Gameplay Notes

• New Map: Styx

• A single Kavash Boss dwells near the center of the map
  
• There are only three Vision Towers on Styx, instead of four
  
• Both squads' dropships are located on the same side of the map, and players must venture out to secure Vision Towers and Kavash Hives
  
• Styx has an exclusive 4-point map objective: Max Eradicate - Kill 250 Kavash

• New Mastery Scenarios
  
  • Lynx Mastery has been added to the 1-rig Mastery Tree and Training Campaign
    
  • Lynx Mastery reward gear has been added to the applicable Mastery bundles and scenarios
    
• Level Up rewards
  
  • Level Up rewards have been updated to include Sniper gear at certain levels
    
  • This gear will retroactively be rewarded to players who have previously reached those levels
    
• 3v3 Ranked
  
  • Now supports parties!
    
    • A party of 3 will match with another party of 3
      
    • Parties of 2 players will match with another party of 2, and the remaining slots will be filled by solo queue players
      
    • Further iterations will include more match combinations (WIP)
      
• Kavash now move faster when returning to their hive
  
• Unit detection on damage duration reduced from 1s to 500ms
  
• 1v1 Respawn Timers
  
  • Decreased from 30 / 35 / 40/ 50 / 60s to 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 /50s
    
• 3v3 Respawn Timers
  
  • Increased from 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35s to 25 / 30 / 35 / 38 / 40s

• Class: Sniper

• Trait: Lynx gains bonus weapon damage when no enemies are near her
  
• Default Gear: Rail Blaster, Camouflage Generator, Turbo Jets
  
• Base HP: 550
  
• Base DPS: 105
  
• Base %DR: 13.8
  
• Base Armor: 4
  
• Base LOS: 37.5
  
• Base Speed: 8
  
• Lynx Special Move: Cat and Mouse
  
  • Lynx tracks the targeted enemy. Cat and Mouse grants Lynx sight of the target, no matter their location or cloak state. Lynx deals bonus damage to the tracked target.
    
  • Cast Range: 40m
    
  • Cooldown: 50s
    
  • Damage Bonus: +40%
    
  • Damage Bonus Duration: 10s
  
  
• Fury Special Move: Stunning Entry
  
  • Stun duration reduced from 2s to 1.35s

• Rail Blaster (Sniper Weapon)
• New!*
  
  • Level 2 Unlock
    
  • The Sniper fires a projectile in the targeted direction, damaging and knocking back all enemies struck. Uplinking enemies will not be knocked back
    
  • Auto-Attack DPS: 105 / 110 / 115 / 120 / 125
    
  • Auto-Attack Range: 27.5m
    
  • Ability Damage: -- / 250 / 350 / 400 / 500
    
  • Cast Range: 50m
    
  • Ability Range: 50m
    
  • Movement: 10m
    
  • Cooldown: -- / 23 / 21 / 19 / 19s
    
• Compound Rifle (Sniper Weapon)
• New!*
  
  • Level 3 Unlock
    
  • The Sniper fires a projectile in the targeted direction, damaging all enemies struck. Damage increases for each target struck
    
  • Auto-Attack DPS: 105 / 110 / 115 / 120 / 125
    
  • Auto-Attack Range: 27.5m
    
  • Ability Damage: 225
    
  • Bonus Ability Damage per target: -- / -- / 70 / 100 / 130
    
  • Cast Range: 50m
    
  • Max Targets: 5
    
  • Cooldown: 17s
    
• Ground Pounder (Tank Weapon)
  
  • Root duration reduced from 2 / 3 / 4 / 4 to 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3
    
• Flamethrower (Tank Weapon)
  
  • Cooldown reduced from 15 to 14s
    
  • Damage per slag-stack increased from 2.8 / 3.0 / 3.3 / 3.5 to 2.9 / 3.2 / 3.35 / 3.5
    
• Nanite Ray (Mechanic Weapon)
  
  • Cast Point increased from 0ms to 200ms
    
• Glob Launcher (Mechanic Weapon)
  
  • Resume Point reduced from 1000ms to 450ms
    
• Acid Cannon (Mechanic Weapon)
  
  • Resume Point reduced from 1000ms to 450ms
    
• Positron Condenser (Mechanic Weapon)
  
  • Cast Point increased from 100ms to 200ms
    
  • Resume Point increased from 300ms to 450ms
    
• Ion Cannon (Mechanic Weapon)
  
  • Cast Point increased from 0ms to 350ms
    
  • Resume Point reduced from 1000ms to 600ms
    
• Atomic Welder (Mechanic Weapon)
  
  • Cast Point increased from 0ms to 200ms
    
  • Resume Point reduced from 1000ms to 450ms
    
• Replicating Rifle (Summoner Weapon)
  
  • Cast Point increased from 0ms to 200ms
    
• Crazed Banshee (Summoner Weapon)
  
  • Cast Point increased from 0ms to 300ms
    
• Cloning Laser (Summoner Weapon)
  
  • Cast Point from 0ms to 200ms
    
  • Resume Point reduced from 750ms to 350ms
    
• Camouflage Generator (Sniper Body)
• New!*
  
  • Level 2 Unlock
    
  • Cloaks the Sniper after a short time out of combat
    
  • Fade Time: 2.5s
    
  • Additional Base HP: 150
    
• Ink Cloud (Sniper Body)
• New!*
  
  • Level 2 Unlock
    
  • Creates a cloud of ink in the targeted area. Allied units inside the cloud become cloaked. This cloaking effect will persist for 5s after leaving the cloud.
    
