Wild Assault News

[p]Cover Art by Berry.[/p][p][/p][p]Greetings Wild Ones,[/p][p]We will be performing a live update at 3 AM PT on July 24. Ongoing matches won't be affected during the update, but matchmaking will be temporarily unavailable. Please exit the game, update your game client via Steam, and then launch the game again. This update includes several optimizations and bug fixes.[/p][p][/p][p]1m ≈ 3.28ft[/p]

• [p]Akai Hime[/p]
  • [p]Tactical Ability: Encounter[/p]
    • [p]Akai Hime now has 25% damage reduction while stealthed.[/p]
• [p]Crock - The Mire Butcher[/p]
  • [p]Tactical Ability: Tomahawk![/p]
    • [p]Reduced ability damage to 120.[/p]
    • [p]New Trait: Technical Upgrade! Crock has just equipped his Tomahawk with a Tactical Sensor, allowing the Tomahawk to scan its surroundings and reveal enemy units within a 4m radius after being thrown.[/p]
  • [p]Signature Ability: Dark Water Strike[/p]
    • [p]Decreased Crock's damage reduction while the ability is active: 70% → 30%.[/p]
• [p]Erwin - The Entangled[/p]
  • [p]Signature Ability: Unspoken Truth[/p]
    • [p]New Trait: Erwin gains increased movement speed for a short period when the ability is activated.[/p]
• [p]Hongying - The Medic Angel[/p]
  • [p]Tactical Ability: First Aid Capsule[/p]
    • [p]New Trait: When the First Aid Capsule detects nearby downed allies, it now releases smoke to cover friendly units.[/p]
• [p]Norman - The Lost Claw[/p]
  • [p]Tactical Ability: Shock Roar[/p]
    • [p]Reduced ability damage detection range: 20m → 15m.[/p]
• [p]Ryan - The Tough Cop[/p]
  • [p]Signature Ability: Reckless Charge[/p]
    • [p]Shortened the impact trigger window and increased the charge detection range.[/p]
• [p]Vladimir - The Righteous Flame[/p]
  • [p]Signature Ability: Field Fort[/p]
    • [p]When Vladimir interacts with the Field Fort, his Tactical Ability cooldown is instantly reduced by 60%.[/p]

[p][/p][p]1m ≈ 3.28ft[/p]

• [p]Shotguns: Home Defender, M88, Enforcer (Ryan's Ultimate Weapon)[/p]
  • [p]Reduced overall weapon spread by 20%.[/p]
  • [p]Adjusted damage falloff start distance: 10m → 12m.[/p]
  • [p]Adjusted damage falloff at 20m: 50% → 80%.[/p]
• [p]Hipfire Spread Adjustments[/p]
  • [p]Increased overall hipfire spread for Assault Rifles.[/p]
  • [p]Increased overall hipfire spread for DMRs.[/p]
  • [p]Reduced overall hipfire spread for SMGs.[/p]
• [p]Optimized vertical recoil for the M16 for a smoother recoil curve.[/p]
• [p]Adjusted damage for the AN94: 20 → 23.[/p]
• [p]Adjusted NTW-Proto's damage multipliers for different body parts:[/p]
  • [p]Chest: 1x damage (150)[/p]
  • [p]Upper Stomach: 1x damage (150)[/p]
  • [p]Left/Right Arm: 0.7x damage (105)[/p]
  • [p]Left/Right Leg: 0.7x damage (105)[/p]

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• [p]Improved the Project Sextans' stats page VFX and SFX.[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h2]Valiant & Ability Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Crock[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where Crock could throw a Tomahawk during his Dark Water Strike.[/p]
• [p]Erwin[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where Erwin would incorrectly switch to her primary weapon instead of her sidearm after activating her Tactical Ability.[/p]
• [p]Uly[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where continuously attempting to activate Uly's Signature Ability while his Ultimate Ability is activated would cause the burrow entrance to disappear and his Tactical Ability to be incorrectly buffed.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where Uly's burrow entrance would disappear during his Ultimate Ability, and its location would not match Uly's position when the ability was activated.[/p]
• [p]Vladimir[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where Vladimir's Field Fort could block vision in certain situations.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Weapon & Combat Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Fixed an issue where repeatedly switching weapons during a match would cause abnormal damage with shotgun slugs.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with abnormal ADS when using the Hunter Crossbow equipped with the Dead Drop cosmetic.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where enemies hit by players would abnormally teleport to the player's location at the end of a match.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]UI Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Fixed an issue with reward loading errors when repeatedly switching reward details on the Battle Pass page.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the interface background would not update promptly when repeatedly switching between different task lists.[/p]

