Introducing the New Hero: Mirage

09-26-2024 Update

General Changes

• Added new hero, Mirage.
• Added an initial Anti-Cheat detection system. When a user is detected as cheating, during the game session the opponents will be given a choice between banning the user immediately and ending the match or turning the cheater into a frog for the rest of the game and then banning them afterwards. The system is set to conservative detection levels as we work on a v2 anti-cheat system that is more extensive. We will turn on the banning of users in a couple of days after the update is out. When a match is ended this way, the results will not count for other players.
• Added global quickcast support. You can now configure your abilities and/or items to be on quickcast mode globally. You can also customize each ability individually to be quickcast or not. This also supports grenade style abilities.
• Hero specific keybinds now say the ability name instead of ability 1-4.
• Added Zipline hotkey that can be independently bound from space/jump.
• Fixed per-hero keys not inheriting user-defined default keys properly.
• Added keybind indicator for hero-specific binds showing which keys have been bound for that hero.
• Added Custom Match play mode.
• Private lobbies now have an option to turn on cheats.
• Private lobbies now let you select the specific servers to use.
• Private lobbies now have an option to make the match publicly visible or private to only the players.
• Private lobbies now support post-game and replays properly.
• Private lobbies now allow picking specific lanes (solo and dual lane colors are displayed).
• Added a cheat report option in-game and post-game.
• Can now mute and report enemy players using ESC while in-game.
• Updated the game access invite UI to make it clear when users have been accepted (in most cases we look into where a user said their friend wasn't accepted, the user was actually accepted but they never claimed the game on the Steam notifications side).
• Added voice indicators for when players are speaking in party and team chat (green for party, white for team).
• Updated Player Card and action menu when clicking on a player in the friend list or ESC menu.
• Fixed Rich Presence for Steam and in-game friend lists.
• Party Code is now hidden when you enable Streamer Mode.
• Added Region indicator to the matches on the watch tab.
• Fixed search by MatchID not working for games that are live.
• Added Spectator Fog of War toggle (hotkeys available in settings).
• Added South Africa servers.
• Added Italian localization.
• Instead of showing the total number of favorites for each build, we now tag popular builds using a mix of both recent and historical usage so that newer builds are easier to find.
• Builds that haven't been updated in 30 days now have a distinct visual.
• General rendering performance improvements.
• Shadow quality improvements for higher shadow settings.
• Fixed issues with player outline rendering in FSR2.
• Fixed regression with saturation volumes outline not showing up.
• Displacement mapping no longer an official option and will likely be cut (it can be enabled with a ConVar after the game starts).
• Lighting improvements in map.
• Picking up a powerup will now list all the stats they modify in the HUD instead of a generic name like 'Casting' or 'Gun'.
• Spirit scaling is now always shown on the tooltips without needing to hold alt/tab.
• Updated Viscous icon to look more different from Dynamo.
• Added frosted shell effect on the rejuv crystal when Frozen Shelter is active.
• Music and Sound effects will now pause during game pause.
• Fixed Guardian trying to shoot people unsuccessfully behind cover.
• Fixed Quicksilver Reload bonus damage not working correctly with things like Scorn and Flog.
• Added timer sound to the last couple seconds of Flying Cloak.
• Wall Jumps now use better animations to communicate directionality.
• Fixed jumping between ziplines consuming stamina.
• Fixed Magic Reverb not getting increased bonus damage from damage amps.
• Improved preloading during queue time.
• Updated Killing Blow effects.
• Updated Lightning Ball effects to reduce some visual noise.
• Fixed some issues with Crimson Slash effect not appearing reliably.
• Viscous Puddle Punch will now show a red preview for when the punch is out of range but within 2x of the cast range.
• Fixed Ricochet not respecting LOS when picking the targets.
• No longer play low ammo sounds when firing while sliding.
• Fixed not being able to bind Reload to Mouse Wheel Up/Down.
• Minimap line colors now match the color of the hero drawing them.
• Fixed spectator keybinds not showing correctly.
• Updated Flying Strike effects to reduce some visual noise.
• Fixed Flex Slot unlock order not matching the usual order of unlocks.
• Updated Sleep Dagger projectile, impact and sleeping debuff visuals.
• Fixed imbue and active abilities dialog not responding to keybinds if your ability/item binds included a modifier key or were bound to the mouse wheel.
• Fixed Dynamo not playing an animation during the cast delay on Singularity.
• Updated bullet shield break effects.
• Updated Unstoppable effects to be clearer at cast time.
• Warp Stone: Casting while on the ground will no longer stop the player in place, will try to move forward along the ground instead.
• Warp Stone: Fixed cases of Warp Stone getting caught on geometry.
• Fixed various projectiles going through bosses (Wraith cards, Geist bombs, etc).
• Fixed Dash not always breaking breakables.
• Breakables will now wait to spawn if a player is in the way.
• Abrams now has a new custom heavy melee animation.
• Updated Haze VO.
• Fixed a bug where Kelvin desperation VO for Arctic Beam and Ice Path were flipped.
• Turned off a Shiv line where he referenced slowing down enemies when he wasn't actually doing so.
• Removed reason 31 of why Lash is better than Bebop and replaced it with reason 26 of why Lash is better than Bebop (fixed a bug with Lash's hero select lines).
• Replaced a Grey Talon select line to make his intentions more clear.
• Infernus will no longer appear in every bot match.
• Bots can now choose to play Lady Geist, Mirage, Shiv, and Warden.
• Fixed min/max falloff range displaying incorrectly on Weapon Stats Tooltip.
• Updated Rejuvenator buff effect.
• Updated wall bounce effects for Viscous in ball form.
• Added citadel_give_gold cheat command.
• Improved read on the connecting rope for Flying Strike and reduced visual obstruction of the ending slash.
• Music bug fixes for replay and spectating.
• Allow announcer lines for kill streaks and various hero lines to play while the player is in an active combat encounter.
• Timing critical music and sfx will pause and resume in response to game pause.

