Happy Anniversary! The latest V2.2 update for Farlight 84 will arrive on April 18th. Introducing a bunch of exciting features: a revamped Season system that's longer and more rewarding, Farlight Coins as a new currency packed with even more goodies, a slick new lobby design that's sure to impress, and some fresh in-game tools like the Revival Device and Extended Items.
Farlight 84 is scheduled to update to V2.2.0.0 at [UTC 2024/04/18 00:00]. The downtime will be approximately three hours. We apologize for the inconvenience, but on the bright side, you'll be compensated with Gold x4000!
▌New Season: Debut
Remember the old days when you'd hang in the lobby forever just to snatch up all those rewards for daily, event, and battle pass tasks? Well, kiss that goodbye! Here's the all-new Season System! In this new system, each season will last 3 months, each with unique themes and challenges. The new season design will provide us with a clearer sense of goals and participation.
Triumph Tracker
Now, Rank task, Battle Pass, and Daily task will all combined into the new "Triumph Tracker". It is way more concentrated and efficient. You only need to focus on leveling up the Triumph Tracker and get all kinds of rewards from it. Dive into battle, knock out tasks, climb the ranks, and unlock loot that's more epic than ever!
Here are three different types of Triumph Tracker:
- Basic Tracker: Unlock the Basic Tracker for free right when the season starts, SSR skin is available for the Basic Tracker of our new season: Debut.
- Advanced Tracker: Unlock it for 1,299 diamonds.
- Elite Tracker: Unlock it for 1,899 Diamonds, and you'll boost straight to level 20.
Farlight Coins:
- Score this shiny new currency through the Triumph Tracker;
- Upgrade skins and swap goodies in the Farlight Store with your Farlight Coins;
- Best part? These coins stick with you across seasons.
To celebrate Farlight 84's 1st anniversary, this season's Advanced Tracker will be free to all players! Just hit up the game update on April 18, log in, and boom — you're the proud owner of the Advanced Schedule!
The theme of this season's Advanced Tracker is "Rebel BFFs".
1. UR Hero Skin - Captain - Tough Style：Whoa! That's a bad bad boy...!
2. SSR Hero Skin - Momoi - Spades Lady：Schoolgirl Momoi seems to be hiding some secrets...
2. UR Weapon Skin Stellar Wind - Furry Bully
3. UR Emote - Block Boss
4. Upgradable SSR Hero Skin Maggie - Firestorm Major
6. SSR Hero Skin Ceanna - Painful Therapy
7. SSR Weapon Skin Invader - Nova Nightmare
8. SSR Weapon Skin VSS - No Entry
9. More item rewards are just waiting for you to unlock!
Check the in-game description for season duration.
▌New Events
Lottery Wheel - Aurora Excursion
Lottery Reward includes:
1. UR Hero Skin Freddie - Winter Night
2. More stickers, emotes, and vehicle skins are waiting for you to unlock!
Check the in-game description for event duration.
Rare Consolidation
Event Reward includes: SSR Jetpack, SR Weapons Skins, and SR Pod Skins, etc.
Players can get the event items through missions or looting. Use to obtain the designated rewards in the Rare Consolidation.
Check the in-game description for event duration.
Others
1. Optimized the player rebate system, offering higher value rewards as part of daily gaming progress. As a result, the Weekly Card and Monthly Card have been temporarily removed. However, players with active subscriptions can still enjoy their benefits until they expire.
2. Removed the Activeness Chest and integrated its rewards into the Tracker reward system. Players with remaining chest openings will receive compensation rewards via Mail.
▌Hero Updates
This update brings new tactical skills for Phantom and Maychelle, along with a model optimization for Phantom, who now looks more enchanting than ever. Maychelle, the rock star, is excited to introduce everyone to her cute little rabbits! Additionally, based on actual battlefield performance and community feedback, we have made balance adjustments to some heroes, with the hope of providing a more balanced experience for everyone.
Phantom：New Look and New Tactical Skill
Remade Phantom's appearance.
New Tactical Skill and Adjustments
- Adjusted Tactical Skill - Portable Scout to passively increase Phantom's Headshot Damage with Sniper Rifles.
- Added Tactical Skill - Phantom Crash:
- This skill allows her to put a trap earring that pops up and activates when the enemy comes close, dealing increasing damage over time within its radius.
- Remade Ultimate - Optic Camo:
When groups go invisible and coordinate with teammates, it creates situations that are difficult to counter,
- So in this update, after casting her ult, Phantom will only turn herself invisible, and sheathed weapons during Stealth.
- Phantom's Stealth is weakened when approaching enemies within a certain range, allowing enemies to visually detect her.
- Phantom will have a brief delay before firing after exiting Stealth.
