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PATCH NOTES: Y11S3 MID-SEASON UPDATE

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TL;DR

  1. Drilling time reduced on Ballistic Shields, soft surfaces, and solid surfaces (non-destructible surfaces) to 1.5s (from 2s).
  2. Guard break strength on projectile impact against Ballistic Shields increased to 100% (from 30%).
  3. Equipping uses quickdraw animations, equip animation timings reduced to 0.4s (from 0.9s).
  4. Horus Lance impact damage against an operator is increased to 80 (from 50).
  5. Can now damage Ballistic Shield Operators while in the removal animation.
What do the tags mean?
  • Buff green = made stronger
  • Nerf red = made weaker
  • Fix yellow = bug fixed
  • New blue = added content or feature

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Buffsmade stronger7

  • Drilling time reduced on Ballistic Shields, soft surfaces, and solid surfaces (non-destructible surfaces) to 1.5s (from 2s).
  • Guard break strength on projectile impact against Ballistic Shields increased to 100% (from 30%).
  • Equipping uses quickdraw animations, equip animation timings reduced to 0.4s (from 0.9s).
  • Horus Lance impact damage against an operator is increased to 80 (from 50).
  • Expansion: Reduced delay between expansions to 0.9 seconds (from 1).
  • Slowdown: Increased the strength when enemies retreat to 10% (from 5%).
  • Damage: Increased to 14 hp (from 12).

Nerfsmade weaker1

  • Precision mode charges: Reduced to 3 (from 4).

Fixesbug fixed8

  • FIXED - Defenders lose points for destroying their own Barbed Wire.
  • FIXED - The hitbox for Noor's Horus Lance projectiles is too large.
  • FIXED - Noor's Horus Lance Launcher reticle is not impacted by the Reticle Opacity option.
  • FIXED - Osa's Talon-8 Shield's right button goes from ON to OFF when deployed.
  • FIXED - Players cannot navigate left or right if they select the area above the OPEN NOW button in the Locker.
  • FIXED - Newcomers do not receive a Recruit Rewards pop-up unless they reboot.
  • FIXED - Voice chat indicator sometimes stops appearing.
  • FIXED - The drilling sound plays when Noor's Horus Lance projectiles are destroyed by electrified Barbed Wire.

Newadded content or feature1

  • Added firing mode to trigger Incendiary Grenades on impact.

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