Changelog v0.36
Hunters
Razorside
π When it comes to Razorside's Mod choice, we wanted to leave two distinct variants with different gameplay styles. Another deciding factor was ease of use, as Razorside is the starter Hunter for every player, so we left one beginner-friendly option and another one that's harder to master.
Assault Rifle
π Shredder: Focused on rewarding good aiming.
π Fracture: Easy-to-use Mod. Similar to Shredder but players just need to hit the target.
Beamer
- Mod removed from loadout.
Fracture
- Updated base weapon stats with Mod:
- Base damage: 140 β 110.
- Clip capacity: 24 β 36.
- Quick reload: disabled β enabled.
- Base damage: 140 β 110.
- Updated Mod Effect 2:
- BEFORE: Increases magazine size by 3/6/6/9 bullets.
- AFTER: If all 3 shots from the same burst hit the target, there is a 25/30/35/40% chance to reduce shield recharge cooldown by 2 sec.
- Updated Mod Effect 3:
- BEFORE: If all 3 shots from the same burst hit the target, reduces scatter by 4/6% for 5 sec (stacks up to 20/30%).
- AFTER: Successful quick reload provides 15/30% bonus ability power for 10 sec.
Shield Recharge
π Powersurge: Focused on improving survivability and beginner friendly.
π Rampart: Focused on the overshield; promotes a more aggressive playstyle and is usually activated before the battle for extra protection. It can also be used by new players but mastering when to activate the overshield really gives a big advantage during battles.
Lifeline
- Mod removed from loadout.
Powersurge
- Updated Mod Effect 2:
- BEFORE: Reduces shield recharge delay by 3.5/5/6.5/8 sec.
- AFTER: Reduces ability cooldown by 2.5/5/7.5/10 sec.
- Updated Mod Effect 3:
- BEFORE: Increases ammo regeneration speed by 25/35% when the ability is not on cooldown.
- AFTER: Restores 1000/1500 additional shield points when structure points are below 50%.
Rampart
- Increased base cooldown: 40 sec β 50 sec.
- Updated Mod Effect 1:
- Increased percent of shield to overshield conversion: 40/60/75/90/100% β 60/70/80/90/100%.
- Updated Mod Effect 3:
- Increased ability cooldown reduction: 8/12 sec β 10/15 sec.
- Fixed incorrect description of the Mod:
- BEFORE: Creates an overshield if the ability would result in more than 1% shield points. When upgraded, the overshield provides healing and reduces ability cooldown when triggered.
- AFTER: Mod for improved shield replenishment. When upgraded, it can be triggered with a full shield, providing an overshield that grants healing and reduces ability cooldown.
Frag Grenade
π Fragger: Focused on grenades that are easy to hit, but don't deal much damage.
π Nuker: Focused on damage, but with an increased fuze time, it is harder to hit enemies.
Burner
- Mod removed from loadout.
Nuker
- Mod Effect 1:
- Increases explosion damage from 2000 β 2500 to the maximum 2600/3000/3400/3800/4200 β 2850/3200/3550/3900/4250.
- Updated Mod Effect 2:
- BEFORE: Reduces damage falloff by 7.5/15/22.5/30%.
- AFTER: Inflicts damage over time: 100/150/200/250 damage for 5 sec.
Fragger
- Fixed incorrect depiction of the base cooldown: 25 sec β 30 sec.
- Reduced base fuze time: 1 sec β 0.75 sec.
- Reduced base ability radius: 22 m β 20 m.
- Updated Mod Effect 1:
- BEFORE: Reduces fuze time from 1 sec β 0.95/0.9/0.85/0.8/0.75 sec.
- AFTER: Enemy damaged by a grenade takes 4/8/12/16/20% more damage for 5 sec.
- Updated Mod Effect 2:
- Decreased maximum cooldown reduction 25/22.5/20/17.5 sec β 27.5/25/22.5/20 sec.
- Updated Mod Effect 3:
- Increased damage dealt on direct hits 350/700 β 500/1000.
Mainframe
π Lifeline: Recovery Mod, same for all Hunters. Suitable for new players.
π Harding: More advanced Mod, designed for very aggressive playstyles, rewards the player for receiving damage and not dying.
Lifeline
- Updated Mod Effect 3:
- BEFORE: Increases the max number of Repair Kits by 1.
- AFTER: Grants critical hit resistance of 15/20% while the shield is active.
Introduced Harding Mainframe Mod
- Introduced Mod Effect 1:
- Ability cooldown is reduced by 20/25/30/35/40% while HP is lower than 15/15/20/20/25%.
