Hello Players!
With Content Update 4, we are making some pretty huge changes to SOS. The biggest and most exciting change is that SOS: Battle Royale will now be completely free to play! We are hugely excited for this change, as we want to get SOS: BR into as many people’s hands as possible.
In addition to that awesome announcement, Content Update 4 is full of loads of fantastic weapons, items, cosmetics and mechanics coming to the game.
Without further ado, allow us to show you what’s in store for Content Update 4:
Season Pass
You want progression, so we’re giving you progression. Purchase the Season Pass, and play your way to some awesome skins, icons, gestures, and other rewards.
New Outfits
Here are just a few of the outfits you can expect to see in Season 1.
As part of our efforts to bring you all of these awesome skins, we had to temporarily scale back the amount of available characters in game. Currently, there will be just one male and one female model. But, never fear! We are working hard to add back all of the characters you know and love as soon as possible.
New Weapons
- SCAR-L
- A new assault rifle can now be found around La Cuna Island.
- This assault rifle can come in many different tiers and combinations of these attachments:
- Red Dot
- Scope
- Suppressor
- Shockwave (Pump-action Shotgun)
- Yet another tool for your up close and person needs. This shotgun has a range and fire rate that fall between the MTS and Gialdini.
Grenades
- Mosquito Grenade
- Our mosquito grenade has been reintroduced. Now designed to cause distraction, these grenades cover an area with loud mosquitos, and those mosquitoes can attach to an enemy’s face, blocking their view, and doing a small amount of damage.
- Frag Grenade
- Your standard-issue big boom in a small area. Used to do damage to your opponents.
New Inventory
Our previous inventory system needed a revamp to allow players more freedom in how they play SOS. Any item (except melee, which still has a reserved slot) can go into any slot, and you can now re-arrange your items at will using the new swap menu (Tab by default).
New Consumables/Shield System
With the introduction of much more visual customization, we decided it was best to do away with physical armor and convert to a shield system. Our shield system works as extra HP. When you shoot someone with a shield, you will see blue visual effects and a blue hit indicator. Any shield amount you have applied over 50% will slowly decay back to 50 over time. Here are the consumable items you can find around La Cuna in order to help you maintain your shield.
- Mushroom
- Provides 25 shield.
- Relic
- Provides 50 shield.
- Syringe
- Provides 35 shield and 35 health over time. Also, the shield decay does not tick down while this is ticking up.
Gameplay changes
- Radial Damage Indicator introduced.
- Flare Guns now come in two varieties, those that trigger supply drops and those that trigger bomb drops (to use offensively).
- Aim-Down-Sights now has different movement speeds per gun class. Pistols are fastest, while assault rifles are slowest.
- There are now two flare guns available: a supply flare and a bomb flare.
- The supply flare will start a vote on Hero.tv, where viewers can choose among several high-end weapon drops. The loot from these will always be Exotic.
- The bomb flare will cause a bomb to drop near the location of the flare.
- Reduced speed multipliers on slopes. Players will now move up slopes faster, but gain less speed when moving down slopes.
Balance Changes
- Guns now have rarity tiers. Rarity tiers affect damage and recoil.
- Uncommmon (Green)
- Rare (Blue)
- Legendary (Purple)
- Exotic (Gold)
- Headshot multipliers have been reduced.
- Reduced SMG spread
- Adjusted assault rifle recoil to kick less in the beginning, but at the cost of greater recoil duration
- Increased shotgun arm/leg damage multipliers so that dealing damage feels less random
Wait a second! I bought the game before it went free to play.
Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! As early supporters of SOS, if you purchased the game prior to June 20th, you will automatically receive over 100 pieces of content, including outfits, gestures, and icons! In the future, we will be looking to award special gifts for those of our very early supporters who purchased different Founder’s Packs.
Now’s the time to grab your friends and show off your hard earned skills and new items in SOS: Battle Royale as you rise to the top of the Leaderboards.
See you on the Island!
LaCunaThomas