Rush Respawn Update - Maintenance Update 1

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Update changes include:

New Features

• Reconnection to Custom matches through the reconnection button

Bug Fixes

• Improved climbing experience (Increased the grabbable ledge, increased vaulting speed)

• Fixed graphical hitch on Quest 2 when shooting the first bullet of a Skinned weapon that has custom VFX

• Improved the hitch when loading into the Main Lobby Menu

• Fixed plenty of crashes

• Made interaction distance bigger with UI in the Character selection menu

• Fixed Charade being invincible during pre-and-post-teleport delay

• Fixed Covert Operation Achievement

• Fixed damage numbers are displayed for all the users when someone is taking damage in Rush game mode

• Fixed magazine highlight still displayed when the weapon is on the floor

• Fixed weapon spawning on the Right hand in Skirmish when primary hand is set to Left

• Fixed banked ability icon does not update when switching the primary hand

• Fixed the Auto Sprint setting displays under the Localization setting. Now it shows up under "Control" setting

• Fixed Rekt skin banner Discord link

Hero Updates

Charade

Vanishing Act

• Increased audio range of Charade's Ultimate ability activation voice line

• Increased recovery duration (after reappearing) before weapons can be used [0.85>> 1.25s]

• Increased audio cue range when Charade reappears [15 >> 37.5m]

Jaguar

Blockbuster

• Increased the speed and max trajectory distance of the grenade projectile

Vesper

Oblivion

• Increased vision range inside smoke [2 >> 2.5m]

Nightwatcher

• Fixed an issue where the sentry eye could expire from its lifetime timer while detecting an enemy

• Decreased max sentry lifetime [12s >> 7.5s]

Balance

Weapon Balancing

Hellhound

• Reverted previous cost change [1850 >> 1900]

• Decreased leg damage multiplier [0.85 >> 0.8]

• Slightly decreased bullet penetration multiplier

Renegade

• Reduced cost [2450 >> 2400]

• Increased bullet penetration multiplier

Game Balancing

• Small adjustment to make the Ability Wheel feel snappier

• Increased brightness of all the gun skins

• Rush Respawn

  • Decreased round timer [75 >> 60s]

  • Increased respawn timer for defenders [5 >> 10s]

  • Round will end when all the players die

Known Issues

• Taking off the HMD may cause the client-side crash. Please try not to take off your HMD while in game

• Still a couple crashes in custom games we're working on fixing

**Please be advised that players on an older game version will no longer have access to the online servers until you update your game.

Thank you for your patience while we build a better game with your help!

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