Introducing The Beta Branch

[p]Hello employees! [/p][p][/p][p]Now that the Amalgamation is out and disrupting Saxon’s operations, we’re hard at work on our next balance update. For this (and for future updates), we’re introducing an experimental beta branch, so you can help shape the game by giving feedback on changes before they go live to everyone![/p][p][/p][p]This branch will be our playground, and possibly unstable and often broken. But it won’t be boring.[/p][p][/p][p]To join the beta, right click on Mycopunk in your steam library, go to properties > betas, and input the code ‘OysterAttack’ to unlock the beta branch.[/p][p][/p][p]Please keep in mind that opting in to the experimental beta means you will only be able to play with other participating players, which may result in a smaller number of servers for you to join.[/p][p][/p][p]In the unexpected case of your save files being affected by the experimental nature of the beta build, we encourage you to back up your progress by doing the following:[/p]

[p]Navigate to C:\\Users\\\[username]\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Pigeons at Play\\Mycopunk\\Profiles[/p]
[p]Copy the ‘default’ folder to wherever you want to back up your save[/p]
[p]If you ever need to restore your save data, just replace the default folder in profiles with your backed up folder[/p]

[p][/p][p]Now that we got this out of the way, it’s time to try some of these new changes! For this first beta, we’ve been focusing on buffing underperforming upgrades (especially for the Trident) and improving upgrade duplicate protection.[/p][p][/p][p]Please share any thoughts from the beta with us! And no, Roachard is not interested in a relationship right now. Here are the patch notes for BETA 1.1.2:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Upgrade Duplicate Protection[/h2]

[p]Upgrades now have a 75% chance to drop as a non-duplicate[/p]
[p]Exotic upgrades are guaranteed to be unique until you’ve collected all available exotics[/p]
[p]We’ve heard your feedback about getting too many duplicate drops so we hope this change makes it a lot easier to collect all of the upgrades[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Crafting & Resources[/h2]

[p]You can now spend Saxonite to craft upgrades that haven’t yet been discovered[/p]
[p]Increased resource inventory caps:[/p]
- [p]Scrap: 99 → 300[/p]
- [p]Self-Replicating Acid Glob: 20 → 50[/p]
- [p]Premium Loot License: 5 → 15[/p]
- [p]Personal Access Token: 5 → 15[/p]
- [p]Bootleg Replicator: 5 → 10[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Weapons[/h2]

[p]Gear XP is now calculated based on damage dealt rather than kills[/p]
[p]Dealing damage with a weapon now generates 25% less ammo for your other weapon[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Wrangler[/h2][p]Hold Onto Your Hats[/p]

[p]Increased slide speed by 50%[/p]
[p]Now shows an indicator on the left side of your screen when this effect is active[/p]

[p]Slingshot[/p]

[p]Now shows an indicator on the left side of your screen when this effect is active[/p]

[p]Ammo Continuity[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 3 cells[/p]

[p]Charge Thief[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 3 cells[/p]

[p]Hornet Interference[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 2 cells[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Bruiser[/h2][p]Splash Zone[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 3 cells[/p]

[p]Blast Chamber[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 3 cells[/p]

[p]One For All[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 3 cells[/p]

[p]With Me[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 3 cells[/p]

[p]Knee Dive[/p]

[p]Increased Nose Dive damage by 30%[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Scrapper[/h2][p]Feedback Relay[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 3 cells[/p]
[p]Increased charge by 50%[/p]

[p]Upset Stomach[/p]

[p]Now has a flat cooldown of 5 seconds (down from 30-50 seconds)[/p]
[p]Increased range by 30%[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Glider[/h2]

[p]Glider no longer drifts downward when flying horizontally[/p]

[p]Battery Siphon[/p]

[p]Increased move speed by 50%[/p]

[p]Course Correction[/p]

[p]Increased dodge force[/p]
- [p]Min: Increased by 100%[/p]
- [p]Max: Increased by 50%[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Trident[/h2]

[p]Decreased spread by 20%[/p]

[p]Hornet Hunting[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 2 cells[/p]

[p]Shredify[/p]

[p]Now increases ammo capacity & magazine size by 30[/p]
[p]Increased fire rate multiplier[/p]
- [p]Min: 1.9x → 2.77x[/p]
- [p]Max: 2.12x → 3.33x[/p]
[p]Increased damage multiplier[/p]
- [p]Min: 0.77x → 0.8x[/p]
- [p]Max: 0.8x → 0.83x[/p]

[p]Bailing Water[/p]

[p]Targets that are soaked in water now also take an additional 25% damage from being electrocuted[/p]

[p]Fire in the Hold[/p]

[p]Increased duration of high fire rate[/p]
- [p]Min: 0.8s → 0.95s[/p]
- [p]Max: 1.2s → 1.35s[/p]

[p]Cross-Deck[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 3 cells[/p]
[p]Increased slide duration[/p]
- [p]Min: 1.6s → 2s[/p]
- [p]Max: 2.4x → 2.7s[/p]
[p]Increased slide speed by 40%[/p]

[p]Thrill of the Fight[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 5 cells[/p]
[p]Now grants charge to your ability that’s closest to full charge, even when not all abilities are on cooldown.[/p]
[p]Increased charge gained on kill[/p]
- [p]Min: 1s → 2.1s[/p]
- [p]Max: 2.2s → 2.7s[/p]