Misc Gameplay

• Side lanes are now a little further apart from the middle lanes.
• Added a First Blood bonus bounty for the first kill each player gets. Grants 150 bonus souls.
• Lane setup is now always 1-2-2-1.
• Zipline Boost now starts on cooldown again.
• Trooper damage reduction from Guardians reduced from 35% to 28% (they die a little faster to Guardians now).
• Trooper share radius reduced (from allied hero to allied hero 50m->40m, from orb to allied hero 40m->35m).
• Reverted recent creep sharing duplication changes (back to how it was over a week ago, we want to see if it's still an issue with the other changes in this patch).
• Some latency-related calculation improvements that help orbs be a little less deny favored.
• Orbs now appear a little smaller to the enemy that is trying to deny them.
• Added a Soul Generator (like the one in hero sandbox) in the respawn area. Starts spawning orbs at 3 minutes. Each orb is worth 10 souls when shot. (primary purpose for this is cases when you are very close to an item purchase).
• Fire Rate slows now stack diminishingly.
• Rejuv bonus creep HP increased from 50% to 70%.
• Rejuv bonus is no longer consumed for dead players, they have it on their next life now.
• Troopers no longer give half bounty when base guardians are destroyed for that lane.
• Killer to Assist bounty ratio reduced from 2.0 to 1.7 (slightly more to assists).
• Midgame respawn time increased a bit (reaches 50s at 20 min instead of 40s at 20 min).
• Teleporter delay reduced from 5s to 4s.
• Guardians now deal 10% more damage to players.
• Sinner's Sacrifice now grants a permanent golden statue bonus when it is killed.
• Fixed Sinner's Sacrifice sharing bounty to nearby allies.
• Added indicator on the hud to help track your passive cooldown items when they are 1s from ready (headshot Booster, Medic Bullets, etc).
• Boon count increased from 11 to 14 (added to 16/18/20k).
• Non-Health boon bonuses rescaled over the 14 levels (same total as before).
• Aggressive crouch spamming within a very narrow window will now cause you to very briefly move progressively slower.
• Added Rejuv drop on a loop in the sandbox mode.
• Added infinite ammo option to sandbox ("No Reload").
• Fixed dashing downwards not destroying breakables.
• Silence now deselects your ability if you had it open when silenced.