- Introduced Mod Effect 2:
- Ammo overcharge for 4/4/5/5 sec (allows you to shoot without ammo consumption) triggers when HP is lower than 15/20/20/25%. Cooldown 30 sec.
- Introduced Mod Effect 3:
- For every 7000 damage received, you get a 5% damage resistance buff until the end of the match. Max 2/3 stacks. Buff is lost upon death.
Ursus
π Decision-making on cutting the Ursus' Mod was a bit different. In terms of weapon Mods, Wrangler was the simplest of the three and not that deep gameplay-wise. Although the Bombardier Mod was powerful, the balance between the three soon tipped and the Mod itself turned out to be hard to manage and balance correctly. So, we have left two more predictable and manageable options. As for the Glacial Armor, Freejack did not fit into Ursus' tanky archetype, as it made her more mobile and granted hard-to-balance bonuses.
Although we acknowledge that you favored and used some of the scrapped Mods, we are not saying goodbye to the effects they providedβ"reduce, reuse, repurpose" is our motto here, and some of them might be seen in the future.
Auto Shotgun
π Persuasion: A more versatile Mod with better accuracy that rewards controlled, accurate shots with the potential to burst enemies down at close ranges.
π Burst Glance: Devastating at close ranges with a faster reload. Rewards connecting second shots.
π Burst Glance/Persuasion: Due to partial reload, a new bullet can be shot right after it is loaded into the gun. This results in continuous shooting, undermining the purpose of clip capacity. Higher reload duration compared to delay to burst values ensure that if continuous shooting is used, the effective Damage Per Second (DPS) is reduced by 40% for either Mod. This incentivizes players to reload whenever they get the chance, as DPS per full clip is significantly higher than continuous shooting. Reduced delay to burst values result in more burst damage potential. Increased reload duration means DPS is kept in check over longer periods of encounters.
Wrangler
- Mod removed from loadout.
Burst Glance
- Updated base weapon stats of the Mod:
- Increased base damage 60 β 66.
- Increased reload time 0.5 sec β 0.65 sec.
- Reduced delay to burst 0.6 sec β 0.55 sec.
- Reduced delay to reload after shot 0.5 sec β 0.01 sec.
- Reduced scatter compensation time 1.0 sec β 0.8 sec.
- Reduced ADS scatter range max 9.0 β 6.0.
- Reduced hip fire scatter range max 9.0 β 6.5.
- The starting reserve ammo amount is set at 16.
Persuasion
- Updated base weapon stats of the Mod:
- Increased base damage 90 β 95.
- Increased reload time 0.65 sec β 0.9 sec.
- Reduced delay to burst & delay to shot parameters 0.65 sec β 0.55 sec.
- Reduced delay to reload after shot 0.5 sec β 0.01 sec.
- The starting reserve ammo amount is set at 14.
- Updated Mod Effect 1:
- Reduced duration of damage increased 15 sec β 6 sec if all pellets from a shot hit a target.
F.A.N.G. Rocket
π Ringleader: Quick target lock-on Mod.
π Commandos: Focused on mobility and teamwork.
- Updated base behavior of F.A.N.G. Rocket:
- BEFORE: Swarm of explosive rockets that are homing at enemy targets. Each launch uses Rage charges that Ursus earns in battle.
- AFTER: Swarm of homing rockets. Each launch uses Rage charges that Ursus earns in battle. Activation with Full Rage increases the damage of each rocket by 20.
Bombardier
- Mod removed from loadout.
Glacial Armor
π Centenarian: Tank/Support option with some extra HP, healing and defense aura (while the Armor is active).
π Gainer: More aggressive option, grants increased damage to the enemy (while the Armor is active).
- Increase ability power (AP) scaling of Armor hit points (HP) 0.875 β 1 (Max +5250 β +6000 HP with 6000 AP).
Freejack
- Mod removed from loadout.
Centenarian
- Updated base ability stats with the Mod:
- Increased lifetime 6 sec β 10 sec.
- Increased cooldown 55 sec β 60 sec.
- Increased base healing while the Armor is active 150 β 200.
- Introduced base Mod effect:
- Healing while the Armor is active scales with AP, every 1000 AP increases healing by 33 (Max +200 healing with 6000 AP).
- Updated Mod Effect 1:
- Decreased shell points increase: 11000/11500/12000/12500/13000 β 10500/11000/11500/12000/13000.
- Updated Mod Effect 2:
- BEFORE: Increases healing by 10/20/30/40/50 structure points.
