Reworked the Hero Builds system. Browsing and editing builds now happens within the Shop UI (accessible via Sandbox or during a normal game). You can create custom categories for items with unique names and descriptions that can be independently resized and positioned. The interface for browsing builds has also been improved, public builds will now be sorted by popularity (number of favorites). Old builds are incompatible with this system, so they won't be visible in this UI, but we'll have a console command we'll release soon that you can use to print out your older guides if you need them for reference.

North America (NA) servers have been moved from the west coast to closer to the middle of the country to make latency between east and west coast a little more even, as the majority of users are east coast now. The total average ping amongst all players will be lower as a result of this (a little higher for some and a lot lower for others).

NA region testing times now start 1 hour earlier weekdays and weekends

Minimum hero roster requirement reduced from 4 to 3

Added Oceanic servers and matchmaking region. Testing times are displayed in the client

Added Teleporter icons on the minimap. The icons glow when you get close to them and pulse on the teleporter's exit location to show you the destination when you are about to enter it.

When using the underground tunnels, the primary minimap fades out and an underground map for that area shows you your path and the exit locations.

Reworked the invite system in the client to streamline the process. Emails are no longer required, the users will now receive access directly through Steam and Discord/Forum access will be available through the client. The UI will now also group users into three categories: available to invite, already invited, and already have access. This new system will result in less invitations stuck in limbo, and any previous invites that have not already claimed the game will be granted through this system as well.

Added a checkbox on the startup development dialog to be able to choose to not show it again

Your vision through a Cosmic Veil is now based on your hero position rather than camera position

Adjusted Zipline camera positions for various heroes to help with visibility

Double tap threshold increased from 0.2s to 0.3s

Fixed Candle Troopers near-death flash sometimes occurring while moving or doing other active animations

Candle Trooper behind-wall HUD indicator now also shows near-death state

Fixed taking damage not interrupting teleporters

Fixed clicking on the top bar or minimap to change spectate targets being unreliable

Fixed Function keys (F1-F5) being broken recently and not spectating team mates

Fixed various abilities not showing the cast preview correctly on the first use (Mini Turrets, Quantum Entanglement, etc)

Fixed Walkers having a pause at the end of their Rocket Barrage

Fixed multiple instances of "Killing Blow" in the Damage Report

Temporarily disabled the audio reminder on being unable to damage the patron while the shrines are alive

Fixed Spectral Wall forcing itself into the first ability slot if its cooldown is refreshed

Changed camera to more closely track the followed hero angles when watching replays

Player names no longer show up above hero's heads when in replay free-cam mode

Increased post-game time by 1s

Fixed upgrading abilities via hotkeys not working while dead

Fixed dead player minimap icons showing over enemy players who are below street level and over shop icons

Fixed various bugs with Infernus that caused significant lag

Fixed Shrines not having collision

Fixed crosshair sometimes being stuck hidden for Yamato after Flying Strike was interrupted

Added a bunch of new Ivy lines including updated pings, kill lines, etc

Improved mix clarity for game dialog

Improved distinction between orb collect and orb deny sounds

Fixed various cheat/debug commands being accessible

Added sleep status sound

Fixed a bug with Urn that could cause you to be permanently silenced

Fixed shop close sounds playing whenever the player enters the radius of a closed shop

Added new visual effects for Lash's Ground Strike

Improved ground impact effects for Ivy's True Form

The client now culls more sounds when they are below a volume threshold

The server no longer tells clients to play certain sounds when players and spectators are outside of audible range

Shortened weapons and abilities volume attenuation over distance

Fixed the console command zoom_sensitivity_ratio affecting both zoomed in and out

Replaced two oil trucks with a new vehicle prop

Improved visibility of low health state on troopers about to die

Reworked the location of the Walker on Amber Yellow and Sapphire Purple lanes. They are a little further towards the map edges. Nearby terrain has been reworked as well.

The shooting experience near corners has been improved. Previously if your hero's eyes were obstructed at all, you would be unable to shoot altogether even if a large portion of your body was clearly visible. The check will now be a little more sophisticated and custom per hero, to allow you to shoot if your body is reasonably exposed. A part of this will also involve your hero leaning out a bit if not enough of your model is exposed to enemies.

Soul Orbs now fly out in different initial directions before floating up. There is a 1/3rd chance it goes left, 1/3rd chance it goes right, and 1/3rd chance it goes up.

Teleporters are now in pairs that send you between them to traverse the map horizontally

Removed outer lane teleporters

Added teleporters to areas between lanes (one in each quadrant). Total of 6 teleporters.

