Launch Patch Released

Formicide has hit 1.0!

Gameplay Updates

• Added a tutorial window explaining the game objective that's shown when joining a server or a new match starts.

• Updated the respawn timer. Players are now spawned every 3 seconds, by default 7-9 seconds after they die. If their team controls no beacons, the time is reduced by 3 seconds. If their team has more players than the other team, the time is increased by 3 seconds. The new system reduces the min time by 5 seconds and the max time by 8 seconds from the old system.

• Added "Top Kills" and "Beacon Champ" awards via overhead banners at the end of matches.

• Added gravestones that spawn upon death, includes stars to signify kill streaks before dying.

• Added special skull gravestones for those who purchased Formicide before going free.

• All players are now invulnerable after a match ends rather than just the winning team.

• Players joining a server with a game already in progress now have a spawn time of 10-12 seconds for their first spawn. The loading screen counts towards this spawn time.

• Players are now invulnerable while they're within range of their team's home base.

• The ultimate a player's chosen for a given class is now saved to the player's Steam account, which is used to automatically select default ultimates when each new match starts.

• Lowered the time until lowering the home base gates after a match starting from 48 to 36 seconds, including time spent on the loading screen.

• Removed Rocket Turret powerup from the Mystery Boxes.

• Fixed a bug that caused ultimate abilities to reset their cooldowns only when changing classes, rather than when changing either classes or ultimate abilities.

• Fixed a rare bug that could cause more than one player to activate a mystery box powerup at once.

Class Updates

Biomite

• Decreased Minimite lifespan/ range by 18%.

• Updated the Biomasser to reliably create biomass at the target location.

• Biomasser will no longer fire at a location that already has biomass or a biomass target, improving ammo efficiency.

• Fixed a bug with the Biomass cooldown not displaying correctly.

• Updated the Biomass UI bar to not turn red while reloading a weapon.

Cannoneer

• Added secondary ultimate ability Mortar: Spawns a large mortar below your location that fires powerful shells every 1.5 seconds and expires after a short duration. Can be destroyed by the enemy, has 500 hit points. Hold down fire to view its arc.

• Grenade Launcher cooldown increased to 0.4 seconds from 0.3 seconds.

• Grenade Launcher reload time increased to 2.5 seconds from 2.25 seconds.

• Improved entity collision interaction on grenades.

Engineer

• Removed Pulse Missiles.

• Fixed a few issues with entity collision and Shield Wall.

• Fixed a bug with Shield Wall leaving ghost projectiles.

• Reduced Turret HP to 250 from 275.

• Fixed a bug with the turret that could cause it to sound as if it had been fired when just activating its placement marker.

Fire Ant

• Added secondary ultimate ability Firewall: After a short delay, spawns a wall of fire at a target location that damages players and blocks all projectiles. Unkillable, but expires after a short duration.

• Reduced max damage on Hellraiser explosion to 100 to 150 per explosion.

• Fixed a bug that could Flame Dash to occasionally pass through enemies without damaging them.

Hunter

• Increased cooldown of Bloodseeker slash to 0.5 seconds from 0.3 seconds.

• Increased damage of Bloodseker