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Hotfix 85.4

July 5, 2024

Technical backend optimization and fixes.

Season Hotel

June 25, 2024

Final Early Access Season Hotel starts now!

Progression is set to faster than ever.
The season ends on August 1, 2024, when Shatterline is closing servers in preparations for a full launch.
Check out Shatterline Retirement FAQ for more details.

Shatterline Retirement & Launch Preparation

June 15, 2024

We are thrilled to share that an exciting new stage is on the horizon for Shatterline and that we are concluding Early Access and preparing for a full launch. Over the past two years, we’ve received a ton of invaluable feedback and insightful data from our dedicated community - we did our best to keep up with it, and we are eager to do so in the future.

During this time, we’ve also engaged in exciting conversations with new partners and brands that we are going to be folding into the experience to expand the Shatterline universe.

Our team is eager to introduce new mechanics that we believe will be incredibly exciting and rewarding for our players. However, maintaining live operations while simultaneously building these new features is challenging. To focus entirely on this development, we are retiring the game for the foreseeable future.

Make sure to follow us closely, as we will be sharing exciting new updates over the coming months. We can’t wait to reveal the full potential of Shatterline and not even an ongoing war could stop us!

WHAT HAPPENS NOW

End of Monetization: Effective immediately, all in-game purchases will be disabled.
Free Access Until Shutdown: Players can continue to download and enjoy Shatterline until the servers close on August 1, 2024.
Free Season Pass: We are launching the last free season pass, with content from the previous seasons.
Refunds: Refunds will be given to every player who made a purchase in Shatterline in the past 15 days (from June 1, 2024, at 3 am EDT/9 am CEST).

Stay Tuned and expect exciting updates over the summer months. Follow us on X and Discord: https://discord.gg/shatterline

Shatterline Retirement FAQ

June 15, 2024

When will the servers for Shatterline be closed?
Servers close on August 1, 2024.

Why is Shatterline being retired?
We are concluding our Early Access and preparing for a full launch. Maintaining live operations with the amount of new features we have planned is proving challenging. We are taking a break to prepare for the launch.

What happens now?
Effective immediately Shatterline is deactivating all in-game purchases.
Players are able to install and play Shatterline until the servers’ closure on August 1, 2024.
Upon the current season's end, we are rolling out a new free battle pass, with the content from the previous seasons.

What about refunds?
Refunds will be given to every player who made a purchase in Shatterline in the past 14 days (from June 1, 2024, at 3 am EDT/9 am CEST). Refunds will be automatically processed by Steam services without requiring a request. Please make sure to contact their customer support services in case you’re encountering any issues: https://help.steampowered.com/

What happens to Discord and other channels?
Every existing channel stays intact and supported.
Join us at https://discord.gg/shatterline and stay tuned!

Hotfix 85.3

April 29, 2024

Plant-the-Bomb has returned to the PvP playlist. Now you can enjoy PTB with both its classic and competitive flavors.
The minimum number of PvP modes to choose to queue for a match increased from 1 to 2.

Patch 85.2

April 24, 2024

Fixed issue in Expedition where sometimes the stash with extracted gear didn't work.
Minor localization fixes.

Patch 85.1

April 16, 2024

The game party is disabled in the Ranked Plant-the-Bomb mode.
The delay between shots for the G5 Earl pistol decreased.
Fixed issue in Expedition with non-working Gardener's flowers.
Fixed issue in Expedition where Dr. Sullivan's lines played every two minutes after the player had defeated two sector bosses.
Fixed issue in Expedition's Glasshead Bunker where fireballs passed through the crystalline gate, failing to slam into it.
Fixed issue with Brisa's Tactical Cloak where the cloak failed to work if activated after the previous cloak had been interrupted because the player had performed a shot while aiming down sights.
Fixed issue with a missing description of one of the Season Golf rewards.
Fixed issues in the Shooting Range where after swapping operatives, the abilities' cooldown time reset to the normal (non-sped-up) time and melee weapons became unavailable.
Fixed issue where the primary weapon progression bar in the menu could extend far beyond the weapon box.

Update R85: Season Golf and new PTB mode

April 9, 2024

Hi there, Shatterliners!

It's time for a major update! And people, there's a lot of great stuff to savor!

SEASON GOLF

Like the previous Season Foxtrot, the new game season is 2-month long, free, and abundant with cool rewards.

PVE EPISODE

A new short PvE episode: Portal. We need to look into the "teleportation" tech that the Strafers are using. Our theory is that they are creating microclusters within the Red Realm. You shall infiltrate their research facility and investigate.

