We interrupt your daily flight to bring you a new patch. It adds the last portion of the Hel's Fighters gamemode, and concludes the story. There is also a New Game+ option for those that wish to stay in the arena for a while longer.
Additionally, new Hel's Fighters Challenges/Achievements and unlockable paintjobs have been added. There are 14 in total, and can be completed in your first playthrough or in New Game+. You can review the new tasks on the Challenge menu.
Finally, a few balance changes have been made to Hel's Fighters. The Sentinel Zero fight was reworked to be more interesting, High Explosive Shells now increases the Gladiator's damage, and Machinist and a handful of her drones got tiny improvements as well.
Here is a full list of patch notes:
Additions:
- Added a new Free Paintjob: Gift. > You can swap to it in the Shipyard or in the Options menu.
Hel's Fighters:
- Added Days 9-12 to Hel's Fighters.
- Added a New Game+ option, unlocked after completing Hel's Fighters on that save file.
- High Explosive Shells now also increases the impact damage of the Gladiator's 37mm Cannons by 10 across the board.
- Reworked the Sentinel Zero fight. > His primary weapon now always fires an accurate burst of plasma. > His secondary weapon now always fires Seeker Missiles. > After the first phase, he'll start using special attacks every 5 seconds. > After the second phase, his special attacks become slightly stronger.
- Decreased the time it takes for Machinist to replenish her drones from (10, 10, 10, 10) seconds down to (9, 8, 7, 6) seconds.
- Increased the burst length of Strike Drones escorting Machinist from (3, 3, 3, 3) rounds up to (3, 4, 5, 6) rounds.
- Increased the flight speed of Quad Drones from 4 up to 6.
Shipyard:
- Added 14 new Hel's Fighters paintjobs. > They must be unlocked first by completing its respective Challenge.
Challenge:
- Added 14 new Hel's Fighters challenges.
Bugs:
- Fixed a bug that caused Rotating Shields to be immune to projectile damage. > They should only be immune to laser and explosive damage.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Ghastly paintjob to not be correctly displayed in the Shipyard.
Steam-exclusive Changes (does not affect non-steam releases):
- Added 14 new Achievements for the Hel's Fighters gamemode. > They are currently using placeholder images. They will be changed at a later date.
If anyone is met with any sort of weird bug, or simply thinks that the last couple of fights need to be tougher, feel free to leave a comment, send an email to the support address, or make a post in either of the Steam support threads for MF-01 Aerostrike.
Stay safe pilots!