TOTAL OVERLOAD EVENT: THIS WEEKEND, CHAOS GOES FULL THROTTLE!
Ready to absolutely obliterate the ASCENDANT universe this weekend? Good, because the Total Overload event is here, and we’re cranking up the insanity to max levels for the Steam Next Fest finale. This isn’t your average Sunday stroll - this is biopunk bedlam on steroids.
What’s Total Overload, you ask?
It’s chaos. It’s mayhem. It’s a strategic, wild ride where the entire map is flipping upside down (not literally… but close). Think more Gorlizard mindlinking than ever before, and events firing off faster than you can say “Snail tiddies.”
What's NEW?
- The Underground? Oh yeah, you’re getting full access. No more secret spots, no more lucky few. We’re keeping this bad boy always open so you can get lost in its twisted halls.
- Game events are dialled up to 11: Lightning strikes, drones flying everywhere, locked rooms springing up out of nowhere, and hoards of Burrowers that just won’t quit. It's the kind of unpredictability that’ll have you sweating bullets while you strategize your next move. Good luck with that.
Special Guests & Creator Madness
Oh, we’re not just stopping at in-game chaos. We’ve got special guests and creators dropping in all weekend to spice things up. And, guess what? On Friday at 8 PM ET / Saturday at 9 AM Japan time, we’re hosting a VTuber event that’s gonna take things to a whole other level. So, if watching your favorite VTuber blow stuff up while mindlinked to a Gorlizard sounds like your vibe, you know where to be.
Grab the Free Demo Before It’s Gone
This weekend is your last chance to get in on the free demo before it disappears next week. Seriously, don’t be that person who waits and misses out. Download the game, log back in, and get in on the action. We want as many players as possible to break our servers and leave nothing but Gorlizard guts and Biocores in their wake.
So, what are you waiting for? Wishlist and download ASCENDANT! It’s time to squad up, bring your A-game, and blow this weekend wide open. Total Overload is waiting… and it’s not holding back.
Don’t forget to join our community Discord for all the latest chaos updates and follow us on Twitter to stay in the loop for epic drops, events, and more.
See you in Harmony!
Patch Notes - Mid Steam Next Fest, 2024
Events
- Map wide events are now much more likely to be active in a match.
- The burrower is now more likely to be active in a match.
Match Rules
- The underground will no longer be automatically sealed off if there are new players in the match.
- For the weekend only, the Gorlizard Control event will always be active. However, during this time, we have also lowered its health a bit.
Weapons & Consumables
- A number of changes have been made to battle rifles in regards to reducing the effectiveness of rapid fire builds, especially at longer ranges.
- All battle rifles now have slightly more side-to-side shifts in their recoil. Some modules increase this even further than they used to, and many modules that could counter this effect now do so by less. More details below.
- The ‘Light - Round Nose’ battle rifle ammo now has a -20% Fall-Off mod (down from -10%).
- The ‘Auto - Rapid’, ‘Auto - Ultra Rapid’, and ‘Auto - Rapid Stabilizer’ battle rifle triggers have had their damage mods reduced further and their side-to-side recoil variance modifiers increased.
- The following battle rifle barrel modules now reduce the side-to-side recoil variance by less: ‘Medium - Dampener’, ’Medium - Toxin Amplifier’, ’Long - Standard’, ’Long - Dampener’, ’Long - Gyro-Bore’, and ’Long - Toxin Amplifier’. These have all been made a bit cheaper to equip as a result.
- The ‘Heavy’ battle rifle stock now reduces side-to-side recoil variance by less but has been given a higher melee damage modifier.
- The ‘Damper Frame’ battle rifle stock now reduces side-to-side recoil variance by less but has instead had its pitch variance dampening effect strengthened.
- The ‘Light - Large’ battle rifle magazine now costs a bit more to equip.
- Due to the above changes, the V-Tech 12 has had its ammo changed from ‘Light - Stabilizer’ to ‘Light - Round Nose’ in order to avoid sacrificing too much damage output.
Other Updates
- The match intro video should now be less loud.
Bug Fixes
- Removed some expensive audio that could result in certain CPUs getting crackling audio effects.
- Fixed a bug that could cause players to be unable to access their loadout if they played their first match in a party instead of doing the tutorial.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when going off ladders.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when vehicles took damage.
- Fixed an issue that could occasionally result in the network connection timing out and kicking players from a match.
- Fixed an issue that would cause some Steam achievements not to unlock properly.
- Text chat should now always properly display [Party] when talking in party chat.
- Fixed an issue where certain interfaces could lose focus if you tabbed out and back into the game.