World Boss News

Gladiators,

The time has come for our first game update, bringing with it Region Select, gameplay balancing, and a range of bug fixes, stability improvements and more.

We heard your feedback and we’ve added a Region Select functionality on the main menu that will allow you to change which dedicated servers you are connecting to. This will also allow you to ensure you are placed on the region that provides you the best latency!

We have also continued to invest in our backend performance, and along with this players should find sessions are overall much more stable. If you have any persistent issues with server stability, please let us know in Discord.

We appreciate all your feedback over the past couple of weeks on the initial launch and regarding our hotfixes, and look forward to hearing more of your thoughts!

Check out the full patch notes below:


[h2]Release Notes[/h2]

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Added "Region Select" option when Joining from the main menu
  
• Improved session stability
  
• Adjustments to Challenges, making them easier to complete
  
• Adjustments to Battle Pass XP requirements
  Dev note: Battle Pass progression has been tweaked, so these changes should help speed up your progress! We’ll be keeping a close eye on this and are likely to make further adjustments if necessary.
  

[h3]Gameplay Changes[/h3]

• Increased the size and reduced the complexity of player hitboxes resulting in more accurate hit registration and headshots
  
• Scoped weapons now use magnification zoom
  
• Variety of visual improvements to scopes
  
• Added crosshair to Rocket Launcher when aiming down scope
  
• Red dot added to Burst Assault Rifle when aiming down scope
  
• Visual update on crosshairs for all weapons
  
• Visual updates to Hit Markers to improve readability
  
• Ground Slam now takes players out of Active Camo
  

[h3]Gameplay Balancing[/h3]

• Pistol: Fire rate decrease, slight damage reduction on Uncommon to Legendary pistols
  
• Revolver: Increase fire-rate
  
• Firebomb: Slight damage increase, change to damage over time
  
• Fire Rate Increase: Changed from passive buff to activate on elimination
  
• Damage Increase: Changed from passive buff to activate on elimination
  
• Mini-Nuke: Increase to damage, increase to explosion radius
  
• Supercharge: Increase to chance to trigger, increased damage, slight increase to distance
  
• Fire Shot: Increase to damage per tick
  
• Shield Regen: Slightly slower timing balance
  
• Fire Rate debuff reduced on: Ricochet Shots, Thick Skull, Hover, Head Hunter perks
  
• Lifesteal Perk: Changed to be percentage of damage applied
  

[h3]In-Game UI changes[/h3]

• Added button to confirm Respawn
  
• Active Status Effects (buffs and debuffs) will display on the player’s HUD
  
• In-game Leaderboard Rank now additionally sorts with the player’s Prestige level
  
• Added cooldown to in-game chat
  
• Chat window now deactivates and hides all messages on player elimination
  
• Anonymous Mode and Hide Player Name settings can no longer be changed in-game
  

[h3]Visuals, Environment, Audio changes[/h3]

• Improved visuals for bullet holes
  
• Improved visuals for Fire Bomb effects.
  
• Visual polish and adjustment for many individual weapon skins
  
• Crowns positioned appropriately for each character skin
  
• Minor collision updates to environment
  
• Mixing and attenuation pass to all Weapon, Perk, Equipment, actor, projectile and ambient audio
  

[h3]Front End[/h3]

• Daily and Weekly Challenges will now update correctly if they refresh while players are in-game
  
• Added time until refresh, XP earned and Bonus XP indicators to Challenge tracker UI
  
• Added "Claim All" button to the Battle Pass
  
• Added string to show how many Boss Bucks are awarded with each purchase
  
• Improved loading state and navigation in Loadout and Battle Pass
  
• In-game Support button will now direct users to our Zendesk support
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue with semi automatic weapons which could cause single burst input becoming 2 burst
  
• Fixed an issue where Lifesteal showed green text when not healing the user
  
• Fixed an issue where Fire effects remained on users in third person
  
• Fixed an issue to ensure tracers always show when using Rocket Shot with the RPG
  
• Fixed an issue where Equipment was not destroying correctly when thrown out of level bounds
  
• Fixed an issue where grenade indicators and Teleporter trail would not clear correctly
  
• Updated trajectory when players or deployables interact with Jump Pad
  
• Fixed a skin that could sometimes cause a player to get stuck in game
  
• Fixed an issue where some UI could persist between games
  
• Fixed an issue with the scoreboard not working when a player leaves and joins again
  
• Fixed an issue where Prestige menu could soft lock if player had Perk Select open
  
• Fixed a bug where movement input would not cancel when opening the Leaderboard or other screens
  
• Fixed an issue where Elimination Feed elements could be offset
  
• Fixed an issue where Jetpack audio was not being played by all clients
  
• Fix an issue where Ground Slam audio remained on
  
• Fix an issue where World Boss audio remained on
  
• Fixed an issue with saloon ambient audio
  
• Fixed an issue with the loop on menu music
  
• Fixed an issue where Windowed Mode Settings were not saving correctly
  

[h3]Known Issues[/h3]

• Any current “in progress” Challenge progress will be reset once the update is live - this will not affect any complete Challenges
• Avatar of player who deleted you currently not appearing on the Respawn Screen
  
• Player may occasionally receive a black screen when loading into game
  
• Switching regions back and forth may cause an Out of Date error - Closing the game and reopening should resolve this issue
• Music may cut out in menus
  
• Selecting a weapon from the upgrade wheel while in respawn may cause you to lose your selection for that level
  
• Occasionally you may experience some network related funkiness that can look like bullets not doing damage, melee not doing damage, players holding the wrong weapon, or equipment cooldowns and windup times being inconsistent. These should be few and far between, but it’s something we’re keeping a close eye on!
  