Weapon Items

• Monster Rounds: Bullet Resist vs NPCs reduced from 35% to 30%.
• High-Velocity Mag: Bullet Velocity reduced from +30% to +25%.
• Restorative Shot: Cooldown reduced from 6.2s to 5.5s.
• Hollow Point Ward: Spirit Shield increased from +85 to +95.
• Headshot Booster: Fire Rate reduced from +5% to +4%.
• Kinetic Dash: Fire Rate reduced from 25% to 20%.
• Kinetic Dash: Fire Rate max duration reduced from 8s to 7s.
• Berserker: Damage required per stack reduced from 110 to 100.
• Mystic Shot: Damage spirit scaling increased from 0.6 to 0.8.
• Melee Charge: Impact now increases your ammo for that mag instead of reloading (so if your ammo is 2/8, it becomes 10/8). Reloads you instantly if in the middle of a reload.
• Melee Charge: Cooldown increased from 8.5s to 10s.
• Intensifying Magazine: Max Weapon Damage reduced from 75% to 60%.
• Escalating Resilience: Fire Rate reduced from 14% to 12%.
• Headhunter: Now requires Headshot Booster.
• Headhunter: No longer grants +50% Bullet Velocity.
• Headhunter: Now grants +5% Fire Rate.
• Headhunter: Fixed not being affected by cooldown reduction.
• Pristine Emblem: Now requires High-Velocity Mag.
• Pristine Emblem: Now grants +35% Bullet Velocity.
• Titanic Magazine: Ammo increased from 100% to 120%.
• Sharpshooter: Fixed falloff reduction not working properly.
• Frenzy: Low HP Spirit Resist changed to Bullet Resist.
• Spiritual Overflow: Now grants +250 Bullet Shield.
• Silencer: Now grants +12 Spirit.
• Ricochet: Fire Rate reduced from 12% to 10%.
• Vampiric Burst: Fixed casting it interrupting sliding.
• Siphon Bullets: Moved to T4 Vitality.
• Shadow Weave: Now a T4 Weapon Item.

Vitality Items

• Melee Lifesteal: Melee Damage reduced from 13% to 12%.
• Melee Lifesteal: Heal vs non-heroes reduced from 40% to 30%.
• Extra Stamina: Stamina Recovery increased from 10% to 14%.
• Restorative Locket: No longer requires max stacks to restore a stamina point.
• Divine Barrier: Bonus Health reduced from 75 to 50.
• Combat Barrier: Fire Rate while shielded reduced from 8% to 6%.
• Combat Barrier: Weapon Damage while shielded reduced from 28% to 25%.
• Combat Barrier: Bullet Shield increased from +300 to +325.
• Health Nova: Weapon Damage increased from 10% to 12%.
• Return Fire: While active grants +25% Bullet Resistance.
• Return Fire: Bullet Damage Returned reduced from 70% to 60%.
• Return Fire: No longer grants +7% Fire Rate.
• Return Fire: Spirit Power increased from +7 to +9.
• Return Fire: Fixed Ricochet'd bullets not returning the right amount of damage.
• Bullet Armor: Bullet Resist increased from 20% to 25%.
• Veil Walker: No longer grants +20% Fire Rate.
• Improved Bullet Armor: Bullet Resist increased from 45% to 50%.
• Fortitude: Bonus Health increased from 275 to 300.
• Lifestrike: Cooldown reduced from 5.25s to 5s.
• Lifestrike: Fixed proccing heal more than once when hitting multiple targets.
• Shadow Weave: Moved to T4 Weapon.
• Siphon Bullets: Now a T4 Vitality Item.
• Siphon Bullets: No longer grants +28% Weapon Damage.
• Siphon Bullets: Now grants +18% Bullet Resistance.
• Colossus: Slow radius increased from 12m to 14m.
• Soul Rebirth: Increases base respawn rate by +15s.
• Unstoppable: Can no longer be cast during channels.

