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Summary

Public Lobby Browser

• Kick - Party leaders can kick a turbulent/unruly player from the lobby. The player will be able to return.
  
• Ban - Party leader can ban a turbulent/unruly player from the lobby. The player will not be able to return to that specific lobby.
  
• Transfer Party Leadership - Party leaders can transfer the responsibility to another user
  
• Within Lobby Invites - Steam Friends List integration and link sharing using the "Copy Link" button as per usual.
  
• Mute - Left-click the Volume Icon to mute a player
  
• Volume Slider - Rightclick the Volume Icon and use the slider to adjust volume
  

• Naming - Please try to be descriptive with your lobby names - example "Cool Game - Classic 2 Aliens" or "Custom 4 aliens 2x Speed"
  
• Naming - Act like adults and refrain from using slurs. Report players and party-leaders with inappropriate names using the in-game "Report" button.
  

Other

• [ADDED] Discord Rich Presence
  

Reported Bugs

• [FIXED] FPS drops significantly during custom matches with less than 8 players.
  

• Matchmaking has been removed, moving to solely Custom lobbies
  
• Balance tweaks you've been asking for
  
• TSU and Anime Soul partner skins added - Join their linked Discord's for release event details soon
  
• Added Credits Screen to the main menu homepage
  
• Kickstarter flair applied to those we have proper Steam IDs from
  
• Discord Rich Presence updated for recognizing Enemy On Board
  
• Credit Boost - 30% increase

UPDATE 1.6.0 DETAILS

MATCHMAKING

BALANCE

BUGS

OTHER

GENERAL UPDATES

• The Andromeda has been completely Overhauled with new art and some layout updates.
  
• Enemy on Board is now an 8 player game
  
• The only control scheme has been removed and replaced with WASD
  
• The interactive tutorial and combat training have been removed

GAMEPLAY UPDATES

General

• Players now start with one charge on their chosen starting item.
  
• Removed one Molotov cocktail and replaced it with a bandage.

Aliens

• Temporary alien transformations are now invincible.
  
• Permanent transforms have 200 HP.

Crises

• Crises now lasts as long as it takes for the generators to be repaired
  
• During Crisis, players cannot speak in global voice chat or text chat
  
• Crew have their vision radius reduced significantly
  
• Aliens passively gain EP during Crises.

Sudden Death

• Now activates if there are too few crew members to repair the generators. (Only one crew member alive during Crisis)
  
• The aliens permanently transform.
  
• Cyborg cores are NOT activated.

ECONOMY

Credits

• The number of credits earned per round has been roughly doubled.

Storefront

• Characters can now be purchased with credits via the in-game store.
  
• Items are now purchased with credits, rather than being unlocked after playing specific numbers of games.
  
• Silas, Niko, and Sarrel are no longer free, however, all existing accounts will retain ownership of these characters.

USER INTERFACE

Minimap

• The minimap has been updated to reflect the new level and improved

Voice Panel

• The voice panel now makes it more obvious if you are alien, who your partner is, and what alien type they have chosen.
  
• The voice panel now has colors for each player

Other

• Players may now be muted in parties and during the pick screen
  
• The overhead UI has been updated to make it more obvious if you are an alien
  
• All Item tooltips have been simplified and made consistent

BALANCE UPDATES

Aliens

Infestor

• Now gains less EP per affected player to account for more players being in the game.

Spider

• Lay egg now has an animation visible to everyone.
  
• Lay egg now takes 1.5 seconds to cast

Leech

• Leech tether radius significantly increased.
  
• Leech duration increased 1s -> 2.5s
  
• The leech now gains EP over time when leeching, rather than only at the end

Items

EMP

• Slow duration increased to 2 seconds.
  
• Slow magnitude increased to 75%.
  
• EMP 2 Stun duration increased to 1.5 seconds.

Force Baton

• Now only loses ammo with contact. Errant swings aren't punishing.