- Phantom maintained full Stealth while sprinting, using ziplines, etc.
Maychelle: New Tactical Skill
New Tactical Skill and Adjustments
- Added Tactical Skill - Sonic Tracking
- Maychelle releases a scan in a fan-shaped area ahead. If enemies are detected, Maychelle's cute little rabbits will appear. These rabbits are in the same number as the enemies, and will dash towards them, slowing them down and revealing their position.
- Adjusted Tactical Skill - Bass Blaster to allow carrying up to 3 mini speakers simultaneously while appropriately reducing the damage of each mini speaker.
- Adjusted Ultimate - Ongoing Show level-up effects: Maychelle and her squadmates have faster Reload Speed on elevated platforms.
Balance Adjustments for Other Heroes
Maggie
1. Adjusted Ultimate - Supersonic Surge: Adjusted cooldown of Jet Sweep to 5s and Jet Leap to 6s when unenhanced Supersonic Surge is active.
Momoi
1. Adjusted the level-up effects: At level 9, the enhanced Hoarder Drop summons an additional Weapon Mod.
Freddie
1. Increased cooldown of Ultimate - Data Backup and reduced its duration.
2. Reduced the duration of copies generated by his tactical skill Mechanic Decoy.
Watchman
1. The Tactical Skills Sheriff's Patrol and Sentinel Alert will no longer interrupt actions such as sprinting, sliding, or reloading.
Other
1. Changed the calculation method for speed inheritance of some heroes' displacement skills to make their performance more in line with combat dynamics:
- Maggie's flying.
- Other characters when using jetpack to fly.
Adjustments for All Heroes
Added slowdown effect upon hitting
In this update, we've focused on the relationship between damage and character speed. Typically, maintaining precise aim in intense battles is a challenge, especially when your enemies are constantly on the move. In this update, we're introducing a new mechanism of universal damage slowdown.
1. Now, being attacked by enemies will result in a temporary reduction in movement speed.
2. If you're in Sprint or is receiving a speed buff, you're still affected but to a lesser degree.
3. However, if a hero is performing a slide or jump action when taking damage, their speed won't be affected. This is because these movements are inertial and thus aren't impacted by the attack.
Now you can aim more accurately with less pressure in the battles. On the other hand, Jetslide and Jump will become more important for evading enemies and counterattacks.
HP and Hitbox Adjustments
Now, all characters have the same HP. Instead, we adjust balance based on the character's head and body size. For example, larger characters will receive additional damage reduction and immunity to slowing effects when hit.：
1. All heroes now have a unified base HP of 150 points. Shields of varying tiers now provide shield values of 25/50/75/100/125/150 points, respectively.
2. Optimized HITBOX for all heroes and balanced heroes with larger body sizes:
- Ducksyde gains a 15% damage reduction effect and is unaffected by slowdown effects.
- Captain gains a 10% damage reduction effect and is unaffected by slowdown effects.
- Other male heroes gain a 5% damage reduction effect.
3. Standardized movement speed calculation, with only the highest-value effect taking effect for the same type.
Jetslide
The Jetslide is also improved. Now it's even smoother and responsive. You can now cast skills while jetsliding. You can also crouch in mid-air to jetslide, which applies to both side and backward jump. The details are as follows:
1. Optimized Jetslide and falling performance.
2. Easier trigger for Jetslide while falling.
3. Easier trigger for Jetslide to the sides and backward.
4. Improved Jetslide experience on gentle slopes.
5. Optimized Jetslide cooldown and penalty mechanism for better control.
This means that whether you're on the ground or in the air, you can jetslide at any time, enhancing your mobility and ability to evade attacks.
Level-up Effects of All Heroes
1. Removed the automatic marking effect when aiming at enemies at level 1.
2. Enhanced Tactical Skill effects were granted to all heroes at levels 2, 3, 5, and 6, while enhanced Ultimate effects were given at levels 8 and 9.
3. Enhanced Weapon Mastery upgrade effects were provided to all heroes at levels 4, 7, and 10, resulting in heroes with higher Weapon Mastery levels dealing increased base damage with all weapons.
▌Weapon Updates
1. We have fine-tuned the handling of all weapons, particularly focusing on their recoil and rate of fire, especially when firing from the hip. This has resulted in increased bullet spread and a slight decrease in rate of fire, requiring more skills to accurately hit enemies.
2. Adjusted the installation rules of some mods based on weapon type and optimized the prompt rules for mod items.This requires players to select magazine types based on the weapon category. The details are as follows:
- Magazine Mods: adjusted to AR Mag, SMG Mag, and SNIPER Mag.
- Stock Mods: adjusted to Tactical Stock and Sniper Stock.