Old teleport exit location changed to a connection to the street that slopes down to Mid

Added connection from the underground teleport station to the outer lane Guardian (previously a juke spot)

Added steam tunnel connection from Amber Blue Guardian and Sapphire Orange Guardian to Mid (one-way)

Each trooper you shoot at will now consider you a higher priority than Guardians/Walkers; that trooper will stop shooting the Guardians/Walkers and consider you its target for a few seconds

Walker laser DPS vs troopers increased from 150 to 190

Parrying a Guardian attack will no longer cause the Guardian to be stunned

When Shrines are destroyed the Patron gets more aggressive, moves faster, and does more damage

Weakened Patron HP regen increased from 80 to 120

Weakened Patron out of combat delay reduced from 30s to 20s

Rejuv bonus reduced from 75% to 50% respawn time reduction

Mid Boss health gained per minute increased from 350 to 425

Urn now gives the team that is behind +2 more sprint when carrying it

Bullet damage falloff now maxes out at ~60m instead of ~65m

Powerup durations increased from 150s to 160s

Reworked the climb-up exit from the Cosmic Veil space on the outer lanes

Moved kiosk cover prop in the outer lanes to space out trooper paths

Moved delivery truck out from the street curb near the underground shop

Moved breakable idols from the street level juke spots to other locations

Removed the tree in front of the Walkers on Amber Orange and Sapphire Blue

Replaced some trees on the Amber side with steam vents

Moved barrel cover barrier to block the Guardian shop opening on Amber Purple and Sapphire Yellow

Raised the sign on the roof of the garage

Removed the smoke wall from the end of the alleys

Added a new T3 Weapon Item, Pristine Emblem: Gives +25% Weapon Damage, +12 Spirit Power, and +12% Spirit Armor. When an enemy is above 50% HP, you deal an additional +25% Weapon Damage.

Gun Powerup: Ammo increased from +30% to +40%

Hero Sandbox: Added an orb spawner for practicing last-hitting orbs

Hero Sandbox: Added a dummy hero that patrols left and right to practice targeting

Movement Powerup: Stamina regen increased from 20% to 30%

Movement Powerup: Sprint speed increased from +2 to +3

Movement Powerup: Zipline bonus increased from 30% to 50%

Items

Ammo Scavenger

Spirit Power duration increased from 18s to 24s

Berserker

Damage required to earn a stack increased from 100 to 110

Cold Front

Damage reduced from 115 to 100

Spirit Power damage scaling increased from 0.98 to 1.25

Colossus

Bonus HP increased from 500 to 600

Divine Barrier

Cast range increased from 30m to 35m

Now grants +1.5 HP Regen

Diviner's Kevlar

Buff duration increased from 12s to 15s

Duration Extender

Bonus HP increased from 75 to 100

Echo Shard

Bullet Resist increased from 10% to 16%

Escalating Exposure

First stack no longer does double amp value

Now passively applies -12% Spirit Resist when dealing Spirit Damage

Extra Regen

Regen increased from 2.5 to 2.7

Glass Cannon

Weapon Damage increased from 70% to 75%

Health Nova

Bonus HP increased from +50 to +75

Heroic Aura

Bonus Health increased from +125 to +150

Hollow Point Ward

Bonus damage reduced from 25% to 20%

Hunter's Aura

No longer grants +16% Ammo

Now grants +150 Health

Inhibitor

Debuff duration increased from 2s to 2.5s

Intensifying Magazine

Fixed a bug that allowed you to gain weapon damage without firing

Kinetic Dash

Now gives 1 HP regen

Leech

Now provides +30% Degen Resistance (reduces anti heal effects by 30%)

Lifestrike

Bullet Resist increased from 6% to 8%

Melee Lifesteal

Bonus health increased from +50 to +70

Metal Skin

Duration increased from 3s to 3.5s

Monster Rounds

HP Bonus increased from +50 to +65

Mystic Shot

Base Spirit Damage reduced from +70 to +65

Phantom Strike

Cast range increased from 30m to 35m

Point Blank

Bullet Shield increased from 250 to 300

Weapon Damage increased from 40% to 45%

Rapid Rounds

HP Penalty increased from -40 HP to -50 HP

Reactive Barrier

Now grants +75 HP

Refresher

Cooldown reduced from 220s to 200s

Spirit Resist increased from 12% to 14%

Rescue Beam

Pull speed is now 25% faster

Now grants +2 Sprint

Bonus HP increased from +100 to +125

Restorative Locket

When consuming at max stacks, replenishes target's stamina fully

Return Fire

Bullet Damage returned increased from 70% to 80%

Bonus HP increased from +100 to +125

Ricochet

Bonus Health increased from 100 to 125

Now gives +8% Fire Rate

Silence Glyph

Spirit Shield increased from 150 to 225

Silencer

Cooldown increased from 25s to 34s

Siphon Bullets

Weapon damage is no longer conditional on 15m, now always gives +40% Weapon Damage (previously gave +45% when close)

