First, a message to our fans:
Before we get to the big announcement, we thought we’d take a moment to share an update on how the Stage 2 experiment is going and thank you, our incredible players, for all your support and valuable feedback these last few weeks. From fewer than 200 PC players just days before the re-launch on July 7, Evolve Stage 2 now has more than 2-million players worldwide in less than one month. In that time, we’ve released weekly patches and hot fixes and we will continue to tune the Stage 2 experience every week. It’s been an absolutely incredible journey so far – one that has surpassed our wildest expectations – but we’re not done yet. We plan to continue adding new and exciting content to the game, and intend to continue to work on addressing issues with the game that are important to you. We’re very excited for today’s announcement and we hope that it demonstrates our commitment to you and this great experience we’ve built together. Again, from the bottom of our hearts – thank you. Let the road to 3-million begin!
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Today marks the start of a month-long “Shear Madness” event in Evolve Stage 2, where we’ll be rolling out our boldest content updates yet. Starting today, you can expect five new updates over the next five weeks that will include three more Character Adaptations, three new Map Variants that shake-up the traditional Evolve experience, a brand new Co-op game mode, and a veritable 3-meat feast of community requested features and quality of life improvements. Be sure to checkout EvolveUpdates.com for more info. As the weeks go on we’ll continue to update the Shear Madness homepage with each week's featured update. Today we’re kicking off the Shear Madness event with The Quantum Surge Update.
The Quantum Surge will include the newest Medic to the Hunter team’s roster, Quantum Caira. Her unique area control style healing combined with new abilities, which are detailed later in this post, marks one of our most daring Medic designs yet. The update will also feature…
- Some first steps towards improving widespread community issues on matchmaking and leavers;
- Balance changes;
- A brand new series of Advanced Hunter tutorials
- An all new “Try Before you Buy” option, where all hunters, monsters, skins and perks that you’d normally earn using Silver Keys are now unlocked in the game’s Training Mode.
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Quantum Caira – Quantum Caira keeps the team alive through sustained healing and careful positioning. Her Regeneration Fields create healing zones while her Neutron Barrier blocks damage for the whole team, as long as she's in the right place. Unlike other medics she has no healing burst so a well-positioned Regeneration Field combined with a well-timed Proton Field are the keys to success with Quantum Caira.
Proton Field- Deploys a zone that damages enemies over time. Multiple fields stack.
Regeneration Field – Deploys a Generyst™ zone that heals each nearby Hunter over time. Multiple Regeneration Fields stack.
Neutron Barrier- Applies a short damage-resistance buff to all nearby Hunters.
Generyst II™ Field: Heals hunters and damages monsters in the area for the duration of the effect.
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For full patch notes for today’s updates, see here. Be sure to come back each week this month for more information on each new update as the Shear Madness event rolls on, and keep checking on Evolve Updates for teases and content drops each week. Finally, if you don’t already, go ahead and follow us on Twitter, check out the TRSForums, like us on Facebook, and subscribe to our YouTube.