May 3, 2016
Hot-Fixes
Character Balance:
AMBRA:
Ambra’s damage output combined with her lifesteal and escape abilities resulted in very high survivability in fights. We wanted to bring this in line with our expectation and reinforce her melee loop as part of her damage output.
Reduced Staff of Radiance beam damage by 34%
Reduced damage of Radiant Wind by 33%
Reduced Left Helix Augmentation Cauterization movement speed gain to 30%
CALDARIUS:
Caldarius’s primary damage output was not as high as we would have liked to see. We’ve raised it to bring him close in line with other characters in his class.
Increased TMP damage by 25%
GHALT:
After a large buff during Open Beta, Ghalt’s shotgun was now over performing at his normal combat distance, so we have reduced it slightly.
Reduced Ghalt’s Revolver Shotgun damage by 13%
Versus:
To help address late game player dropping, we’ve made the time windows to vote for surrender more generous. We want players to play until the final whistle, but if you’re team is getting steamrolled, we’d prefer an orderly surrender, rather than people bailing early and leaving their teammates hanging. We will continue to look at data and feedback to decide how to handle players who perpetually show bad sportsmanship by dropping from matches.
Increased Surrender Time to Vote window from 30 seconds to 60 seconds
Decreased Surrender Revote time from 3 minutes to 1 minute
Story:
Based on Open Beta player data, we’ve made some balance changes to help speed up player progression through the level.
Reduced the health of the Galactic Emperor in The Algorithm
Increased the XP reward for killing the Galactic Emperor in The Algorithm
Reduced the health of all Frigid Golems in The Void’s Edge and The Algorithm
Increased the XP reward for killing Frigid Golems in The Void’s Edge and The Algorithm
Adjusted score requirements for Star Ratings
Bug Fixes:
We’ve made various bug fixes and quality of life adjustments to help assist players to beat up Rendain.
Fixed a bug with Miko’s heal beam aim assist
Fixed some navigational issues when using Kelvin’s Sublimate and traveling over small objects in the world.
Fixed some navigational issues when using Caldarius’s Dash and traveling over small objects in the world
Fixed a bug that caused players to spawn with invisible weapons and limited functionality.
Fixed a bug that prevented players from accessing their gear and loadouts.
Fixed several issues with unlocks not being awarded after completing a game.
Fixed a bug with Whiskey Foxtrot’s lore challenge awarding the incorrect Legendary gear.
Fixed various performance issues with Echelon.
Fixed a bug with Variable Morpher permanently increasing Orendi’s Shadowfire Pillar
Fixed a bug with text chat not functioning in the Main Menu.
Fixed a bug that allowed aim assist to function with mouse and keyboard.
Numerous other bug fixes and optimizations.