This week we did several changes to weapon balancing and player progression/XP gain, in addition to further improvements and bug fixes.

Balancing

• The Vortex-5 and Pulser weapons received some balancing tweaks:
  
  • VORTEX-5 Buff
    Shield Damage : 11 -> 13
    Ammunition regeneration per second : 2 -> 3
    
    
  • PULSER Nerf
    Number of projectiles : 8 -> 6
    Shield damage : 8 -> 9
    Impulse : 38 -> 41
    
    
• Player progression was tweaked:
  
  • XP earned at the end of a game is now doubled
    
  • Your first game will give you level 2 of Core Mastery and Equipment Masteries
    
  • Coop vs AI now provides the same amount of XP

UI/UX

• The damage direction indicators have been revamped
  
• A "disable motion blur" button was added to the option/graphics settings
  
• A "+" button was added to the main menu to more easily add friends to your party
  

Audio

• Some Audio tweaks and improvements
  

Bug Fixes

• The game window not being minimized when using ALT+TAB shortcut or WIN button in fullscreen mode was fixed
  
• The "player reported" confirmation pop up staying on screen after the game ended is now disappearing correctly
  
• Scroll boxes (season pass, equipment, career) have been fixed
  
• Players' names are now being correctly displayed in the notifications when leaving a party
  

Other

• Removed FFA challenges for now