Community Requests

• Can now try an early look at Training Mode! (Work in Progress)
• Chatting has been added to end of matchmaking and custom online games.
• Cassidy has had an art rework to better match the other characters and tone of the game.
• Moves now have priority. In the result of a tie, priority goes to the character with higher dexterity, then the character that's taken less damage.

Gameplay

• Tie breakers are now available for Lives matches.
• KOs and Falls in Tie Breakers don't count towards score at end of game.
• Moved the camera line out on Twilight Grove.
• A pass on stun times that should make the Dexterity stat feel like an appropriate advantage/penalty.
• KOs are now worth +2 and Falls are -1.
• Self KOs net -3 and team KOs give -1 to the player that Fell and -2 to the player who KOed their teammate.
• Team KOs and Self KOs still both show up as "Accidents" in the end game screen.
• Players who hit other players into armed mines can now receive KO credit if the mine belonged to the victim or one of his/her teammates.
• Added new pickup priority for catching armed objects.
• Increased pickup priority for weapons.
• New level "Fjord" has been added to the level select screen. (Work in Progress)
• VALKRI summoner horns no longer appear during tie breakers.
• Reworked air time velocity bonus formula. Doesn't penalize bouncing as much. Lowers the force of point blank throws.
• Slightly lowered the velocity at which you leave stun.
• Your character will actually change direction while charging a throw. For realsies this time.
• You cannot hold a throw charge longer than 2 seconds.
• Fixed a bug where you could not catch thrown mines.

Powers

• Ground Pounds: Reduced minimum travel times. No longer increase in force the longer they travel.
• Unarmed Air Side Quick: Reduced AoE size.
• Unarmed Air Neutral Quick: Reduced recover time.
• Unarmed Air Heavy: Reduced damage and force.
• Blasters Air Heavy: Reduced AoE size. Reduced damage. Reduced force. Fixed behavior when used repeatedly in midair.
• Blasters Air Side Quick: Reduced AoE size. Reduced damage. Increased force. Can not control movement while firing. Fixed a bug where it could hit the same target multiple times per use.
• Blaster Down Heavy: Slowed time to hit as well as recovery time.
• Hammer: Ready/idle animation changed slightly to be less awkward.
• Hammer Side Heavy: Increased the power of the sweet spot.
• Hammer Side Heavy: Added a small hitbox at the top of the attack that has a smaller impact that hits more diagonally for added effectiveness against airborne opponents.
• Hammer Air Side Quick: Reduced recover time.
• Lance Air Heavy: Reduced damage. Reduced force.
• Lance Air Side Quick: Extended cast time.
• Lance Air Down Quick: Extended cast time. Made hit box more accurate.
• Sword Air Up Quick: Made hit box more accurate.
• Sword Air Heavy: Reduced AoE size. Reduced force.
• Sword Air Down Quick: Increased recover time. Extended cast time.
• Sword Side Quick: Increased charge speed and distance. Increased damage, decreased force. Deals damage as a multi-hit rather than single hit. Can move during recover.
• Sword Down Heavy: Fixed cases where targets could be knocked out harmlessly before the final hit.
• Spear: Ready/idle animation finished.
• Spear Air Down Quick: Cleaned up animation.
• Spear Side Quick: Has been replaced with a new move to better complement the other Spear moves.
• Spear Side Heavy: Improved animation.
• Spear Down Quick: Improved range on attack. Increased force on attack. Smoothed animation.
• Spear Down Heavy: Improved animation.
• Spear Throw: Travels slightly faster than other weapons.
• Mines: Will now go off automatically 8 seconds after sticking to a surface if they haven't been triggered by a player yet.

UI

• The "Leave" button in the end match screen now correct displays the appropriate hotkey for the given input device.

Performance

• Improved client performance.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug where items would drop with an incredibly high velocity after rolling along the ground and falling off a platform.
• Fixed a bug where inputs would not do anything in Arcade mode.
• Fixed a bug where scores would show up as "--".
• Fixed cases where Spear Air Neutral would lose its target before the final hit.
• Fixed a bug where starting a throw in the air and landing before letting go would cause the throw animation to start over.
• Fixed an online bug where kills could show up in the broadcast erroneously and/or multiple times.