Slowing Bullets

Weapon Damage increased from 14% to 16%

Soul Rebirth

Cooldown reduction increased from 10% to 15%

Spirit Strike

Spirit Damage increased from 30 to 40

Spiritual Overflow

Now grants +10% Spirit Lifesteal

Superior Duration

Bonus HP increased from 125 to 175

Superior Stamina

Fire Rate reduced from 15% to 10%

Surge of Power

Imbued Spirit Power increased from +24 to +26

Titanic Magazine

Now gives +8% Bullet resistance

Torment

Now has a regular cooldown that is reduced by cooldown reduction

Veil Walker

Bullet and Spirit Shields increased from 185 to 200

Cooldown reduced from 20s to 18s

Weapon Damage increased from 6% to 10%

Heroes

Abrams

Fixed some cases where Shoulder Charge did not stun when hitting a wall

Fixed enemies being able to double jump out of Seismic Impact

Fixed Abrams' Charge and Siphon pings not playing the correct VO

Shoulder Charge

Fixed not stunning the target when colliding with Kelvin's Ice Dome

T3 reduced from +6.5 to +5.5 Weapon Damage

Seismic Impact

damage reduced from 200 to 175

Bebop

Bullet Resistance growth per boon increased from 2% to 2.5%

Sticky Bomb

now prioritizes enemies over allies

Hyper Beam

duration now scales with Spirit (0.08)

spirit scaling increased from 2.2 to 2.4

Dynamo

Kinetic Pulse

width increased from 4m to 4.5m

recharge time reduced from 6s to 5s

Rejuvenating Aurora

regen Spirit Power scaling increased from 0.4 to 0.5

Grey Talon

Charged Shot

collision size reduced by 10%

Guided Owl

explosion radius increased from 10m to 12m

cooldown reduced from 120s to 110s

Haze

Bullet damage falloff is now 20% more falloff than default

Can now cast Smoke Bomb while on zipline

Infernus

Fixed Infernus being unable to slide out of Flame Dash

Afterburn

T1 and T2 Swapped

base DPS reduced from 18 to 15

T3 DPS reduced from 33 to 30

spirit scaling increased from 0.4 to 0.5

Kelvin

Fixed some cases where Frost Grenade would explode and not hit anyone

Arctic Beam

Fixed not having proper lag compensation

can now be canceled directly by using parry

Frost Grenade

cast time reduced from 0.2s to 0.1s

recharge time reduced from 8s to 7s

Ice Path

sprint is now granted immediately on use

Lady Geist

Base sprint reduced from 2 to 1

Lash

Base sprint reduced from 3 to 1

Fixed Lash's Ground Strike sometimes causing the hero to be stuck for the rest of the match

Ground Strike

Damage Per Meter reduced from 6.3 to 6.0

McGinnis

Mini Turrets no longer target immune structures

Reverted recent melee damage reduction

Fixed Health Nova not working on Mini Turrets (when Health Nova was cast by McGinnis)

Heavy Barrage

cast/aim behavior improved for indoors and close range

Mini Turret

base HP increased from +50 to +75

Mo & Krill

Can now reload while burrowed

Updated Mo & Krill Burrow start, duration, and end sounds

Updated Mo & Krill Combo sound

Updated Mo & Krill Sand Blast cast sound mix

Paradox

Bullet (and Kinetic Carbine) projectile speed reduced by 10%

Ammo count reduced from 54 to 45

Fixed Paradox Swap sometimes putting players behind walls

Kinetic Carbine

Time Slowed targets that were moving before the time slow will now resume their momentum when time slow wears off

Pocket

Updated Pocket animations: New crouch walk and aim, updated slide animation, and new firing from slide animation.

Updated Pocket Enchanted Satchel cast and delay sounds

Fixed Pocket's Cloak being able to tunnel through some ceilings and out of the world

Affliction

damage is dealt over 18s instead of 16s (same total damage, lower DPS)

Enchanter's Satchel

T3 changed from Disarms for 2.5s to Applies -40% Fire Rate for 4s

Seven

Headshot damage taken reduced by 25%

Static Charge

stun duration reduced from 1.25s to 1.1s

T3 stun duration reduced from 1.25s to 1.1s

T2 radius increased from +5m to +7m

Vindicta

Gun damage growth increased from 0.85 to 1.0

Flight

cooldown reduced from 45 to 40

Wraith

Fixed some issues Card Trick tracking that could cause it to orb players or go to the wrong spot

Updated Wraith zipline animations

Card Trick

post cast time reduced from 0.5s to 0.2s

Yamato

Bullet damage growth increased from 0.4 to 0.5

Power Slash

collision size reduced by 10%

Warden

Updated Warden Alchemical Flask impact sounds

Updated Warden Binding Word sound mix for teammates