Patch 3.16

Features

• Missions have been reworked:

  • The Mission panel has received a visual overhaul.

  • Monthly challenges have been removed.

  • Weekly challenges now reset on a set timer each week.

  • Daily and Weekly challenges have been updated, and new ones have been added.

  • The reward track for daily and weekly challenges now awards a series of rewards instead of just one final reward.

• A new Referral system with an exclusive avatar reward has been added!

• New item fragments for Expert and Elite Beacons, as well as epic and legendary Refit Kits, have been added to inventory. 100 fragments are required to gain the item.

• Deep linking is now supported. Expect to see promo code links in the future!

• Background and Multi Battle sliders now show how many battles you could have with both licenses active.

• A restart option has been added in the Background battle result screen, allowing players to reschedule background battles for the same encounter that was just finished.

• The updated Global Feed is now live, with a rolling recent-activity window (most recent ~500 events) instead of a fixed 24-hour window.

• The "Maxed out a Legendary unit" message will no longer be shown in the Global feed. It will now appear in the Alliance feed only.

• Official "SOVA" messages may appear in chat or the inbox when an admin contacts a player or alliance.

• Moderated chat messages will now disappear cleanly instead of being replaced with blank placeholders.

Balance Changes

• Tygr Balance Pass

  • The attack pattern has been increased by 1 hex.

  • Active skill This Unit deals 180% Damage and inflicts Security Down 2 3 for 2 Turns.

    If this Unit damages 2 or more enemies, it adds 1 charge to its charged skill.

  • Charged Skill This Unit inflicts Stasis for 2 3 turns and deals 210% Damage.

  • Passive Skill This Unit's attacks do not break reduce Stasis. and All allies deal 30% more damage to enemies with Stasis or Disable.

    After damaging an enemy affected by Stasis, once per round, this Unit gains one extra action.

  • Refit 4 +60 Hacking / +8% Speed has been replaced with an upgrade for the Passive skill.

• Stasis has been reworked. Stasis no longer breaks when taking direct damage. Instead, the duration is reduced by 1 turn.

As a result of the Stasis rework, the following units have had the duration of the Stasis they inflict changed as follows:

• Xcellence active skill Stasis duration increased from 1 to 2.

• Flamel passive skill Stasis duration increased from 1 to 2.

• Camellia (NPC) charged skill Stasis duration reduced from 2 to 1.

• Asphyxiator charged skill Stasis duration reduced from 2 to 1.

• Incursions now last for 3 hours and have no downtime between them.

• Incursions have had their loot tables upgraded to now include epic refit fragments

• The Shepherd rank-up tutorial no longer requires a unit sacrifice and can now be completed using a tier 1 Mainframe.

Localization Updates

• Updated localization for Stasis and Disable

• Updated Stasis durations for the units mentioned in the Balance section,

• The passive skill descriptions of Akula and Snakeroot now clarify that they do not reduce the duration of Stasis, instead of the old "do not break Stasis" description.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with level indicators on chat messages always displaying level 40.

• Fixed an issue with how energy expenditure was attributed when using Background battles. Events that trigger when energy is spent will now only trigger when finishing Background battles.

• Fixed an issue where units affected by Stasis and Disable could still gain charges.