Heavy Metal Machines News

[h2]Metal League 7 (on the South American server) starts this Saturday![/h2]
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Hello, Metal Gladiators

Maintenance is scheduled for January 7, from 11:00 to 15:00 (UTC-0), to apply an update that brings a machine balance for a few characters, and the removal of the Jingle Hells event.

Version: 7.00.1457

• The Christmas bomb and main menu background/soundtrack were removed.
  
• The temporary Christmas items were removed from the store.

[h2]Vulture[/h2]

• [h3]Weapon 1[/h3]
  - The projectile duration has been reduced from 0,9 to 0,7 seconds.

• [h3]Weapon 2[/h3]
  - The pulling force has been reduced by 50%

• [h3]Special Weapon[/h3]
  - The maximum number of stacked blades has been reduced from 25 to 20.

[h2]Full Metal Judge[/h2]

• [h3]General[/h3]
  - The maximum HP has been increased from 450 to 500.

• [h3]Weapon 1[/h3]
  - The temporary HP received by hitting enemies with projectiles has been increased from 40 to 55.
  - The projectile speed has been increased by 15%.
  - The projectile duration has been reduced from 2 to 1,5 seconds.

• [h3]Weapon 2[/h3]
  - The cooldown has been reduced from 0,5 to 0,1 seconds.

[h2]Artificer[/h2]

• [h3]Weapon 1[/h3]
  - The Special Weapon energy gain has been reduced by 15%

• [h3]Weapon 2[/h3]
  - The Special Weapon energy gain has been reduced by 15%

• [h3]Weapon 3[/h3]
  - The cooldown has been increased from 5 to 6 seconds.

[h3]Note from the Developers[/h3]

Originally posted by Developers

After Photon’s machine balance, we analyzed the community feedback and our data again to decide which machines would receive a new balance round. In the first moment, we selected Vulture and Full Metal Judge, and then performed a few tweaks to Vulture to reduce his total power and the ability to hunt down enemies easily. For Judge, the changes were smaller, but very effective, and brought the machine to a competitive level. We’ve also added Artificer to the balance list because we also noted that we had the community feedback and the data to evidence the need for changes. We’ll continuously check our data and monitor the machine performance, and we might add a few more changes to Vulture and Artificer in the future.

• An “Add Friend” button has been added to the list of recent players, making it easier to add new friends.
  
• Some interface texts were adjusted.
  
• Fixed a bug with the PlayerTag displayed in the match ending screen for AFK players.
  
• Fixed a bug with the behavior of the Friend List’s tooltip while browsing friends options.

• The texts under the Metal League section were updated with the details for the new season that’ll take place starting from January 11th.

To share your feedback, please post in our Discord or the General Discussion forum.

Heavy Metal Machines Team

Jingle Hells, Heavy Metal Machines 2019 Christmas Event is here and brings you 9 themed items available only from December 17th to January 6th. And there’s more: buy any Christmas item with cash and get an exclusive portrait (the portrait will be delivered to your account up to 48 hours after the purchase)!
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Hello, Metal Gladiators

Maintenance is scheduled for December 18, from 11:00 to 15:00 (UTC-0), to apply an update that brings the new Friends system, balance for three machines and the Jingle Hells event.

Version: 7.00.1439

• The main menu background and music has been changed for the Jingle Hells event duration.
  
• The bomb model has been changed to a thematic version.
  
• The background image from the Profile section has been changed.

As previously announced, the new Friends system is arriving in HMM and will make your Friends management way better. In addition to that, now every player will create a Nickname and will receive a unique PlayerTag.

General
The new system will no longer use the Nickname and Avatar provided by your Steam profile. Now, every player will create a Nickname and select an Avatar within Heavy Metal Machines.

Nickname Policy
Please read this article to learn more about the Nickname policy.

Creating a Nickname and selecting an Avatar

• Every player will be asked to create a Nickname and select an Avatar icon when logging in for the first time.
  
• The Avatars are free and can be changed at any time in the inventory.

Adding Friends

• Players can add new friends by searching a Nickname or PlayerTag.
  
• A player must accept a friend invitation in order to appear in their friend list.

PlayerTag

• It is a unique identification number that’s generated automatically and can’t be changed.
  
• Players can add any other person to their friend list by using the PlayerTag.
  
• It will be visible in several places in the game interface.

