It's our first patch notes after going Free to Play! If you're new to the community, welcome, Commander! :)
Here at Sparkypants we typically release a game update every week, usually on Wednesdays. Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 19, we will be releasing version 1955, which has a few ability balance changes, some Quality of Life features, and lots of bug fixes!
Gameplay Notes
Gear Changes
- Nanite Ray
- Collision radius increased from .75 to 1.5
- Decal size and actual collision radius are 1:1 now, and should match up much better w/ the FX size
Pilot Changes
- Plutus' Special Move: Paradigm Shift
- Can now be cast on units that are under pathing-restricted motion: Thrusters, Boosters, Momentum Shifter, and Fury's Stunning Entry
Miscellaneous Notes
- Alpha Phage
- Now displays AoE on mouseover
- There is now a mute button for in-draft and in-game chat
- Currently, using the mute option will mute all players on your team (WIP)
- Mute options transfer, so if you mute your teammates in draft, they will remain muted once the match starts
- There is no longer a full screen Victory / Defeat screen after a match is completed – players are taken directly to the Match Results screen
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Landfall did not snap to the edge of the navmesh
- Fixed an issue where Omnipresence did not snap to the edge of the navmesh
- Fixed an issue where Challenges could be issued to Friends that were offline
- Fixed an issue where Player Name could display help text in Team Match Modes depending on what the Player’s Name was
- Fixed an issue where the Party UI would not update to display a changed username without a client restart
- Fixed an issue where Objective hover tooltips could be shown before Objectives were displayed in the Draft Sequence
- Fixed an issue where 3v3 match rewards were incorrectly shown as ‘Ranked Multiplayer Bonus’ in the Match Results screen
- Fixed an issue where the Restorative Downlink VFX would stack if multiple units with the software were standing on the same tower
- Fixed an issue where Healthbars would briefly detach from units that took damage while Stealth Plating was active
- Fixed an issue where the quickmatch queue ‘Searching’ bar was overlapping with the 3rd goal in Pilot Contracts on 4k resolution
- Fixed an issue where the 3VAI match search setting would get re-enabled in the quickmatch Queue options after a match was completed
- Fixed an issue where the gear cards for Summoner’s Husk and Summoner’s Cocoon did not list the rate that stacks were generated
- Fixed an issue where the gear card for Resource Redirector did not list the time the unit needed to stand still before the software would activate
- Fixed an issue where the gear card for Obscure Vitality did not list its reset cooldown
- Fixed an issue where gear cards for summon abilities like Lapse Generator, Replicating Rifle, and Cloning Laser did not list the summons’ AA range
- Fixed an issue where Alpha Phage would continue to play its HP Buff FX after reaching maximum stacks
- Fixed an issue where a player could run a pilot contract an additional time without finishing the last session of the contract
- Fixed an issue where players could receive dropship healing benefits from an area that didn’t have a dropship on the 4th tutorial
- More minor localization fixes
- Minor SFX fixes
Known Issues
- There are known issues with words bleeding outside of their bounding boxes for every language other than English. Fixes are on the way
- Locking Observer slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
- The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
- Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast
- The ‘Easy Pickings’ achievement does not count Hives killed by a teammate towards the goal
- Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game
- Party members that did not initiate a seek will see incorrect checkboxes sometimes (WIP)
Look for this update tomorrow, Commanders, and please let us know your feedback in the forums!