Early Game Balance Pass

We've been analyzing some of our analytics for first half of the playtest so far and it's clear we have a problem: No one is making it out of Act 1 (~Threat Levels 1-5):

I like the direction of the difficulty trend line, but it's too many walls too early. Let's look at the culprits...

Changes:

• Act 1

  • Turrets

    • Decrease HP from 60 -> 40 (2-shot kill with starter weapon now)

    • Decrease rate of fire by 33% (1.5s -> 2s)

    • Decrease projectile speed from 8 -> 7

    • Decrease projectile damage from 35 -> 30

  • Soldiers

    • Decrease rate of fire by 16% (1.5s -> 1.75s)

    • Decrease projectile speed from 9 -> 8