Update 1 - Mech Mayhem

NEW FEATURES

• New GameMode 'Mech Mayhem' - Test your endurance in a Mech free-for-all on destructible terrain (explosive projectiles carve holes in the terrain). Equip new weapons and abilities as you Rank up. See your high scores on a global leaderboard! Can you beat the rest? (Mech Mayhem is launched from the Main Menu)

Battle Mode

• Added First Person Perspective (key to trigger fps mode is shown in the hotkey list in battle and in options\controls menu (default 'V' on keyboard / 'Right Shoulder' on gamepad)).

• Added Thrusters to Mechs - Player can now jump into air with Mechs. Thrusters will also auto engage when falling.

GAMEPLAY

• Mechs no longer have prohibited secondary weapon types (All secondary weapons can now be used on all Mechs).

• Decreased all Mech hitpoints slightly.

• Increased 'Scobot' Mech overall strength.

• Changed interactive tutorial text font to a more readable font.

World Mode

• Increased the frequency at which enemy factions will launch conquests.

• Increased Mech Repair cost

• Players Max Party Size will now automatically increase as the player ranks up.

• Faction parties will defend their territory more aggressively if they only have a few Strongholds remaining.

• Added Heal option to Character Screen.

Battle Mode

• Increased maximum slope angle that can be walked over (reducing the feeling of getting 'stuck' on the ground)

• Each wave will now spawn at a different spawn zone instead of the same one.

• Player can now trigger Battle Abilities from Character/Mech.

• Battle Abilities Selection Wheel will now show the remaining cooldown for each ability.

• Player can now keep moving while Unit/Ability selection wheels are open.

• Player can now trigger different Battle Abilities in quick succession, without having to wait for the current ability to finish.

• Improved ability target marker visuals to make it easier to see where the ability will fire.

• Projectiles will now occasionally ricochet off of Mechs.

• Time is now slowed while soldier/ability selection wheels are open, to give the player time to make a selection.

• Increased Flamethrower Damage and Range.

• Increased Double Shot/Triple Shot RPM and reduced Damage.

• Increased Base Velocity of all projectiles.

• Increased unit base movement speed.

• Decreased Auto Bomber overall strength.

• Special Units (Hawk/DroneBomber) now consistently lose a small amount of HP over time.

• Improved Special Unit Drone Bomber battle effectiveness (increased max speed, increased projectile count, improved accuracy).

• Spider type Mechs will now rotate to match ground angle.

• Sprint mode will no longer forbid Mech strafing/backwards movement. Instead, Mech rotation speed will be reduced while moving in Sprint mode.

• Reduced Burn Debuff damage.

• Weapon accuracy movement penalty is now weapon size dependent (the bigger the wep, the greater the penalty to accuracy while moving).

• Units Overhead HealthBar length is determined by the units health, so player can see how much health a unit has at a glance.

• Improved prop/foliage Collison accuracy.

• Added an aim guide reticle for Mechs, to assist player in leading moving targets.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed black spots appearing on Mech textures under certain lighting conditions.

• Other minor bug fixes.

World Mode

• Fixed a bug where a player's Stronghold would still be marked as 'Under Attack' after player successfully defended it.

• Fixed Mech Repair values not always considering player's 'Repair' skill level.

Battle Mode

• Units will no longer buff when stunned.

• HitMarker sound will now play when hitting targets while in a Mech.

• Fixed Grenade Launcher Mech weapon not using the correct angle to hit crosshair.

• Grenades will now bounce off of units/Mechs instead of go through them.

• Fixed Player Character not showing the Damage Direction Indicator when taking damage.

• Fixed AI incorrectly calculating the lead on their Target in some circumstances.

• Fixed player character healthbar not updating when taking damage.

• Fixed an issue where the BattleMode Intro Tutorial would break if player is moving forward and strafing.

• Player Reticule Bloom will now correctly adjust per current weapon.