First off all, welcome to all the new players and thank you so much for trying out Heroes of Valor. We are eternally greatful to have been granted this chance to entertain you all with the game. We hope you will have many fun moments playing the game! :D

We have just released an update for the game which includes a couple of things.

The biggest thing is a pretty significant rework of the Coastal Conflict map. During the last few days the game has somewhat gone viral and we have received a lot of feedback. One of the things we heard a lot was that the Battlefield Heroes inspired maps are copied too closely. Although the goal with Heroes of Valor is to bring back the gameplay and vibe of Battlefield Heroes we also want Heroes of Valor to have enough of it's own identity. Therefor we are in the process of giving all battlefield Heroes inspired maps an overhaul so that they are still clearly inspired by and still have a very similar vibe but also introduces enough unique elements and changes. The first map that has received an overhaul is Coastal Conflict.

Now be aware, that this is the first iteration of the overhaul and isn't by any means final yet. The fact that the game is still in a playtest phase is the ideal moment to test the overhauled maps. So we ask you kindly to try out the new Coastal Conflict and provide us with your feedback on the changes either through the game's Steam forums or through the official Discord

Here's a list of all the changes and additions in this update:

Additions / changes:
-reworked Coastal Conflict
-placed motorcycles in Crossroads and Villa capture points
-added Templar outfits
-added new kill confirm popup styling
-added kill confirm pop for single kills as well
-special kill notifications and kill confirms now play consecutively instead of stacked
-new ivy texture
-new wall ivy model added
-added scrollbar to server browser
-changed empty weapon click to a single click instead of multiple
-condensed active skill HUD info to a single small progress bar under the crosshair

Balance tweaks:
-increased Overcharge duration from 6s -> 8s
-slightly increased Overcharge healing (by around 20%)
-Power Clap now takes obstacles into account
-Poison Traps can now only be detonated or destroyed by direct damage (no longer by AOE damage)
-semi auto rifle reload time reduced from 2.5s -> 2.2s
-scoped semi auto rifle reload time reduced from 3s -> 2.5s

Bug fixes:
-battle chests should now be force stacked which should allow for them to always count and show correctly in the Battle Shop
-can no longer knife through obstacles
-bullets now actually and visibly fly out of the gun's barrel
-reworked multi-kill system to work better
-fixed cypress canopy collision to no longer block throwables
-fixed weapon wall glitching
-fixed weird weapon projectile direction when firing close to something

Cheers!