Force Blaster

• Damage decreased to 10 base + 5 for the sweet spot

Hookshot

• Now stuns for 1.25s after pulling the target.

Knife

• Damage increased to 14.
  
• Now can be charged even without the Toxic blade perk.

Laser Repeater

• Use time significantly lowered
  
• Damage decreased to 20.
  
• Slow duration decreased to 0.5 seconds.

Laser Sword

• All strikes have new visuals.
  
• Damage per strike is now 20/20/25.
  
• Use time slightly lowered.

Molotov Cocktail

• Damage decreased to 10/s
  
• Total damage decreased from 50 -> 30.

Mortar

• Damage over time increased to 10/s
  
• Total damage per strike increased to 50

Shiv

• Damage decreased to 8.

Sledgehammer

• Damage increased to 85.

Snare Trap

• Stun duration increased to 1.25 seconds

Sniper Rifle

• Damage increased to 75

Stim Serum

• Total healing increased to 15.

Stun Gun

• Stun time significantly reduced (chainstun is no longer possible)
  
• Damage increased to 8 per attack.

Throwing Axe

• Projectile speed now significantly higher.
  
• 4 throwing axes now spawn in the armory every round.

Wrench

• Damage increased to 22.5
  
• Attack time has been reduced
  
• The wrench can now be charged without the Heavy Wrench perk

Character Perks

Monkus

• Lean Build 1: 2% base move speed increase and -10 max HP.
  
• Lean Build 2: 4% base move speed increase and -15 max HP.
  
• Lean Build 3: 6% base move speed increase and -20 max HP.
  
• Scrappy 1: Reduces roll cooldown by 1 second per 5 damage given or taken.
  
• Scrappy 2: Reduces roll cooldown by 1 second per 4 damage given or taken.
  
• Scrappy 3: Reduces roll cooldown by 1 second per 3 damage given or taken.

Lucius

• Second Wind 2: Survive fatal damage with 10 HP once.
  
• Second Wind 3: Survive fatal damage with 15 HP once.

Triss

• Ninja 1: Gain 6% move speed if no players are nearby.
  
• Ninja 2: Gain 9% move speed if no players are nearby.
  
• Ninja 3: Gain 12% move speed if no players are nearby.

Virgil

• Critical failure no longer works on security cameras.
  
• Critical Failure 1: Your teleport beacons explode dealing 10 dmg
  
• Critical Failure 2: Your teleport beacons explode dealing 15 dmg
  
• Critical Failure 3: Your teleport beacons explode dealing 20 dmg

Niko

• Utility Belt 1: Reduces max HP by 20
  
• Utility Belt 2: Reduces max HP by 15
  
• Utility Belt 3: Reduces max HP by 10

General Perks

Robust

• Robust 1: Unchanged 10.0 Max HP
  
• Robust 2: 12.5 Max HP
  
• Robust 3: 15.0 Max HP

Cybernetics

• Cybernetics 1: 5%->4% damage increase
  
• Cybernetics 2: 7.5%->6% damage increase
  
• Cybernetics 3: 10%->8% damage increase

Toxic Blade

• Now no longer required to charge a knife.
  
• Toxic Blade 1: +0.5 base damage & +2 charged damage
  
• Toxic Blade 2: +1.0 base damage & +4 charged damage
  
• Toxic Blade 3: +1.5 base damage & +6 charged damage

Heavy Wrench

• Heavy Wrench 1: +1.0 base damage & +5 charged damage
  
• Heavy Wrench 2: +2.0 base damage & +6 charged damage
  
• Heavy Wrench 3: +2.5 base damage & +7 charged damage

Battle Axe

• Now no longer required to charge an axe
  
• Battle Axe 1: +2 base damage & +4 charged damage
  
• Battle Axe 2: +3 base damage & +5 charged damage
  
• Battle Axe 3: +4 base damage & +6 charged damage

Nanoweave Vest

• Nanoweave Vest 1: 4% damage reduction
  
• Nanoweave Vest 2: 6% damage reduction
  
• Nanoweave Vest 3: 8% damage reduction

Alien Hunter

• Removed bonus damage to transformed aliens.

