EARLY ACCESS UPDATE #1

The first EMPULSE update is now live! Update #1 includes crash fixes, performance improvements, a movement pass that should feel noticeably snappier in your hands (including a buff to Speed P.A.I.N.T.), a nerf to controller aim assist on PC, mech-on-mech balance changes, general weapon tuning, and more. Read on for the full breakdown.

General

• Fixed an issue where the Finale (Hammer) would sometimes be invisible

• Fixed an issue where slide would sometimes get cancelled when landing on the ground

• Greatly improved performance when projectiles are on-screen

• Reduced the maximum lifetime of some projectiles

  • Projectiles fired off into the distance were lasting well beyond what they should have been, which was contributing to performance issues in gunfights.

  • Further optimizations around projectiles will be released in a future update.

Stability

• Fixed a number of crashes upon game exit.

  • Most of these are invisible to players, but some may have been causing the game to hang instead of quitting out properly.

• Fixed a rare crash when rejoining a game you previously left.

• Fixed a rare crash in the middle of games.

Balance

• Reduced effectiveness of aim assist on PC with controller

  • Console aim assist is unaffected

Movement

• Base Acceleration: 2000 → 3500cm/s²

  • Acceleration multipliers for Wall Boost Pads and Speed P.A.I.N.T have been reduced to compensate for this change.

• Jetpack Horizontal Acceleration: 4000 → 6000cm/s²

• Wallrun Terminal Velocity: 1800 → 2000cm/s

• Wall Boost Pad Acceleration Multiplier: 1.7 → 1.0x

  • This increase has been moved into base movement. Overall, acceleration while on Wall Boost Pad is higher than before these changes.

Mechs

• Minigun

  • Projectile hitboxes are now smaller at close range and become larger as they travel.

• Melee

  • Player damage: 50 → 75

  • Mech damage: 50 → 150

  • Mech melee previously did the same damage to both players and other mechs, it now does twice the damage against other mechs.

Weapons

• Resonance (Carbine)

  • Fire rate: 0.21 → 0.225

  • Increased recoil

• Percussion (Explosive SMG)

  • Fire rate: 0.1 → 0.095

• Volta (Homing AR)

  • Projectile acceleration: 22500 → 35000 cm/s²

  • Target acquisition angle: 12.84 → 5.13 degrees

  • Increased max projectile size

P.A.I.N.T

• Explosive P.A.I.N.T

  • Damage against mechs is now double what it does to players

• Speed P.A.I.N.T

  • Max Speed Multiplier: 1.65 → 1.7x

  • Max Acceleration Multiplier: 1.65 → 1.0x

  • This increase has been moved into base movement. Overall, acceleration while in speed P.A.I.N.T. is higher than before these changes.

  • Max Boosted Speed: 1500 → 1800cm/s