Update 06-27-2024
Initial Update
General
Core Gameplay
- [ General Changes ]
- Added a hero based mmr system, so when you join a match with a specific hero the matchmaker adjusts the skill level it assumes you are at by a percentage up or down based on your experience and performance levels with that hero.
- Added settings option to allow weapon zoom to be a toggle
- Added a game volume slider which will control volume independently from voice chat (VoIP)
- General improvements to voice chat quality
- Non-matchmaking lobbies are now considered safe to abandon
- Crates now show the amount of souls they have in the tooltip
- Greater contrast between team and enemy sounds
- Updated headshot hit indicator
- Updated McGinnis weapon sounds
- Updated Vindicta weapon sounds
- Updated Lady Geist weapon sounds
- Fixed a bug where pinging Bebop's Hook and Sticky Bomb abilities would call the wrong ability name
- Fixed a recent bug with Metal Skin that caused you to do zero bullet damage
- Fixed a bug with releasing Grey Talon's Owl early
- Updated Dynamo's animation while using Rejuvenating Aurora
- Fixed a bug that could allow Grey Talon to hit the same target multiple times when close during Rain of Arrows
- Fixed a bug that could cause button input detection to malfunction
- Fixed an issue where the Rejuvenator being stolen was firing incorrectly
- Fixed a bug introduced in last week's update that caused gun spreads to not work properly
- Added an effect at the bottom of a player's screen whenever they are standing on something that causes damage
- Improved Abrams animation while hovering in the air during his ultimate and adjusted the downward acceleration animation
- [ Misc Gameplay ]
- Flex slot removed from killing the Patron and added to killing all Walkers
- Urn now spawns on both sides of the map. Bounty for each is reduced by 40%
- Rejuvenator now reduces players' next respawn time by 75% instead of giving a 3s respawn time
- Golden Statues no longer drop powerups (time duration buffs). Instead they now drop small permanent bonuses. These stack and do not decay with time or death. Drop rates rebalanced.
- +2 Spirit
- +1.5% Fire Rate
- +3% Ammo
- +15 Max HP (this has slightly higher odds of dropping than the others)
- +0.5% Cooldown Reduction
- +2% Weapon Damage
- At defined locations around the map, powerups now spawn starting 10 minutes (and every 5 minutes after). There are 6 spots where they spawn and they are indicated on the minimap when they are up.
- Movement powerup duration increased from 30s to 50s
- Fire Rate powerup duration increased from 35s to 45s and +15% Fire Rate to +18%
- Regeneration powerup duration increased from 25s to 45s
- Stamina powerup duration increased from 80s to 120s
- Cooldown powerup is unchanged
- Clip powerup is unchanged
- Breakables initial spawn time increased from 2 min to 3 min
- Fixed being able to hide inside the Guardian's head
- Jumping after a dash jump no longer causes your hero to sometimes jump in place
- Breakables souls base value reduced by 30%. Increases to +15% of current values over 30 minutes. (so -30% to +15% from start to 30 min)
- All hero guns' reload time reduced by 5%
- Zipline Boost ability cooldown reduced from 380s to 340s
- Medic Trooper heal now bounces to up to one other allied hero within 25m from the hero
- Trooper gold sharing radius from the location of the allied hero reduced from 50m to 40m
- Creep waves now land at their lane destinations at the same time as each other
- Added connection hallway between outer lane Shop and crate room
- Opened up Authority Building and Jazz Club to the Guardian side
- Added intermediate cover in front of Amber Orange Guardian and Sapphire Blue Guardian
- Added Veils to entrances to base fountain
- Extended cover near Sapphire Orange Guardian to match Amber Blue
- Extended alcove on outer lane cover position in front of the Shop
- Underground tunnels have more light
- Removed underground tunnel alcoves
- Added signs for entrance to the underground tunnel from the warehouse side
- [ Item Gameplay ]
- Withering Whip: Ammo increased from 15% to 20%
- Withering Whip: Now grants +4 Spirit
- [ Hero Gameplay ]
Items
- CD reduction increased from +7% to +8%
- Active Spirit Power increased from +12 to +18
- Now a Spirit Item
- No longer grants +20% Fire Rate for 4s on Soul Secure/Deny
- Now grants +3 Spirit for 18s on Soul Secure/Deny. Multiple instances stack and refresh the duration. Max 12 stacks.
