General

• Fixed a rare issue where some players were unable to log in
  
• Sped up the ranked end of game bars quite a bit (for real) and removed the sound that was not exactly critically acclaimed
  
• Fixed an exception that could occur for new Free Mode players
  
• Various localization fixes
  

General

• Fixed an issue where the Chapter 3 Challenge Mission was not being auto-abandoned.
  
• Ranked game over screen should not play incorrect sounds and should not take as long to play in its entirety.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Friends list would sometimes not update properly.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Gremolitions, Inc. loot matrix sometimes did not give proper rewards.
  

Chapter 4: Avast Ye, Sky-Rats!

• In Chapter 4, Helio seeks help from Freebooters, the unsavory scrappers and scavengers who work in the shadows of Atlas. With both Omni and EvoS keen to publicly announce any slip-ups to discredit their new “partner” in Helio Corps, every member of the new trust is under close watch. That's where Freebooters come in: to get whatever you need under the shade – for a hefty reward, of course!
  
• Yarr, we’ve found booty! Season 2, Chapter 4 is open!
  
  
  
  • Check out all-new challenges and missions.
    
  
  
• New skins and taunts are available for Lockwood, Dr. Finn, Gremolitions, Inc., and Zuki. Earn them through special Freebooter Loot Matrices.
  
  
  
  • They will be available for ISO and put into the general loot matrix after the event.
    
  
  
• Earn an Interrobang emoji just for logging in!
  
• Log in on St. Patrick’s Day weekend (Friday-Sunday Pacific time) to get a free Lockwood skin!
  

Game Mode: Extraction

• Due to popular demand: Extraction mode is back!
  
• Hold the case and get kills to earn points. When a team earns 10 points, an extraction zone will appear. First team to extract the case (or have the most points after 20 turns) wins!
  
  
  
  • One change from last time: you’ll need to hold the case to win the game if you have the most points after 20 turns.
    
  
  
• Draft-mode Extraction is available in Custom games.
  

Overcon button

• Overcons were difficult to use in-match (#blamejames), so we’ve added an Overcon button to the HUD!
  

General

• There is a new “Flux Capacity” title. Show off your wealth by leveling it up with Flux! Can you max it out?
  
• Will Fill now as a sweet new Fillmore skin! Is it ridiculous? Yes!
  
• NOTE: A female Will Fill version is coming in a later hotfix. Any skins purchased will apply to both the male and female Will Fills.
  
• Fixed an issue where continue button wasn’t appearing on game end.
  
• The only person pickier than Helio about clothes is Lockwood. He’s
• finally* approved his Helio Corps skin and it can be obtained via Daily Mission.
  
• Improved the performance of the Friends list – particularly for users with a lot of Friends.
  
• Graphics should be sharper when using Options: Graphics Quality Medium and High on most PCs with modern graphics cards.
  
• Fixed a bug causing some chase paths and last-known-position-indicator positions to not work correctly when the target moves out of vision during Dash phase but gets hit by something mid-dash.
  
• An action can now be canceled by pressing its button again while already locked in for the turn.
  
• Alternate VFX now have video previews.
  
• Spectators should now see picks and bans in custom games.
  

Balance

• Ignore cover mods now reduce cover effectiveness by half (deal 75% damage through cover instead of 100%)
  
• Cover reduction mods give too much value with not enough drawback. Their consistency generally made these mods better than other damage oriented mods, making selection too binary. We're keeping an eye on the mod cost and will adjust based on their performance.
  

• Aegis now grants cover against adjacent enemies.
  
• Brynn’s job of getting in people’s faces was often at odds with her shield being ineffective in melee range. With this change Brynn can feel good about chasing down those pesky firepowers.
  

• Rushing Radiate has been removed. A new mod will replace it soon.
  
• Rushing Radiate has proven to make Quark too strong at chasing down his enemies. Removing the counterplay of full moving to break Quark’s tether
  makes disengaging from Quark too difficult and often unfun to play against.
  

Season 2 – Chapter 4

New Skins – Freebooters

New Taunts

Game Mode: Extraction (IS BACK!)

Saint Patrick’s Day Lockwood

Helio Corps – Continued

Flux Shop

General

• Mod selection time has been reduced to the default 30 seconds for Overpowered-Up, as a result.
  

General

• Helio Corps Daily Missions are now available for Khita, Dr. Finn, Elle, Gremlolitions, Inc., Orion, Kaigin, Nix, Rask, and Titus.
  
• Fixed an issue where the chat box would sometimes disappear mid-game.
  
• Fixed an issue where premade teams of 4 were sometimes matched with solo and duo players in Ranked.
  
• Fixed an issue where Khita’s Aim Again mod would heal for 25 both turns.
  
• Fixed an issue where sometimes players were not in control of their Freelancer after reconnecting.
  

Balance

• Resonance Burst - MOD - Sonic Resonance has been redesigned. This mod now allows for up to 10 remaining shields to persist for 1 extra turn.
  
• Resonance Burst - Reduced energy on ally hit from 6 to 4.
  
• Vaulting Shot - Increase cooldown from 4 to 5.
  
• Vaulting Shot – MOD - Survivalist - 3 pts – Reduce cooldown by 1.
  
• Rain of Arrows - Decrease the total range you can select by 1.
  

• Max health increased from 155 to 160.
  
• Heart of the Storm – Increased effectiveness from 22 to 24.
  

• Reduce maximum health from 145 to 140.
  
• Radiate – MOD - Changed the cost of "Rushing Radiate" from 1 to 2.
  

• Lockdown - Reduced the cooldown from 4 to 3.
  
• Lockdown – MOD - Removed the "Stockades" mod. We are evaluating other mods as a replacement for this one.
  
  
  This is what the mod will be when we add it back in.
  
  • Lockdown – MOD – “Stockades” has been changed. If Lockdown is triggered, the target is scrambled until end of next turn
    
  
  

General

• Fixed a very rare bug where a player might enter the game as Will Fill (who is always willing, just, sadly, not quite as able).
  
• Fixed an issue where the Chapter 1 mission for completing challenges was not updating correctly
  
• After testing his new outfits on others, Helio is now debuting his own Helio Corp look.
  
• Mod, Catalyst, and VFX changes made in custom games before everyone has readied up are no longer ignored.
  
• Fixed a ridiculous rounding issue that caused GG boosts to sometimes show 1% less bonus than they actually did. Crisis averted.
  
• Fixed an issue that would make Lockwood Bloodsport and Rampart Liberty skins not display correctly in game
  

General

• Fixed an issue which could cause the Rampart Loot Matrix to open without giving any items. We will be granting players affected by this another matrix shortly.
  
• Fixed an issue that could, in rare cases, cause a player to enter the game with a different freelancer model than the one they selected. This could cause a few different issues in the game (including looping taunts) as you might expect.
  
• Fixed an issue where firing Khita's Warped Arrow at specific angles would not show damage reduction from cover while targeting but deal cover damage during Blast phase – despite the fact we were amused by how much it bugged PepperTitan.
  
• Added objective descriptions to the Helio Corps dailies. These should now offer match count tracking in the expanded view of the daily mission.
  
• Su-Ren now has a Helio Corps Daily Mission.
  
• Fixed an issue where Oz’s Helio Corps skin wasn’t counting as a Trust skin.
  
• Fixed ally bots sometimes not being healed when attacking Khita's Take Aim! target.
  
• Fixed an issue where bots were sometimes not moving when they were supposed to. They were clearly just too scared of a Grey ult.
  

General