Patch May 23, 2024

General Changes

• Playtesting times are now starting 1 hour earlier. Weekdays are 5PM PDT and weekends are 3PM PDT.

• Added in-game custom item builds support. Create your own builds or browse builds from the community in the heroes page.
• Added post game player reporting option

• Ally player glow-through-world silhouette now communicates their current health
• Added ambient music track
• Added unique Haze footstep sound effects
• Fixed various issues with mic audio input and lag it introduced
• Small adjustments to how the crosshair UI area looks
• Mic input device is now selected from in-game settings rather than the steam client
• Improved various networking and hit registration related issues (this was released a couple days ago)
• Updated Trooper and Neutral shooting sound effects
• Various improvements to damage audio clarity for victims and attackers
• Sped up select Amber Hand VO that related to game state (shrines being under attack, protecting the urn runner etc)
• Adding game audio muted indicator in top left if the game is muted
• Camera can now be moved while the game is paused in replays
• Fixed the Rejuvenator falling during pause
• Fixed the Idol falling during pause
• Fixed the bottom most shop items having part of their icon be unclickable
• Fixed a few unit target abilities that could sometimes select a target behind a nearby wall (e.g. Bebop Sticky Bomb)
• Added some additional visual tells for the receiving end of Lash’s Death Slam
• Updated Bullet Shredder debuff effects
• Mid-Boss is now invulnerable if there are no enemies it can actually attack
• Fixed your active items not hiding in the UI when you are dead and spectating a team mate
• Added support for binding mouse1 and mouse2 to any key (this was released a couple days ago)
• Fixed various movement stuck bugs with Ivy
• Added alt info to recent damage view to make it clearer that this can be brought up again after it disappears
• Improved Vindicta’s Stake effects to make it a little clearer when you are affected
• Fixed upgrading McGinnis’s Medicinal Specter to T3 while active causing it to heal everyone to full instantly
• Fixed a bug that could cause all of Paradox Pulse Grenade’s pulses to go off at once
• Fixed Kelvin’s Ice Beam sometimes not hitting Neutrals
• Fixed being able to see some things through the Veils in the map that you shouldn’t be able to see
• Removed stack of cardboard boxes inside connection hallway near bases to prevent cover from Neutrals
• Fixed getting stuck under stair at inner lanes near Guardian
• Fixed Abrams getting stuck on department store facade when using his ult
• Sapphire side materials tint color changed to white
• Sapphire side street materials changed to new asphalt blend
• Added new slide and reload animation for Wraith
• Out of combat run animation variants now only play during sprint state
• Fixed missing VO for Yamato ability use/upgrades
• Allies now compliment teammates when they see impressive use of channeled abilities (for instance, Gigawatt killing three people with Storm Cloud)
• Adjusted timing of select Abrams impact lines to time with either the rise of his leap or the descent accordingly

• Improved visibility of Seven’s bullet and travel path
• Improved visibility of Paradox’s bullet and travel path
• Improved visibility of Wraith’s bullet and travel path
• Improved visibility of Haze’s bullet and travel path
• Improved visibility of Lady Geist’s bullet and travel path
• Added custom tracer and muzzle flash for Seven’s gun
• Added custom tracer and muzzle flash for Paradox’s gun
• Added custom tracer and muzzle flash for Wraith’s gun

Misc Gameplay Changes

• Adjusted map around the middle lanes to have an area with Veils for laning
• Hero kill bounty ratio between Killer and Assister reduced from 2.75x to 2.55x (means slightly more to the Assister)
• Spirit scaling reduced by ~15% (the total effective Spirit damage is reduced by less than this, this is just the Spirit multiplier scaling portion and has largest impact on late game burst)

• Unclaimed souls now convert 10% slower
• Vaults base bounty increased from 220 to 260
• Strong Neutrals Spirit Resist increased from 25% to 35%
• Medium Neutrals Spirit Resist increased from 25% to 30%
• Starting at 15 minutes, one melee Trooper per wave will spawn with 1.75x health
• Medic Trooper health increased from 240 to 260
• Sidelane Veils near Guardians are now one-way visibility (used to be blocked visibility in both directions)
• Neutrals can now lean side to side to fire when obstructed by map geometry and being attacked

• Zipline Boost ability speed increased from 100% to 130%
• Zipline Boost ability ramp time to reach max speed reduced from 2s to 1s
• Zipline base speed boost after Base Guardians are killed increased from 100% to 120%
• Zipline base speed boost's ramp time after Base Guardians are killed reduced from 5s to 4s
• Being Disarmed no longer prevents you from reloading

Item Gameplay Changes

• Withering Whip: Moved from T3 to T2
• Withering Whip: Duration reduced 5s to 3.5s
• Withering Whip: Cooldown increased from 25s to 40s
• Withering Whip: Bullet Resist reduced from 25% to 20%
• Withering Whip: Cast range reduced from 20m to 15m
• Combat Barrier: Bullet Shield increased from 275 to 300
• Combat Barrier: Weapon Damage while Shielded from 20% to 24%

• Silence Glyph: Moved from T2 to T3
• Silence Glyph: Health increased from 50 to 75
• Silence Glyph: Spirit Amp increased from 8% to 12%
• Shifting Shroud: Cooldown reduced from 70s to 55s
• Shifting Shroud: Duration 2.5s to 2.75s
• Improved Burst: Damage reduced from 11% Max HP to 10%

• Curse: Ammo increased from 15% to 20%