UPDATE DETAILS

• WHEN: The update begins rolling out at 2pm PT/ 5pm ET on Thursday, January 19, 2017
  
• PC: 15GB

BEATRIX EARLY ACCESS

• Beatrix Early Access: January 19 starting at 2pm PT/5pm ET for all regions
  
• Beatrix Official Release: January 26 starting at 2pm PT/5pmET for all regions

DLC STORY OPERATION 3

NEW PLAYER EXPERIENCE

• Incursion Tutorial: Hone your PVP skills and learn the key elements of competitive play in Battleborn. Your first play-through is solo, but this practice mode can be repeated with groups of up to three players.
  
• Dojo: Take each and every Battleborn hero for a test drive! Learn how to slice, dice, blast, smash, and rocket your way through waves of minions.

RETURNING PLAYER ENHANCEMENTS

• Normal Draft: Normal draft mode will be available in both public and private matches, allowing each team to take turns voting for their banned characters and creating their roster.
  
• Captain’s Draft: Private matches have an additional draft mode called Captain’s Draft. In these private matches, each team has a captain, so choose wisely! Not only will the captain be directing the team in battle, they also have final say over which characters their team will ban.

• Main Quests: Main quests lets you explore different aspects of the modes and missions in Battleborn.
  
• Daily Quests: Unlock a new quest every day! The reward varies depending on the difficulty of the quest, with the hardest quests also having the biggest rewards.

RECAP: WHAT’S COME TO [B][I]BATTLEBORN[/I][/B] SINCE LAUNCH?

• Five FREE new heroes – Alani, Pendles, Ernest, and Kid Ultra are already here and Beatrix early access begins today! That brings the total to 30 playable heroes for everyone who bought Battleborn.
  
• Three DLC Story Operations – “Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion” and “Toby’s Friendship Raid” are out now, “Oscar Mike vs The Battle School” releases today, and two more on the way!
  
• A fourth Competitive Multiplayer mode: Face-Off!
  
• Special experiences like Hardcore Spotlight and Chaos Rumble
  
• Broadcaster tools
  
• 3 new PVP maps, one for each mode: Monuments (Incursion), Outskirts (Meltdown) and Snowblind (Capture)
  
• Lore Challenge updates
  
• Ongoing hero balancing
  
• Weekly hot fixes
  
• Ongoing matchmaking adjustments
  
• Double XP, Double Credits, and Play with the Devs events
  
• SHiFT Codes for skins and loot packs

JOIN THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE UNIVERSE!

• PC: Steam

• Command Rank maximum has been increased to 150, with additional rewards for each rank after rank 100.
  
  • Core Packs awarded for most Command Ranks
    
  • Legendary Packs awarded every 10 Command Ranks
    
  • New Titles awarded every 10 Command Ranks
    
  • "Battleborn" achievement still awarded at rank 100
  
  
• Character Rank maximum for all characters has been increased to 20, with additional rewards for ranks 16-20.
  
  • Earn a Faction Pack for the associated character faction for each for ranks 16-20.
    
  • Earn new Character-specific titles at rank 17 and rank 20.
    
  • Character Mastery rewards are still granted at rank 15.
    
  • "First Among Heroes" achievement still awarded at rank 15.
  
  
• Added support for the PlayStation 4 Pro
  
  • PlayStation 4 Pro now has the following video options
    
    • 1080p @ 30fps
      
    • 1080p @ 60fps
      
    • Native 4K @ 30fps
  
  
• PlayStation 4 OG and Xbox 1 can select between 1080p @ 30fps and 1080p @ up to 60fps
  
  • Xbox 1 splitscreen is hard-capped through code to 1080p @ 30fps for performance reasons
  
  
• All consoles have the ability to now toggle between Minimum and Normal for Particle Detail in the video options

• Numerous performance improvements to maps and FX content
  
• Improved Command UI performance
  
• Bandwidth improvements to reduce amount of data needed when replicating shield, health, experience, and stat data
  
• Fixed a bug with map driven player alerts allowing them to be re-implemented using much less bandwidth
  
• Optimized client and server processing of player profile data
  
• Optimized purchase item functionality in Command UI
  
• Optimized friends list functionality on the frontend

• Players now receive a Main Quest chain and additional Daily Quests that can be completed for rewards
  
  • When first logging in, you will receive a Main Quest. Subsequent Quests become available when the previous one has been completed
    
  • After completing one match, and then after once per day, you will receive a Daily Quest. No more than 3 Daily Quests can be active at a time, so make sure to complete your Daily Quests promptly!

• Players may now choose from up to 5 different character select styles in Versus game modes
  
  • Captains Draft 5v5
    
  • Ban Pick 5v5
    
  • Quick Select
    
  • Chaos Rumble
    
  • Classic
  
  
• Character select is now broken into multiple phases, which depend on the character select style
  
• Players can now reselect their characters during the selection phase by navigating to the character list and backing out of their selection

• Added a Versus tutorial, featuring concepts from the Incursion game mode
  
  • Players will initially be able to access a single-player Incursion tutorial to learn the basics of the game mode
    
  • After completing the tutorial, players will be able to access a training experience that matches 3 players against 3 bots
  
  
• Added a single-player Dojo training map

• The base 25 characters are now unlocked after completing the Prologue.
  
• Previous character unlock challenges now reward a special skin for that character instead of unlocking the character. The initial 7 characters receive the skin unlocks after completing the Prologue.

