Icarus Studios has announced that the v1.8 patch will be applied to the Public Test Server next week. The new patch brings a lot of anticipated changes and features improvements to the game including updates to skills and munitions, new territory, economic improvements, social channels, and new music in the underground bunker bar.
Economic Improvements: It's tough to make a buck in the wasteland. As such, we've started some economy improvements by addressing item costs and the availability of certain resources. Node drop-rates have also been refined and overall component prices have been lowered.
Social Channels: We've added two new channels to chat-making it easier for lone clones to find groups and socialize in the wastes. We've incorporated one global channel open to all players in the Province and one additional channel open to all wastelanders level 30 and above.