It’s hard to believe that another year is coming to a close. Sneaky Saint Gorgie is up to their old tricks and while some Marines have been getting some nasty yucky and gooey clogs in their stockings, that silly Saint G
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Full Natural Selection 2 update
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What changed
1 fix3 additions9 changes3 removals
Store
UI and audio
Maps
Workshop
Balance
Gameplay
changedIt’s hard to believe that another year is coming to a close. Sneaky Saint Gorgie is up to their old tricks and while some Marines have been getting some nasty yucky and gooey clogs in their stockings, that silly Saint Gorgie also seems to be dropping off lots of goodies too! We’ve expanded our available skins, and a whole new list of items have been added to your customize menu for you to further put your style on display. Some of our previous packs or individual skins have been expanded to cover more items and there are also a handful of all new individual weapons skins to check out. If you owned a now expanded DLC pack previously, then you get the added skins to that pack free of charge. This is our thank you to you for your continued support of our team and development of Natural Selection 2. If you don’t already own some of those packs or individual skins, some DLC packs will be on-sale starting December 22 on our steam store.
changedUpdate 336 also includes the merger of the NS2+ mod features directly into the released game, under a newly titled Advanced options menu. A special thank you also the Mendasp, the original creator/maintainer of the NS2+ mod. It is very clear the impact this mod has had on the game since its inception, and we are thankful for the many hours and support they have shown the community over the years.
changedMany of the original maps have also gone through some changes, including some major changes to Docking and Refinery. As always, we hope that you will look through the list of other changes and bug fixes that went into this update. So many people have been involved in this project over the years, and the lasting impacts continue to show through.
addedAs we move forward to 2021, the Development Team is looking forward to the alpha release of our match-making system code named: Thunderdome. We hope that this new system will allow players all over the world to have quick and stable access to play a round of NS2 and create a way for more games to happen. We are also in the late stages of developing backend support to move our NS2 Steam Workshop to support UGC. We are as always excited to bring you new options and features to NS2, and thank you for all your support and feedback over the years.
fixedGAMEPLAYThe following balance changes have been live in the UWE Hotfix Extension for a few weeks, so you have likely already been playing with them!
removedGAMEPLAYAdrenaline: No longer increases maximum energy pool. Increased energy regeneration rate remains the same.
Natural Selection 2 changes
changedIt’s hard to believe that another year is coming to a close. Sneaky Saint Gorgie is up to their old tricks and while some Marines have been getting some nasty yucky and gooey clogs in their stockings, that silly Saint Gorgie also seems to be dropping off lots of goodies too! We’ve expanded our available skins, and a whole new list of items have been added to your customize menu for you to further put your style on display. Some of our previous packs or individual skins have been expanded to cover more items and there are also a handful of all new individual weapons skins to check out. If you owned a now expanded DLC pack previously, then you get the added skins to that pack free of charge. This is our thank you to you for your continued support of our team and development of Natural Selection 2. If you don’t already own some of those packs or individual skins, some DLC packs will be on-sale starting December 22 on our steam store.
changedUpdate 336 also includes the merger of the NS2+ mod features directly into the released game, under a newly titled Advanced options menu. A special thank you also the Mendasp, the original creator/maintainer of the NS2+ mod. It is very clear the impact this mod has had on the game since its inception, and we are thankful for the many hours and support they have shown the community over the years.
changedMany of the original maps have also gone through some changes, including some major changes to Docking and Refinery. As always, we hope that you will look through the list of other changes and bug fixes that went into this update. So many people have been involved in this project over the years, and the lasting impacts continue to show through.
addedAs we move forward to 2021, the Development Team is looking forward to the alpha release of our match-making system code named: Thunderdome. We hope that this new system will allow players all over the world to have quick and stable access to play a round of NS2 and create a way for more games to happen. We are also in the late stages of developing backend support to move our NS2 Steam Workshop to support UGC. We are as always excited to bring you new options and features to NS2, and thank you for all your support and feedback over the years.
fixedThe following balance changes have been live in the UWE Hotfix Extension for a few weeks, so you have likely already been playing with them!
It’s hard to believe that another year is coming to a close. Sneaky Saint Gorgie is up to their old tricks and while some Marines have been getting some nasty yucky and gooey clogs in their stockings, that silly Saint Gorgie also seems to be dropping off lots of goodies too! We’ve expanded our available skins, and a whole new list of items have been added to your customize menu for you to further put your style on display. Some of our previous packs or individual skins have been expanded to cover more items and there are also a handful of all new individual weapons skins to check out. If you owned a now expanded DLC pack previously, then you get the added skins to that pack free of charge. This is our thank you to you for your continued support of our team and development of Natural Selection 2. If you don’t already own some of those packs or individual skins, some DLC packs will be on-sale starting December 22 on our steam store.
Update 336 also includes the merger of the NS2+ mod features directly into the released game, under a newly titled Advanced options menu. A special thank you also the Mendasp, the original creator/maintainer of the NS2+ mod. It is very clear the impact this mod has had on the game since its inception, and we are thankful for the many hours and support they have shown the community over the years.
Many of the original maps have also gone through some changes, including some major changes to Docking and Refinery. As always, we hope that you will look through the list of other changes and bug fixes that went into this update. So many people have been involved in this project over the years, and the lasting impacts continue to show through.
As we move forward to 2021, the Development Team is looking forward to the alpha release of our match-making system code named: Thunderdome. We hope that this new system will allow players all over the world to have quick and stable access to play a round of NS2 and create a way for more games to happen. We are also in the late stages of developing backend support to move our NS2 Steam Workshop to support UGC. We are as always excited to bring you new options and features to NS2, and thank you for all your support and feedback over the years.
Merry Gorgemas from all of us at UWE and the Community Development Team!
Remember all sales of NS2 and DLC directly affect our development budget and allow our team to continue work on NS2.
CHANGELOG
GAMEPLAY
The following balance changes have been live in the UWE Hotfix Extension for a few weeks, so you have likely already been playing with them!
AdjustedAdrenalineNo longer increases maximum energy pool. Increased energy regeneration rate remains the same.
Gorges now have 50 armor (down from 75) (-16% eHP)
Gorge Webs are now always 1 hit with the axe. Additionally, the hitbox has been adjusted so that axes can now hit them more consistently.
MAC cost is now 3 from 5
MAC supply cost is now 15 from 5
Robotics Factory Cost is now 5 from 10
ARC Factory Upgrade cost is now 10 from 5
ARC Factory Upgrade no longer requires an Armory.
Pulse Grenade Damage and Energy Damage radius is now 4 from 3 and 10, respectively.
Pulse Grenade no longer tapers damage based on distance.