Spirit Items

• Ammo Scavenger: Ammo reduced from 15% to 10%.
• Ammo Scavenger: Health reduced from 60 to 40.
• Ammo Scavenger: Duration reduced from 35s to 30s.
• Ammo Scavenger: Max stacks reduced from 12 to 10.
• Spirit Strike: No longer grants +0.8 Health Regen.
• Mystic Reach: Ability Range increased from 16% to 18%.
• Mystic Reach: Now provides 6% Bullet Resist instead of 6% Spirit Resist.
• Withering Whip: No longer grants +8% Fire Rate.
• Withering Whip: Spirit Power increased from +4 to +6.
• Withering Whip: Now grants +1 Sprint.
• Withering Whip: Cast range increased from 24m to 30m.
• Withering Whip: Fire Rate slow increased from 40% to 45%.
• Quicksilver Reload: No longer triggers if your ammo is at max value already.
• Decay: Cooldown increased from 32s to 45s.
• Decay: Cast range scaling reduced from 0.2 to 0.16.
• Improved Reach: Now provides 12% Bullet Resist instead of 12% Spirit Resist.
• Improved Spirit: Spirit Power increased from +21 to +23.
• Knockdown: Now causes enemies to fall down faster.
• Torment Pulse: Health Bonus increased from 140 to 160.
• Torment Pulse: Spirit Power damage scaling increased from 0.25 to 0.33.
• Rapid Recharge: Faster Time Between Charges increased from +55% to +65%.
• Rapid Recharge: Cooldown Reduction For Charged Abilities increased from +25% to 30%.
• Magic Carpet: Fixed it consuming stamina when jumping off.
• Escalating Exposure: Fixed the bonus damage being reduced twice by resistance.
• Refresher: Bullet Resist increased from 8% to 16%.
• Refresher: Spirit Resist reduced from 16% to 8%.
• Echo Shard: Now has a 0.3s cast delay (like Refresher).

