Balance Updates, Bug Fixes, and a Tougher Nightmare.

Patch Notes - Version 0.2.0.3

Steam Deck Support

• Settings have reset to support optimal settings specific to Steam Deck.
• Dev Note - Steam Deck settings were falling back to PC configurations. This has been addressed and settings reset only for Steam Deck users to support these.

Mission Updates

• Split side missions into Specialty and Challenge missions.
• Challenge missions on Nightmare now have more unique and challenging bot spawns.
• Glass Cannon
  • Removed the partial healing and shield modifier.
  • Removed Shield damage spillover protection.
  • Enemies now deal 100% more damage to the player.

Perk Improvements

• Renamed Shockwave to High Voltage.
• Reduced Snowdrift nearby enemy damage to 25%, reduced overall Cryo damage to 20%.
• Increased Blizzard tick damage from 20 to 60.
• Increased Fire damage bonus on Inferno from 10% to 15%.
• Increased bonus damage duration on Orbital Infusion to 8 seconds.

Item Update

• Removed Fortune Cookie Super Item.
• Dev Note - This item is undergoing a redesign.

Weapon Balance

• Grenades now go through friendly players.
• Reimplemented Weapon Inspects.
  • Defaulted to "I" on keyboard.
  • Defaulted to Right D-Pad on controller.

• Iron Squires
  • No longer deals self damage.
  • Missed shots now increase spread by 10%.

• Headhunter
  • No longer deals self damage.

• BP-44 Harrier
  • Damage increased from 22 to 24.
  • Time Between Bursts lowered from .3 to .275.

• T30 Nova Burst
  • Damage increased from 21 to 22.
  • Lowered Damage Falloff Penalty.

• Sidekick-3 AP
  • Increased Damage from 35 to 39.

• PR14x Aeos
  • Increased Damage from 31 to 32.

• BAS-24 Warden
  • Increased Damage from 24 to 30.

• Affixes
  • Lifesteal Affix now has a chance to heal you for a percentage of your max health whenever you deal damage with the affixed weapon.

Bot Changes

• Adjusted the Melee Phalanx hit timing to be more accurate with the animation.
• Adjusted several bots' weakpoints to be easier to hit.
• Updated the Mesmerizer's look.
• Ranged shielded enemies can now take AOE damage.
• Removed Nyxis from later parts of Zone 2.
• Removed Man-Spider from Zone 2 story mission.
• DeadEye
  • Properly gets hit by explosions and counts as a headshot.
  • Increased head size when detached from the body.

• Cryo Guardian
  • Reduced freeze shot radius by 15%.

• Void Spiders
  • Reduced AOE of their void explosion by 30%.

• Healing Drones
  • Reduced health by 50%.
  • Healing drones are limited to only 1 in a room in Adventure, Normal, and Hard difficulties.

• Fire Mindless
  • Removed DOT fire damage.

• Radiation Exploder
  • Removed radiation debuff.

• Lightning Axe
  • Adjusted teleport so it will not teleport within certain distances, based on difficulty.

General Gameplay

• Added aim assist settings for Off/Limited/On.
• Adjusted the exit doors to an encounter to auto open at 30 seconds instead of 10 if loot orbs are not taken.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the player could get a permanent black screen overlay if they jumped into death pits multiple times.
• Fixed an issue where players in co-op would sometimes spawn underneath the Safe Room or in the next encounter, softlocking the run.
• Fixed an issue where Lightning Axe bots could teleport when frozen.
• Fixed an issue where bots could jump while frozen.
• Fixed an issue where Nyxis Root was invisible to clients.
• Fixed an issue where Phalanx could damage players at incorrect times after being staggered or frozen.
• Fixed an issue where Headhunter would sometimes not refund a bullet when you scored a headshot.
• Fixed an issue where damage from Ignite was not being affected by certain items that boosted proc damage.
• Fixed damage bonus from Health Perk Child 3 not properly scaling with overhealing amount.
• Fixed an issue where item effect UI for Alien's Hand Super Item would not update correctly when you swapped weapons or picked up a new weapon.
• Fixed an issue where Alien's Hand would not correctly cap damage boost to 50%.
• Fixed an issue where Steroid Tablets Super Item would not display its current damage boost in the UI on being equipped, and would only do so after taking damage/being healed.
• Fixed an issue where Nitroglycerin Power Super Item would not correctly display the magnitude of its damage boost after you reload.
• Fixed a bug where Hot Sauce Super Item would not display its current damage boost in the UI on being equipped, and would only do so after taking damage/being healed.
• Fixed Recycled Plastic Super Item not clearing its damage boost when you picked up a new weapon.
• Fixed Boomerang Super Item not refunding shots that hit doors.
• Fixed Probability Cube and Hammer of the Artisan's Forge items not applying their effects to weapons picked up after the item was equipped on the joining client in co-op.
• Fixed Plastic Wand, Tourniquet, and Barbed Grenade items not working for the joining client in co-op.
• Fixed an issue where the Zone 2 teleporter did not show its exiting VFX.
• Fixed several collision issues in the Starting Ship, Zone 1, and Zone 2.
• Fixed several issues where bots could spawn inside geometry.
• Fixed an issue where in-game music would be muffled if you quit to the main menu, went to the starting ship, then started a level without ever pausing.
• Fixed an issue with weapon FOV when playing in widescreen.