  • Cast Range: 35m
    
  • AoE Radius: 18m
    
  • Ability Duration: 12s
    
  • Fade Time: 0.3s
    
  • Cooldown: -- / 27 / 23 / 19 / 19
    
  • Additional Base HP: 325
    
• Graphene Matrix (Mechanic Body)
  
  • Ability is now instant and will not interrupt other commands
    
  • Speed buff duration increased from 2 to 3s
    
  • Attack negation buff duration increased from 1 to 1.5s
    
• Surge Amplifier (Mechanic Body)
  
  • Cooldown reduced from 28 to 22s
    
• Power Shunts (Mechanic Body)
  
  • Ability is now instant and will not interrupt other commands
    
• Turbo Jets (Sniper Utility)
• New!*
  
  • Level 1 Unlock
    
  • Transforms the Sniper into a jet
    
  • Speed: +8m/s
    
  • Cooldown: 15s
    
  • Base Speed Bonus: +3.1m/s
    
• Stealth Jets (Sniper Utility)
• New!*
  
  Level 2 Unlock
  
  • Transforms the Sniper into a jet. The Sniper will automatically cloak after transforming
    
  • Speed: +6.5m/s
    
  • Fade Time: 1s
    
  • Cooldown: 21s
    
  • Base Speed Bonus: +3.1m/s
    
• Evac Jets (Sniper Utility)
• New!*
  
  • Level 2 Unlock
    
  • Transforms the Sniper into a jet. The Sniper gains a temporary speed boost after transforming
    
  • Speed: +6m/s
    
  • Temporary Speed Boost: +4.5m/s
    
  • Temporary Speed Boost Duration: 3.5s
    
  • Cooldown: 18s
    
  • Base Speed Bonus: +3.1m/s
    
• Napalm Canisters (Mechanic Utility)
  
  • Ability is now an instant ability and won’t interrupt other commands
    
  • Cooldown reduced from 3.5 to 3.0s
    
• Failsafe Cloak (Sniper Software)
• New!*
  
  • Level 1 Unlock
    
  • Automatically cloaks the Sniper whenever it is stunned
    
  • Cloak duration: 8s
    
  • Fade Time: 0.3s
    
  • Fade Time has 0 resets
    
• Predator (Sniper Software)
• New!*
  
  • Level 2 Unlock
    
  • Grants the Sniper bonus Ability Damage for a short time after exiting stealth
    
  • Ability Damage: +20%
    
  • Bonus Ability Damage Duration: 3s
    
• IR Suite
  
  • Level 3 Unlock
    
  • Grants the Sniper sight of enemy rigs in a radius beyond their LOS
    
  • Sight Range outside of LOS: 20m
    
• Hive Imaging (Sensor Software)
• New!*
  
  • Level 2 Unlock
    
  • Hive Imaging was previously Thermal Imaging
    
  • Whenever a Hive dies near the owner, the owner’s team gains vision around all living hives for a short time
    
  • Ability Range: 30m
    
  • Ability Duration: 5s
    
  • LOS Range: 50m

• Lynx
  
  • Level 2: Stealth Jets
    
  • Level 3: IR Suite
    
  • Level 4: Rail Blaster
    
  • Level 5: Scrap Integrator
    
  • Level 6: Compound Cannon
    
  • Level 7: Robust Circuits
    
  • Level 8: Turbo Jets
    
  • Level 9: Predator
    
  • Level 10: Evac Jets
    
  • Level 11: Devouring Method
    
  • Level 12: Core Drive
    
  • Level 13: Camouflage Generator
    
  • Level 14: Failsafe Cloak
    
  • Level 15: Ink Cloud

Miscellaneous Notes

• A "Rewards Timeline" tab has been added to the Player Profile
  
  • This tab provides an overview of the rewards players will receive for earning future profile levels

• A Collections tab has been added to the Player Profile
  
  • This tab includes collected gear, pilots, custom vision towers, blueprints, etc.
    
