Heroes of Valor News

-Fire Bullets skill duration reduced from 5s -> 3s
-Burning time decreased from 3s -> 2s (4 burn damage ticks total)
-Burning rate changed from 3 damage per 1s -> 2 damage per 0.5s
-Burning now only starts causing damage after 0.5s
-Critical hit bonus no longer affects DOT damage

-fixed pending rewards indicator
-fixed flag shader (appeared strange dark blueish, now flags appear as intended)

-added "Pending Rewards!" indicator to main menu to better indicate that you have unopened chests
-added 2 new achievements

-reduced scoped and unscoped kar98/Lee Enfield recoil by half
-experimental new tank turret direction system that should prevent weird behaviour under or close to obstacles

-fixed motorcycles falling over when not used or when freshly spawned
-fixed battle chests not showing up in battle shop and failing to open

-added 5 Steam achievements (more will follow)

-decreased tank speed from 900 -> 800
-tanks sometimes doing no damage should normally be fixed

-fixed t-shirt bug with underwear
-fixed and improved skinning of templar tabard
-fixed all templar items Steam inventory icons

-improved overall contrast and colors a bit
-added new secondary fog layer which gives more depth to a scene and more atmosphere
-improved lighting in day scenarios
-added search light to lighthouse in night scenario on Coastal Conflict

-increased tank movement speed from 700 -> 900
-decreased tank acceleration a bit
-TNT explosion delay reduced from 3s -> 1.5s
-single grenade damage reduced from 100 -> 75
-single grenade reload time reduced from 7s -> 5s
-triple grenade damage increased from 45 -> 50
-increased main base combat zones for both teams on Ruin Rumble to prevent snipers from spawn killing
-very slightly increased locomotion (walk animations) speed by 5%

-added experimental force show cursor to team select / welcome screen in an attempt to fix invisible cursor after map travel
-fixed deathcamp always looking down on corpse (this was unintended)
-fixed recon AI throwing traps instantly instead of at the end of the activation animation
-fixed sprinting pose getting stuck after sprinting and letting go of forward button
-fixed collision on shoreline waves on VV and PP

-added day scenario to Ruin Rumble (selected randomly like in Coastal Conflict)
-improved ambient occlusion
-improved fog / sky horizon rendering
-improved lighting a bit
-added shore waves to all maps with an ocean

-fixed event pass progress bug
-fixed title display bug in hero customization screen