Patch Notes/26 August 2022

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This version was released on 26 August 2022 at 3:00 PM EST.

General additions and changes

  • The main lobby has received a visual overhaul.
  • The title screen now has two new intro animations: a longer one for first time players and a shorter variant.
  • The loading screen is now skippable.
  • Game UI can be turned off by pressing N.
  • Music can be muted by pressing M.
  • Each Phighter now has spoken dialogue that plays on start of game, kills, victory and defeat.
  • Hitboxes for all abilities have been changed to be server-side instead of client-side. To put it into summary on what this affects:
    • Players on higher ping will not have an advantage over players with lower ping.
  • Matches now have an intro shot of the played map and a countdown timer before the game starts.
  • The gamemodes, Deathmatch and Point were renamed to Annihilate and Conquer respectively.
  • The following original tracks were added:

Phighter balance changes

Boombox:

  • General additions and changes
    • Health reduced from 150 to 100.
  • Pulse Wave
    • Damage reduced from 12 to 8.
    • Ally healing reduced from 16 to 0.
  • Shielding Amplifier
    • REWORKED: Damaging at least one enemy with Pulse Wave grants you a charge, max. 4 charges. On activation, consumes all charges to release an AoE that heals allies and damages enemies. Each charge increases the damage, healing and knockback force.
    • Damage changed from 10 to 5 + 5 * no. of charges.
    • Healing changed from 0 to 10 * no. of charges.
    • Knockback force changed from unknown to 5 * no. of charges.
  • Protecting Overtone
    • NEW EFFECTS: Protecting Overtone now follows the player instead of staying at an area. Now uses an open cylinder shape instead of a sphere.
    • Health reduced from 400 to 250.
    • Protecting Overtone size significantly reduced.
    • Duration increased from 11 seconds to 15 seconds.
    • REMOVED: Protecting Overtone can no longer be recasted.
  • Raining Tacos
    • REWORKED: On landing, allies in the AoE are granted a 200 HP shield that starts to decay after 2 seconds. Damaged enemies are slowed by TBA% for 4 seconds.
    • REMOVED: No longer heals on landing. No longer creates an 12 health/sec AoE on landing.


Medkit:

  • Pricking Needles
    • Ally healing increased from 3 to 4.
  • Crystallum Iacere
    • Renamed from Crystal to Crystal Iacere.
    • Self damage changed from 2 x crystals (max. 10) to 5.
  • Crystal Shift
    • Renamed from Crystal Teleport.
    • Damage increased from 10 to 20.
    • Healing per enemy hit increased from 10 to 40.
    • Explosion radius increased.
  • Rejuvenation Ring
    • Renamed from Medkit.


Rocket:

  • Charged Blast
    • Direct hit damage reduced from 40 to 30.
    • Splash damage changed from 20 to 20-40 (based on charge time).
  • Grand Cannonade
    • Damage per rocket increased from 20 to 25.
    • Phinisher cost reduced from 100 to 75.


Skateboard:

  • General additions and changes
    • Health reduced from 125 to 75.
    • Shields increased from 50 to 75.
  • BASH 'EM!!
    • Damage increased from 30 to 40.
  • KICK 'EM!!
    • Damage reduced from 15 to 10.
  • BOOST!!
    • Renamed from Dash to Boost.
    • Damage reduced from 30 to 20.
    • Renamed from Mount/Dismount to Swap.
  • THE COOL, RAD, COFFIN!!
    • NEW EFFECT: Now switches the player to Skating form when used in Standing Form.
    • REMOVED: No longer switches the player to Standing form when used in Skating Form.


Slingshot:

  • Quick Feet
    • NEW EFFECT: Double jump now has a 1 second cooldown on use. The cooldown is extended if the user hovers (based on hover duration). The cooldown does not start until the player lands.
  • Sling Shot
    • REWORKED: Damage no longer falls off based on distance. Can now hold M1 to charge up for damage, max. 25.
  • Heavy Hurler
    • NEW EFFECTS: Now stuns damaged enemies for 0.5 seconds. Now pierces Boombox's forcefields and shields.
    • Damage reduced from 50 to 40.
  • Scattershot
    • Number of ricochets increased from 1 to 2.
  • Leg Day
    • NEW EFFECT: Now shows a player trail while the Phinisher is active.


Sword:

  • Spirit of the Sword
    • Renamed from Shielding.
    • Shield gained per hit increased from 6 to 7.
  • Slash
    • First swing damage increased from 12 to 14.
    • Second swing damage increased from 16 to 18.
  • Blade Beam
    • Renamed from Pierce.
    • NEW EFFECT: Both the thrust and blades now pierces Boombox's Protecting Overtone and shields.
  • Lunge
    • Cooldown reduced from 8 seconds to 6 seconds.
  • All-Mighty Axle Arc
    • Renamed from Sword Toss to All-Mighty Axle Arc.
    • NEW EFFECT: Now does 10 damage if the sword sticks to an enemy.

26 August 2022

2 additional versions released at 5:00 PM and 10:59 PM EST.

General additions and changes:

  • Hyperlaser was added to the game.
  • A giant sign saying "PLAY" has been added above Zuka.
  • Increased volume for One Minute Left theme.
  • Player count reduced from 12 to 10.
  • Crossroads lobby
    • Zuka now has lighting above his pickup truck to indicate his location.
    • REMOVED: Game lobby no longer has a door. To go back to the Crossroads lobby, the player has to talk to Zuka.

Biograft:

  • Overdrive
    • NEW EFFECT: The player no longer generates ult points while active.

Medkit:

Slingshot:

  • Quick Feet
    • Double jump cooldown reduced from 1 second + hover duration to 0.25 seconds + hover duration.

Sword:

  • Blade Beam
    • BUG FIX: No longer does more damage than intended.

Map changes:

  • Rob The ROBLOX Bank
    • Removed the void around the glass walls.
  • Train Demolition
    • Train spawn chance interval increased from 5-10 seconds to 15-30 seconds.
    • One Minute Left train spawn chance interval increased from 1 second to 5-10 seconds.

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed stickers on the sticker wheel not displaying.
  • Biograft's badge, Your Demise now works.
  • Fixed a typo in one of Dom's dialogues.
  • Players are no longer taken back to the menu screen when brought back to the Crossroads lobby.
  • Private servers now teleport you to your private server when joining a game through it.
  • Hitboxes no longer break if a headshot occurs.
  • Intro cutscene no longer causes a black screen softlock.
  • Hitboxes no longer break and disable your abilities.