Internal version b23 released

Version beta 23 is now available for internal testers! It will appear as "b23_1.0". If you are just keeping up with development from the outside. thank you for your support. Make sure to join the Discord to be a part of the conversation!

Balance

• Adjusted Capture the Flag

  • Added a floor graphic for return progress

  • The flag now telefrags enemy players standing on it's platform when it returns

  • The flag now gains a temporary invulnerability shield that bounces players when it returns

  • Added a flag compass and state popups to the UI (these were supposed to be in last week :( )

• Reworked the Handgun

  • Is now a hitscan (was a fast projectile)

  • Players can now drop the Handgun on death if it is their only weapon.

  • Picking up a Handgun while you have one equipped replaces it with the Dual Pistols.

• Reworked the Dual Pistols

  • Is now a hitscan (was a fast projectile)

  • Now shares a damage profile with the Handgun

  • Now fires at double the Handgun's RPM

• Reworked the Power Saw

  • Reduced damage 17>15

  • Now applies an "armor strip" effect to targets, removing 15 extra Armor after it's standard health/armor damage is dealt.

    • This results in 25 armor being lost per hit on a target with full Armor.

• Sniper Rifle

  • Added a rangefinder to the sniper scope, displaying what damage fraction the current trajectory will inflict

• Reworked Armor Stacks

  • Kept gaining armor stacks from Item Boxes

  • Kept losing armor stacks from killstreaks. Slightly increased aggressiveness of loss curve.

  • New: Dying on a zero kill streak with no Armor Stacks now respawns you with one.

  • New: Dying on a zero kill streak with any Armor Stacks now respawns you with double that amount.

• Conducted an extensive balance pass, intending to reduce the power level across the board.

  • In general, headshot multipliers are lower.

  • Shotguns are mostly untouched.

  • No, I don't have specific notes. Sorry!

• Removed the two-player "ammo tier" from pickup rewards.

  • There are now three sizes of pickup ammo grants - 1-4 players, 5-7 players, 8-12 players

  • This results in slightly less ammo per pickup on larger layouts

• Added an additional Item Box or two to most map layouts.

• Increased respawn time for all sizes of armor kit slightly.

• Updated Departure with a smaller layout

• Updated Consumerism with new connections between the spawn areas and center rooms

Features

• Improved ragdolls

  • Face text now flickers out before disappearing

  • Improved collision between ragdolls

  • Added idle particle effects

  • Added decapitation for precision kills and splash damage kills

  • Improved despawning FX

  • Affected by explosions and projectiles

• Added a new weapon "complexity" stat, with three levels

  • Visible on weapon tooltips and cards

  • Describes generally how complicated a weapon is to operate

• Added a small amount of camera shake to weapon recoil.

  • Can be disabled in the Options, under "Camera".

• Improved like every visual effect

  • New tracers, hit effects, explosions, impact decals

• Gave each team a unique icon, replacing the generic shapes they previously had.

  • RED Contracting

  • BLU Strategies

  • GRN Ecotechnology

  • YLW Laboratories

• New art for items that were missing it/using generic assets.

• The new ArenaBot now graces key art and visual material when the game launches and on Steam

• Added a WIP vignette animation to the main menu