The Great Balance Patch

The goal of this patch was to just shake the game up a bit, lots of micro tweaks and adjustments for balance. We have an audience of a dozen or so people who play it every weekend on the discord community. So if you are interested in getting more involved, seek us out!

Character Adjustments

Abigail

+ Abigail turret max range reduction 9000 to 2500 + Abigail's shotgun reduction by 1dmg per pellet

Gwen

+ Energy Drain on Gwen Speed Buff, 5 energy drain tick + Fire DoT on enemies reduced from 8+30 over 6 seconds) -> 8+18 over 6 seconds

Friday

+Healing Magnum Heal 50 -> 20 +Remove stomp "easter egg" +Given stomp action (V key) deals 30 damage

Bingo

+ Melee damage reduction removed + Knockback from knife removed (Sort of a buff and nerf at the same time) Previously knocked people away from you slightly on hit, but also acted like a ministun

Dalton

+ Dalton's Rifle rework + 51 damage headshot + 40 damage over 4 seconds DoT effect

Charlie

+ Fixed Charlie's Ticket to Die exploit in Randomizer mode + Flying Claws Damage (buff) (max multiplier 10 to 12x) + Flying Claws projectile Speed increased

Hemlock

Plummeter + Plummeter deals 5% of the fall distance in damage (about 30 damage from a gwen tornado height)

Weapons

Pistol

+ Headshot multiplier reduction From 2.0x to 1.5x

Brutal Shot

+ Ministun removed (Had a micro knockback that served as a ministun) + Shifted 5 damage from AOE to Direct Hit (same damage direct hit) (same damage on direct hit; 45)

Minigun

+ Removed movement speed Slow while revving & firing (buff)

Rocket Launcher

+ 1 -> 2 cost per shot (nerf)

Long Shot

+ Reworked to projectile weapon + Lobs a slug at a fast speed in an arc, dealing 60 damage on body shot (No headshots)

Random

+ Reduce mega weapon likelyhood on randomizer (Mega weapons now have a chance to occupy the last slot of every character at 10% chance) + BOT Navigation was broken on Map_Ancient (Fixed)

[ 2024-09-10 01:16:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fadeout is a Third Person shooter in the vein of classic PC games from the late 90s and early 2000s. Inspired by games like Quake, Unreal Tournament, and Team Fortress with some unique twists. Each playable character features unique combat traits that never force you into playing a specific role, you can change your playstyle as you see fit. Master the various gadgets & tools such as the Detonator to "rocket-jump" yourself across the map. Fight in online multiplayer with several classic gamemodes including; Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and more to come!

The game currently features 3 maps, 2 gamemodes, 13 tools/weapons, and 4 characters. With more to come as Early Access development continues.