Today creative director Eva Jobse is sharing some details about the types of items the player can loot and craft to outfit their characters

Equippable Items

Cygnus Enterprises features eight equipment slots to outfit the player character: Two weapons, which can be swapped at any time while in combat, a helmet, body armor, and backpack, which are visually represented on the character and generally provide defensive stats, two accessories which provide more exotic bonuses that synergize with certain builds, and one artifact, which accommodates late game items of tremendous power.

Weapon Types

The game features five distinct types of weapons:

●Pistols – Ideal for hit-and-run type characters, these weapons can be fired without impeding the character’s moving or dodging abilities

●Automatic Weapons – Sub-machine guns and assault rifles that generally have a higher sustained fire rate

●Precision Weapons – These include highly accurate and powerful sniper rifle-type weapons that typically benefit the player if they take some time to charge or aim their shot

●Heavy Weapons – This category features cumbersome mini-guns, flamethrowers, continuous beam weapons and other heavy weapons that output a constant stream of hurt, at the cost of leaving the player character slow-moving and unable to dodge while firing

●Launcher Weapons – These include rocket launchers and grenade launchers of all kind that may be slow to fire but result in area-of-effect or secondary explosion damage

As the player uses each of these weapon types, they will gain corresponding mastery levels, which will further increase their effectiveness in combat.

Weapon Manufacturers

In Early Access, the game features three major weapon manufacturing corporations:

●Cygnus Enterprises – In your base you will be able to craft weapons belonging to your parent company. Cygnus Enterprises has a wide selection of no-nonsense small arms suitable for most situations.

●MACE Private Security – As one of the larger security corporations and military suppliers in the galaxy, MPS offers a selection of robust and devastating weaponry. While not the most advanced, MPS designs are reliable and do tend to offer the biggest bang for your buck.

●Free Trade Union – If you don’t mind blatant patent infringement, the anti-corporate FTU offers cutting edge military-grade hardware at affordable prices. Cleverly combining technologies from different fields has resulted in some exotic weapon designs.