• Added a team color outline to Sunspots
  
• Added team color FX to the Extinction Event diamond

• Moved the Level 5 Mutation Energy Transfusion from the level 5 Helix tier to the level 3 Helix tier
  
• Increased the life steal of Level 3 Mutation Energy Transfusion from 15% to 20%
  
• Swapped the Helix locations of Level 6 Mutation Gravitic Anomaly with Level 1 Left Helix Augment Energy Cascade
  
• Reduced the duration of Level 1 Left Helix Augment Gravitic Anomaly from 3 seconds to 2 seconds
  
• Increased the slow strength of Level 1 Left Helix Augment Gravitic Anomaly
  
• The Level 4 Right Helix Augment FlashMIRV now spawns six child grenades that explode mid-air
  
• Changed the functionality of Level 6 Mutation Energy Cascade
  
  • Activating Gravitic Burst increases Caldarius' TMP fire rate. +10% Attack Speed for 5 Seconds
  
  
• Swapped the Helix locations of Level 9 Mutation Range Finder with Level 4 Mutation Cluster Burst
  
• Decreased the area of effect reduction of Level 9 Mutation Cluster Burst from 66% to 25%
  
• Decreased the damage increase of Level 9 Mutation Cluster Burst from 75% to 10%
  
• In addition to increasing his Gravitic Manipulator jump height, Level 5 Left Helix Augment Gravitic Ascent now also decreases Caldarius' fall speed
  
• The Level 10 Mutation Ground Zeroed now uses the knockback crowd control instead of a physics push back

• Aura of Justice now affects Kid Ultra in addition to his allies
  
• Increased the base healing radius of To The Rescue by 20%
  
• The healing radius of To The Rescue now slowly diminishes when Kid Ultra slows down or stops
  
• The Level 9 Right Helix Augment Tranq Shot now only stuns a single target, regardless of how many are damaged by Bola Snare

• Reduced the reveal radius of Level 2 Mutation Eyes Everywhere

• Increased the health of the Fungus Among Us mushroom by 50% (from 428 to 650 at level 5)

• Increased heat reduction while Hailstorm is active
  
• Swapped the Helix locations of Level 9 Mutation Icy Resolve with Level 4 Left Helix Augment The Cooler
  
• Increased the accuracy bonus of Level 1 Right Helix Augment Weather Man from 30% to 50%
  
• Changed the functionality of Level 3 Right Helix Augment Gatling Grease augment
  
  • At max heat, the cooldown rate of Montana's Lumberjack Dash is greatly increased for a short period of time. +50% Cooldown Rate Over 3 Seconds
  
  
• Decreased the damage reduction of Level 4 Left Helix Augment Icy Resolve from 25% to 20%
  
• Changed the functionality of Level 9 Mutation The Cooler
  
  • Increases all healing Montana receives. +10% Healing Received
  
  
• Added a unique audio effect to Instant Payback

• Increased the travel speed of Chaos Bolts
  
• Reduced the total damage of Level 1 Left Helix Augment Fire Walk with Me from 410 to 210 at level 1
  
• Replaced Level 3 Left Helix Augment Let's Bounce with Cadence
  
  • Increases Orendi's attack speed. +10% Attack Speed
  
  
• Moved the Level 4 Mutation Instant Gratification from the level 4 Helix tier to the level 6 Helix tier
  
• Reduced the damage penalty of Level 6 Mutation Instant Gratification from 50% to 35%
  
• Changed the functionality of Level 6 Left Helix Augment Nihilism
  
  • After activating Nullify, the next Shadowfire Pillar will have no cast time. This does not apply to Pillarstorm
  
  
• Replaced Level 8 Right Helix Augment I Hate Your Pretty Shields with Stay... Right... There!
  
  • For 2 seconds after activating Nullify, Orendi's basic attacks slow enemies
  
  
• Replaced Level 9 Mutation Chaotic Reach with Faster Faster Faster Faster
  
  • Each enemy hit with Shadowfire Pillar briefly increases Orendi's movement speed by 3%. Up to +12% Movement Speed for 7 Seconds

• Allies can be targeted by Shield Booster while aiming slightly further away from them
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• Reduced the delay before Shield Booster can be used after being primed

• Increased the zoom of Thorn's secondary attack
  
• Swapped the Helix locations of Level 6 Left Helix Augment Brutal Blight with Level 1 Left Helix Augment Swampfoot
  
• Swapped the Helix locations of Level 2 Right Helix Augment Fell Wind with Level 8 Right Helix Augment Distant Blight
  
• Replaced Level 2 Mutation Blightbrawler with The Wait Is Over
  
  • The final tick of Blight deals greatly increased damage. 300% Damage on Final Tick
  
  
• In addition to propelling Thorn backwards, Level 3 Right Helix Augment Burst Propulsion now also increases quick melee damage once every 2 seconds
  
• Replaced Level 4 Mutation Focused Volley with Splinter
  
  • When Thorn's Volley arrows hit an enemy, they splinter toward up to 2 enemies, causing reduced damage. 25% Damage per Splinter Arrow
  
  
• Increased the damage of the Level 5 Right Helix Augment Hexsanguination by 50% (from 12/s to 18/s at level 5)
  
• Increased the shield penetration of the Level 7 Mutation Phasing Arrows from 25% to 75%
  
• Modified the way Level 9 Left Helix Augment Archer's Boon restores health. Thorn now regenerates 48 Health over a short period of time for each Volley arrow that damages an enemy.

• Added a Nova callout when the M7.Super Sentry is destroyed

• Once either team reaches 300 score or 20 minutes have passed, the Meltdown Finale begins!
  
