So, I'm really late with this, but I thought I should put it out:

Nosgoth servers have closed for good, and that means that it's time to say goodbye. I thank you all for participating in this unique experience with the rest of the group. Let's remember those BS hunter shots and smile, remembering the vampiric times we've had together. RIP Nosgoth, now lets play more video games in its memorium.

---Wraith _0_

Sonic Boom

Following a considerable amount of feedback from the community, we have made a number of changes to Sonic Boom in order to bring it more closely in line with other abilities in Nosgoth.

Minimum Cooldown: Sonic Boom’s minimum cooldown timer is now just under 8 seconds.
Trigger Time & Sound Effect: Sonic Boom now features a 0.75s trigger time combined with a sound effect, providing the human team with a small amount of warning prior to the attack.
Crash On Exit

As of the update on the 14th of March, the Nosgoth executable had a difficult time saying farewell to you lovely people, and would often embrace your PC with an unrelenting farewell hug. We’ve sat down with the executable and had a heart to heart chat. It now understands that while a wonderful notion, not everyone can play 24/7.

Nosgoth no longer crashes on exit.

The Desktop Launcher

We’re rolling out the initial phase of Desktop Launcher Testing. You can now download the desktop launcher by logging into www.Nosgoth.com and clicking the play button.

If you experience any oddities with the launcher, please feel free to report them here http://forums.eu.square-enix.com/forumdisplay.php?f=101

Loading Screen Tips

Nosgoth’s loading screens have been updated to provide helpful tips and info for new and ever improving players. A little while ago, we asked the community to put forward their own suggestions, many of which have formed the basis for the tips being added to the game today.

The Smoke Thickens

As the fires continue to burn, the concentration of smoke and smog across the land continues to increase.

The following maps now have darker skies:

Freeport
Provance
Valeholm
General Improvements & Bug Fixes

Beastmaster Ability Videos have been added to the in-game store
A number of doors in The Fane have been given a new lick of paint
The Desktop Launcher now displays the store page correctly
It is no longer possible to launch Nosgoth on Steam and Desktop variants from the same account
The Daily Challenge to achieve 30000 Team Score no longer bugs out for some players
Chain Lightning no longer illuminates a cloaked Scout
Random parties will no longer be created when exiting a match/lobby/tutorial
In Capture the Body, the body is consistently represented by a body icon, rather than dot, on the mini map.
The Deceiver’s Dominate Mind now breaks the concentration required by the Beastmaster to maintain his bird form. Should a Treshawk be controlled by Dominate Mind, the Beastmaster will automatically revert to his Human form
Having had the opportunity to study the Beastmaster’s transformation process, Deceiver’s no longer lose control of the Beastmaster when he transitions out of his Treshawk form.
It is no longer possible to log out of the launcher while Nosgoth is running. This has been done to improve live service stability.
The launcher now automatically closes all of its overlay windows when logging out
Logging into the launcher via Facebook now displays an improved login window.



Source: https://www.nosgoth.com/game_updates

Emerging from their humble abodes throughout the wilderness of Nosgoth, it’s time for the Beastmasters to stand and be counted in the ongoing war against the vampire scourge.

The Beastmaster - The Scourge of the Wild

Bloody-handed mystics who serve as vengeful instruments of the natural order, the Scourge have sworn to cleanse Nosgoth of the blight of Vampire-kind no matter what the cost. Beastmasters are ruthless fighters who use powerful firearms and primal magic to purge their foes, but are best known for their supernatural ability to temporarily take on the form of a bird of prey and take to the air to continue the hunt.

Check out the Beastmaster’s Class Warfare video for full details about the next fighter to enter the fray.

Daily Challenges

Daily Challenges have replaced the Daily Login reward. While slightly more challenging (the hint is in the name) to complete, the overall loot drops are more valuable. By completing in-game tasks, you will earn points that go toward earning one of three unlocked chests. These chests can contain large sums of gold, better boosters, skins; and even Runestones and Keys!

