Say Hello to the Hero Hit List!

We’ve got another big update for you today, including new features, new powers, gameplay adjustments and lots more!

New features

• Hero Hit List

  • Hunting evil heroes has never been so rewarding! Unlock new powers by defeating bosses and completing goals.

• 22 New and Updated Powers!

  
  *Denotes an existing power that was changed

• Fire
  • Meltdown: Burndown kills enemies at 20% and creates a Lava Pool
  • Flare Up* - Lava Pools deal more damage over their lifetime
  • Sear - Lava Pools deal a burst of damage instantly
  • Hot Pad - Walking through a Lava Pool consumes it and grants Fireform
  • Hot Seat - Consuming Lava Pools grants +15% Power Damage. Stacks up to 5 Times.

• Ice
  • Chilling Shot - Precision causes Chill
  • Chilling Blast - Shotguns cause Chill
  • Aerial Ice - Your Powered Jump creates Ice Sheets

• Xeno
  • Gruesome Meal - Explosions spawn Blood Bags
  • Vampire Bullets - Auto Weapons restore 10% of the damage as Health
  • Killshot Xenos - Xenos have a chance to crit while you have a precision weapon equipped
  • Healing Factor - Kills while transformed restore Health

• Force
  • Over-Explosive - Explosions have a chance to drop Over Shield Pickups
  • Automatic Transfer - Auto Weapon damage against armored enemies generates Over Shield
  • Riot Shield - Aiming with Shotguns creates a Force Wall

• Volt
  • Thunder Clap - Explosions call Lightning
  • Shocking Spray - Auto Weapons cause Shock
  • Shocking Shot - Precision causes Shock
  • Shocking Blast - Shotguns cause Shock
  • Discharge - Your Volt Disc strikes nearby enemies with Lightning when they expire
  • Generator - When you Transform, a nearby enemy is struck with Lightning every 2 seconds
  • Fork* - Your Volt Discs splits into two after its first bounce

Gameplay

• Bar Updates

  • The Weapon Depot will now open every time players return to bar
  • Weapon prices have been adjusted to be relative to the current threat level rather than escalating in price

• The Snack Machine now only opens in the first bar
  • All snacks now all last the entire duration of the run
  • Angel Food cake now reads - Take 35% more damage. +20% XP

• XP Updates

  • The end of mission wrap-up screen now breaks down how XP is awarded.
  • Gigs now universally reward more XP
  • Gigs slots now have to be unlocked by completing the Goals of any character

• Added 6-Tier Rarity (Orange) and adjusted the rarity of many weapons to compensate. 4-Tier Rarity
• (purple) rarity items now drop at threat level 2 (previously, threat level 3)
• When choosing a Super Weapon, you are now prompted which weapon you wish to replace
• New customization menu icons
• Cleaver, Tachi, and Ultra Greatsword have a new Heavy Melee swing
• Nomad’s Orbital Laser now reliably snaps to its target when it’s initially called
• Improved Nomad’s ability to aim her laser with her Nowhere To Run skill
• Increased Exploder damage and radius

Powers & Items

• Lockdown freeze time increased from 1.2s to 2s
• Lava Explosions spawn a Lava Pool directly below enemies, previously they would spawn to the side
• Puncture - Now prevents Exploders from producing Sticky and Slime puddles

Bosses

• Rebalanced Wind-Up to be more fair
• Rebalanced Overmind

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Armor Resistance items would occasionally not function after the Player was knocked down.
• Adjusted Deployer Turret health in co-op
• Fixed an issue where loot would float in midair/out of reach
• Fixed an issue where gigs would disappear after a reroll
• Fixed an issue where a combination of melee and revive caused visual glitches
• Reduced the number of mines Wind-Up drops during his encounter
• Fixed issues related to tracking Steam Achievements
• Fixed issue where skill tree selections didn’t persist
• UI now displays accurate counts of skill points available after an Infamy reset
• Fixed an issue where a pustule on the Powerstation map was attacking too early
• Fixed Pustules and some boss attacks targeting Murmur when she’s invisible
• And many more!