Hero Changes

• Abrams: Infernal Resilience reduced from 16% to 15%.
• Abrams: Infernal Resilience T3 reduced from 9% to 8%.
• Abrams: Siphon Life spirit scaling increased from 0.2 to 0.3.
• Abrams: Fixed Cases where Shoulder Charge was unexpectedly 'slamming' in to walls and stairs.
• Bebop: Hook range reduced from 30m to 25m.
• Bebop: Hyper Beam duration spirit scaling reduced from 0.08 to 0.06.
• Dynamo: Singularity radius reduced from 8m to 7m.
• Grey Talon: Arrow cycle time reduced from 0.4s to 0.45s (overall dps unchanged).
• Grey Talon: Rain of Arrows can be alternate-casted to remain near the ground.
• Grey Talon: Fixed air dash during Rain of Arrows going half the distance.
• Grey Talon: Guided Owl bonus spirit on death now has a 3s buffer window.
• Grey Talon: Guided Owl: very slight turn rate improvements.
• Grey Talon: Guided Owl radius increased from 12m to 13m.
• Haze: Sleep dagger hitbox reduced by 10%.
• Haze: Fixed refresher not working properly with Smoke Bomb.
• Haze: Fixed some items that didn't proc before: Tesla Bullets, Lucky Shot, Mystic Shot.
• Haze: Bullet Dance now more accurately shows who it is shooting.
• Haze: Fixed Bullet Dance sometimes not obeying line of sight accurately.
• Haze: Bullet Dance bullets are now affected by Time Wall.
• Haze: Bullet Dance evasion reduced from 50% to 25%.
• Haze: Bullet Dance fire rate reduced from 25% to 15%.
• Ivy: Stone Form now works against airborne targets.
• Ivy: Kudzu Bomb T3 now also grants +2m Radius.
• Ivy: Kudzu Bomb spirit power scaling increased from 0.6 to 0.7.
• Ivy: Fixed clicking noise when flying while disarmed.
• Ivy: Fixed being able to Stone Form during the Take Flight animation to circumvent the vulnerable cast period.
• Kelvin: Headshot bonus damage reduced by 20%.
• Kelvin: Bullet damage growth reduced from 1.2 to 0.9.
• Kelvin: Arctic Beam movement slow reduced from 70% to 50%.
• Kelvin: Moving through breakables while on Ice Path now destroys them.
• Lady Geist: Life Drain cooldown reduced from 42s to 30s.
• Lady Geist: Malice cooldown reduced from 6.25s to 6s.
• Lady Geist: Malice T1 improved from -2.75s Cooldown to -3s.
• Lady Geist: Fixed Life Drain not healing extra based on amplifications (like Soul Shredder and Malice stacks).
• Lady Geist: Sprint increased from 1 to 1.5.
• McGinnis: Fixed looking up circumventing the min range on Wall and Barrage.
• McGinnis: Can now cast parry to cancel your ult.
• McGinnis: Fixed various issues with Spectral Wall indoors and near walls spawning the wrong number of segments.
• Mo & Krill: Combo duration reduced from 2.75s to 2.5s.
• Mo & Krill: Combo damage spirit scaling increased from 0.8 to 1.1.
• Mo & Krill: Combo kill trigger now has a 3s buffer window to get credit.
• Mo & Krill: Sand Blast T1 reduced from +1.5s to +1s.
• Mo & Krill: Sand Blast range increased from 30m to 35m.
• Mo & Krill: Burrow base speed increased from 3 to 4.
• Mo & Krill: Burrow T3 speed reduced from +3 to +2.
• Paradox: Pulse Grenade T3 now also grants +2% Damage Amp.
• Paradox: Fixed being unable to be damaged by multiple Time Walls.
• Pocket: Affliction no longer goes through walls, now respects line of sight.
• Pocket: Barrage T3 reduced from +5% to +4%.
• Seven: Static Charge stun duration reduced from 1.1 to 0.9.
• Seven: Static Charge T3 reduced from 1.1 to 0.9.
• Seven: Static Charge radius reduced from 6m to 5m.
• Seven: Static Charge can now be alternate-casted on self (does not stun you).
• Seven: Static Charge now respects line of sight.
• Seven: Lightning Ball T3 now also gives +1m Radius.
• Shiv: Slice and Dice T2 reduced from +85 to +75.
• Shiv: Killing Blow Rage buildup per spirit damage reduced from 0.02 to 0.013.
• Shiv: Killing Blow Rage drain rate increased from 0.3 to 0.35.
• Shiv: Killing Blow Full Rage Bonus Damage reduced from 20% to 15%.
• Shiv: Killing Blow T2 increased from 5% to 10%.
• Vindicta: Gun cycle time increased from 0.19s to 0.22s (same overall dps).
• Vindicta: Stake: distance enemies are allowed to move increased from 6m to 8m.
• Vindicta: Max Falloff reduced from 58m to 45m.
• Vindicta: Fixed Flight ending if you touch the ground.
• Vindicta: Low HP indication now also shows up while unscoped.
• Vindicta: Assassinate Base damage reduced from 160 to 140.
• Vindicta: Assassinate zoom level reduced a little bit.
• Vindicta: Flight duration spirit scaling reduced from 0.2 to 0.15.
• Viscous: The Cube cleanse is now part of the T2.
• Viscous: Puddle Punch enemy warning time increased from 0.35s to 0.45s.
• Viscous: Bullet Damage reduced from 13 to 12.
• Viscous: Can now use down dash during Goo Ball.
• Viscous: Fixed Phantom Strike not positioning you correctly when using it with your Goo Ball.
• Viscous: Splatter post cast delay reduced from 0.5s to 0.2s.
• Warden: Binding Word escape range and escape time increased by 15%.
• Warden: Last Stand spirit scaling increased from 0.9 to 1.2.
• Yamato: Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.5 to 0.45.
• Yamato: Crimson Slash fire rate slow reduced from 30% to 20%.
• Yamato: Fixed various issues with Flying Strike pathing.
• Yamato: Shadow Transformation duration reduced from 5s to 4.5s.
• Yamato: Shadow Transformation T3 duration increased from +1.5s to +2s.
• Yamato: Shadow Transformation no longer provides unlimited ammo.

Map Changes

• Outer lanes at the middle of the map pushed further away from the inner lanes.
• Added connection from canal near the urn platforms through the Radio Station and Apartment buildings.
• Reworked interior corridors of Fish Market/Nursery to exit to the buildings sooner.
• Added interior room partition from the Fish Market/Nursery to the Shops.
• Moved rope to the Fish Market/Nursery rooftop to the back of the building.
• Removed upper interior hallway from rope to the Fish Market/Nursery rooftops.
• Moved truck from in front of archway with cosmic veil to the back of the Fish Market/Nursery.
• Redesigned outer lane path (ziplines and trooper nodes) from Walker to Guardian on Amber Yellow and Sapphire Purple.
• Added interior passage beside Subway Entrance to the outer lanes.