• Transmissions have been added to introduce players to Lynx as well as the new map, Styx
  
• The gear crate contents for Seasons 1-3 have been revised to include the new Sniper gear
  
• Ability decal style and art has been updated
  
• Gear Cards for summon abilities now have detection stats
  
• Pilot hover cards now have detection stats
  
• Gear Cards have been updated to reflect that left clicking with select the gear and right clicking will compare the gear with the currently equipped gear
  
• Inhibitor Field FX has been polished
  
• New ability damage FX has been added for Sidewinder Frame
  
• AI behavior has been improved
  
• Increased the number of stars needed to unlock tiers in the 1-Rig Masteries due to the addition of Lynx’s mastery mission and a Sniper quest
  
• Double/Triple clicking messages in Global Chat will now highlight them so the player can easily copy and paste links or similar information
  
  • Double clicking will highlight a single word – triple clicking will highlight the entire message. Players can then use Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V to copy and paste the message
    
• Transmissions layout and text have been improved

Bug Fixes

• This mission will now auto select Fury, Knockout and General Vex
  

Known Issues

• AVG antivirus software may incorrectly flag the Dropzone client as malicious. We have reached out to them to whitelist the client. In the meantime, you should be able to manually allow your antivirus software to allow the Dropzone client to run
  
• There are known issues with words bleeding outside of their bounding boxes for every language other than English. Fixes are on the way
  
• Locking Observer slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
  
• The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
  
• Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast
  
• The ‘Easy Pickings’ achievement does not count Hives killed by a teammate towards the goal
  
• Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game
  
• Party members that did not initiate a seek will see incorrect checkboxes sometimes (WIP)

Gameplay Notes

• Ranked 3v3 mode has been added
  
  • Ranked 3v3 mode unlocks at Account Level 5
    
  • Each player takes turns selecting their pilot
    
    • Pilot picks are exclusive PER TEAM (Example: Both teams may have one Knockout, but a team cannot have two Knockouts)
    
    
  • There is no sideboard for Ranked 3v3
    
  • Players can use loadouts from any of their saved squads
    
• Mastery Boards
  
  • Complete Quests and Scenarios for rewards with new Mastery Boards
    
  • 1-rig and 3-rig control Mastery Boards are available
    
  • Increase your Mastery rank to unlock new customizations
  
  
• Daily Bounties
  
  • Additional Daily Bounties have been added to the rotation, including:
    
    • Complete 3 games with a Tank-class rig
      
    • Complete 3 games with a Gunner-class rig
      
    • Complete 3 games with a Mechanic-class rig
      
    • Complete 3 games with a Summoner-class rig
      
    • Complete 5 games with a Tank-class or Gunner-class rig
      
    • Complete 5 games with a Mechanic-class or Summoner-class rig
      
  • Two Daily Bounties have been discontinued from the rotation:
    
    • Win 1 match
      
    • Complete 3 matches
      
• New Feature Tours
  
  • A Feature Tour has been added for the Quickmatch Menu
    
  • A Feature Tour has been added for the Mastery Board

Miscellaneous Notes

• Upper Right Profile Display
  
  • The upper right display has been reworked to clearly show level progression, crates and crafting
    
  • Jovian and Feds buttons now have tooltips to explain how to obtain Jovians and Feds
    
  • The Crates and Crafting buttons have been improved to explicitly state their functionality
    
  • The Player Name and Level area now shows the current level, progress bar and next level that will be obtained
    
  • Clicking the Player Name in the upper right display will now take the Player to their Profile page
    
  • Upper right display now shows gear unlocks for next level. Gear cards for this upcoming gear will show when hovered over
  
  
• Progress Pop Ups and animations have been added for the following events to mark significant progress and status updates to the appropriate areas
  
  • Player Level Ups
    
  • Pilot Level Ups
    
  • Mode Unlocks (3VAI, 3V3, Ranked 1V1 and 3V3 etc.)
    
  • Unlock Mastery Type
    
  • Bounty Completion
    
  • Contract Completion
    
  • Mastery Node Completion
    
  • Ranked Division Promotion
    
• Feature Gate
  
  • Random Daily Bounties will now be received until the player has completed the initial set of bounties
    
• Progress Animation
  
  • From the Rewards screen, XP and Jovian rewards animate to the upper right with animated increments
    
• Play Flow Panels have been improved to support the new Mastery Boards
  
• Tutorial transmissions have been simplified to more directly state what players must do to complete the tutorials and what they will receive when they do
  
• Ground Pounder FX has been updated
  
• Post-Match Chat now starts in the half-size, open state in the results screen
  
• Two new musical tracks have been added

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an exploit where players could use persistent AoE abilities to prevent the Kavash boss from auto-attacking
  
• Fixed an issue where the minimap would stop right-click accepting input
  
• Fixed an issue where Summoners would slide for a short period after teleporting with Hive Link
  
• Fixed an issue where the quickmatch UI would disappear if the player continuously entered and left Solo Modes
  
• Fixed an issue where kills earned by summoned turrets and goons did not count towards the Rig’s kill count
  
• Fixed an issue where Post-Match chat appeared in Solo Modes
  
• Fixed an issue where attempting to join a Custom Lobby while matchseeking did not warn the player that they would be removed from matchseeking
  
• Fixed an issue where the match objectives were not shown during the Match Basics tutorial’s draft sequence
  
• Minor localization fixes
  
• Minor SFX fixes
  
• Fixed an exploit where players could use persistant AoE abilities to prevent the Kavash boss from auto-attacking.