  • Ultra Minions begin spawning instead of normal minions for the remainder of the game. The first team to score a single Ultra Minion into the enemy's final grinder wins
    
  • The team with the greater score after the initial Meltdown phase receives advantages in the Finale based off of the size of their lead, such as stronger Ultra minions and an uncontested first wave of Ultra Minions
    
  • Ultra Minions become stronger in each successive wave

• Players now start at Level 3
  
• Players now start with 500 Shards
  
• Reduced the amount of time required to capture or neutralize a point from 8 seconds to 6 seconds
  
• Increased Experience bonuses for capturing, occupying, and neutralizing capture points
  
• Varelsi Scouts no longer drop Helix pickups when killed
  
• Varelsi Scouts now drop 150 Shards when killed
  
• Varelsi Scouts now provide the entire killing team with significant Experience
  
• Varelsi Scouts no longer gain brief invulnerability while turning
  
• Reduced the respawn time of small and medium Shard clusters from 30 seconds to 15 seconds

• Improved the pathing of Varelsi enemies
  
• Players now receive a Nova callout when a team collects 500 masks
  
• Snowblind: Reduced the value of Shards near the southern Tier 3 Varelsi camp

• Players can now acquire Diamond score medals in the 8 original Story missions. Acquiring a new Diamond rating awards a awards a Legendary Gear Pack, up to 4 per mission (Normal, Normal Hardcore, Advanced, and Advanced Hardcore).

• Increased the damage Geoff takes from area of effect attacks
  
• The health of ISIC's head slowly drains for the duration of the second phase of the Magnus boss fight

• Reduced the aim assistance when targeting Antem

• Players can no longer become stuck in the Varelsi Void if Deande's Holotwin decoy is alive at the end of the Void phase
  
• Players can no longer become stuck in the Varelsi Void by activating a teleport skill during the Void phase transition
  
• The number of activation pads required to start the Conservator boss encounter no longer scales up with player count

• Dramatically increased the amount of credits earned per hour when playing Versus matches.
  
• Players can now purchase the Core Loot Pack, which has replaced the Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Faction Loot Packs in the Marketplace
  
  • Each pack contain 4 pieces of gear (one of which will be Rare or better), and also has a chance to drop a skin or taunt
    
  • Packs can be purchased for 2,500 Credits
    
  • Previously acquired Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, and Faction Loot Packs will not be modified by this change, and can still be earned through Story Missions, gaining Character Ranks, and completing Operations with 100 Ops points.

• Arcship Buoy: Reduced the cooldown time of the Legendary effect from 30 seconds to 15 seconds
  
• Blissbeast Skull Plate: Increased the Health Regeneration per Second given by the Legendary effect from a maximum of 14.00 to a maximum of 28.00
  
• Blissbeast Skull Plate: Reduced the trigger threshold of the Legendary effect from 25% to 15%
  
• "Bloody Mess" Burst Kit: Increased the Attack Damage of the Legendary effect from a maximum of +9.10% to a maximum of +13.65%
  
• Bola's Target Finder: Increased the damage amplification of the Legendary effect from a maximum of 5.60% to a maximum of 12.60%
  
• Borrowed Timer: Increased the health threshold of the Legendary effect from 10% to 25%
  
• Borrowed Timer: Increased the cooldown time of the Legendary effect from 30 seconds to 60 seconds
  
• The De-Turtler: The Legendary effect has been significantly modified, and now functions as follows:
  
  • "Critical hits wound enemies for up to 5.0 seconds (depending on item level) once every 15 seconds."
  
  
• The Double-Hug: The Legendary effect now reduces the cooldown time of Arc Mine by 75% instead of instantly resetting it
  
• Dr. Fist's Medic Bag: Increased the duration of Maximum Health stacks granted by the Legendary effect from 5 to 10 seconds
  
• Emergency Auto-Medic: Increased the Health Regeneration per Second of the Legendary effect from a maximum of +14.00 to a maximum of +21.00
  
• Finiscian Wrench: Increased the trigger chance of the Legendary effect from 6% to 25%
  
• Firmware Update 1.51C: Increased the Legendary effect trigger chance from a maximum of 7% to a maximum of 30%, and increased the cooldown reduction from 2 seconds to 4 seconds
  
• Getaway Grog: Multiple instances of the Legendary effect no longer stack
  
• Guardian Shieldbreaker: Increased the Bonus Damage to Shields of the Legendary effect from a maximum of 5.4% to a maximum of 9.1%
  
• Hate Reflector: Increased the health threshold of the Legendary effect from 25% to 30%
  
• Hate Reflector: Increased the trigger chance of the Legendary effect from 20% to a maximum of 35%
  
• H3NCHM4N's Capacitor: Changed the Maximum Shield Strength granted to buildables by the legendary effect from 20% to a maximum of +100
  
• Helm of the Imperium: Increased the duration of the Legendary effect from 5 seconds to 7 seconds
  
• Hemsworth Sparkleshield: Reduced the time required to generate a Legendary effect stack from 6 seconds to 2 seconds.
  
• Hidden Charger: Increased the Shield Recharge Delay granted by the Legendary effect from a maximum of 1.05s to a maximum of 4.05s
  
• Hostile_Takeover.exe: Increased the shield regeneration prevention Legendary effect from 8 seconds to 10 seconds
  
• Intermittent Angel: Increased the trigger chance of the Legendary effect from a maximum of 20% to a maximum of 40%
  
• Lorrian Skill Spike: Increased the trigger chance of the Legendary effect from a maximum of 7% to a maximum of 35%, and reduced the bonus damage of the Legendary effect from 50% to 30%
  
• Longarm Scope-Goat: Increased the cooldown time of the Legendary effect from 15 to 60 seconds
  
• Medical Nano-Colony: Increased the Health Regeneration per Second of the Legendary effect from a maximum of +7.00 to a maximum of +21.00
  
• Mini-Singularity Launcher: Increased the cooldown time of the Legendary effect from 10 to 30 seconds
  
• Mossire's Mukluks: The Legendary effect has been significantly modified, and now functions as follows:
  
  • "Gain Sprint Speed while healing an ally."
  
  
• Orbital Tracking Spike: The Legendary effect now scales up to a maximum of +8.40% Attack Speed inversely proportional to current movement speed instead of only providing the bonus while stationary
  
• Premium Health Plan: The Legendary effect now scales up to a maximum of +28.00 Shield Recharge per Second directly proportional to current health instead of only providing the bonus at maximum health
  
• Philotic Pylon: The Legendary effect has been significantly modified, and now functions as follows:
  
  • "LLC Only: Heal LLC allies' shields for a percentage of your Shield Recharge Rate while your shield is recharging."
  
