Hey all,
We're offline for the New Frontier Harvest patch on Monday at 10AM PST (6PM GMT).
Downtime should be approximately 3 hours. If we come online early, or need a bit more time, we'll update this post.
Thanks!
Defiance: Hulker Hell 2016
NEW EVENT
Hulker Hell is back! Fight plaguers and Hulkers in minor and major arkfalls to win back paradise!. Get the new Sanguine Extraction synergy!
Finish the daily and weekly contracts to get your weekly reward. The reward will contain a guaranteed Legendary RIP weapon and an epic mod with the chance to be legendary (chance at a jackpot weapon).
A new pursuit has been added called "Back from Whence They Came". Complete this pursuit during the Hulker Hell event to receive a special jackpot reward: The "Ifrit" TACC Assault Rifle.
In addition, some cosmetic rewards can be earned by participating in arkfalls.
MASTERY CHANGES
Masteries have been completely revamped. Several less desireable masteries have been deprecated, while some new and exciting masteries have also been added. If a player re-rolls their current weapon mastery, they will re-roll from the new mastery table.
The following masteries have been deprecated:
* + DMG from above
* + DMG from behind
* Take less damage while reloading
* + DMG on next grenade after a full reload
* + DMG on next shot after a kill
* + Health on a reload
* + Crit Mult to out-of-combat targets
* + EGO Power duration on a critical kill
* Full Reload Refreshes Grenade
* + DMG from last shot in clip
* + Crit Mult to incoming targets
* + EGO Power refresh on explosive kill
* + Melee DMG when shields down
* + Ammo on melee kill
In addition, several new masteries have been added, and current masteries have had their values adjusted. Hope on PTS to test these new masteries!
For more detailed information regarding these new masteries, please visit Defiance Data: http://www.defiancedata.com/masteries
NEW SYNERGY
Sanguine Extraction
[1] +25% chance self-revive cooldown will not be triggered
[2] +100% damage for 5s after using self-revive.
[3] +10% Damage
[4] +10% Life and Shield Steal
New Weapon Base: Chango Fragger - Brand new high damage Automatic shotgun
Included weapon types: Chango Fragger(NEW), Blast Rifle, INF-27 Immunizer, LM-43 Thunder, Surge Blaster, Surge Bolter , Pulser
Chance at one of 8 all new jackpots (one special charge blade):
Most of the Jackpot weapons will have brand new skins!
All weapons from the newest synergy will also have a new blood effect when they fire!
ALL RIP manufactured weapons (dropping from both the event and lock boxes) will have an additional 20% mag! This is in addition to all synergy and bonuses.
NEW BUNDLE
* Only available during the Hulker Hell event! Get it now before it’s gone! This limited time pack will contain a brand new vehicle with a unique vehicle skin: RM Renegade "Torque or Treat" vehicle
Torque or Treat Pack will also contain:
- Legendary "Mass O' Latern" (pumpkin firing mass cannon with a brand new skin!)
- Legendary "The Great Pumpkin "Launcher"" Rocket Launcher. Fires super slow moving MASSIVE pumpkins!
- "The Witch" and "The Warlock" Titles
In addition, the Triple Costume Pack from 2015 has been brought back and will also be on the store!
WEAPON CHANGES
Surge Blaster (Charge burst pistol)
* Increased base mag size to 24 (21)
* Increased base RoF to 15 (10)
* Decreased burst delay to .2 (.5)
* Added an additional .4s of charge time increasing max burst count to 12 (from 7)
* These changes are retroactive.
INVENTORY CHANGES
* Increased maximum inventory capacity to 600