Overdrive

• Duration reduced from 10 to 8 at all levels

Shock Therapy

• Shock Therapy 2: Reduced max HP bonus to +3.5 MaxHP
  
• Shock Therapy 3: Reduced max HP bonus to +5.0 MaxHP

Nope Nope Nope

• Nope_Nope_Nope_1: 5.0% bonus movespeed when near a transformed alien.
  
• Nope_Nope_Nope_2 7.5% bonus movespeed when near a transformed alien.

Pack Tactics

• All levels reduced since more players are now in the game.
  
• Pack Tactics 1: 1.5% movespeed per nearby player
  
• Pack Tactics 2: 2.0% movespeed per nearby player
  
• Pack Tactics 3: 2.5% movespeed per nearby player

Flanking

• All levels reduced since more players are now in the game.
  
• Flanking 1: 2% damage per nearby player
  
• Flanking 2: 3% damage per nearby player
  
• Flanking 3: 4% damage per nearby player

Slow Drip

• Slow Drip 1: 6 HP per minute regeneration.
  
• Slow Drip 2: 9 HP per minute regeneration.
  
• Slow Drip 3: 12 HP per minute regeneration.

Lightweight

• Lightweight 2: 3.5% movespeed per empty equipment slot.
  
• Lightweight 3: 5% movespeed per empty equipment slot.

• [Ability] Shadow Sneak: Silas is able to move in the shadows, causing them to become invisible to distant players and only partially visible to those in close proximity. invisibility is lifted upon item or ability usage.
  
• [Perk 1] Concealed Blade: When the Assassin is invisible while using Shadow Sneak, an attack trigger with an empty inventory slot uses a concealed blade instead of a punch that deals damage.
  
• [Perk 2] Backstab: Attacking a player from behind with a Knife, Shiv, or Concealed Blade will deal additional damage and bleed. Only one instance of backstab can be active on a player at once.

• Corrupted Otto
  
• Franken Lucius
  
• Demon Xenna
  
• Experimental Monkus
  
• Techno Triss
  
• Mastermind Virgil

• The storefront is now live. You'll be able to purchase characters and skins in-game now.
  
• We will add the ability to purchase characters using credits in the near-future, however skins will always need to be purchased using Iridium.

• Iridium is our new premium currency that can be used to purchase characters and skins in the store
  
• You can purchase IR in small (800 IR), Medium (1700 IR, 6% bonus free IR) and Large (3600, 12% bonus free IR) bundles
  
• Your IR balance is located at the top right of the screen
  

• Audio sliders updated so that the lowest setting is actually off… duh
  
• Removed Tilde key brings up dev panel. Not obvious for many players how to remove it
  
• Mark tutorials as completed after launch, not after completion, so you don’t have to replay it if you leave early
  
• Fixed
• many* typos and grammatical mistakes
  
• Rich text formatting no longer functions for Steam usernames and text chat
  
• Credits are now always rounded down in UI
  
• Added third ability button to keybindings
  
• Match history now shows the correct number of matches played
  
• Niko is now available in Combat Training
  
• Fixed a variety of bizarre resolution bugs
  
• Fixed being able to see into the escape pod before it opens
  
• Dead alien teammate no longer shows as white in the player list
  
• Fixed early tutorial soft-locking
  
• Cursor no longer disappears when killed after round end screen appears
  
• If there are 2 aliens and 1 crew it will no longer go to sudden death if a temporary alien transformation dies
  
• Fixed being able to see into the escape pod before it opens
  
• Results Screen/Match History visual bug, most likely from longer names
  
• Progression tab no longer displays incorrect skins on characters when navigating quickly
  
• Fixed the Leech being a slowpoke while charging after getting vaccinated
  
• If you turn off and on the HUD while dead, the chat no longer resets

• Balance update, next week
  
• Earning characters with Credits, next week
  
• Controls update
  
• Combat tuning
  
• New alien
  
• Updated cyborg models

• Fixed bug allowing selection of other character's abilities (ie. Xenna's shield ability on Monkus)
  Seems like we didn't get all of it ːsteamsadː time to crawl back into our caves and back to work.
  