  
• Poor "M-Pulse" Controller: The Legendary effect now explodes on all killing blows instead of only critical hit killing blows
  
• Keeper-Seeker Reaper Rounds: Increased the Legendary effect's damage per stack from a maximum of 1.2% to a maximum of 1.5%
  
• Shadoculars: The Legendary effect has been significantly modified, and now functions as follows:
  
  • "Dealing more than 50 skill damage to an enemy reveals them."
  
  
• Shield Web Interdictor: Increased the shield regeneration prevention Legendary effect from 8 seconds to 10 seconds
  
• The Stable Executioner: Increased the Legendary effect's trigger chance from a maximum of 7% to a maximum of 20%
  
• Sustainment Well: Increased the Health Regeneration per Second provided by the legendary effect from a maximum of +8.00 to a maximum of +16.00
  
• Vampiric Vestment: Increased the Maximum Health per Legendary effect stack from a maximum of +28 to a maximum of +56, and reduced the maximum number of stacks from 10 to 5.
  
• Vow of Zealous Fury: Removed the stacking component of the Legendary effect. Activating a skill now grants a maximum of +8.40% Attack Speed for 5 seconds
  
• Waveform Destabilizer: Increased the Shield Penetration per Legendary effect stack from a maximum of +4.20% to a maximum of +10.50%, and reduced the maximum number of stacks from 5 to 3.

• A new Boosts section has been added to the Marketplace for purchasing and managing Boosts
  
• Boosts no longer activate on purchase. You can choose to activate a boost through the Boosts screen in the Marketplace.
  
• Double XP Boost now provides stacking bonuses when multiple players in a group have them active at the same time.
  
• New Boosts:
  
  • Loot Booster - Grants gear pack rewards for completing matches and missions. Rewards are increased for Victories, and are greater when stacked with teammates' Loot Boosters.
    
  • VIP Pass - Unlocks all characters and customizations for your team and grants a credits bonus for victories that stacks with other VIP Pass holders
  
  
• Each boost unlocks a temporary animated title while the boost is active.

• The Command Menu has received a visual makeover!
  
  • New layout for the Information page
    
  • Stats page has received a major update
    
    • The "Objective" statistic has been replaced by a game mode-specific statistic in each Versus mode
      
    • Added Character Statistics for Best Damage Dealt, Best Healing Given, and Best Damage Taken
  
  
• Added a new Gameplay option for Damage Number Styles
  
  • Show Combined Damage Numbers: Multiple instances of damage or healing will show a single combined number
    
  • Show Individual Damage Numbers: Multiple instances of damage or healing will show individual numbers for each instance
  
  
• The default team colors have been changed to blue for allies and orange for enemies
  
• Combined the "Extras" and "Options" menus.
  
• Added attention-grabbing animation to Sentry health HUD bar when being attacked

• Added a first-person camera view (Go into the normal third-person follow-cam and then zoom in (mousewheel/LT-up) until the mode changes to first-person; go back to third-person again by zooming out.
  
• Set first-person spectating preferences in the Options Menu (first-person only, third-person only, prefer-current and prefer-third)
  
• Broadcasters now see skill targeting indicators in the third-person camera view
  
• Broadcasters now see teleport timers when in both first-person and third-person camera views
  
• When the killer of a spectated player taunts, the camera will automatically jump to spectate the taunting player.

• Reduced the duration of the Victory and Defeat screens
  
• Reduced the time required to initiate a vote to surrender if a player has abandoned the match
  
• Reduced the time until a player is kicked for idling from 7 minutes to 4.5 minutes

• Numerous FX adjustments have been made to reduce visual noise and improve performance
  
• Improved the buildable cooldown timer bar
  
• Added third person FX when a player respawns

• Added music to the Victory and Defeat screens
  
• Re-activated additional Ultimate skill voice over lines for each character

• Surrendering is now allowed earlier than normal to a team if they are outnumbered.

• Created career challenges for Face-Off games played and matches won.
  
• Challenges which previously unlocked characters now unlock special skins for those characters.

• All Versus scoreboards now show damage dealt, damage taken, and healing given along with kills, deaths, assists and one stat specific to each game mode
  
• Each team winning a particular column of stats is highlighted
  
• Versus mode tie-breaking no longer uses player score as this stat has been removed.
  
  • Instead, the first tie breaking step is to check which team won the most scoreboard stat categories.
    
  • If this is a tie, then the previous tie-breaking steps are used.

• Fixed an issue that caused bots to frequently become stuck on Shard clusters
  
• Alani: Fixed an issue that prevents Eldrid-specific functionality from affecting Alani
  
• Alani: Fixed a visual issue with the "Rainy Season" taunt on character select
  
• Attikus: Hedronic Eruption no longer ends before the final shockwaves is fired
  
• Boldur: Fixed an issue that prevented Level 1 Left Helix Augment Axe Ricochet from reducing the cooldown of Axe Toss
  
• Boldur: Fixed a visual issue with the "Cut Down" taunt in the Command menu
  
• Caldarius: Activating Gravitic Burst while respawning no longer prevents the player from activating skills
  
• Deande: Blink Storm no longer allows Deande to clip through geometry
  
• Deande: The Holotwin decoy no longer explodes for more than the described damage
  
• El Dragón: Fixed a visual issue with the "Three-Count" taunt in-game
  
• El Dragón: Added audio FX to Level 10 Right Helix Augment Dragonfire
  
• Ernest: Fixed an issue that prevented Level 10 Right Helix Augment Watch Your Step from functioning
  
• Ernest: Fixed an issue that allowed Level 6 Right Helix Augment Proximity Alarm to reveal allies
  
• Ernest: The "Mine Grid Damage" post-match statistic now displays an accurate value
  
