Hello, and welcome to another dev update for Tyr. This update rides in alongside a smaller, mid-month balance patch that’s either in-flight now or already available to you in Steam.
Yes, we fully recognize that we’re not sitting in the middle of November but perhaps closer to the beginning. The schedule of our workflow is such that our patch deployment windows may seem like they are shifting around the month while we stay on course.
As usual, we offer these developer updates in written and video formats. You can watch the video below or continue reading this post.
Let’s begin.
The mid-month balance patch is live
This one is small on purpose. Our mid-month patches stay tight and number-focused so we can respond to a shifting meta without breaking pace on the larger content updates. The next content patch is still on schedule, and it's the one carrying the bigger changes.
This time we're dialing Parallax back slightly, giving Valor a small nudge, and bumping the Hull Bellows component.
Parallax tweaked
Penetration lowered from 80mm to 70mm.
Parallax is performing well, especially in the hands of players finding off-angle shots on distracted enemies. This keeps that strength intact and trims what it can do in a straight-up fight, which isn't supposed to be its specialty.
Valor gets a healing buff
Heal amount increased from 150% to 160% of base shell damage.
A small nudge to help Valor stay competitive now that fights lean aggressive instead of grinding attrition.
Hull Bellows gets a buff
Effect increased from 85 to 95.
Hull Bellows is an aggressive component that hasn't seen much play yet, so it gets a slight bump.
A fresh Contract is here
Next, we've added a fresh contract with new challenges and rewards. That's live with this patch, too. Remember! Contracts are brand new, and we want your feedback on these.
Changes to Ranked Solo / Duos
Now that the MMR distribution has had some time to shake out, we can see that the calculation change we made in Pre-season 1 to address duo smurfing has also made it too difficult for players at the top of the leaderboard to move up.
That’s understandably frustrating for players trying to reach Master and Grandmaster, where the top-level competition is meant to live.
We’re reverting the MMR calculation to how it worked before Pre-season 1. To address duo smurfing, we'll treat both players in a squad as having the MMR of the higher-rated player, removing the incentive to sandbag.
What's coming in the next content patch?
Heavy reminder: None of this is live yet. Everything below arrives with our next content update, which is roughly two weeks out.
Another tank will enter the Alpha Program
We're adding another tank to the Alpha Program. We're not ready to share specifics beyond this: it's a tank that's unique compared to the rest of our roster.
We're excited to get it into your hands and start collecting feedback so we can iterate.
Salutes are getting some quality-of-life work
You love Salutes, and so do we. We're working on some improvements.
First, we've heard that players want to see a track record of Salutes after they come in. Maybe you missed the notification and want to see who saluted you. We're adding a record of Salutes to the (recently built) system message inbox in the main menu for this purpose.
Second, we know lots of players like to return Salutes once they've been saluted. We're aiming to get that "Salute Back" feature in-game as well.
German localization arrives soon; more languages coming
We're working to localize Tyr in a host of languages for players around the world. We're starting with one to lay the foundation, and we intend to quickly add additional languages once that's in place and settled.
The next update adds German, and more languages will follow soon after as we work to bring Tyr to a wider audience.
There's more in this update we're not quite ready to talk about yet. We'll have more to share soon.
More dev streams and videos are coming
We're doing more dev streams and videos going forward. We've already started this process, but we're sharing here so that you can stay updated if you're interested.
Follow us on Twitch at View game page and on YouTube at View game page to stay in the loop on those.
Our next tournament is November 14th
Registration for our next community tournament is open now in our Discord. If you want to play, hop into our Discord and grab the competitive role to access the tournament channels and info. If you're not sure how to do that, just ask in the Discord, and someone will point you in the right direction.
No team? No worries. You can register as a free agent. If we have space for a free agent team, we'll form one. Otherwise, existing team captains can pick up free agents, and that happens pretty often.
The prize breakdown is:
1st place: $1,300
2nd place: $700
3rd and 4th place: $250 each
You'll find the registration form, rules, and team-finding resources in our Discord.
Tanks for playing
That's it for this update.
Thanks for playing Tyr, providing feedback, and telling your friends. We'll see you on the battlefield. 🫡