  
• Fixed multiple performance issues due to corrupted user data files
  

FPS Drops and Map Falling

Faulty Items

• [Ability] Access Denied: Niko is able to lock the nearest blast door for a short duration.
  
• [Perk 1] Bulletproof Vest: The Officer spawns with a special bulletproof vest. This item provides armor, even if it is not the currently equipped item.
  
• [Perk 2] Utility Belt: Grants the Officer a third inventory slot at the cost of reducing maximum HP and movement speed.

Additional Information

• [Ability] Ability Steal: Sarrel is able to steal and store the abilities of other characters in her Torrelian charm. After casting the ability, the charm will empty and she will need to steal a new ability.
  
• [Perk 1] Channeler: Allows Sarrel to cast stolen spells an additional time.
  
• [Perk 2] Alien Affinity: Allows the Grifter to steal abilities from transformed aliens.
  

• Bulletproof Vest: A sturdy vest that blocks incoming attacks. The vest does not need to be equipped in the active item slot to work. Once the vest's durability has been used, it will break. The vest has increased durability based on which perk level is equipped.
  
• Shield Cell: A Scavenge item that grants a small amount of armor. Alternative to the bandage that uses the same mechanic as Bulletproof Vest.

• Epinephrine: Gain movement speed for duration after use of a character ability. This does not apply to alien abilities.
  
• Status Shield: Reduces the duration of negative status effect on the player (Only applied if the status is owned by another player (EX doesn't change self-cast modifiers)).
  
• Armory Specialist: An additional bandage / Light weapon / Heavy weapon spawns in the armory.
  
• Shipshape: Grants bonus speed and damage if the player is at max health.
  
• Advanced Alloys: Each point of armor blocks additional damage. (EX: 1 armor requires 1.2 damage to remove).

• Added red highlights to display updated information across the out-of-game UI.

• Armor blocks damage before it is dealt to players. Items that provide armor are active even if they are not in the currently equipped slot.

• Knife base damage reduced 14 => 12.5

• The teleporter now dies 5 seconds after a portal is opened, or when a second player travels through it. (This means that the beacon will explode as soon as a second player travels through it)

• Now only triggers on player kills.

• Debuff linger duration decreased from .2 -> .15 seconds
  
• Activation radius increased from 4 -> 4.25m

• Debuff linger duration decreased from .2 -> .15 seconds

• No longer applies to self-healing
  
• No longer applies to over-healing
  
• Bedside manner now only increases max health for healing provided by the player to others in the round, and is only based on the amount of actual healing done.

• Once the escape pod closes all players will be killed and checked for until the round ends.
  
• This means players cannot leave the escape pod once it closes with mobility items and avoid the killbox.

• Removed knockback reduction from Adrenaline rush
  
• Added knockback reduction to Knuckle Dusters when Adrenaline rush is active.

• Split into two abilities
  
• Sprites properly swap after each ability is triggered so the user can tell if they will drop a beacon, or teleport.
  
• Fixed a bug where critical failure would not work on the teleporter beacon.

• Heavy wrench now properly increases wrench damage.

• The server now properly checks that your character selection owns the ability selection sent to the server,
  
• This means overwriting user data, or sending an erroneous ability configuration will not allow you to choose a different ability.

• Fixed an issue with the vision effect edge being visible during the 3 aliens introduction
  
• The doors in the stun-gun room in the human section of the tutorial now open only after you have picked up the stun gun

How It Works

Bugfixes

• Fixed bug where ascended characters do not receive an ability upgrade