Known Issues

Developer Blog

Tournaments

Community Content Recap

Gameplay Notes

• Account level requirements to unlock gameplay modes have changed
  
  • Team 3v3 vs humans is now available immediately for players
    
  • 1v1 Ranked is now available at level 10 instead of level 15
    
  • Solo Skirmish -> VS AI (Player VS Player) is now available immediately
  
  
• An Experience Selection screen has been added to the game that allows players to choose their level of experience with RTS and MOBA games
  
  • “Beginner” will lead the player through the 3-mission tutorial experience, which should last <15 minutes
    
  • “Experienced” will lead the player through a lighter, 2-mission tutorial experience, which should last <10 minutes
  
  
• Feature Tours have been added to certain sections of the game (WIP)
  
  • Feature Tours are quick, text-based guides to walk you through new features, giving you all the important information you need to know
    
    • The Builder Tour starts the first time a player clicks the BUILD menu
  
  
• Kavash Aggro Changes
  
  • Once a Hive has a target, it should consider all potential targets within its leash range. This fixes behavior where a Hive would continue targeting the same unit even though there was a unit closer
    
  • Boss should wake up immediately when attacked, instead of a delay. Added a 2000ms delay between when the boss battle ends due to leashing and when the healing starts
  
  
• Vision Rules
  
  • Auto-attacks and unit targeted abilities will grant vision of the attacking unit if the defender cannot see them (I.E. the attacker is in the fog of war)
    
  • This vision is centered on the attacker's position at the time of release
    
  • It lasts for 2s and has an 8.5m radius.

• Core Sight (Sensor Software)
  
  • Now grants the Rig's team vision for 10s in a 50m radius around the uplink whenever the owning Rig uploads a Core

Miscellaneous Notes

• Progression Screen (WIP)
  
  • The Player Profile has been updated to give players a clearer sense of progression
    
  • Upcoming rewards will be shown, as well as the goal that needs to be achieved to earn them (I.E. Next profile level, next match victory, next Pilot Level, etc.)
    
  • Nearest Pilots to leveling will be shown (I.E. The 3 pilots closest to earning their next level, and the amount of experience needed for them to reach the next level)
    
  • Player Leveling will be shown as well as the experience needed to attain the next Profile Level
    
  • Ranking status (1v1, 3v3, etc.)
    
  • Clicking certain item in this page should take you to the appropriate screen for more information
    
    • Clicking your player emblem will take you to the Player Emblem page
      
    • Clicking Pilots should open their Details Page
      
    • Clicking the 1v1 Ranked area should open either a Provisional Games view or your Ranked status, etc.
  
  
• Match Results
  
  • The Match Results screen has received updates to provide clearer information about the match as well as earned rewards
    
  • The Match Results screen shown on Tutorial completion should now show the earned rewards and unlocks
    
  • The Match Results screen now features more information to celebrate the match and how players fared
    
    • In 1-Rig Team vs Team games, each player will receive a Title based on their performance
      
    • In 3-Rig Player vs Player games, each pilot will receive a Title based on their performance
      
    • In 3 or 4 player Infestation matches and 3-Rig 2v2 games, only the player’s best pilot will be shown, receiving a Title based on their performance
    
    
  • The Match Results screen still features detailed stats tabs in addition to these new changes
    
  • Rewards earned from matches are still shown after returning to the Main Menu
  
  
• Post-Match Chat
  
  • There is now a Post-Match chat available in the Match Results screen
    
  • This is an ALL chat and is available in 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3
  
  
• The Boss now has heal FX
  
• The low health VO for Summoners is now triggered when they reach 40% remaining health

Bug Fixes

Known Issues

• AVG antivirus software may incorrectly flag the Dropzone client as malicious. We have reached out to them to whitelist the client. In the meantime, you should be able to manually allow your antivirus software to allow the Dropzone client to run
  
• There are known issues with words bleeding outside of their bounding boxes for every language other than English. Fixes are on the way
  
• Locking Observer slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
  
• The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
  
• Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast
  
• The ‘Easy Pickings’ achievement does not count Hives killed by a teammate towards the goal
  
• Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game
  
• Party members that did not initiate a seek will see incorrect checkboxes sometimes (WIP)

Tournaments

Gameplay Notes

• A quicker tutorial experience has been added for new players
  
  • Three quick missions starring Recon, focusing on 1-rig control
  
  
• Pings
  
  • The ping radial (default key: V) has been redesigned, and now allows players to quickly swipe their mouse in the direction of the ping they want to issue
    
  • Positive and negative pings can still be issued using Alt-click and Ctrl-Alt-click, respectively
  
  
  
  
  