- AFTER: Provides Ursus a damage-resistance aura that cuts incoming damage by 10/15/20/25% within a 50 m radius.
- Updated Mod Effect 3:
- BEFORE: Ursus heals herself and squadmate within a radius of 50 m by 10/20% if the shell is still intact when it expires.
- AFTER: If the shell is intact when it expires, it heals both Ursus and an ally within a radius of 50 m for 1000/2000 structure points.
Gainer
- Updated base ability stats with the Mod:
- Reduced base Armor HP 10500 β 8000.
- Increased ability cooldown 55 sec β 60 sec.
- Reduced debuff duration on Armor break 10 sec β 8 sec(same as the Centenarian debuff duration).
- Reduced damage threshold for gaining a damage buff stack while the Armor is active 2000 β 1500.
- Reduced initial maximum damage buff stack count 5 β 2.
- Updated Mod Effect 2:
- BEFORE: Gaining one damage buff stack requires 200/400/600/1000 less damage.
- AFTER: Gain5% damage buff when dealing 1500 damage, max 3/4/5/6 stacks.
- Updated Mod Effect 3:
- BEFORE: The collected damage buff is retained for 10/15 seconds if the shell is still intact when it expires.
- AFTER: The damage buff is retained for 8/12 seconds if the shell is still intact when it expires.
Mainframe
π Bastion: Recovery Mod, same for all Hunters. Suitable for new players.
π Forefront: A more aggressive option that grants increased damage to the enemy.
Bastion
- Updated main description of the Mod:
- BEFORE: Increases max shield points. When upgraded, it improves Repair Kit effectiveness and reduces base rocket cooldown for kills.
- AFTER: A recovery-focused Mod that reduces shield recharge delay. When upgraded, it improves Repair Kit effectiveness and grants critical hit resistance.
- Updated Mod Effect 1:
- BEFORE: Increases max shield points by 100/150/400/600.
- AFTER: Reduces shield recharge delay by -2/-4/-6/-8/-10 sec.
- Updated Mod Effect 3:
- BEFORE: Killing a Hunter with a missile reduces the base cooldown of missiles by 1/2 seconds. Max 3 stacks.
- AFTER: Grants a critical hit resistance of 15/20% while shields are active.
Forefront
- Updated Mod Effect 3:
- BEFORE: Reduces shield recharge delay by 3/7 sec.
- AFTER: Killing a Hunter with a missile reduces the base cooldown of missiles by Β½ seconds. Max 3 stacks.
General Improvements:
- Removed the Voice Chat function from the game.
- Updated the quality of the materials for buildings in the space port area on Crimson Ridge.
- Improved the visual quality of destruction of small objects.
- Some objects in unreachable places are now indestructible.
- AI can now choose Trenchwalker and Fenris.
- Implemented a faster loading of the maps.
- Removed the SFX adjustment settings from the Sound Menu.
- Added the Subtitles settings to the Sound Menu.
- Increased the frequency and accuracy of shooting for AI Hunters Taurus and Ursus.
- Now the Leadership icon can be visibly passed from one squad member to another.
- Removed cut/inaccessible Mods from the System Tree interface and Loadout sections for Heartbreaker, Razorside, and Weaver.
- Disabled the tooltip descriptions for Grade 1 and Grade 2 generic Skins in the Hangar.
- Now the crosshair inner circle color should change to red when aiming at a critical spot.
Bug fixes
- Fixed incorrect textures on the rocket modules for Ursus.
- Fixed grammatically incorrect descriptions of Ursus' Mods.
- Fixed a game crash happening when the Bounty Hunter battle task stage is active.
- Fixed a bug where when the player pressed "Esc" on the active Upgrade screen in the Hunter Progression section, the "Esc" keybind got locked and didn't work.
- Fixed the incorrect number display for unread Inbox messages.
- Fixed a VFX bug with visual artifacts appearing when Fletcher initiates the Refill Ammo process.
- Fixed an issue where destroyed Drones were not counted in the "Kill the Drones" mission.
- Fixed broken twitch animations in the Hangar for Taurus, Prophet, Ursus, and Weaver.
- Fixed unlock animations for Weaver and Fletcher.
- Fixed a bug where the Hunter would get stuck in the air after being revived by a squadmate.
- Fixed a minor freeze occurring when the player pings Salvage Crates during a match.
- Fixed a bug where players could navigate through menus while having the "Choose an avatar" overlay active.
- Fixed overlapping voicelines when Prophet engages in a fight and loses a squadmate at the same time.