• Galilea: The Level 3 Mutation Gnashing Bash no longer does less damage than described
  
• Galilea: Fixed a visual issue when using certain taunts with the "Apocalypse", "Destruction", and "Annihilation" skins
  
• Ghalt: Fixed an issue that prevents UPR-specific functionality from affecting Ghalt
  
• ISIC: Fixed a visual issue with the "Heavy Machinery" taunt on character select
  
• Kid Ultra: Gear that increases Healing Power now affects Support Drone healing
  
• Kid Ultra: Fixed an issue that prevented assists from activating Aura of Justice
  
• Kid Ultra: Fixed an issue that occasionally prevented Level 5 Right Helix Augment Swarming Nanites from healing allies
  
• Kid Ultra: Level 4 Right Helix Augment Bank Shot no longer allows bouncing bolas to deal full damage with Level 6 Mutation Snare Spread active
  
• Kid Ultra: The Level 10 Left Helix Augment Stick with Me augment no longer heals Sentries
  
• Kid Ultra: Fixed an issue that prevented the Drone HUD counter from updating when a Support Drone is destroyed
  
• Kleese: Fixed a visual issue with the "Retiree Rumba" taunt on character select
  
• Kleese: Fixed a visual issue with the overshield given by Level 10 Left Helix Augment Sharing is Caring
  
• Marquis: Fixed an issue that prevents LLC-specific functionality from affecting Marquis
  
• Miko: Fixed an issue that prevents Eldrid-specific functionality from affecting Miko
  
• Miko: The Cloud of Spores projectile no longer increases in size when the skill is activated
  
• Miko: Fixed a visual issue with the "Super Mushroom" taunt on character select
  
• Montana: Fixed an issue that allowed Level 2 Mutation Lumberjack Blast to deal excessive damage
  
• Montana: Fixed an issue that prevented players from completing the "No Charge for the Evaluation" lore challenge after selecting the Level 2 Mutation Lumberjack Blast
  
• Oscar Mike: Activating Stealth Generator before and again after the Void phase transition in Face-Off maps no longer temporarily breaks Oscar Mike's functionality
  
• Pendles: Fixed a visual issue with the "Kama Toss" taunt on character select
  
• Pendles: Fixed a visual issue with the "Freeze Frame" taunt in the Command menu
  
• Phoebe: Using True Strike while being healed no longer severely impacts performance
  
• Phoebe: Modified the description of Level 9 Mutation Close-Quarters Training to accurately reflect the damage increase
  
• Reyna: The Level 9 Right Helix Augment Kinetic Deflection now reflects damage sources that fully deplete the overshield
  
• Shayne & Aurox: The Level 9 Mutation Got 'Em no longer fails to pull targets far enough from long ranges
  
• Toby: The damage reduction from Level 5 Right Helix Augment Panic Mode no longer ends before Toby receives an additional Booster charge
  
• Toby: Changed the description of Force Field to correctly indicate how much damage it blocks
  
• Whiskey Foxtrot: Enemies are now outlined when revealed by Level 2 Left Helix Augment Swiss Cheese

• Fixed an issue that resulted in players receiving a score of 0
  
• Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion: The destination platform of the jump pad during the "Harvest shards before the Jennerit ship" side objective now remains after the objective has ended.
  
• Toby's Friendship Raid: Added Bronze, Silver and Gold score medals
  
• Toby's Friendship Raid: Players can no longer bypass the "Access ventilation shaft" objective with certain characters

• Players no longer receive a defeat when their M7.Super Sentry is destroyed immediately after destroying enemy team's M7.Super Sentry
  
• Friendly M3.Shepherds no longer trigger "Sentry Under Attack" notifications

• Paradise: Fixed a map hole that allowed players to place certain deployables inside the terrain

• Fixed an exploit that allowed players to pick up masks through base force fields
  
• Fixed a collision issue with the mask collector
  
• The "Mask Amasser" challenge now properly progresses when turning in the requisite masks wins the game

• Activating multiple flawed "Drained" pieces of gear now appropriately reduces Shield Recharge per Second
  
• Codex Fragment: All item-level variants now award appropriate Skill Damage values from the Legendary effect
  
• Emergency Auto-Medic: All item-level variants now award appropriate Health Regeneration per Second values from the Legendary effect
  
• Friction Fizz: Players no longer have to stop and restart sprinting to trigger the Legendary effect after receiving damage
  
• Medical Nano-Colony: All item-level variants now award appropriate Health Regeneration per Second values from the Legendary effect
  
• M.R. Synchro-Link: All item-level variants now award appropriate Shield Recharge per Second values from the Legendary effect
  
• Pangenesis Glyph: Fixed a server crash caused by the Legendary effect
  
• Shadow Mote Overflow: The Legendary effect no longer gives Galilea life steal against targets that are immune to stun
  
• Solar Sustainer: Fixed an issue that prevented the Legendary effect from increasing allies' Attack Damage
  
• Vampiric Vestment: Players no longer receive Maximum Health from the Legendary effect when killing a non-major enemy
  
• Vow of Zealous Fury: Increases to the Attack Speed from the Legendary effect no longer last indefinitely
  
• Vyn's Quiver: Benedict and Ernest now receive appropriate Health Regeneration per Second from the Legendary effect

• Fixed an issue that occasionally prevented player nameplates from being visible

• Potentially fixed an issue that caused certain locked titles to appear as 100% complete
  
• Updated the Move Up (Broadcaster) keybind option to reflect that Player Alert (Ping) is controlled by the same key
  
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes display Campaign Reward as the name for some challenge rewards

• Players can now retroactively acquire the "Tour of Duty" trophy/achievement if they had previously disconnected during the final map required for the challenge completion
  
• Friendly minions no longer become outlined when they are pinged by an enemy player

• Deande: Adjusted the description of Level 2 Left Helix Augment All Safeties Off to reflect the functionality of the augment
  
• Kleese: Updated the description of Energy Rift to accurately reflect the Rift's health
  
• Orendi: Changed the name of Level 9 Right Helix Augment from Still Hating Your Pretty Shields to I Hate Your Pretty Shields
  
• Shayne & Aurox: Added the slow duration to the description of Stealth Strike

• WHEN: Thursday, January 19 at 2pm PT/5pm ET for all regions

• Beatrix Early Access: January 19 starting at 2pm PT/5pm ET for all regions
  
• Beatrix Official Release: January 26 starting at 2pm PT/5pmET for all regions

• WHEN: Thursday, January 12 at 3pm PT (6pm ET)
  
• WHERE: www.twitch.tv/gearboxsoftware

WHAT ELSE IS IN THE WINTER UPDATE?