• Various AI improvements have been implemented (WIP)
  
  • The player can issue positive pings to guide AI towards certain areas of the map
    
  • The AI currently only responds to positive pings
    
  • The AI will respond to player pings directly on Vision Towers, the Uplink, Hives, Kavash, Rigs, and the Dropship

• Plasma Rifle (Gunner Weapon)
  
  • Amplified Ammo Speed increased from 55 to 75m/s for consistency with the base Plasma Rifle ammo
  
  
• Assault Plasma (Gunner Weapon)
  
  • Increased base ammo speed to 65 for consistency with the amplified Assault Plasma ammo
  
  
• Rocket Cluster (Gunner Weapon) [Base and Daredevil Recon versions]
  
  • Ammo time to impact reduced from 1.5 to 1.35s
  
  
• Atomic Welder (Mechanic Weapon)
  
  • Ammo speed increased from 33 to 40 m/s
  
  
• Lapse Generator (Summoner Weapon)
  
  • Attack Range increased from 17.5 to 20m
    
  • Minion Attack Range decreased from 17 to 14m
    
  • Minions will now spread out around the summoner while idle or moving. Clumping is still possible but should occur less often
    
  • Minions will now move to engage nearby targets
  
  
• Capacity Overload (Mechanic Body)
  
  • Ammo speed increased from 25 to 27.5 m/s
  
  
• Surge Amplifier (Mechanic Body)
  
  • Ammo speed increased from 25 to 27.5 m/s
  
  
• Napalm Canisters (Mechanic Utility)
  
  • Ammo time to impact reduced from .5 to .45s
  
  
• Skylance (Summoner Utility) [Base and Steam-Powered Pandora versions]
  
  • Ammo time to impact reduced 2.5 to 2.3s

Miscellaneous Notes

• Play Menu flow has been updated
  
  • The new, shorter tutorial is now located in the ‘Learn’ Menu
    
  • Pilot Training Missions are now located in the ‘Play’ Menu
  
  
• Quickmatch Window
  
  • The Quickmatch Window has been updated
    
  • Queues have been separated into ‘Team Up’ modes (Team 3v3) and ‘Duel’ modes (1v1)
    
  • There is now a mouseover window for each queue option that describes the mode and any unlock requirements for the mode
    
  • There is now a checkbox option to auto-minimize the Quickmatch Window once the player has started searching
  
  
• Gear crates in the shop are now based off Corporations instead of seasons. The gear available in these crates will be specific to that Corporation. (Such as Wallace Grumlin, Song, etc.) Due to this, various gear pieces will also have a change in manufacturer
  
  Comments: Labeling gear crates based on the corporation that manufactured them makes it easier for players to understand what types of gear they can expect to receive in those crates. It also gives us some creative freedom to explore and flesh out the corporations that hold power throughout the solar system.
  
  
• Some transmissions have received text and icon updates
  
• Hive Link’s destination FX has been updated

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Hive idle animations would freeze after aggroing the hive and then walking away
  
• Fixed an issue where the dormant Hive idle animation would pause a bit before looping
  
• Fixed an issue with the timing of one of the Boss abilities so the animations and FX no longer cut off early
  
• Fixed an issue where custom lobby options’ hover text would not appear correctly due to inconsistent hitbox areas – this issue is fixed now but there is a 500ms delay before help text appears
  
• Fixed an issue where killing the Boss while it was performing its stun attack resulted in the animation persisting beyond the Boss’ death
  
• Fixed an issue where the Blueprints menu was misaligned
  
• Fixed an issue where transmissions borders were appearing incorrectly
  
• Fixed some text alignment issues with transmissions
  
• Fixed an issue where rigs would rubber-band onto elevators within the tutorial missions
  
• Fixed an issue where Ranked matches displayed ‘Unranked’ in the Watch Menu
  
• Fixed an issue where Graphene Matrix’s shield FX would stay in place briefly after blocking an attack
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from searching for 1v1 modes after a party invitee left the party
  
• Minor localization fixes
  
• Minor SFX fixes

Known Issues

• AVG antivirus software may incorrectly flag the Dropzone client as malicious. We have reached out to them to whitelist the client. In the meantime, you should be able to manually allow your antivirus software to allow the Dropzone client to run
  
• There are known issues with words bleeding outside of their bounding boxes for every language other than English. Fixes are on the way
  
• Locking Observer slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
  
• The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
  
• Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast
  
• The ‘Easy Pickings’ achievement does not count Hives killed by a teammate towards the goal
  
• Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game
  
• Party members that did not initiate a seek will see incorrect checkboxes sometimes (WIP)

Developer Blog

Tournaments

Community Content Recap

Gameplay Notes

• Kavash Boss
  
  • Bosses will no longer aggro units via proximity. The boss will now become aggro'd only after being attacked by a unit
    