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[p][/p][p][/p][p]Hello Wild Ones! #TGIF![/p][p]How's it going? We hope you're having fun playing Wild Assault Season 2: Phantom Fracture! We're so glad our weekly dev log is back![/p][p]In this episode, we'll continue to update you on what's been happening in the studio over the past few weeks. Specifically, we want to talk about the survey we released right after Season 2 launched. Without further ado, let's dive into your new season feedback and discuss the adjustments we've made based on the data collected regarding your content preferences![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]First of all, here are the player satisfaction ratings for Season 2, based on the survey results. Thank you to the 2,500+ players who took the survey and shared your thoughts in detail with us![/p][p][/p][h2]Valiant Balancing Satisfaction[/h2][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Weapon Balancing Satisfaction[/h2][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Mapping Out the Plan[/h2][p][/p][p]By analyzing the recent survey results and having several rounds of internal discussions, we've gradually come up with the following adjustment plan. We'd like to share the details with you and see if you like what we're about to do![/p][p][/p][h3]Valiant Balancing[/h3]

• [p]Akai Hime[/p]
  • [p]Tactical Ability: Encounter[/p]
    • [p]Survivability: Akai Hime now has 50% damage reduction while stealthed.[/p]
• [p]Crock - The Mire Butcher[/p]
  • [p]Signature Ability: Dark Water Strike[/p]
    • [p]Survivability: Decreased Crock's damage reduction while the ability is active: 80% → 30%.[/p]
• [p]Erwin - The Entangled[/p]
  • [p]Signature Ability: Unspoken Truth[/p]
    • [p]New Trait: Erwin gains increased movement speed for a short period when the ability is activated.[/p]
• [p]Hongying - The Medic Angel[/p]
  • [p]Tactical Ability: First Aid Capsule[/p]
    • [p]New Trait: When the First Aid Capsule detects nearby downed allies, it now releases smoke to cover friendly units.[/p]
• [p]Norman - The Lost Claw[/p]
  • [p]Tactical Ability: Shock Roar[/p]
    • [p]Range Adjustment: Decreased the damage radius of the Shock Roar.[/p]
• [p]Ryan - The Tough Cop[/p]
  • [p]Ultimate Ability: Repression[/p]
    • [p]CQB Effectiveness: Significantly increased the reload speed of Ryan's Ultimate Ability exclusive weapon, the Sawed-Off Shotgun.[/p]
• [p]Vladimir - The Righteous Flame[/p]
  • [p]Signature Ability: Field Fort[/p]
    • [p]Ability Cooldown Adjustment: When Vladimir interacts with the Field Fort, his Tactical Ability cooldown is instantly reduced by 60%.[/p]

[h3]Weapon Balancing[/h3]

• [p]Assault Rifles[/p]
  • [p]Decreased overall hip-fire spread.[/p]
  • [p]Optimized overall gun feel, reducing excessive recoil shake.[/p]
• [p]DMRs[/p]
  • [p]Decreased overall hip-fire spread.[/p]
  • [p]Slightly decreased MK4's fire rate.[/p]
• [p]SMGs[/p]
  • [p]Slightly increased SMGs' hip-fire accuracy.[/p]
• [p]Shotguns[/p]
  • [p]Shotguns are no longer available to Vladimir and Zhenshan.[/p]
  • [p]Slightly reverted Shotgun close-range performance to ensure consistent eliminations for slim body Valiants within 10m and effective damage within 15m (1m≈3.28ft).[/p]
• [p]Snipers[/p]
  • [p]Adjusted NTW-Proto's damage multipliers for different body parts:[/p]
    • [p]Chest: 1x damage (150)[/p]
    • [p]Upper Stomach: 1x damage (150)[/p]
    • [p]Left/Right Arm: 0.7x damage (105)[/p]
    • [p]Left/Right Leg: 0.7x damage (105)[/p]
• [p]Weapon Attachments[/p]
  • [p]Overall adjustments have been made to weapon attachment sets and their stats, along with improved descriptions.[/p]
  • [p]Weapon attachments will now influence firearm capabilities in multiple areas, including handling (recoil, minimum and maximum spread, and spread increase rate), firepower (weapon range), and mobility (weapon readiness from sprint to fire and ADS speed). They will provide an overall positive bonus to firearms.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Other Things We've Learned from the Survey[/h2][p][/p][p]From the survey results, we can see that many players have high expectations for the following new features:[/p]