• All 25 Core Characters Unlocked! 25 badass playable characters, no waiting! You’re eager to find your favorite, so get to it! With this update, the core 25 characters will be unlocked for all players after completing the Prologue.
  
• What about the character unlock challenges? These challenges now award a brand new skin upon completion! We’ve also adjusted several challenges to be more attainable.
  
• Main Quests – Story Mode
  
  • Story Mode missions will have more guides and tools to lead your through various areas of the game. The Credit rewards have also been boosted to help you get an early edge on loot packs
  
  
• Two New Training Modes
  
  • Incursion Tutorial: Build up your PVP skills and learn the key elements of competitive play in Battleborn. Your first play-through is solo, but this practice mode can be repeated with groups of up to three players.
    
  • Dojo: Take each and every Battleborn hero for a test drive! Learn how to slice, dice, blast, smash, and rocket your way through waves of minions.

• User Interface Changes: Battleborn’s user interface gets a major facelift. Cleaner, more vibrant, and much easier to find the information you need most. You’ll see UI changes throughout Battleborn, from the starting screen, to the Command center, character select, and even some menu changes.
  
• Draft Mode: This is one of the most exciting new additions! In Draft Mode, teams and players take turns picking and banning characters trying to find the perfect match-ups and counters for what the other team is choosing.
  
• Introducing Daily Quests: The action doesn’t end when you take down Rendain. Check back daily for new objectives and rewards across both Story Mode and Competitive Multiplayer Mode.
  
• Command Rank and Character Rank Increase: Keep on growing your Command and Character ranks! We pushed the cap to 150 for Command Rank, and rank 20 for each character, with all-new rewards!
  
• Updated In-game Economy: We’ve overhauled the Credits system and how loot packs are made available, particularly in Competitive Multiplayer matches. Credits will now accumulate faster in public PVP matches, making it easier to grab more loot packs from the Marketplace. But not for leavers – they are out of luck and will not receive any rewards. You see, nobody likes a quitter.
  
  • Loot Packs: All loot pack variations will still drop in Story Mode missions, but only one type of loot pack will be available in the Marketplace: The Core Pack. The Core Pack has better odds for higher rarity gear and has a chance to drop any skin or taunt previously available in Faction packs.
    
  • Boosts: A bigger variety of Boosts will become available for Platinum in the marketplace.

• WHEN: The update begins rolling out at 2pm PT/ 5pm ET
  
• WHAT: We’ll be showing off the new content and talking about the changes during today’s Gearbox Software livestream. Tune in at 3pm PT/ 6pm ET on twitch.tv/gearboxsoftware

DLC STORY OPERATION

NEW COMPETITIVE MULTIPLAYER MODE

SPOOKY SKINS

WHAT ELSE IS NEW IN [B][I]BATTLEBORN[/I][/B]?

• Three FREE new heroes – Alani, Pendles, and Ernest – with two more on the way! That brings the total to 30 playable heroes for everyone who bought Battleborn.
  
• Special experiences like Hardcore Spotlight and Chaos Rumble
  
• Broadcaster tools
  
• 3 new PVP maps, one for each mode: Monuments (Incursion), Outskirts (Meltdown) and Snowblind (Capture)
  
• Lore Challenge updates
  
• Hero balancing
  
• Weekly hot fixes
  
• Ongoing matchmaking adjustments
  
• Battleborn Marketplace with tons of new skins and taunts
  
• Double XP, Double Credits, and Play with the Devs events
  
• SHiFT Codes for skins and loot packs

FREE DLC CONTENT

• Two more heroes, bringing the total to 30
  
  • Kid Ultra
    
  • Battleborn #30
  
  
• Another new PVP mode

PREMIUM DLC CONTENT

• Early Access to Kid Ultra & Battleborn #30 Early Access, each with a hero key
  
• DLC 2 Story Operation “Toby’s Friendship Raid”
  
• DLC 3 – 5 Story Operations
  
• Each DLC Story Operation release includes new, unlockable skins, taunts, and titles

MARKETPLACE CONTENT

• More skins and taunts
  
• Consumable XP Boosters

TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE NEW [B][I]BATTLEBORN[/I][/B] CONTENT!

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GENERAL:

• Removed collision with allied players
  
• Attempting to stand inside an ally will gently nudge the players apart
  
• Bullets and projectiles also pass freely through allied players

CHARACTERS:

• Benedict
  
  • UPR-SM23 Rocket Launcher rockets can no longer deal critical hits
  
  
• Boldur
  
  • Boldurdash now activates Rage
    
  • Boldurdash no longer stuns Battleborn when they are knocked into other Battleborn
    
  • Increased the Rune Power damage over time of Boldurdash by 300% (from 48 to 202 at level 5)
    
  • The Rune Power damage over time of Boldurdash now scales with level
    
  • Slightly increased the distance traveled with Boldurdash
    
  • Made minor adjustments to improve the feel of Boldurdash
    
  • Reduced the damage reduction of Rage from 35% to 25%
    
  • Reduced the amount of health received from blocking damage with the Ekkuni Greatshield while Runes of Power is active from 50% to 25%
    