  • The boss no longer has minions
    
  • Boss auto attack range reduced from 25m to 21m
    
  • Boss auto attack DPS increased from 110 to 150
    
  • Each time the boss respawns, it gains a stacking Max Health + Damage boost: +100 HP and +20 weapon DPS for each time the boss has respawned
    
    • This boost does not apply the first time the boss is spawned in the match
    
    
  • Bosses now have two abilities they can cast
    
    • Quick Ability - Deals 100 damage and slows enemies in a wide frontal cone, up to 25m away. Slow debuff lasts for 1.5s and lowers speed by 10%
      
    • Ultimate Ability - While charging up, the boss will continuously release chain lightning at the closest enemy. Chain lightning:
      
      • Deals 75 damage
        
      • Chains to up to 3 targets in a 15m range
        
      • 20% damage fall off between targets
      
      The boss will reach full charge after 3.6 seconds. Once fully charged, the boss will discharge lightning in a 25m AoE around itself, dealing 200 damage to each target struck and stunning them for 1.5s
    
    
  • Boss powerups will now disappear if they have not been collected before the new boss spawns, which is every 2 minutes. The 90s buff status you receive once you have clicked on the powerup remains unchanged

• Queuing up orders after issuing a back-to-base order will now wait for the rig to fully heal before resuming the remaining queued orders

• Positron Condenser (Mechanic Weapon)
  
  • AA release point moved from 350ms to 250ms
    
  • AA resume time lowered from 600ms to 500ms
    
  • Ability release point changed from 280ms to 200ms
    
  • Ability cast point moved from 0 to 100ms
    
  • Ability resume point lowered from 350ms to 300ms

• Graphene Matrix (Mechanic Body)
  
  • Now an object-targeted ability
    
  • Attack negation buff duration reduced from 2s to 1s
    
  • Speed buff duration unchanged at 2s
    
  • Cooldown has been changed to 8s

• Recon
  
  • Recon’s default body slot gear has been changed from Stealth Plating to Thrusters
  
  
• Vise
  
  • Vise’s default utility gear slot has been changed from Frequency Adaptation to Momentum Shifter
  
  
• Widget
  
  • Widget’s default body gear slot has been changed from Nanite Amplifiers to Graphene Matrix

• Cortex’s Special Move: Drone Strikes
  
  • Drone Strikes is now a channel ability
    
  • Players can move-cancel their channel after the first drone strike wave (1000ms)
    
  • Interrupting this channel will cease further drone strikes

Miscellaneous Notes

• Ranked Divisions have been updated
  
  • A ‘Ranked’ page has been added to the Player Profile section. This page shows the player’s current Division, as well as their current Reputation Points (Rep) and the Rep they will need to get to the next Division. (You must be level 15 or higher to access this page)
    
  • 10 Provisional games must be completed to determine what Division you belong in
    
  • Once you are in a Division, each game you win or lose will adjust your rep points closer to a higher or lower Division
    
  • When you reach the maximum points of your Division you will be placed in ‘Promotional Mode’. In this mode you must win 3 games to confirm your transition into a higher Division
    
  • If you reach zero points of your Division you will be placed in ‘Critical Mode’. In this mode you will have three chances to win a match to keep you in your current Division. If you lose all three matches you will be demoted to a lower Division
    
  • Rep and Division information is also now displayed in the Post Match Results screen
    
  • Only Bronze and Silver are available at the moment. Remaining Divisions to come in the future.
  
  
• Changes to the Play Menu flow are underway and are still WIP
  
• A ‘Learn’ option has been added to the Main Menu that features Academy videos, geared towards teaching players tips and tricks while playing Dropzone. (WIP)
  
• A ‘Custom Games’ option has been added to the Main Menu, players can now navigate here to create custom lobbies
  
• In 3v3 Matches, clicking the upgrade button will now automatically upgrade the player’s owned pilot, rather than making them choose their pilot to upgrade
  
• Difficulty buttons have been added to Solo VS AI play flow panels. These buttons have hover text explaining the difficulty and reward percentages earned based off the chosen difficulty
  
• Armor stats have been added to the Pilot Stats panel shown in the Builder
  
• ‘Enable Latency Adjustment’ option has been added to improve performance for slower connections

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where pilot default gear and the same non-default gear would play different FX in the Builder
  
• Fixed an issue where the incorrect rig would show on the dropship in Draft if the pilot choice was changed before being locked in during the ‘pilot picking’ phase
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur for players with many available scenarios / missions on their account
  
• Fixed an issue where players could resign from Test Loadout. Players must now click ‘Return to Builder’ to leave Test Loadout
  
• Fixed a sim server crash that could occur if multiple Nanite Walls were placed in the same location
  
• Fixed an issue with Thrusters that prevented chain-casting all three charges, depending upon input timing. Thrusters should feel more responsive when multi-casting now
  
• Fixed an issue where Crazed Banshee’s targeting decal would remain on the intended target if the ammo was redirected with Black Hole Shell
  
• Minor SFX fixes
  
• Minor localization fixes and updates

Known Issues

Gameplay Notes

• Pushes and pulls no longer interrupt abilities
  
  • Example: Abilities like Palm Rockets and Dyno Vortex will no longer stop Recon's Orbital Strike channel. The same goes for pushes and pulls affecting abilities like Pulverizers, Rocket Cluster, etc.

