Hello everyone!
We’re following up the relatively large Unlock and Loadout release with a smaller update that makes some interesting alterations to the game, while addressing a number of bugs. You may well be interested to see that we have added the first implementation of vote kick functionality, and introduced some balancing and usability tweaks to Mercs and maps.
Central Intelligence Hub
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[li]A short overview of some of this update’s key features[/li][li]Vote Kicking[/li][li]Map Voting[/li][li]Merc Visibility Improvements[/li][li]Updated Dome Blockout added to regular map rotation[/li][li]Merc Balancing[/li][li]Map Tweaks[/li][li]UI Improvements[/li][li]Audio Additions[/li][li]Bug Fixes[/li][/ul]
DESIGN
General
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[li]We’ve added first stage vote-kick functionality[/li][LIST]
[li][]Press F5 to bring up the Vote Kick menu, use the number keys to select a player to kick. If called upon to vote, press F5 to vote Yes, and F6 to vote No.[/li][li][]Players can vote kick any player on their own team, and it will be voted on by other members of your team.[/li][li][]The vote require more than 50% of players to vote yes to pass. The player that calls the vote automatic votes Yes, and the player to be kicked automatically votes No.[/li][li][]Once you have called a vote you will be unable to call another vote for 60 seconds[/li][/ul]
[li]Only 1 Vote can be active at a timeMap voting sees its first foray into the wild[/li][ul]
[li][]Each player receives 1 vote[/li][li][]You will be presented with 3 options to choose from[/li][li][]The option with the most vote wins[/li][/ul]
[li]Merc visibility tweaks have taken place to make identifying your prey less bothersome [/li][ul]
[li][]The bright variants of each Merc are now always tied to the enemy team[/li][li][]Skin shader optimisations have taken place[/li][li][]Rim light scaling has been adjusted to be more effective at distance[/li][/ul]
[li]We have updated various lobby, warm-up and review timers to make jumping into games even easier[/li][li]Your Mercs, inventory and XP pools have each taken a well-placed cricket bat to the knee. All accounts have been wiped as levelling rewards have been fixed and need to be monitored in a virgin environment[/li][li]Dome has been added to the standard server rotation, now you can enjoy it alongside the rest of the regular maps [/li][/LIST]
BALANCE
Mercs
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[li]Updated raise and lower times for abilities to be more consistent[/li][li]Player FOV now defaults to 70[/li][li]This is as a result of a previous change that switched the FOV calculation from horizontal to vertical[/li][li]Added the option to disable non-gameplay affecting Camera Animations[/li][li]Delivery time for carryable objectives is now 4 seconds for all primary objectives[/li][/ul]
Fletcher
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[li]Increased Ahnuhld-12 Shotgun pellet spread[/li][li]Increased effective range of Ahnuhld-12 pellets[/li][/ul]
Skyhammer
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[li]Swapped Ammo and Airstrike slots around to be consistent with other mercs[/li][li]The default keys are now E for Ammo and Q for Airstrike[/li][/ul]
Arty
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[li]Swapped Ammo and Artillery slots around to be consistent with other mercs [/li][li]The default keys are now E for Ammo and Q for Artillery[/li][/ul]
Proxy
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[li]Increased Hollunds 880 Shotgun pellet spread[/li][li]Increased effective range of Hollunds 880 pellets[/li][/ul]
Aura
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[li]Healing stations now heal medics at the same speed as non-medic characters [/li][li]Increased Remburg 7 Shotgun pellet spread[/li][li]Increased effective range of Remburg 7 pellets[/li][/ul]
Vassili
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[li]Reduced Heartbeat Sensor radius by ~40%[/li][/ul]
MAPS
General
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[li]Minor collision fixes across all maps[/li][li]Improved player collision on MG nests[/li][/ul]
Dome
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[li]Made some changes to alleviate the problem of the attackers being pinned down in the spawn area[/li][li]Added some new trick jump routes[/li][li]Reworked one of the side routes[/li][/ul]
Terminal
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[li]Fixed some player collision issues around the broken wall[/li][/ul]
Whitechapel
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[li]Fixed the duplicate EV appearing during the Intro[/li][/ul]
USER INTERFACE
Front-end Menus
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[li]New screen: Merc Profiles[/li][li]See stats and info on each of your unlocked Mercs, conveniently packed into a single section[/li][li]View your Merc’s leveling tree, including unlockables and current progress[/li][li]More sub-sections to come in future updates![/li][li]Added a ‘Spectate’ button to the Lobby[/li][/ul]
HUD and In-session Menus
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[li][]Clicking the VOIP icon on the scoreboard will toggle muting a player[/li][li][]During Warm-up players will have “Ready” beside their name if they are ready[/li][li][*]Polish improvements have been made to the End Game Review sequence[/li][/ul]
[li]Added a new obituary icon for Grenade launcher kills[/li][/LIST]
AUDIO
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[li]Added reload sounds for a selection of weapons.[/li][li]Mixing tweaks for explosions, commander VO and HUD messages.[/li][li]Added match outros for both commanders.[/li][/ul]
BUG FIXES
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[li]Fixed various issues with the Level Unlocks. You receive rewards when levelling up once again![/li][li]Fixed an issue whereby jumping on the edge of railings would cause the player to become stuck in the falling state, after jumping off they would take falling damage[/li][li]Fixed an issue where grenades had invisible bullet collision surrounding them[/li][/ul]