- Spirit bonus increased from +7 to +8
- Health increased from +135 to +140
- Cooldown reduced from 80s to 75s
- Fire Rate increased from +20% to +22%
- Timing window to click increased from 0.2s to 0.3s
- Active Bullet Lifesteal increased from 30% to 40%
- Duration increased from 6s to 8s
- Weapon Damage increased from 8% to 10%
- Weapon Damage increased from 10% to 15%
- Ammo increased from +15% to +20%
- Increased from 20% to 22%
- Spirit Shield Health reduced from +500 to +200
- Now grants +400 Bullet Shield Health
- Max stacks increased from 18 to 20
- Health increased from +50 to +75
- Ability Duration reduced from 18% to 16%
- Healing Reduction improved from -65% to -70%
- Bleed increased from 2.4% to 2.6%
- Fire Rate reduction reduced from -35% to -30%
- Fire Rate reduction reduced from -35% to -30%
- Ammo increased from +75% to +90%
- Stack duration increased from 10s to 14s
- Cooldown reduced from 9s to 8s
- Slide Distance increased from 25% to 35%
- Max DPS increased from 85 to 95
- Cooldown reduced from 30s to 28s
- Weapon Damage increased from +12% to +14%
- Distance increased from 12m to 13m
- Bullet Shield health increased from +200 to +225
- Now provides +16% Bullet Lifesteal
- No longer grants a 10% Fire Rate Aura
- Active now grants +20% Fire Rate instead of Bullet Lifesteal
- Slow duration increased from 2s to 2.5s
- Imbued Ability Spirit Power increased from +20 to +24
- Duration increased from 3s to 3.5s
- Post-cast bonus is now still granted when ending the buff early
- Health increased from +100 to +125
- Now grants +4 Health Regen
- Weapon Damage reduced from 25% to 20%
- Debuff duration reduced from 8s to 5s
- Bonus spirit increased from +40 to +45
- Fire Rate increased from +15% to +20%
- Whenever you go back above 40%, the buff lingers for 4s
- Ammo increased from +7 to +9
- Cooldown reduced from 30s to 24s
- Max HP Steal duration increased from 12s to 15s
- Now grants +8% Weapon Damage
- Radius increased from 10m to 12m
- Cooldown reduced from 12s to 8s
Heroes
Quantum Entanglement
- is prevented from being cast when Dynamo is rooted or movement-silenced (such as by Slowing Hex)
Rejuvenating Aurora
- T3 reduced from +5% to +4%
- Fixed various bugs with the fire rate on Bullet Dance (net effect of the bugs was that it often fired a little faster than it was intended to)
Bullet Dance
- T1 increased from +5 Weapon Damage to +6
Afterburn
- base dps reduced from 20 to 18
- T3 reduced from +35 to +33
Arctic Beam
- spirit scaling increased from 0.7 to 0.9
- cooldown reduced from 25 to 23
Ground Strike
- radius reduced from 14m to 13m
Death Slam
- radius reduced from 20m to 19m
- Fixed her gun having a recent regression that caused it to not have any spread
- Medicinal Spectre can no longer be attacked
- Fixed a bug with Spectral Wall that caused the Rejuvenator to instantly drop
Mini Turret
- damage reduced by up to 30% at 35m (now has bullet falloff from 20m to 35m)
- deploy time reduced from 2s to 1s
- now shows up on the minimap
Spectral Wall
- height increased by 2m
- slow duration increased from 2s to 2.5s
- Base HP regen increased from 2.5 to 3
- Fixed Scorn not healing for more with things like Mystic Burst
- Fixed Healing Booster not applying to Scorn's 2x heal multiplier on heroes
- Added a bonus counter to show how much health has been earned by getting a kill during Combo
- Base movement speed reduced from 7 to 6.5
Kinetic Carbine
- impact radius reduced by 15%
- Max Stop Duration reduced from 0.75 to 0.5
- buff duration reduced from 6 to 4
- T1 increased from +0.5s Max Stop Duration to +0.75
- T2 now also increases buff by +2s
Paradoxical Swap
- range reduced from 35m to 30m
Enchanter's Satchel
- can now be canceled by shooting
- Fixed Return Fire working with Power Surge
- No longer has base +15% Spirit Resistance
- Now has base +20% Bullet Resistance
- Base health regen reduced from 2 to 1
Static Charge
- T1 improved from -15s Cooldown to -20s
- Base movement speed increased from 7 to 8
- Fixed Crow Familiar T1 only bouncing to 1 additional target instead of 2
Assassinate
- zoom level is reduced a bit
Willpower
- no longer loses movement speed when the shield is depleted
- duration reduced from 8s to 7s
- The Royal Flush ability has been replaced with Card Trick. Card Trick enables Wraith's weapon damage to summon playing cards. Activating the ability throws one of the cards, which will fly towards the enemy or point under the crosshair and explode on impact.
- Can now cancel Flying Strike
- Shadow Transformation damage and debuff resistance reduced from 80% to 70%
- Shadow Transformation duration increased from 4.5s to 5s
Power Slash
- damage reduced from 175 to 170