Rule Changes: 3 - 10/13/11

New Features

• New Pro Cheston
• New unnamed map
• New death screen that shows off who killed you, two assisters, the types and the amount of damage done to you
• Added a lot of new sounds
• Added various new icons to replace old or missing ones
• Added targeting lasers to all turrets so players know at whom they are firing
• Added in range indicators to owners of Firebases/Combat Kitties
• Added in quick chat menu. Default key is 'v', menu options 0-9.

Cheston

• Primary Weapon: Tommy Gun, Alt Fire: Banana throw that will cause players to fall over
• Secondary Weapon: Melee weapon: The Family Jewel, Alt Fire: Damage Grapple
• Roar: Heals and speeds up allies in an area around Cheston, slows enemies
• Exploding Barrel: Cheston throws a barrel that will roll on the ground until it hits a wall or an enemy, then creating a burning explosion
• Rampage: Cheston goes down on all fours running around damaging and tossing enemies he runs near by

Assault

• Fixed issues where the Bomb skill would recover while the Bomb existed at levels 2/3/4.
• Grenade Launcher Damage: 100 -> 85
• Fly Speed: 250/250/250/250 -> 150/150/150/150

Karl

• Increased Stun radius from 128 -> 192
• Karl is now immune to his own stuns
• New model for Junior
• Handler Damage: 28->31
• Bouncing Buddy Damage: 50 -> 60
• Bouncing Buddy Lifetime: 2 -> 1
• Bouncing Buddy Reload: 2 -> 1.75
• Junior now has a lifetime after detection so it no longer has a short lifespan if detected an enemy after being around a while
• New art for Handler

Veteran

• Pros now play a unique animation when getting pulled by the Ka-Claw
• Falcon Damage: 50 -> 40
• Falcon Damage Radius:256 -> 128

Gunner

• Minigun Fire Interval: 0.1 -> 0.15
• Minigun Damage: 16 -> 28
• Dual Minigun Fire Interval: 0.05 -> 0.1
• Dual Minigun Damage: 8 -> 19

Tank

• Jet Gun Damage: 15 -> 18
• Rail Gun Damage: 75 -> 90
• Tank Shield: Reduced recharge and made the recharge only start after the shield is gone

Sniper

• Fixed an issue that cause the freeze to go on much longer than it should.
• Normalize freeze times to 1.5 seconds
• SMG Magazine Size: 10 -> 16

Support

• Made the Firebase range ramp with Support’s level
• Shotgun Minimum Damage: 1 -> 10
• Over Clock Range: 1.25x -> 1.34x
• Firebase Base Sight Range: 1536 -> 1024
• Firebase Damage: 8/15 -> 9/18
• Fixed Hurt Gun from keeping players from jumping, now will apply normal jump debuff when slowed

Combat Girl

• Nail Gun Magazine Size: 10 -> 15
• Fortify Cooldown: 30/15/10/7.5 -> 60/30/20/15

Assassin

• Dagger Damage: 60 -> 55
• Lunge Damage: 70 -> 60
• Sword Damage: 60 -> 55
• Cloak Time: 3/4/6/7.5 -> 7.5/8.5/10/12
• Removed active cloak sound

Gunslinger

• Pistol Damage: 35 -> 33
• Magazine Size: 15 -> 6
• Trigger Happy Cooldown: 30/15/10/7.5 -> 60/30/20/15
• Gun Flurry Cooldown: 30/15/10/7.5 -> 60/30/20/15
• Knee Cap now causes jump debuff like other slow effects

Bots

• Speed increase: 10/20/30 -> 15/30/45 (Bots get speed increase every 5 minutes in crossfire)
• Bouncer Damage: 1000 -> 500
• Bouncer Grapple Damage: 1500 -> 750
• Scrambler Health: 2500 -> 2000
• Scramblers now lock out skills, not drain them
• Shady Bots no longer knockback on their punch
• Shady Bot Melee Damage: 200 -> 150

Other Balance and Adjustments

• Increase bot rating level ramping. 1x to 2.5x -> 1x to 3x
• Reduced collision boxes for most Pros. Players shouldn’t be getting hung up on geometry as much, pros should be slightly more difficult to hit
• Changes the spawn tables so that Jackbots spawn around 25 minutes on opposite lanes
• All slow effects now affect flight speeds

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that allowed certain projectiles to penetrate the player spawn’s protective walls
• Fixed pro passive skills showing up in the pro descriptions in the locker room
• Fixed some chat issues involving special characters like < and >
• Fixed some instances of Tank’s Jet Gun effect not showing up
• Fixed some issues with the Sniper Rifle’s zoom display showing up and staying up
• Fixed some locations around Loco Moco Arena that allowed players to stand on geometry when they shouldn’t be able to
• Fixed Gunners and Tanks taking double headshots
• Fixed chat scrollbar not going away in-game
• Fixed most of the issues with rejoining games
• Fixed, removed, extra category icon in the class chooser that did nothing
• Fixed negative level in XP bar at end game
• Fixed allied Fujibots from blocking Pros
• Fixed Support Heal/Hurt gun from being able to perma-slow
• Fixed Firebases/Combat Kitties from firing at turrets with their shield up
• Fixed some issues with controller settings not saving properly
• Fixed bots getting into player spawners