Patch Notes: 1/30/2018 Season 5, Vonn, Mad Love Event

[img]http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/24758151/77db2df7af91f7bd0a81218ab445a48ef658da31.jpg[/img] This patch will go live on 1/30/18. Servers will be down from 7:50 am PST for about 30 minutes. [url=https://discordapp.com/invite/atlasreactor]Join the community on Discord![/url] [B][h1]New Freelancer: Vonn[/h1][/B] Vonn, the Scion of Ice, uses cybernetic enhancements to transform supercooled water into shields and lethal projectiles! Vonn is a ranged firepower with strong area effect damage and slowing effects. [B][h1]Season 5 begins![/h1][/B] Like last season, each week will be themed around a Trust with alerts and mission rewards based around that trust. [B][h1]Ranked[/h1][/B] Players will be awarded prestige points to spend on golden ability effects based on how high they ranked in Season 4. Ranked mode will start up again on 2/13. Vonn will be added to Ranked Mode as soon as Ranked Mode starts. [B][h1]Mad Love is back![/h1][/B] Earn Mad Love loot matrixes from alerts, daily missions or purchase from the in game store from now until 2/20. Collect new skins for Celeste, Grey, Titus, Orion, and Quark. Mad Love skins and Emblems will be available for purchase with ISO between 2/20 and 2/27. [B][h1]Balance[/h1][/B] [B][h1]Firepowers[/h1][/B] [B]Celeste[/B] - [I]Just a tweak to an overperforming mod.[/I] [LIST] [*]Healing from the Mending Mists mod reduced to 6 from 10. [/LIST] [B]Grey[/B] - [I]Grey’s damage has fallen off and who doesn’t love throwing out the drone?[/I] [LIST] [*]Damage of Hawk Drone increased to 14/18 from 12/16. [/LIST] [B]Oz[/B] - [I]Access to this ability more often should give Oz some additional flexibility[/I] [LIST] [*]Cooldown of Photon Spray reduced to 2 from 3. [/LIST] [B]PuP[/B] - [I]PuP’s signature ambush can be game changing, so we wanted it to be available slightly less often.[/I] [LIST] [*] Cooldown of Prowl Protocol increased to 6 from 5. [/LIST] [B][h1]Frontlines[/h1][/B] [I]We have updated every frontliner to do more damage, with a particular emphasis on their short range attacks. Getting in your targets face is now much more rewarding. Due to the change, some damage mods have been reduced or changed.[/I] [B]Asana[/B] [LIST] [*]Damage of Whirling Blade increased to 28 from 24. [*]Damage of Rebounding Charge increased to 28 from 25. [*]Damage of Stand and Fight increased to 28 from 24. [/LIST] [B]Brynn[/B] - [I]Brynn got buffs across most of the kit to increase her threat level.[/I] [LIST] [*]Damage of Impale increased to 30 from 26. [*]Damage increase from Radamantium Reinforced reduced to 3 from 4. [*]Damage of Soaring Shield increased to 28 from 24. [*]Damage to secondary target from Ricoshield increased to 16 from 12. [*]Damage of Flight of the Valkyrie increased to 28 from 24 . [*]Damage of Spear of Hyperion increased to 37 from 35. [/LIST] [B]Garrison[/B] - [I]Garrison and Titus can now find work as hybrid firepower characters.[/I] [LIST] [*]Damage of Piston Punch increased to 30/25 from 26/18 [*]Damage increase from One on One reduced from 4 to 3. [*]Haymaker now causes all targets hit to be dealt 30 damage, instead of 26. [*]Damage of Hand Cannon increased to 25/12 from 20/12. [*]Damage increase from Single Out reduced to 3 from 4. [*]Damage of Heavy Metal increased to 25 from 20. [/LIST] [B]Isadora[/B] [LIST] [*]Damage of Doom Ray while in the forceball increased to 20/25 from 14/22. [*]Damage of Scamper increased to 25 from 20. [/LIST] [B]Magnus[/B] - [I]Magnus was underperforming, so in additional to several damage buffs we have modified the functionality of his charge to reward aggressive plays.[/I] [LIST] [*]Damage of Power Drive increased to 30/25/20 from 26/14/10 [*]Clobbering Time mod replaced with Force Capacitor which grants haste until end of turn when using Power Drive. [*]Initial shielding amount of Horns Up increased to 20 from 10. [*]Horns up now grants 10 shielding per target hit with the dash portion of the ability. [*]Damage from Horns Up increased to 30 from 26 [*]The Monstrous mod now increases the shields gained by hitting enemies by 5. [*]Damage of Deal Breaker increased to 30 from 26. [*]Cooldown of Deal Breaker reduced from 4 to 3. [*]Damage of Boss Around increased to 33 from 30. [/LIST] [B]Phaedra[/B] - [I]Phaedra is currently a powerhouse with significant AoE damage. She didn’t receive the same buffs as a result.[/I] [LIST] [*]Damage of Seismic Slam changed to 28/12 from 26/13. [*]Damage from Putrid Spray reduced to 12 from 15. [/LIST] [B]Rampart[/B] [LIST] [*]Damage of Radamantium Flurry Increased to 28/25 from 28/18. [*]Damage increase from Area Suppression reduced to 3 from 6. [*]Damage increase from Danger Zone reduced from 7 to 4. [*]Damage of Fusion Lance increased to 28 from 25. [*]Damage increase from Plasma Lance reduced to 4 from 5. [/LIST] [B]Rask[/B] [LIST] [*]Damage of Maul Increased to 30/25 from 26/22. [*]Damage increase from Beastial reduced to 1/ 3 from 2/4. [*]Damage of Upheaval increased to 25 from 20. [*]Damage of Pain Train Increased to 25 from 20. [*]Damage of Uncontrollable Fury increased to 25 from 20. [/LIST] [B]Titus[/B] - [I]Garrison and Titus can now find work as hybrid firepower characters.[/I] [LIST] [*]Damage of Overhead Slam increased to 32/25 from 28/20. [*]Damage increase from Power Hitter Reduced to 4 from 6. [*]Damage of Berserker Charge increased to 30 from 25. [/LIST] [B][h1]Supports[/h1][/B] [B]Helio[/B] [LIST] [*]Battleforged ultimate Ironclad mod Unstoppable is now only granted on first turn it is cast. [/LIST] [B]Quark[/B] - [I]Everyone’s favorite ban, Quark’s kit has been tempered to reduce guaranteed healing without affecting his burst mitigation.[/I] [LIST] [*]Healing from Atomic Bond reduced to 10 from 12 [*]Energy gained from Radiate reduced to 5 from 8. [*]Positronic Surge now heals for 20 and grants 10 shields instead of 28 healing. [*]Healing from Luminosity reduced to 4 from 5. [*]Shields from Fusion reduced to 5 per ally from 10 per ally. [/LIST] [B][h1]Bug Fixes[/h1][/B] [LIST] [*]Fixed an issue where PUP’s Walkies claw would show the incorrect model when using the Moonwalker skin. [*]Fixed an issue where Celeste could fail to pick up two different power ups when using the Five Finger Discount mod. [*]Fixed an issue where Master and Contender ranked players were not gaining and losing the correct amount of ranked points. [*]Fixed an issue where Rask using the Driving Rage mod wouldn’t gain Haste during decision. [*]Fixed an issue where Magnus didn’t count towards some EvoS missions. [/LIST]