• [p]Custom lobbies are very much anticipated by half of the survey takers. We're starting related R&D soon while carefully considering the potential player base fragmentation issues you've raised.[/p]
• [p]PvE is also in the plan! Please rest assured that Wild Assault's core game modes will continue to evolve. We also plan to introduce more casual game modes to enrich your experience in the future.[/p]
• [p]Customized UX: It looks like many survey takers are also interested in Valiant Customization, Valiant Interaction Experiences (petting WHEN?), and the Steam Workshop, etc. Your wish is our command! Related R&D is already in progress![/p]
• [p]Performance Optimization & Bug Fixes: Of course! These are always ongoing tasks for us. We'll share more details with you once we make progress.[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h2]Bot Performance Overhaul[/h2][p][/p]

• [p]Comprehensive overhaul for bot performance, including but not limited to:[/p]
  • [p]Improved Pathfinding[/p]
  • [p]Enhanced Combat Logic[/p]
  • [p]Balanced Difficulty Scaling[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Attachment System Refinement[/h2][p][/p]

• [p]Further improvements to:[/p]
  • [p]Categorization[/p]
  • [p]Statistical Clarity[/p]
  • [p]Performance[/p]
  • [p]Capabilities[/p]
  • [p]Description Texts[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h2]Valiant Ability Fixes[/h2][p][/p]

1. [p]Vladimir[/p]
   1. [p]Fixed an issue where Vladimir's Field Fort could block vision in certain situations.[/p]
   2. [p]Fixed an issue where Vladimir's Field Fort could not be interacted with right after deployment.[/p]
2. [p]Uly[/p]
   1. [p]Fixed an issue where continuously attempting to activate Uly's Signature Ability while his Ultimate Ability is activated would cause the burrow entrance to disappear and his Tactical Ability to be incorrectly buffed.[/p]
   2. [p]Fixed an issue where switching to Ulymobile view after Uly activates his Tactical Ability, then turning sharply and repeatedly switching between Uly's view and Ulymobile's view, would cause the Ulymobile view direction to become inconsistent with the Ulymobile's travel direction.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Map & Environment Fixes[/h2][p][/p]

1. [p]Fixed an issue with redundant collision in some areas of Target C in The Crescent Bay.[/p]
2. [p]Fixed an issue in the training camp where the Hunter Crossbow couldn't deal damage to the target upon hitting the head, while shots to the body incorrectly registered as headshots.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Gameplay, System & UI Fixes[/h2][p][/p]

1. [p]Fixed an issue causing incorrect achievement pop-up triggers.[/p]
2. [p]Fixed an issue where bots could unreasonably turn 180 degrees and eliminate enemies behind them under certain circumstances.[/p]
3. [p]Fixed an issue where non-squad members could hear squad voice chat.[/p]

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[p]Greetings Wild Ones,[/p][p]We will be performing a live update at 3 AM PT on July 17. Ongoing matches won't be affected during the update, but matchmaking will be temporarily unavailable. Please exit the game, update your game client via Steam, and then launch the game again. This update includes several optimizations and bug fixes.[/p][p][/p][h2]Optimizations[/h2][p][/p][h3]Abilities[/h3]

1. [p]Ability Casting Improvements:[/p]
   1. [p]Improved the casting smoothness for Akai Hime, Crock, Hongying, Jack, Marquez, and Ryan's Tactical Abilities.[/p]
   2. [p]Improved the casting smoothness for Marquez and Norman's Signature Abilities.[/p]
   3. [p]Improved the casting smoothness for Crock's Passive Ability.[/p]

[h3]Game Modes[/h3]

1. [p]Deathmatch and Random Deathmatch: \[New] Added a pre-game lobby before the match starts.[/p]

[h3]User Interface & Experience[/h3]

1. [p]Adjusted Akai Hime's Ultimate ability text description.[/p]
2. [p]Improved the Project Sextans' stats page VFX.[/p]
3. [p]Optimized the data tracking logic for the Achievement System.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Bug Fixes[/h2][p][/p][h3]Character Abilities & Mechanics:[/h3]