- Muzzle Mods: adjusted to Muzzle Break and SMG Muzzle Break.
3. Adjusted the magazine crosshair style of weapons: Added low ammo warning. Players can view low ammo warnings on the crosshair progress bar and HUD.
4. Optimized the muzzle flame effects of the 9A Corp and Piecemakers weapon series.
▌Map Updates
Sunder Realms
The new map, "Sunder Realms" has been out for a while now, and we're still optimizing it. We noticed that some strongholds did not have enough intense battles and mobility. Which is not what we want. So we made the following adjustments to the map:
1. Adjusted and optimized the tactical structure of some Strongholds:
a. Added cover groups suitable for small-scale tactical maneuvers.
b. Added more zipline points.
c. Added bounce pads that allow players to change their movement path with a double jump after activation.
2. Added various covers and overall adjusted the distribution of cover positions:
a. Added covers such as giant trees and rocks.
b. Increased the density of covers on the map to adapt to the combat pace after the addition of Jetslide.
c. Replaced some small trees with giant trees to provide covers more suitable for team operations.
3. Simplified the map display: We removed some text info, such as tasks/vehicle Switch/high-Value resource areas, and replaced them with more intuitive event prompts. You can now quickly understand what's happening on the map, and make decisions more timely.
4. Optimized the display of the minimap as well as some UI elements.
5. Optimized shallow water areas, allowing players to use Jetslide and skills normally.
4. Optimized some half-window structures.
5. Increased the visual distance of Loot Box.
6. Slightly increased the damage received outside the Safe Zone.
7. Added HD resources for the map Sunder Realms in extreme graphics.
Resource Adjustments
1. Significantly increased the number of Tactical Supply Chests and removed all other resource Supply Chests on the Sunder Realms map.
2. Added Advanced Tactical Supply Chests on the Sunder Realms map: Advanced Tactical Supply Chests have a higher chance of yielding advanced equipment, and players can obtain their respawn location information from the map.
3. The Revive System will have a new mechanism:
- Added a new environmental interaction item - the Revival Device:
1. The Revival Device can revive all fallen teammates, no matter where or when they died.
2. After the teammates are revived, the Revival Device will slowly disappear and it can't be used again.
3. Multiple Revival Devices will appear on the map, prompting players to their locations.
- According to the data of vanguard test server, we've realized that the new Revival Device has made revival methods too plentiful, resulting in overly intense combat. To maintain a balanced experience, we've decided to remove the Respawner item that players carried at the start of the game.
4. Reduced the quantity of Shield XP devices and increased the Shield XP obtainable from each device.
5. Character XP Output Adjustments
- Added Character XP gains for players opening Tactical Supply Chests, Advanced Tactical Supply Chests, and Shield XP devices.
- Added Character XP gains for players achieving kills, assists, and dealing damage.
- Adjusted the XP required for character level-up.
- The Character XP obtained from the map will be available in three qualities: Blue, Purple, and Gold. Higher-quality XP yields more XP points.
6. Added Extended Items:
- Magazine Pouch: Increases ammo carrying capacity.
- Medical Container: Increases Med Kits carrying capacity and application speed.
- Shield Storage: Increases Shield Recharger and Shield Restorer carrying capacity and recharging speed.
- These Extended Items come in different qualities; higher-quality items provide more carry capacity and additional attributes.
7. Added Helmets. Equip to gain a certain percentage of damage reduction against headshots.
Map Events
1. Sponsor Box
- Reduced the activation time of Sponsor Boxes and increased the Character XP gained per second during activation.
- Players have chances to obtain higher-level Extended Items and Helmets from Sponsor Boxes.
2. Added the map event - New Shield XP Device Deployment
When the game progresses to a certain point, the system will randomly deploy a large number of new Shield XP devices at various locations on the map, allowing players to obtain Shield XP and Character XP.
▌System Updates
Matchmaking Adjustments
1. High ping issues in certain regions will get better. You will get more local matches, depending on your region.
2. We also noticed there's some imbalance between 3 player and 4 player squad mode, only 20% of all players are now choosing 4 player squad mode while 80% is consistently opting for the 3 player squad mode. In order to shorten matchmaking times and gather more players, the four-player squad mode will be suspended.
3. Your historical rank of duo, trio and quad mode will be combined. The new season's rank will be based on the highest rank achieved.
4. Removed Team Deathmatch mode from ranked matches.
Suspending any game mode is a tough choice. We would love to keep as many game modes open as possible to offer more variety, but we need to balance matchmaking time. We know some of you may feel sad about it, but we wish this tough choice could bring an overall better matchmaking experience. In the future, 4-player squad may be offered in other non-ranked modes, like regular matches or time-limited modes. In these modes, you'll still be able to enjoy playing as a team of four.