  • Increased the cooldown of Runes of Power by 67% (from 30 seconds to 50 seconds)
    
  • Swapped the Helix locations of Level 2 Left Helix Augment Aegis of Anger and Level 8 Left Helix Augment Long-Distance Dash
    
  • Increased the damage of Level 4 Left Helix Augment Hatchet Man by 500% (from +48 damage to +240 damage)
    
  • Changed the functionality of Level 5 Right Helix Augment Berserker Rage
    
  • "Increases the duration of Rage. +25% Duration"
    
  • Changed the functionality of Level 8 Left Helix Augment Aegis of Anger
    
  • "Increases the effect of Rune Power on Boldurdash. +20% Rune Power Effect"
    
  • Boldur's Level 7 Right Helix Augment Dwarven Constitution now increases Health Regeneration per Second by an additional +7 for a short period of time after hitting an enemy with a melee attack
    
  • Increased the base Health Regeneration of Level 7 Right Helix Augment Dwarven Constitution by +7 Health Regeneration per Second
    
  • Reduced the bonus damage of Level 10 Left Helix Augment Axe Mastery by 60% by increasing the current health threshold (from 2% per 100 Health to 2% per 250 Health)
  
  
• Caldarius
  
  • Caldarius can no longer use his Gravitic Manipulators while slowed
    
  • Changed the functionality of Level 9 Left Helix Augment Phasebang
    
  • "Flashbang's cooldown is reduced for each enemy hit. -0.5 Seconds Cooldown per Hit"
  
  
• Deande
  
  • Increased base health by 250
    
  • Increased the duration of The Element of Surprise by 66% (from 3 seconds to 5 seconds)
  
  
• El Dragón
  
  • Reduced base health by 138
    
  • Reduced the damage of M-RBX Cybernetic Arms melee combo by 21% (from 57 to 47 at level 1)
    
  • Reduced the damage of M-RBX Cybernetic Arms Clap attack by 35% (from 78 to 58 at level 1)
    
  • Reduced the attack speed of M-RBX Cybernetic Arms Clap attack by 20%
    
  • Reduced the damage of En Fuego by 54% (from 207 to 96 at level 5)
    
  • Removed the damage over time component of En Fuego
    
  • Reduced the duration of Dragon Splash's stun while En Fuego is active from 2 seconds to 1 second
    
  • Reduced the damage of Level 2 Left Helix Augment Splash Damage by 50% (from 480 to 240)
    
  • Decreased the radius of Level 2 Left Helix Augment Splash Damage by 33%
    
  • Increased the damage of Level 10 Right Helix Augment Dragonfire by 11% (from 82 to 91)
  
  
• Ernest
  
  • Reduced the area of effect of UPR-G73 Grenade Launcher grenades by 10%
  
  
• Galilea
  
  • Increased base health by 300
    
  • Increased the Health Regeneration of Level 5 Right Helix Augment Last Light by 425% (from +4 to +21 Health Regeneration per Second)
  
  
• Ghalt
  
  • Scraptrap now slows enemies for 2 seconds instead of stunning them
    
  • Increased the damage of UPR M8-R Revolver Shotgun by 15% (from 136 to 156 at level 1)
    
  • Reduced the damage of quick melee attack by 20% (from 104 to 84 at level 1)
  
  
• Kelvin
  
  • Increased the duration of Sublimate's stun from 1 second to 2 seconds
  
  
• Mellka
  
  • Changed the name of Mellka's Level 2 Right Helix Augment to Altitude Sickness
  
  
• Montana
  
  • Lumberjack Dash no longer stuns Battleborn when they are knocked into other Battleborn
  
  
• Oscar Mike
  
  • Reduced the damage and duration of Level 2 Left Helix Augment Fragcendiary Grenade from 720/6 seconds to 328/4 seconds
  
  
• Phoebe
  
  • Increased base health by 200
    
  • Reduced the cooldown of Blade Rush by 15% (from 20 seconds to 17 seconds)
    
  • The silence from Level 1 Right Helix Augment Preparation now applies on any primary Five Virtues melee attack
    
  • Reduced the slow duration applied by Level 2 Right Helix Augment Phase Distortion by 50% (from 3 seconds to 1.5 seconds) so that players who exit the Phase Distortion field return to normal speed more quickly
  
  
• Rath
  
  • Increased base health by 200
    
  • Reduced the duration of Dreadwind by 25% (from 4 seconds to 3 seconds)
    
  • Reduced the damage of each Dreadwind strike by 18% (from 115 to 94 at level 5)
  
  
• Reyna
  
  • Reduced the duration of the Slow applied by Level 2 Right Helix Augment Lockdown to make it more challenging to consistently Slow enemies for the full duration of Priority Target
    
  • Slightly increased the explosion radius of Level 3 Left Helix Augment Plasma Burst
  
  
• Shayne & Aurox
  
  • Shayne and Aurox now receive 20% damage reduction while their shield is active
    
  • Stealth Strike now slows enemies when Shayne and Aurox exit stealth
    
  • Increased the damage of Level 1 Left Helix Augment Aura of Annoyance by 34% (from 201 to 270)
    
  • Changed the functionality of Level 2 Left Helix Augment Wait for the Drop
    
  • "Intensifies the slowing effect of Stealth Strike. +100% Slow"
    
  • Changed the functionality of Level 2 Right Helix Augment Surprise Party
    
  • "At the conclusion of Stealth Strike, Shayne and Aurox's attack speed is increased. +15% Attack Speed for 5 Seconds"
    
  • Increased the duration of Level 5 Right Helix Augment Don't Stop Running by 167% (from 1.5 seconds to 4 seconds)
    
  • Changed the functionality of Level 10 Left Helix Augment Aurox Hungers
    
  • "When Tag Team ends, a portion of the damage dealt is returned to Shayne as health. +35% Damage Returned as Health"
    
  • Reduced the area of effect of the pull effect of Level 10 Right Helix Augment Aurox Beckons to match the area of effect of Tag Team
  
  
• Thorn
  
  • Increased the accuracy of Thorn's bow, Kreshek
    
  • Reduced the time required to charge arrows with Nature's Curse by .25 seconds.
    