1. [p]Akai Hime:[/p]
   1. [p]Fixed an issue where Akai Hime's Tactical Ability would not take effect under high network latency.[/p]
2. [p]Crock:[/p]
   1. [p]Fixed an issue where Crock's Tactical Ability's aiming indicator did not indicate the tomahawk's actual landing point when cast near a wall.[/p]
   2. [p]Fixed an issue where Crock's ability aiming indicator remained visible after being knocked down.[/p]
   3. [p]Fixed an issue where Crock's Tactical Ability dealt incorrect damage.[/p]
   4. [p]Fixed an incorrect animation for Crock that occurred when activating his Signature Ability, then holding Q to activate his Tactical Ability, and then entering Tactical Sprint.[/p]
3. [p]Erwin:[/p]
   1. [p]Fixed an issue where Erwin could still activate Tactical Sprint while her Tactical Ability was active, leading to abnormal running animations.[/p]
   2. [p]Fixed an issue where Erwin's Tactical Ability could incorrectly link to teammates when jumping during a Tactical Sprint.[/p]
4. [p]Marquez:[/p]
   1. [p]Fixed an issue where Marquez's Ultimate Ability was incorrectly blocked by nearby objects.[/p]
5. [p]Uly:[/p]
   1. [p]Fixed an issue where Uly's Ultimate Ability did not grant damage reduction while burrowing.[/p]
6. [p]Vladimir:[/p]
   1. [p]Fixed an issue where Vladimir incorrectly gained buffs when interacting with his own Field Fort.[/p]

[h3]User Interface & System:[/h3]

1. [p]Fixed a logic error in the Black Ledger Event Page's task status updates.[/p]
2. [p]Fixed an issue where the Achievement System incorrectly counted destroying enemy deployables towards kill statistics.[/p]
3. [p]Fixed a missing discount information description for the Akai Hime - Haru Silk Bundle.[/p]
4. [p]Fixed an issue where ammo count incorrectly increased when interacting with an Ammo Crate near the end of the M88's reloading animation.[/p]
5. [p]Fixed an issue where the new friend request notification did not display when a player has pending friend requests.[/p]

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[p]Cover Art by Berry.[/p][p][/p][p]Hello Wild Ones,[/p][p]We will be performing a live update at 4 AM PT on July 8. Ongoing matches won't be affected during the update, but matchmaking will be temporarily unavailable. Please exit the game, update your game client via Steam, and then launch the game again. This update includes several optimizations and bug fixes.[/p][p][/p][p][/p]

• [p]Optimized descriptions for Crock's abilities and codename, standardizing in-game text.[/p]

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• [p]Fixed the incorrect faction information displayed on the deployment screen for Impel Sandbar.[/p]
• [p]Removed several Neutral Items drop locations that have caused match imbalance on Impel Sandbar in WA Conquest mode.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the "Equip" button for default weapon cosmetics incorrectly disappeared on the weapon details page.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where bots exhibited abnormal slow movement while aimed down sights in the combat area.[/p]
• [p]Fixed incorrect description text in the top-left corner of the Season 1 Advanced Battle Pass unlock screen.[/p]

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[p]Hello Wild Ones,[/p][p]We will be performing a live update at 3 AM PT on July 7. Ongoing matches won't be affected during the update, but matchmaking will be temporarily unavailable. Please exit the game, update your game client via Steam, and then launch the game again. This update includes several optimizations and bug fixes.[/p][p][/p][p][/p]

• [p]Optimized the Achievement System user interface based on community feedback.[/p]
• [p]Optimized the VFX and animation for Project Sextants' Match Results and Stats.[/p]
• [p]Optimized the text description for Marquez's class and talent.[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h2]Valiant Specific Issues[/h2][p][/p]

• [p]Fixed an issue where the number of players between the two factions was too unbalanced in matchmaking.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a rendering error for Marquez's hair model.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Akai Hime's collision would remain in place after she was knocked down while sliding.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Akai Hime's Q Ability would display an incorrect aim indicator when instantly cast in high-latency.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Crock's Passive Ability could be triggered by his Q Ability hitting enemy deployables.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Marquez's E Ability had an incorrect, shorter throw distance and would frequently stick to walls unintentionally.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]UI and Display Issues[/h2][p][/p]

• [p]Fixed the Valiants' incorrect fur display on the Best Squad screen (match results).[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where an incorrect number was displayed below the Beast Coins icon on the Battle Pass unlock screen.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the leaderboard content did not match the selected title/type.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where player avatars that were already unlocked became unexpectedly locked.[/p]

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