Balance Updates, Bug Fixes, and a Tougher Nightmare.

[h2]Steam Deck Support[/h2]

• Settings have reset to support optimal settings specific to Steam Deck.
  
• Dev Note - Steam Deck settings were falling back to PC configurations. This has been addressed and settings reset only for Steam Deck users to support these.

[h2]Mission Updates[/h2]

• Split side missions into Specialty and Challenge missions.
  
• Challenge missions on Nightmare now have more unique and challenging bot spawns.
  
• Glass Cannon
  • Removed the partial healing and shield modifier.
    
  • Removed Shield damage spillover protection.
    
  • Enemies now deal 100% more damage to the player.
    

[h2]Perk Improvements[/h2]

• Renamed Shockwave to High Voltage.
  
• Reduced Snowdrift nearby enemy damage to 25%, reduced overall Cryo damage to 20%.
  
• Increased Blizzard tick damage from 20 to 60.
  
• Increased Fire damage bonus on Inferno from 10% to 15%.
  
• Increased bonus damage duration on Orbital Infusion to 8 seconds.
  

[h2]Item Update[/h2]

• Removed Fortune Cookie Super Item.
  
• Dev Note - This item is undergoing a redesign.

[h2]Weapon Balance[/h2]

• Grenades now go through friendly players.
  
• Reimplemented Weapon Inspects.
  
  • Defaulted to "I" on keyboard.
    
  • Defaulted to Right D-Pad on controller.
    
• Iron Squires
  
  • No longer deals self damage.
    
  • Missed shots now increase spread by 10%.
    
• Headhunter
  
  • No longer deals self damage.
    
• BP-44 Harrier
  
  • Damage increased from 22 to 24.
    
  • Time Between Bursts lowered from .3 to .275.
    
• T30 Nova Burst
  
  • Damage increased from 21 to 22.
    
  • Lowered Damage Falloff Penalty.
    
• Sidekick-3 AP
  
  • Increased Damage from 35 to 39.
    
• PR14x Aeos
  
  • Increased Damage from 31 to 32.
    
• BAS-24 Warden
  
  • Increased Damage from 24 to 30.
    
• Affixes
  
  • Lifesteal Affix now has a chance to heal you for a percentage of your max health whenever you deal damage with the affixed weapon.
    

[h2]Bot Changes[/h2]

• Adjusted the Melee Phalanx hit timing to be more accurate with the animation.
  
• Adjusted several bots' weakpoints to be easier to hit.
  
• Updated the Mesmerizer's look.
  
• Ranged shielded enemies can now take AOE damage.
  
• Removed Nyxis from later parts of Zone 2.
  
• Removed Man-Spider from Zone 2 story mission.
  
  
• DeadEye
  
  • Properly gets hit by explosions and counts as a headshot.
    
  • Increased head size when detached from the body.
    
• Cryo Guardian
  
  • Reduced freeze shot radius by 15%.
    
• Void Spiders
  
  • Reduced AOE of their void explosion by 30%.
    
• Healing Drones
  
  • Reduced health by 50%.
    
  • Healing drones are limited to only 1 in a room in Adventure, Normal, and Hard difficulties.
    
• Fire Mindless
  
  • Removed DOT fire damage.
    
• Radiation Exploder
  
  • Removed radiation debuff.
    
• Lightning Axe
  
  • Adjusted teleport so it will not teleport within certain distances, based on difficulty.
    

[h2]General Gameplay[/h2]

• Added aim assist settings for Off/Limited/On.
  
• Adjusted the exit doors to an encounter to auto open at 30 seconds instead of 10 if loot orbs are not taken.
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where the player could get a permanent black screen overlay if they jumped into death pits multiple times.
  
• Fixed an issue where players in co-op would sometimes spawn underneath the Safe Room or in the next encounter, softlocking the run.
  
• Fixed an issue where Lightning Axe bots could teleport when frozen.
  
• Fixed an issue where bots could jump while frozen.
  
• Fixed an issue where Nyxis Root was invisible to clients.
  
• Fixed an issue where Phalanx could damage players at incorrect times after being staggered or frozen.
  
• Fixed an issue where Headhunter would sometimes not refund a bullet when you scored a headshot.
  
• Fixed an issue where damage from Ignite was not being affected by certain items that boosted proc damage.
  
• Fixed damage bonus from Health Perk Child 3 not properly scaling with overhealing amount.
  
• Fixed an issue where item effect UI for Alien's Hand Super Item would not update correctly when you swapped weapons or picked up a new weapon.
  
• Fixed an issue where Alien's Hand would not correctly cap damage boost to 50%.
  
• Fixed an issue where Steroid Tablets Super Item would not display its current damage boost in the UI on being equipped, and would only do so after taking damage/being healed.
  
• Fixed an issue where Nitroglycerin Power Super Item would not correctly display the magnitude of its damage boost after you reload.
  
• Fixed a bug where Hot Sauce Super Item would not display its current damage boost in the UI on being equipped, and would only do so after taking damage/being healed.
  
• Fixed Recycled Plastic Super Item not clearing its damage boost when you picked up a new weapon.
  
• Fixed Boomerang Super Item not refunding shots that hit doors.
  
• Fixed Probability Cube and Hammer of the Artisan's Forge items not applying their effects to weapons picked up after the item was equipped on the joining client in co-op.
  
• Fixed Plastic Wand, Tourniquet, and Barbed Grenade items not working for the joining client in co-op.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Zone 2 teleporter did not show its exiting VFX.
  
• Fixed several collision issues in the Starting Ship, Zone 1, and Zone 2.
  
• Fixed several issues where bots could spawn inside geometry.
  
• Fixed an issue where in-game music would be muffled if you quit to the main menu, went to the starting ship, then started a level without ever pausing.
  
• Fixed an issue with weapon FOV when playing in widescreen.