  • Reduced the damage of Blight by 33% (from 63 to 43 at level 1)
    
  • Reduced the area of effect of Blight by 31%
    
  • Slightly increased the spread of Volley arrows. Level 4 Mutation Focused Volley is unaffected by this change
  
  
• Toby
  
  • Changed the name of Toby's Level 1 Left Helix Augment to Remote Detonation
  
  
• Whiskey Foxtrot
  
  • UPR-SL3 Tactical Rifle now continuously fires bursts when holding down Primary Attack button.
    
  • Reduced the duration and slightly increased the damage per second of Level 6 Mutation Napalm (from 520 damage over 6 seconds to 360 damage over 4 seconds)

Versus:

• Minions now become stronger every 120 seconds after the match begins in Incursion and Meltdown

Campaign:

• Significant revisions have been made to Bliss Golems in The Algorithm, The Void's Edge, and The Sentinel
  
• Golems can now be damaged at any point of their body, but receive significantly more damage at their cores
  
• Reduced the effectiveness of circle-strafing around Golems

• The Galactic Emperor now damages melee players more consistently
  
• Frigid Guardians can no longer burrow underground
  
• Increased the number of attacks capable of destroying the Frigid Guardians while they are deploying during the Galactic Emperor encounter
  
• Improved the hit box of the Galactic Emperor's ice armor

• Guardian Vyn and Guardian Arc no longer regenerate their core armor

• Reduced the number of enemies that spawn during the third force field defense
  
• Improved S1.Wolf's pathing to prevent him from getting stuck
  
• Increased the amount of loot in the locked armory rooms
  
• Activating the jump pad to go around the third force field no longer requires players to continuously stand on its capture pads

Performance:

• Significantly reduced character selection load times for players with a large number of loadouts
  
• Improved lighting performance in Prologue.
  
• Significant performance improvements in Snowblind, Monuments, and Outskirts

Gear:

• Blissbeast Skull Plate: Changed the functionality of the Legendary effect from conditional damage reduction to conditional health regeneration
  
• Boots of the Brute: The Legendary effect no longer slows multiple targets when using area of effect attacks
  
• Bunker Buster: The bonus damage of Bunker Buster's Legendary effect no longer increases penetrative health damage
  
• Executive Insurance Policy: The Legendary effect now activates when players receive full shields due to shield healing
  
• Lorrian Purse Cutter: Players can no longer steal shards from non-player characters with the Legendary effect
  
• Veil Manipulator: Increased the maximum health regeneration per second granted by 50%.
  
• Voxis Core: The Legendary effect now affects non-Battleborn enemies
  
• "White Lightning": Uncommon variants of "White Lightning" now give -CC Duration while all skills are on cooldown instead of + Sprint Speed after collecting a pickup

Interface:

• Players now receive an "Annihilation!" gameplay notification when all players on the enemy team are dead simultaneously
  
• Increased the readability of the minimap for Broadcasters, in Story, and in Versus
  
• Players can now expand their maps while waiting to respawn in Versus games
  
• Players can now view other players' gear loadouts post-match
  
• Players can now choose how Health and Shield Regeneration values are displayed by changing the "Regen Text Display Mode" in the Gameplay Options menu
  
• "Always Display Regen" - Regeneration values always reflect the potential health and shield regeneration, even when not currently regenerating
  
• "Only Effective Regen" - Regeneration values reflect the current health and shield regeneration, and are not visible when not currently regenerating
  
• "Never Display Regen" - Regeneration values are never visible
  
• Players can now sort their titles and challenges by their completion percentage
  
• Players can now clear all Command menu unlock notifications in the Gameplay Options menu
  
• Improved UI support for 21:9 "Ultra-wide" resolutions in the Gear menu

Quality Of Life:

• Players can now save multiple loadouts simultaneously
  
• Selecting a random character no longer automatically selects a skin, taunt and gear loadout on occasion
  
• Added a "Left Match Early" report option for players who have abandoned the match
  
• Removed the ability to report players for "Frequently Idle" or "Cheating" prior to a match's start
  
• Splitscreen players can no longer be removed from two-player games due to inactivity
  
• Added a training hint about teleporting when players are low on health
  
• Banned users now receive additional information when attempting to connect to a game
  
• Added in support for Logitech ARX Control

Broadcaster Mode:

• Added vertical movement control while in free camera mode
  
• Improved the smoothness of third person camera mode.
  
• Broadcasters can now see gear that has not been activated by players on the Scoreboard
  
• Inactive gear appears grayed-out to Broadcasters
  
• Removed black-and-white filter when Broadcasters exit the confines of the map
  
• Added gameplay notifications for Broadcasters
  
• Holograms of unpurchased Buildables now appear for Broadcasters
  
• Improved the visibility of player outlines through terrain
  
• Hiding the Broadcaster hotkey interface also hides the F1-F10 player selection hotkeys.
  
• Added a Broadcaster section to the Options menu
  
• "Camera Clipping" can be changed to prevent third person cameras from clipping into geometry
  
• Broadcasters can select whether or not the Death Recap screen appears by default

Match Making:

• Players can now select a specific server region when entering a private match.

Audio:

• Ultimate skill voice over lines are now audible by all players regardless of distance.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused certain sounds to only utilize rear audio channels in surround sound audio configurations

Bug Fixes:

• 6 titles
  
• 2 new skins for each of the current 28 heroes, up to 56 new skins
  
• 3 new taunts
  
• Faction Commander Packs each time you hit the max score

OBJECTIVE

GAMEPLAY

COLLECTING MASKS