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0.25 - Let It Burn

Summary

Official name:

Let It Burn

Release date:

May 5th, 2016

Hotfixes:

Hotfix

Client version:

0.25.1004 (0.25)

Update Show:

0.25 - Let It Burn | May 5, 2016

BETA EXPECTATIONS

General

Drogoz and Kinessa are now permanently free Champions.
The voice lines that play when a teammate is activating their Ultimate have been updated to better represent their involvement to you. Enemies will continue to play the same voice lines as before.
- In our journey to improve clarity and help players identify the highest threat to them during a combat encounter, we have updated the way champions announce their ultimates to distinguish between an enemy ultimate and a friendly ultimate."
Fixed an issue where player cameras were detaching if you died in the air.
The Solo Practice queue has been removed. The Co-Op queue has been renamed to "Practice vs A.I.".
Reduced the accuracy of A.I. bots.
Increase the First Win of the Day bonus to 150 Gold. Additionally, this bonus will trigger for the first three wins in the Capture & Payload game mode.
Updated the sounds played when mounted.
Increased the pre-built deck count to three for all champions.
When selecting cards for a Custom Deck, if a card is currently in the deck it will be highlighted across all rarities.
Improvements to the in match Burn Card menu that better highlights there are more than one page of Burn Cards to choose from.
Added a notification to the Chests tab on the main menu that let's you know you have un-opened Chests.
Radiant Chests now guarantee at least one Epic card.
In match HUD now always shows your current Credit value.
Added Champion portraits to the in match kill log.
When viewing a template deck in match, the cards no longer show up as locked.
- Showing current ownership of the card when viewing a template ended up being too confusing, making some players wonder if the cards were active or not. All cards will appear active when viewing a deck in game, with ownership being shown in the lobby only."
Players now show their current killstreak next to their name in match.
Added a currency icon for Credits.

Spectator

Updated to show the status of all players on the screen.
All players will now be highlighted with an outline.
All players will now show on the minimap. At this time, replays will not show the correct information but it will work for live spectated matches.
Updated to show Kill/Death messages.
Added an option to disable spectate for Challenge matches.

Gameplay

Stealth Grass
- Updated rules around when players are revealed when standing in grass. Players will now only be revealed if they take action, so abilities like Evie's Ice Block will no longer reveal her for the entire duration. Instead, it will reveal Evie when she activates the ability (took action), or cancels it early (took action).
Capture and Payload
- Updated point scoring system to the following:
  - Now takes 9 Points total to win a match.
  - Earn 2 Points for capturing the Capture Point.
  - Earn 2 Points for successfully pushing the Payload Cart to the enemy base.
  - Earn 1 Point for stopping an enemy Payload Cart push as the defending team.
- Credits
  - Each player will receive 100 credits for winning a round.
  - Player now accrue credits while pushing the cart at the same rate they would if capturing a point.
- The Capture Point now spawns before players are able to leave base.

- This change allows players to better strategize before the round begins knowing ahead of time what point dynamics they are facing."

- Fixed an issue where players would sometimes seeing incorrect messages showing for successfully pushing or defending payload cart.
- If a defending team member touches the Payload cart, they immediately gain ownership and don't have to wait 2s.

- This rule ensures the defending team only needs to touch the Payload Cart in order to stop it fully without worrying about whether or not it is still in auto-push mode."

- If no attacking team members are near the Payload cart while it is auto-pushing, it goes at half speed.

- We want to make sure the attacking team still has incentives to stand near the cart and push it, but aren't required to if the pressure is too great."

Skins

Ying
- Snapdragon

Champions - Balance/Updates/Fixes

Androxus

Drift
- Getting hit with Cripple now stops Androxus during Drift.
Reversal
- Fixed an issue where the ability projectile could still be cast while Polymorphed.
Accursed Arm
- Fixed transformed arm effects persisting beyond the ability duration.
- Fixed an issue with description in Champion menu.

Barik

Flame Turret
- Updated sound for turret hits.

Buck

Shrapnel Cannon
- Ammo count increased from 5 ➞ 6.
- Damage increased from 48 ➞ 50 per hit.
Imprisonment
- Added a new animation for casting Imprisonment.

Cassie

General
- Updated sound and treatment for weapon fire and abilities.

Drogoz

Salvo
- Fixed sometimes not hearing the final shot.
Booster
- Getting hit with Cripple now stops Drogoz during Booster.
Dragon Punch
- Fixed an issue where Dragon Punch would stop on a Grohk during Ghost Walk, rather than going through him.
- Addressed an issue where Drogoz could get stuck in third person.

Evie

Ice Staff
- Updated sounds for weapon fire.

Fernando

Fireball
- Updated sound for Fireball activation.
Immortal
- Fernando is now immune to Crowd Control while channeling Immortal.

Grohk

General
- Addressed an issue with weapon fire not going to the correct location during Killcam and Spectator.
- Updated sound fx and treatment for abilities.
Lightning Staff
- Damage reduced from 41 ➞ 37 per hit.

Grover

General
- Health reduced from 3600 ➞ 3100.
- Fixed an issue where Grover would not animate his attack after using an ability.
- Addressed an issue where Grover would not spin during his ultimate.

Kinessa

Transporter
- Increased cooldown from 10s ➞ 12s.
- Updated ability description to correctly describe Transporters function

Pip

General
- Fixed weapon art disappearing on weapon skins after respawning.
Evil Mojo
- Now has a minimum duration of 2s if hit with diminishing returns on Crowd Control duration.

Ruckus

Emitter
- Shield Health reduced from 1500 ➞ 1000.

Skye

General
- Addressed an issue where sometimes VFX would not show when hitting a stealthed Skye.

Ying

Illusions
- Updated sound when Illusions hit targets.

Card Art

Biting Cold (Evie)
Restore (Kinessa)
Last Stand (Fernando)
Vine Grasp (Grover)
Fight or Flight (Androxus)
Frost Bound (Evie)
Hamstring (Grohk)
Mind Wrack (Ying)
Monolith Totem (Grohk)
Octopressor (Kinessa)
Propel (Drogoz)
Pursuit (Ying)
Rewind (Ying)
Spring Bloom (Ying)
Trolling (Buck)

Burn Cards:

Wrecker
Veteran
Sterilize
Resilience
Nimble
Morale Boost
Master Rider
Life Rip
Haven
Gather
Equestrian
Develop
Deft Hands
Chronos
Cauterize
Bulldozer
Blast Shields
Aggression

Cards - Balance/Updates/Fixes