WEAPONS AND WEAPON PROGRESSION

A new Karambit knife was introduced in PvP for all operatives as an additional melee weapon (as an option in the session shop for the PTB mode). Movement speed with the Karambit is 15% faster than movement speed with a firearm.

Weapon progression speed for all weapons in all tiers increased, especially for sidearms, while the weapon and weapon attachment unlock price considerably decreased.

The G9 Kungen pistol and the Λ-7 Ghost assault rifle were moved to the new Tier 6 which unlocks together with Tier 5.

And great news for new players: all primary Tier 1 weapons got default Clearsight RDS attachments.

RANKED MATCHES

Quite a few changes found their way into the Ranked Matches:

We added the Ranked Rules screen so you could familiarize yourself with all the rules applicable to the Ranked Matches. Also, you can check the Ranked season rewards in the special Rewards tab in the menu.
The leaderboard of the Top 100 players is now accessible in the game.
In the unlikely event you leave a ranked match, you will be banned from playing Ranked for a specified time. Leave a ranked match again, and the ban time will be extended progressively.
You can no longer spectate the game from your own body.
We added the option to vote for surrender if you see no point in fighting anymore against the other team. The surrender will take effect only if the whole team agrees to surrender.

In addition to all weapon perks being restricted in Ranked, the following attachments are restricted as well:

Flashbang Ammo for the Lupara Compatta secondary shotgun.
Flechette Ammo for the R60 Gevaudan shotgun.
Incendiary Ammo for the Black Falcon II shotgun.
The TL-190 tactical flashlight for the R21 Brute shotgun.
The FS Assassin extender and Cordite Powder for the U44 Culverina revolver.
Cordite Powder for the Zenith assault rifle.
The Grab 840 grip for the XM-40 Conciliator assault rifle.
The Improved Burst Disconnector modifier for the Dragonfly sniper rifle.
Improved Bolt for the Presarm VX-7 sniper rifle.
Universal Receiver for the Tornado submachine gun.

GAMEPLAY AND BALANCE CHANGES

Changes for all game modes:

You can no longer stand on Strix's and Kite's crystalline walls, while crystalline walls take extra damage from melee weapons and grenades.
Quick melee damage decreased from 120 to 75. Quick melee snapping distance decreased as well.
Damage to the body at long range from the Presarm VX-7 sniper rifle equipped with the Improved Bolt attachment decreased by 57%.
The delay between shots for the G5 Earl pistol equipped with the Modified Trigger attachment increased by 12%.
The long jump was nerfed (now the jump speed is limited to the sprint speed with a melee weapon in hands) except for Exo class operatives to remove the exploit where the character received an additional impulse on canceling the slide and jumping right after that.

PvP-only changes:

Damage to the head decreased by 20% while body damage decreased by 30%.
Area-of-effect damage (for instance, Mongoose’s ultimate) decreased by 20%, and damage over time (for instance, Brisa’s mine or Kite's ultimate) decreased by 30%.
The Presarm VX-7 sniper rifle’s damage to the head decreased by 36% for the 40-meter range.

Ability Tweaks

Mongoose

The screen shake radius from the ultimate’s grenades decreased.

Malva

Pinscher Drone’s size increased by 20% while its health increased from 115 to 150 points.
Pinscher Drone cannot be spectated on.
Damage reduction inside the Healing Station orb increased by 14%.

Strix

The Crystalline Grenade’s damage decreased.
The Fire-wave Grenade’s segment radius decreased from 3 to 2 meters.
The ultimate ability’s duration decreased from 30 to 12 seconds while its damage drop over distance increased in all PvP game modes.

Kite

Two claymores instead of one, but the claymore became less lethal (you need two claymores for a guaranteed kill) albeit claymore activation delay time decreased twofold.
Crystalline Revolver ray’s damage and enemy movement slowdown decreased.
The Remote Mine can only be triggered when it’s attached to a surface. Furthermore, the radius of its lethal action decreased from 5 to 4 meters.

Brisa

Crystalline Rifle’s zoom-in time and hip spread increased.
Glass Mine and Shock Charge quantity increased from 1 to 2.
Using the weapon scope while cloaked does not trigger invisibility deactivation.

Pill

Quantum Nullifier’s visibility decreased while its duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds.
The enemy under the Stasis Field effect can no longer zoom in. Stasis Field's radius decreased from 6 to 4 meters while its duration decreased from 5 to 3 seconds.
Crystalline Flamethrower’s damage was tweaked where damage over time decreased but the time of the effect increased. The lasting damage of Pill’s ultimate can now be removed by sliding.

