and should there still be a multiplier to the XP gained? One skirmish I tried in Rhamus was in an Ion Storm, and wasn't reported as such (I actually got caught in the storm flying to the station, started the mission which wasn't listed as being in a storm, then flew back to the mission sector where there was still a storm, so it's not that the storm started after I started the mission).

I'm pretty certain I wasn't getting triple XP either.

Sam.

Congrats inc and devs :)

What does it mean in terms of play for there to now be three separate hives - Are there now hive skirmish missions everywhere? Or are separate nation-based anti-hive missions in the works?

Great job getting 1.8 out :)

oh shit son!
ive been waiting for this.
is there hive skirmish in itani and serco space? and levis?

So, I assume in VO 1.8.1 we'll have 5 hives, 2 in grey and 1 in each nation? =P

No, there should be just the four. Or they could put one in every gray system, which would be sweet...

Oh, it'll spread. The hive will move in and take over ^_^

Know what, you're right, Demonen. The Hive will become a major player.

Know what else? We should have a Serco faction that supports the Hive; Serco who, after spending too much time with the bots, have 'gone native.' They'd balance out the Order of Akan faction, which needs to appear soon, rather nicely.

Order of Akan could be fun give em a bunch of new ships =)