Bots will now replace a human player if the player has been disconnected for more than 30 seconds (hero will retreat home first and then after 30 seconds the bot takes over). After 4 minutes it will start using souls to buy items. During laning phase it will go to its assigned lane, afterwards it will aim to stick near where most allies are located. If the player rejoins the bot will leave. We will work on improving the bot behavior as we get feedback.

Added a temporary matchmaking ban system for people that leave games

Reworked the Watch tab to highlight suggested matches to watch. There is currently a limit on the number of people that can watch the same match, so it'll recommend different games if the best suggestions are full. We are working on removing the spectator limit for a future update.

Matches in the watch tab will now indicate if a friend is in that match

A paused a game can only be unpaused by the player that paused for the first 30 seconds

Once you pause a game, you cannot pause it again within 5 minutes

Pause now says the player name pausing it

Added a view cone for your player on the minimap to help with finding yourself and the direction you are pointed

Added a sound when you receive a chat message

Increased the base font size for text chat

Increased the duration text chat is visible

You can now ping enemy items on the scoreboard to say alert players that the hero has that item.

You can now middle mouse click an ability to say its on cooldown

You can now alt click your active items to say if they are ready or not

Candle Troopers and other NPCS can no longer see or shoot through Cosmic Veils

Changed F1-F5 keys to instantly snap to the team mates rather than move there more slowly

Adjusted the health bar on Walkers to be easier to see

Match found sound now plays regardless of window focus

Added option to give fast stamina regen in Hero Sandbox

Minimap player icons now dynamically shrink and adjust positions slightly when there are many overlapping

Fixed zooming bypassing the shooting speed penalty

Added new effects for Shifting Shroud

T1 Boss now has quicker melee animations

Fixed Turrets causing backdoor protection to be lost

Fixed Guided Owl flying while the game is paused

Fixed a bug with using Melee in the air that could cause you to move a lot

Fixed some sound issues with Pulse Grenade

Added new sprint animations for Abrams

Various fixes to Lash's Ground Strike visual effects

Fixed various bugs and crashes with hero guides

Fixed Turrets not proccing things like Mystic Vulnerability

Fixed some outdated details on the minimap

Added visual tell for when Assassinate is active

Fixed some bugs that could cause McGinnis gun to be stuck

Updated Zipline Boost hint to say ACTIVE when it is active and only show the cooldown timer when its done

Fixed an edge case with Unstoppable and a debuff being applied on the same frame

Reduced minimum delay before you can press a button again to cancel a channel/precast from 0.5 to 0.2

Fixed getting stuck going up the ramp on the inner lane street

Fixed corner neutral camps not burrowing if they lose line of sight

Fixed being able to get on top of the tall border building behind the Chapel and behind the Firehouse

Lane Guardian HP increased from 3750 to 4600

Various adjustments to lane layout to give defenders more options for forward positions near their Guardian

Midlane Walkers HP reduced a little bit to match the same HP as the sidelane Walkers

Base Guardians moved a little bit further towards the outside of the base

Airborne Heavy Melee now triggers when the charge up is complete, rather than waiting for the player to land on the ground (you had to manually release it before)

Airborne Heavy Melee distance increased to match ground version

Heavy Melee time reduced from 0.6 to 0.55 (same for Air)

Crate powerups can now only spawn after 2 minutes (when the small neutrals spawn)

Added breakable crates inside each lane's Cosmic Veil

Expanded space in some of the lane's Cosmic Veils

Audible distance of enemy footsteps is reduced

Special 15 minute melee creep now upgrades again at 25 minutes

Base zipline speed increased by 10%

Extended inner lane urn bridge buildings toward the T1 and added a doorway to allow defenders to shoot down into the canal

Removed 3 bush trees on each inner lane near the urn bridge buildings

Carved out interior of inner lane tower buildings beside the Guardian and connected to the neutral camp in the underground areas

Moved outer lane Walker on Factory and Mansion sides slightly closer to the stairs

Carved out interior of outer lane wall buildings beside the Walker to allow forward position for defenders

Reduced width of forward base lookout bridges

Items

Alchemical Fire

Now grants +5 Spirit

Bullet Shield Health increased from +150 to +175

Cooldown reduced from 37 to 34

Basic Magazine

Ammo reduced from +16% to +15%

Weapon Damage reduced from +16% to +15%

Boundless Spirit

Spirit increased from +40 to +45

Curse

Now grants +8 Spirit

Decay

Cast range now scales with Spirit (0.2 factor)

