Patch 01.25 (28951)
23rd July, 2019Steam
New Features
- Battle Pass.
- Free Battle Pass for players to unlock content through progression.
- Premium Battle Pass for extra rewards.
- New Vehicle “Angel”.
- Updated upgrades menu
- Players will now be informed of cooldown times.
Changes
- Porcupine Ornate skin changed to “Gold” skin to match all other vehicles.
Battle Pass
Play Switchblade to level-up your Battle Pass and earn 50+ unique rewards!
Included FREE in Battle Pass 1:
- New vehicle “Angel”.
- 20 Standard cosmetic rewards.
- 9000 BP.
Purchase the Battle Pass and level it up to claim these Premium rewards:
- 4 Ultimate Vehicle Skins.
- 1 Ultimate Headwear.
- 11 Legendary rewards.
- 7 Epic rewards.
- 16 Superior rewards.
- 40,000 BP.
- 600 BC.
Vehicle Balancing
- Porcupine
- General
- Reduced total health to 2000.
- Reduced movement speed by approximately 17%.
- Striker
- Reduced damage, max range and tether strength
- Overdrive
- Increased base movement speed to self and allies by 10%.
- Increased cooldown increased by 4s.
- Added HUD element to show number of allies being boosted.
- Thunder Mines
- Reworked to now drop 17 mines in a fixed pattern. In addition to dealing damage and applying Steering Lock, Thunder Mines now deal -5% to movement speed, stacking with each mine hit. Mines are now physical entities and hover just above the ground.
- Lockdown Storm
- Increased deploy time to 0.8s.
- Reduced damage to 19DPS.
- Reduced base lifespan to 8s.
- Increased cooldown to 240s.
- Increased cooldown reduction per upgrade to -15s.
- General
- Fortress
- Bulwark
- Rear Shield has been replaced by Bulwark. Bulwark is a large barrier shield that can be positioned in any direction around the player, protecting both the Fortress and any allies behind it. While Bulwark is active, the Fortress cannot attack; firing any weapon cancels the ability.
- Bulwark
- Thunder Pulse
- General
- Reduced overall health to 2800
- Reduced shield:hull to 1200:1600
- Raijin R-33
- Damage/distance distribution is now weighted more toward close-mid range engagement.
- Tractor Beam
- Range increased to 50m
- Cone angle increased to 10 degrees
- Tractor beam strength has been increased and now behaves more consistently across all 5 ability levels, however, the Tractor Beam’s slowdown status effect will now only last for 1s when a target exits the cone.
- Mjolnir Missiles
- Damage per missile increased to 20
- Increased base cooldown
- Upgrading now reduces the ability cooldown by 1s per level
- Reduced Structure Damage (now deals equal value to all target types)
- Homing range reduced to 150m
- Thunder Pulse
- No longer applies a “suction” force to targets caught in its area of effect.
- General
- SafeGuard
- General
- Safeguard no longer has rechargeable shields (total health remains at 4000).
- Cerberus Cannon
- Reduced damage to 120
- Damage falloff now occurs much sooner and the amount of damage dealt at max range is reduced
- Sentinel Drone
- Safeguard can now have a maximum of 2 Sentinel Drones active at any one time and drones now have an infinite lifespan
- Sentinel Drone’s damage per missile reduced
- Reduced Structure Damage (now deals equal value to all target types)
- Drones can no longer attack while in their initial casting state
- SMART Missiles
- Base cooldown increased to 18s
- Upgrading now reduces the ability cooldown by 1s per level
- Rebirth
- Casting Rebirth now roots the Safeguard to the spot.
- Increased Cast Time to 1.6s
- Reduced healing done to shields (now deals equal value to all target types)
- General
Known Issues
- Achievements – Steam Achievements are not unlocking.
- Hall of Champions – Camera can clip through podiums.
- Collections – UI on Boost screen doesn’t update informing players they have applied a Boost after they have purchased one.
- Customiser – Options occasionally need to be pressed multiple times before they open. This is most noticeable on the Flight Suit options.
- Battle Pass – Occasionally players may see their avatar appear in the background next to a vehicle.
- Tutorial – Green “tick” icon missing when completing Tutorials.
- Tutorial – Players are unable to manually fire the Orbital Cannon. The weapon will fire automatically when aimed.
- Game Play – Enemy vehicles’ speed boost FX are missing.
- Game Play – A.I seen to remain on starting platform.
- Angel / Sundog – Purchasing the damage boost passive doesn’t apply the 10% bonus to the damage or healing.
- Localisation – Multiple text strings not localised.
- Video Settings – Changing the resolution when in borderless window mode will not change the resolution of the application.