Hey all, Just a short post on yet another patch for the beta - we're taking as much feedback as possible on board! Here's the changes: Balancing:

• Removed the pushback on Rampart's force field.
• The recovery after Wrecking Ball's 3rd hit and 4th hit has been greatly reduced i.e. you can dodge roll/jump much quicker after the hits. The 3rd attack can also be cancelled without losing your combo.
• Full Life Damage is not a starred affix anymore.
• Increased Barbed Tips initial damage.
• Barbed Tips damage of each stack is reduced the more arrows there are in the enemy. 1 arrow = 40dmg, 2 arrows = 74dmg, 3 arrows = 104dmg, etc.
• Removed Hand Hook's first hit and greatly reduced the lock of the last attack.
• Added new Legendary Affix, exclusive to Serenade: Durability Up, the sword pet never expires. Please note that the only translations of this affix are in French or English right now.
• Gilded Yumi rework: - Reduced the ammo count to 2. - Now has a 2-hit combo, which shoots the second arrow faster. - Is now considered to be a Heavy Weapon. - Increased the overall weapon speed. - Increased the base damage, reduced the crit multiplier. - Damage no longer gets split between hit enemies. - Arrows now pierce all enemies. - Bosses get dragged by the arrow more. - Reduced the arrow's speed. - No longer stuns in an AoE on hit.

• Double Crossb-o-matic: Super Pierce
• Explosive Crossbow: Super Pierce
• Heavy Crossbow: Super Pierce
• Giant Whistle: Echo
• Tornado: Double Speed
• Spiked Boots: Run Speed on Crit
• Cluster Grenade: Echo
• Balanced Blade: Run Speed on Crit
• Hank Hook: Bleed on Hit
• Serenade: Durability Up

• Added decorations in the Panchaku Lore Room

• Weapons' icons on the HUD now fade away when their controls are locked.
• Updated the credits.

• Made double tap input option for Dive Attack more reliable and consistent.
• Added an angry eye on some animations, with the Bobby Outfit.

• Fixed Scrolls on the minimap not displaying their Stat icon, when triggering Explorer's Instincts.
• Fixed mutations going higher and higher on the HUD every time the player changes the "place backpack next to weapons" option.
• Fixed the "Try 1BC" pop-up appearing when the player has already played 1BC at least once.
• Fixed Challenge Portals graphics being messed up.
• Fixed multiple crashes related to shader compilation.
• Fixed being able to pet Serenade when holding it as a weapon.
• Affixes now work on Leghugger and Mushroom Boi's attacks.
• Fixed a crash when entering some biomes with the "secret zone visibility" option enabled.
• Fixed Queen sometimes getting stuck on the "Reality Slices" phase.
• Fixed some powers and effects not working properly after going through a ZDoor, as well as their visual disppearing:
• Ice Armor's sprite.
• Cell Bonus FX.
• Lacerating Aura FX.
• Wings of the Crow FX.
• Fixed some sound effects getting randomly cut off. Hopefully it's fixed this time.
• Fixed elite Gold Gorgers using Elite Skills when transformed by the Hunter's Grenade.
• Fixed some fires and candles displaying as pink rectangles, not displaying at all, or displaying the wrong sprite.
• Area effects that are directly triggered by Weapons, Grenades and Actives will now be properly affected by the source item's affixes.
• Fixed Panchaku and Bobby Outfit not unlocking properly

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