New Lobby Interface
After the update, you will be greeted with a completely refreshed lobby interface! This new visual style is part of how we envision Farlight 84 to be--fresh and cutting-edge. You'll certainly see more of it in future updates.
1. In the lobby after this update, themed season content and player squad info will be more prominent.
2. New Tracker tasks will be easily accessible as well. Know your aim, find your drive.
3. A more stylish and streamlined matchmaking window. Real-time matchmaking status observation is now available.
▌Other Adjustments & Bug Fixes
Character Actions and Controls
1. Optimized running state retention effect.
a. Press for an easier running state retention.
b. The running state persists upon joystick release on a zipline.
2. Added Quick Weapon Switch Button on Mobile, allowing quick weapon switching.
3. Mobile Control Adjustments:
a. Adjusted default button stroke for triggering running.
b. Added the feature of adjusting button stroke for triggering running in the custom interface.
c. Fixed the issue where continuous running could not be adjusted in the custom interface.
d. Optimized the left joystick control of character direction.
e. Adjusted basic screen sensitivity.
4. Optimized control sensation after using springboards, enhancing mid-air directional control.
5. Fixed numerous climbing and vaulting anomalies and failures.
6. Fixed the issue where Auto Fire did not trigger in certain scenarios.
Hit/Hit Display Optimizations
1. Optimized hover text generation position and visual effects.
2. Optimized Hit/Knockdown/Kill display effects.
a. Optimized HP bar effects when hitting enemies in the alive state.
b. Optimized HP bar effects when hitting enemies in the downed state.
c. Optimized crosshair UI effects when hitting/headshotting enemies.
d. Optimized crosshair UI effects when knocking down/killing enemies.
e. Optimized crosshair UI effects when headshotting and knocking down/killing enemies.
3. Optimized Character Hit Display
a. Optimized HP bar effects for characters when hit in the alive state.
b. Optimized HP bar effects for characters when hit in the downed state.
c. Added directional screen effects for characters when hit, helping players identify the approximate direction of the impact.
4. Optimized delay in damage calculation when hitting.
Camera
1. Optimized the default camera framing for characters.
2. Optimized specific motion camera effects.
3. Added Hit Camera. Players experience a camera shake effect when taking damage.
4. Added Bullet Whiz-by prompt. It occurs when bullets fly near you.
5. Adjusted the adjustable range of the camera FOV in the settings interface, with the current range being 75-90.
Battle Info
1. Optimized outlining feature for better differentiation between squadmates and enemies.
2. Optimized marker system usage experience. Reduced obstruction of the field of view caused by markings.
3. Optimized squadmate information display. The squad list tab flashes red when squadmates are being hit.
Map Interface
1. Simplified map Interface display module. Now, the map interface exclusively shows map information.
2. Added display of Revival Devices and Advanced Tactical Supply Chests locations on the map.
PC Version and Controller Optimizations
1. Updated PC version interaction interface and methods:
a. Added logic for crosshair selection of interactive objects.
b. Added long-press interaction key replacement logic.
c. Included Mods assembly prompts.
d. Added quality display of recommended items.
e. Optimized the display of fully-equipped weapons.
f. Optimized the experience of dragging items into a jetpack. The dragging area is now larger.
g. Optimized the PC interaction state display.
h. Optimized the landing interaction logic.
2. Added key conflict reminder, providing clear indication when a key is unassigned.
3. Optimized controller experience. The viewpoint control after using the D-pad is now smoother.
Event Center
1. The Event Center has been fully upgraded. You can now view more game info in the Event & Announcement Center.
Social System
1. The Social System has been fully upgraded. You can now invite friends or system-recommended players.
Others
1. Optimized player and squadmates overlapping boundaries.
2. Optimized Growth XP acquisition experience. The fallen squadmates now gain team-shared XP.
3. Updated appearance of Tactical Supply Chests and Airdrops.
4. Updated the Inventory interface.
5. Team captains will no longer bring along squadmates into Warm-up matches.
6. Removed the Activeness Quests.
7. Updated in-game fonts to better suit the new UI interface.
8. Merged the Lottery entrance into the Store system.
9. Updated the hero selection interface. Added a preparation page for tactical communication or skin-changing with squadmates.
▌Final Words
Farlight 84's version 2.2 update will officially be released on April 18th. This will be our anniversary update and contains tons of optimization. The new, longer, more rewarding Season system, the new Farlight Coins currency with more rewards, a brand new lobby design that's so cool, and new in-game mechanisms like Revival Device and Extended Items, and many more quality of life updates.
Don't forget to come and claim the FREE Advanced Tracker on April 18th!
Happy Anniversary and thank you to our long-time supporters.
Farlight 84 Team
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