Release 18

Suit Changes

Aani Quicksuit

• Reduced charge energy regeneration by 70%.
• Charge energy will now start regenerating without delay after a slide.
• Sliding will not consume a charge anymore.
• The charge will now be consumed when leaping forward out of a slide.

Weapon Balance

General

• Projectile speed has been added to all remaining weapons. From now on the only “hit-scan” weapons are going to be beam weapons (namely the Gorgon and the Zeus Beam).
• As a result, fall-off damage has been reintroduced for beam weapons.
• New visual effects have been added for projectiles from energy weapons.
• Going into ADS doesn’t lower the set sensitivity anymore.

Mods

• All the Chain Reaction mods have been removed. We believe the mod wouldn’t make sense with projectiles and don’t want weapons to be used entirely because of one mod.
  • We are considering new kinds of weapons for the future instead.
• Adjusted mod descriptions to reflect the current state of the game.

Scarab Pistol

• Removed Chain Reaction (Mod).
• Added Anti-Personnel Wavelengths (Mod).
  • Increases damage against players by 5%.

Basilisk

• Removed Chain Reaction (Mod).
• Added Anti-Xeno Calibration (Mod).
  • Increases damage against monsters by 10%.

ICA Guarantee

• Removed Chain Reaction (Mod).
• Added Anti-Xeno Calibration (Mod).
  • Increases damage against monsters by 10%.

PKR Maelstrom

• Removed Chain Reaction (Mod).
• Added Anti-Xeno Calibration (Mod).
  • Increases damage against monsters by 10%.

Manticore

• Increased In-Air Inaccuracy to be more in line with other Assault Rifles.

Phasic Lancer

• Removed Chain Reaction (Mod).
• Added Anti-Personnel Wavelengths (Mod).
  • Increases damage against players by 5%.
• High Frequency Emitter (Mod):
  • The mod does not reduce burst interval anymore but reduces re-fire time.
    • This means the mod used to reduce the delay before every shot of a single burst. It will now reduce the delay between each burst instead.

Voltaic Brute

• Removed Barrel Coils (Mod).
• Added Light Alloy Body (Mod).
  • Increases ADS Speed.

Gorgon

• Adjusted recoil.
• Reduced direct damage from 12 to 10.
• Re-added fall-off damage.
• Damage will be reduced by 30% between 50 to 80 meters.
• Removed Flash Modulator (Mod).
• Added Streamlined Core Port (Mod).
  • Increases reloading speed.

Zeus Beam

• Re-added fall-off damage.
  • Damage will be reduced by 30% between 60 to 90 meters.

Abilities

• Health Boost (-> Shield Charger)
  • The ability will now be called Shield Charger.
  • Removed all health restoration but added 200 shield restoration.
• Directional Warp
  • Added a visual trail effect to show which direction the user traveled towards.
• Triage Sphere
  • Improved visibility by changing the visual effect from an actual sphere to a cylinder area indicator. No, we’re not calling it the Triage Cylinder.

Misc

• The leaderboards on Prospect Station will now properly indicate what game modes they’re referring to.
• You will now get a notification informing you of your new rank after playing a Ranked match.
• XP earned towards Prospector Levels will now be based on the amount of time spent in a match.

Bug Fixes

• Career stats are back and should now work properly.
• Fixed a bug in the Training Grounds that would only show Zeal Shards and Drones after 2 minutes.
• Fixed a possible abuse with the Mag-Train contract: it is now impossible to use the brake to rack up Victory Points.
• The loading wheel will not spin during the whole duration of the introduction video.
• Fixed an issue that was impeding rotation in the shop item preview.
• The comm wheel and ping function will now work as expected.
• All players still missing a Ranked reward will now receive them correctly. All rewards will be sent automatically in the future.
• Switching between ADS and hip-firing in the air will not cause an insane amount of spread anymore
• Fixed several performance issues.
• Fixed a few localisation issues.
• Fixed a bug where players would appear online in the friends list even though they were offline.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from loading into Prospect Station.
• Fixed an issue that was causing a crash when navigating through the Appearance menu.
• Weapon Charms should now be correctly attached to weapons when starting a match.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent unlocking items from the Fortuna Pass when handing in story missions.
• Prospector level rewards will now be shown properly after ending up foamed in a match.
• Equipping a weapon skin or other cosmetic will now show the proper amount of uses left.
• Daily/Weekly missions progress will now appear properly on the end of match screen.
• Fixed a visual issue that would scramble the amount of points needed to earn VPs on some contracts.
• Entering and leaving a match instantly will not count as progression towards challenges that require to finish matches.
• Previewing a mod before purchasing it will now properly show the intended stat changes.
• The “Reset Prospector” button will now work as intended.
• Fixed an issue that would only show which game mode you’re currently queuing for to the Squad leader.
• Banners will now be audible in Prospect Station.
• Fixed an issue that would invite the wrong people to your squad.
• Fixed an issue that would play the Boxer Charge Punch audio when using a standard melee attack.
• Virtual Training should now display the proper map.
• Fixed an issue that would display a negative amount of ammo for the Komrad. Rockets will now stay positive!
• Fixed some interface issues when interacting with the map.
• Weapon skins and charms will now display properly on your equipped weapons upon returning to Prospect Station.
• Bikes will now be visible in Spectator mode. No, players weren’t being propelled by the power of imagination.
• Fixed an issue where pinging the map while carrying a Zeal Shards would play the incorrect contextual voice line.
• Alpha Wardens, Drones and inactive Laser Drills will now be perfectly pingable (let’s just pretend it’s a word).
• Fixed an issue that would create clone of players in Prospect Station. For real this time.
• Buying several Fortuna Pass levels at once will now only show one confirmation pop-up message.
• Switching pistols in the Loadout menu will now show the correct weapon.
• It is now impossible to interact with an egg when carrying one already.
• Fixed an issue that would show an incorrect amount of Faction XP earned on the End of Match screen.

Known Issues

• Career stats may not update quickly enough. Closing and opening the window should update them right away.
• Career stats are not reset. Some data may be affected by the previous weeks.
• Voice chat will not work in the lobby when using the open microphone setting. Push-to-talk will work just fine.

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