Since the release of the game from Early Access we are focusing on increasing the production speed of new Survivors. We believe that a greater number of combos will reduce repetitiveness therefore improving players' experience. These characters were waiting for a veeery long time. In the case of TRX it was more than 2 years!
Phoebe Spoilers
SUR5 :radioactive: next Survivor is Mayor Lindr right hand - Phoebe that can be recognized from Story Missions. Her subordinates nicknamed her "blackhand" because of rotten arms she hides under white gloves. This character is bringing a very important game mechanic for long term health of the game: Barrier. Can you guess how it works before the release?
Difficulty System
Thanks ShadowFTL for suggesting implementation of the tier system! It's important to acknowledge that all Survivors are equal in power level and it often may be tempting to compare mechanically simple Vex with long-term gameplay of Mayor Lindr. From now on we will be referring to the characters difficulty instead of their price or misleading term "Tier".
Training Bot
Many players have asked our team to improve Training Bot game mode to support Invade card testing. Bot now has a special modifier that will estimate life loss based on the number of bad cards in deck. While this solution isn't perfect for now it has to be enough as we are focusing on other tasks.
Survivor Changes
Vigilante
- Bear Trap cost increased from 2 to 3 energy This change was made to slow down spam strategy of inexpensive invade cards caused by TRX. This nerf can be also considered a buff, because it can trigger Headshot damage more reliably.
Leeki Wiks
- Rumors generate 1 energy instead of 2 when purchased.
Gog & Magog
- Firestarter cost have been reduced from 6 to 5, but deals 1 damage per trigger.
Kasese
- Kasese now generates additional 1 Energy outside of purchase condition.
Mrs. B
- Bank adds 1 debt forthe enemy as additional effect.
- Collector damage is now limited to maximum 3.
QoL and Bug Fixes
- Added difficulty information to Survivors page.
- List of Survivors is now sorted by their difficulty instead of release date.
- Added new functionality to drop items from inventory.
- Added new tutorial videos for better introduction of new players.
- Training Bot now takes invade cards seriously.
- Added new music tracks that can be heard during the battle.
- Updated Spanish language translation.
Thank you very much for reading and supporting SUR5 :radioactive: project. We can't wait to show you all the crazy exciting Survivor designs we were cooking.
~Team SUR5