DEFENDERS,
As has been the trend over the last few weeks, here we are with another PTR patch! You’ll see some minor changes and bug fixes as we keep cleaning up the episode using your super-duper feedback and reports. Keep them coming! (A friendly reminder that you can go back and edit your survey responses if you want to change anything based on patch revisions.)
How to Join
It’s not too late to join the PTR build! We’ve received awesome and helpful feedback from tons of our GLORIOUS Defenders, and we want to make sure your voice is heard. If you own Dungeon Defenders: Awakened on PC/Steam, head over to our forum post that breaks down how to enter the PTR build on Steam: Click here to read the post.
Reward
We know one of the perks of being a part of the Public Test Realm is the chance to experience new content and features. On top of that, we also want to thank each and every one of our testers by giving out this pair of Brown Eagle Wings as a gift once Episode 1 drops. All you need to do is try out the PTR for a minimum of 30 minutes and fill out our in-game survey that can be accessed through the Escape menu. You only need to fill out the survey once (even if it is updated), but of course, we’d love to get as much of your feedback as possible.
Pet Balance
All Ranged Pets
- Increased chance of spawning with a max attack rate of 0.63s.
- Increased target range by 50%.
- Increased all projectile speeds by 300%.
- No longer target Siren.
- NEW Target Priority: Djinn > Copter > Ogre/Sharken/Lycan/CopterOgre > Spider > Warrior > Bosses > Everything else
Air Ship
- Increased chance to spawn with max projectiles (3).
Dragon
- Increased chance to spawn with max projectiles (3).
- Increased attack damage by 20%.
- Now always rolls with Fire damage.
- Updated projectile appearance.
Griffin
- Increased chance to spawn with max projectiles (3).
- Increased attack damage by 20%.
- Now always rolls with Lightning damage.
- Updated projectile appearance.
Little Wizard
- Now has 1 projectile.
- Increased attack damage.
- Rolls for any elemental damage, except Fusion.
- Projectile travels through all map elements for a set duration, dealing damage to all enemies hit on path.
Mega Chicken
- Increased projectile AoE by 15%.
- Increased melee extent by about 43%
- Increased attack damage.
- Increased scaling for hero stats.
- Added VFX for projectile and melee attacks.
Mista Mine
- NEW: While the hero with this pet equipped is ACTIVE in play the Hero Deck Builder bonus is increased by 10%.
- Reduced Hero Stat scaling by 10%.
Giraffe
- NEW: While the hero with this pet equipped is ACTIVE in play the Hero Deck Builder bonus is increased by 5%.
- Reduced Hero Stat scaling by 10%.
Item Effect Balance
Irradiate
- Reduced duration scaling to 1s to 3s from 3s to 6s.
- Will now scale for non-boss damage.
- Reduced the amount of damage dealt to bosses.
Map Balance
The Mill
- Increased enemy difficulty by 25%.
The Outpost
- Increased enemy difficulty by 25%.
The Keep
- Increased enemy difficulty by 33%.
- Updated collision to stop ranged enemies from sniping the Crystal.
UI/UX
- Updated enemy spawn door previews across all maps to improve visibility.
Bug Fixes
- Adjusted hacker flag rules so Defenders are not flagged when rolling some non-hacked items.
- Fixed an issue where the Warden’s Wrath Mode was not dealing AoE damage.
- Fixed an issue where Roots of Purity was incorrectly buffed by Gemstone pets.
- Fixed an issue where Roots of Purity was incorrectly buffed by Yellow Ramster Can pet.
- Fixed an issue where Shroomy Pit was incorrectly buffed by Defense Resist Gemstone pet.
- Fixed an issue where defense rate could not be upgraded.
- Fixed an issue where the second page of the Transmog menu was not showing.
- Fixed an issue where the transmog was displaying item tooltips.
- Added missing Siren on The Summit in Wave 2 of Massacre difficulty.
- Fixed an issue with Warden’s run animations when she was low health.
- Fixed an issue where Ogres’ snotball VFX were staying on the map.
- Fixed an issue where Elemental Lycan enemies were not dealing their elemental damage.
- Fixed an issue where the pause between melee attacks was too long.
- Fixed an issue where Clients weren’t able to Reforge properly.
- Fixed an issue where Rogue was not rooting enemies while using Stealthed Disengage.
- Fixed an issue where the Rogue would leap into the air when Stealth was activated in the middle of Swift Assault or Disengage.
- Fixed an issue where a controller’s left bumper could not be used to navigate Warden’s towers.
- Fixed an issue where multiplayer sessions for Survival, Mixed, and Pure Strategy modes could not be joined on lower difficulties, even after a Client beat a higher difficulty.
- Fixed an issue with the Wisp Den attack animation on Client.
- Fixed an issue where some Fusion Polearms would drop with Poison damage.
- Fixed several issues with stuck enemies and inaccurate collisions on The Outpost.
- Heroes can no longer stand on rocks outside of the map parameters on The Outpost.
- Fixed an issue where heroes could not walk up stairs on The Outpost.
- Fixed several issues with heroes getting stuck or walking out of the map on The Keep.
- Fixed an issue where the wolf pillars had no collision on The Keep.
- Fixed an area on The Keep where you could see through the map.
- Fixed several issues with heroes being able to walk off the map on The Mill.
- Fixed a collision issue with the treetops on The Mill.
- Fixed an issue where PTR play was triggering Steam achievements.
- Fixed an issue where all equipment items had incorrect max values.
- This will not adjust items that are already picked up.
- Fixed an issue with EV’s SFX.
- Fixed an issue where transmog items were not able to be clicked on after selecting a profile after being on default.
- Fixed some issues with collision and lighting on Endless Spires.
- Fixed several issues with incorrect weapon positions.
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