Lobby
Lobbies now have a chat so you can talk before beginning a match. hit enter to view and type!
lobbies now will block you from joining if you are on a different version of the game
Ranked Mode can now be enabled for 4v4 and 5v5 non-bot matches. When the game finishes it will updated players skill rating. Along with a new balance button that can be used for any game mode. This can help balance lobby matches.
the balancer uses a OpenSkill algorithm to assign skill rating and find balance teams.
This also means we have the return of the rank badges, and can help balance lobbies when playing with unknown players. It will usually take around 10 games for it to properly place you in the operate skill rating.
Added a LAN hosting option for people who requested to have games over local network.
Lobbies can now be made private if you want to just play with your friends, to join a private lobby you need to share the lobby code that can be copied from the top right of the lobby view.
Balance
night bringers no longer disconnect team vision
mass loom coil been removed
removed mini-stun from volt E augment 2 (pull enemies in on orb collision)
Bug Fixes
fix nearest targeting abilities consuming ability cooldown (revenants Q, stalkers E are examples)
fixes revenants E from visual scaling with increase area of effect
death recap now can be closed and a few other qol additions to the feature
fix Horizon E visual not scaling
fixed weapon and captain randomization assignment
fixed clouds setting overriding players settings (check to see if clouds are properly off)
game should no longer freeze when looking at end-game
camera should no longer jump to the corner of the map when everyone dies
the host should be able to see player weapons / ships and selection like everyone else
fixed nautilus visual not scaling with increase area of effect
fixed rare edge case of players getting stuck to other players after being hooked
fixed seeing the horizon through the fog of war in certain situations.
fixed non-casting players from not seeing ships fully rotate before casting channel abilities (nautilus W ability for example)
There is more larger fixes and changes in the pipeline, but for now this will give it a bit more ways to form games and chat before beginning a game.