Check out this post to learn more about Daily Challenges.
Good luck with your missions Denizens.

Human & Vampire Chests

As the war for Nosgoth heats up, the human race delves deeper into armouries of years gone by, searching for items imbued with arcane power. Equally, Vampires from across the land continue to step forward as they fight to save their race.

Quite a few new Human and Vampire skins will be available via these chests. Of particular note for fans of vampire kind is the ability to get new ghoul skins for your Summoner. These work in much the same way as the Vanguard’s various shields.

We'll be taking a closer look a these chests very soon. Stay tuned to www.Nosgoth.com for more information!

New Sentinel Ability – Sonic Boom

Barreling down through the sky, Sonic Boom allows the Sentinel to deal damage to, and knock back, multiple foes while remaining airborn.

Sonic Boom is a primary ability designed to enable the Sentinel to harass and stun the human team, setting up the other vampires to commence a feeding frenzy.

Desktop Launcher

You can now download Nosgoth entirely independently of Steam. The desktop launcher has been created in order to do this. It ensures that Nosgoth is up to date and allows you to log into your account and access everything that you have unlocked in the Steam version of the game. The launcher also runs the friends and party systems, purchasing and unlocking, and allows Steam and Desktop players to play in the game matches.

Steam Launcher

The Steam Launcher has been updated to run on the same backend as the Desktop Launcher, ensuring that you can add friends and create parties across either environment. Your Username and Avatar are also updated via the launcher now, as outlined here.

Ping 2.0

Nosgoth’s ping system has received an upgrade to encourage further teamplay.

Vampires can now ping dead human bodies to make a set of vicious jaws to appear, indicating that food is available.
Humans can now ping health stations which make a blue cross appear above the station, indicating that someone on the human team wants to move there to heal.

League 4.0 & 5.0 In-Game Rewards

Raziel’s Pride, the League Beta 4.0 reward, is a special version of Sonic Boom. As with all special variants, the abilitie's performance characteristics can be replicated within the forge. This is the only Sonic Boom variant that will feature the occult visual effect.

Hunter’s Gold, the League Beta 5.0 reward is a special variant of the Beastmaster’s Hunter shotgun. As with all special variants, the weapon's performance characteristics can be replicated within the forge. While all that is gold does not glitter, Hunter’s Gold certainly does.

Two New Vanguard Shields in the Store

The Vanguard has two brand new shields available in the store. One features a skeleton embedded into the front, and another formed entirely out of a dead animal skull.

2100 Runestone Purchase Thank You

When you next purchase the 2100 Runestone bundle or higher, you will receive a brand new Armored Tyrant ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of charge as a thank you for your purchase.

Fighting for Freedom: Nosgoth & Just Cause 3

The fight to overthrow the despotic rule of Kain is the most noble of just causes.

Anyone who owns Just Cause 3 & Nosgoth on Steam will receive an extra special bundle in Nosgoth to aid with their freedom fighting efforts. The bundle contains:

1 x JC3 Grapple

1 x Medici Liberator Player Banner

1 x Medici Rebel Player Banner

1 x 2000 Gold
General Changes & Fixes

The 5v5 Test Reward Banner has been granted to all players who earned it during the 5v5 Test.

All game modes can now be selected in private matches.

The initial game loading screen has been updated to utilise the latest piece of Nosgoth Art

You can no longer see who is in your lobby during ranked games via the Steam overlay.

The content of the end of match Leagues tab isn’t quite as shy as it was before. End of match Leagues information is now displayed correctly.

A number of Out of Memory crashes have been fixed with this update

Idle kick has been fixed to work more consistently. Don’t get kicked for being AFK!

A rare health bar glitch prevented health indicators from updating. This has been fixed.

Humans can no longer see bodies being dragged on the mini-map

Noscam replication has been improved, making Noscam files slightly more accurate

Particle effects left behind by vampires after death shall now dissipate into the ether.

Characters can no longer spawn inside of each other on Silenced Cathedral

Boosters now display their duration before being selected

Many minor visual polish tweaks have been applied across all of the classes in Nosgoth.

