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Invention System
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Overview
A system where "Players will be able to craft Enhancements and Costume pieces for their characters using recipes, and salvage that they find while adventuring." [1] It has also been stated that the long-rumored "Legacy System", which would allow for additional improvements of level 50 characters, has evolved/been wrapped up into the Invention System. [2]
The University
In the first build for Issue 8 to hit the test server, parts of the Invention System and Universities were accidentally left active in the build, allowing for a sneak peak at a small part of the system. As expected, on the next Issue 8 build to go to the test server this access was removed. Below are some screenshots from inside the Steel Canyon University.
Entryway
Library
Laboratory
Inventing animation
Inventions
Enhancements
The pieces of the actual system that could be seen appear to allow for the crafting of enhancements ranging from level 5 up to level 50 for all normally enhancable elements. Crafting the enhancements required a combination of Salvage and Influence. All items required pieces of salvage not yet present in the game, so no enhancements could actually be created.
For a good bit of analysis/speculation based on what was visible while the system was open on test, check out this link[3].
Costume Pieces
It has been stated by Positron that Wings were originally intended to be only part of the Invention System, not Issue 8's Veteran Reward System. But when the Invention System was bumped from I8 to I9, in order to keep promises to have wings in I8, angel and demon wings were added to I8. But the Invention system still contains the rest of the planned wings, including Dragon, Burnt, Fairy, and Insect wings. The textures for these other types of wings are already in the system with some of the latest I8 builds, and have been found by those exploring the game data files. Also found is what appears to be flight and porter packs as costume items, likely also for the I9 Invention system. Below is an image showing these textures.
Also check out this link for a demo-record video showing what the additional wing types are likely to look like.
Top row, left to right: Dragon Wings, Burnt Wings, Fairy Wings
Bottom row, left to right: Vindicator logo, Flight Pack, Porter Pack, Insect Wings
Temporary Powers
Those digging through the game files [4] have also found references to a number of temporary powers that appear to be intended to come from the Invention system. Examples listed include a Bat, Sledgehammer, Revolver, and "Etherial", which is basically a single use Phase Shift.