Orbit

Swarm Grenade flies’ hitbox increased while their number decreased from 8 to 6 and their lifetime decreased by 33%.
If Orbit destroys his own Spy Drone, no explosion damage ensues, but if the drone explodes by cooldown, the explosive damage applies, albeit at a reduced rate. You can no longer spectate over the drone.
The Dimension Leap doesn’t provide invulnerability anymore, and you cannot leap vertically.
Ultimate's armor damage reduction decreased from 70% to 60% in PvP modes.

Ram

Explosive Axe cannot be picked up.

HUD

In the PTB and 3v3 PvP modes, the players' icons on top of the screen now show if the player’s ultimate ability is ready. The icon will glow amber when the ultimate is fully charged.

MISCELLANEOUS

New initial tasks were added.
We introduced the task reroll. If an allotted daily task is not to your liking, you may now reroll it and get a new random one.
Iron sight and scope shake when shooting and aiming down sights decreased.
We tweaked game fonts and styles for Steam Deck to improve game readability on the device.
You can inspect your weapon (default “R” key) during the pre-round time and when sprinting.
We added weapon inspection animation for the X-Treme Lone Wolf sniper rifle skin.
Improved animation of the G5 Earl pistol, the Impala sniper rifle, and the Z-940 Drachen submachine gun.
New instant awards. Two PvP instant rewards for revolvers: Sheriff, for killing an enemy mid-air, and Cowboy, for two revolver kills in a row. And two Expedition instant awards: Detox Master, for decontamination, and Business Partner, for contract completion.
The Domination PvP mode was removed from the PvP playlist for a while.

PLANT-THE-BOMB MODE

We tried the PTB concept in the Demolition mode early after the Early Access launch to gather feedback on what needs to be implemented for the mode to become a truly competitive one. The result of this work is the new Plant-the-Bomb mode.

Four maps fully redesigned to suit the competitive nature of the mode are at your disposal: Old Town, Promenade, CQB, and Nisida. During the first week of the update, the PTB mode will be a part of the PvP playlist. After that, it will be played in the Ranked Matches season exclusively.

Here’s an overview of the mode changes.

Basic game mode rules

5 vs 5.
Round time: 1 minute 40 seconds.
The bomb can be picked up, dropped, or planted by any player.
Bomb arm time: 3 seconds.
Time to detonation: 45 seconds.
Bomb defuse time: 6 seconds (5 seconds if disarmed by a trooper class operative).
In non-ranked matches, there are 6 rounds per half, and your team must win 7 rounds to prevail (MR6). In Ranked, there are 9 rounds per half, where you must win 10 rounds (MR9).

Restrictions

Only one support class operative is allowed per team (Pill or Malva).

Abilities

Each player starts the match with discharged abilities. The abilities charged during the round but unused at its end will be discharged at the start of the next round, except the abilities charged through the session shop purchase.

Furthermore, the abilities charging time increased vis-à-vis other game modes, while instant rewards, kills, and kill assists contribute less to the abilities charging.

Session shop

During the pre-round time, you may use the special session shop (default “P” key) to purchase weapons (including the Karambit knife), armor, or charge an ability. Pay heed that there are two pages of items in the shop.

Surely, to purchase an item, you’ll need resources we call materials. Everyone starts with 30 initial materials. You get 120 for a lost round, 200 for a won one, 40 to all team members for planting the bomb and 40 to the person who defused it, 10 for a kill, and 5 for a kill assist. The materials cap is 1,000. You can check your resources on the TAB screen.

There is also a losing streak bonus which allows the team to receive more resources, the more rounds they lose. If the team loses two rounds in a row, they will receive 160 instead of 120 materials. 190 for the third loss in a row, 230 for the fourth, and 240 for the fifth.

Health regeneration

The HP regen rate is quite slow if you are severely wounded, but it gains pace the more HP you have. Additionally, there is a 10-second delay between the time you took your last damage and the regen start (8 seconds for the trooper class).

Armor

Each player has an armor vest to be fitted with armor plates. The armor plates are available for purchase in the session shop as two options: two armor plates with additional 60 HP or three armor plates with additional 90 HP.

When you receive damage, your armor plates are depleted first, but some abilities like Pill’s ultimate or Malva’s Pinscher Drone ignore the armor and deal damage directly to your HP.

HUD

We added the HP and armor indicators above enemy heads that appear when you hit the enemy and dissolve after a short time. They won’t show if the health and armor points are full or when the enemy is hidden behind an obstacle.

Radar. When you walk, the enemy will see you on the radar only within a 9-meter radius (vs 20 meters in other game modes). When crouching or idle, you cannot be spotted on the radar.

Weapon drop from fallen players

When players are down, the weapon they were holding is dropped, and any other player can pick it up, but cannot change its attachments. You may also ping the weapon on the map for your teammates.

Ability tweaks