Enduring Speed

Move Speed increased from +1.25 to +1.4

Enduring Spirit

No longer provides +1 Sprint

+10% Spirit Lifesteal

Glass Cannon

Weapon Damage reduced from +70% to +65%

Headshot Booster

Cooldown reduced from 9s to 5s

Knockdown

Cooldown reduced from 50s to 40s

Leech

No longer gives +8 Spirit

Lifestrike

Melee damage increased from +35% to +40%

Mystic Reverb

No longer stops the echo if the target dies

Refresher

Spirit Resist increased from +10% to +12%

Restorative Locket

Spirit increased from +4 to +5

Shadow Weave

Invis Sprint increased from +3 to +5

Shifting Shroud

Duration increased from 2.75 to 3

Can now be canceled early

Cooldown reduced from 55s to 45s

Silencer

Ammo increased from +15% to +20%

Slowing Hex

Cooldown increased from 25 to 27

Soul Shredder Bullets

Spirit Amp reduced from 14% to 12%

Spirit Strike

Health Regen increased from 0.7 to 1

Spiritual Overflow

Spirit bonus increased from 30 to 35

Superior Stamina

Spirit buff duration increased from 8s to 12s

Suppressor

Fire rate slow increased from 30% to 35%

Swift Striker

Bullet Resist penalty reduced from -8% to -7%

Toxic Bullets

Now deals half damage against troopers and neutrals

Vampiric Burst

Duration reduced from 5s to 4.5s

Lifesteal increased from 60% to 70%

Heroes

Abrams

Seismic Impact

is now faster to play out

now has a very brief busy state upon landing

Bebop

Hyperbeam width increased from 2.7m to 2.9m

Base bullet armor increased from 20% to 24%

Dynamo

Quantum Entanglement

fire rate bonus reduced from 35% to 30%

Singularity

T1 range increased from +2m to +3m

Grey Talon

Charge Shot spirit scaling improved from 1 to 1.3

Grey Talon's Charged Shot effect matches the damage radius better

Guided Owl

duration increased from 13s to 14s

T3 increased from 20% to 22%

player collision sized increased to regular sizes for these kind of projectiles

Haze

Sleep Dagger

cooldown increased from 27 to 29

spirit scaling increased from 2.2 to 2.5

Smoke Bomb

T2 and T3 swapped

T3 cooldown improved from -20s to -25s

Infernus

Afterburn

T3 reduced from +40 dps to +35

Flame Dash

T1 duration reduced from 8s to 7s

T1 Fire Rate slow increased from +30% to +35%

T2 increased from +40 DPS to +45

T3 increased from -15s to -20s

Ivy

Kudzu Bomb T3 improved from +50 DPS to +60

Kelvin

Base health increased from 550 to 600

Players can now slide down the Ice Path

Frost Grenade

radius increased from 6 to 6.5

charge time reduced from 10s to 8s

Ice Path

slow resistance increased from 50% to 60%

T3 max spirit increased from 40 to 55

Lady Geist

Soul Exchange

cast time reduced from 0.5 to 0.2

McGinnis

Rocket Barrage now does less damage to objectives similar to other ability damage

Mo & Krill

Sand Blast

no longer affects bosses

Paradox

Bullet base damage reduced from 8 to 7.2 (indirectly affects Kinetic Carbine)

Bullet growth reduced from 0.48 to 0.42 (indirectly affects Kinetic Carbine)

Kinetic Carbine

damage reduced from +100% to +85%

Paradoxical Swap

range reduced from 40m to 35m

Fixed being able to grab multiple heroes if they were really close to each other

Pocket

Barrage

radius increased from 5m to 6m

cooldown reduced from 35 to 30

T3 increased from 100% to 150%

Flying Cloak

speed increased by 7%

T3 increased from +5 damage to +7

Vindicta

Now has -10% Base Bullet Resist

Flight

no longer grants +1 bonus air speed

falloff damage increase reduced from +20% to +10%

Fixed spirit damage being able to pierce Metal Skin

Warden

Willpower

T1 improved from +15% to +20%

Last Stand

duration increased from 5s to 6s

Wraith

Project Mind

cooldown reduced from 50s to 45s

Yamato

Shadow Transformation's ability speedup now affects the post-cast durations as well

Shadow Transformation's ability speedup now improves the visual animations (cosmetic only change)

Power Slash

spirit scaling improved from 1.6 to 2.0

no longer does a very minor movement on enemies hit

Fixed sometimes not being a full charge when channeled fully during the Shadow Transformation