A great number of collision improvements have been made to Silenced Cathedral, many based on your feedback. Thanks!

Anyone playing Nosgoth in 4k will no longer need to reinstall the game after changing resolution.

“Get over here” achievement triggers more accurately.

Multiple Localisation fixes have been implemented
Known Issues:

Some collision issues are still present in Silenced Cathedral

League points at the end of Match may display incorrectly

Cannot watch Desktop client Noscam files in Steam client



Source: https://www.nosgoth.com/game_updates

We’ll keep today’s patch notes short and sweet, because we know you’ll want to get in-game asap! Today’s update focuses almost entirely on Nosgoth’s brand new map that goes live today. The Silenced Cathedral!

Silenced Cathedral

Today the war between Vampires and Humans expands to a new field of battle, the Silenced Cathedral. Check out these articles for more information about Nosgoth’s latest map!

5v5 Team Death Match

In case you missed it, we have also been busy beavers working on Nosgoth’s matchmaking and server infrastructure in preparation for yesterday’s rollout of the new 5v5 TDM test which is currently under way!

With 10 players total, the action gets pretty frantic; and is a ton of fun to play. If you haven’t tried 5v5 out yet, you really should! This 5v5 test ends on the 31st of January, so make sure to try it out today!



Source: https://www.nosgoth.com/game_updates

Winter is upon us. With it comes weapons and abilities wrapped in balefire – frozen to the core. Today we also say hello to the Prophet’s Elite Lost Seer Skin, which you unlock by reaching level 25 with your Prophet! Lag across quite a few servers has been a bit of an issue for a while now, today’s update should return latencies to normal. We’ve got plenty of other updates and improvements on the way as well.

SERVER LAG BEGONE!

Fear not, the hamsters haven’t been dropping dead over the last little while; they’re still doing a great job with the servers. Instead it’s pesky bugs that have been slowing down all things server and network related. This patch crushes those bugs, and should return our servers and network back to normal.

Thank you all for your patience while we addressed this issue!

DEAD OF WINTER 2015

As the days shorten and bone-numbing cold descends across the lands, a very special set of weapons, abilities and banners have become available once again.

Mysterious item drops now drop Balefire weapons & abilities for free
The Dead of Winter event ends on the 13th of February 2015
ELITE LOST SEER SKIN

Many of you have been asking about the Prophet’s Elite Lost Seer skin. We know you want it, and we’re very happy to be able to bring it to you today! Anyone who reaches level 25 with their Prophet will unlock the Elite Lost Seer skin.

After incorporating some changes based on community feedback into the design, we hope you like it!

GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS & BUG FIXES

Flying Sentinels equipped with Aerodynamics can now longer wing flap their brethren
The Vanguard’s Drowning God Shield has been updated to a darker, version with slightly more gravitas – more appropriate to the world he lives in
The Vanguard’s Drowning God Shield no longer leaves its burning breath behind on the ground when the player dies
Chat boxes are now correctly reset when you change lobbies or game modes
Under specific circumstances, holding a specific key combination while reloading would prevent the next magazine of ammo from dealing any damage. This is no longer the case
An edge case scenario in which a player would receive a win if his former teammates won the match, after he had left, has been quashed. All players must earn their victories!
Vampire’s “No Boast” option became unavailable after equipping a boast. Should you want your Vampires to be slightly more chill every now and again, now you can make that happen.
Fixes for Noscam Player View functionality have been implemented. This mode should work more consistently now.
Noscam key binding changes should now be retained
Talents that increase ammo count now accurately reflect said ammo increase in-game
New accounts can no longer delete their default items
Forge materials are now updated in real time in your inventory when you earn them
A number of anti-cheat improvements have been made on the backend
Known Issues

League Tabs at the end of round will occasionally be empty
The Nosgoth Launcher server status does not show when the game is in maintenance mode
The Nosgoth Launcher must be restarted in order to update your game.



https://www.nosgoth.com/game_updates