1.03 Patch Notes

After playing innumerable games, reading the forums and piles of email, and reviewing all the great feedback we received from you, the fans, we have made a variety of tweaks to the gameplay balance and systems to ensure the game stays fair, fresh and as fun as ever.  Here is a full breakdown of all the changes that can be found in the upcoming patch.

Game System Tweaks

• The host’s ability to kick and ban players has been removed.
• The ability for players to switch teams in the post game is now restricted so that sides cannot be unbalanced by more than 2 players.
• A new switching team system has been implemented during matches:
  • If there is a deficit of 2 players between teams, the weaker team will drop a team colored ball on the death of a player.
  • Picking up the colored ball switches a player’s team and rewards them with a 300 point bonus.
  • So get the ball.
  • The 10 game average ranking system has been removed.
  • A new ranking system has been implemented, which adds rank points for every game based on the player’s score.
  • Awarded ranking titles will now never go down once earned.
  • Online leaderboards have been increased to display all players not just the top 1000.
  • All online leaderboards are to be reset shortly after patch 1.03 is released, but all unlocked customizations and trophies will remain unlocked.  You will not lose them.

Main Bug Fixes

• The Princess disappearing bug has been fixed.
• The issue with Statistics  and Trophies not saving correctly has been fixed.

Character Balancing

• The Dark Priest’s lock-on range has been reduced.
• The Dark Priest’s drain ability has been slightly reduced.
• The Ranger now has larger movement penalty when locked on and charging attacks.
• The Adv. Ranger has a smaller shot dispersion and increased damage per shot.
• The Warrior’s attack damage has been increased slightly.
• The Warrior’s movement speed has been increased slightly when locked on and charging attacks.
• The Warrior’s 360 degree protect when his shield is raised has been increased from 20% to 40%
• Warrior’s Lock on range increased to match Ranger to stop class being hit from behind when retreating
• Warriors weapon collision box increased in size to aid with hit detection
• Adv Warrior speed increased slightly when locked on and charging to match his normal movement speed
• Adv Warrior damage increased
• Adv Worker’s bomb knockback force removed
• Princess calorie burn decreased slightly in weight state 3 and 4

Control Tweaks

• Two new control schemes have been implemented to allow players to use the R1 button to attack, to free the player’s right hand for target switching – this is awesome.

Scoring Updates

• New switching team bonus added of 300 points.
• Princess Rescue score increased to 300 points.
• Princess rescue assistance bonus increased to 150 points.
• Princess escort bonus increased to 75 points.
• Win game scoring reduced to 150 points.
• Match completion bonus added of  75 points.
• Average Rank bonus award removed for games won under 3 minutes.
• Bonus score for winning games in under 3 minutes removed.

Additional Tweaks

• Candy confetti added as a special effect when blood is turned off. Check this out it is really cool.
• All loading Screens now in color.
• Loading screens now allow players to scroll to next and previous tips during the load.