NEW FEATURES

• New GameMode 'Mech Mayhem' - Test your endurance in a Mech free-for-all on destructible terrain (explosive projectiles carve holes in the terrain). Equip new weapons and abilities as you Rank up. See your high scores on a global leaderboard! Can you beat the rest?
  (Mech Mayhem is launched from the Main Menu)
  

• Added First Person Perspective (key to trigger fps mode is shown in the hotkey list in battle and in options\controls menu (default 'V' on keyboard / 'Right Shoulder' on gamepad)).
  
• Added Thrusters to Mechs - Player can now jump into air with Mechs. Thrusters will also auto engage when falling.
  

GAMEPLAY

• Mechs no longer have prohibited secondary weapon types (All secondary weapons can now be used on all Mechs).
  
• Decreased all Mech hitpoints slightly.
  
• Increased 'Scobot' Mech overall strength.
  
• Changed interactive tutorial text font to a more readable font.
  

• Increased the frequency at which enemy factions will launch conquests.
  
• Increased Mech Repair cost
  
• Players Max Party Size will now automatically increase as the player ranks up.
  
• Faction parties will defend their territory more aggressively if they only have a few Strongholds remaining.
  
• Added Heal option to Character Screen.
  

• Increased maximum slope angle that can be walked over (reducing the feeling of getting 'stuck' on the ground)
  
• Each wave will now spawn at a different spawn zone instead of the same one.
  
• Player can now trigger Battle Abilities from Character/Mech.
  
• Battle Abilities Selection Wheel will now show the remaining cooldown for each ability.
  
• Player can now keep moving while Unit/Ability selection wheels are open.
  
• Player can now trigger different Battle Abilities in quick succession, without having to wait for the current ability to finish.
  
• Improved ability target marker visuals to make it easier to see where the ability will fire.
  
• Projectiles will now occasionally ricochet off of Mechs.
  
• Time is now slowed while soldier/ability selection wheels are open, to give the player time to make a selection.
  
• Increased Flamethrower Damage and Range.
  
• Increased Double Shot/Triple Shot RPM and reduced Damage.
  
• Increased Base Velocity of all projectiles.
  
• Increased unit base movement speed.
  
• Decreased Auto Bomber overall strength.
  
• Special Units (Hawk/DroneBomber) now consistently lose a small amount of HP over time.
  
• Improved Special Unit Drone Bomber battle effectiveness (increased max speed, increased projectile count, improved accuracy).
  
• Spider type Mechs will now rotate to match ground angle.
  
• Sprint mode will no longer forbid Mech strafing/backwards movement. Instead, Mech rotation speed will be reduced while moving in Sprint mode.
  
• Reduced Burn Debuff damage.
  
• Weapon accuracy movement penalty is now weapon size dependent (the bigger the wep, the greater the penalty to accuracy while moving).
  
• Units Overhead HealthBar length is determined by the units health, so player can see how much health a unit has at a glance.
  
• Improved prop/foliage Collison accuracy.
  
• Added an aim guide reticle for Mechs, to assist player in leading moving targets.
  

BUG FIXES

• Fixed black spots appearing on Mech textures under certain lighting conditions.
  
• Other minor bug fixes.
  

• Fixed a bug where a player's Stronghold would still be marked as 'Under Attack' after player successfully defended it.
  
• Fixed Mech Repair values not always considering player's 'Repair' skill level.
  

• Units will no longer buff when stunned.
  
• HitMarker sound will now play when hitting targets while in a Mech.
  
• Fixed Grenade Launcher Mech weapon not using the correct angle to hit crosshair.
  
• Grenades will now bounce off of units/Mechs instead of go through them.
  
• Fixed Player Character not showing the Damage Direction Indicator when taking damage.
  
• Fixed AI incorrectly calculating the lead on their Target in some circumstances.
  
• Fixed player character healthbar not updating when taking damage.
  
• Fixed an issue where the BattleMode Intro Tutorial would break if player is moving forward and strafing.
  
• Player Reticule Bloom will now correctly adjust per current weapon.