0.15 - Winter Wonderland | February 18, 2016

BETA EXPECTATIONS

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General

New Siege Map: Glacier Keep

Glacier Keep is the newest Siege Mode map, and features a varied play style when compared to Enchanted Forest and Temple Ruins.

Weapon Skins

Cosmetics for your weapon can now be crafted for 1,000 CP in the Gear Crafting section of the vault.
Barik

Undying
Purple Thunder
Tempest

WeaponSkins Barik

Buck

Aegis
Starbound

WeaponSkins Buck

Cassie

Cheshire
Hornet

WeaponSkins Cassie

Evie

Quagmire
Sweet Tooth

Fernando

Meteoric
Shatter

Grohk

Camouflage
Everglade

Grover

Gamma Slice
Fortune Fury

Pip

Inflame
Lightning Rod

Skye

Phantom
Data

Increased the amount of cards presented in the lobby when building your hand from three to eight, allowing an easier viewing of *what cards you have available.
The Vault menu has undergone a visual update.
The respawn timers now reach a maximum of 30s and will stop increasing after that point.

This excludes Survival where there is no respawn timer.

We have improved the accuracy of areas of effect and large abilities.
The splash art that is displayed when Paladins launches has been updated.
Added keybind options for upgrading cards 4 & 5 to the Settings menu.
Added warnings to the HUD and visual effects that play when you are hit by a Cripple effect.
Fixed an issue where hitting a Shield or player made wall would not play a sound.
Fixed an issue where the Game Mode and description would get cut off in the match lobby.
Fixed an issue where repeatedly firing would cause your Weapon hits to not register successfully.
Added a ceiling check that will prevent your camera from running into the ceiling when jumping.
Updates to the reload system:

A majority of the abilities in the game, excluding stims and self buffs, will now interrupt an active reload.
Added a short delay after firing before you can reload your Weapon.
If an ability is used that prevents your Weapon from firing, it will also prevent you from reloading.
If a reload is allowed and another ability animation is playing, the reload animation will take priority ensuring you will always see if you are currently reloading.

Added a minimize option while in Borderless Window mode while in the main menu.
Fixed an issue where you were able to hit targets from behind the Siege Gates.
Fixed issue where both teams could win a Survival round.
Fixed an issue where you would not hear an enemy reloading.
Beacon Changes:

Beacon no longer resets its Health when it is picked up, but rather maintains it's current Health.
The Beacon now takes 5s to deploy and become active once it is placed.
The Beacon now regenerates its Health over time if it has not been damaged within the last 3s.

The Challenge Mode will now rotate between Temple Ruins, Enchanted Forest, and Glacier Keep. We are working on a way for players to select which map they would like to play on in future updates.

Champions - Balance/Updates/Fixes

Cassie

Scout

Increased the rate at which Cassie charges her Ultimate by 25%.

Evie

Ice Storm

Now remembers the direction you fired it in, regardless of where you move after.
Reduced the amount Ice Storm Slows your move speed from 65 → 50%.

Fernando

General

Fernando may no longer reload manually.

Shield

Fixed an issue where Fernando would still have his Shield active while polymorphed by Evil Mojo.

Grohk

General

Grohk may no longer reload manually.

Grover

Increased base Movement Speed from 320 → 335.
Grover's size has been reduced slightly in order to fix some issues where he would get stuck and improve the visual presentation when Grover is close to you.

Axe