[p]Heaven’s Fury[/p]

[p]Lightning now triggers when dealing damage rather than on kill[/p]
[p]Decreased lightning chance (since you damage targets way more often than you kill them)[/p]
- [p]Min: 40% → 21%[/p]
- [p]Max: 56% → 25.2%[/p]
[p]Lightning strikes may trigger additional lightning when damaging a target[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Au-Si Jackrabbit[/h2][p]Pummeler[/p]

[p]Decreased charge speed by 16%[/p]
[p]Charge speed now slightly decreases as the magazine size increases above 8[/p]

[p]Delicious Cores[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 6 cells[/p]

[p]All Powdered Up[/p]

[p]Increased knockback force by 20%[/p]

[p]Pesticide[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 6 cells[/p]

[p]Mag Extender[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 3 cells[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Lead Flinger[/h2][p]Lucky Bastard[/p]

[p]1 ammo from your reserves is consumed when a bullet is refunded[/p]
[p]The Lead Flinger has some broken high-damage combos that we’ll probably need to address at some point but for now we’re just making Lucky Bastard consume reserve ammo so that you at least need to switch weapons occasionally[/p]

[p]Unnatural Focus[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 4 cells[/p]

[p][/p][h2]The Cycler[/h2][p]Corrode Siphon[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 7 cells[/p]

[p]Shock Recursion[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 7 cells[/p]

[p]Violent Ignition[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 8 cells[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Plate Launcher[/h2][p]Nice Catch[/p]

[p]Fixed an issue that could cause the speed boost to stack on top of itself every time the inventory was closed[/p]

[p]Fencing Construction[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 5 cells[/p]

[p][/p][h2]The Carver[/h2]

[p]Ammo is now loaded at the correct time during the Carver’s reload animation[/p]

[p]Blood Efficiency[/p]

[p]Increased the amount of blood gained per kill[/p]
- [p]Min: Increased by 15.3%[/p]
- [p]Max: Increased by 14.2%[/p]

[p]Blood Bucket[/p]

[p]Increased max blood stacks[/p]
- [p]Min: Increased by 2.8% (Max blood is now 54.5)[/p]
- [p]Max: Increased by 3.5% (Max blood is now 58.5)[/p]

[p]Blood Coating[/p]

[p]Increased damage resistance[/p]
- [p]Min: Increased by 25%[/p]
- [p]Max: Increased by 7%[/p]
[p]We don’t want to buff Blood Coating too much since its damage resistance at max blood stacks is already really high, but we’ve increased it a bit and brought the lower rolled values closer to the max value.[/p]

[p]Rush[/p]

[p]Decreased additional damage taken by 66%[/p]
[p]Increased move speed[/p]
- [p]Min: Increased by 32.3%[/p]
- [p]Max: Increased by 3%[/p]

[p]Swinging Technique[/p]

[p]Fixed missing description[/p]

[p]Sharing Lunch[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 3 cells[/p]

[p][/p][h2]DMLR[/h2][p]Hot Swap[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 7 cells[/p]

[p]Corrosive Laser[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 4 cells[/p]

[p]Incendiary Laser[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 4 cells[/p]

[p]Shocking Laser[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 4 cells[/p]

[p]Tainted Exhaust[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 4 cells[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Swarm Launcher[/h2][p]Crop Duster[/p]

[p]Fixed an issue where this upgrade could stop you from firing while airborne[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Gunship Cannon[/h2][p]Tinderbox[/p]

[p]Spontaneous combustion can no longer trigger when you aren’t mashing reload[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Incendiary Grenade[/h2][p]Volatile Explosives[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 6 cells[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Shock Grenade[/h2][p]Flash Storm[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 7 cells[/p]

[p]Thunder Pressure[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 4 cells[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Acid Grenade[/h2][p]Connected Systems[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 4 cells[/p]

[p]Lightspeed Material Transfer[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 4 cells[/p]

[p]Gas Valves[/p]

[p]Recharge speed while standing in an acid puddle now partially scales with base cooldown duration, making this upgrade more effective with other upgrades that increase the grenade’s cooldown[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Player Upgrades[/h2][p]Magboots[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 4 cells[/p]

[p]Blink[/p]

[p]Decreased upgrade size to 5 cells[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Gifs[/h2]

[p]You can now change your local content filtering settings for gifs in the gameplay options[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Demo Reward[/h2]

[p]Anyone who played the demo and hasn’t gotten their Roachard gun crab should receive it now[/p]
[p]Roachard gun crab can no longer be scrapped[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Misc[/h2]

[p]Fixed an issue where some upgrades that increased range weren’t showing their stats[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause the Drop Pod to play an insanely loud sound after returning to the HUB[/p]
[p]Lobbies now refresh immediately when changing the threat level filter[/p]
[p]Fixed a rare issue that could wipe save data on startup[/p]
[p]We’ve seen some reports of rockets flying overhead causing performance issues on low-end systems. As a temporary fix, we’ve disabled flyover rocket smoke when particle quality is set to 1.[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where shock mushrooms could trigger lightning infinitely, causing a crash (at least we hope we fixed it…)[/p]