Update 1.3.0 Patch Notes

Update 1.3.0 brings a large list of new features, balance changes, and bug fixes to Hecaton.

New Progression System

• Score now goes towards Bounty Hunter Rank

• Each character can increase a stat point permanently for every Hunter Rank earned

• You can increase Health, Armor, Crit Chance, Attack Speed, or Energy Gain

• Each Bounty Hunter now has their own unique sets of Fates to unlock

• Each Bounty Hunter has 15 new Fates, for a total of 120 new Fates

• New Fates are unlocked every 2 Bounty Hunter Ranks

• Fates are designed to be paired with each other. Experiment and find the best combinations to victory.

Revamped Difficulty

• Titan has become a much more dangerous place

• Slow and telegraphed attacks now deal significantly more Damage to the player. These attacks include enemy Rockets, Sniper fire, Shotguns, and Melee attacks

• Enemies will now spawn near the player more aggressively. If you're looking for a fight, there's always one around the corner

• Lockdown rooms have been altered to start more slowly and ramp up in difficulty after every enemy wave teleports in

Balance Changes and Bug Fixes

General

• Equipment stats have been increased by about 20%

• Players now start out with 2.5% higher Move Speed, and gain 1% Move Speed every Level Up, up from 0.5% every Level Up

• Rocket Turrets have been taken out of stages 1 and 2 and replaced with Mine Turrets

• Enemy Mines now bounce slightly higher

• Proc-based Items (such as Accelerant, Vorpal Toxin, Orb Leech) have had their base proc chance increased by 20%

• Fixed some bugs where stats would sometimes improperly display on the UI

Patriot

• You now gain Evasion while Grappling towards enemies and walls

Sarin

• Fixed a bug where Contagion would not attach itself to enemies properly

• Contagion now attacks 4 times, up from 3

• Fixed a bug where Reap would not properly function with Monkey Wrench and Inductor Items

• Reap now deals 50% of an enemy's Poison Damage instantly, up from 35%

• Poison Nova projectiles now move 20% faster

Minerva

• Time Stop now properly destroys enemy destructible projectiles

• Minerva now gains Evasion after hitting an enemy with Void Blast and moving backwards away from the blast

• Chaotic Bolt now fires 4 bolts, up from 2

• Chaotic Bolt's initial Damage is now 25%, down from 100%

Maverick

• Greatly increased Magnum Shot's attack speed

• Fan the Hammer's initial bullet is now much more accurate

Graham

• Fixed an issue where some enemy attacks will stop Shoulder Charge from moving through them. You should now properly break through enemy attacks.

• Greatly increased Shotgun Blast's attack speed

• Micro Turret now attacks 20% faster

• Micro Turret and Tesla Tower animations are now faster

Psycho

• Decreased Detonate's Cooldown to 4 seconds, down from 5 seconds

• Decreased Shock Bomb's Cooldown to 7.5 seconds, down from 9 seconds