We're bringing Defiance offline on Wednesday, Sep. 6, 2017 at 10 AM PDT (5 PM GMT) for the Ex Inanis Synergy Refresh Update. Patch notesbelow.
Downtime is expected to last approximately 3 hours. If we need any additional time, or come back online early, we'll update this post.
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[B]EX INANIS SYNERGY ROTATION[/B]
The 3 synergies in the Ex Inanis crates and on the store have been rotated. These crates now contain weapons and mods from the following synergies:
[LIST]
<*>Saturnalia
<*>Nano Volatility Force
<*>Parasitic Impetus
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In addition, Py’Numbra will be rotating jackpots from the Saturnalia and Nano Volatility Force synergies.
[B]NEW SYNERGY[/B]
New Synergy: Parasitic Impetus
[1] Damaging an enemy increases movement speed by 30% for 5s (Cooldown: 10s)
[2] -15% Reload
[3] +15% Damage
[4] On dodge roll, gain parasitic contagion for 10s (Cooldown: 15s). Parasitic contagion grants +15% life/shield steal and causes munitions to infect enemies. Infected enemies take an additional 7% damage and spawn shrill feeders when killed. Feeder attacks spread the infection.
[B]
SYNERGY UPDATE[/B]
The Saturnalia Synergy has been adjusted. This adjustment will be retroactive for all weapons that have the synergy:
Synergy: Saturnalia
[1] Increases nano-effect chance by 20% on a critical hit
[2] Increases health by 5%.
[3] Increases damage by 10% (up from 5%).
[4] On a killing blow, 25% (up from 10%) chance to restore health and shields for 5 seconds to surrounding allies (Cooldown: 30s)
[B]EX INANIS WEAPON ROTATION[/B]
The following weapons have been removed from the Ex Inanis pool:
The following weapon adjustments will be retroactive:
[LIST]
<*>Damage falloff range has been extended for all pistols
<*>Damage falloff range has been extended for Assault Carbine and Assault Rifles
<*>Incendiary damage has been increased for AR2 Bonfires (30%)
<*>Minimum damage has been increased for Auto Lobbers (40%)
<*>Updated the aim accuracy for the Mazu Blast Rifle and Assault Carbine
<*>Updated the hip accuracy for the Assault Carbine
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Base Damage has been increased for the following weapons (amount):
[LIST]
<*>Assault Carbine (10%)
<*>Assault Rifle (7%)
<*>Slagger (15%)
<*>Fragger (11%)
<*>Blaster (7%)
<*>Mass Blaster (44%)
<*>Auto Lobber (22%)
<*>Guided Launcher (65%)
<*>AR2 Bonfire (21%)
<*>Sludge RL (103%)
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[B]PURIFIED GULANITE CHANGES[/B]
Purified Gulanite has been added to match awards for PvP. The higher the awards, the more Purified Gulanite will be awarded.
[B]PATRON CHANGES[/B]
[LIST]
<*>Patron score boost has been increase to 50% (up from 20%)
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[B]BUG FIXES[/B]
[LIST]
<*>Fixed a bug that was causing map icons to sometimes not appear on players maps
<*>Fixed an issue with the TMW Falcon leaving tire tracks when breaking
<*>Fixed a phasing issue that would block several missions in Crystal Springs
<*>Fixed an issue with the APS Vagabond allowing players to enter the turret seat
<*>Fixed a bug causing on death nano procs to not apply correctly
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Defiance Livestream: August 25 at 10:30 AM PDT (5:30 PM GMT)
Join us on the Trion Worlds Twitch channel on Friday, August 25 at 10:30 AM PDT (5:30 PM GMT) for the latest Defiance livestream! We'll talk about upcoming weapon changes and synergy updates, answer your questions, and do plenty of giveaways!
Server Downtime - 08/17/17 - 10:00AM PDT (5PM GMT)
Hey there Ark Hunters,
We'll be bringing down the servers for all of our environments on Thursday, 08/17 at 10:00 AM PT (5PM GMT) to fix an issue that was preventing clan lists from appearing. Estimated downtime is approximately 1 hour, but as usual we'll update the following thread if additional time is needed.