Player Profile
There is a small profile for every friend on your friend list. It is possible to see basic information such as:

• Avatar, PlayerTag, Nickname, and Account Level;
  
• Current Ranked Mode Division (if available);
  
• Total matches played;
  
• Most played Machines;
  
• Team information (if available);
  
• Current player status (Lobby, Playing Casual, Ranked, Metal League, etc.)

Photon

• Weapon 1
  
  • Deals 120 damage to an enemy that stays within its area of effect for the whole duration, and an additional 60 damage after leaving the area.
    
  • Enemies that are already receiving the damage for leaving the area of effect won’t receive it again until it ends.

• Weapon 2
  
  • Cooldown has been reduced from 10 to 7 seconds.
    
  • The area of effect has been increased by 20% on each side.
    
  • The repair per second has been increased from 50 to 100.

• Weapon 3
  
  • The speed boost duration has been increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds.
    
  • The trail duration has been increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds.
    
  • The speed boost has been increased by 20%.
    
  • The damage per second to enemies has been reduced from 45 to 30.
    
  • The repair per second has been reduced from 150 to 75.

• Passive
  
  • The self-repair received by the damage done has been reduced from 100% to 30%.
    
  • The self-repair received by the repair done has been reduced from 100% to 60%.

Dirt Devil

• Weapon 2
  
  • Cooldown has been increased from 5 to 7.5 seconds.
    
  • Damage per second has been reduced from 160 to 120.

Metal Herald

• Weapon 2
  
  • The weapon is composed of two parts: Fog (outer lines) and Runes (central area).
    
  • The Fog no longer collides with walls. Now, it only ends when the Runes collide with a wall, or at the end of its lifetime.

The Christmas spirit has arrived in Metal City, and new thematic items are available in the Store for a limited time.

• Event period: from 18/12 to 06/01/2020

Buy and Win
All players who purchase any of the items listed below with Cash will receive an exclusive Portrait.
The Portrait will be delivered up to 48 hours after the purchase.

Vulture Model - The Reindeer Machine
Heavy Metal category


Emotes
- A Gift from Krampus

- A Gift from Santa

- Santa Means Business

- Breaking Balls!


Score Effect
- Holiday Miracle


Rebuilding Effect
- Sound the Holiday Bells!


Start Line Effect
- Santa’s Run


Kill Effect
- Krampus’ Punishment

• Fixed a bug that made Photon unable to pass the bomb, in certain cases, while using weapons 2 and 3.
  
• The loading process has been improved, making the client more stable, with fewer crashes.

To share your feedback, please post in our Discord or the General Discussion forum.

Heavy Metal Machines Team

Hello, Metal Gladiators

Maintenance is scheduled for December 11, from 10:00 to 15:00 (UTC-0), to apply an update with the contents of the Metal Pass Season 7.


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New Rewards

• 7 new Models
  
  • 2 Heavy Metal category
    
  • 1 Metal Legend category
    
  • 4 Rockstar category
• 10 new Emotes
  
• 10 new Sprays
  
• 4 new Score Effects
  
• 2 new Start Line Effects
  
• 5 new Rebuilding Effects
  
• 1 new Kill Effect
  
• 1 Machine

Missions

• The mission difficulty was balanced to provide a better progression feeling, with easier missions on the first levels and harder missions on the last levels.

Metal God Arena

• A new Dawn of Winter theme was applied and it will be active for the season duration.

New items will be added to the Store:

Emotes

• Sad Violin
  
• Wasted!!!
  

Score Effect

• Snowpunk
  

Rebuilding Effect

• Respawnzzer
  

Season 1 Rewards

• The season 1 rewards will be delivered for all players who reached each division.

Season 2

• The season 2 begins after the maintenance on December 11th.
  
• As part of the new season start process, the current Division for all players will reset to the subdivision IV of each Division. However, all players will have to play the 10 calibration matches again within their current Division before confirming the position on season 2, which may vary according to the performance on these 10 matches. Until then, the Division won’t appear in your profile.
  
• For example, a player ranked in the Gold I Division during Season 1 will have its Division reset to Gold IV and, after the calibration matches, the position on season 2 may vary from Silver I to Gold II.
  
• Players ranked in Heavy Metal Division will be placed in Gold IV Division and, after the calibration matches, the position on season 2 may vary from Silver I to Gold II.

Schedule

• The ranked mode schedule will be adjusted for Saturdays and Sundays.
  
• All times in the table below are in UTC-0.

To share your feedback, please post in our Discord or the General Discussion forum.

Heavy Metal Machines Team