Guns of Icarus Online News

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It's time for the Summer Update! We've just received a shipment of newly balloon-approved dyes and we're giving them to you. Make those balloons shine!

Want to see your character in a profile picture? Send us a high-quality picture of your avatar - we'll be choosing a few to add to the game! You can send these to us at [email protected] !

New:

• All costume and ship colors are now interchangeable! Can be purchased through the ship or costume menu.
  
• New Voice command pack from Steam user Ripsaw (free for everyone!).
  
• New profile pictures.

Changes:

• ‘Yellow’ paint renamed ‘Antique Bronze’
  
• ‘Jet Black’ paint renamed ‘Weathered Black’
  
• Ship paint icons replaced with costume colored dust icons.
  
• All dyes now renamed to “paint”.
  
• Activated fireworks.
  
• Magnate paint areas changed from balloons to sails.
  
• Gunner and Pilot tool order changed - Spyglass will be in last slot on right while off helm.

• Increased repair and rebuild ability of AI airship tool.

Normal Difficulty:

• Reduced fire chance from boss ships.
  
• Reduced number of enemies from 3 to 2 per player ship.

Enemy AA towers:

• Reduced force attacks by 50%
  
• Removed fire chance.
  
• Increased turn arcs from 80 to 130.
  
• Lowered down arc from 80 to 20
  
• Lowered turn speed from 100 to 20
  
• Reduced ammo count to 4 from 6
  
• Increased range.
  
• Reduced rate of fire.
  
• Will now repair armor.
  
• Repairs gun faster.

Boss ships:

• Modified Hades with higher rate of fire.
  
• Modified Flamethrower with lower ammo count, higher rate of fire, and more chance of causing fires.

Physics:

• Removed ‘freefall’ from AI ships. They will now behave like player ships when balloons are destroyed.

Aten Lens Array [MK. S]:

• Passes through all targets in line, dealing damage to everything it passes through.
  
• Reduced charge time from 1.75 seconds to 1.
  
• Reduced speed modifier from -88% to -30% while firing.
  
• Reduced range to 800 from 1200

Roaring Tiger Heavy Detonator [Mk. S]:

• Arming delay reduced to 0.2 seconds from 1
  
• Jitter increase to 8 from 3
  
• Velocity increase to 125m/s from 80 (range remains 500)
  
• Fires a cluster of 8 detonators instead of 1
  
• Ammo reduced to 1 from 3
  
• Rate of fire increase to 2 from 1 to compensate for Extended Magazine.
  
• Reload time reduced to 4 from 10
  
• Side arcs reduced to 30 from 60
  
• Primary Damage: Flechette - 11 per projectile, from 60
  
• Secondary Damage: Explosive - 31 per projectile, from 80
  
• Secondary feature unchanged. Explodes twice when activated.
  
• Force removed.

Fixes:

• Adjusted material on Goldfish balloon for more consistent paint colour
  
• Fixed material error on Goldfish sails (paint and team colors)
  
• Fixed material error on Mobula square sails (paint and team colors)
  
• Optimized water on Scars of Lutessa (again).

Known bugs:

• Texture glitches on Goldfish, Galleon, Squid, and Magnate. We're working on it!

We've brought an array of new maps, gamemodes, bug fixes, and balance changes to you today. Hop in and check them out!

We've reactivated boarding - Happy April 1st!

New Map:

• Scars of Lutessa - new PvE Intercept map. Race against the enemy to capture their cargo in the shadow of an ancient dam

New Gamemodes:

• Race - Jesters' Parade. It's a race! Fight it out as you rush for the goal!
  
• Sunken base Defense - The return of Skyball?

Adapted to PvP:

• Oblivion South - PvP Deathmatch adaptation of the south section of the Oblivion map. 2v2, 3v3, 4v4
  
• Alleron Affray - PvP Deathmatch adaptation of Seas of Alleron. 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, Brawl

Expanded Map:

• Desert Scrap expanded to 2v2 and 4v4 with more spawns

Balance Changes:

• Shrike:
  
  • Acceleration: 8 (from 10)
    
  • Speed: 38 (from 40)
    
  • Turn Accel: 8 (from 7.5)
    
  • Turn Speed: 13 (from 15)
    
  • Mass: 82.5 (from 75)
    
  • Armor: 399 (from 425)
    
  • Hull: 585 (ffrom 650)
  
  
  
• Goldfish:
  
  • Hitboxes tightened up around the hull. Lower sails removed from hitbox
    
  • 4th gun added to the back-left of the balloon deck (130° port)
  
  
  
  
  
• Magnate:
  
  • Raised Hull repair point slightly to allow pilot to repair from top deck
  
  
  
• Flamethrower:
  
  • Range: 150m (from 200m)
    
  • Horizontal Arcs: 70 (from 60)
    
  • Rotation speed: 120 (from 40)
    
  • AOE: 7m (from 3)
    
  • Damage: 1.7 Fire (from 1.2)
  
  
  
• Balloons repair faster. Get back in the fight!
  
• Gunners now have 2 engineer tools. Fight Fires! Buff your gun! Fix faster!
  Remember to equip the second one.
  
  
  
  
• PvE balance tweaked - AI ships will repair their own balloons faster too

Fixes:

• Fixed Z-fighting issues on Paritan
  
• Improved performance on Crown Summit/Crown Gambit maps
  
• Fixed pumpjack normals on Anglean Raiders
  
• Fixed some floating buildings on Kinforth
  
• Fixed Flak MKII hovering when viewed from a distance
  
• Formatting in Retribution and Intrigue
  
• Moved Dunes practice spawns outside of dust clouds.
  
• Spotting on Anglean Raiders, Firnfeld, Fjords, Kinforth

Sky Hamsters have been the new plague of Guns of Icarus.
You might have come across them with their eared orange hoods, and asked yourself: WHY?!



While polishing the mountains of Northern Fjords, repairing broken down Magnates, and improving the concept of fire, a small part of Muse Games has been busy teaching a little hamster how to fight like Bruce Lee.

Hamsterdam is a beat’em up bringing classic arcade brawling to modern gamers.
Why Hamsterdam is a great fit for the GOI community:

• Beat down meanies
  
• Alternate damage between enemies
  
• Exactly like Guns of Icarus, except no Guns and no Icarus
  
• No Icarus just like in Guns of Icarus
  
• Very cute!

Convinced? We hoped so:
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& MOBILE

The Guns of Icarus community has always been our biggest supporters, and we are thrilled to embark on this new adventure, with your support.

- Jennifer, Community Manager at Muse Games

~I just want to set the world on fire, and I'm gonna start by flaming your hull~

In honor of Valentine's Day, we're bringing back the Fiery Passion challenge! Equip your ship with the hottest weapons you can find and start some fires.

The Goal: Set 250 parts on fire

The Rewards:

• Crybaby Mask
  
• Broken Heart Decal
  
• 6 Cream Dye
  
• 6 Crimson Dye

This event ends on Feb 28th. Don't miss your chance to get these items!