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Steam News22 July 20241y ago

BETA Redesign and Rebalance

OVERHAULING THE STYLISH POINTS SYSTEM Additions and Fixes Recent actions now appear directly under your style score for easy visibility. * Up to 5 most recent actions are displayed at once.

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  • Gameplay
addedAdditions and FixesRecent actions now appear directly under your style score for easy visibility. * Up to 5 most recent actions are displayed at once. * Repeated actions are now combined into a single entry with a counter. * New effect when points are added to your score. * Score now pulsates briefly when it changes for extra emphasis.
changedREBALANCINGSignificantly increased the score requirements for top ranks: * SSS Rank: 100,000+ points (previously 50,000+) * SS Rank: 50,000+ points (previously 20,000+) * S Rank: 25,000+ points (previously 10,000+) * A Rank: 10,000+ points (previously 5,000+) * B Rank: 5,000+ points (unchanged) * C Rank: 2,000+ points (unchanged)
addedDONT LET YOUR SCORE GET STALEPerforming unique actions now grants a 1.5x point bonus. * The system tracks your last 5 unique actions, mix it up. * Your stylish score now decays twice as fast – every 0.5 seconds instead of 1 second. * The decay amount is now 1% of your current score or 100 points, whichever is higher. * To prevent losses of score due to song downtime, the score check now only happens during beats
changedMULTIPLIERSThe maximum multiplier has been increased to 10x (previously 8x).

BeatShooter changes

addedRecent actions now appear directly under your style score for easy visibility. * Up to 5 most recent actions are displayed at once. * Repeated actions are now combined into a single entry with a counter. * New effect when points are added to your score. * Score now pulsates briefly when it changes for extra emphasis.
changedSignificantly increased the score requirements for top ranks: * SSS Rank: 100,000+ points (previously 50,000+) * SS Rank: 50,000+ points (previously 20,000+) * S Rank: 25,000+ points (previously 10,000+) * A Rank: 10,000+ points (previously 5,000+) * B Rank: 5,000+ points (unchanged) * C Rank: 2,000+ points (unchanged)
addedPerforming unique actions now grants a 1.5x point bonus. * The system tracks your last 5 unique actions, mix it up. * Your stylish score now decays twice as fast – every 0.5 seconds instead of 1 second. * The decay amount is now 1% of your current score or 100 points, whichever is higher. * To prevent losses of score due to song downtime, the score check now only happens during beats
changedThe maximum multiplier has been increased to 10x (previously 8x).

OVERHAULING THE STYLISH POINTS SYSTEM

Additions and Fixes

  • Recent actions now appear directly under your style score for easy visibility. * Up to 5 most recent actions are displayed at once. * Repeated actions are now combined into a single entry with a counter. * New effect when points are added to your score. * Score now pulsates briefly when it changes for extra emphasis.

REBALANCING

Significantly increased the score requirements for top ranks: * SSS Rank: 100,000+ points (previously 50,000+) * SS Rank: 50,000+ points (previously 20,000+) * S Rank: 25,000+ points (previously 10,000+) * A Rank: 10,000+ points (previously 5,000+) * B Rank: 5,000+ points (unchanged) * C Rank: 2,000+ points (unchanged)

  • Chain your moves together to build up a combo multiplier. * Each successive action within 5 seconds increases your combo count. * Combo multiplier starts at 1.1x and increases by 0.1x for each action in the combo. * your combo resets if you wait too long between actions!

DONT LET YOUR SCORE GET STALE

  • Performing unique actions now grants a 1.5x point bonus. * The system tracks your last 5 unique actions, mix it up. * Your stylish score now decays twice as fast – every 0.5 seconds instead of 1 second. * The decay amount is now 1% of your current score or 100 points, whichever is higher. * To prevent losses of score due to song downtime, the score check now only happens during beats

MULTIPLIERS

  • The maximum multiplier has been increased to 10x (previously 8x).

Source

Steam News / 22 July 2024

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