• Detection on Damaged
  
  • Duration reduced from 2s to 1s
  
  
• Input, Orders, and Responsiveness
  
  • Fixed an issue where abilities would queue until stun completion and were unable to be cleared. Issuing orders to stunned units will overwrite existing orders on that unit.
    
  • It is now possible to interrupt Litany of Plagues with a new ability order, such as Reconstructive Maneuver. Issuing active-ability orders to units casting an ability will queue the new order for as soon as the current spell is interruptible instead of the full spell cast.
  
  
• Click priority for Kavash workers has been increased slightly
  
• Boss Pit healing buff now provides 20 armor instead of having to compensate with healing rate

• Hive spawn and leash locations should now be symmetrical in regards to the uplink
  
• Steam Achievement Changes:
  
  • Some changes were made to prevent certain achievements from being unlocked in certain modes
    
  • The following Achievements cannot be earned in Challenge Matches or Custom Lobby Matches
    
  • ‘Double Humiliation’ - Team Wipe the entire enemy team in a 2v2 match
    
    • Can only be earned in a 2v2 VS Humans match
    
    
  • ‘Don’t Move’ - Root an enemy Rig, and then destroy it while it’s rooted
    
    • Can be earned in any mode, Humans or AI
    
    
  • ‘Death From Above’ - Destroy an enemy Rig with the Tank ability ‘Landfall’
    
    • Can be earned in any mode, Humans or AI
    
    
  • ‘Home Sweet Horror’ - Destroy an enemy Rig while it's healing in its dropship
    
    • Can now be earned in any mode, Humans or AI
      
    • The achievement text has been updated to no longer include ‘(PvP)’
    
    
  • ‘Easy Pickings’ - Destroy each Hive on the map at least once in a 2v2 match
    
    • Can be earned in either 2v2 Mode, Humans or AI
    
    
  • ‘All Cores Belong to Me’ - Upload 36 cores in a single match
    
    • Can now be earned in any mode, Humans or AI
      
    • The achievement text has been updated to no longer include ‘(PvP)’
    
    
  • ‘Interruption’ - Cancel an enemy Rig's channeled ability with a silence
    
    • This Steam Achievement has been updated and is no longer limited to abilities that silence
      
    • The achievement text has been updated to reflect this change, the new text is ‘Interrupt an enemy channel’
      
    • Can be earned in any mode, Humans or AI
    
    
  • All other Steam achievements not including the ones above can be earned in any mode, Challenge Matches and Custom Lobbies included

Gear Changes

• Gravity Gun (Summoner Weapon)
  
  • Damage increased from 110 to 160
    
  • Cast range reduced from 35m to 30m
    
  • Cooldown reduced from 36s to 28s
  
  
• Laser Lens (Summoner Weapon)
  
  • Damage changed from --/--/400/450/500 to --/--/400/475/575
  
  
• Crazed Banshee (Summoner Weapon)
  
  • Cooldown reduced from 25s to 18s at all levels
    
  • The missile now accelerates for 4 seconds, starting at 250ms after it’s been fired
    
  • The missile’s raw speed increases from 10m/s to 25m/s over 4 seconds
    
  • The missile deals between 0-50% bonus damage depending on how fast it’s going at the time of impact. Maximum bonus damage will be dealt after the missile hits max speed (4.25s)
  
  
• Nanite Ray (Mechanic Weapon)
  
  • Now does additional damage / healing equal to 5% of the target’s max HP
  
  
• Quantum Mire (Summoner Body)
  
  • Damage dealt now ignores armor
  
  
• Stealth Plating (Gunner Body)
  
  • Cooldown reduced from 24s to 20s
    
  • Duration changed from 6s to --/6/8/10/12s
  
  
• Thrusters (Gunner Body)
  
  • Now has 3 charges
    
  • Travel distance reduced from 26m to 11m
    
  • Travel time reduced from 400ms to 300ms
    
  • Cooldown reduced from 30s to 15s

• Mass Field (Mechanic Utility)
  
  • Slow debuff duration reduced from 3s to 1s. The overall field still lasts the full 5.5s
  
  
• Cleansing Cells (Mechanic Body)
  
  • Debuff immunity reduced from 4.5s to 2s
  
  
• Martyr’s Boon (Mechanic Utility)
  
  • Health cost reduced from 300HP to 225HP
  
  
• Core Shelter (Defensive Software)
  
  • Now grants the owner a stronger bonus than their allies
    
  • The owner gets +2 armor
    
  • Allies in the aura get +1 armor
  
  
• Core Hammer (Offensive Software)
  