• Occasionally quality settings may disappear for resolutions above 1K - Changing back to 920 or below will restore them
• Sometimes players can become invulnerable (not hacking)
  

Where possible please ensure all drivers are updated to ensure the best and smoothest performance.

Have a bug you want to report? Head on over to our Discord server. For Player Support issues, please contact us via Zendesk.

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Gladiators,

Since World Boss launched into Early Access two weeks ago, our team has been hard at work analysing your feedback and reports to ensure World Boss is delivering for all our players. We will be monitoring all channels closely throughout our Early Access journey, so please keep it coming!

Here’s how we’ve addressed two major areas of feedback: matchmaking issues and inconsistent FPS – and how this lays the foundation for our first patch, 0.1.1.

[h2]Update on Matchmaking Issues[/h2]

On launch day, we saw a number of players unable to join Quickplay due to a server issue. While we’d used our Closed and Open Betas to iron out some kinks, launch day was always going to be a different beast.

With it being our number one priority to ensure everyone can jump in and play World Boss, the team worked to release hotfixes to resolve the issue. By the end of the day, we saw no further reports of the error message, but please do let us know if you experience any issues connecting to games in the future.

[h2]Update on Inconsistent FPS [/h2]

The single most common piece of feedback we’ve seen from players across Discord and Steam (both reviews and the forums) has been around performance issues and optimisation. We heard you loud and clear – the FPS wasn’t meeting expectations.

We’ve released several hotfixes in the past two weeks that should see the game run substantially more smoothly on most machines. It won’t be perfect, but it will be a much better experience for most players.

We’re not done with our tweaks though. We have several longer-term fixes in the works that should have a much more dramatic impact on performance, but they need to be carefully implemented and tested before we can release them!

[h2]What’s next?[/h2]

We will be looking to deliver additional Quality of Life improvements and continue to squash bugs in the weeks to come, along with exciting work on future World Boss content.

Keep an eye out for more news next week!

[h2]We hear you![/h2]

We appreciate everyone that takes the time to give feedback, whether it be on performance, game design or something completely different! We’re reading everything and keeping our ear to the ground, and will be continuing to use data and your insights feedback to help inform our decisions as we move through Early Access.

Thank you,

- The World Boss Team

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General performance improvements, including:

• Made tweaks to outline shader for environment/characters and grass
  
• Graphics settings tweaks
  
• Turned off health kit timer
  
• Weapon optimisation
  
• HUD changes
  

Gladiators,

Since our Early Access launch less than a week ago, we’ve been delighted to see massive numbers of players jumping into World Boss to delete their foes, rise to the top and claim their crown.

We’ve seen that players are really enjoying the fast and frenetic gameplay, but are aware of the need to align those high standards to our overall player experience.

Our goal for World Boss has always been to bring players closer to the development process and use that input to shape the game for all players. Throughout the Beta process, our players have been instrumental in identifying things we’re doing right alongside areas to improve. Early Access sees us step up that commitment to evolving our offering alongside the playerbase.

As we move into Early Access, our community has already helped us identify and fix a range of technical issues across a number of hotfixes, with plenty more to come – thank you to all those who reported bugs.

Fixes rolled out recently include:

• Fixed an issue that was blocking players from joining when using the Quickplay button when a lobby was full.
  
• Performance Improvements:
  
  • Optimisation on BattlePass Menu and Item Preview
    
  • Optimisation on in-game HUD
    
  • Optimised physics sync on player characters
    
  • Optimised real time shadows
    
  • Optimised Drone update
    

Our immediate priority is to continue to roll out performance and server stability improvements to ensure World Boss delivers a seamless experience for all players.

We have a commitment to making World Boss the best it can be, and we greatly appreciate your patience and understanding throughout this time.

We appreciate any and all feedback and look forward to providing more information about upcoming changes in the future.

Thank you,

- The World Boss Team


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Gladiators,

At PlaySide, we’re passionate about making great games and connecting players through amazing experiences. Our team, in conjunction with LazarBeam and Fresh, wanted to create a familiar-yet-unique FPS centred on those adrenaline-pumping moments we all live for.

We originally set out to experiment with different competing styles of gaming. We took the quick drop-in and drop-out nature of .io games, the customisation of roguelites, and merged it with the strategy and mechanical finesse of a first person shooter.

The result is World Boss. We are delighted to be bringing it to Early Access.

A key strategy of our game development process for titles like these is bringing both partners and players closer to the development process as early as possible. This helps ensure we’re able to incorporate player feedback throughout the development and enable us to make better decisions faster. Thank you in advance for helping us shape the future of World Boss.

We sincerely hope you have as much fun playing World Boss as we did making it.

- The World Boss Team


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