  • Now grants the owner a stronger bonus than their allies
    
  • The owner gets +10% auto-attack damage
    
  • Allies in the aura get +5% auto-attack damage
  
  
• Core Drive (Propulsion Software)
  
  • Now grants the owner a stronger bonus than their allies
    
  • The owner gets +1.4m/s speed
    
  • Allies in the aura get +0.7m/s speed

Pilot Changes

• Fury
  
  • Lowered her base speed by 0.25m/s (She now has the same base speed as other gunners: 9m/s)
  
  
• Pandora
  
  • Litany of Plagues no longer damages friendly units. Friendly units within Litany of Plagues will still be affected by debuffs
    
  • Liberation, Pandora's passive trait, will search for nearby allies within 25m, down from 30m previously
    
  • Liberation now grants %-based bonuses. When no allied rigs are within 25m of Pandora, she will regenerate 0.75% of her max HP every second, and gains 9% auto attack damage
  
  
• Fury's Special Move: Stunning Entry
  
  • Reduced the width of Stunning Entry from 7.5m to 4.5m. Decal updated to more accurately depict the AoE (both length and width)
  
  
• Recon's Special Move: Orbital Strike
  
  • Now ignores armor
  
  
• Widget's Special Move: Rapid Repairs
  
  • Duration increased from 6s to 8s

Miscellaneous Notes

• The ‘Pilot Locked In’ symbol in draft has been changed from a checkmark to a lock to differentiate it from the ‘Player Ready’ checkmark
  
• There is now a banner that displays when a player drops from a 2v2 or 3v3 match to better inform players that the AI has taken over for a teammate
  
• A reload animation has been added to Laser Lens’ auto attacks to more clearly show when the next attack is ready
  
• Global Chat Language Room choice is now saved as a local preference when the dropdown is changed, unless Dropzone is specifically booted up in a different language than the one set in the chat

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where a crash would occur if a beam was active when a player chose to resume a 1 player mode after finishing a Multiplayer Match
  
• Fixed an issue where issuing commands with the mouse on top of the Ping Guide in Team Modes resulted in the commands being ordered in incorrect places
  
• Fixed an issue where the Party UI would flicker if the player hovered their cursor over the Party Leader’s crown
  
• Fixed an issue where the Match Results graph would split into multiple lines in 3v3 matches, as if each player were on their own team. These graphs are now properly team-based for both teams
  
• Fixed an issue where vision granted by M.A.S.R. Flare was not shown on the minimap on the Player 2 side in replays
  
• Fixed an issue where disconnecting and reconnecting to a 2v2 match could result in the AI not properly shutting off and still having control of the player’s rigs
  
• Fixed an issue where the in-game chat log could overlap with the text field when a lot of text was displayed
  
• Fixed an issue where no negative sound effect played when a unit was issued a move command or tried to use a movement ability while rooted
  
• Fixed an issue where using Alt + 4 would upgrade the Rig in Position 1 of your squad
  
• Fixed an issue where ability FX would not reposition correctly if units were relocated via abilities like Palm Rockets
  
• Fixed an issue where turrets in Infestation mode could not be hooked by Palm Rockets
  
• Fixed an issue where the resolution scaling setting was not defaulting to off / disabled properly
  
• Fixed an issue where Observers in Custom Lobby matches would see the ‘Skip Draft’ option during the Drafting sequence
  
• Fixed an issue where the Crazed Banshee missile would skip while in transit to its target
  
• Fixed an issue where the ability decal for Cortex’s Nanite Ray was incorrect
  
• Fixed an issue where the Fog of War checkbox in Replays was not toggling the Fog of War settings correctly
  
• Fixed an issue where the Kavash Alpha in the first tutorial would not spawn correctly if Recon was spamming Stealth Plating
  
• Fixed an issue where the Crazed Banshee ammo explosion FX did not play if it impacted with a Rig equipped with Shielded Actuators if the shield was active
  
• Fixed an issue where hitting Esc to close In-Game chat would not properly clear the unsent message
  
• Fixed an issue where an enemy unit’s hover pulse appeared as if the enemy unit was deselected when confirming an auto attack
  
• Fixed an issue where party members would not match if a party member had one region selected but the party host had more than one region selected
  
• Fixed an issue where a player could open their Profile menu after accepting a match, causing their screen to be obstructed by the Profile menu for the duration of the Draft
  
• Fixed an issue that was allowing a Party of two or three to attempt to seek for 1v1 Unranked, which would cause an Invalid Parameters message
  
• Minor localization fixes
  
• Minor SFX fixes

Known Issues

• There are known issues with words bleeding outside of their bounding boxes for every language other than English. Fixes are on the way
  Locking Observer slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
  
• The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
  
• Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast
  
• The ‘Easy Pickings’ achievement does not count Hives killed by a teammate towards the goal
  
• Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game
  
• Party members that did not initiate a seek will see incorrect checkboxes sometimes (WIP)

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